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FIFA World Player of the Year#List of female winners

{{Short description|Association football award}}

{{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, the youngest recipient of the award aged 20, won it three times.

| presenter = FIFA

| year = 1991

| year2 = 2009

| most_awards = {{flagicon|FRA}} Zinedine Zidane
{{flagicon|BRA}} Ronaldo
(3 awards each)

| website = {{URL|https://www.fifa.com/the-best-fifa-football-awards/history/index.html|fifa.com}}

| related = FIFA Ballon d'Or
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, the youngest recipient of the award aged 20, won it five times.

| presenter = FIFA

| year = 2001

| year2 = 2015

| most_awards = {{flagicon|BRA}} 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.

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.{{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}}{{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 }} The youngest winner was Ronaldo, who won at 20 years old in 1996, and the oldest winner was Fabio Cannavaro, who won aged 33 in 2006.{{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 }}{{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 }} 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 France Football Ballon d'Or awards.{{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 }}{{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}} Since 2016, the awards have been replaced by The Best FIFA Men's Player and The Best FIFA Women's Player awards.{{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}}

Eight women's footballers – three Germans, three Americans, one Brazilian, and one Japanese – have won the award. 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 of either sex to win.

Voting and selection process

The winners are chosen by the coaches and captains of national teams as well as by international media representatives invited by FIFA.{{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}} In a voting system based on 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.{{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 }}

FIFA World Player of the Year

{{multiple image

| image1 = Ronaldo em campo.jpg

| width1 = 150

| image2 = Zinedine zidane wcf 2006-edit.jpg

| width2 = 97

| footer = Ronaldo (left) and Zinedine Zidane (right) each won the award three times.

}}

class="wikitable"
Year

! Rank

! Player

! Team

! Points

rowspan="3"| 1991

|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| 1st

| {{flagicon|GER}} Lothar Matthäus

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Inter Milan

| 128

scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Jean-Pierre Papin

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Marseille

| 113

scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Gary Lineker

| {{nowrap|{{flagicon|ENG}} Tottenham Hotspur}}

| 40

colspan="5"|
rowspan="3"| 1992

|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| 1st

| {{flagicon|NED}} Marco van Basten

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Milan

| 166

scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd

| {{flagicon|BUL}} Hristo Stoichkov

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Barcelona

| 88

scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd

| {{flagicon|GER}} Thomas Häßler

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Roma

| 61

colspan="5"|
rowspan="3"| 1993

|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| 1st

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Roberto Baggio

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Juventus

| 152

scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Romário{{refn|group=note|Romário was signed by Barcelona from PSV Eindhoven midway through 1993.}}

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Barcelona

| 84

scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd

| {{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"|
rowspan="3"| 1994

|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| 1st

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Romário

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Barcelona

| 346

scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd

| {{flagicon|BUL}} Hristo Stoichkov

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Barcelona

| 100

scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Roberto Baggio

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Juventus

| 80

colspan="5"|
rowspan="3"| 1995

|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}} Milan

| 170

scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Paolo Maldini

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Milan

| 80

scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd

| {{flagicon|GER}} Jürgen Klinsmann{{refn|group=note|Klinsmann was signed by Bayern Munich from Tottenham Hotspur midway through 1995.}}

| {{flagicon|GER}} Bayern Munich

| 58

colspan="5"|
rowspan="3"| 1996

|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| 1st

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Ronaldo{{refn|group=note|Ronaldo was signed by Barcelona from PSV Eindhoven midway through 1996.}}

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Barcelona

| 329

scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd

| {{flagicon|LBR}} George Weah

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Milan

| 140

scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Alan Shearer{{refn|group=note|Shearer was signed by Newcastle United from Blackburn Rovers midway through 1996.}}

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Newcastle United

| 123

colspan="5"|
rowspan="4"| 1997

|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| 1st

| {{flagicon|BRA}} 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

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Roberto Carlos

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Real Madrid

| 85

rowspan=2 scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd

| {{flagicon|NED}} Dennis Bergkamp

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Arsenal

|rowspan=2| 62

{{flagicon|FRA}} Zinedine Zidane

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Juventus

colspan="5"|
rowspan="3"| 1998

|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| 1st

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Zinedine Zidane

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Juventus

| 518

scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Ronaldo

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Inter Milan

| 164

scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd

| {{flagicon|CRO}} Davor Šuker

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Real Madrid

| 108

colspan="5"|
rowspan="3"| 1999

|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| 1st

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Rivaldo

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Barcelona

| 543

scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd

| {{flagicon|ENG}} David Beckham

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Manchester United

| 194

scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd

| {{flagicon|ARG}} Gabriel Batistuta

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Fiorentina

| 79

colspan="5"|
rowspan="3"| 2000

|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| 1st

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Zinedine Zidane

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Juventus

| 370

scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd

| {{flagicon|POR}} Luís Figo{{refn|group=note|Figo was signed by Real Madrid from Barcelona midway through 2000.}}

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Real Madrid

| 329

scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Rivaldo

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Barcelona

| 263

colspan="5"|
rowspan="3"| 2001

|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| 1st

| {{flagicon|POR}} Luís Figo

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Real Madrid

| 250

scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd

| {{flagicon|ENG}} David Beckham

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Manchester United

| 238

scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Raúl

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Real Madrid

| 96

colspan="5"|
rowspan="3"| 2002

|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| 1st

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Ronaldo{{refn|group=note|Ronaldo was signed by Real Madrid from Inter Milan midway through 2002.}}

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Real Madrid

| 387

scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd

| {{flagicon|GER}} Oliver Kahn

| {{flagicon|GER}} Bayern Munich

| 171

scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Zinedine Zidane

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Real Madrid

| 148

colspan="5"|
rowspan="3"| 2003

|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| 1st

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Zinedine Zidane

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Real Madrid

| 264

scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Thierry Henry

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Arsenal

| 200

scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Ronaldo

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Real Madrid

| 176

colspan="5"|
rowspan="3"| 2004

|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| 1st

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Ronaldinho

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Barcelona

| 620

scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Thierry Henry

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Arsenal

| 552

scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd

| {{flagicon|UKR}} Andriy Shevchenko

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Milan

| 253

colspan="5"|
rowspan="3"| 2005

|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| 1st

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Ronaldinho

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Barcelona

| 956

scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Frank Lampard

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Chelsea

| 306

scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd

| {{flagicon|CMR}} Samuel Eto'o

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Barcelona

| 190

colspan="5"|
rowspan="3"| 2006

|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| 1st

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Fabio Cannavaro{{refn|group=note|Cannavaro was signed by Real Madrid from Juventus midway through 2006.}}

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Real Madrid

| 498

scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Zinedine Zidane

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Real Madrid

| 454

scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Ronaldinho

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Barcelona

| 380

colspan="5"|
rowspan="3"| 2007

|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| 1st

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Kaká

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Milan

| 1,047

scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd

| {{flagicon|ARG}} Lionel Messi

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Barcelona

| 504

scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd

| {{flagicon|POR}} Cristiano Ronaldo

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Manchester United

| 426

colspan="5"|
rowspan="3"| 2008

|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| 1st

| {{flagicon|POR}} Cristiano Ronaldo

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Manchester United

| 935

scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd

| {{flagicon|ARG}} Lionel Messi

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Barcelona

| 678

scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Fernando Torres

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Liverpool

| 203

colspan="5"|
rowspan="3"| 2009

|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| 1st

| {{flagicon|ARG}} Lionel Messi

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Barcelona

| 1,073

scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd

| {{nowrap|{{flagicon|POR}} Cristiano Ronaldo}}{{refn|group=note|Cristiano Ronaldo was signed by Real Madrid from Manchester United midway through 2009.}}

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Real Madrid

| 352

scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Xavi

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Barcelona

| 196

Source:

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.

A single article from the Portuguese magazine 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.{{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}}

=Wins by player=

class="sortable plainrowheaders wikitable"
scope="col"| Player

!scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| Winner

!scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| Runner-up

!scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| Third place

scope="row"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Zinedine Zidane

|style="text-align:left"| {{nowrap|3 (1998, 2000, 2003)}}

|style="text-align:left"| 1 (2006)

|style="text-align:left"| {{nowrap|2 (1997, 2002)}}

scope="row"| {{flagicon|BRA}} Ronaldo

|style="text-align:left"| 3 (1996, 1997, 2002)

|style="text-align:left"| 1 (1998)

|style="text-align:left"| 1 (2003)

scope="row"| {{flagicon|BRA}} Ronaldinho

|style="text-align:left"| 2 (2004, 2005)

|style="text-align:left"| —

|style="text-align:left"| 1 (2006)

scope="row"| {{flagicon|ARG}} Lionel Messi

|style="text-align:left"| 1 (2009)

|style="text-align:left"| {{nowrap|2 (2007, 2008)}}

|style="text-align:left"| —

scope="row"| {{flagicon|POR}} Cristiano Ronaldo

|style="text-align:left"| 1 (2008)

|style="text-align:left"| 1 (2009)

|style="text-align:left"| 1 (2007)

scope="row"| {{flagicon|POR}} Luís Figo

|style="text-align:left"| 1 (2001)

|style="text-align:left"| 1 (2000)

|style="text-align:left"| —

scope="row"| {{flagicon|BRA}} Romário

|style="text-align:left"| 1 (1994)

|style="text-align:left"| 1 (1993)

|style="text-align:left"| —

scope="row"| {{flagicon|LBR}} George Weah

|style="text-align:left"| 1 (1995)

|style="text-align:left"| 1 (1996)

|style="text-align:left"| —

scope="row"| {{flagicon|ITA}} Roberto Baggio

|style="text-align:left"| 1 (1993)

|style="text-align:left"| —

|style="text-align:left"| 1 (1994)

scope="row"| {{flagicon|BRA}} Rivaldo

|style="text-align:left"| 1 (1999)

|style="text-align:left"| —

|style="text-align:left"| 1 (2000)

scope="row"| {{flagicon|GER}} Lothar Matthäus

|style="text-align:left"| 1 (1991)

|style="text-align:left"| —

|style="text-align:left"| —

scope="row"| {{nowrap|{{flagicon|NED}} Marco van Basten}}

|style="text-align:left"| 1 (1992)

|style="text-align:left"| —

|style="text-align:left"| —

scope="row"| {{flagicon|ITA}} Fabio Cannavaro

|style="text-align:left"| 1 (2006)

|style="text-align:left"| —

|style="text-align:left"| —

scope="row"| {{flagicon|BRA}} Kaká

|style="text-align:left"| 1 (2007)

|style="text-align:left"| —

|style="text-align:left"| —

=Wins by country=

class="sortable plainrowheaders wikitable"
scope="col"| Country

!scope="col"| Players

!scope="col"| Total

scope="row"| {{BRA}}

|style="text-align:center"| 5

|style="text-align:center"| 8

scope="row"| {{ITA}}

|style="text-align:center"| 2

|style="text-align:center"| 2

scope="row"| {{POR}}

|style="text-align:center"| 2

|style="text-align:center"| 2

scope="row"| {{FRA}}

|style="text-align:center"| 1

|style="text-align:center"| 3

scope="row"| {{GER}}

|style="text-align:center"| 1

|style="text-align:center"| 1

scope="row"| {{NED}}

|style="text-align:center"| 1

|style="text-align:center"| 1

scope="row"| {{LBR}}

|style="text-align:center"| 1

|style="text-align:center"| 1

scope="row"| {{ARG}}

|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|ESP}} Barcelona

|style="text-align:center"| 5

|style="text-align:center"| 6

scope="row"| {{flagicon|ESP}} Real Madrid

|style="text-align:center"| 4

|style="text-align:center"| 4

scope="row"| {{flagicon|ITA}} Milan

|style="text-align:center"| 3

|style="text-align:center"| 3

scope="row"| {{flagicon|ITA}} 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

|style="text-align:center"| 1

|style="text-align:center"| 1

FIFA Women's World Player of the Year

class="wikitable"
Year

! Rank

! Player

! Team

! Points

rowspan="3"| 2001

|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| 1st

| {{flagicon|USA}} Mia Hamm

| {{flagicon|USA}} Washington Freedom

| 154

scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd

| {{flagicon|CHN}} Sun Wen

| {{flagicon|USA}} Atlanta Beat

| 79

scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd

| {{flagicon|USA}} Tiffeny Milbrett

| {{flagicon|USA}} New York Power

| 47

colspan="5"|
rowspan="3"| 2002

|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| 1st

| {{flagicon|USA}} Mia Hamm

| {{flagicon|USA}} Washington Freedom

| 161

scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd

| {{flagicon|GER}} Birgit Prinz

| {{flagicon|GER}} 1. FFC Frankfurt
{{flagicon|USA}} Carolina Courage

| 96

scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd

| {{flagicon|CHN}} Sun Wen

| {{flagicon|USA}} Atlanta Beat
{{flagicon|CHN}} Shanghai SVA

| 58

colspan="5"|
rowspan="3"| 2003

|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| 1st

| {{flagicon|GER}} Birgit Prinz

| {{flagicon|USA}} Carolina Courage
{{flagicon|GER}} 1. FFC Frankfurt

| 268

scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd

| {{flagicon|USA}} Mia Hamm

| {{flagicon|USA}} Washington Freedom

| 133

scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd

| {{flagicon|SWE}} Hanna Ljungberg

| {{flagicon|SWE}} Umeå IK

| 84

colspan="5"|
rowspan="3"| 2004

|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| 1st

| {{flagicon|GER}} Birgit Prinz

| {{flagicon|GER}} 1. FFC Frankfurt

| 376

scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd

| {{flagicon|USA}} Mia Hamm

| {{flagicon|USA}} Washington Freedom

| 286

scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Marta

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Santa Cruz
{{flagicon|SWE}} Umeå IK

| 281

colspan="5"|
rowspan="3"| 2005

|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| 1st

| {{flagicon|GER}} Birgit Prinz

| {{flagicon|GER}} 1. FFC Frankfurt

| 513

scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd

| {{flagicon|BRA}} 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

|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| 1st

| {{flagicon|BRA}} 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}} 1. FFC Frankfurt

| 305

colspan="5"|
rowspan="3"| 2007

|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| 1st

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Marta

| {{flagicon|SWE}} Umeå IK

| 988

scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd

| {{flagicon|GER}} Birgit Prinz

| {{flagicon|GER}} 1. FFC Frankfurt

| 507

scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Cristiane

| {{flagicon|GER}} VfL Wolfsburg

| 150

colspan="5"|
rowspan="3"| 2008

|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| 1st

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Marta

| {{flagicon|SWE}} Umeå IK

| 1,002

scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd

| {{flagicon|GER}} Birgit Prinz

| {{flagicon|GER}} 1. FFC Frankfurt

| 328

scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Cristiane{{refn|group=note|Cristiane was signed by Corinthians from Linköpings F.C. midway through 2008.}}

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Corinthians

| 275

colspan="5"|
rowspan="3"| 2009

|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| 1st

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Marta{{refn|group=note|Marta was signed by Santos from Los Angeles Sol midway through 2009.}}

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Santos

| 833

scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd

| {{flagicon|GER}} Birgit Prinz

| {{flagicon|GER}} 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

|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| 1st

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Marta

| {{flagicon|USA}} FC Gold Pride

| 38.20%

scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd

| {{flagicon|GER}} Birgit Prinz

| {{flagicon|GER}} 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

|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{{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

| 13.26%

colspan="5"|
rowspan="3"| 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

| {{flagicon|SWE}} Tyresö FF

| 13.50%

scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd

| {{flagicon|USA}} Alex Morgan

| {{flagicon|USA}} Seattle Sounders

| 10.87%

colspan="5"|
rowspan="3"| 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

| 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

| {{flagicon|SWE}} Tyresö FF

| 14.02%

colspan="5"|
rowspan="3"| 2014

|scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| 1st

| {{flagicon|GER}} Nadine Keßler

| {{flagicon|GER}} VfL Wolfsburg

| 17.52%

scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd

| {{flagicon|BRA}} 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

|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}} 1. FFC Frankfurt

| 12.60%

scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Aya Miyama

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Okayama Yunogo Belle

| 9.88%

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Source:

In 2016, FIFA created The Best FIFA Women's Player award instead.

=Wins by player=

class="sortable plainrowheaders wikitable"
scope="col"| Player

!scope="col" style="background-color:gold"| 1st

!scope="col" style="background-color:silver"| 2nd

!scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966"| 3rd

scope="row"| {{flagicon|BRA}} Marta

|style="text-align:left"| 5 (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)

|style="text-align:left"| 4 (2005, 2011, 2012, 2014)

|style="text-align:left"| 2 (2004, 2013)

scope="row"| {{flagicon|GER}} Birgit Prinz

|style="text-align:left"| 3 (2003, 2004, 2005)

|style="text-align:left"| 5 (2002, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)

|style="text-align:left"| —

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"| —

=Wins by country=

class="sortable plainrowheaders wikitable"
scope="col"| Country

!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}} 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

|style="text-align:center"| 1

|style="text-align:center"| 2

scope="row"| {{flagicon|BRA}} 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

|style="text-align:center"| 1

|style="text-align:center"| 1

scope="row"| {{flagicon|GER}} 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

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Notes

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