The 2001 Ballon d'Or (), given to the best football player in Europe as judged by a panel of sports journalists from UEFA member countries, was awarded to Michael Owen on 18 December 2001.
Owen was the fourth English national to win the award after Stanley Matthews (1956), Bobby Charlton (1966) and Kevin Keegan (1978, 1979).
Rankings On 12 November 2001, the shortlist of 50 male players compiled by a group of experts from France Football was announced.
RankPlayerClub(s)NationalityPoints 1 Michael Owen Liverpool 176 2 Raúl Real Madrid 140 3 Oliver Kahn Bayern Munich 114 4 David Beckham Manchester United 102 5 Francesco Totti Roma 57 6 Luís Figo Real Madrid 56 7 Rivaldo Barcelona 20 8 Andriy Shevchenko Milan 18 9 Thierry Henry Arsenal 14 Zinedine Zidane Real Madrid 14 11 Bixente Lizarazu Bayern Munich 10 12 David Trezeguet Juventus 7 13 Stefan Effenberg Bayern Munich 6 14 Henrik Larsson Celtic 4 Alessandro Nesta Lazio 4 16 Juan Sebastián Verón Lazio Manchester United 3 Hernán Crespo Lazio 3 18 Giovane Élber Bayern Munich 2 Gaizka Mendieta Valencia Lazio 2 Roberto Carlos Real Madrid 2 Damiano Tommasi Roma 2 Sami Hyypiä Liverpool 2 Emmanuel Olisadebe Panathinaikos 2 Ebbe Sand Schalke 04 2 25 Roberto Baggio Brescia 1 Steven Gerrard Liverpool 1 Rui Costa Milan 1 28 Sonny Anderson Lyon 0 Fabien Barthez Manchester United 0 Gabriel Batistuta Roma 0 Gianluigi Buffon Parma Juventus 0 Cafu Roma 0 Vincent Candela Roma 0 Alessandro Del Piero Juventus 0 Marcel Desailly Chelsea 0 Rio Ferdinand Leeds United 0 Ryan Giggs Manchester United 0 Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink Chelsea 0 Iván Helguera Real Madrid 0 Harry Kewell Leeds United 0 Patrick Kluivert Barcelona 0 Samuel Kuffour Bayern Munich 0 Hidetoshi Nakata Roma Parma 0 Pavel Nedvěd Lazio Juventus 0 Pauleta Bordeaux 0 Robert Pires Arsenal 0 Paul Scholes Manchester United 0 Lilian Thuram Parma Juventus 0 Patrick Vieira Arsenal 0 Eric Carrière Nantes 0
References
External links France Football Official Ballon d'Or page