2011 FIFA Puskás Award

The 2011 FIFA Puskás Award was the third FIFA Puskás Award. It was awarded on January 9, 2012, during the 2011 FIFA Ballon d'Or Gala in Zürich, Switzerland. Santos player Neymar was the winner of the award, for his goal against Flamengo during the 2011 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A season.

For the first time, the vote percentages were not made public. This would be the only time until the 2019 edition of the award.

Rank	Player	Team	Opponent	Score	Competition	Vote percentage
1st	Neymar	Santos	Flamengo	4–5	2011 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A	N/A
2nd	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	Arsenal	1–0	2010–11 UEFA Champions League
3rd	Wayne Rooney	Manchester United	Manchester City	2–1	2010–11 Premier League
Unranked	Benjamin De Ceulaer	Lokeren	Club Brugge	1–2	2011–12 Belgian Pro League
	Giovani dos Santos	Mexico	United States	4–2	2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup
	Julio Gómez	Mexico	Germany	3–2	2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup
	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Milan	Lecce	1–0	2010–11 Serie A
	Lisandro López	Arsenal de Sarandí	Olimpo	2–2	Argentine Primera División Apertura 2011
	Heather O'Reilly	United States	Colombia	1–0	2011 FIFA Women's World Cup
	Dejan Stanković	Inter Milan	Schalke 04	1–0	2010–11 UEFA Champions League