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 Monaco
	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 Barcellona
27	Giovane Élber	0	0	2	2	Bayern Monaco
	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	Barcellona
	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		9
14	Sandra Smisek		8
	Maren Meinert		8
	Liu Ailing		8
17	Liu Ying		6
	Kelly Smith		6
	Steffi Jones		6
20	Anissa Tann Darbs		5
	Nguen Thi Mai Lan		5
	Cindy Parlow		5
	Malin Moström		5
	Kamila Beregszasziova		5
	Katia		5
26	Kristine Lilly		4
	Joy Fawcett		4
	Michelle Akers		4
29	Gro Espeseth		3
	Julie Foudy		3
	Beene Lakeysia		3
	Bente Nordby		3
	Monica D. Paula		3
	Jane Tornqvist		3
	Pretinha		3
	Mar Lar Win		3
	Corinne Diacre		3
	Briana Scurry		3
	Zhu Jing		3
	Bahar Hatice Ozgnvenc		3
	Merete Pedersen		3
	Marinette Pichon		3
43	Maribel Dominguez		2
44	Ann Kristin Aarones		1
	Angela Banks		1
	Roseli		1
	Carol Bonde		1
	Han Wenxia		1
	So Wing		1
	Mama ama Gyaneua		1
	Julie Murray		1
	Magnolia Perez		1
	Patrizia Panico		1
	Marianne Pettersen		1
	Wen Lirong		1
	Tania		1
	Carola Andersson		1
	Mercy Akide		1
	Cynthia Browaeys		1
	Nadezhda Bosikova		1

External links

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