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
Men
| Rank | Player | Points | Club(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Ronaldinho
|
620 |  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
| 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 |
International association football | ||
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