1999 FIFA World Player of the Year
The 1999 FIFA World Player of the Year award was won by Rivaldo with 536 points. David Beckham took second place, the highest ever position for an English footballer. Argentina striker Gabriel Batistuta came third.Results
| Rank | Player | Club | Country | 1P | 2P | 3P | 4P | 5P | Points |
| 1 | Rivaldo |  Barcelona |  Brazil | 63 | 40 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 543 |
| 2 | David Beckham |  Manchester United | England | 31 | 16 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 194 |
| 3 | Gabriel Batistuta |  Fiorentina |  Argentina | 8 | 8 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 79 |
| 4 | Zinedine Zidane | Juventus |  France | 3 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 68 |
| 5 | Christian Vieri | Lazio
Inter Milan | Italy | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 39 |
| 6 | Luís Figo | Barcelona |  Portugal | 11 | 4 | | 11 | 12 | 35 |
| 7 | Andriy Shevchenko |  Dynamo Kyiv
Milan | Ukraine | 11 | 10 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 34 |
| 8 | Raúl | Real Madrid | Spain | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 31 |
| 9 | Andy Cole | Manchester United | England | 1 | | 3 | 1 | 4 | 24 |
| 10 | Dwight Yorke | Manchester United |  Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | | 3 | 1 | 4 | 19 |
