The 2002 FIFA World Player of the Year award was won by Luis Figo by the slim margin of 12 points. David Beckham was again forced into second place.
| Player | 5 points | 3 points | 1 point | Total | |
| 1 | Luis Figo | 27 | 35 | 10 | 250 |
| 2 | David Beckham | 30 | 23 | 19 | 238 |
| 3 | Raúl González | 10 | 12 | 10 | 96 |
| 4 | Zinedine Zidane | 12 | 9 | 7 | 94 |
| 5 | Rivaldo | 11 | 7 | 16 | 92 |
| 6 | Juan Sebastián Verón | 9 | 6 | 8 | 71 |
| 7 | Oliver Kahn | 8 | 5 | 10 | 65 |
| 8 | Michael Owen | 4 | 11 | 8 | 61 |
| 9 | Andrei Shevchenko | 6 | 4 | 4 | 46 |
| 10 | Francesco Totti | 5 | 4 | 3 | 40 |
| 11 | Thierry Henry | 0 | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| 12 | Manuel Rui Costa | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| 13 | Patrick Vieira | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| 14 | Henrik Larsson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 15 | Roberto Carlos | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| = | Gabriel Batistuta | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 17 | Stefan Effenberg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| = | Alen Boksic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 19 | Ruud van Nistelrooy | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| = | Hernán Crespo | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| = | Alessandro Del Piero | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 22 | Oscar Córdoba | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| = | Gaizka Mendieta | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| = | Ebbe Sand | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| = | Alessandro Nesta | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| = | Javier Saviola | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 27 | Giovane Elber | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| = | Hidetoshi Nakata | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 29 | Steven Gerrard | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | Luis Enrique Martínez | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | Jon Dahl Dahl Tomasson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | Ali Daei | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | Sibusiso Zuma | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | Roy Keane | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | Carlos Alberto | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | Diego Simeone | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| = | Emmanuel Olisadebe | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
