2005 FIFA World Player of the Year
# 2005 FIFA World Player of the Year

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

| Rank | Name | Team | Country | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ronaldinho | Barcelona | Brazil | 956 |
| 2 | Frank Lampard | Chelsea | England | 306 |
| 3 | Samuel Eto'o | Barcelona | Cameroon | 190 |
| 4 | Thierry Henry | Arsenal | France | 172 |
| 5 | Adriano | Inter Milan | Brazil | 170 |
| 6 | Andriy Shevchenko | Milan | Ukraine | 153 |
| 7 | Steven Gerrard | Liverpool F.C. | England | 131 |
| 8 | Kaká | Milan | Brazil | 101 |
| 9 | Paolo Maldini | Milan | Italy | 76 |
| 10 | Didier Drogba | Chelsea | Ivory Coast | 56 |
| 11 | Michael Ballack | Bayern Munich | Germany | 64 |
| 12 | Ronaldo | Real Madrid | Brazil | 63 |
| 13 | Zinedine Zidane | Real Madrid | France | 55 |
| 14 | Zlatan Ibrahimović | Juventus | Sweden | 36 |
| 15 | Deco | Barcelona | Portugal | 24 |
| 16 | Juan Román Riquelme | Villarreal | Argentina | 20 |
| 17 | Robinho | Santos Real Madrid | Brazil | 19 |
| 18 | David Beckham | Real Madrid | England | 17 |
| 18= | Wayne Rooney | Manchester United | England | 17 |
| 20 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Manchester United | Portugal | 13 |
| 21 | Ruud van Nistelrooy | Manchester United | Netherlands | 11 |
| 21= | Michael Essien | Lyon Chelsea | Ghana | 11 |
| 23 | Raúl | Real Madrid | Spain | 8 |
| 23= | Pavel Nedvěd | Juventus | Czech Republic | 8 |
| 25 | Arjen Robben | Chelsea | Netherlands | 5 |
| 26 | Cafu | Milan | Brazil | 3 |
| 26= | Jay-Jay Okocha | Bolton Wanderers | Nigeria | 3 |
| 26= | Roberto Carlos | Real Madrid | Brazil | 3 |
| 26= | Alessandro Nesta | Milan | Italy | 3 |
| 30 | Gianluigi Buffon | Juventus | Italy | 1 |

### Women

| Rank | Player | Club | Points |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Birgit Prinz | FFC Frankfurt | 513 |
| 2 | Marta | Umeå IK | 429 |
| 3 | Shannon Boxx | Ajax Los Angeles | 235 |
| 4 | Hanna Ljungberg | Umeå IK | 206 |
| 5 | Renate Lingor | FFC Frankfurt | 170 |
| 6 | Maribel Domínguez | Atlanta Beat FC Barcelona | 115 |
| 7 | Solveig Gulbrandsen | Kolbotn | 97 |
| 7 | Sandra Minnert | SC Bad Neuenahr | 97 |
| 9 | Christie Welsh | Lyon New Jersey Wildcats | 78 |
| 10 | Kelly Smith | Arsenal L.F.C. | 60 |
| 11 | Malin Moström | Umeå IK | N/A |
| 12 | Laura Georges | Lyon | N/A |
| 13 | Perpetua Nkwocha | Sunnanå SK | N/A |
