MEJOR JUGADOR DEL MUNDO - TOP 10 FIFA (1991-2010)

FIFA Awards

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World Player of the Year - Winners

LOTHAR MATTHAUS

MARKO VAN BASTTEN

ROBERTO BAGGIO

ROMARIO

GEORGE WEAH

RONALDO 

ZINEDINE ZIDANE

LUIS FIGO

RONALDINHO GAÚCHO

KAKÁ

FABIO CANNAVARO

CRISTIANO RONALDO

LIONEL MESSI

YEAR    WINNER (Club - Country)

1991    Lothar MATTHÄUS (Internazionale - Germany)

1992    Marco VAN BASTEN (Milan AC - Netherlands)

1993    Roberto BAGGIO (Juventus - Italy)

1994    ROMÁRIO da Souza Faria (FC Barcelona - Brazil)

1995    George WEAH (Milan AC - Liberia)

1996    RONALDO Nazario de Lima (PSV Eindhoven & FC Barcelona - Brazil) 

1997    RONALDO Nazario de Lima (FC Barcelona & Inter Milan - Brazil)

1998    Zinedine ZIDANE (Juventus - France)

1999    RIVALDO Vitor Borba Ferreira (FC Barcelona - Brazil)

2000    Zinedine ZIDANE (Juventus - France)

2001    Luis FIGO (Real Madrid - Portugal)

2002    RONALDO Nazario de Lima (Inter Milan & Real Madrid - Brazil)

2003    Zinedine ZIDANE (Real Madrid - France)

2004    Ronaldo de Assis "RONALDINHO" (FC Barcelona – Brazil)

2005    Ronaldo de Assis "RONALDINHO" (FC Barcelona – Brazil)

2006    Fabio CANNAVARO (Juventus & Real Madrid – Italy)

2007    Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite "KAKÁ" (Milan AC – Brazil)

2008    Cristiano RONALDO (Manchester United – Portugal)

2009    Lionel MESSI (Barcelona - Argentina)

2010    Lionel MESSI (Barcelona - Argentina)

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World Player of the Year - Top 10

1991 (66 votes)

 1. Lothar MATTHÄUS (Germany)                  128  pts

 2. Jean-Pierre PAPIN (France)                 113

 3. Gary LINEKER (England)                      40

 4. Robert PROSINECKI (Yugoslavia & Croatia)    38

 5. Marco VAN BASTEN (Netherlands)              23

 6. Franco BARESI (Italy)                       12

 7. Iván ZAMORANO (Chile)                       10

 8. Andreas BREHME (Germany)                     9

 9. Gianluca VIALLI (Italy)                      8

10. Enzo SCIFO (Belgium)                         7

1992 (71 votes)

 1. Marco VAN BASTEN (Netherlands)             161  pts

 2. Hristo STOITCHKOV (Bulgaria)                88

 3. Thomas HÄSSLER (Germany)                    61

 4. Jean-Pierre PAPIN (France)                  46

 5. Brian LAUDRUP (Denmark)                     44

    Peter SCHMEICHEL (Denmark)                  44

 7. Dennis BERGKAMP (Netherlands)               29

 8. Frank RIJKAARD (Netherlands)                23

 9. Abedi AYEW PELÉ (Ghana)                     10

    Franco BARESI (Italy)                       10

    Jürgen KLINSMANN (Germany)                  10

1993 (71 votes)

 1. Roberto BAGGIO (Italy)                     152  pts

 2. ROMÁRIO de Souza Faria (Brazil)             84

 3. Dennis BERGKAMP (Netherlands)               58

 4. Peter SCHMEICHEL (Denmark)                  29

 5. Hristo STOITCHKOV (Bulgaria)                22

 6. Faustino ASPRILLA (Colombia)                21

 7. José Gama de Oliveira BEBETO (Brazil)       16

 8. Ronald KOEMAN (Netherlands)                 15

 9. Anthony YEBOAH (Ghana)                      13

10. RAÍ Souza Vieira de Oliveira (Brazil)       12

1994 (83 votes)

 1. ROMÁRIO de Souza Faria (Brazil)            346  pts

 2. Hristo STOITCHKOV (Bulgaria)               100

 3. Roberto BAGGIO (Italy)                      80

 4. Gheorghe HAGI (Romania)                     50

 5. Paolo MALDINI (Italy)                       40

 6. José Gama de Oliveira BEBETO (Brazil)       16

 7. Dennis BERGKAMP (Netherlands)               11

 8. Carlos Bledorn Verri DUNGA (Brazil)          9

 9. Franco BARESI (Italy)                        7

    Tomas BROLIN (Sweden)                        7

    Jürgen KLINSMANN (Germany)                   7

    MAURO da SILVA Gomes (Brazil)                7

1995 (95 votes)

 1. George WEAH (Liberia)                      170  pts

 2. Paolo MALDINI (Italy)                       80

 3. Jürgen KLINSMANN (Germany)                  58

 4. ROMÁRIO de Souza Faria (Brazil)             50

 5. Roberto BAGGIO (Italy)                      49

 6. Hristo STOITCHKOV (Bulgaria)                37

 7. Iván 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)

 1. RONALDO Nazário de Lima (Brazil)           329  pts

 2. George WEAH (Liberia)                      140

 3. Alan SHEARER (England)                     123

 4. Matthias SAMMER (Germany)                  109

 5. Jürgen KLINSMANN (Germany)                  54

 6. Nwankwo KANU (Nigeria)                      32

 7. Paolo MALDINI (Italy)                       25

 8. Davor SUKER (Croatia)                       24

 9. Gabriel BATISTUTA (Argentina)               19

10. ROMÁRIO de Souza Faria (Brazil)             13

1997 (121 votes)

 1. RONALDO Nazário de Lima (Brazil)           480  pts

 2. ROBERTO CARLOS Da Silva (Brazil)            85

 3. Dennis BERGKAMP (Netherlands)               62

    Zinedine ZIDANE (France)                    62

 5. RAÚL González Blanco (Spain)                51

 6. Alessandro DEL PIERO (Italy)                27

 7. Davor SUKER (Croatia)                       20

 8. Gabriel BATISTUTA (Argentina)               16

    Alan SHEARER (England)                      16

10. LEONARDO Nascimento de Araujo (Brazil)      14

    Peter SCHMEICHEL (Denmark)                  14

1998 (132 votes)

 1. Zinedine ZIDANE (France)                   518  pts

 2. RONALDO Nazário 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)

 1. RIVALDO Vitor Borba Ferreira (Brazil)      543  pts

 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. RAÚL González Blanco (Spain)                31

 9. Andy COLE (England)                         24

10. Dwight YORKE (Trinidad & Tobago)            19

2000 (150 votes)

 1. Zinedine ZIDANE (France)                   370  pts

 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 

    RAÚL González Blanco (Spain)                14

2001 (130 votes)

 1. Luis FIGO (Portugal)                       250  pts

 2. David BECKHAM (England)                    238

 3. RAÚL González Blanco (Spain)                96

 4. Zinedine ZIDANE (France)                    94

 5. RIVALDO Vitor Borba Ferreira (Brazil)       92

 6. Juan Sebastián VERÓN (Argentina)            71

 7. Oliver KAHN (Germany)                       65

 8. Michael OWEN (England)                      61

 9. Andrei SHEVCHENKO (Ukraine)                 46

10. Francesco TOTTI (Italy)                     40

2002 (147 votes)

 1. RONALDO Nazário de Lima (Brazil)           387  pts

 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. RAÚL González 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)

 1. Zinedine ZIDANE (France)                   264  pts

 2. Thierry HENRY (France)                     186

 3. RONALDO Nazário de Lima (Brazil)           176

 4. Pavel NEDVED (Czech Republic)              158

 5. ROBERTO CARLOS Da Silva (Brazil)           105

 6. Ruud VAN NISTELROOIJ (Netherlands)          86

 7. David BECKHAM (England)                     74

 8. RAÚL González Blanco (Spain)                39

 9. Paolo MALDINI (Italy)                       37

10. Andrei SHEVCHENKO (Ukraine)                 26

2004 (302 votes: 157 coaches / 145 captains)

 1. Ronaldo de Assis "RONALDINHO" (Brazil)     620  pts

 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

    RONALDO Nazário de Lima (Brazil)            96

 9. Ruud VAN NISTELROOIJ (Netherlands)          67

10. Ricardo Izecson Santos "KAKA" (Brazil)      64

    Wayne ROONEY (England)                      64

2005 (301 votes: 156 coaches / 145 captains)

 1. Ronaldo de Assis "RONALDINHO" (Brazil)     956  pts

 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

2006 (330 votes: 165 coaches / 165 captains)

 1. Fabio CANNAVARO (Italy)                    498  pts

 2. Zinedine ZIDANE (France)                   454

 3. Ronaldo de Assis "RONALDINHO" (Brazil)     380

 4. Thierry HENRY (France)                     317

 5. Samuel ETO'O (Cameroon)                    300

 6. Didier DROGBA (Ivory Coast)                150

 7. Ricardo Izecson Santos "KAKA" (Brazil)     139

 8. Gianluigi BUFFON (Italy)                   118

 9. Andrea PIRLO (Italy)                        86

10. Cristiano RONALDO (Portugal)                69

2007 (-- votes: --- coaches / --- captains)

 1. Ricardo Izecson Santos "KAKÁ" (Brazil)    1047  pts

 2. Lionel MESSI (Argentina)                   504

 3. Cristiano RONALDO (Portugal)               426

 4. Didier DROGBA (Ivory Coast)                209

 5. Ronaldo de Assis "RONALDINHO" (Brazil)     109

 6. Steven GERRARD (England)                    68

 7. Andrea PIRLO (Italy)                        57

 8. Thierry HENRY (France)                      54

 9. Fabio CANNAVARO (Italy)                     47

10. Gianluigi BUFFON (Italy)                    31

2008 (310 votes: 155 coaches / 155 captains)

 1. Cristiano RONALDO (Portugal)               935  pts

 2. Lionel MESSI (Argentina)                   678

 3. Fernando TORRES (Spain)                    203

 4. Ricardo Izecson Santos "KAKÁ" (Brazil)     183

 5. Xavier Hernández "XAVI" (Spain)            155

 6. Steven GERRARD (England)                    98

 7. Samuel ETO'O (Cameroon)                     58

 8. Iker CASILLAS (Spain)                       49

 9. Andrés INIESTA (Spain)                      37

    David VILLA (Spain)                         37

2009 (294 votes: 147 coaches / 147 captains)

 1. Lionel MESSI (Argentina)                  1073  pts

 2. Cristiano RONALDO (Portugal)               352

 3. Xavier Hernández "XAVI" (Spain)            196

 4. Ricardo Izecson Santos "KAKÁ" (Brazil)     190

 5. Andrés INIESTA (Spain)                     134

 6. Didier DROGBA (Ivory Coast)                128

 7. Fernando TORRES (Spain)                    113

 8. Steven GERRARD (England)                    64

 9. Samuel ETO'O (Cameroon)                     54

10. Wayne ROONEY (England)                      45

2010

NB: starting from 2010 the election is combined with the election

    of the European Footballer of the Year which had been organised

    by France Football since 1956.

 1. Lionel Andrés MESSI (Argentina)             22.65%

 2. Andres Iniesta (Spain)                      17.36%

 3. Xavi Hernandez (Spain)                      16.48%

Players' All-time ranking by places (top 5; up to and including 2009)

                                1     2     3     4     5

Zinedine Zidane                 3     1     2     2     1

Ronaldo Nazário de Lima         3     1     1              

Ronaldinho de Assis             2           1           1

Lionel Messi                    1     2

Cristiano Ronaldo               1     1     1

Romário de Souza Faria          1     1           1      

Luis Figo                       1     1                  

George Weah                     1     1                  

Rivaldo Vitor Borba Ferreira    1           1           2

Roberto Baggio                  1           1           1

Kaká Ricardo dos Santos         1                 2

Marco Van Basten                1                       1

Lothar Matthäus                 1

Fabio Cannavaro                 1

Thierry Henry                         2           2

Hristo Stoitchkov                     2                 1

David Beckham                         2 

Roberto Carlos Da Silva               1           1     1   

Jean-Pierre Papin                     1           1       

Paolo Maldini                         1                 1

Oliver Kahn                           1

Frank Lampard                         1

Dennis Bergkamp                             2            

Gabriel Batistuta                           1     1     1

Jürgen Klinsmann                            1           1

Raúl González Blanco                        1           1

Andrei Shevchenko                           1           1

Samuel Eto’o                                1           1

Xavi Hernández                              1           1

Thomas Hässler                              1            

Gary Lineker                                1            

Alan Shearer                                1            

Davor Suker                                 1

Fernando Torres                             1

Pavel Nedved                                      2   

Peter Schmeichel                                  1     1

Didier Drogba                                     1

Gheorghe Hagi                                     1   

Michael Owen                                      1      

Robert Prosinecki                                 1      

Matthias Sammer                                   1      

Adriano Ribeiro                                         1

Brian Laudrup                                           1

Christian Vieri                                         1

Andres Iniesta                                          1

Country's All-time ranking by places (top 5)

                                1     2     3     4     5

Brazil                          8     3     3     4     5      

France                          3     4     2     5     1

Portugal                        2     2     1            

Italy                           2     1     1           3

Argentina                       1     2     1     1     1

Germany                         1     1     2     1     1

Liberia                         1     1                  

Netherlands                     1           2           1

England                               3     2     1      

Bulgaria                              2                 1

Spain                                       3           3

Croatia                                     1     1      

Ukraine                                     1           1

Cameroon                                    1           1

Czech Republic                                    2

Denmark                                           1     2

Ivory Coast                                       1

Romania                                           1      

Notes: 3rd placed was tied once (no 4th place) and 5th place was tied once.