AWARDS

WORLD PLAYER OF THE YEAR

YEAR
PLAYER
COUNTRY
TEAM
1991
Lothar Matthaus
Germany
FC Inter Milan
1992
Marco Van Basten
Netherlands
AC Milan
1993
Roberto Baggio
Italy
FC Juventus Turin
1994
Romario da Souza Faria
Brazil
FC Barcelona
Flamengo
1995
George Weah
Liberia
AC Milan
1996
Ronaldo Nazario de Lima
Brazil
PSV Eindhoven
FC Barcelona
1997
Ronaldo Nazario de Lima
Brazil
FC Barcelona
FC Inter Milan
1998
Zinedine Zidane
France
FC Juventus Turin
1999
Rivaldo Vitor Borba Ferreira
Brazil
FC Barcelona
2000
Zinedine Zidane
France
FC Juventus Turin
2001
Luis Figo
Portugal
FC Real Madrid
2002
Ronaldo Nazario de Lima
Brazil
FC Inter Milan
FC Real Madrid
2003
Zinedine Zidane
France
FC Real Madrid
2004
Ronaldo de Assis "Ronaldinho"
Brazil
FC Barcelona
2005
Ronaldo de Assis "Ronaldinho"
Brazil
FC Barcelona

NOTE
Elected by the coaches of the national teams,
each selecting three players who obtain respectively 5 - 3 - 1 points.

TOP 10 RANKING

1991
(66 votes)
NR
PLAYER
COUNTRY
POINTS
1
Lothar Matthaus
Germany
128
2
Jean-Pierre Papin
France
113
3
Gary Lineker
England
40
4
Robert Prosincki
Yugoslavia
Croatia
38
5
Marco Van Basten
Netherlands
23
6
Franco Baresi
Italy
12
7
Ivan Zamorano
Chile
10
8
Andreas Brehme
Germany
9
9
Gianluca Vialli
Italy
8
10
Enzo Scifo
Belgium
7

1992
(71 votes)
NR
PLAYER
COUNTRY
POINTS
1
Marco Van Basten
Netherlands
161
2
Hristo Stoichkov
Bulgaria
88
3
Thomas Hassler
Germany
61
4
Jean-Pierre Papin
France
46
5
Brian Laudrup
Denmark
44
6
Peter Schmeichel
Denmark
44
7
Dennis Bergkamp
Netherlands
29
8
Frank Rijkaard
Netherlands
23
9
Abedi Ayew Pele
Ghana
10
"
Franco Baresi
Italy
10
"
Jurgen Klinsmann
Germany
10

1993
(71 votes)
NR
PLAYER
COUNTRY
POINTS
1
Roberto Baggio
Italy
152
2
Romario de Souza Faria
Brazil
84
3
Dennis Bergkamp
Netherlands
58
4
Peter Schmeichel
Denmark
29
5
Hristo Stoichkov
Bulgaria
22
6
Faustino Asprilla
Colombia
21
7
Jose Gama de Oliviera Bebeto
Brazil
16
8
Ronald Koeman
Netherlands
15
9
Anthony Yeboah
Ghana
13
10
Rai Souza Vieira de Oliviera
Brazil
12

1994
(83 votes)
NR
PLAYER
COUNTRY
POINTS
1
Romario de Souza Faria
Brazil
346
2
Hristo Stoichkov
Bulgaria
100
3
Roberto Baggio
Italy
80
4
Gheorghe Hagi
Romania
50
5
Paolo Maldini
Italy
40
6
Jose Gama de Oliviera Bebeto
Brazil
16
7
Dennis Bergkamp
Netherlands
11
8
Carlos Bledorn Verri Dunga
Brazil
9
9
Franco Baresi
Italy
7
"
Tomas Brolin
Sweden
7
"
Jurgen Klinsmann
Germany
7
"
Mauro da Silva Gomes
Brazil
7

1995
(95 votes)
NR
PLAYER
COUNTRY
POINTS
1
George Weah
Liberia
170
2
Paolo Maldini
Italy
80
3
Jurgen Klinsmann
Germany
58
4
Romario de Souza Faria
Brazil
50
5
Roberto Baggio
Italy
49
6
Hristo Stoichkov
Bulgaria
37
7
Ivan Zamorano
Chile
36
8
Osvaldo Giroldo Junior Juninho
Brazil
28
9
Matthias Sammer
Germany
23
10
Michael Laudrup
Denmark
20
"
Gianfranco Zola
Italy
20

1996
(120 votes)
NR
PLAYER
COUNTRY
POINTS
1
Ronaldo Nazario de Lima
Brazil
329
2
George Weah
Liberia
140
3
Alan Shearer
England
123
4
Matthias Sammer
Germany
109
5
Jurgen Klinsmann
Germany
54
6
Nwankwo Kanu
Nigeria
32
7
Paolo Maldini
Italy
25
8
Davor Suker
Croatia
24
9
Gabriel Batistuta
Argentina
19
10
Romario de Souza Faria
Brazil
13

1997
(121 votes)
NR
PLAYER
COUNTRY
POINTS
1
Ronaldo Nazario de Lima
Brazil
480
2
Roberto Carlos Da Silva
Brazil
85
3
Dennis Bergkamp
Netherlands
62
4
Zinedine Zidane
France
62
5
Raul Gonzales Blanco
Spain
51
6
Alessandro Del Piero
Italy
27
7
Davor Suker
Croatia
20
8
Gabriel Batistuta
Argentina
16
9
Alan Shearer
England
16
10
Leonardo Nascimento de Araujo
Brazil
14
"
Peter Schmeichel
Denmark
14

1998
(140 votes)
NR
PLAYER
COUNTRY
POINTS
1
Zinedine Zidane
France
518
2
Ronaldo Nazario de Lima
Brazil
164
3
Davor Suker
Croatia
108
4
Michael Owen
England
43
5
Gabriel Batistuta
Argentina
40
6
Rivaldo Vitor Borba Ferreira
Brazil
37
7
Dennis Bergkamp
Netherlands
33
8
Edgar Davids
Netherlands
26
9
Marcel Desailly
France
23
10
Lilian Thuram
France
14

1999
(140 votes)
NR
PLAYER
COUNTRY
POINTS
1
Rivaldo Vitor Borba Ferreira
Brazil
543
2
David Beckham
England
194
3
Gabriel Batistuta
Argentina
79
4
Zinedine Zidane
France
68
5
Christian Vieri
Italy
39
6
Luis Figo
Portugal
35
7
Andrei Shevchenko
Ukraine
34
8
Raul Gonzales Blanco
Spain
31
9
Andy Cole
England
24
10
Dwight Yorke
Trinidad & Tobago
19

2000
(150 votes)
NR
PLAYER
COUNTRY
POINTS
1
Zinedine Zidane
France
370
2
Luis Figo
Portugal
329
3
Rivaldo Vitor Borba Ferreira
Brazil
263
4
Gabriel Batistuta
Argentina
57
5
Andrei Shevchenko
Ukraine
48
6
David Beckham
England
41
7
Thierry Henry
France
35
8
Alessandro Nesta
Italy
23
9
Patrick Kluivert
Netherlands
22
10
Francesco Totti
Italy
14
"
Raul Gonzales Blanco
Spain
14

2001
(130 votes)
NR
PLAYER
COUNTRY
POINTS
1
Luis Figo
Portugal
250
2
David Beckham
England
238
3
Raul Gonzalez Blanco
Spain
96
4
Zinedine Zidane
France
94
5
Rivaldo Vitor Borba Ferreira
Brazil
92
6
Juan Sebastian Veron
Argentina
71
7
Oliver Kahn
Germany
65
8
Michael Owen
England
61
9
Andriy Shevchenko
Ukraine
46
10
Francesco Totti
Italy
40

2002
(147 votes)
NR
PLAYER
COUNTRY
POINTS
1
Ronaldo Nazario de Lima
Brazil
387
2
Oliver Kahn
Germany
171
3
Zinedine Zidane
France
148
4
Roberto Carlos Da Silva
Brazil
114
5
Rivaldo Vitor Borba Ferreira
Brazil
92
6
Raul Gonzalez Blanco
Spain
90
7
Michael Ballack
Germany
82
8
David Beckham
England
51
9
Thierry Henry
France
38
10
Michael Owen
England
34

2003
(142 votes)
NR
PLAYER
COUNTRY
POINTS
1
Zinedine Zidane
France
264
2
Thierry Henry
France
186
3
Ronaldo Nazario de Lima
Brazil
176
4
Pavel Nedved
Czech Republic
158
5
Roberto Carlos Da Silva
Brazil
105
6
Ruud Van Nistelrooy
Netherlands
86
7
David Beckham
England
74
8
Raul Gonzalez Blanco
Spain
39
9
Paolo Maldini
Italy
37
10
Andriy Shevchenko
Ukraine
26

2004
(302 votes : 157 coaches / 145 captains)
NR
PLAYER
COUNTRY
POINTS
1
Ronaldo de Assis "Ronaldinho"
Brazil
620
2
Thierry Henry
France
552
3
Andriy Shevchenko
Ukraine
253
4
Pavel Nedved
Czech Republic
178
5
Zinedine Zidane
France
150
6
Adriano Ribeiro Leite
Brazil
98
7
Anderson Luis de Sousa "Deco"
Portugal
96
8
Ronaldo Nazario de Lima
Brazil
96
9
Ruud Van Nistelrooy
Netherlands
67
10
Ricardo Izecson Santos "Kaka"
Brazil
64
"
Wayne Rooney
England
64

2005
(301 votes : 156 coaches / 145 captains)
NR
PLAYER
COUNTRY
POINTS
1
Ronaldo de Assis "Ronaldinho"
Brazil
956
2
Frank Lampard
England
306
3
Samuel Eto'o
Cameroon
190
4
Thierry Henry
France
172
5
Adriano Ribeiro Leite
Brazil
170
6
Andriy Shevchenko
Ukraine
153
7
Steven Gerrard
England
131
8
Ricardo Izecson Santos "Kaka"
Brazil
101
9
Paolo Maldini
Italy
76
10
Didier Drogba
Ivory Coast
65