The FIFA World Player of the Year is an annual award by FIFA for the world’s best player. Originally known as the FIFA World Player of the Year, it merged with France Football’s Ballon d’Or in 2010 to become the FIFA Ballon d’Or in a 6-year partnership.

The FIFA World Player of the Year award, which ran from 1991 to 2009, was reintroduced as The Best FIFA Men’s Player in 2016. Zinedine Zidane and Ronaldo de Lima have each won this award 3 times, the most in its history.