the 2001 fifa world player of the year award was won by luÃ­s figo by the slim margin of 12 points. david beckham was again forced into second place. ==men== {| class="wikitable" | |width="200"|player |5 points |3 points |1 point |total |team |- |1 | luÃ­s figo |27 |35 |10 |250 | real madrid |- |2 | david beckham |30 |23 |19 |238 | manchester united |- |3 | raÃºl |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 sebastiÃ¡n verÃ³n |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 | ac milan |- |10 | francesco totti |5 |4 |3 |40 | roma |- |11 | thierry henry |0 |3 |6 |15 | arsenal |- |12 | rui costa |2 |1 |1 |14 | fiorentina ac milan |- |13 | patrick vieira |2 |1 |0 |13 | arsenal |- |14 | henrik larsson |1 |1 |1 |9 | celtic |- |15 | roberto carlos |1 |1 |0 |8 | real madrid |- | | gabriel batistuta |0 |2 |2 |8 | roma |- |17 | stefan effenberg |1 |0 |0 |5 | bayern munich |- | | alen bokÅ¡iÄ |1 |0 |0 |5 | middlesbrough |- |19 | ruud van nistelrooy |0 |1 |1 |4 | manchester united |- | | hernÃ¡n crespo |0 |1 |1 |4 | lazio |- | | alessandro del piero |0 |0 |4 |4 | juventus |- |22 | Ãscar cÃ³rdoba |0 |1 |0 |3 | boca juniors |- | | gaizka mendieta |0 |1 |0 |3 | valencia lazio |- | | ebbe sand |0 |1 |0 |3
2001_in_association_football FIFA_World_Player_of_the_Year_winners