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.

Luís Figo's Ballon d'Or from 2000Luís Figo's Ballon d'Or from 2000

Below are the nominees in the final order after voting for the 2000 award. The winner was the Portuguese player Luís Figo. Second placed Zidane most likely lost votes and possibly the win after a headbutt to an opponent in the Champions League.

See the list of all Ballon d'Or winners.

Final order for the men's 2000 Ballon d'Or

Order Player Club Nationality Points
1 Luís Figo Barcelona /  Real Madrid Portugal 197
2 Zinedine Zidane Juventus France 181
3 Andriy Shevchenko Milan Ukraine 85
4 Thierry Henry Arsenal France 57
5 Alessandro Nesta Lazio Italy 39
6 Rivaldo Barcelona Brazil 39
7 Gabriel Batistuta Roma Argentina 26
8 Gaizka Mendieta Valencia Spain 22
9 Raúl Real Madrid Spain 18
10 Paolo Maldini Milan Italy 10
  David Beckham Manchester United England 10
12 Zlatko Zahovič Olympiacos / Valencia Slovenia 8
  Fabien Barthez Manchester United France 8
14 Francesco Toldo Fiorentina Italy 7
  Francesco Totti Roma Italy 7
  Roberto Carlos Real Madrid Brazil 7
17 Patrick Kluivert Barcelona Netherlands 6
18 Edgar Davids Juventus Netherlands 5
  Hakan Şükür Internazionale Turkey 5
  Mário Jardel Galatasaray Brazil 5
  Fernando Redondo Real Madrid /Milan Argentina 5
22 Pavel Nedvěd Lazio Czech Republic 4
  David Trezeguet Juventus France 4
24 Marcel Desailly Chelsea France 2
  Oliver Kahn Bayern Munich Germany 2
  Rui Costa Fiorentina Portugal 2
27 Laurent Blanc Internazionale France 1
  Claudio López Valencia / Lazio Argentina 1
  Roy Keane Manchester United Republic of Ireland 1
  Juan Sebastián Verón Lazio Argentina 1