2003 FIFA World Player of the Year

Template:Short description The 2003 FIFA World Player of the Year award was won by Zinedine Zidane for a record-equalling third time. It was the award's 13th edition. The gala was hosted at the Messe in Basel, on December 15, 2003. 142 national team coaches, based on the current FIFA Men's World Ranking were chosen to vote for the men's edition and 100 for the women's. The ceremony's theme was the Match Against Poverty, which was played the previous day between Ronaldo Nazario and Zinedine Zidane (3-4) at the St. Jakob-Park in Basel in front of 30,000 spectators.

Birgit Prinz won the women's award for the first time.

Results

Rank	Player	Club(s)	Country	Points
1	Zinedine Zidane	Template:Flagicon Real Madrid	Template:Flagicon France	264
2	Thierry Henry	Template:Flagicon Arsenal	Template:Flagicon France	186
3	Ronaldo	Template:Flagicon Real Madrid	Template:Flagicon Brazil	176
4	Pavel Nedvěd	Template:Flagicon Juventus	Template:Flagicon Czech Republic	158
5	Roberto Carlos	Template:Flagicon Real Madrid	Template:Flagicon Brazil	105
6	Ruud van Nistelrooy	Template:Flagicon Manchester United	Template:Flagicon Netherlands	86
7	David Beckham	Template:Flagicon Manchester United Template:Flagicon Real Madrid	Template:Flagicon England	74
8	Raúl	Template:Flagicon Real Madrid	Template:Flagicon Spain	39
9	Paolo Maldini	Template:Flagicon Milan	Template:Flagicon Italy	37
10	Andrei Shevchenko	Template:Flagicon Milan	Template:Flagicon Ukraine	26

Rank	Player	Club(s)	Points
1	Template:Flagicon Birgit Prinz	Template:Flagicon Carolina Courage Template:Flagicon FFC Frankfurt	268
2	Template:Flagicon Mia Hamm	Template:Flagicon Washington Freedom	133
3	Template:Flagicon Hanna Ljungberg	Template:Flagicon Umeå IK	84
4	Template:Flagicon Victoria Svensson	Template:Flagicon Djurgårdens IF	82
5	Template:Flagicon Maren Meinert	Template:Flagicon Boston Breakers	69
6	Template:Flagicon Bettina Wiegmann	Template:Flagicon FFC Brauweiler	49
7	Template:Flagicon Malin Moström	Template:Flagicon Umeå IK	23
8=	Template:Flagicon Katia	Template:Flagicon Levante	14
8=	Template:Flagicon Renate Lingor	Template:Flagicon FFC Frankfurt	14
10=	Template:Flagicon Marta	Template:Flagicon Umeå IK	13
10=	Template:Flagicon Silke Rottenberg	Template:Flagicon FFC Brauweiler Template:Flagicon FCR Duisburg	13
12	Template:Flagicon Marinette Pichon	Template:Flagicon Philadelphia Charge Template:Flagicon Saint-Memmie Olympique	11
13	Template:Flagicon Charmaine Hooper	Template:Flagicon Atlanta Beat	10