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{{Short description|Association football award}}
The '''[[FIFA]] World Player of the Year''' is a [[Football (soccer)|football]] award given annually to the male and female player who are thought to be the best in the world, based on votes by coaches and captains of international teams. In a voting system based on a type of a [[Borda count]], each coach gets three votes, worth five points, three points and one point, and the winners are ordered based on total number of points. The award started in [[1991]] for men and [[2001]] for women.
{{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}}
{{Infobox award
| name = FIFA World Player of the Year
| image = Ronaldo Cannes (cropped).jpg
| image_size = 220
| caption = [[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]], the youngest recipient of the award aged 20, won it three times.
| presenter = [[FIFA]]
| year = 1991
| year2 = 2009
| most_awards = {{flagicon|FRA|1974}} [[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 award's youngest winner, male or female, is [[Ronaldo]], who won at the age of 20 in [[1996]]. He won it again in [[1997]]. [[Ronaldo]], [[Ronaldinho]], [[Mia Hamm]] and [[Birgit Prinz]] are the only players to have won twice in a row. Ronaldo, [[Zinedine Zidane]] and Prinz are the only three-time winners. The oldest winner is [[Fabio Cannavaro]] who won in [[2006]] at age 33. The oldest female winner is [[Hamm]], who won in [[2002]] at age 30, and the youngest female winner is [[Marta Vieira da Silva|Marta]], who won in 2006 at age 20 (but was seven months older than was Ronaldo in 1996).
 
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>
==Nomination and Selection Process==
 
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.
Following criticism from some sections of the media over questionable nominations in previous years, in 2004 FIFA drew up a shortlist of 35 men and 21 women from which national team managers and, for the first time, team captains and representatives from [[FIFPro]] (the worldwide representative organization for professional players) could vote[http://www.fifa.com/en/news/feature/0,1451,103375,00.html?articleid=103375].
 
==Voting and selection process==
Another criticism brought up against the men's nominations is that no player in activity outside of [[Europe]] has ever been nominated for the award. Although players from several nationalities, of three [[continent]]s, have been nominated and won the award, they were all playing for European clubs at the time of their nomination or victory, for which the [[European Footballer of the Year]] award is already been given out.
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>
 
==FIFA World Player of the Year==
It has been suggested that players active in the leagues of other nations (the next most competitive after UEFA is generally considered [[Latin America]], such as the Argentine, the Brazilian or the Mexican Leagues), are generally overlooked for the award. Others have noted that because of the money involved almost all of the world's best players play in European leagues by the time they mature as players.
{{multiple image
 
| image1 = Ronaldo em campo.jpg
[[La Liga]] players have won the men's award 6 years running, from 2001 to 2006.
| width1 = 150
 
| image2 = Zinedine zidane wcf 2006-edit.jpg
==Winners==
| width2 = 97
===List of male winners===
| footer = [[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]] (left) and [[Zinedine Zidane]] (right) each won the award three times.
}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Year !! Place !! Player !! Nationality !! Club !! Position
! Rank
! Player
! Team
! Points
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[2006]] <small><br/>'''[[20061991 FIFA World Player of the Year|Details1991]]''</small>'
|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| '''1st'''
| '''1st''' || '''[[Fabio Cannavaro]]''' || '''{{fb|ITA}}''' || '''{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Real Madrid]]<br>{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Juventus F.C.]]|| '''[[Football (soccer) positions|'''Centre-back''']]'''
| {{flagicon|GER}} '''[[Lothar Matthäus]]'''
| {{flagicon|ITA}} '''[[Inter Milan]]'''
| '''128'''
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd
| 2nd || [[Zinedine Zidane]] || {{fb|FRA}} || {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Real Madrid]] || [[Football (soccer) positions|Midfield]]
| {{flagicon|FRA|1974}} [[Jean-Pierre Papin]]
| {{flagicon|FRA|1974}} [[Olympique de Marseille|Marseille]]
| 113
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
| 3rd || [[Ronaldinho]] || {{fb|BRA}} || {{flagicon|Spain}} [[FC Barcelona]] || [[Football (soccer) positions|Midfield]]
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Gary Lineker]]
| {{nowrap|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]}}
| 40
|-
!colspan="5"|
| rowspan="3" |[[2005]] <small><br/>''[[2005 FIFA World Player of the Year|Details]]''</small>
| '''1st''' || '''[[Ronaldinho]]''' || '''{{fb|BRA}}''' || '''{{flagicon|Spain}} [[FC Barcelona]]''' || '''[[Football (soccer) positions|Midfield]]'''
|-
|rowspan="3"| '''[[1992 FIFA World Player of the Year|1992]]'''
| 2nd || [[Frank Lampard]] || {{fb|ENG}} || {{flagicon|England}} [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] || [[Football (soccer) positions|Midfield]]
|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| '''1st'''
| {{flagicon|NED}} '''[[Marco van Basten]]'''
| {{flagicon|ITA}} '''[[A.C. Milan|Milan]]'''
| '''166'''
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd
| 3rd || [[Samuel Eto'o]] || {{fb|CMR}} || {{flagicon|Spain}} [[FC Barcelona]] || [[Football (soccer) positions|Striker]]
| {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Hristo Stoichkov]]
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
| 88
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
| rowspan="3" |[[2004]] <small><br/>''[[2004 FIFA World Player of the Year|Details]]''</small>
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Thomas Häßler]]
| '''1st''' || '''[[Ronaldinho]]''' || '''{{fb|BRA}}''' || '''{{flagicon|Spain}} [[FC Barcelona]]''' || '''[[Football (soccer) positions|Midfield]]'''
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[A.S. Roma|Roma]]
| 61
|-
!colspan="5"|
| 2nd || [[Thierry Henry]] || {{fb|FRA}} || {{flagicon|England}} [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] || [[Football (soccer) positions|Striker]]
|-
|rowspan="3"| '''[[1993 FIFA World Player of the Year|1993]]'''
| 3rd || [[Andriy Shevchenko]] || {{fb|UKR}} || {{flagicon|Italy}} [[AC Milan]] || [[Football (soccer) positions|Striker]]
|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| '''1st'''
| {{flagicon|ITA}} '''[[Roberto Baggio]]'''
| {{flagicon|ITA}} '''[[Juventus FC|Juventus]]'''
| '''152'''
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd
| rowspan="3" |[[2003]] <small><br/>''[[2003 FIFA World Player of the Year|Details]]''</small>
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Romário]]{{refn|group=note|Romário was signed by Barcelona from PSV Eindhoven midway through 1993.}}
| '''1st''' || '''[[Zinedine Zidane]]''' || '''{{fb|FRA}}''' || '''{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Real Madrid]]''' || '''[[Football (soccer) positions|Midfield]]'''
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
| 84
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
| 2nd || [[Thierry Henry]] || {{fb|FRA}} || {{flagicon|England}} [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] || [[Football (soccer) positions|Striker]]
| {{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"|
| 3rd || [[Ronaldo]] || {{fb|BRA}} || {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Real Madrid]] || [[Football (soccer) positions|Striker]]
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[2002]] <small><br/>'''[[20021994 FIFA World Player of the Year|Details1994]]''</small>'
|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| '''1st'''
| '''1st''' || '''[[Ronaldo]]''' || '''{{fb|BRA}}''' || '''{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Real Madrid]]<br> {{flagicon|ITA}} [[F.C. Internazionale Milano|F.C. Internazionale]]''' || '''[[Football (soccer) positions|Striker]]'''
| {{flagicon|BRA}} '''[[Romário]]'''
| {{flagicon|ESP}} '''[[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]'''
| '''346'''
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd
| 2nd || [[Oliver Kahn]] || {{fb|GER}} || {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Bayern Munich]] || [[Football (soccer) positions|Goalkeeper]]
| {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Hristo Stoichkov]]
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
| 100
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
| 3rd || [[Zinedine Zidane]] || {{fb|FRA}} || {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Real Madrid]] || [[Football (soccer) positions|Midfield]]
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Roberto Baggio]]
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Juventus FC|Juventus]]
| 80
|-
!colspan="5"|
| rowspan="3" |[[2001]] <small><br/>''[[2001 FIFA World Player of the Year|Details]]''</small>
| '''1st''' || '''[[Luís Figo]]''' || '''{{fb|POR}}''' || '''{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Real Madrid]]''' || '''[[Football (soccer) positions|Midfield]]'''
|-
|rowspan="3"| '''[[1995 FIFA World Player of the Year|1995]]'''
| 2nd || [[David Beckham]] || {{fb|ENG}} || {{flagicon|England}} [[Manchester United]] || [[Football (soccer) positions|Midfield]]
|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]]'''
| '''170'''
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd
| 3rd || [[Raul González|Raúl]] || {{fb|ESP}} || {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Real Madrid]] || [[Football (soccer) positions|Striker]]
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Paolo Maldini]]
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[A.C. Milan|Milan]]
| 80
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
| rowspan="3" |[[2000]] <small><br/>''[[2000 FIFA World Player of the Year|Details]]''</small>
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Jürgen Klinsmann]]{{refn|group=note|Klinsmann was signed by Bayern Munich from Tottenham Hotspur midway through 1995.}}
| '''1st''' || '''[[Zinedine Zidane]]''' || '''{{fb|FRA}}''' || '''{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Juventus F.C.]]'''|| '''[[Football (soccer) positions|Midfield]]'''
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]
| 58
|-
!colspan="5"|
| 2nd || [[Luís Figo]] || {{fb|POR}} || {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Real Madrid]] || [[Football (soccer) positions|Midfield]]
|-
|rowspan="3"| '''[[1996 FIFA World Player of the Year|1996]]'''
| 3rd || [[Rivaldo]] || {{fb|BRA}} || {{flagicon|Spain}} [[FC Barcelona]] || [[Football (soccer) positions|Midfield]]
|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]]'''
| '''329'''
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd
| rowspan="3" |[[1999]] <small><br/>''[[1999 FIFA World Player of the Year|Details]]''</small>
| {{flagicon|LBR}} [[George Weah]]
| '''1st''' || '''[[Rivaldo]]''' || '''{{fb|BRA}}''' || '''{{flagicon|Spain}} [[FC Barcelona]]''' || '''[[Football (soccer) positions|Midfield]]'''
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[A.C. Milan|Milan]]
| 140
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
| 2nd || [[David Beckham]] || {{fb|ENG}} || {{flagicon|England}} [[Manchester United]] || [[Football (soccer) positions|Midfield]]
| {{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"|
| 3rd || [[Gabriel Batistuta]] || {{fb|ARG}} || {{flagicon|Italy}} [[ACF Fiorentina|AC Fiorentina]] || [[Football (soccer) positions|Striker]]
|-
| rowspan="34" |[[1998]] <small><br/>'''[[19981997 FIFA World Player of the Year|Details1997]]''</small>'
|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| '''1st'''
| '''1st''' || '''[[Zinedine Zidane]]''' || '''{{fb|FRA}}''' || '''{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Juventus F.C.]]''' || '''[[Football (soccer) positions|Midfield]]'''
| {{flagicon|BRA}} '''[[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]]'''{{refn|group=note|Ronaldo was signed by Inter Milan from Barcelona midway through 1997.}}
| {{flagicon|ITA}} '''[[Inter Milan]]'''
| '''480'''
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd
| 2nd || [[Ronaldo]] || {{fb|BRA}} || {{flagicon|Italy}} [[F.C. Internazionale Milano|F.C. Internazionale]] || [[Football (soccer) positions|Striker]]
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Roberto Carlos]]
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
| 85
|-
|rowspan=2 scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
| 3rd || [[Davor Šuker]] || {{fb|CRO}} || {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Real Madrid]] || [[Football (soccer) positions|Striker]]
| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Dennis Bergkamp]]
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]]
|rowspan=2| 62
|-
| {{flagicon|FRA|1974}} [[Zinedine Zidane]]
| rowspan="4" |[[1997]] <small><br/>''[[1997 FIFA World Player of the Year|Details]]''</small>
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Juventus FC|Juventus]]
| '''1st''' || '''[[Ronaldo]]''' || '''{{fb|BRA}}''' || '''{{flagicon|Italy}} [[F.C. Internazionale Milano|F.C. Internazionale]]<br> {{flagicon|Spain}} [[FC Barcelona]]''' || '''[[Football (soccer) positions|Striker]]'''
|-
!colspan="5"|
| 2nd || [[Roberto Carlos da Silva|Roberto Carlos]] || {{fb|BRA}} || {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Real Madrid]] || [[Football (soccer) positions|Defender]]
|-
|rowspan="3"| '''[[1998 FIFA World Player of the Year|1998]]'''
| rowspan="2" |3rd <small><br/>(tie)</small>
|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| '''1st'''
| [[Dennis Bergkamp]] || {{fb|NED}} || {{flagicon|England}} [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] || [[Football (soccer) positions|Striker]]
| {{flagicon|FRA|1974}} '''[[Zinedine Zidane]]'''
| {{flagicon|ITA}} '''[[Juventus FC|Juventus]]'''
| '''518'''
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd
| [[Zinedine Zidane]] || {{fb|FRA}} || {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Juventus F.C.]] || [[Football (soccer) positions|Midfield]]
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]]
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Inter Milan]]
| 164
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
| rowspan="3" |[[1996]] <small><br/>''[[1996 FIFA World Player of the Year|Details]]''</small>
| {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Davor Šuker]]
| '''1st''' || '''[[Ronaldo]]''' || '''{{fb|BRA}}''' || '''{{flagicon|Spain}} [[FC Barcelona]]<br> {{flagicon|NED}} [[PSV]]''' || '''[[Football (soccer) positions|Striker]]'''
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
| 108
|-
!colspan="5"|
| 2nd || [[George Weah]] || {{fb|LBR}} || {{flagicon|Italy}} [[A.C. Milan]] || [[Football (soccer) positions|Striker]]
|-
|rowspan="3"| '''[[1999 FIFA World Player of the Year|1999]]'''
| 3rd || [[Alan Shearer]] || {{fb|ENG}} || {{flagicon|England}} [[Newcastle United]]<br> {{flagicon|England}} [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn]] || [[Football (soccer) positions|Striker]]
|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| '''1st'''
| {{flagicon|BRA}} '''[[Rivaldo]]'''
| {{flagicon|ESP}} '''[[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]'''
| '''543'''
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd
| rowspan="3" |[[1995]] <small><br/>''[[1995 FIFA World Player of the Year|Details]]''</small>
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[David Beckham]]
| '''1st''' || '''[[George Weah]]''' || '''{{fb|LBR}}''' || '''{{flagicon|Italy}}''' [[A.C. Milan]] || '''[[Football (soccer) positions|'''Striker''']]'''
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]
| 194
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
| 2nd || [[Paolo Maldini]] || {{fb|ITA}} || {{flagicon|Italy}} [[A.C. Milan]] || [[Football (soccer) positions|Defender]]
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Gabriel Batistuta]]
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[ACF Fiorentina|Fiorentina]]
| 79
|-
!colspan="5"|
| 3rd || [[Jürgen Klinsmann]] || {{fb|GER}} || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Bayern Munich]]<br> {{flagicon|England}} [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]|| [[Football (soccer) positions|Striker]]
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[1994]] <small><br/>'''[[19942000 FIFA World Player of the Year|Details2000]]''</small>'
|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| '''1st'''
| '''1st''' || '''[[Romário]]''' || '''{{fb|BRA}}''' || '''{{flagicon|Spain}} [[FC Barcelona]]''' || '''[[Football (soccer) positions|Striker]]'''
| {{flagicon|FRA|1974}} '''[[Zinedine Zidane]]'''
| {{flagicon|ITA}} '''[[Juventus FC|Juventus]]'''
| '''370'''
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd
| 2nd || [[Hristo Stoichkov]] || {{fb|BUL}} || {{flagicon|Spain}} [[FC Barcelona]] || [[Football (soccer) positions|Striker]]
| {{flagicon|POR}} [[Luís Figo]]{{refn|group=note|Figo was signed by Real Madrid from Barcelona midway through 2000.}}
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
| 329
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
| 3rd || [[Roberto Baggio]] || {{fb|ITA}} || {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Juventus F.C.]] || [[Football (soccer) positions|Striker]]
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Rivaldo]]
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
| 263
|-
!colspan="5"|
| rowspan="3" |[[1993]] <small><br/>''[[1993 FIFA World Player of the Year|Details]]''</small>
| '''1st''' || '''[[Roberto Baggio]]''' || '''{{fb|ITA}}''' || '''{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Juventus F.C.]]''' || '''[[Football (soccer) positions|Striker]]'''
|-
|rowspan="3"| '''[[2001 FIFA World Player of the Year|2001]]'''
| 2nd || [[Romário]] || {{fb|BRA}} || {{flagicon|Spain}} [[FC Barcelona]] || [[Football (soccer) positions|Striker]]
|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| '''1st'''
| {{flagicon|POR}} '''[[Luís Figo]]'''
| {{flagicon|ESP}} '''[[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]'''
| '''250'''
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd
| 3rd || [[Dennis Bergkamp]] || {{fb|NED}} || {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Internazionale Milano F.C.|F.C. Internazionale]]<br> {{flagicon|NED}} [[Ajax Amsterdam]] || [[Football (soccer) positions|Striker]]
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[David Beckham]]
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]
| 238
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
| rowspan="3" |[[1992]] <small><br/>''[[1992 FIFA World Player of the Year|Details]]''</small>
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Raúl (footballer)|Raúl]]
| '''1st''' || '''[[Marco van Basten]]''' || '''{{fb|NED}}''' || '''{{flagicon|Italy}} [[A.C. Milan]]''' || '''[[Football (soccer) positions|Striker]]'''
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
| 96
|-
!colspan="5"|
| 2nd || [[Hristo Stoichkov]] || {{fb|BUL}} || {{flagicon|Spain}} [[FC Barcelona]] || [[Football (soccer) positions|Striker]]
|-
|rowspan="3"| '''[[2002 FIFA World Player of the Year|2002]]'''
| 3rd || [[Thomas Häßler]] || {{fb|GER}} || {{flagicon|Italy}} [[AS Roma]] || [[Football (soccer) positions|Midfield]]
|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| '''1st'''
| {{flagicon|BRA}} '''[[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]]{{refn|group=note|Ronaldo was signed by Real Madrid from Inter Milan midway through 2002.}}'''
| {{flagicon|ESP}} '''[[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]'''
| '''387'''
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd
| rowspan="3" |[[1991]] <small><br/>''[[1991 FIFA World Player of the Year|Details]]''</small>
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Oliver Kahn]]
| '''1st''' || '''[[Lothar Matthäus]]''' || '''{{fb|GER}}''' || '''{{flagicon|Italy}} [[F.C. Internazionale Milano|F.C. Internazionale]]''' || '''[[Football (soccer) positions|Midfield]]'''
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]
| 171
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
| 2nd || [[Jean-Pierre Papin]] || {{fb|FRA}} || {{flagicon|France}} [[Olympique de Marseille|Olympique Marseille]]|| [[Football (soccer) positions|Striker]]
| {{flagicon|FRA|1974}} [[Zinedine Zidane]]
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
| 148
|-
!colspan="5"|
| 3rd || [[Gary Lineker]] || {{fb|ENG}} || {{flagicon|England}} [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]] || [[Football (soccer) positions|Striker]]
|}
 
====Players' All-time ranking by places (top 3)====
 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|rowspan="3"| '''[[2003 FIFA World Player of the Year|2003]]'''
!
|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| '''1st'''
!Player
| {{flagicon|FRA|1974}} '''[[Zinedine Zidane]]'''
!First place
| {{flagicon|ESP}} '''[[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]'''
!Second place
| '''264'''
!Third place
|-bgcolor=#FFF65F
|1
|{{flagicon|France}} [[Zinedine Zidane]]
|3
|1
|2
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd
|2
| {{flagicon|BrazilFRA|1974}} [[RonaldoThierry Henry]]
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]]
|3
|1 200
|1
|-bgcolor=#FFF69F
 
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
|3
| {{flagicon|BrazilBRA}} [[RonaldinhoRonaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]]
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
|2
|0 176
|1
|-
!colspan="5"|
|4
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Romário]]
|1
|1
|0
|-
|rowspan="3"| '''[[2004 FIFA World Player of the Year|2004]]'''
|
|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|Portugal}} [[Luís Figo]]
| {{flagicon|BRA}} '''[[Ronaldinho]]'''
|1
| {{flagicon|ESP}} '''[[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]'''
|1
| '''620'''
|0
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd
|
| {{flagicon|LiberiaFRA}} [[GeorgeThierry WeahHenry]]
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]]
|1
|1 552
|0
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
|7
| {{flagicon|BrazilUKR}} [[RivaldoAndriy Shevchenko]]
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[A.C. Milan|Milan]]
|1
|0 253
|1
|-
!colspan="5"|
|
|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Roberto Baggio]]
|1
|0
|1
|-
|rowspan="3"| '''[[2005 FIFA World Player of the Year|2005]]'''
|9
|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Marco Van Basten]]
| {{flagicon|BRA}} '''[[Ronaldinho]]'''
|1
| {{flagicon|ESP}} '''[[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]'''
|0
| '''956'''
|0
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd
|
| {{flagicon|GermanyENG}} [[LotharFrank MatthäusLampard]]
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]]
|1
|0 306
|0
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
|
| {{flagicon|ItalyCMR}} [[FabioSamuel CannavaroEto'o]]
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|1
|0 190
|0
|-
!colspan="5"|
|11
|{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Hristo Stoitchkov]]
|0
|2
|0
|-
|rowspan="3"| '''[[2006 FIFA World Player of the Year|2006]]'''
|
|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| '''1st'''
|{{flagicon|England}} [[David Beckham]]
| {{flagicon|ITA}} '''[[Fabio Cannavaro]]{{refn|group=note|Cannavaro was signed by Real Madrid from Juventus midway through 2006.}}'''
|0
| {{flagicon|ESP}} '''[[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]'''
|2
| '''498'''
|0
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd
|
| {{flagicon|FranceFRA|1974}} [[ThierryZinedine HenryZidane]]
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
|0
|2 454
|0
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
|14
| {{flagicon|FranceBRA}} [[Jean-Pierre PapinRonaldinho]]
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|0
|1 380
|0
|-
!colspan="5"|
|
|-
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Roberto Carlos da Silva]]
|rowspan="3"| '''[[2007 FIFA World Player of the Year|2007]]'''
|0
|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| '''1st'''
|1
| {{flagicon|BRA}} '''[[Kaká]]'''
|0
| {{flagicon|ITA}} '''[[A.C. Milan|Milan]]'''
|-
| '''1,047'''
|
|-
|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Paolo Maldini]]
|scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd
|0
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Lionel Messi]]
|1
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|0
|- 504
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
|{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Oliver Kahn]]
| {{flagicon|POR}} [[Cristiano Ronaldo]]
|0
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]
|1
| 426
|0
|-
!colspan="5"|
|
|-
|{{flagicon|England}} [[Frank Lampard]]
|rowspan="3"| '''[[2008 FIFA World Player of the Year|2008]]'''
|0
|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| '''1st'''
|1
| {{flagicon|POR}} '''[[Cristiano Ronaldo]]'''
|0
| {{flagicon|ENG}} '''[[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]'''
|-
| '''935'''
|19
|-
|{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Dennis Bergkamp]]
|scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd
|0
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Lionel Messi]]
|0
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|2
|- 678
|20-
|scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
|{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Gabriel Batistuta]]
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Fernando Torres]]
|0
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]
|0
| 203
|1
|-
!colspan="5"|
|
|-
|{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Jürgen Klinsmann]]
|rowspan="3"| '''[[2009 FIFA World Player of the Year|2009]]'''
|0
|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| '''1st'''
|0
| {{flagicon|ARG}} '''[[Lionel Messi]]'''
|1
| {{flagicon|ESP}} '''[[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]'''
|-
| '''1,073'''
|
|-
|{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Raúl González]]
|scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd
|0
| {{nowrap|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Cristiano Ronaldo]]}}{{refn|group=note|Cristiano Ronaldo was signed by Real Madrid from Manchester United midway through 2009.}}
|0
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
|1
|- 352
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
|{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Andriy Shevchenko]]
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Xavi (footballer, born 1980)|Xavi]]
|0
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|0
| 196
|1
|-
|
|{{flagicon|England}} [[Gary Lineker]]
|0
|0
|1
|-
|
|{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Thomas Häßler]]
|0
|0
|1
|-
|
|{{flagicon|England}} [[Alan Shearer]]
|0
|0
|1
|-
|
|{{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Davor Suker]]
|0
|0
|1
|-
|
|{{flagicon|Cameroon}} [[Samuel Eto'o]]
|0
|0
|1
|}
 
<small>Source:<ref name="FIFA Awards" /></small>
====Wins By Country====
 
Table of winners categorised by the player's nationality (not the nationality of his club).
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]].
{| class="wikitable"
 
A single article from the Portuguese daily newspaper ''[[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===
{| class="sortable plainrowheaders wikitable"
|-
!scope="col"| Player
!
!scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| Winner
!Country
!scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| Runner-up
!First place
!scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| Third place
!Second place
!Third place
|-bgcolor=#FFF68F
|1
|{{fb|BRA}}
|7 ([[1994 FIFA World Player of the Year|1994]], [[1996 FIFA World Player of the Year|1996]], [[1997 FIFA World Player of the Year|1997]], [[1999 FIFA World Player of the Year|1999]], [[2002 FIFA World Player of the Year|2002]], [[2004 FIFA World Player of the Year|2004]], [[2005 FIFA World Player of the Year|2005]])
|3 ([[1993 FIFA World Player of the Year|1993]], [[1997 FIFA World Player of the Year|1997]], [[1998 FIFA World Player of the Year|1998]])
|3 ([[2003 FIFA World Player of the Year|2000]], [[2003 FIFA World Player of the Year|2003]], [[2006 FIFA World Player of the Year|2006]])
|-bgcolor=#FFF68F
|2
|{{fb|FRA}}
|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]])
|4 ([[1991 FIFA World Player of the Year|1991]], [[2003 FIFA World Player of the Year|2003]], [[2004 FIFA World Player of the Year|2004]], [[2006 FIFA World Player of the Year|2006]])
|2 ([[1997 FIFA World Player of the Year|1997]]*, [[2002 FIFA World Player of the Year|2002]])
|-bgcolor=#FFF68F
|3
|{{fb|ITA}}
|2 ([[1993 FIFA World Player of the Year|1993]], [[2006 FIFA World Player of the Year|2006]])
|1 ([[1995 FIFA World Player of the Year|1995]])
|1 ([[1994 FIFA World Player of the Year|1994]])
|-bgcolor=#FFF68F
|4
|{{fb|GER}}
|1 ([[1991 FIFA World Player of the Year|1991]])
|1 ([[2002 FIFA World Player of the Year|2002]])
|2 ([[1992 FIFA World Player of the Year|1992]], [[1995 FIFA World Player of the Year|1995]])
|-bgcolor=#FFF68F
|5
|{{fb|POR}}
|1 ([[2001 FIFA World Player of the Year|2001]])
|1 ([[2000 FIFA World Player of the Year|2000]])
|0
|-bgcolor=#FFF68F
|6
|{{fb|LBR}}
|1 ([[1995 FIFA World Player of the Year|1995]])
|1 ([[1996 FIFA World Player of the Year|1996]])
|0
|-bgcolor=#FFF68F
|7
|{{fb|NED}}
|1 ([[1992 FIFA World Player of the Year|1992]])
|0
|2 ([[1993 FIFA World Player of the Year|1993]], [[1997 FIFA World Player of the Year|1997]]*)
|-
!scope="row"| {{flagicon|FRA|1974}} [[Zinedine Zidane]]
|8
|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]])}}
|{{fb|ENG}}
|style="text-align:left"| 1 ([[2006 FIFA World Player of the Year|2006]])
|0
|3style="text-align:left"| {{nowrap|2 ([[19991997 FIFA World Player of the Year|19991997]], [[2001 FIFA World Player of the Year|2001]],[[20052002 FIFA World Player of the Year|20052002]])}}
|2 ([[1991 FIFA World Player of the Year|1991]], [[1996 FIFA World Player of the Year|1996]])
|-
!scope="row"| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]]
|9
|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]])
|{{fb|BUL}}
|style="text-align:left"| 1 ([[1998 FIFA World Player of the Year|1998]])
|0
|2style="text-align:left"| 1 ([[1992 FIFA World Player of the Year|1992]], [[19942003 FIFA World Player of the Year|19942003]])
|0
|-
!scope="row"| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Ronaldinho]]
|10
|style="text-align:left"| 2 ([[2004 FIFA World Player of the Year|2004]], [[2005 FIFA World Player of the Year|2005]])
|{{fb|CRO}}
|style="text-align:left"| —
|0
|style="text-align:left"| 1 ([[2006 FIFA World Player of the Year|2006]])
|0
|1 ([[1998 FIFA World Player of the Year|1998]])
|-
!scope="row"| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Lionel Messi]]
|11
|style="text-align:left"| 1 ([[2009 FIFA World Player of the Year|2009]])
|{{fb|ARG}}
|style="text-align:left"| {{nowrap|2 ([[2007 FIFA World Player of the Year|2007]], [[2008 FIFA World Player of the Year|2008]])}}
|0
|style="text-align:left"| —
|0
|1 ([[1999 FIFA World Player of the Year|1999]])
|-
!scope="row"| {{flagicon|POR}} [[Cristiano Ronaldo]]
|12
|style="text-align:left"| 1 ([[2008 FIFA World Player of the Year|2008]])
|{{fb|ESP}}
|style="text-align:left"| 1 ([[2009 FIFA World Player of the Year|2009]])
|0
|style="text-align:left"| 1 ([[2007 FIFA World Player of the Year|2007]])
|0
|1 ([[2001 FIFA World Player of the Year|2001]])
|-
!scope="row"| {{flagicon|POR}} [[Luís Figo]]
|13
|style="text-align:left"| 1 ([[2001 FIFA World Player of the Year|2001]])
|{{fb|UKR}}
|style="text-align:left"| 1 ([[2000 FIFA World Player of the Year|2000]])
|0
|style="text-align:left"| —
|0
|1 ([[2004 FIFA World Player of the Year|2004]])
|-
!scope="row"| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Romário]]
|14
|style="text-align:left"| 1 ([[1994 FIFA World Player of the Year|1994]])
|{{fb|CMR}}
|style="text-align:left"| 1 ([[1993 FIFA World Player of the Year|1993]])
|0
|style="text-align:left"| —
|0
|-
|1 ([[2005 FIFA World Player of the Year|2005]])
!scope="row"| {{flagicon|LBR}} [[George Weah]]
|style="text-align:left"| 1 ([[1995 FIFA World Player of the Year|1995]])
|style="text-align:left"| 1 ([[1996 FIFA World Player of the Year|1996]])
|style="text-align:left"| —
|-
!scope="row"| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Roberto Baggio]]
|style="text-align:left"| 1 ([[1993 FIFA World Player of the Year|1993]])
|style="text-align:left"| —
|style="text-align:left"| 1 ([[1994 FIFA World Player of the Year|1994]])
|-
!scope="row"| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Rivaldo]]
|style="text-align:left"| 1 ([[1999 FIFA World Player of the Year|1999]])
|style="text-align:left"| —
|style="text-align:left"| 1 ([[2000 FIFA World Player of the Year|2000]])
|-
!scope="row"| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Lothar Matthäus]]
|style="text-align:left"| 1 ([[1991 FIFA World Player of the Year|1991]])
|style="text-align:left"| —
|style="text-align:left"| —
|-
!scope="row"| {{nowrap|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Marco van Basten]]}}
|style="text-align:left"| 1 ([[1992 FIFA World Player of the Year|1992]])
|style="text-align:left"| —
|style="text-align:left"| —
|-
!scope="row"| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Fabio Cannavaro]]
|style="text-align:left"| 1 ([[2006 FIFA World Player of the Year|2006]])
|style="text-align:left"| —
|style="text-align:left"| —
|-
!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 Byby Club=country===
{| class="sortable plainrowheaders wikitable"
 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!scope="col"| Country
!
!scope="col"| Players
!Club
!scope="col"| Total
!First place
!Second place
!Third place
|-bgcolor=#FFF68F
|1
|{{flagicon|Spain}} [[FC Barcelona]]
|6 ([[1994 FIFA World Player of the Year|1994]], [[1996 FIFA World Player of the Year|1996**]], [[1997 FIFA World Player of the Year|1997*]], [[1999 FIFA World Player of the Year|1999]], [[2004 FIFA World Player of the Year|2004]], [[2005 FIFA World Player of the Year|2005]])
|4 ([[1992 FIFA World Player of the Year|1992]], [[1993 FIFA World Player of the Year|1993]], [[1994 FIFA World Player of the Year|1994]], [[2000 FIFA World Player of the Year|2000*]])
|3 ([[2000 FIFA World Player of the Year|2000]], [[2005 FIFA World Player of the Year|2005]], [[2006 FIFA World Player of the Year|2006]])
|-bgcolor=#FFF68F
|2
|{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Real Madrid]]
|4 ([[2001 FIFA World Player of the Year|2001]], [[2002 FIFA World Player of the Year|2002**]], [[2003 FIFA World Player of the Year|2003]], [[2006 FIFA World Player of the Year|2006**]])
|3 ([[1997 FIFA World Player of the Year|1997]], [[2000 FIFA World Player of the Year|2000**]], [[2006 FIFA World Player of the Year|2006*]])
|4 ([[1998 FIFA World Player of the Year|1998]], [[2001 FIFA World Player of the Year|2001]], [[2002 FIFA World Player of the Year|2002]], [[2003 FIFA World Player of the Year|2003]])
|-bgcolor=#FFF68F
|3
|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Juventus F.C.]]
|4 ([[1993 FIFA World Player of the Year|1993]], [[1998 FIFA World Player of the Year|1998]], [[2000 FIFA World Player of the Year|2000]], [[2006 FIFA World Player of the Year|2006*]])
|0
|2 ([[1994 FIFA World Player of the Year|1994]], [[1997 FIFA World Player of the Year|1997]])
|-bgcolor=#FFF68F
|4
|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[F.C. Internazionale Milano|F.C. Internazionale]]
|3 ([[1991 FIFA World Player of the Year|1991]], [[1997 FIFA World Player of the Year|1997**]], [[2002 FIFA World Player of the Year|2002*]])
|1 ([[1998 FIFA World Player of the Year|1998]])
|1 ([[1993 FIFA World Player of the Year|1993**]])
|-bgcolor=#FFF68F
|5
|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[A.C. Milan]]
|2 ([[1992 FIFA World Player of the Year|1992]], [[1995 FIFA World Player of the Year|1995]])
|2 ([[1995 FIFA World Player of the Year|1995]], [[1996 FIFA World Player of the Year|1996]])
|1 ([[2004 FIFA World Player of the Year|2004]])
|-bgcolor=#FFF68F
|6
|{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[PSV Eindhoven]]
|1 ([[1996 FIFA World Player of the Year|1996*]])
|0
|0
|-
!scope="row"| {{BRA}}
|7
|style="text-align:center"| 5
|{{flagicon|England}} [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]]
|style="text-align:center"| 8
|0
|2 ([[2003 FIFA World Player of the Year|2003]], [[2004 FIFA World Player of the Year|2004]])
|1 ([[1997 FIFA World Player of the Year|1997]])
|-
!scope="row"| {{ITA}}
|8
|style="text-align:center"| 2
|{{flagicon|England}} [[Manchester United]]
|style="text-align:center"| 2
|0
|2 ([[1999 FIFA World Player of the Year|1999]], [[2001 FIFA World Player of the Year|2001]])
|0
|-
!scope="row"| {{POR}}
|9
|style="text-align:center"| 2
|{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Bayern Munich]]
|style="text-align:center"| 2
|0
|1 ([[2002 FIFA World Player of the Year|2002]])
|1 ([[1995 FIFA World Player of the Year|1995**]])
|-
!scope="row"| {{FRA}}
|10
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|{{flagicon|England}} [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]
|style="text-align:center"| 3
|0
|0
|2 ([[1991 FIFA World Player of the Year|1991]], [[1995 FIFA World Player of the Year|1995*]])
|-
!scope="row"| {{GER}}
|11
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|{{flagicon|England}} [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]]
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|0
|1 ([[2005 FIFA World Player of the Year|2005]])
|0
|-
!scope="row"| {{NED}}
|12
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|{{flagicon|France}} [[Olympique de Marseille|Olympique Marseille]]
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|0
|1 ([[1991 FIFA World Player of the Year|1991]])
|0
|-
!scope="row"| {{LBR}}
|13
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[ACF Fiorentina|AC Fiorentina]]
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|0
|0
|1 ([[1999 FIFA World Player of the Year|1999]])
|-
!scope="row"| {{ARG}}
|14
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|{{flagicon|England}} [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]]
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|0
|0 }
 
|1 ([[1996 FIFA World Player of the Year|1996**]])
===Wins by club===
{| class="sortable plainrowheaders wikitable"
|-
!scope="col"| Club
|15
!scope="col"| Players
|{{flagicon|England}} [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn]]
!scope="col"| Total
|0
|0
|1 ([[1996 FIFA World Player of the Year|1996*]])
|-
!scope="row"| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|16
|style="text-align:center"| 5
|{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Ajax Amsterdam]]
|style="text-align:center"| 6
|0
|0
|1 ([[1993 FIFA World Player of the Year|1993*]])
|-
!scope="row"| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
|17
|style="text-align:center"| 4
|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[AS Roma]]
|style="text-align:center"| 4
|0
|0 -
!scope="row"| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[A.C. Milan|Milan]]
|1 ([[1992 FIFA World Player of the Year|1992]])
|style="text-align:center"| 3
|style="text-align:center"| 3
|-
!scope="row"| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Juventus FC|Juventus]]
|style="text-align:center"| 2
|style="text-align:center"| 3
|-
!scope="row"| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Inter Milan]]
|style="text-align:center"| 2
|style="text-align:center"| 2
|-
!scope="row"| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki>''Player was a member of the club for only the first part of the year.''<br>
<nowiki>**</nowiki>''Player was a member of the club for only the second part of the year.'''''
 
==FIFA Women's World Player of the Year==
===List of female winners===
 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Year !! Place !! Player !! Nationality !!Club!! Position
! Rank
! Player
! Team
! Points
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[2006]] <small><br/>'''[[20062001 FIFA World Player of the Year|Details2001]]''</small>'
|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| '''1st'''
| '''1st''' || '''[[Marta Vieira da Silva|Marta ]]''' || {{fbw|BRA}} || {{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Umeå IK]] || [[Football (soccer) positions|Midfield]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} '''[[Mia Hamm]]'''
| {{flagicon|USA}} '''[[Washington Freedom (soccer)|Washington Freedom]]'''
| '''154'''
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd
| 2nd || [[Kristine Lilly]] || {{fbw|USA}} ||{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[KIF Örebro DFF]]|| [[Football (soccer) positions|Midfield]]
| {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Sun Wen (footballer)|Sun Wen]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Atlanta Beat (WUSA)|Atlanta Beat]]
| 79
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
| 3rd || [[Renate Lingor]] || {{fbw|GER}} ||{{flagicon|Germany}} [[1. FFC Frankfurt]]|| [[Football (soccer) positions|Midfield]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tiffeny Milbrett]]
 
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[New York Power]]
| 47
|-
!colspan="5"|
| rowspan="3" |[[2005]] <small><br/>''[[2005 FIFA World Player of the Year|Details]]''</small>
| '''1st''' || '''[[Birgit Prinz]]''' || '''{{fbw|GER}}''' ||'''{{flagicon|Germany}} [[1. FFC Frankfurt]]|| '''[[Football (soccer) positions|Striker]]'''
|-
|rowspan="3"| '''[[2002 FIFA World Player of the Year|2002]]'''
| 2nd || [[Marta Vieira da Silva|Marta]] || {{fbw|BRA}} ||{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Umeå IK]]|| [[Football (soccer) positions|Midfield]]
|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| '''1st'''
| {{flagicon|USA}} '''[[Mia Hamm]]'''
| {{flagicon|USA}} '''[[Washington Freedom (soccer)|Washington Freedom]]'''
| '''161'''
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd
| 3rd || [[Shannon Boxx]] || {{fbw|USA}} || || [[Football (soccer) positions|Midfield]]
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Birgit Prinz]]
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Eintracht Frankfurt (women)|1. FFC Frankfurt]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Carolina Courage]]
| 96
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
| rowspan="3" |[[2004]] <small><br/>''[[2004 FIFA World Player of the Year|Details]]''</small>
| {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Sun Wen (footballer)|Sun Wen]]
| '''1st''' || '''[[Birgit Prinz]]''' || '''{{fbw|GER}}''' ||'''{{flagicon|Germany}} [[1. FFC Frankfurt]]|| '''[[Football (soccer) positions|Striker]]'''
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Atlanta Beat (WUSA)|Atlanta Beat]] <br>{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Shanghai SVA (Women)|Shanghai SVA]]
| 58
|-
!colspan="5"|
| 2nd || [[Mia Hamm]] || {{fbw|USA}} || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Washington Freedom|W. Freedom]] <small>retired</small> || [[Football (soccer) positions|Striker]]
|-
|rowspan="3"| '''[[2003 FIFA World Player of the Year|2003]]'''
| 3rd || [[Marta Vieira da Silva|Marta]] || {{fbw|BRA}} ||{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Umeå IK]]|| [[Football (soccer) positions|Midfield]]
|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| '''1st'''
| {{flagicon|GER}} '''[[Birgit Prinz]]'''
| '''{{flagicon|USA}} [[Carolina Courage]]<br>{{flagicon|GER}} [[Eintracht Frankfurt (women)|1. FFC Frankfurt]]'''
| '''268'''
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd
| rowspan="3" |[[2003]] <small><br/>''[[2003 FIFA World Player of the Year|Details]]''</small>
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mia Hamm]]
| '''1st''' || '''[[Birgit Prinz]]''' || '''{{fbw|GER}}''' ||'''{{flagicon|Germany}} [[1. FFC Frankfurt]]|| '''[[Football (soccer) positions|Striker]]'''
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Washington Freedom (soccer)|Washington Freedom]]
| 133
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
| 2nd || [[Mia Hamm]] || {{fbw|USA}} ||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Washington Freedom]]|| [[Football (soccer) positions|Striker]]
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Hanna Ljungberg]]
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Umeå IK]]
| 84
|-
!colspan="5"|
| 3rd || [[Hanna Ljungberg]] || {{fbw|SWE}} ||{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Umeå IK]]|| [[Football (soccer) positions|Striker]]
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[2002]] <small><br/>'''[[20022004 FIFA World Player of the Year|Details2004]]''</small>'
|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| '''1st'''
| '''1st''' || '''[[Mia Hamm]]''' || '''{{fbw|USA}}''' ||'''{{flagicon|USA}} [[Washington Freedom]]|| '''[[Football (soccer) positions|Striker]]'''
| {{flagicon|GER}} '''[[Birgit Prinz]]'''
| {{flagicon|GER}} '''[[Eintracht Frankfurt (women)|1. FFC Frankfurt]]'''
| '''376'''
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd
| 2nd || [[Birgit Prinz]] || {{fbw|GER}} ||{{flagicon|Germany}} [[1. FFC Frankfurt]]|| [[Football (soccer) positions|Striker]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mia Hamm]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Washington Freedom (soccer)|Washington Freedom]]
| 286
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
| 3rd || [[Sun Wen (football)|Sun Wen]] || {{fbw|CHN}} ||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Atlanta Beat]]|| [[Football (soccer) positions|Striker]]
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marta (footballer)|Marta]]
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Santa Cruz Futebol Clube (MG)|Santa Cruz]] <br>{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Umeå IK]]
| 281
|-
!colspan="5"|
| rowspan="3" |[[2001]] <small><br/>''[[2001 FIFA World Player of the Year|Details]]''</small>
| '''1st''' || '''[[Mia Hamm]]''' || '''{{fbw|USA}}''' ||'''{{flagicon|USA}} [[Washington Freedom]]|| '''[[Football (soccer) positions|Striker]]'''
|-
|rowspan="3"| '''[[2005 FIFA World Player of the Year|2005]]'''
| 2nd || [[Tiffeny Milbrett]] || {{fbw|USA}} ||{{flagicon|USA}} [[New York Power]]|| [[Football (soccer) positions|Striker]]
|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| '''1st'''
| {{flagicon|GER}} '''[[Birgit Prinz]]'''
| {{flagicon|GER}} '''[[Eintracht Frankfurt (women)|1. FFC Frankfurt]]'''
| '''513'''
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd
| 3rd || [[Sun Wen (football)|Sun Wen]] || {{fbw|CHN}} ||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Atlanta Beat]]|| [[Football (soccer) positions|Striker]]
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marta (footballer)|Marta]]
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Umeå IK]]
| 429
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
| {{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]]'''
| '''475'''
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Kristine Lilly]]
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[KIF Örebro DFF]]
| 388
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
| {{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]]'''
| '''988'''
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Birgit Prinz]]
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Eintracht Frankfurt (women)|1. FFC Frankfurt]]
| 507
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
| {{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]]'''
| '''1,002'''
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Birgit Prinz]]
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Eintracht Frankfurt (women)|1. FFC Frankfurt]]
| 328
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
| {{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]]'''
| '''833'''
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Birgit Prinz]]
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Eintracht Frankfurt (women)|1. FFC Frankfurt]]
| 290
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
| {{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|USA}} '''[[FC Gold Pride]]'''
| '''38.20%'''
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Birgit Prinz]]
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Eintracht Frankfurt (women)|1. FFC Frankfurt]]
| 15.18%
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
| {{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]]'''
| '''28.51%'''
|-
|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}} [[Western New York Flash]]
| 17.28%
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
| {{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'''''
| '''20.67%'''
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marta (footballer)|Marta]]
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Tyresö FF]]
| 13.50%
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
| {{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]]'''
| '''18.85%'''
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Abby Wambach]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Western New York Flash]]
| 15.02%
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
| {{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]]'''
| '''17.52%'''
|-
|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|SWE}} [[FC Rosengård]]
| 14.16%
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
| {{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]]'''
| '''35.28%'''
|-
|scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Célia Šašić]]
| {{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>
 
In 2016, FIFA created [[The Best FIFA Women's Player]] award instead.
====Wins By Country====
Table of winners categorised by the player's nationality (not the nationality of her club).
 
===Wins by player===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="sortable plainrowheaders wikitable"
|-
!scope="col"| Player
!
!scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| 1st
!Country
!scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd
!First place
!scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd
!Second place
!Third place
|-bgcolor=#FFF68F
|1
|{{fbw|GER}}
|3 ([[2003 FIFA World Player of the Year|2003]], [[2004 FIFA World Player of the Year|2004]], [[2005 FIFA World Player of the Year|2005]])
|1 ([[2002 FIFA World Player of the Year|2002]])
|1 ([[2006 FIFA World Player of the Year|2006]])
|-bgcolor=#FFF68F
|2
|{{fbw|USA}}
|2 ([[2001 FIFA World Player of the Year|2001]], [[2002 FIFA World Player of the Year|2002]])
|4 ([[2001 FIFA World Player of the Year|2001]], [[2003 FIFA World Player of the Year|2003]], [[2004 FIFA World Player of the Year|2004]]), ([[2006 FIFA World Player of the Year|2006]])
|1 ([[2005 FIFA World Player of the Year|2005]])
|-bgcolor=#FFF68F
|3
|{{fbw|BRA}}
|1 ([[2006 FIFA World Player of the Year|2006]])
|1 ([[2005 FIFA World Player of the Year|2005]])
|1 ([[2004 FIFA World Player of the Year|2004]])
|-
!scope="row"| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marta (footballer)|Marta]]
|4
|style="text-align:left"| 5 (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)
|{{fbw|CHN}}
|style="text-align:left"| 4 (2005, 2011, 2012, 2014)
|0
|style="text-align:left"| 2 (2004, 2013)
|0
|2 ([[2001 FIFA World Player of the Year|2001]], [[2002 FIFA World Player of the Year|2002]])
|-
!scope="row"| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Birgit Prinz]]
|5
|style="text-align:left"| 3 (2003, 2004, 2005)
|{{fbw|SWE}}
|style="text-align:left"| 5 (2002, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)
|0
|style="text-align:left"| —
|0
|-
|1 ([[2003 FIFA World Player of the Year|2003]])
!scope="row"| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mia Hamm]]
|style="text-align:left"| 2 (2001, 2002)
|style="text-align:left"| 2 (2003, 2004)
|style="text-align:left"| —
|-
!scope="row"| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Abby Wambach]]
|style="text-align:left"| 1 (2012)
|style="text-align:left"| 1 (2013)
|style="text-align:left"| 2 (2011, 2014)
|-
!scope="row"| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Homare Sawa]]
|style="text-align:left"| 1 (2011)
|style="text-align:left"| —
|style="text-align:left"| —
|-
!scope="row"| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Nadine Angerer]]
|style="text-align:left"| 1 (2013)
|style="text-align:left"| —
|style="text-align:left"| —
|-
!scope="row"| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Nadine Keßler]]
|style="text-align:left"| 1 (2014)
|style="text-align:left"| —
|style="text-align:left"| —
|-
!scope="row"| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Carli Lloyd]]
|style="text-align:left"| 1 (2015)
|style="text-align:left"| —
|style="text-align:left"| —
|}
 
==Notes=Wins andby referencescountry===
{| class="sortable plainrowheaders wikitable"
<div class="references-small">
|-
<references/>
!scope="col"| Country
</div>
!scope="col"| Players
!scope="col"| Total
|-
!scope="row"| {{GER}}
|style="text-align:center"| 3
|style="text-align:center"| 5
|-
!scope="row"| {{BRA}}
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|style="text-align:center"| 5
|-
!scope="row"| {{USA}}
|style="text-align:center"| 3
|style="text-align:center"| 4
|-
!scope="row"| {{JPN}}
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|}
 
===Wins by club===
{| class="sortable plainrowheaders wikitable"
|-
!scope="col"| Club
!scope="col"| Players
!scope="col"| Total
|-
!scope="row"| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Eintracht Frankfurt (women)|1. FFC Frankfurt]]
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|style="text-align:center"| 3
|-
!scope="row"| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Umeå IK]]
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|style="text-align:center"| 3
|-
!scope="row"| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Washington Freedom (soccer)|Washington Freedom]]
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|style="text-align:center"| 2
|-
!scope="row"| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Santos FC (women)|Santos]]
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|-
!scope="row"| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[INAC Kobe Leonessa]]
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|-
!scope="row"| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Brisbane Roar FC (W-League)|Brisbane Roar]]
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|-
!scope="row"| {{flagicon|GER}} [[VfL Wolfsburg (women)|VfL Wolfsburg]]
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|-
!scope="row"| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Houston Dash]]
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|}
 
==See also==
{{Portal|Women's association football}}
* [[List of sports awards honoring women]]
* [[Ballon d'Or]]
* [[FIFA Ballon d'Or]]
* [[The Best FIFA Football Awards]]
* [[FIFPRO#FIFA FIFPRO Men's World 11|FIFPRO World 11]]
 
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== Notes ==
{{Reflist|group=note}}
 
== References ==
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