2002 Ballon d'Or Results
The Ballon d'Or award is an annual football award for the best player from the previous year. From 1995 until 2007 the award was open to all players from around the world, as long as they had been been active at European clubs during that year.
Below are the nominees in the final order after voting for the 2002 award. The winner was Brazilian Ronaldo. Ronaldo had also won the award in 1997, at the time he was the youngest ever player to win the Ballon d'Or. See the list of all Ballon d'Or winners.
Final order for the men's 2002 Ballon d'Or
| Order | Player | Club | Nationality | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ronaldo | Brazil | Internazionale / Real Madrid | 169 |
| 2 | Roberto Carlos | Brazil | Real Madrid | 145 |
| 3 | Oliver Kahn | Germany | Bayern Munich | 110 |
| 4 | Zinedine Zidane | France | Real Madrid | 78 |
| 5 | Michael Ballack | Germany | Bayer Leverkusen / Bayern Munich | 71 |
| 6 | Thierry Henry | France | Arsenal | 54 |
| 7 | Raúl | Spain | Real Madrid | 38 |
| 8 | Rivaldo | Brazil | Barcelona / Milan | 31 |
| 9 | Yıldıray Baştürk | Turkey | Bayer Leverkusen | 13 |
| 10 | Alessandro Del Piero | Italy | Juventus | 12 |
| 11 | Hasan Şaş | Turkey | Galatasaray | 10 |
| 12 | Ronaldinho | Brazil | Paris Saint-Germain | 8 |
| 13 | Michael Owen | England | Liverpool | 5 |
| Ruud van Nistelrooy | Netherlands | Manchester United | 5 | |
| 15 | Bernd Schneider | Germany | Bayer Leverkusen | 4 |
| Juan Carlos Valerón | Spain | Deportivo La Coruña | 4 | |
| Cafu | Brazil | Roma | 4 | |
| Patrick Vieira | France | Arsenal | 4 | |
| 19 | Lúcio | Brazil | Bayer Leverkusen | 3 |
| Luís Figo | Portugal | Real Madrid | 3 | |
| 21 | Papa Bouba Diop | Senegal | Lens | 2 |
| El Hadji Diouf | Senegal | Lens / Liverpool | 2 | |
| Rio Ferdinand | England | Leeds United / Manchester United | 2 | |
| 24 | Rubén Baraja | Spain | Valencia | 1 |
| Filippo Inzaghi | Italy | Milan | 1 | |
| Roy Makaay | Netherlands | Deportivo La Coruña | 1 |
Related Pages
- Ballon d'Or Home
- Men's Ballon d'Or Winner's List
- Football Awards Lists
- List of the FIFA male player of the year and FIFA female player of the year.
- History of the Ballon d'Or
- Profile of Ronaldo
- The Year in Sport: 2002
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