Six Australian players are in the running for top International Hockey Federation (FIH) awards.

The FIH announced the shortlists for its player of the year awards on Tuesday, with four Kookaburras and two Hockeyroos in the reckoning.

Voting is open to the public for the first time through Facebook, with the five-person shortlists in each category having been chosen by a panel of experts.

Kookaburras captain Mark Knowles and Eddie Ockenden are up for the international male player of the year, while Andrew Charter and Rachael Lynch have been nominated for male and female goalkeeper of the year awards.

22-year-old Anna Flanagan (right) is up for the rising star award despite boasting 143 Hockeyroos caps. ( AFP: Evert-Jan Daniels )

Knowles led the Kookaburras to Commonwealth Games and World Cup titles this year alongside 225-game veteran Ockenden and Charter.

Lynch and the Hockeyroos won gold at this year's Glasgow Commonwealth Games and she was named the best goalkeeper of the tournament as the Hockeyroos finished second at the World Cup in the Netherlands this year.

The Hockeyroos' 22-year-old star Anna Flanagan and 21-year-old Kookaburra Jeremy Hayward are up for rising star awards.

Flanagan won a Commonwealth Games gold medal with the Hockeyroos in Glasgow and picked up silver as they fell to Argentina in the final of the Champions Trophy on Monday.

Flanagan's 'rising star' status may seem somewhat incongruous as she won the world young player of the year award back in 2012 after making her debut as an 18-year-old in 2010 and has a total of 143 caps for the Hockeyroos.

In addition to her Glasgow gold, Flanagan won the Commonwealth title at Delhi in 2010 and has an Olympic campaign under her belt.

Hayward was named young player of the tournament at this year's World Cup.

The results will be announced from December 18 to 23.