2006 FIFA World Player of the Year
The 2006 FIFA World Player of the Year prize was awarded to Italian Fabio Cannavaro for the first time. He finished ahead of the retired Midfielder Zinedine Zidane, who won the Golden Ball at the World Cup and the winner of the last FIFA World Player of the Year Ronaldinho in the final round of voting.
The female FIFA soccer player of the year was Marta.
Results
Men
| Rank | Player | Points | Club |
| 1 |  Fabio Cannavaro | 498 |  Real Madrid |
| 2 |  Zinedine Zidane | 454 | Real Madrid |
| 3 |  Ronaldinho | 380 | Barcelona |
| 4 | Thierry Henry | 317 |  Arsenal |
| 5 |  Samuel Eto'o | 300 | Barcelona |
| 6 |  Didier Drogba | 150 | Chelsea |
| 7 | Kaká | 139 | Milan |
| 8 | Gianluigi Buffon | 118 | Juventus |
| 9 | Andrea Pirlo | 86 |  Milan |
| 10 |  Cristiano Ronaldo | 69 | Manchester United |
Women
| Rank | Player | Club | Points |
| 1 | Marta |  Umeå IK | 475 |
| 2 |  Kristine Lilly | 388 | |
| 3 |  Renate Lingor | FFC Frankfurt | 305 |
| 4 | Abby Wambach | 182 | |
| 5 | Kelly Smith | Arsenal L.F.C. | 157 |
| 6 | Silke Rottenberg | FCR Duisburg FFC Frankfurt | 154 |
| 7 |  Han Duan | 116 | |
| 8 | Ma Xiaoxu | 99 | |
| 9 | Malin Moström | Umeå IK | 87 |
| 10 | Lotta Schelin | Göteborg FC | 82 |