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412 pages: every restaurant, bar, hotel, airline, airport, city, country, university, hospital and footballer of our lists, with the trusted rankings that name it.

The best restaurants in the world · Best ’25

1. Asador Etxebarri

2. A Casa do Porco

2. Abrasado

2. Alchemist

2. Amisfield

2. Bar Kismet

2. Big JJ Seafood Hotpot

2. Charmgang

2. Cheval Blanc by Peter Knogl

2. Contrada Bricconi

2. Da Vittorio

2. Diverxo

2. Don Julio

2. Fayruz Lebanese Restaurant

2. Fogón Asado

2. Gaggan

2. Ginza Inaba

2. Guy Savoy

2. Izakaya High Japanese Cuisine

2. Jatak

2. Kjolle

2. KOMA Singapore

2. La Brasserie de La Mer

2. Le Bernardin

2. Lung King Heen

2. Maido

2. Mangal II

2. Martín Berasategui

2. Matsukawa

2. Quintonil

2. Restaurante Marius Degustare

2. Restô Canto

2. Revival

2. Robuchon au Dôme

2. Schwarzwaldstube

2. Sézanne

2. SingleThread

2. Table by Bruno Verjus

2. The Witchery Restaurant

The best restaurants in the world · Nominees ’26

1. Abrasado

1. Acre

1. Arami

1. Botánico

1. Careyes restaurant

1. Catherine Gramado

1. CieL Dining

1. El Mercado

1. Fogón Asado

1. Ikoyi

1. KOMA Singapore

1. Lunch Lady

1. Maido

1. Meat Market

1. Naar

1. Potong

1. Roscioli Salumeria con Cucina

1. Saint Peter

1. The Rhythms Restaurant

1. The Witchery Restaurant

The best bars in the world · Nominees ’26

1. Bar Leone

2. Alfie’s Soho

2. Alquímico

2. Bar Basso

2. Bar Bon Funk

2. Bar Mauro

2. Bar Orchard

2. Bar Pompette

2. Bar Trigona

2. Bar Us

2. Bar Vitrine

2. Bramble

2. Connaught Bar

2. Handshake Speakeasy

2. Jerry Thomas Bar Room

2. Lady Bee

2. Line

2. Moebius Milano

2. Zest

The best hotels in the world · Best ’25

1. andBeyond Bateleur Camp

1. Atlantis The Royal

1. Bucuti & Tara Beach Resort Aruba

1. Capella Bangkok

1. Chablé Yucatán

1. Cheval Blanc

1. Fauchon L’Hôtel

1. Four Seasons Bangkok at Chao Phraya River

1. Four Seasons Firenze

1. French Quarter Inn

1. Gokulam Grand Turtle on the Beach

1. Hyatt Zilara Cap Cana

1. Il San Pietro di Positano

1. J.K. Place Capri

1. Joali Maldives

1. Kilindi Zanzibar

1. La Casa de la Playa

1. La Réserve

1. Mandarin Oriental

1. Mandarin Oriental Bangkok

1. Mfuwe Lodge, the Bushcamp Company

1. Nay Palad Hideaway

1. Passalacqua

1. Primland Resort, Auberge Resorts Collection

1. Raffles Istanbul

1. Raffles Singapore

1. Romance Istanbul Hotel

1. Rosewood Hong Kong

1. Rosewood Mayakoba

1. Secrets Akumal Riviera Maya

1. Siyam World Maldives

1. St. Ermin's Hotel, Autograph Collection

1. The Connaught

1. The Peninsula

1. The Savoy

1. The Vines Resort & Spa

1. Upper House Hong Kong

The best hotels in the world · Nominees ’26

1. Mandarin Oriental Bangkok

1. Passalacqua

2. Abigail's Hotel

2. Atlantis The Royal

2. Badrutt's Palace Hotel

2. Baros Maldives

2. Bucuti & Tara Beach Resort Aruba

2. Capella Bangkok

2. Capella Ubud, Bali

2. Castiglion del Bosco, a Rosewood Hotel

2. FivePine Lodge and Spa

2. Four Seasons Bangkok at Chao Phraya River

2. G.H. Universal Hotel

2. Hotel Sporting Family Hospitality

2. Il San Pietro di Positano

2. Joali Maldives

2. La Réserve Paris

2. La Siesta Hoi An Resort & Spa

2. Las Ventanas al Paraíso

2. Le Méridien Essex Chicago

2. Le Meurice

2. Lion Sands Game Reserve

2. Madeline Hotel & Residences, Auberge Collection

2. Mandarin Oriental Qianmen

2. One&Only Portonovi

2. Park Hyatt Chicago

2. Patina Osaka

2. Rosewood Hong Kong

2. Rosewood Mayakoba

2. Rosewood São Paulo

2. Royal Lancaster London

2. Ta'aktana, a Luxury Collection Resort & Spa, Labuan Bajo

2. The Joule

2. The Peninsula Chicago

2. The Peninsula Hong Kong

2. The Peninsula Shanghai

2. The Ritz-Carlton, Kyoto

2. The Singular Patagonia

2. Thompson Denver

2. Upper House Hong Kong

The best airlines in the world · Best ’25

1. Emirates

1. Qatar Airways

1. Singapore Airlines

2. Air New Zealand

2. Etihad Airways

2. Japan Airlines

3. ANA All Nippon Airways

3. Korean Air

3. Qantas

3. Turkish Airlines

3. Virgin Atlantic

The best airlines in the world · Nominees ’26

1. Emirates

1. Qatar Airways

1. Singapore Airlines

2. Etihad Airways

2. Japan Airlines

2. Korean Air

2. Turkish Airlines

3. Air New Zealand

3. EVA Air

4. Air France

4. ANA All Nippon Airways

4. British Airways

4. Cathay Pacific

4. Cathay Pacific Airways

4. Hainan Airlines

4. La Compagnie

4. STARLUX Airlines

4. Swiss International Air Lines

4. Thai Airways International

4. Virgin Atlantic

4. Virgin Atlantic Airways

The best airports in the world · Best ’25

1. Doha Hamad

2. Singapore Changi

3. Hong Kong

3. Istanbul (IST)

3. Rome Fiumicino

3. Seoul Incheon

3. Tokyo Haneda

4. Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS)

4. Bergen Flesland Airport

4. Brasília–Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek Airport

4. Cape Town Airport

4. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport

4. Copenhagen (CPH)

4. Dammam King Fahd Airport

4. Dubai International (DXB)

4. Dubai International Airport

4. Durban King Shaka Airport

4. Helsinki (HEL)

4. Helsinki-Vantaa Airport

4. Hong Kong International (HKG)

4. Munich

4. Muscat Airport

4. Panama City Tocumen

4. Paris CDG

4. Riyadh King Khaled Airport

4. Salt Lake City Airport

4. Suvarnabhumi (BKK)

4. Tokyo Narita

4. Zayed International Airport

4. Zurich

The best airports in the world · Nominees ’26

1. Istanbul

1. Singapore Changi

2. Hamad International (DOH)

2. Hong Kong

2. Rome Fiumicino

2. Seoul Incheon

2. Tokyo Haneda

3. Adelaide Airport

3. Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas (MAD)

3. Cape Town International (CPT)

3. Copenhagen (CPH)

3. Dubai International (DXB)

3. Dubai International Airport

3. Hong Kong International (HKG)

3. Munich

3. Paris CDG

3. Shanghai Pudong International Airport

3. Tokyo Narita

3. Vancouver

3. Zayed International Airport

3. Zurich (ZRH)

The best cities in the world · Best ’25

1. Tokyo

2. Copenhagen

2. Mexico City

2. Vienna

3. Bangkok

3. Barcelona

3. Cape Town

3. London

3. Madrid

3. Melbourne

3. New York

3. Paris

3. Shanghai

3. Zurich

The best cities in the world · Nominees ’26

1. Tokyo

2. Bangkok

2. Paris

2. Sydney

2. Zurich

3. Copenhagen

3. London

3. Melbourne

3. Mexico City

3. New York

3. Seoul

3. Shanghai

3. Vienna

The happiest countries in the world · Nominees ’26

1. Netherlands

2. Australia

2. Belgium

2. Brazil

2. Colombia

2. Costa Rica

2. Denmark

2. Finland

2. Iceland

2. Indonesia

2. Israel

2. Luxembourg

2. Malaysia

2. Mexico

2. Norway

2. Spain

2. Sweden

2. Switzerland

2. Thailand

The best universities in the world · Best ’25

1. Harvard University

1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

1. Stanford University

1. University of Cambridge

1. University of Oxford

2. Columbia University

2. Princeton University

2. University of California, Berkeley

2. Yale University

3. California Institute of Technology

3. Imperial College London

3. University of Chicago

The best universities in the world · Nominees ’26

1. Harvard University

1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

1. Stanford University

1. University of Cambridge

1. University of Oxford

2. California Institute of Technology

2. Columbia University

2. Princeton University

2. University of California, Berkeley

2. Yale University

The best hospitals in the world · Nominees ’26

1. Cleveland Clinic

1. Massachusetts General Hospital

1. Mayo Clinic

1. Singapore General Hospital (SGH)

2. All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi (AIIMS)

2. Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH)

2. Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

2. Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin

2. Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC), CU

2. Johns Hopkins Medicine

2. Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset

2. Mass General Brigham

2. Mayo Clinic Health System

2. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC)

2. Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS)

2. Sheba Medical Center

2. Stanford Medicine

2. Stanford University Medical Center

2. The Johns Hopkins Hospital

2. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

2. The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UT Southwestern Medical Center)

2. Universitätsspital Zürich

2. University Health Network

2. University Health Network - Toronto General Hospital

2. West China School of Medicine/West China Hospital of Sichuan University (WCSM/WCH), SCU

The best footballers in the world · Best ’25

1. Kylian Mbappé

1. Lamine Yamal

1. Ousmane Dembélé

1. Raphinha

2. Erling Haaland

2. Harry Kane

2. Vitinha

3. Achraf Hakimi

3. Pedri

4. Nuno Mendes

The best footballers in the world · Nominees ’26

0. Achraf Hakimi

0. Bruno Fernandes

0. Dayot Upamecano

0. Declan Rice

0. Erling Haaland

0. Fabián Ruiz

0. Ferran Torres

0. Gabriel Magalhães

0. Harry Kane

0. João Neves

0. Jude Bellingham

0. Julián Quiñones

0. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia

0. Kylian Mbappé

0. Lamine Yamal

0. Lautaro Martínez

0. Lionel Messi

0. Luis Díaz

0. Marc Cucurella

0. Marquinhos

0. Michael Olise

0. Nuno Mendes

0. Ousmane Dembélé

0. Pau Cubarsí

0. Rodri

0. Sadio Mané

0. Vinícius Júnior

0. Vitinha

0. William Saliba

0. Willian Pacho

The best women footballers in the world · Best ’25

1. Aitana Bonmatí

1. Alessia Russo

1. Ewa Pajor

1. Mariona Caldentey

2. Alexia Putellas

2. Hannah Hampton

2. Leah Williamson

2. Temwa Chawinga

3. Barbra Banda

3. Chloe Kelly

3. Patri Guijarro

The best women footballers in the world · Nominees ’26

0. Alessia Russo

0. Alex Greenwood

0. Alexia Putellas

0. Barbra Banda

0. Caroline Graham Hansen

0. Caroline Weir

0. Cata Coll

0. Clàudia Pina

0. Esmee Brugts

0. Ewa Pajor

0. Kerstin Casparij

0. Khadija Shaw

0. Klara Bühl

0. Lorena

0. Manaka Matsukubo

0. Mapi León

0. Mariona Caldentey

0. Melchie Dumornay

0. Melvine Malard

0. Momoko Tanikawa

0. Patri Guijarro

0. Pernille Harder

0. Rose Lavelle

0. Scarlett Camberos

0. Selma Bacha

0. Temwa Chawinga

0. Tessa Wullaert

0. Vivianne Miedema

0. Wendie Renard

0. Yui Hasegawa