FIFA Awards
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)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) 385. Marco VAN BASTEN (Netherlands) 23
6. Franco BARESI (Italy) 127. Iván ZAMORANO (Chile) 10
8. Andreas BREHME (Germany) 9 9. Gianluca VIALLI (Italy) 810. Enzo SCIFO (Belgium) 7 1992 (71 votes) 1. Marco VAN BASTEN (Netherlands) 161 pts2. 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) 239. Abedi AYEW PELÉ (Ghana) 10
Franco BARESI (Italy) 10Jürgen KLINSMANN (Germany) 10
1993 (71 votes) 1. Roberto BAGGIO (Italy) 152 pts2. ROMÁRIO de Souza Faria (Brazil) 84
3. Dennis BERGKAMP (Netherlands) 58
4. Peter SCHMEICHEL (Denmark) 295. Hristo STOITCHKOV (Bulgaria) 22
6. Faustino ASPRILLA (Colombia) 21 7. José Gama de Oliveira BEBETO (Brazil) 168. Ronald KOEMAN (Netherlands) 15
9. Anthony YEBOAH (Ghana) 1310. 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) 167. Dennis BERGKAMP (Netherlands) 11
8. Carlos Bledorn Verri DUNGA (Brazil) 9 9. Franco BARESI (Italy) 7 Tomas BROLIN (Sweden) 7 Jürgen KLINSMANN (Germany) 7MAURO 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) 2310. Michael LAUDRUP (Denmark) 20Gianfranco ZOLA (Italy) 20
1996 (120 votes) 1. RONALDO Nazário de Lima (Brazil) 329 pts2. George WEAH (Liberia) 140
3. Alan SHEARER (England) 123 4. Matthias SAMMER (Germany) 109 5. Jürgen KLINSMANN (Germany) 546. Nwankwo KANU (Nigeria) 32
7. Paolo MALDINI (Italy) 25 8. Davor SUKER (Croatia) 24 9. Gabriel BATISTUTA (Argentina) 1910. ROMÁRIO de Souza Faria (Brazil) 13 1997 (121 votes) 1. RONALDO Nazário de Lima (Brazil) 480 pts 2. ROBERTO CARLOS Da Silva (Brazil) 853. Dennis BERGKAMP (Netherlands) 62
Zinedine ZIDANE (France) 625. RAÚL González Blanco (Spain) 51
6. Alessandro DEL PIERO (Italy) 27 7. Davor SUKER (Croatia) 20 8. Gabriel BATISTUTA (Argentina) 16Alan SHEARER (England) 16
10. LEONARDO Nascimento de Araujo (Brazil) 14 Peter SCHMEICHEL (Denmark) 14 1998 (132 votes) 1. Zinedine ZIDANE (France) 518 pts2. RONALDO Nazário de Lima (Brazil) 164
3. Davor SUKER (Croatia) 108
4. Michael OWEN (England) 435. Gabriel BATISTUTA (Argentina) 40
6. RIVALDO Vitor Borba Ferreira (Brazil) 377. Dennis BERGKAMP (Netherlands) 33
8. Edgar DAVIDS (Netherlands) 26 9. Marcel DESAILLY (France) 2310. 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) 2410. 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) 2634. 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) 2210. 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) 658. Michael OWEN (England) 61
9. Andrei SHEVCHENKO (Ukraine) 4610. Francesco TOTTI (Italy) 40 2002 (147 votes) 1. RONALDO Nazário de Lima (Brazil) 387 pts2. Oliver KAHN (Germany) 171
3. Zinedine ZIDANE (France) 1484. ROBERTO CARLOS Da Silva (Brazil) 114
5. RIVALDO Vitor Borba Ferreira (Brazil) 926. RAÚL González Blanco (Spain) 90
7. Michael BALLACK (Germany) 82 8. David BECKHAM (England) 51 9. Thierry HENRY (France) 3810. Michael OWEN (England) 34 2003 (142 votes) 1. Zinedine ZIDANE (France) 264 pts 2. Thierry HENRY (France) 1863. RONALDO Nazário de Lima (Brazil) 176
4. Pavel NEDVED (Czech Republic) 158 5. ROBERTO CARLOS Da Silva (Brazil) 1056. Ruud VAN NISTELROOIJ (Netherlands) 86
7. David BECKHAM (England) 748. RAÚL González Blanco (Spain) 39
9. Paolo MALDINI (Italy) 3710. 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) 1785. Zinedine ZIDANE (France) 150
6. ADRIANO Ribeiro Leite (Brazil) 98 7. Anderson Luis de Sousa "DECO" (Portugal) 96 RONALDO Nazário de Lima (Brazil) 969. 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) 1318. 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) 1189. 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) 4264. 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) 4710. 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) 1835. 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 pts2. Cristiano RONALDO (Portugal) 352
3. Xavier Hernández "XAVI" (Spain) 196 4. Ricardo Izecson Santos "KAKÁ" (Brazil) 1905. 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) 5410. Wayne ROONEY (England) 45 2010 NB: starting from 2010 the election is combined with the electionof 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 1Ronaldo Nazário de Lima 3 1 1 Ronaldinho de Assis 2 1 1Lionel Messi 1 2Cristiano Ronaldo 1 1 1Romário de Souza Faria 1 1 1 Luis Figo 1 1 George Weah 1 1 Rivaldo Vitor Borba Ferreira 1 1 2Roberto Baggio 1 1 1Kaká Ricardo dos Santos 1 2Marco Van Basten 1 1Lothar Matthäus 1Fabio Cannavaro 1Thierry Henry 2 2Hristo Stoitchkov 2 1David Beckham 2 Roberto Carlos Da Silva 1 1 1 Jean-Pierre Papin 1 1 Paolo Maldini 1 1Oliver Kahn 1Frank Lampard 1Dennis Bergkamp 2 Gabriel Batistuta 1 1 1Jürgen Klinsmann 1 1Raúl González Blanco 1 1Andrei Shevchenko 1 1Samuel Eto’o 1 1Xavi Hernández 1 1Thomas Hässler 1 Gary Lineker 1 Alan Shearer 1 Davor Suker 1Fernando Torres 1Pavel Nedved 2 Peter Schmeichel 1 1Didier Drogba 1Gheorghe Hagi 1 Michael Owen 1 Robert Prosinecki 1 Matthias Sammer 1 Adriano Ribeiro 1Brian Laudrup 1Christian Vieri 1Andres 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 1Portugal 2 2 1 Italy 2 1 1 3Argentina 1 2 1 1 1Germany 1 1 2 1 1Liberia 1 1 Netherlands 1 2 1England 3 2 1 Bulgaria 2 1Spain 3 3Croatia 1 1 Ukraine 1 1Cameroon 1 1Czech Republic 2Denmark 1 2Ivory Coast 1Romania 1 Notes: 3rd placed was tied once (no 4th place) and 5th place was tied once.
