2005 FIFA World Player of the Year

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The 2005 FIFA World Player of the Year prize was awarded to the Brazilian Ronaldinho for the second year in succession, also claiming the highest point total ever, surpassing Rivaldo. He finished ahead of Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard and his Barcelona teammate Samuel Eto'o in the final round of voting.

Results

Men

	Player	Pts
1	Ronaldinho	956 Barcelona
2	Frank Lampard	306 Chelsea
3	Samuel Eto'o	190 Barcelona
4	Thierry Henry	172 Arsenal
5	Adriano	170 Internazionale
6	Andriy Shevchenko	153 Milan
7	Steven Gerrard	131 Liverpool
8	Kaká	101 Milan
9	Paolo Maldini	76 Milan
10	Didier Drogba	65 Chelsea
11	Michael Ballack	64 Bayern Munich
12	Ronaldo	63 Real Madrid
13	Zinedine Zidane	55 Real Madrid
14	Zlatan Ibrahimović	36 Juventus
15	Deco	24 Barcelona
16	Juan Román Riquelme	20 Villarreal
17	Robinho	19 Real Madrid
18	David Beckham	17 Real Madrid
19	Wayne Rooney	17 Manchester United
20	Cristiano Ronaldo	13 Manchester United
21	Ruud van Nistelrooy	11 Manchester United
22	Michael Essien	11 Chelsea
23	Raúl	8 Real Madrid
24	Pavel Nedvěd	8 Juventus
25	Arjen Robben	5 Chelsea
26	Cafu	3 Milan
27	Jay-Jay Okocha	3 Bolton Wanderers
28	Alessandro Nesta	3 Milan
29	Roberto Carlos	3 Real Madrid
30	Gianluigi Buffon	1 Juventus

Women

Rank	Player	Points
1	Birgit Prinz	513
2	Marta	429
3	Shannon Boxx	235
4	Hanna Ljungberg	206
5	Renate Lingor	170
6	Maribel Domínguez	115
7	Solveig Gulbrandsen	97
7	Sandra Minnert	97
9	Christie Welsh	78
10	Kelly Smith	60
11	Malin Mostrom	?
12	Laura Georges	?
13	Perpetua Nkwocha	?

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