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 in the second place. The gala was hosted at the TV Production Centre in Zürich, on December 17, 2001. 130 national team coaches, based on the current FIFA Men's World Ranking were chosen to vote. For the first time the Women's award was given out, won by Mia Hamm.

Results

Men

Rank	Player	5P	3P	1P	Points	Club(s)
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	Zinedine 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	Milan
10	Francesco Totti	5	4	3	40	Roma
11	Thierry Henry	0	3	6	15	Arsenal
12	Manuel Rui Costa	2	1	1	14	Fiorentina 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
	Gabriel Batistuta	0	2	2	8	Roma
17	Stefan Effenberg	1	0	0	5	Bayern Munich
	Alen Bokšić	1	0	0	5	Middlesbrough
19	Hernán Crespo	0	1	1	4	Lazio
	Ruud van Nistelrooy	0	1	1	4	PSV Manchester United
	Alessandro Del Piero	0	0	4	4	Juventus
22	Oscar Córdoba	0	1	0	3	Inter
	Gaizka Mendieta	0	1	0	3	Valencia Lazio
	Ebbe Sand	0	1	0	3	Schalke 04
	Alessandro Nesta	0	0	3	3	Lazio
	Javier Saviola	0	0	3	3	River Plate Barcelona
27	Giovane Élber	0	0	2	2	Bayern Munich
	Hidetoshi Nakata	0	0	2	2	Roma Parma
29	Carlos Alberto Pavón	0	0	1	1	Morelia Udinese
	Ali Daei	0	0	1	1	Hertha Berlino
	Luis Enrique	0	0	1	1	Barcelona
	Steven Gerrard	0	0	1	1	Liverpool
	Roy Keane	0	0	1	1	Manchester United
	Emmanuel Olisadebe	0	0	1	1	Polonia Varsavia Panathīnaïkos
	Diego Simeone	0	0	1	1	Lazio
	Jon Dahl Tomasson	0	0	1	1	Feyenoord
	Sibusiso Zuma	0	0	1	1	Copenaghen

Women

Rank	Player	Club	Points
1	Mia Hamm	Washington Freedom	154
2	Sun Wen	Atlanta Beat	79
3	Tiffeny Milbrett	New York Power	47
4	Birgit Prinz	FFC Frankfurt	40
5	Doris Fitschen	FFC Frankfurt Philadelphia Charge	37
6	Sissi	San Jose CyberRays	35
7	Hanna Ljungberg	Umeå IK	29
8	Bettina Wiegmann	FFC Brauweiler Boston Breakers	17
9	Hege Riise	Carolina Courage	16
10	Dagny Mellgren	Boston Breakers	13
11	Brandi Chastain	San Jose CyberRays	11
12	Claudia Müller	WSV Wendschott	10
13	Charmaine Hooper	Atlanta Beat	9
14	Sandra Smisek	FCR Duisburg	8
	Maren Meinert	Boston Breakers	8
	Liu Ailing	Philadelphia Charge	8
17	Liu Ying	China	6
	Kelly Smith	Philadelphia Charge	6
	Steffi Jones	1. FFC Frankfurt	6
20	Anissa Tann	NSW Sapphires	5
	Nguen Thi Mai Lan	Dong Trieu	5
	Cindy Parlow	Atlanta Beat	5
	Malin Moström	Umeå IK	5
	Kamila Beregszasziova	Olympia Košice	5
	Kátia	San Jose CyberRays	5
26	Kristine Lilly	Boston Breakers	4
	Joy Fawcett	San Diego Spirit	4
	Michelle Akers	USA	4
29	Gro Espeseth	New York Power	3
	Julie Foudy	San Diego Spirit	3
	LaKeysia Beene	San Jose CyberRays	3
	Bente Nordby	Carolina Courage San Diego Spirit	3
	Mônica Angélica de Paula	Brazil	3
	Jane Tornqvist	Älvsjö AIK FF	3
	Pretinha	Washington Freedom	3
	Mar Lar Win	China	3
	Corinne Diacre	Soyaux	3
	Briana Scurry	Atlanta Beat	3
	Zhu Jing	China	3
	Hatice Bahar Özgüvenç	Delta Mobilyaspor Kuzeyspor	3
	Merete Pedersen	Odense Boldklub Q	3
	Marinette Pichon	Saint-Memmie Olympique	3
43	Maribel Dominguez	Mexico	2
44	Ann Kristin Aarones	New York Power	1
	Angela Banks	Arsenal W.F.C.	1
	Roseli	Washington Freedom	1
	Carol Bonde	Denmark	1
	Han Wenxia	China	1
	So Wing	China	1
	Mama ama Gyaneua	Guyana	1
	Julie Murray	Bay Area CyberRays	1
	Magnolia Perez	Comunicaciones	1
	Patrizia Panico	Lazio	1
	Marianne Pettersen	Fulham Ladies	1
	Wen Lirong	Carolina Courage San Diego Spirit	1
	Tania	Australia	1
	Carola Andersson	Tiffin University	1
	Mercy Akide	San Diego Spirit	1
	Cynthia Browaeys	Eendracht Alost Ladies	1
	Nadezhda Bosikova	FC Energy Voronezh	1

External links

• FIFA World Player 2001 (pdf)
• FIFA Women's World Player 2001 (pdf)