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{{Short description|Annual award given to the best player in the Indian Super League}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox sports award
| name           = Golden Ball for ISL Hero of the League
| image          =
| alt            = 
| caption        = 
| sport          = [[Association football|Football]]
| league         = [[Indian Super League]]
| givenfor       = Best Player in a season of [[Indian Super League]]
| presenter      = [[All India Football Federation]],<br>[[Football Sports Development|Football Sports Development Limited]],<br>[[Indian Super League|ISL Organising Committee]]
| Sponsor        = 
| country        = {{flagicon|IND}} [[India]]
| location       = 
| first          = 2014
| firstwinner = {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Iain Hume]]
| mostrecent     = {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Greg Stewart (footballer)|Greg Stewart]]<br />(2021–22)
|sponsor=[[Hero MotoCorp]]
}}
The '''Indian Super League: Hero of the League''' is an annual award given to the best player during an [[Indian Super League]] (ISL) season. The winner is presented the '''Golden Ball'''. The award was first presented after the league's inaugural season in 2014. 

The first winner of the award was [[Iain Hume]] of the [[Kerala Blasters FC|Kerala Blasters]]. [[FC Goa|Goa]] is the only club to have had two players win the award. [[Sunil Chhetri]] is the first Indian to have won the Hero of the League in [[2017–18 Indian Super League season|2017–18]] season.

==Winners==
[[File:Iain Hume photo by Djuradj Vujcic.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Iain Hume]] was the first player to win the Hero of the League in 2014 with [[Kerala Blasters FC]]]]
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" summary="Season (sortable), Player (sortable), Club (sortable), Other Finalists (sortable)"
! Season
! Player
! Club
! Ref
|-
| align=center|[[2014 Indian Super League season|2014]]
| {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Iain Hume]]
| [[Kerala Blasters FC|Kerala Blasters]]
| <ref>{{cite news |title=ISL 2014: Full list of award winners |url=https://www.mykhel.com/football/isl-2014-full-list-award-winners-elano-blumer-takes-golden-boot-020749.html |accessdate=2 July 2020 |work=My Khel |date=20 December 2014}}</ref>
|-
| align=center|[[2015 Indian Super League season|2015]]
| {{flagicon|COL}} [[Stiven Mendoza]]
| [[Chennaiyin FC|Chennaiyin]]
| <ref>{{cite news |title=ISL 2015: Chennaiyin FC's Stiven Mendoza is the league's bonafide superstar |url=https://www.firstpost.com/sports/hero-of-the-league-chennaiyin-fcs-stiven-mendoza-is-the-isls-bonafide-superstar-2553834.html |accessdate=2 July 2020 |work=FirstPost |date=21 December 2015}}</ref>
|-
| align=center|[[2016 Indian Super League season|2016]]
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Florent Malouda]]
| [[Odisha FC|Delhi Dynamos]]
| <ref>{{cite news |title=Marcelinho wins Golden Boot, Florent Malouda Hero of the League |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/football/isl-2016-marcelinho-wins-golden-boot-florent-malouda-hero-of-the-league/story-975jRAUqweyfY1ofZq7FaJ.html |accessdate=2 July 2020 |work=Hindustan Times |date=19 December 2016}}</ref>
|-
| align=center|[[2017–18 Indian Super League season|2017–18]]
| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Sunil Chhetri]]
| [[Bengaluru FC|Bengaluru]]
| <ref>{{cite news |title=Sunil Chhetri named ‘Hero’ of Indian Super League, Ferran Corominas wins Golden Boot |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/football/sunil-chhetri-named-hero-of-indian-super-league-ferran-corominas-wins-golden-boot/story-0DrkyJekuBHtDAG1jLJCvO.html |accessdate=2 July 2020 |work=Hindustan Times |date=18 March 2018}}</ref>
|-
| align=center|[[2018–19 Indian Super League season|2018–19]]
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Coro (footballer)|Coro]]
| [[FC Goa|Goa]]
| <ref>{{cite news |title=ISL 2018-19: List of award winners |url=https://www.goal.com/en-in/lists/isl-2018-19-list-of-award-winners-coro-gurpreet/uyvd3xu0f1g91foek8go8nmb2 |accessdate=2 July 2020 |work=Goal.com |date=17 March 2019}}</ref>
|-
| align=center|[[2019–20 Indian Super League season|2019–20]]
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Hugo Boumous]]
| [[FC Goa|Goa]]
| <ref>{{cite news |title=ISL 2019-20: End-of-season award winners |url=https://www.goal.com/en-in/lists/indian-football-isl-2019-20-award-winners/l35b42vc9g171tgbpvnaqnhd9 |accessdate=2 July 2020 |work=Goal.com |date=14 March 2020}}</ref>
|-
| align=center|[[2020–21 Indian Super League season|2020–21]]
| {{flagicon|FIJ}} [[Roy Krishna]]
| [[ATK Mohun Bagan]]
| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/isl/isl-news/isl-2020-21-final-golden-ball-award-roy-krishna-mumbai-city-fc-vs-atk-mohun-bagan-mcfc-vs-atkmb/article34061799.eceurl=https://|title =ISL 2021 final: ATKMB's Roy Krishna wins Golden Ball award|website=The Hindu}}</ref>
|-
| align=center|[[2021–22 Indian Super League season|2021–22]]
| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Greg Stewart (footballer)|Greg Stewart]]
| [[Jamshedpur FC| Jamshedpur]]
|
|}

==By country==
{| class="wikitable sortable" 
|-
!Country!!Number of wins!!Winning years
|- 
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[France]] ||style="text-align:center;"| 2 || [[2016 Indian Super League season|2016]], [[2019–20 Indian Super League season|2019–20]]
|-
| {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Canada]] || rowspan=6 style="text-align:center;" | 1 || [[2014 Indian Super League season|2014]]
|-
| {{flagicon|COL}} [[Colombia]] || [[2015 Indian Super League season|2015]]
|-
| {{flagicon|IND}} [[India]] || [[2017–18 Indian Super League season|2017–18]]
|-
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Spain]] || [[2018–19 Indian Super League season|2018–19]]
|-
| {{flagicon|FIJ}} [[Fiji]] || [[2020–21 Indian Super League season|2020–21]]
|-
| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Scotland]] || [[2021–22 Indian Super League season|2021–22]]
|}

==By club==
{| class="wikitable sortable" 
|-
!Club!!Number of wins!!Winning years
|- 
| [[FC Goa|Goa]] ||style="text-align:center;"| 2 || [[2018–19 Indian Super League season|2018–19]], [[2019–20 Indian Super League season|2019–20]]
|-
| [[ATK Mohun Bagan]] ||rowspan=6 style="text-align:center;" | 1|| [[2020–21 Indian Super League season|2020–21]]
|-
| [[Bengaluru FC|Bengaluru]] || [[2017–18 Indian Super League season|2017–18]]
|-
| [[Chennaiyin FC|Chennaiyin]] || [[2015 Indian Super League season|2015]]
|-
| [[Delhi Dynamos FC]] || [[2016 Indian Super League season|2016]]
|-
| [[Jamshedpur FC]] || [[2021–22 Indian Super League season|2021–22]]
|-
| [[Kerala Blasters FC|Kerala Blasters]] || [[2014 Indian Super League season|2014]]
|-
|}

==See also==
* [[Indian Super League Golden Boot]]
* [[Indian Super League Emerging Player of the League]]
* [[Indian Super League Golden Glove]]
* [[Indian Super League Winning Pass of the League]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.indiansuperleague.com/ Indian Super League website]

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[[Category:Indian football trophies and awards]]
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[[Category:2014 establishments in India]]
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