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The 2005 FIFA World Player of the Year award was won by Brazilian Ronaldinho for the second year in succession, also claiming the highest point total ever, surpassing Rivaldo. He finished ahead of Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard and his Barcelona teammate Samuel Eto'o in the final round of voting.
Results
| Player | Pts | |
| 1 | Ronaldinho | 956 |
| 2 | Frank Lampard | 306 |
| 3 | Samuel Eto'o | 190 |
| 4 | Thierry Henry | 172 |
| 5 | Adriano | 170 |
| 6 | Andriy Shevchenko | 153 |
| 7 | Steven Gerrard | 131 |
| 8 | Kaká | 101 |
| 9 | Paolo Maldini | 76 |
| 10 | Didier Drogba | 65 |
| 11 | Michael Ballack | 64 |
| 12 | Ronaldo | 63 |
| 13 | Zinedine Zidane | 55 |
| 14 | Zlatan Ibrahimovic | 36 |
| 15 | Deco | 24 |
| 16 | Juan Román Riquelme | 20 |
| 17 | Robinho | 19 |
| 18 | David Beckham | 17 |
| 19 | Wayne Rooney | 17 |
| 20 | Cristiano Ronaldo | 13 |
| 21 | Ruud van Nistelrooy | 11 |
| 22 | Michael Essien | 11 |
| 23 | Raúl | 8 |
| 24 | Pavel Nedved | 8 |
| 25 | Arjen Robben | 5 |
| 26 | Cafú | 3 |
| 27 | Jay-Jay Okocha | 3 |
| 28 | Alessandro Nesta | 3 |
| 29 | Roberto Carlos | 3 |
| 30 | Gianluigi Buffon | 1 |
"2005 FIFA World Player of the Year"