Milka Fair Play of the Season award 2025/26 - vote now!
Voting is now open for you to decide the winner of the Milka Fair Play of the Season award for 2025/26, celebrating six sportsmanlike acts from across German football's top two divisions.
Six nominees from across the top two divisions of German football have been selected, and you can decide who wins the prize.
Fan votes will account for 40% of the overall total with 30% from clubs and a further 30% from experts, such as Bundesliga legends.
The voting period is from 3 June until 7 June. Vote below!
The nominees
Karim Adeyemi (Borussia Dortmund)
Borussia Dortmund were looking to threaten the Wolfsburg goal on Matchday 4 when Patrick Wimmer stumbled and fell to the ground injured. Adeyemi voluntarily played the ball out of play, thus halting the attack, before checking on the Wolves’ downed player.
As a result of a collision, Arminia Bielefeld’s Joel Grodowski fell to the ground unconscious. Schalke defender Katic immediately rushed to help Grodowski, placing the attacker in the recovery position and providing first aid prior to the arrival of medical staff.
Florian Kastenmeier (Fortuna Düsseldorf)
Dynamo Dresden goalkeeper Lennart Grill suffered a serious knee injury on Matchday 14 which required treatment. Düsseldorf counterpart Kastenmeier then ran the length of the pitch to comfort Grill while he received treatment.
RB Leipzig rush to opponent's aid
Mainz forward Benedict Hollerbach went down injured against Leipzig on Matchday 20. The opposition players immediately rushed to his aid: Willi Orbán waved the paramedics over, David Raum comforted Hollerbach and Yan Diomande helped with the stretcher.
Michael Gregoritsch (Augsburg)
In Matchday 28’s encounter between Hamburg and Augsburg, Deniz Aytekin blew for a foul on the edge of the penalty area after Augsburg attacker Gregortisch went down following a challenge from Fábio Vieira. However, the Austrian signalled to the referee that there was no foul and declined the free-kick.
Mainz players form guard of honour
Heidenheim needed a win on the final day of the season to have any chance of remaining in the top flight but after going 1-0 down early on, Phillip Tietz apologised instead of celebrating. After Heidenheim’s relegation was confirmed, the Mainz players formed a guard of honour for their opponents, applauding and offering them comfort.
