Elected by the coaches of the national teams, each selecting three players
who obtain respectively 5, 3 and 1 points.
List of Winners
YEAR WINNER (Club - Country)
1991 Lothar MATTHAUS (Internazionale - Germany)
1992 Marco VAN BASTEN (Milan AC - Netherlands)
1993 Roberto BAGGIO (Juventus - Italy)
1994 ROMARIO da Souza Faria (FC Barcelona - Brazil)
1995 George WEAH (Milan AC - Liberia)
1996 RONALDO Nazario de Lima (PSV Eindhoven & FC Barcelona - Brazil)
1997 RONALDO Nazario de Lima (FC Barcelona & Inter Milan - Brazil)
1998 Zinedine ZIDANE (Juventus - France)
1999 RIVALDO Vitor Borba Ferreira (FC Barcelona - Brazil)
2000 Zinedine ZIDANE (Juventus - France)
2001 Luis FIGO (Real Madrid - Portugal)
2002 RONALDO Nazario de Lima (Inter Milan & Real Madrid - Brazil)
1991 (66 votes)
1. Lothar MATTHAUS (Germany) 128 pts
2. Jean-Pierre PAPIN (France) 113
3. Gary LINEKER (England) 40
4. Robert PROSINECKI (Yugoslavia&Croatia) 38
5. Marco VAN BASTEN (Netherlands) 23
6. Franco BARESI (Italy) 12
7. Ivan ZAMORANO (Chile) 10
8. Andreas BREHME (Germany) 9
9. Gianluca VIALLI (Italy) 8
10. Enzo SCIFO (Belgium) 7
1992 (71 votes)
1. Marco VAN BASTEN (Netherlands) 161 pts
2. Hristo STOITCHKOV (Bulgaria) 88
3. Thomas HASSLER (Germany) 61
4. Jean-Pierre PAPIN (France) 46
5. Brian LAUDRUP (Denmark) 44
Peter SCHMEICHEL (Denmark) 44
7. Dennis BERGKAMP (Netherlands) 29
8. Frank RIJKAARD (Netherlands) 23
9. Abedi AYEW PELE (Ghana) 10
Franco BARESI (Italy) 10
Jurgen KLINSMANN (Germany) 10
1993 (71 votes)
1. Roberto BAGGIO (Italy) 152 pts
2. ROMARIO de Souza Faria (Brazil) 84
3. Dennis BERGKAMP (Netherlands) 58
4. Peter SCHMEICHEL (Denmark) 29
5. Hristo STOITCHKOV (Bulgaria) 22
6. Faustino ASPRILLA (Colombia) 21
7. Jose Gama de Oliveira BEBETO (Brazil) 16
8. Ronald KOEMAN (Netherlands) 15
9. Anthony YEBOAH (Ghana) 13
10. RAÍ Souza Vieira de Oliveira (Brazil) 12
1994 (83 votes)
1. ROMARIO de Souza Faria (Brazil) 346 pts
2. Hristo STOITCHKOV (Bulgaria) 100
3. Roberto BAGGIO (Italy) 80
4. Gheorghe HAGI (Romania) 50
5. Paolo MALDINI (Italy) 40
6. Jose Gama de Oliveira BEBETO (Brazil) 16
7. Dennis BERGKAMP (Netherlands) 11
8. Carlos Bledorn Verri DUNGA (Brazil) 9
9. Franco BARESI (Italy) 7
Tomas BROLIN (Sweden) 7
Jurgen KLINSMANN (Germany) 7
MAURO da SILVA Gomes (Brazil) 7
1995 (95 votes)
1. George WEAH (Liberia) 170 pts
2. Paolo MALDINI (Italy) 80
3. Jurgen KLINSMANN (Germany) 58
4. ROMÁRIO de Souza Faria (Brazil) 50
5. Roberto BAGGIO (Italy) 49
6. Hristo STOITCHKOV (Bulgaria) 37
7. Iván ZAMORANO (Chile) 36
8. Osvaldo Giroldo Junior JUNINHO (Brazil) 28
9. Matthias SAMMER (Germany) 23
10. Michael LAUDRUP (Denmark) 20
Gianfranco ZOLA (Italy) 20
1996 (120 votes)
1. RONALDO Nazario de Lima (Brazil) 329 pts
2. George WEAH (Liberia) 140
3. Alan SHEARER (England) 123
4. Matthias SAMMER (Germany) 109
5. Jurgen KLINSMANN (Germany) 54
6. Nwankwo KANU (Nigeria) 32
7. Paolo MALDINI (Italy) 25
8. Davor SUKER (Croatia) 24
9. Gabriel BATISTUTA (Argentina) 19
10. ROMARIO de Souza Faria (Brazil) 13
1997 (121 votes)
1. RONALDO Nazario de Lima (Brazil) 480 pts
2. ROBERTO CARLOS Da Silva (Brazil) 85
3. Dennis BERGKAMP (Netherlands) 62
Zinedine ZIDANE (France) 62
5. RAUL Gonzalez Blanco (Spain) 51
6. Alessandro DEL PIERO (Italy) 27
7. Davor SUKER (Croatia) 20
8. Gabriel BATISTUTA (Argentina) 16
Alan SHEARER (England) 16
10. LEONARDO Nascimento de Araujo (Brazil) 14
Peter SCHMEICHEL (Denmark) 14
1998 (132 votes)
1. Zinedine ZIDANE (France) 518 pts
2. RONALDO Nazario de Lima (Brazil) 164
3. Davor SUKER (Croatia) 108
4. Michael OWEN (England) 43
5. Gabriel BATISTUTA (Argentina) 40
6. RIVALDO Vitor Borba Ferreira (Brazil) 37
7. Dennis BERGKAMP (Netherlands) 33
8. Edgar DAVIDS (Netherlands) 26
9. Marcel DESAILLY (France) 23
10. Lilian THURAM (France) 14
1999 (140 votes)
1. RIVALDO Vitor Borba Ferreira (Brazil) 543 pts
2. David BECKHAM (England) 194
3. Gabriel BATISTUTA (Argentina) 79
4. Zinedine ZIDANE (France) 68
5. Christian VIERI (Italy) 39
6. Luis FIGO (Portugal) 35
7. Andrei SHEVCHENKO (Ukraine) 34
8. RAUL Gonzalez Blanco (Spain) 31
9. Andy COLE (England) 24
10. Dwight YORKE (Trinidad & Tobago) 19
2000 (150 votes)
1. Zinedine ZIDANE (France) 370 pts
2. Luis FIGO (Portugal) 329
3. RIVALDO Vitor Borba Ferreira (Brazil) 263
4. Gabriel BATISTUTA (Argentina) 57
5. Andrei SHEVCHENKO (Ukraine) 48
6. David BECKHAM (England) 41
7. Thierry HENRY (France) 35
8. Alessandro NESTA (Italy) 23
9. Patrick KLUIVERT (Netherlands) 22
10. Francesco TOTTI (Italy) 14
RAUL Gonzalez Blanco (Spain) 14
2001 (130 votes)
1. Luis FIGO (Portugal) 250 pts
2. David BECKHAM (England) 238
3. RAUL Gonzalez Blanco (Spain) 96
4. Zinedine ZIDANE (France) 94
5. RIVALDO Vitor Borba Ferreira (Brazil) 92
6. Juan Sebastian VERON (Argentina) 71
7. Oliver KAHN (Germany) 65
8. Michael OWEN (England) 61
9. Andrei SHEVCHENKO (Ukraine) 46
10. Francesco TOTTI (Italy) 40
2002 (147 votes)
1. RONALDO Nazario de Lima (Brazil) 387 pts
2. Oliver KAHN (Germany) 171
3. Zinedine ZIDANE (France) 148
4. ROBERTO CARLOS Da Silva (Brazil) 114
5. RIVALDO Vitor Borba Ferreira (Brazil) 92
6. RAUL Gonzalez Blanco (Spain) 90
7. Michael BALLACK (Germany) 82
8. David BECKHAM (England) 51
9. Thierry HENRY (France) 38
10. Michael OWEN (England) 34
Players' All-time ranking by places (top 5)
1 2 3 4 5
Ronaldo Nazario de Lima 3 1
Zinedine Zidane 2 2 2
Romario de Souza Faria 1 1 1
Luis Figo 1 1
George Weah 1 1
Rivaldo Vitor Borba Ferreira 1 1 2
Roberto Baggio 1 1 1
Marco Van Basten 1 1
Lothar Matthaus 1
Hristo Stoitchkov 2 1
David Beckham 2
Jean-Pierre Papin 1 1
Roberto Carlos Da Silva 1 1
Paolo Maldini 1 1
Oliver Kahn 1
Dennis Bergkamp 2
Gabriel Batistuta 1 1 1
Jurgen Klinsmann 1 1
Raul Gonzalez Blanco 1 1
Thomas Hassler 1
Gary Lineker 1
Alan Shearer 1
Davor Suker 1
Peter Schmeichel 1 1
Gheorghe Hagi 1
Michael Owen 1
Robert Prosinecki 1
Matthias Sammer 1
Brian Laudrup 1
Andrei Shevchenko 1
Christian Vieri 1
Country's All-time ranking by places (top 5)
1 2 3 4 5
Brazil 5 3 1 2 2
France 2 1 2 3
Germany 1 1 2 1 1
Italy 1 1 1 3
Liberia 1 1
Portugal 1 1
Netherlands 1 2 1
England 2 2 1
Bulgaria 2 1
Argentina 1 1 1
Croatia 1 1
Spain 1 1
Denmark 1 2
Romania 1
Ukraine 1
Notes: 3rd placed was tied once (no 4th place) and 5th place was tied once.
Elected by the coaches of the national teams, each selecting three players
who obtain respectively 5, 3 and 1 points. First awarded in 2001.
List of Winners
YEAR WINNER (Club - Country)
2001 Mia HAMM (Washington Freedom - USA)
2002 Mia HAMM (Washington Freedom - USA)
Award won by the National Team ranked first in the last FIFA Ranking of each
year.
Until 1999 the team ranked on 1st place on FIFA Ranking at December was the
winner. Since 2000 the Team of the Year Award goes for the national team which
has the highest average points score in their seven best matches of the year.
The team ranked first at the end of the year is the Top Ranked Team.
For consistency purposes, we continue considering the team ranked first at
the end of the year for this archive, in addition to the new Team of the
Year.
YEAR TEAM OF THE YEAR FIRST ON FIFA RANKING
1993 Germany Germany
1994 Brazil Brazil
1995 Brazil Brazil
1996 Brazil Brazil
1997 Brazil Brazil
1998 Brazil Brazil
1999 Brazil Brazil
2000 Netherlands Brazil
2001 Honduras France
2002 Brazil Brazil
This section lists the top-10 of the FIFA Ranking in December of each year,
until 1999 identical with the Team of the Year ranking. Note that the
points system was changed in 1999.
1993
1. Germany 59.27 pts
2. Italy 59.25
3. Brazil 58.73
4. Norway 57.92
5. Spain 57.14
6. Denmark 57.07
7. Netherlands 56.63
8. Argentina 55.29
9. Sweden 54.82
10. Ireland 54.42
1994
1. Brazil 67.18
2. Spain 61.80
3. Sweden 61.41
4. Italy 61.35
5. Germany 61.25
6. Netherlands 59.91
7. Switzerland 58.30
8. Norway 58.11
9. Ireland 57.63
10. Argentina 56.67
1995
1. Brazil 68.49
2. Germany 61.77
3. Italy 61.10
4. Spain 59.12
5. Russia 58.76
6. Netherlands 57.35
7. Argentina 56.88
8. France 56.73
9. Denmark 56.43
10. Norway 55.74
1996
1. Brazil 68.38
2. Germany 64.46
3. France 61.37
4. Colombia 61.34
5. Czech Republic 61.11
6. Denmark 60.67
7. Russia 60.51
8. Spain 60.21
9. Netherlands 59.59
10. Italy 58.68
1997
1. Brazil 73.45
2. Germany 65.41
3. Czech Republic 64.92
4. England 61.26
5. Mexico 60.80
6. France 60.36
7. Romania 60.35
8. Denmark 59.95
9. Italy 59.59
10. Colombia 59.44
1998
1. Brazil 73.44 pts
2. France 68.86
3. Germany 66.87
4. Croatia 66.75
5. Argentina 66.22
6. Yugoslavia 64.70
7. Italy 63.82
8. Czech Republic 63.80
9. England 63.13
10. Mexico 61.93
1999
1. Brazil 839 pts
2. Czech Republic 774
3. France 765
4. Spain 753
5. Germany 739
6. Argentina 721
7. Norway 718
8. Romania 715
9. Croatia 713
10. Mexico 706
2000
1. Brazil 821 pts
2. France 801
3. Argentina 773
4. Italy 742
Czech Republic 742
6. Portugal 738
7. Spain 735
8. Netherlands 709
9. Paraguay 707
Yugoslavia 707
FIFA Team of the Year Award Ranking 2000
1. Netherlands
2. Honduras
Other winners (confederationwise): Japan (AFC), Nigeria (CAF), Colombia (CSF),
Australia (OFC)
2001
1. France 812 pts
2. Argentina 802
3. Brazil 793
4. Portugal 741
5. Colombia 739
6. Italy 734
7. Spain 730
8. Netherlands 722
9. Mexico 714
10. England 712
FIFA Team of the Year Award Ranking 2001
1. Honduras 39.7 pts
2. Colombia 38.4
3. Costa Rica 37.8
4. Australia 37.4
5. Uruguay 36.3
6. Bahrain 35.8
7. Mexico 35.7
8. China 35.1
9. Ecuador 34.4
10. Venezuela 34.1
Award won by the National Team that improved most during the year as measured
by the FIFA Ranking.
YEAR WINNER (place on the ranking)
1993 Colombia (21)
1994 Croatia (62)
1995 Jamaica (56)
1996 South Africa (19)
1997 Yugoslavia (20)
1998 Croatia (4)
1999 Slovenia (40)
2000 Nigeria (52)
2001 Costa Rica (30)
2002 Senegal
FIFA Centennial Trophy
2002 Real Madrid
FIFA Fair Play Trophy
2002 (fans of) South Korea and Japan
Since the 1978 World Cup, journalists select the best player of the tournament
who receives the "Golden Ball"; a "Silver Ball" is given to the runner-up and
a "Bronze Ball" for the third placed.
YEAR WINNER (Country)
1978 KEMPES (Argentina)
1982 Paolo ROSSI (Italy)
1986 Diego MARADONA (Argentina)
1990 Salvatore SCHILLACI (Italy)
1994 ROMARIO da Souza Faria (Brazil)
1998 RONALDO Luiz Nazário de Lima (Brazil)
2002 Oliver KAHN (Germany)
WINS BY PLAYER
1 Kahn, Kempes, Maradona, Romario, Ronaldo, Rossi, Schillaci
WINS BY COUNTRY
2 Argentina, Italy, Brazil
1 Germany
PALMARES
YEAR GOLDEN BALL SILVER BALL BRONZE BALL
1978 Mario KEMPES (Arg) Paolo ROSSI (Ita) DIRCEU Jose Guimaraes (Bra)
1982 Paolo ROSSI (Ita) Paulo Roberto FALCÃO (Bra) Karl-Heinz RUMMENIGGE (Ger)
1986 Diego MARADONA (Arg) Harald SCHUMACHER (Ger) Preben ELKJÆR-LARSEN (Den)
1990 Salvatore SCHILLACI (Ita) Lothar MATTHÄUS (Ger) Diego MARADONA (Arg)
1994 ROMARIO da Souza Faria (Bra) Roberto BAGGIO (Ita) Hristo STOITCHKOV (Bul)
1998 RONALDO Nazario de Lima (Bra) Davor SUKER (Hrv) Lilian THURAM (Fra)
2002 Oliver KAHN (Ger) RONALDO Nazário de Lima (Bra) HONG Myung Bo (Kor)
Players' All-time ranking by places
1 2 3
Ronaldo Luiz Nazario de Lima 1 1
Paolo Rossi 1 1
Diego Maradona 1 1
Oliver Kahn 1
Mario Kempes 1
Romario da Souza Faria 1
Salvatore Schillaci 1
Paulo Roberto Falcao 1
Roberto Baggio 1
Lothar Matthaus 1
Harald Schumacher 1
Davor Suker 1
Dirceu Jose Guimaraes 1
Preben Elkjaer-Larsen 1
Hong Myung-Bo 1
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 1
Hristo Stoitchkov 1
Lilian Thuram 1
Country's All-time ranking by places
1 2 3
Italy 2 2
Brazil 2 2 1
Argentina 2 1
Germany 1 2 1
Croatia 1
Denmark 1
Bulgaria 1
France 1
South Korea 1
Since the 1978 World Cup, FIFA oficially gives the Fair Play Award. It
is given to to the team with the best record of fair play according to
a points system and criteria established by the FIFA Fair Play Committee.
Only teams qualified to the second round are eligible.
YEAR WINNER
1978 Argentina
1982 Brazil
1986 Brazil
1990 England
1994 Brazil
1998 England - France [shared]
2002 Belgium
Since the 1994 World Cup, FIFA oficially gives the "Lev Yashin" Award to
the best goalkeeper of the tournament.
YEAR WINNER
1994 Michel PREUD'HOMME (Belgium)
1998 Fabien BARTHEZ (France)
2002 Oliver KAHN (Germany)
2002 South Korea
Since the beginning of the U-17 World Championship in 1985, FIFA gives three
awards : Golden Ball (for the best player), Golden Shoe (for the topscorer) and
Fair Play (for a national team).
Golden Ball
YEAR WINNER (country)
1985 Cesar de OLIVEIRA (Brazil)
1987 Phillip OSUNDO (Nigeria)
Moussa TRAORE (Ivory Coast)
1989 James WILL (Scotland)
1991 Nii LAMPTEY (Ghana)
1993 Daniel ADDO (Ghana)
1995 Mohamed KATHIRI (Oman)
1997 SERGIO Santamaria (Spain)
1999 Landon DONOVAN (United States)
2001 Florent SINAMA PONGOLLE (France)
Golden Shoe
YEAR WINNER (country) GOALS
1985 Marcel WITECZEK (West Germany) 8
1987 Moussa TRAORE (Ivory Coast) 5
1989 Fode CAMARA (Guinea) 3
1991 ADRIANO Gerlim da Silva (Brazil) 4
1993 Wilson ORUMA (Nigeria) 6
1995 Daniel ALLSOP (Australia) 5
1997 DAVID Rodriguez-Fraile (Spain) 7
1999 Ishmael ADDO (Ghana) 7
2001 Florent SINAMA PONGOLLE (France) 9
Fair Play Team
YEAR WINNER
1985 West Germany
1987 Soviet Union
1989 Bahrain
1991 Argentina
1993 Nigeria
1995 Brazil
1997 Argentina
1999 Mexico
2001 Nigeria
Since the beginning of the World Youth Championship in 1977, FIFA gives three
awards : Golden Ball (for the best player), Golden Shoe (for the topscorer) and
Fair Play (for a national team).
Golden Ball
YEAR WINNER (country)
1977 Vladimir BESSONOV (Soviet Union)
1979 Diego MARADONA (Argentina)
1981 Romulus GABOR (Romania)
1983 GEOVANI Silva (Brazil)
1985 Paulo SILAS (Brazil)
1987 Robert PROSINECKI (Yugoslavia)
1989 BISMARCK Barreto Faria (Brazil)
1991 Emilio PEIXE (Portugal)
1993 ADRIANO Gerlim da Silva (Brazil)
1995 CAIO Ribeiro Decoussau (Brazil)
1997 Nicolas OLIVERA (Uruguay)
1999 Seydou KEITA (Mali)
2001 Javier SAVIOLA (Argentina)
Golden Shoe
YEAR WINNER (country) GOALS
1977 QUINA (Brazil) 4
1979 Ramon DIAZ (Argentina) 8
1981 Mark KOUSSAS (Australia) 4
1983 GEOVANI Silva (Brazil) 6
1985 Sebastian LOSADA (Spain) 3
1987 Marcel WITECZEK (West Germany) 7
1989 Oleg SALENKO (Soviet Union) 5
1991 Serguei CHERBAKOV (Soviet Union) 5
1993 Henry ZAMBRANO (Colombia) 3
1995 Joseba ETXEBERRIA (Spain) 7
1997 ADAÍLTON Martins (Brazil) 10
1999 PABLO Gonzalez (Spain) 5
2001 Javier SAVIOLA (Argentina) 11
Fair Play Team
YEAR WINNER
1977 Brazil
1979 Poland
1981 Australia
1983 South Korea
1985 Colombia
1987 West Germany
1989 USA
1991 Soviet Union
1993 England
1995 Japan
1997 Argentina
1999 Croatia
2001 Argentina
Since the Confederations Cup was made official by FIFA in 1997, three
awards are given: Golden Ball (for the best player), Golden Shoe (for the
topscorer) and Fair Play (for a national team). In the first two editions,
not officially recognized by FIFA, there were also awards for best player
and topscorer.
Golden Ball
YEAR WINNER (country)
1992 Fernando REDONDO (Argentina)
1995 Brian LAUDRUP (Denmark)
1997 DENILSON de Oliveira (Brazil)
1999 Ronaldo de Assis Moreira "RONALDINHO GAUCHO" (Brazil)
2001 Robert PIRES (France)
Golden Shoe
YEAR WINNER (country) GOALS
1992 Gabriel BATISTUTA (Argentina) 2
Bruce MURRAY (United States) 2
1995 Luis GARCÍA (Mexico) 3
1997 ROMÁRIO de Souza Faria (Brazil) 7
1999 Ronaldo de Assis Moreira "RONALDINHO GAUCHO" (Brazil) 6
2001 Eric CARRIÈRE (France) 2
Robert PIRES (France) 2
Fair Play Team
YEAR WINNER
1997 South Africa
1999 Brazil
2001 Japan
2001 (130 votes)
1. Mia HAMM (United States) 154 pts
2. SUN Wen (China) 79
3. Tiffeny MILBRETT (United States) 47
4. Birgit PRINZ (Germany) 40
5. Doris FITSCHEN (Germany) 37
6. Sisleide Do Amor Lima "SISSI" (Brazil) 35
7. Hanna LJUNGBERG (Sweden) 29
8. Bettina WIEGMANN (Germany) 17
9. Hege RIISE (Norway) 16
10. Dagny MELLGREN (Norway) 13
2002 (77 votes)
1. Mia HAMM (United States) 161 pts
2. Birgit PRINZ (Germany) 96
3. SUN Wen (China) 58
Players' All-time ranking by places (top 5)
1 2 3 4 5
Mia Hamm 2
Sun Wen 1 1
Birgit Prinz 1 1
Tiffeny Milbrett 1
Doris Fitschen 1
Country's All-time ranking by places (top 5)
1 2 3 4 5
United States 2 1
China 1 1
Germany 1 1 1
Since the first the Women's World Cup in 1991, three awards are given:
Golden Ball (for the best player), Golden Shoe (for the topscorer) and
Fair Play (for a national team).
Golden Ball
YEAR WINNER (country)
1991 Carin JENNINGS (United States)
1995 Hege RIISE (Norway)
1999 Wen SUN (China)
Golden Shoe
YEAR WINNER (country) GOALS
1991 Michelle AKERS (United States) 10
1995 Ann Kristin AARONES (Norway) 6
1999 Sisleide Do Amor Lima "SISSI" (Brazil) 7
Wen SUN (China) 7
Fair Play Team
YEAR WINNER
1991 ??????
1995 ??????
1999 China