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.

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

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