Following are the results of the 1999 FIFA player of the year poll on among 141 national team coaches (tabulated under name, country, points, number of first-place finishes in brackets):

Breakdown of points attribution: 5 for winner, 3 for runner-up and 1 for third place finisher.

1: Rivaldo, Brazil, 543 (91)

2: David Beckham, England, 194 (18)

3: Gabriel Batistuta, Argentina, 79 (5)

4: Zinedine Zidane, France, 68 (8)

5: Christian Vieri, Italy, 39 (1)

6: Luis Figo, Portugal, 35 (2)

7: Andrei Shevchenko, Ukraine, 34 (3)

8: Raul Gonzalez, Spain, 31 (1)

9: Andy Cole, England, 24 (2)

10: Dwight Yorke, England, 19 (2)