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 forced into second place.
Results
| Rank | Player | 5P | 3P | 1P | Points | Club |
| 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 |