Every year the English magazine World Soccer has its readers select winners for its World Footballer of the Year award. The election is open to any player worldwide.
Top 20 (a total of 60 players received votes) 1. Cristiano RONALDO 928 pts Portugal Real Madrid (Spa) 2. Manuel NEUER 789 Germany Bayern Munich (Ger) 3. Lionel MESSI 593 Argentina FC Barcelona (Spa) 4. Arjen ROBBEN 458 Netherlands Bayern Munich (Ger) 5. Thomas MÜLLER 354 Germany Bayern Munich (Ger) 6. Philipp LAHM 264 Germany Bayern Munich (Ger) 7. James RODRÍGUEZ 243 Colombia Monaco (Fra) / Real Madrid (Spa) 8. Luis SUÁREZ 218 Uruguay Liverpool (Eng) / FC Barcelona (Spa) 9. Angel DI MARÍA 183 Argentina Real Madrid (Spa) / Manchester United (Eng) 10. Toni KROOS 168 Germany Bayern Munich (Ger) / Real Madrid (Spa) 11. NEYMAR da Silva Santos 166 Brazil FC Barcelona (Spa) 12. Diego COSTA 146 Spain Atlético Madrid (Spa) / Chelsea (Eng) 13. Zlatan IBRAHIMOVIC 138 Sweden Paris Saint-Germain (Fra) 14. Sergio AGÜERO 79 Argentina Manchester City (Eng) 15. Gareth BALE 78 Wales Real Madrid (Spa) 16. Sergio RAMOS 69 Spain Real Madrid (Spa) 17. Bastian SCHWEINSTEIGER 61 Germany Bayern Munich (Ger) 18. Yaya TOURÉ 56 Ivory Coast Manchester City (Eng) 19. Javier MASCHERANO 39 Argentina FC Barcelona (Spa) 20. Diego GODÍN 35 Uruguay Atlético Madrid (Spa)
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