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

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

External links

• FIFA World Player 2001 (pdf)