1996 FIFA World Player of the Year
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 |