2001 FIFA World Player of the Year

The 2001 FIFA World Player of the Year award was won by Luís Figo by the slim margin of 12 points. David Beckham was again forced into second place.

Men

	Player	5 points	3 points	1 point	Total	Team
1	Luís Figo	27	35	10	250	Real Madrid
2	David Beckham	30	23	19	238	Manchester United
3	Raúl	10	12	10	96	Real Madrid
4	Zinédine Zidane	12	9	7	94	Juventus Real Madrid
5	Rivaldo	11	7	16	92	Barcelona
6	Juan Sebastián Verón	9	6	8	71	Lazio Manchester United
7	Oliver Kahn	8	5	10	65	Bayern Munich
8	Michael Owen	4	11	8	61	Liverpool
9	Andriy Shevchenko	6	4	4	46	AC Milan
10	Francesco Totti	5	4	3	40	Roma
11	Thierry Henry	0	3	6	15	Arsenal
12	Rui Costa	2	1	1	14	Fiorentina AC Milan
13	Patrick Vieira	2	1	0	13	Arsenal
14	Henrik Larsson	1	1	1	9	Celtic
15	Roberto Carlos	1	1	0	8	Real Madrid
16	Gabriel Batistuta	0	2	2	8	Roma
17	Stefan Effenberg	1	0	0	5	Bayern Munich
18	Alen Bokšić	1	0	0	5	Middlesbrough
19	Ruud van Nistelrooy	0	1	1	4	Manchester United
20	Hernán Crespo	0	1	1	4	Lazio
21	Alessandro Del Piero	0	0	4	4	Juventus
22	Óscar Córdoba	0	1	0	3	Boca Juniors
23	Gaizka Mendieta	0	1	0	3	Valencia Lazio
24	Ebbe Sand	0	1	0	3	Schalke 04
25	Alessandro Nesta	0	0	3	3	Lazio
26	Javier Saviola	0	0	3	3	River Plate Barcelona
27	Élber Giovane	0	0	2	2	Bayern Munich
28	Hidetoshi Nakata	0	0	2	2	Roma Parma
29	Steven Gerrard	0	0	1	1	Liverpool
30	Luis Enrique	0	0	1	1	Barcelona
31	Jon Dahl Tomasson	0	0	1	1	Feyenoord
32	Ali Daei	0	0	1	1	Hertha Berlin
33	Sibusiso Zuma	0	0	1	1	F.C. Copenhagen
34	Roy Keane	0	0	1	1	Manchester United
35	Cuauhtémoc Blanco	0	0	1	1	Real Valladolid
36	Carlos Pavón	0	0	1	1	Real C.D. España
37	Diego Simeone	0	0	1	1	Lazio
38	Emmanuel Olisadebe	0	0	1	1	Panathinaikos

Women

Rank	Player	Points
1	Mia Hamm	154
2	Tiffeny Milbrett	79
3	Sun Wen	47
4	Birgit Prinz	40
5	Doris Fitschen	37
6	Sissi	35
7	Hanna Ljungberg	29
8	Bettina Wiegmann	17
9	Hege Riise	16
10	Dagny Mellgren	13
11	Brandi Chastain	11
12	Claudia Müller	10

External links

• FIFA World Player 2001 (pdf)