The 2004 FIFA World Player of the Year award was won by Brazilian Ronaldinho for the first time, Thierry Henry finished second for the second year in succession.
Results edit
Men edit
| Rank | Player | Points | Club(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Ronaldinho
|
625 |  Barcelona
|
| 2 |  Thierry Henry
|
552 |  Arsenal
|
| 3 |  Andriy Shevchenko
|
253 |  Milan
|
| 4 |  Pavel Nedvěd
|
178 | Juventus
|
| 5 | Zinedine Zidane
|
150 | Real Madrid
|
| 6 | Adriano
|
98 | Internazionale
|
| 7= |  Deco
|
96 | Barcelona Porto
|
| 7= | Ronaldo
|
96 | Real Madrid
|
| 9 |  Ruud van Nistelrooy
|
67 | Manchester United
|
| 10= | Kaká
|
64 | Milan
|
| 10= | Wayne Rooney
|
64 | Everton Manchester United
|
| 12 |  Didier Drogba
|
46 | Marseille Chelsea
|
| 13 | Cristiano Ronaldo
|
45 | Manchester United
|
| 14 |  Samuel Eto'o
|
42 | Mallorca Barcelona
|
| 15= | Luís Figo
|
35 | Real Madrid
|
| 15= | David Beckham
|
35 | Real Madrid
|
| 17= | Raúl
|
25 | Real Madrid
|
| 17= |  Theodoros Zagorakis
|
25 | AEK Athens Bologna
|
| 19 |  Roberto Ayala
|
24 | Valencia
|
| 20 | Michael Owen
|
22 | Liverpool Real Madrid
|
| 21= | Roberto Carlos
|
19 | Real Madrid
|
| 21= | Paolo Maldini
|
19 | Milan
|
| 21= | Gianluigi Buffon
|
19 | Juventus
|
| 24 | Roy Makaay
|
17 |  Bayern Munich
|
| 25 | Robert Pires
|
15 | Arsenal
|
| 26 | Frank Lampard
|
13 | Chelsea
|
| 27 | Cafu
|
10 | Milan
|
| 28= | Michael Ballack
|
9 | Bayern Munich
|
| 28= | Milan Baroš
|
9 | Liverpool
|
Women edit
| Rank | Player | Club(s) | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birgit Prinz |
FFC Frankfurt |
376 |
| 2 |  Mia Hamm |
286 | |
| 3 | Marta |
Santa Cruz Umeå IK |
281 |
| 4 | Abby Wambach |
126 | |
| 5 | Kristine Lilly |
Boston Breakers |
109 |
| 5 | Hanna Ljungberg |
Umeå IK |
109 |
| 7 | Shannon Boxx |
102 | |
| 8 | Renate Lingor |
FFC Frankfurt |
89 |
| 8 | Victoria Svensson |
Djurgårdens IF |
89 |
| 10 | Cristiane |
80 | |
| 11 | Pretinha |
68 | |
| 12 | Formiga |
Malmö FF |
54 |