The 1992 FIFA World Player of the Year award was won by Marco van Basten. The gala took place at the Casino Estoril in Lisbon, Portugal on February 1, 1993, organised by FIFA, the European Sports Media and the Portuguese newspaper A Bola. 71 national team coaches were chosen to vote. It was sponsored by the brand Adidas.

Results

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Rank	Player	Club(s)	Points
1	Marco van Basten	Milan	161
2	Hristo Stoichkov	Barcelona	88
3	Thomas Häßler	Roma	61
4	Jean-Pierre Papin	Marseille Milan	46
5	Brian Laudrup	Bayern Munich Fiorentina	44
	Peter Schmeichel	Manchester United
7	Dennis Bergkamp	Ajax	29
8	Frank Rijkaard	Milan	23
9	Abedi Pele	Marseille	10
	Franco Baresi	Milan
	Jürgen Klinsmann	Internazionale Monaco
12	Ronald Koeman	Barcelona	7
13	Gabriel Batistuta	Fiorentina	6
	Paulo Futre	Atlético Madrid
15	Bebeto	Vasco da Gama Deportivo La Coruña	5
	Ruud Gullit	Milan
	Alieu Jarjue
	Karl-Heinz Riedle	Lazio
	Dejan Savićević	Red Star Belgrade Milan
	Desmond Waku
	George Weah	Monaco Paris Saint-Germain
	José Zalazar	Albacete
	Andoni Zubizarreta	Barcelona
24	Gary Lineker	Tottenham Hotspur Nagoya Grampus	4
	Rudi Völler	Roma Marseille
26	Dennis Abego		3
	Claudio Caniggia	Atalanta Roma
	Paolo Maldini	Milan
33	Gianluigi Lentini	Torino Milan	2
	Gianluca Vialli	Sampdoria Juventus