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{{Short description|Association football award}}
{{About|the men's player of the year award from 1991–2009, and the women's player of the year award from 2001–2015|the men's player of the year award from 2010–2015|FIFA Ballon d'Or|the men's award since 2016|The Best FIFA Men's Player|the women's award since 2016|The Best FIFA Women's Player}}
{{About|the men's player of the year award from 1991 to 2009, and the women's player of the year award from 2001 to 2015|the men's player of the year award from 2010 to 2015|FIFA Ballon d'Or|the men's award since 2016|The Best FIFA Men's Player|the women's award since 2016|The Best FIFA Women's Player}}
{{multiple image
{{Infobox award
| footer = Brazilians [travis skaggs American footballer)|ronaldo]] and [[Marta (footballer)|Marta]], the youngest recipients at age 20, won three and five awards respectively.
| name = FIFA World Player of the Year
| image1 = Ronaldo_Cannes.jpg
| image = Ronaldo Cannes (cropped).jpg
| width1 = 140
| image_size = 220
| image2 = Marta at Union at Earthquakes 2010-09-15.jpg
| caption = [[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]], the youngest recipient of the award aged 20, won it three times.
| width2 = 140
| presenter = [[FIFA]]
| year = 1991
| year2 = 2009
| most_awards = {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Zinedine Zidane]]<br>{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]]<br>(3 awards each)
| website = {{URL|https://www.fifa.com/the-best-fifa-football-awards/history/index.html|fifa.com}}
| related = [[FIFA Ballon d'Or]]<br>[[The Best FIFA Men's Player]]
}}
}}
{{Infobox award
| name = FIFA Women's World Player of the Year
| image = Marta Vieira da Silva 2013.jpg
| image_size = 220
| caption = [[Marta (footballer)|Marta]], the youngest recipient of the award aged 20, won it five times.
| presenter = [[FIFA]]
| year = 2001
| year2 = 2015
| most_awards = {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marta (footballer)|Marta]] (5 awards)
| website = {{URL|https://www.fifa.com/the-best-fifa-football-awards/history/index.html|fifa.com}}
| related = [[The Best FIFA Women's Player]]
}}
The '''FIFA World Player of the Year''' was an [[association football]] award presented annually by the sport's governing body, [[FIFA]], between 1991 and 2015 at the [[FIFA World Player Gala]]. Coaches and captains of international teams and media representatives selected the player they deem to have performed the best in the previous calendar year.


Originally a single award for the world's best men's player, parallel awards for men and women were awarded from 2001 to 2009. The men's award was subsumed into the [[FIFA Ballon d'Or]] in 2010 while the women's award remained until 2015. After 2015 both men's and women's awards became part of [[The Best FIFA Football Awards]].
The '''FIFA World Player of the Year''' was an [[association football]] award presented annually by the sport's governing body, [[FIFA]], since 1991. Originally an honour bestowed on the world's best male player, it was awarded to both sexes from 2001, and from 2010 presented exclusively to the best female player. Coaches and captains of international teams and media representatives selected the player they deem to have performed the best in the previous calendar year.


During the men's era, Brazilian players won 8 out of 19 years, compared to three wins – the second most – for French players. In terms of individual players, Brazil again led with five, followed by Italy and Portugal with two each.<ref name="FIFA Awards">{{cite web|title=FACTSheet FIFA awards|url=http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/r%26a-awards/52/01/02/144081_factsheet_fifaannualawards_english.pdf|publisher=[[FIFA]]|accessdate=19 January 2016}}</ref><ref>[http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/fifa-awards.html "FIFA Awards"]. RSSSF.com. Retrieved 1 April 2013</ref> The youngest winner was [[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]], who won at 20 years old in 1996, and the oldest winner was [[Fabio Cannavaro]], who won aged 33 in 2006.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/9396646.stm "Brazil legend Ronaldo retires from football"]. BBC. Retrieved 17 November 2013</ref><ref>[http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/news-display/cannavaro-discusses-highs-and-lows/66691 "Cannavaro discusses highs and lows"]. Football Federation Australia. Retrieved 18 November 2013</ref> Ronaldo and [[Zinedine Zidane]] each won the award three times, while Ronaldo and [[Ronaldinho]] were the only players to win in successive years. From 2010 to 2015, the equivalent men's award was the [[FIFA Ballon d'Or]].<ref>[http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=1268497/index.html "The FIFA Ballon d'Or is born"]. FIFA.com. Retrieved 12 January 2016</ref><ref>[http://m.fifa.com/ballon-dor/history/index.html "FIFA Ballon d'Or World Player of the Year: Award History"]. FIFA.com. Retrieved 12 January 2016</ref>
During the men's era, Brazilian players won 8 out of 19 years, compared to three wins – the second most – for French players. In terms of individual players, Brazil again led with five, followed by Italy and Portugal with two each.<ref name="FIFA Awards">{{cite web|title=FACTSheet FIFA awards|url=http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/r%26a-awards/52/01/02/144081_factsheet_fifaannualawards_english.pdf|publisher=[[FIFA]]|access-date=19 January 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160122103135/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/r%26a-awards/52/01/02/144081_factsheet_fifaannualawards_english.pdf|archive-date=22 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/fifa-awards.html |title=FIFA Awards |website=RSSSF.com |accessdate=1 April 2013 |archive-date=23 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181023121239/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/fifa-awards.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The youngest winner was [[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]], who won at 20 years old in 1996, and the oldest winner was [[Fabio Cannavaro]], who won aged 33 in 2006.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/9396646.stm |title=Brazil legend Ronaldo retires from football |website=BBC Sport |accessdate=17 November 2013 |archive-date=19 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819034235/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/9396646.stm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/news-display/cannavaro-discusses-highs-and-lows/66691 |title=Cannavaro discusses highs and lows |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216084627/http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/news-display/cannavaro-discusses-highs-and-lows/66691 |archivedate=16 December 2013 |publisher=Football Federation Australia |accessdate=18 November 2013 }}</ref> Ronaldo and [[Zinedine Zidane]] each won the award three times, while Ronaldo and [[Ronaldinho]] were the only players to win in successive years. From 2010 to 2015, the equivalent men's award was the [[FIFA Ballon d'Or]], following a merging of the FIFA World Player of the Year and the [[Ballon d'Or|France Football Ballon d'Or]] awards.<ref>{{cite news |title=The FIFA Ballon d'Or is born |website=FIFA.com |url=http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=1268497/index.html |accessdate=12 January 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100708133238/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=1268497/index.html |archive-date=8 July 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=FIFA Ballon d'Or World Player of the Year: Award History |website=FIFA.com |url=http://m.fifa.com/ballon-dor/history/index.html |accessdate=12 January 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141105093022/http://m.fifa.com/ballon-dor/history/index.html |archive-date=5 November 2014}}</ref> Since 2016, the awards have been replaced by [[The Best FIFA Men's Player]] and [[The Best FIFA Women's Player]] awards.<ref>{{cite web|title=The birth of The Best FIFA Football Awards|url=https://www.fifa.com/the-best-fifa-football-awards/the-best-explained.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105050641/http://www.fifa.com/the-best-fifa-football-awards/the-best-explained.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 5, 2016|work=FIFA.com|access-date=24 October 2016}}</ref>


Eight female players – three Germans, three Americans, one Brazilian, and one Japanese – have won the award. [[Marta (footballer)|Marta]], the youngest recipient at age 20 in 2006, has won five successive awards, the most of any player. [[Birgit Prinz]] won three times in a row and [[Mia Hamm]] won twice in a row. The oldest winner is [[Nadine Angerer]], who was 35 when she won in 2013; she is also the only [[Goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]] of either sex to win.
Eight women's footballers – three Germans, three Americans, one Brazilian, and one Japanese – have won the award. [[Marta (footballer)|Marta]], the youngest recipient at age 20 in 2006, has won five successive awards, the most of any player. [[Birgit Prinz]] won three times in a row and [[Mia Hamm]] won twice in a row. The oldest winner is [[Nadine Angerer]], who was 35 when she won in 2013; she is also the only [[Goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]] of either sex to win.


==Voting and selection process==
==Voting and selection process==
The winners are chosen by the coaches and captains of national teams as well as by international media representatives invited by FIFA.<ref>{{cite web |title=Messi, Lloyd, Luis Enrique and Ellis triumph at FIFA Ballon d'Or 2015 |publisher=FIFA |date=11 January 2016 |url=http://www.fifa.com/ballon-dor/news/y=2016/m=1/news=messi-lloyd-luis-enrique-and-ellis-triumph-at-fifa-ballon-d-or-2015-2754944.html |accessdate=13 January 2016}}</ref> In a voting system based on [[positional voting system|positional voting]], each voter is allotted three votes, worth five points, three points and one point, and the three finalists are ordered based on total number of points. Following criticism from some sections of the media over nominations in previous years, FIFA has since 2004 provided shortlists from which its voters can select their choices.<ref>[http://www.fifa.com/ballon-dor/news/y=2004/m=10/news=thirty-five-stars-make-zurich-shortlist-94386.html FIFA.com - Thirty-five stars make Zurich shortlist<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
The winners are chosen by the coaches and captains of national teams as well as by international media representatives invited by FIFA.<ref>{{cite web |title=Messi, Lloyd, Luis Enrique and Ellis triumph at FIFA Ballon d'Or 2015 |publisher=FIFA |date=12 January 2016 |url=https://www.fifa.com/ballon-dor/news/y=2016/m=1/news=messi-lloyd-luis-enrique-and-ellis-triumph-at-fifa-ballon-d-or-2015-2754944.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112195927/http://www.fifa.com/ballon-dor/news/y=2016/m=1/news=messi-lloyd-luis-enrique-and-ellis-triumph-at-fifa-ballon-d-or-2015-2754944.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 12, 2016 |access-date=13 January 2016}}</ref> In a voting system based on [[positional voting system|positional voting]], each voter is allotted three votes, worth five points, three points and one point, and the three finalists are ordered based on total number of points. Following criticism from some sections of the media over nominations in previous years, FIFA has since 2004 provided shortlists from which its voters can select their choices.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thirty-five stars make Zurich shortlist |website=FIFA.com |url=http://www.fifa.com/ballon-dor/news/y=2004/m=10/news=thirty-five-stars-make-zurich-shortlist-94386.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924131049/http://www.fifa.com/ballon-dor/news/y=2004/m=10/news=thirty-five-stars-make-zurich-shortlist-94386.html |archive-date=24 September 2015 }}</ref>

==List of male winners==


==FIFA World Player of the Year==
{{multiple image
| image1 = Ronaldo em campo.jpg
| width1 = 150
| image2 = Zinedine zidane wcf 2006-edit.jpg
| width2 = 97
| footer = [[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]] (left) and [[Zinedine Zidane]] (right) each won the award three times.
}}
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Rank
!Player
!Team
|-
|-
! Year
|rowspan="3"|'''[[1991 FIFA World Player of the Year|1991]]'''
! Rank
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
! Player
|{{flagicon|GER}} '''[[Lothar Matthäus]]'''
! Team
|{{flagicon|ITA}} '''[[Inter Milan|Internazionale]]'''
! Points
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"| '''[[1991 FIFA World Player of the Year|1991]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jean-Pierre Papin]]
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Olympique de Marseille|Marseille]]
| {{flagicon|GER}} '''[[Lothar Matthäus]]'''
| {{flagicon|ITA}} '''[[Inter Milan]]'''
| '''128'''
|-
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Gary Lineker]]
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jean-Pierre Papin]]
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Olympique de Marseille|Marseille]]
| 113
|-
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
!colspan="4"|
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Gary Lineker]]
| {{nowrap|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]}}
| 40
|-
|-
!colspan="5"|
|rowspan="3"|'''[[1992 FIFA World Player of the Year|1992]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|NED}} '''[[Marco van Basten]]'''
|{{flagicon|ITA}} '''[[A.C. Milan|Milan]]'''
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"| '''[[1992 FIFA World Player of the Year|1992]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Hristo Stoichkov]]
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
| {{flagicon|NED}} '''[[Marco van Basten]]'''
| {{flagicon|ITA}} '''[[A.C. Milan|Milan]]'''
| '''166'''
|-
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Thomas Häßler]]
| {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Hristo Stoichkov]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[A.S. Roma|Roma]]
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
| 88
|-
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
!colspan="4"|
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Thomas Häßler]]
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[A.S. Roma|Roma]]
| 61
|-
|-
!colspan="5"|
|rowspan="3"|'''[[1993 FIFA World Player of the Year|1993]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|ITA}} '''[[Roberto Baggio]]'''
|{{flagicon|ITA}} '''[[Juventus F.C.|Juventus]]'''
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"| '''[[1993 FIFA World Player of the Year|1993]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Romário]]
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
| {{flagicon|ITA}} '''[[Roberto Baggio]]'''
| {{flagicon|ITA}} '''[[Juventus FC|Juventus]]'''
| '''152'''
|-
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Romário]]{{refn|group=note|Romário was signed by Barcelona from PSV Eindhoven midway through 1993.}}
|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Dennis Bergkamp]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Inter Milan|Internazionale]]
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
| 84
|-
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
!colspan="4"|
| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Dennis Bergkamp]]{{refn|group=note|Bergkamp was signed by Inter Milan from Ajax midway through 1993.}}
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Inter Milan]]
| 58
|-
|-
!colspan="5"|
|rowspan="3"|'''[[1994 FIFA World Player of the Year|1994]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|BRA}} '''[[Romário]]'''
|{{flagicon|ESP}} '''[[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]'''
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"| '''[[1994 FIFA World Player of the Year|1994]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Hristo Stoichkov]]
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
| {{flagicon|BRA}} '''[[Romário]]'''
| {{flagicon|ESP}} '''[[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]'''
| '''346'''
|-
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Roberto Baggio]]
| {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Hristo Stoichkov]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Juventus F.C.|Juventus]]
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
| 100
|-
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
!colspan="4"|
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Roberto Baggio]]
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Juventus FC|Juventus]]
| 80
|-
|-
!colspan="5"|
|rowspan="3"|'''[[1995 FIFA World Player of the Year|1995]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|LBR}} '''[[George Weah]]{{refn|group=note|Weah was signed by Milan from Paris Saint-Germain midway through 1995.}}'''
|{{flagicon|ITA}} '''[[A.C. Milan|Milan]]'''
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"| '''[[1995 FIFA World Player of the Year|1995]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Paolo Maldini]]
| {{flagicon|LBR}} '''[[George Weah]]{{refn|group=note|Weah was signed by Milan from Paris Saint-Germain midway through 1995.}}'''
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[A.C. Milan|Milan]]
| {{flagicon|ITA}} '''[[A.C. Milan|Milan]]'''
| '''170'''
|-
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Paolo Maldini]]
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Jürgen Klinsmann]]{{refn|group=note|Klinsmann was signed by Bayern Munich from Tottenham Hotspur midway through 1995.}}
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[A.C. Milan|Milan]]
| 80
|-
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
!colspan="4"|
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Jürgen Klinsmann]]{{refn|group=note|Klinsmann was signed by Bayern Munich from Tottenham Hotspur midway through 1995.}}
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]
| 58
|-
|-
!colspan="5"|
|rowspan="3"|'''[[1996 FIFA World Player of the Year|1996]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|BRA}} '''[[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]]{{refn|group=note|Ronaldo was signed by Barcelona from PSV Eindhoven midway through 1996.}}'''
|{{flagicon|ESP}} '''[[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]'''
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"| '''[[1996 FIFA World Player of the Year|1996]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|LBR}} [[George Weah]]
| {{flagicon|BRA}} '''[[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]]{{refn|group=note|Ronaldo was signed by Barcelona from PSV Eindhoven midway through 1996.}}'''
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[A.C. Milan|Milan]]
| {{flagicon|ESP}} '''[[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]'''
| '''329'''
|-
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd
| {{flagicon|LBR}} [[George Weah]]
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Alan Shearer]]{{refn|group=note|Shearer was signed by Newcastle United from Blackburn Rovers midway through 1996.}}
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]]
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[A.C. Milan|Milan]]
| 140
|-
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
!colspan="4"|
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Alan Shearer]]{{refn|group=note|Shearer was signed by Newcastle United from Blackburn Rovers midway through 1996.}}
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]]
| 123
|-
|-
!colspan="5"|
|rowspan="4"|'''[[1997 FIFA World Player of the Year|1997]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|BRA}} '''[[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]]'''
|{{flagicon|ITA}} '''[[Inter Milan|Internazionale]]'''
|-
|-
|rowspan="4"| '''[[1997 FIFA World Player of the Year|1997]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Roberto Carlos (footballer)|Roberto Carlos]]
| {{flagicon|BRA}} '''[[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]]'''{{refn|group=note|Ronaldo was signed by Inter Milan from Barcelona midway through 1997.}}
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]]
| {{flagicon|ITA}} '''[[Inter Milan]]'''
| '''480'''
|-
|-
| rowspan=2 scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd
|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Dennis Bergkamp]]
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Roberto Carlos]]
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]]
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
| 85
|-
|-
|rowspan=2 scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Zinedine Zidane]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Juventus F.C.|Juventus]]
| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Dennis Bergkamp]]
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]]
|rowspan=2| 62
|-
|-
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Zinedine Zidane]]
!colspan="4"|
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Juventus FC|Juventus]]
|-
|-
!colspan="5"|
|rowspan="3"|'''[[1998 FIFA World Player of the Year|1998]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|FRA}} '''[[Zinedine Zidane]]'''
|{{flagicon|ITA}} '''[[Juventus F.C.|Juventus]]'''
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"| '''[[1998 FIFA World Player of the Year|1998]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Inter Milan|Internazionale]]
| {{flagicon|FRA}} '''[[Zinedine Zidane]]'''
| {{flagicon|ITA}} '''[[Juventus FC|Juventus]]'''
| '''518'''
|-
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd
|{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Davor Šuker]]
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]]
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]]
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Inter Milan]]
| 164
|-
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
!colspan="4"|
| {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Davor Šuker]]
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
| 108
|-
|-
!colspan="5"|
|rowspan="3"|'''[[1999 FIFA World Player of the Year|1999]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|BRA}} '''[[Rivaldo]]'''
|{{flagicon|ESP}} '''[[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]'''
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"| '''[[1999 FIFA World Player of the Year|1999]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[David Beckham]]
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]
| {{flagicon|BRA}} '''[[Rivaldo]]'''
| {{flagicon|ESP}} '''[[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]'''
| '''543'''
|-
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Gabriel Batistuta]]
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[David Beckham]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[ACF Fiorentina|Fiorentina]]
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]
| 194
|-
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
!colspan="4"|
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Gabriel Batistuta]]
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[ACF Fiorentina|Fiorentina]]
| 79
|-
|-
!colspan="5"|
|rowspan="3"|'''[[2000 FIFA World Player of the Year|2000]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|FRA}} '''[[Zinedine Zidane]]'''
|{{flagicon|ITA}} '''[[Juventus F.C.|Juventus]]'''
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"| '''[[2000 FIFA World Player of the Year|2000]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Luís Figo]]{{refn|group=note|Figo was signed by Real Madrid from Barcelona midway through 2000.}}
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]]
| {{flagicon|FRA}} '''[[Zinedine Zidane]]'''
| {{flagicon|ITA}} '''[[Juventus FC|Juventus]]'''
| '''370'''
|-
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd
| {{flagicon|POR}} [[Luís Figo]]{{refn|group=note|Figo was signed by Real Madrid from Barcelona midway through 2000.}}
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Rivaldo]]
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
| 329
|-
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
!colspan="4"|
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Rivaldo]]
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
| 263
|-
|-
!colspan="5"|
|rowspan="3"|'''[[2001 FIFA World Player of the Year|2001]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|POR}} '''[[Luís Figo]]'''
|{{flagicon|ESP}} '''[[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]]'''
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"| '''[[2001 FIFA World Player of the Year|2001]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[David Beckham]]
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]
| {{flagicon|POR}} '''[[Luís Figo]]'''
| {{flagicon|ESP}} '''[[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]'''
| '''250'''
|-
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Raúl (footballer)|Raúl]]
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[David Beckham]]
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]]
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]
| 238
|-
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
!colspan="4"|
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Raúl (footballer)|Raúl]]
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
| 96
|-
|-
!colspan="5"|
|rowspan="3"|'''[[2002 FIFA World Player of the Year|2002]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|BRA}} '''[[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]]{{refn|group=note|Ronaldo was signed by Real Madrid from Internazionale midway through 2002.}}'''
|{{flagicon|ESP}} '''[[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]]'''
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"| '''[[2002 FIFA World Player of the Year|2002]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Oliver Kahn]]
| {{flagicon|BRA}} '''[[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]]{{refn|group=note|Ronaldo was signed by Real Madrid from Inter Milan midway through 2002.}}'''
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]
| {{flagicon|ESP}} '''[[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]'''
| '''387'''
|-
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Zinedine Zidane]]
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Oliver Kahn]]
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]]
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]
| 171
|-
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
!colspan="4"|
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Zinedine Zidane]]
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
| 148
|-
|-
!colspan="5"|
|rowspan="3"|'''[[2003 FIFA World Player of the Year|2003]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|FRA}} '''[[Zinedine Zidane]]'''
|{{flagicon|ESP}} '''[[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]]'''
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"| '''[[2003 FIFA World Player of the Year|2003]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Thierry Henry]]
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]]
| {{flagicon|FRA}} '''[[Zinedine Zidane]]'''
| {{flagicon|ESP}} '''[[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]'''
| '''264'''
|-
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]]
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Thierry Henry]]
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]]
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]]
| 200
|-
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
!colspan="4"|
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]]
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
| 176
|-
|-
!colspan="5"|
|rowspan="3"|'''[[2004 FIFA World Player of the Year|2004]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|BRA}} '''[[Ronaldinho]]'''
|{{flagicon|ESP}} '''[[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]'''
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"| '''[[2004 FIFA World Player of the Year|2004]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Thierry Henry]]
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]]
| {{flagicon|BRA}} '''[[Ronaldinho]]'''
| {{flagicon|ESP}} '''[[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]'''
| '''620'''
|-
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd
|{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Andriy Shevchenko]]
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Thierry Henry]]
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[A.C. Milan|Milan]]
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]]
| 552
|-
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
!colspan="4"|
| {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Andriy Shevchenko]]
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[A.C. Milan|Milan]]
| 253
|-
|-
!colspan="5"|
|rowspan="3"|'''[[2005 FIFA World Player of the Year|2005]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|BRA}} '''[[Ronaldinho]]'''
|{{flagicon|ESP}} '''[[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]'''
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"| '''[[2005 FIFA World Player of the Year|2005]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Frank Lampard]]
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]]
| {{flagicon|BRA}} '''[[Ronaldinho]]'''
| {{flagicon|ESP}} '''[[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]'''
| '''956'''
|-
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd
|{{flagicon|CMR}} [[Samuel Eto'o]]
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Frank Lampard]]
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]]
| 306
|-
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
!colspan="4"|
| {{flagicon|CMR}} [[Samuel Eto'o]]
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
| 190
|-
|-
!colspan="5"|
|rowspan="3"|'''[[2006 FIFA World Player of the Year|2006]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|ITA}} '''[[Fabio Cannavaro]]{{refn|group=note|Cannavaro was signed by Real Madrid from Juventus midway through 2006.}}'''
|{{flagicon|ESP}} '''[[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]]'''
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"| '''[[2006 FIFA World Player of the Year|2006]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Zinedine Zidane]]
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]]
| {{flagicon|ITA}} '''[[Fabio Cannavaro]]{{refn|group=note|Cannavaro was signed by Real Madrid from Juventus midway through 2006.}}'''
| {{flagicon|ESP}} '''[[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]'''
| '''498'''
|-
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Ronaldinho]]
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Zinedine Zidane]]
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
| 454
|-
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
!colspan="4"|
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Ronaldinho]]
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
| 380
|-
|-
!colspan="5"|
|rowspan="3"|'''[[2007 FIFA World Player of the Year|2007]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|BRA}} '''[[Kaká]]'''
|{{flagicon|ITA}} '''[[A.C. Milan|Milan]]'''
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"| '''[[2007 FIFA World Player of the Year|2007]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Lionel Messi]]
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
| {{flagicon|BRA}} '''[[Kaká]]'''
| {{flagicon|ITA}} '''[[A.C. Milan|Milan]]'''
| '''1,047'''
|-
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Cristiano Ronaldo]]
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Lionel Messi]]
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
| 504
|-
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
!colspan="4"|
| {{flagicon|POR}} [[Cristiano Ronaldo]]
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]
| 426
|-
|-
!colspan="5"|
|rowspan="3"|'''[[2008 FIFA World Player of the Year|2008]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|POR}} '''[[Cristiano Ronaldo]]'''
|{{flagicon|ENG}} '''[[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]'''
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"| '''[[2008 FIFA World Player of the Year|2008]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Lionel Messi]]
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
| {{flagicon|POR}} '''[[Cristiano Ronaldo]]'''
| {{flagicon|ENG}} '''[[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]'''
| '''935'''
|-
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Fernando Torres]]
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Lionel Messi]]
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
| 678
|-
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
!colspan="4"|
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Fernando Torres]]
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]
| 203
|-
|-
!colspan="5"|
|rowspan="3"|'''[[2009 FIFA World Player of the Year|2009]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|ARG}} '''[[Lionel Messi]]'''
|{{flagicon|ESP}} '''[[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]'''
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"| '''[[2009 FIFA World Player of the Year|2009]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Cristiano Ronaldo]]{{refn|group=note|Cristiano Ronaldo was signed by Real Madrid from Manchester United midway through 2009.}}
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]
| {{flagicon|ARG}} '''[[Lionel Messi]]'''
| {{flagicon|ESP}} '''[[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]'''
| '''1,073'''
|-
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd
| {{nowrap|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Cristiano Ronaldo]]}}{{refn|group=note|Cristiano Ronaldo was signed by Real Madrid from Manchester United midway through 2009.}}
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Xavi]]
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
| 352
|-
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Xavi (footballer, born 1980)|Xavi]]
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
| 196
|}
|}


<small>Source:<ref name="FIFA Awards" /></small>
<small>Source:<ref name="FIFA Awards" /></small>


From 2010 to 2015, the world's best player was awarded the [[FIFA Ballon d'Or]]. In 2016, FIFA created [[The Best FIFA Men's Player]] to honour the best player around the world.
From 2010 to 2015, the award was merged with the [[Ballon d'Or]] to become the [[FIFA Ballon d'Or]] in a six-year partnership with ''[[France Football]]''. In 2016, FIFA rebranded the award as [[The Best FIFA Men's Player]].

A single article from the Portuguese magazine ''[[A Bola]]'' reporting about the 1992 award mentions the former award winners [[Lothar Matthäus]] in 1991, but also [[Diego Maradona]] in 1990. There is no other evidence of the award being presented by FIFA prior to 1991.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Guerin Sportivo World Player of the Year awards 1979-1986 |url=https://www.bigsoccer.com/threads/guerin-sportivo-world-player-of-the-year-awards-1979-1986.2019142/page-20#post-38809916 |access-date=2023-02-13 |website=BigSoccer Forum |language=en-US}}</ref>


===Wins by player===
===Wins by player===
{| class="sortable plainrowheaders wikitable"
{| class="sortable plainrowheaders wikitable"
|-
|-
! scope="col" | Player
!scope="col"| Player
! scope="col style="background-color: gold" | 1st
!scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| Winner
! scope="col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
!scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| Runner-up
! scope="col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
!scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| Third place
|-
|-
! scope="row"| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Zinedine Zidane]]
!scope="row"| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Zinedine Zidane]]
| style="text-align: center" | 3 (1998, 2000, 2003)
|style="text-align:left"| {{nowrap|3 ([[1998 FIFA World Player of the Year|1998]], [[2000 FIFA World Player of the Year|2000]], [[2003 FIFA World Player of the Year|2003]])}}
| style="text-align: center" | 1 (2006)
|style="text-align:left"| 1 ([[2006 FIFA World Player of the Year|2006]])
| style="text-align: center" | 2 (1997, 2002)
|style="text-align:left"| {{nowrap|2 ([[1997 FIFA World Player of the Year|1997]], [[2002 FIFA World Player of the Year|2002]])}}
|-
|-
! scope="row"| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]]
!scope="row"| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]]
| style="text-align: center" | 3 (1996, 1997, 2002)
|style="text-align:left"| 3 ([[1996 FIFA World Player of the Year|1996]], [[1997 FIFA World Player of the Year|1997]], [[2002 FIFA World Player of the Year|2002]])
| style="text-align: center" | 1 (1998)
|style="text-align:left"| 1 ([[1998 FIFA World Player of the Year|1998]])
| style="text-align: center" | 1 (2003)
|style="text-align:left"| 1 ([[2003 FIFA World Player of the Year|2003]])
|-
|-
! scope="row"| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Ronaldinho]]
!scope="row"| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Ronaldinho]]
| style="text-align: center" | 2 (2004, 2005)
|style="text-align:left"| 2 ([[2004 FIFA World Player of the Year|2004]], [[2005 FIFA World Player of the Year|2005]])
| style="text-align: center" | —
|style="text-align:left"| —
| style="text-align: center" | 1 (2006)
|style="text-align:left"| 1 ([[2006 FIFA World Player of the Year|2006]])
|-
|-
! scope="row"| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Lionel Messi]]
!scope="row"| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Lionel Messi]]
| style="text-align: center" | 1 (2009)
|style="text-align:left"| 1 ([[2009 FIFA World Player of the Year|2009]])
| style="text-align: center" | 2 (2007, 2008)
|style="text-align:left"| {{nowrap|2 ([[2007 FIFA World Player of the Year|2007]], [[2008 FIFA World Player of the Year|2008]])}}
| style="text-align: center" | —
|style="text-align:left"| —
|-
|-
! scope="row"| {{flagicon|POR}} [[Cristiano Ronaldo]]
!scope="row"| {{flagicon|POR}} [[Cristiano Ronaldo]]
| style="text-align: center" | 1 (2008)
|style="text-align:left"| 1 ([[2008 FIFA World Player of the Year|2008]])
| style="text-align: center" | 1 (2009)
|style="text-align:left"| 1 ([[2009 FIFA World Player of the Year|2009]])
| style="text-align: center" | 1 (2007)
|style="text-align:left"| 1 ([[2007 FIFA World Player of the Year|2007]])
|-
|-
! scope="row"| {{flagicon|POR}} [[Luís Figo]]
!scope="row"| {{flagicon|POR}} [[Luís Figo]]
| style="text-align: center" | 1 (2001)
|style="text-align:left"| 1 ([[2001 FIFA World Player of the Year|2001]])
| style="text-align: center" | 1 (2000)
|style="text-align:left"| 1 ([[2000 FIFA World Player of the Year|2000]])
| style="text-align: center" | —
|style="text-align:left"| —
|-
|-
! scope="row"| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Romário]]
!scope="row"| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Romário]]
| style="text-align: center" | 1 (1994)
|style="text-align:left"| 1 ([[1994 FIFA World Player of the Year|1994]])
| style="text-align: center" | 1 (1993)
|style="text-align:left"| 1 ([[1993 FIFA World Player of the Year|1993]])
| style="text-align: center" | —
|style="text-align:left"| —
|-
|-
! scope="row"| {{flagicon|LBR}} [[George Weah]]
!scope="row"| {{flagicon|LBR}} [[George Weah]]
| style="text-align: center" | 1 (1995)
|style="text-align:left"| 1 ([[1995 FIFA World Player of the Year|1995]])
| style="text-align: center" | 1 (1996)
|style="text-align:left"| 1 ([[1996 FIFA World Player of the Year|1996]])
| style="text-align: center" | —
|style="text-align:left"| —
|-
|-
! scope="row"| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Roberto Baggio]]
!scope="row"| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Roberto Baggio]]
| style="text-align: center" | 1 (1993)
|style="text-align:left"| 1 ([[1993 FIFA World Player of the Year|1993]])
| style="text-align: center" | —
|style="text-align:left"| —
| style="text-align: center" | 1 (1994)
|style="text-align:left"| 1 ([[1994 FIFA World Player of the Year|1994]])
|-
|-
! scope="row"| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Rivaldo]]
!scope="row"| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Rivaldo]]
| style="text-align: center" | 1 (1999)
|style="text-align:left"| 1 ([[1999 FIFA World Player of the Year|1999]])
| style="text-align: center" | —
|style="text-align:left"| —
| style="text-align: center" | 1 (2000)
|style="text-align:left"| 1 ([[2000 FIFA World Player of the Year|2000]])
|-
|-
! scope="row"| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Marco van Basten]]
!scope="row"| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Lothar Matthäus]]
| style="text-align: center" | 1 (1992)
|style="text-align:left"| 1 ([[1991 FIFA World Player of the Year|1991]])
| style="text-align: center" | —
|style="text-align:left"| —
| style="text-align: center" | —
|style="text-align:left"| —
|-
|-
! scope="row"| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Fabio Cannavaro]]
!scope="row"| {{nowrap|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Marco van Basten]]}}
| style="text-align: center" | 1 (2006)
|style="text-align:left"| 1 ([[1992 FIFA World Player of the Year|1992]])
| style="text-align: center" | —
|style="text-align:left"| —
| style="text-align: center" | —
|style="text-align:left"| —
|-
|-
! scope="row"| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Kaká]]
!scope="row"| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Fabio Cannavaro]]
| style="text-align: center" | 1 (2007)
|style="text-align:left"| 1 ([[2006 FIFA World Player of the Year|2006]])
| style="text-align: center" | —
|style="text-align:left"| —
| style="text-align: center" | —
|style="text-align:left"| —
|-
! scope="row"| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Lothar Matthäus]]
| style="text-align: center" | 1 (1991)
| style="text-align: center" | —
| style="text-align: center" | —
|-
|-
!scope="row"| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Kaká]]
|style="text-align:left"| 1 ([[2007 FIFA World Player of the Year|2007]])
|style="text-align:left"| —
|style="text-align:left"| —
|}
|}


===Wins by country===
===Wins by country===

{| class="sortable plainrowheaders wikitable"
{| class="sortable plainrowheaders wikitable"
|-
|-
! scope="col" | Country
!scope="col"| Country
! scope="col" | Players
!scope="col"| Players
! scope="col" | Total
!scope="col"| Total
|-
|-
! scope="row"| {{BRA}}
!scope="row"| {{BRA}}
| style="text-align: center" | 5
|style="text-align:center"| 5
| style="text-align: center" | 8
|style="text-align:center"| 8
|-
|-
! scope="row"| {{ITA}}
!scope="row"| {{ITA}}
| style="text-align: center" | 2
|style="text-align:center"| 2
| style="text-align: center" | 2
|style="text-align:center"| 2
|-
|-
! scope="row"| {{POR}}
!scope="row"| {{POR}}
| style="text-align: center" | 2
|style="text-align:center"| 2
| style="text-align: center" | 2
|style="text-align:center"| 2
|-
|-
! scope="row"| {{FRA}}
!scope="row"| {{FRA}}
| style="text-align: center" | 1
|style="text-align:center"| 1
| style="text-align: center" | 3
|style="text-align:center"| 3
|-
|-
! scope="row"| {{GER}}
!scope="row"| {{GER}}
| style="text-align: center" | 1
|style="text-align:center"| 1
| style="text-align: center" | 1
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|-
|-
! scope="row"| {{NED}}
!scope="row"| {{NED}}
| style="text-align: center" | 1
|style="text-align:center"| 1
| style="text-align: center" | 1
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|-
|-
! scope="row"| {{LBR}}
!scope="row"| {{LBR}}
| style="text-align: center" | 1
|style="text-align:center"| 1
| style="text-align: center" | 1
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|-
! scope="row"| {{ARG}}
| style="text-align: center" | 1
| style="text-align: center" | 1
|-
|-
!scope="row"| {{ARG}}
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|}
|}


===Wins by club===
===Wins by club===

{| class="sortable plainrowheaders wikitable"
{| class="sortable plainrowheaders wikitable"
|-
|-
! scope="col" | Club
!scope="col"| Club
! scope="col" | Players
!scope="col"| Players
! scope="col" | Total
!scope="col"| Total
|-
|-
! scope="row"| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
!scope="row"| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
| style="text-align: center" | 5
|style="text-align:center"| 5
| style="text-align: center" | 6
|style="text-align:center"| 6
|-
|-
! scope="row"| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]]
!scope="row"| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
| style="text-align: center" | 4
|style="text-align:center"| 4
| style="text-align: center" | 4
|style="text-align:center"| 4
|-
|-
! scope="row"| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[A.C. Milan|Milan]]
!scope="row"| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[A.C. Milan|Milan]]
| style="text-align: center" | 3
|style="text-align:center"| 3
| style="text-align: center" | 3
|style="text-align:center"| 3
|-
|-
! scope="row"| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Juventus F.C.|Juventus]]
!scope="row"| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Juventus FC|Juventus]]
| style="text-align: center" | 2
|style="text-align:center"| 2
| style="text-align: center" | 3
|style="text-align:center"| 3
|-
|-
! scope="row"| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Inter Milan|Internazionale]]
!scope="row"| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Inter Milan]]
| style="text-align: center" | 2
|style="text-align:center"| 2
| style="text-align: center" | 2
|style="text-align:center"| 2
|-
|-
! scope="row"| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]
!scope="row"| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]
| style="text-align: center" | 1
|style="text-align:center"| 1
| style="text-align: center" | 1
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|}
|}


==FIFA Women's World Player of the Year==
==List of female players==


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Rank
!Player
!Team
|-
|-
! Year
|rowspan="3"|'''[[2001 FIFA World Player of the Year|2001]]'''
! Rank
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
! Player
|{{flagicon|USA}} '''[[Mia Hamm]]'''
! Team
|{{flagicon|USA}} '''[[Washington Freedom]]'''
! Points
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"| '''[[2001 FIFA World Player of the Year|2001]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Sun Wen (footballer)|Sun Wen]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Atlanta Beat (WUSA)|Atlanta Beat]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} '''[[Mia Hamm]]'''
| {{flagicon|USA}} '''[[Washington Freedom (soccer)|Washington Freedom]]'''
| '''154'''
|-
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Tiffeny Milbrett]]
| {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Sun Wen (footballer)|Sun Wen]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[New York Power]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Atlanta Beat (WUSA)|Atlanta Beat]]
| 79
|-
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
!colspan="4"|
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tiffeny Milbrett]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[New York Power]]
| 47
|-
|-
!colspan="5"|
|rowspan="3"|'''[[2002 FIFA World Player of the Year|2002]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|USA}} '''[[Mia Hamm]]'''
|{{flagicon|USA}} '''[[Washington Freedom]]'''
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"| '''[[2002 FIFA World Player of the Year|2002]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Birgit Prinz]]
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[1. FFC Frankfurt]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} '''[[Mia Hamm]]'''
| {{flagicon|USA}} '''[[Washington Freedom (soccer)|Washington Freedom]]'''
| '''161'''
|-
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd
|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Sun Wen (footballer)|Sun Wen]]
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Birgit Prinz]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Atlanta Beat (WUSA)|Atlanta Beat]]
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Eintracht Frankfurt (women)|1. FFC Frankfurt]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Carolina Courage]]
| 96
|-
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
!colspan="4"|
| {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Sun Wen (footballer)|Sun Wen]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Atlanta Beat (WUSA)|Atlanta Beat]] <br>{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Shanghai SVA (Women)|Shanghai SVA]]
| 58
|-
|-
!colspan="5"|
|rowspan="3"|'''[[2003 FIFA World Player of the Year|2003]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|GER}} '''[[Birgit Prinz]]'''
|{{flagicon|GER}} '''[[1. FFC Frankfurt]]'''
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"| '''[[2003 FIFA World Player of the Year|2003]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Mia Hamm]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Washington Freedom]]
| {{flagicon|GER}} '''[[Birgit Prinz]]'''
| '''{{flagicon|USA}} [[Carolina Courage]]<br>{{flagicon|GER}} [[Eintracht Frankfurt (women)|1. FFC Frankfurt]]'''
| '''268'''
|-
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd
|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Hanna Ljungberg]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mia Hamm]]
|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Umeå IK]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Washington Freedom (soccer)|Washington Freedom]]
| 133
|-
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
!colspan="4"|
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Hanna Ljungberg]]
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Umeå IK]]
| 84
|-
|-
!colspan="5"|
|rowspan="3"|'''[[2004 FIFA World Player of the Year|2004]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|GER}} '''[[Birgit Prinz]]'''
|{{flagicon|GER}} '''[[1. FFC Frankfurt]]'''
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"| '''[[2004 FIFA World Player of the Year|2004]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Mia Hamm]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Washington Freedom]]
| {{flagicon|GER}} '''[[Birgit Prinz]]'''
| {{flagicon|GER}} '''[[Eintracht Frankfurt (women)|1. FFC Frankfurt]]'''
| '''376'''
|-
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marta (footballer)|Marta]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mia Hamm]]
|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Umeå IK]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Washington Freedom (soccer)|Washington Freedom]]
| 286
|-
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
!colspan="4"|
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marta (footballer)|Marta]]
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Santa Cruz Futebol Clube (MG)|Santa Cruz]] <br>{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Umeå IK]]
| 281
|-
|-
!colspan="5"|
|rowspan="3"|'''[[2005 FIFA World Player of the Year|2005]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|GER}} '''[[Birgit Prinz]]'''
|{{flagicon|GER}} '''[[1. FFC Frankfurt]]'''
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"| '''[[2005 FIFA World Player of the Year|2005]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marta (footballer)|Marta]]
|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Umeå IK]]
| {{flagicon|GER}} '''[[Birgit Prinz]]'''
| {{flagicon|GER}} '''[[Eintracht Frankfurt (women)|1. FFC Frankfurt]]'''
| '''513'''
|-
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Shannon Boxx]]
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marta (footballer)|Marta]]
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Umeå IK]]
|''Unattached''
| 429
|-
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
!colspan="4"|
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Shannon Boxx]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ajax America Women]]
| 235
|-
|-
!colspan="5"|
|rowspan="3"|'''[[2006 FIFA World Player of the Year|2006]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|BRA}} '''[[Marta (footballer)|Marta]]'''
|{{flagicon|SWE}} '''[[Umeå IK]]'''
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"| '''[[2006 FIFA World Player of the Year|2006]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Kristine Lilly]]
|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[KIF Örebro DFF]]
| {{flagicon|BRA}} '''[[Marta (footballer)|Marta]]'''
| {{flagicon|SWE}} '''[[Umeå IK]]'''
| '''475'''
|-
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Renate Lingor]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Kristine Lilly]]
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[1. FFC Frankfurt]]
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[KIF Örebro DFF]]
| 388
|-
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
!colspan="4"|
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Renate Lingor]]
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Eintracht Frankfurt (women)|1. FFC Frankfurt]]
| 305
|-
|-
!colspan="5"|
|rowspan="3"|'''[[2007 FIFA World Player of the Year|2007]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|BRA}} '''[[Marta (footballer)|Marta]]'''
|{{flagicon|SWE}} '''[[Umeå IK]]'''
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"| '''[[2007 FIFA World Player of the Year|2007]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Birgit Prinz]]
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[1. FFC Frankfurt]]
| {{flagicon|BRA}} '''[[Marta (footballer)|Marta]]'''
| {{flagicon|SWE}} '''[[Umeå IK]]'''
| '''988'''
|-
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Cristiane Rozeira|Cristiane]]
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Birgit Prinz]]
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[VfL Wolfsburg (women)|VfL Wolfsburg]]
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Eintracht Frankfurt (women)|1. FFC Frankfurt]]
| 507
|-
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
!colspan="4"|
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Cristiane Rozeira|Cristiane]]
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[VfL Wolfsburg (women)|VfL Wolfsburg]]
| 150
|-
|-
!colspan="5"|
|rowspan="3"|'''[[2008 FIFA World Player of the Year|2008]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|BRA}} '''[[Marta (footballer)|Marta]]'''
|{{flagicon|SWE}} '''[[Umeå IK]]'''
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"| '''[[2008 FIFA World Player of the Year|2008]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Birgit Prinz]]
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[1. FFC Frankfurt]]
| {{flagicon|BRA}} '''[[Marta (footballer)|Marta]]'''
| {{flagicon|SWE}} '''[[Umeå IK]]'''
| '''1,002'''
|-
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Birgit Prinz]]
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Cristiane Rozeira|Cristiane]]{{refn|group=note|Cristiane was signed by Corinthians from Linköpings F.C. midway through 2008.}}
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Sport Club Corinthians Paulista (women)|Corinthians]]
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Eintracht Frankfurt (women)|1. FFC Frankfurt]]
| 328
|-
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
!colspan="4"|
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Cristiane Rozeira|Cristiane]]{{refn|group=note|Cristiane was signed by Corinthians from Linköpings F.C. midway through 2008.}}
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Sport Club Corinthians Paulista (women's football)|Corinthians]]
| 275
|-
|-
!colspan="5"|
|rowspan="3"|'''[[2009 FIFA World Player of the Year|2009]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|BRA}} '''[[Marta (footballer)|Marta]]{{refn|group=note|Marta was signed by Santos from Los Angeles Sol midway through 2009.}}'''
|{{flagicon|BRA}} '''[[Santos FC (women)|Santos]]'''
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"| '''[[2009 FIFA World Player of the Year|2009]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Birgit Prinz]]
| {{flagicon|BRA}} '''[[Marta (footballer)|Marta]]{{refn|group=note|Marta was signed by Santos from Los Angeles Sol midway through 2009.}}'''
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[1. FFC Frankfurt]]
| {{flagicon|BRA}} '''[[Santos FC (women)|Santos]]'''
| '''833'''
|-
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Birgit Prinz]]
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Kelly Smith]]{{refn|group=note|Smith was signed by Boston Breakers from Arsenal Ladies midway through 2009.}}
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Boston Breakers]]
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Eintracht Frankfurt (women)|1. FFC Frankfurt]]
| 290
|-
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
!colspan="4"|
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Kelly Smith]]{{refn|group=note|Smith was signed by Boston Breakers from Arsenal Ladies midway through 2009.}}
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Boston Breakers]]
| 252
|-
|-
!colspan="5"|
|rowspan="3"|'''[[2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or|2010]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|BRA}} '''[[Marta (footballer)|Marta]]'''
|{{flagicon|BRA}} '''[[Santos FC (women)|Santos]]'''
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"| '''[[2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or|2010]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Birgit Prinz]]
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[1. FFC Frankfurt]]
| {{flagicon|BRA}} '''[[Marta (footballer)|Marta]]'''
| {{flagicon|USA}} '''[[FC Gold Pride]]'''
| '''38.20%'''
|-
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Fatmire Bajramaj]]
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Birgit Prinz]]
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[1. FFC Turbine Potsdam]]
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Eintracht Frankfurt (women)|1. FFC Frankfurt]]
| 15.18%
|-
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
!colspan="4"|
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Fatmire Bajramaj]]
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[1. FFC Turbine Potsdam]]
| 9.96%
|-
|-
!colspan="5"|
|rowspan="3"|'''[[2011 FIFA Ballon d'Or|2011]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|JPN}} '''[[Homare Sawa]]'''
|{{flagicon|JPN}} '''[[INAC Kobe Leonessa]]'''
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"| '''[[2011 FIFA Ballon d'Or|2011]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marta (footballer)|Marta]]{{refn|group=note|Marta was signed by Western New York Flash from Santos midway through 2011.}}
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Western New York Flash]]
| {{flagicon|JPN}} '''[[Homare Sawa]]'''
| {{flagicon|JPN}} '''[[INAC Kobe Leonessa]]'''
| '''28.51%'''
|-
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marta (footballer)|Marta]]{{refn|group=note|Marta was signed by Western New York Flash from Santos midway through 2011.}}
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Abby Wambach]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[magicJack (WPS)|magicJack]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Western New York Flash]]
| 17.28%
|-
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
!colspan="4"|
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Abby Wambach]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[magicJack (WPS)|magicJack]]
| 13.26%
|-
|-
!colspan="5"|
|rowspan="3"|'''[[2012 FIFA Ballon d'Or|2012]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|USA}} '''[[Abby Wambach]]'''
|'''''Unattached'''''
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"| '''[[2012 FIFA Ballon d'Or|2012]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marta (footballer)|Marta]]
|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Tyresö FF]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} '''[[Abby Wambach]]'''
| '''''Unattached'''''
| '''20.67%'''
|-
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Alex Morgan]]
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marta (footballer)|Marta]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Seattle Sounders Women]]
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Tyresö FF]]
| 13.50%
|-
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
!colspan="4"|
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Alex Morgan]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Sound FC (women)|Seattle Sounders]]
| 10.87%
|-
|-
!colspan="5"|
|rowspan="3"|'''[[2013 FIFA Ballon d'Or|2013]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|GER}} '''[[Nadine Angerer]]{{refn|group=note|Angerer was signed by Brisbane Roar from 1. FFC Frankfurt midway through 2013.}}'''
|{{flagicon|AUS}} '''[[Brisbane Roar FC (W-League)|Brisbane Roar]]'''
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"| '''[[2013 FIFA Ballon d'Or|2013]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Abby Wambach]]
| {{flagicon|GER}} '''[[Nadine Angerer]]{{refn|group=note|Angerer was signed by Brisbane Roar from 1. FFC Frankfurt midway through 2013.}}'''
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Western New York Flash]]
| {{flagicon|AUS}} '''[[Brisbane Roar FC (W-League)|Brisbane Roar]]'''
| '''18.85%'''
|-
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marta (footballer)|Marta]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Abby Wambach]]
|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Tyresö FF]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Western New York Flash]]
| 15.02%
|-
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
!colspan="4"|
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marta (footballer)|Marta]]
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Tyresö FF]]
| 14.02%
|-
|-
!colspan="5"|
|rowspan="3"|'''[[2014 FIFA Ballon d'Or|2014]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|GER}} '''[[Nadine Keßler]]'''
|{{flagicon|GER}} '''[[VfL Wolfsburg (women)|VfL Wolfsburg]]'''
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"| '''[[2014 FIFA Ballon d'Or|2014]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marta (footballer)|Marta]]{{refn|group=note|Marta was signed by FC Rosengård from Tyresö FF midway through 2014.}}
|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[FC Rosengård]]
| {{flagicon|GER}} '''[[Nadine Keßler]]'''
| {{flagicon|GER}} '''[[VfL Wolfsburg (women)|VfL Wolfsburg]]'''
| '''17.52%'''
|-
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marta (footballer)|Marta]]{{refn|group=note|Marta was signed by FC Rosengård from Tyresö FF midway through 2014.}}
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Abby Wambach]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Western New York Flash]]
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[FC Rosengård]]
| 14.16%
|-
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
!colspan="4"|
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Abby Wambach]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Western New York Flash]]
| 13.33%
|-
|-
!colspan="5"|
|rowspan="3"|'''[[2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or|2015]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color: gold" | '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|USA}} '''[[Carli Lloyd]]'''
|{{flagicon|USA}} '''[[Houston Dash]]'''
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"| '''[[2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or|2015]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Célia Šašić]]
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[1. FFC Frankfurt]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} '''[[Carli Lloyd]]'''
| {{flagicon|USA}} '''[[Houston Dash]]'''
| '''35.28%'''
|-
|-
|scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
|scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Aya Miyama]]
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Célia Šašić]]
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Okayama Yunogo Belle]]
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Eintracht Frankfurt (women)|1. FFC Frankfurt]]
| 12.60%
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Aya Miyama]]
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Okayama Yunogo Belle]]
| 9.88%
|}
|}
[[File:Birgit Prinz 20180519 (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Birgit Prinz]] won the award three times.]]

<small>Source:<ref name="FIFA Awards" /></small>
<small>Source:<ref name="FIFA Awards" /></small>


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===Wins by player===
===Wins by player===

{| class="sortable plainrowheaders wikitable"
{| class="sortable plainrowheaders wikitable"
|-
|-
! scope="col" | Player
!scope="col"| Player
! scope="col style="background-color: gold" | 1st
!scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| 1st
! scope="col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd
!scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd
! scope="col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd
!scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
|-
|-
! scope="row"| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marta (footballer)|Marta]]
!scope="row"| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marta (footballer)|Marta]]
| style="text-align: center" | 5 (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)
|style="text-align:left"| 5 (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)
| style="text-align: center" | 4 (2005, 2011, 2012, 2014)
|style="text-align:left"| 4 (2005, 2011, 2012, 2014)
| style="text-align: center" | 2 (2004, 2013)
|style="text-align:left"| 2 (2004, 2013)
|-
|-
! scope="row"| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Birgit Prinz]]
!scope="row"| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Birgit Prinz]]
| style="text-align: center" | 3 (2003, 2004, 2005)
|style="text-align:left"| 3 (2003, 2004, 2005)
| style="text-align: center" | 5 (2002, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)
|style="text-align:left"| 5 (2002, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)
| style="text-align: center" | —
|style="text-align:left"| —
|-
|-
! scope="row"| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mia Hamm]]
!scope="row"| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mia Hamm]]
| style="text-align: center" | 2 (2001, 2002)
|style="text-align:left"| 2 (2001, 2002)
| style="text-align: center" | 2 (2003, 2004)
|style="text-align:left"| 2 (2003, 2004)
| style="text-align: center" | —
|style="text-align:left"| —
|-
|-
! scope="row"| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Abby Wambach]]
!scope="row"| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Abby Wambach]]
| style="text-align: center" | 1 (2012)
|style="text-align:left"| 1 (2012)
| style="text-align: center" | 1 (2013)
|style="text-align:left"| 1 (2013)
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==See also==
==See also==
{{Portal|Women's association football}}
*[[Ballon d'Or]]
* [[List of sports awards honoring women]]
*[[FIFA Ballon d'Or]]
* [[Ballon d'Or]]
*[[FIFPro World Player of the Year]]
*[[The Best FIFA Men's Player]]
* [[FIFA Ballon d'Or]]
*[[The Best FIFA Women's Player]]
* [[The Best FIFA Football Awards]]
* [[FIFPRO#FIFA FIFPRO Men's World 11|FIFPRO World 11]]

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== Notes ==
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Latest revision as of 21:11, 8 September 2024

This article is about the men's player of the year award from 1991 to 2009, and the women's player of the year award from 2001 to 2015. For the men's player of the year award from 2010 to 2015, see FIFA Ballon d'Or. For the men's award since 2016, see The Best FIFA Men's Player. For the women's award since 2016, see The Best FIFA Women's Player.
FIFA World Player of the Year
Ronaldo, the youngest recipient of the award aged 20, won it three times.
Presented byFIFA
First awarded1991
Last awarded2009
Most awardsFrance Zinedine Zidane
Brazil Ronaldo
(3 awards each)
Websitefifa.com
RelatedFIFA Ballon d'Or
The Best FIFA Men's Player
FIFA Women's World Player of the Year
Marta, the youngest recipient of the award aged 20, won it five times.
Presented byFIFA
First awarded2001
Last awarded2015
Most awardsBrazil Marta (5 awards)
Websitefifa.com
RelatedThe Best FIFA Women's Player

The FIFA World Player of the Year was an association football award presented annually by the sport's governing body, FIFA, between 1991 and 2015 at the FIFA World Player Gala. Coaches and captains of international teams and media representatives selected the player they deem to have performed the best in the previous calendar year.

Originally a single award for the world's best men's player, parallel awards for men and women were awarded from 2001 to 2009. The men's award was subsumed into the FIFA Ballon d'Or in 2010 while the women's award remained until 2015. After 2015 both men's and women's awards became part of The Best FIFA Football Awards.

During the men's era, Brazilian players won 8 out of 19 years, compared to three wins – the second most – for French players. In terms of individual players, Brazil again led with five, followed by Italy and Portugal with two each.[1][2] The youngest winner was Ronaldo, who won at 20 years old in 1996, and the oldest winner was Fabio Cannavaro, who won aged 33 in 2006.[3][4] Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane each won the award three times, while Ronaldo and Ronaldinho were the only players to win in successive years. From 2010 to 2015, the equivalent men's award was the FIFA Ballon d'Or, following a merging of the FIFA World Player of the Year and the France Football Ballon d'Or awards.[5][6] Since 2016, the awards have been replaced by The Best FIFA Men's Player and The Best FIFA Women's Player awards.[7]

Eight women's footballers – three Germans, three Americans, one Brazilian, and one Japanese – have won the award. Marta, the youngest recipient at age 20 in 2006, has won five successive awards, the most of any player. Birgit Prinz won three times in a row and Mia Hamm won twice in a row. The oldest winner is Nadine Angerer, who was 35 when she won in 2013; she is also the only goalkeeper of either sex to win.

Voting and selection process

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The winners are chosen by the coaches and captains of national teams as well as by international media representatives invited by FIFA.[8] In a voting system based on positional voting, each voter is allotted three votes, worth five points, three points and one point, and the three finalists are ordered based on total number of points. Following criticism from some sections of the media over nominations in previous years, FIFA has since 2004 provided shortlists from which its voters can select their choices.[9]

FIFA World Player of the Year

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Ronaldo (left) and Zinedine Zidane (right) each won the award three times.
Year Rank Player Team Points
1991 1st Germany Lothar Matthäus Italy Inter Milan 128
2nd France Jean-Pierre Papin France Marseille 113
3rd England Gary Lineker England Tottenham Hotspur 40
1992 1st Netherlands Marco van Basten Italy Milan 166
2nd Bulgaria Hristo Stoichkov Spain Barcelona 88
3rd Germany Thomas Häßler Italy Roma 61
1993 1st Italy Roberto Baggio Italy Juventus 152
2nd Brazil Romário[note 1] Spain Barcelona 84
3rd Netherlands Dennis Bergkamp[note 2] Italy Inter Milan 58
1994 1st Brazil Romário Spain Barcelona 346
2nd Bulgaria Hristo Stoichkov Spain Barcelona 100
3rd Italy Roberto Baggio Italy Juventus 80
1995 1st Liberia George Weah[note 3] Italy Milan 170
2nd Italy Paolo Maldini Italy Milan 80
3rd Germany Jürgen Klinsmann[note 4] Germany Bayern Munich 58
1996 1st Brazil Ronaldo[note 5] Spain Barcelona 329
2nd Liberia George Weah Italy Milan 140
3rd England Alan Shearer[note 6] England Newcastle United 123
1997 1st Brazil Ronaldo[note 7] Italy Inter Milan 480
2nd Brazil Roberto Carlos Spain Real Madrid 85
3rd Netherlands Dennis Bergkamp England Arsenal 62
France Zinedine Zidane Italy Juventus
1998 1st France Zinedine Zidane Italy Juventus 518
2nd Brazil Ronaldo Italy Inter Milan 164
3rd Croatia Davor Šuker Spain Real Madrid 108
1999 1st Brazil Rivaldo Spain Barcelona 543
2nd England David Beckham England Manchester United 194
3rd Argentina Gabriel Batistuta Italy Fiorentina 79
2000 1st France Zinedine Zidane Italy Juventus 370
2nd Portugal Luís Figo[note 8] Spain Real Madrid 329
3rd Brazil Rivaldo Spain Barcelona 263
2001 1st Portugal Luís Figo Spain Real Madrid 250
2nd England David Beckham England Manchester United 238
3rd Spain Raúl Spain Real Madrid 96
2002 1st Brazil Ronaldo[note 9] Spain Real Madrid 387
2nd Germany Oliver Kahn Germany Bayern Munich 171
3rd France Zinedine Zidane Spain Real Madrid 148
2003 1st France Zinedine Zidane Spain Real Madrid 264
2nd France Thierry Henry England Arsenal 200
3rd Brazil Ronaldo Spain Real Madrid 176
2004 1st Brazil Ronaldinho Spain Barcelona 620
2nd France Thierry Henry England Arsenal 552
3rd Ukraine Andriy Shevchenko Italy Milan 253
2005 1st Brazil Ronaldinho Spain Barcelona 956
2nd England Frank Lampard England Chelsea 306
3rd Cameroon Samuel Eto'o Spain Barcelona 190
2006 1st Italy Fabio Cannavaro[note 10] Spain Real Madrid 498
2nd France Zinedine Zidane Spain Real Madrid 454
3rd Brazil Ronaldinho Spain Barcelona 380
2007 1st Brazil Kaká Italy Milan 1,047
2nd Argentina Lionel Messi Spain Barcelona 504
3rd Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo England Manchester United 426
2008 1st Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo England Manchester United 935
2nd Argentina Lionel Messi Spain Barcelona 678
3rd Spain Fernando Torres England Liverpool 203
2009 1st Argentina Lionel Messi Spain Barcelona 1,073
2nd Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo[note 11] Spain Real Madrid 352
3rd Spain Xavi Spain Barcelona 196

Source:[1]

From 2010 to 2015, the award was merged with the Ballon d'Or to become the FIFA Ballon d'Or in a six-year partnership with France Football. In 2016, FIFA rebranded the award as The Best FIFA Men's Player.

A single article from the Portuguese magazine A Bola reporting about the 1992 award mentions the former award winners Lothar Matthäus in 1991, but also Diego Maradona in 1990. There is no other evidence of the award being presented by FIFA prior to 1991.[10]

Wins by player

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Player Winner Runner-up Third place
France Zinedine Zidane 3 (1998, 2000, 2003) 1 (2006) 2 (1997, 2002)
Brazil Ronaldo 3 (1996, 1997, 2002) 1 (1998) 1 (2003)
Brazil Ronaldinho 2 (2004, 2005) — 1 (2006)
Argentina Lionel Messi 1 (2009) 2 (2007, 2008) —
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo 1 (2008) 1 (2009) 1 (2007)
Portugal Luís Figo 1 (2001) 1 (2000) —
Brazil Romário 1 (1994) 1 (1993) —
Liberia George Weah 1 (1995) 1 (1996) —
Italy Roberto Baggio 1 (1993) — 1 (1994)
Brazil Rivaldo 1 (1999) — 1 (2000)
Germany Lothar Matthäus 1 (1991) — —
Netherlands Marco van Basten 1 (1992) — —
Italy Fabio Cannavaro 1 (2006) — —
Brazil Kaká 1 (2007) — —

Wins by country

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Country Players Total
 Brazil 5 8
 Italy 2 2
 Portugal 2 2
 France 1 3
 Germany 1 1
 Netherlands 1 1
 Liberia 1 1
 Argentina 1 1

Wins by club

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Club Players Total
Spain Barcelona 5 6
Spain Real Madrid 4 4
Italy Milan 3 3
Italy Juventus 2 3
Italy Inter Milan 2 2
England Manchester United 1 1

FIFA Women's World Player of the Year

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Year Rank Player Team Points
2001 1st United States Mia Hamm United States Washington Freedom 154
2nd China Sun Wen United States Atlanta Beat 79
3rd United States Tiffeny Milbrett United States New York Power 47
2002 1st United States Mia Hamm United States Washington Freedom 161
2nd Germany Birgit Prinz Germany 1. FFC Frankfurt
United States Carolina Courage 		96
3rd China Sun Wen United States Atlanta Beat
China Shanghai SVA 		58
2003 1st Germany Birgit Prinz United States Carolina Courage
Germany 1. FFC Frankfurt 		268
2nd United States Mia Hamm United States Washington Freedom 133
3rd Sweden Hanna Ljungberg Sweden Umeå IK 84
2004 1st Germany Birgit Prinz Germany 1. FFC Frankfurt 376
2nd United States Mia Hamm United States Washington Freedom 286
3rd Brazil Marta Brazil Santa Cruz
Sweden Umeå IK 		281
2005 1st Germany Birgit Prinz Germany 1. FFC Frankfurt 513
2nd Brazil Marta Sweden Umeå IK 429
3rd United States Shannon Boxx United States Ajax America Women 235
2006 1st Brazil Marta Sweden Umeå IK 475
2nd United States Kristine Lilly Sweden KIF Örebro DFF 388
3rd Germany Renate Lingor Germany 1. FFC Frankfurt 305
2007 1st Brazil Marta Sweden Umeå IK 988
2nd Germany Birgit Prinz Germany 1. FFC Frankfurt 507
3rd Brazil Cristiane Germany VfL Wolfsburg 150
2008 1st Brazil Marta Sweden Umeå IK 1,002
2nd Germany Birgit Prinz Germany 1. FFC Frankfurt 328
3rd Brazil Cristiane[note 12] Brazil Corinthians 275
2009 1st Brazil Marta[note 13] Brazil Santos 833
2nd Germany Birgit Prinz Germany 1. FFC Frankfurt 290
3rd England Kelly Smith[note 14] United States Boston Breakers 252
2010 1st Brazil Marta United States FC Gold Pride 38.20%
2nd Germany Birgit Prinz Germany 1. FFC Frankfurt 15.18%
3rd Germany Fatmire Bajramaj Germany 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam 9.96%
2011 1st Japan Homare Sawa Japan INAC Kobe Leonessa 28.51%
2nd Brazil Marta[note 15] United States Western New York Flash 17.28%
3rd United States Abby Wambach United States magicJack 13.26%
2012 1st United States Abby Wambach Unattached 20.67%
2nd Brazil Marta Sweden Tyresö FF 13.50%
3rd United States Alex Morgan United States Seattle Sounders 10.87%
2013 1st Germany Nadine Angerer[note 16] Australia Brisbane Roar 18.85%
2nd United States Abby Wambach United States Western New York Flash 15.02%
3rd Brazil Marta Sweden Tyresö FF 14.02%
2014 1st Germany Nadine Keßler Germany VfL Wolfsburg 17.52%
2nd Brazil Marta[note 17] Sweden FC Rosengård 14.16%
3rd United States Abby Wambach United States Western New York Flash 13.33%
2015 1st United States Carli Lloyd United States Houston Dash 35.28%
2nd Germany Célia Šašić Germany 1. FFC Frankfurt 12.60%
3rd Japan Aya Miyama Japan Okayama Yunogo Belle 9.88%
Birgit Prinz won the award three times.

Source:[1]

In 2016, FIFA created The Best FIFA Women's Player award instead.

Wins by player

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Player 1st 2nd 3rd
Brazil Marta 5 (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010) 4 (2005, 2011, 2012, 2014) 2 (2004, 2013)
Germany Birgit Prinz 3 (2003, 2004, 2005) 5 (2002, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010) —
United States Mia Hamm 2 (2001, 2002) 2 (2003, 2004) —
United States Abby Wambach 1 (2012) 1 (2013) 2 (2011, 2014)
Japan Homare Sawa 1 (2011) — —
Germany Nadine Angerer 1 (2013) — —
Germany Nadine Keßler 1 (2014) — —
United States Carli Lloyd 1 (2015) — —

Wins by country

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Country Players Total
 Germany 3 5
 Brazil 1 5
 United States 3 4
 Japan 1 1

Wins by club

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Club Players Total
Germany 1. FFC Frankfurt 1 3
Sweden Umeå IK 1 3
United States Washington Freedom 1 2
Brazil Santos 1 1
Japan INAC Kobe Leonessa 1 1
Australia Brisbane Roar 1 1
Germany VfL Wolfsburg 1 1
United States Houston Dash 1 1

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Romário was signed by Barcelona from PSV Eindhoven midway through 1993.
  2. ^ Bergkamp was signed by Inter Milan from Ajax midway through 1993.
  3. ^ Weah was signed by Milan from Paris Saint-Germain midway through 1995.
  4. ^ Klinsmann was signed by Bayern Munich from Tottenham Hotspur midway through 1995.
  5. ^ Ronaldo was signed by Barcelona from PSV Eindhoven midway through 1996.
  6. ^ Shearer was signed by Newcastle United from Blackburn Rovers midway through 1996.
  7. ^ Ronaldo was signed by Inter Milan from Barcelona midway through 1997.
  8. ^ Figo was signed by Real Madrid from Barcelona midway through 2000.
  9. ^ Ronaldo was signed by Real Madrid from Inter Milan midway through 2002.
  10. ^ Cannavaro was signed by Real Madrid from Juventus midway through 2006.
  11. ^ Cristiano Ronaldo was signed by Real Madrid from Manchester United midway through 2009.
  12. ^ Cristiane was signed by Corinthians from Linköpings F.C. midway through 2008.
  13. ^ Marta was signed by Santos from Los Angeles Sol midway through 2009.
  14. ^ Smith was signed by Boston Breakers from Arsenal Ladies midway through 2009.
  15. ^ Marta was signed by Western New York Flash from Santos midway through 2011.
  16. ^ Angerer was signed by Brisbane Roar from 1. FFC Frankfurt midway through 2013.
  17. ^ Marta was signed by FC Rosengård from Tyresö FF midway through 2014.

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