1996 FIFA World Player of the Year
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The 1996 FIFA World Player of the Year award was won by Ronaldo, the youngest player to ever win the award aged just 20.
Results
| Player | 5 points | 3 points | 1 point | Total | |
| 1 | Ronaldo | 54 | 17 | 8 | 329 |
| 2 | George Weah | 16 | 17 | 9 | 140 |
| 3 | Alan Shearer | 11 | 21 | 5 | 123 |
| 4 | Matthias Sammer | 11 | 14 | 12 | 109 |
| 5 | Jürgen Klinsmann | 7 | 4 | 7 | 54 |
| 6 | Nwankwo Kanu | 2 | 6 | 4 | 32 |
| 7 | Paolo Maldini | 1 | 5 | 5 | 25 |
| 8 | Davor Suker | 1 | 4 | 7 | 24 |
| 9 | Gabriel Batistuta | 3 | 0 | 4 | 19 |
| 10 | Romario | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| 11 | Zvonimir Boban | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| 12 | Eric Cantona | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 13 | Roberto Carlos | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 14 | Bwalya Kalusha | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 15 | Predrag Mijatovic | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 16 | Giovanni | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 17 | Alessandro Del Piero | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 18 | Youri Djorkaeff | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 19 | Karel Poborsky | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 20 | Dejan Savicevic | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |