1997 FIFA World Player of the Year

The 1997 FIFA World Player of the Year award was won by Ronaldo, who became the first player to win the award two years in a row.

Rank Player 5 Points 3 Points 1 Point Total Team
1 Brazil Ronaldo 86 16 2 480 Spain Barcelona
Italy Internazionale
2 Brazil Roberto Carlos 5 11 7 65 Spain Real Madrid
3 Netherlands Dennis Bergkamp 7 7 6 62 England Arsenal
4 France Zinedine Zidane 2 16 4 62 Italy Juventus
5 Spain Raúl 2 9 14 51 Spain Real Madrid
6 Italy Alessandro Del Piero 2 4 5 27 Italy Juventus
7 Croatia Davor Šuker 1 4 3 20 Spain Real Madrid
8 Argentina Gabriel Batistuta 1 3 2 16 Italy Fiorentina
9 England Alan Shearer 0 5 1 16 England Newcastle United
10 Brazil Leonardo 2 1 1 14 France Paris Saint-Germain
Italy Milan
11 Denmark Peter Schmeichel 1 2 3 14 England Manchester United
12 France Youri Djorkaeff 0 3 3 12 Italy Internazionale
13 Chile Marcelo Salas 1 2 1 12 Argentina River Plate
14 Germany Andreas Möller 0 3 2 11 Germany Borussia Dortmund
15 Germany Matthias Sammer 1 1 3 11 Germany Borussia Dortmund
16 Liberia George Weah 0 2 5 11 Italy Milan
17 Italy Gianfranco Zola 1 1 3 11 England Chelsea
18 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Predrag Mijatović 2 0 0 10 Spain Real Madrid
19 Colombia Faustino Asprilla 1 1 1 9 England Newcastle United
20 Portugal Luís Figo 0 2 2 8 Spain Barcelona

See also