French Division 1 Young Player of the Year: 1993–94[244]
French Division 1 Player of the Year: 1995–96[244]
Serie A Foreign Footballer of the Year: 1996–97, 2000–01
Ballon d'Or: Bronze award 1997
FIFA World Player of the Year: Bronze award 1997, 2002[245]
Onze d'Argent: 1997, 2002, 2003
FIFA XI: 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002[246]
ESM Team of the Year: 1997–98, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04
UEFA Club Midfielder of the Year: 1998[244]
L'Équipe International Champion of Champions: 1998[247]
L'Équipe France Champion of Champions: 1998[247]
FIFA World Cup All-Star team: 1998, 2006
World Soccer Awards Player of the Year: 1998[244]
France Football French Player of the Year: 1998, 2002[244]
Onze d'Or: 1998, 2000, 2001
Ballon d'Or: 1998[16]
FIFA World Player of the Year: 1998, 2000, 2003[16]
El País European Player of the Year: 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003
Onze de Bronze: 1999
World Soccer's Selection of the 100 Greatest Footballers of the 20th century: 1999
2nd French Player of the Century (France Football): 2000[248]
Ballon d'Or: Silver award 2000
UEFA European Championship Player of the Tournament: 2000[244]
UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 2000, 2004
Serie A top assist provider: 2000–01[249]
Serie A Footballer of the Year: 2000–01
UEFA Team of the Year: 2001, 2002, 2003
Don Balón Award: 2001–02
La Liga Best Foreign Player: 2001–02[250]
UEFA Club Footballer of the Year: 2002
FIFA World Cup Dream Team: 2002
FIFA 100: 2004
UEFA Best European Player of the Past 50 Years: 2004
FIFA FIFPro World XI: 2005, 2006
IFFHS World's Best Playmaker: 2006[251]
FIFA World Cup Golden Ball: 2006[16]
FIFA World Player of the Year: Silver award 2006[252]
UNFP Honorary Award: 2007
AFS Top-100 Players of All Time #5: 2007[253]
Marca Leyenda Award: 2008
Golden Foot Legends Award: 2008
ESPN Team of the Decade: 2009
ESPN Player of the Decade: 2009
Fox Sports Player of the Decade: 2009[254]
Sports Illustrated Team of the Decade: 2009[255]
Sports Illustrated Player of the Decade: 2009[244]
Don Balón Team of the Decade: 2010[256]
Don Balón Player of the Decade: 2010[256]
Laureus Lifetime Achievement Award: 2011[244]
UEFA team of teams: 2011[257]
UEFA Champions League Best Player of the Past 20 Years: 2011[258]
Équipe type spéciale 20 ans des trophées UNFP: 2011
Real Madrid Greatest XI of All Time: 2012[259]
World Soccer Greatest XI of All Time: 2013[260]
Real Madrid Hall of Fame: 2014[261]
UEFA Ultimate Team of the Year (substitute): 2015[262]
IFFHS Legends: 2016[263]
UEFA European Championship All-Time XI: 2016[264]
FourFourTwo's Selection of the 100 Greatest Footballers of All Time #8: 2017[265]
Juventus Greatest XI of All Time: 2017[266]
L'Équipe Best French Player of All Time: 2018[267]
Ballon d'Or Dream Team (Silver): 2020[268]
IFFHS All-time Men's B Dream Team: 2021[269]
IFFHS All-time Europe Men's Dream Team: 2021[270]
FourFourTwo's 100 best football players of all time #5: 2022[271]
 

Campeonato Gaucho top scorer: 1999[244][250]
FIFA Confederations Cup Golden Ball: 1999[251]
FIFA Confederations Cup Golden Shoe: 1999[251]
South American Team of the Year: 1999[252]
CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament top scorer: 2000[244]
Bola de Prata: 2000, 2011, 2012[253]
FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 2002[254]
Ligue 1 Goal of The Year: 2003[255]
FIFA 100: 2004[256]
Don Balón Award: 2003–04, 2005–06[257]
Trofeo EFE: 2003–04[258]
FIFA World Player of the Year: 2004, 2005[259]
UEFA Team of the Year: 2004, 2005, 2006[260][261][262]
World Soccer Magazine World Player of The Year: 2004, 2005[263]
UEFA Club Forward of the Year: 2004–05[264]
FIFA Confederations Cup Bronze Ball: 2005[265]
Ballon d'Or: 2005[266]
Onze d'Or: 2005[267]
FIFPro World Player of the Year: 2005, 2006[268][269]
FIFPro World XI: 2005, 2006, 2007[270][271][272]
UEFA Club Footballer of the Year: 2005–06[264]
La Liga top assist provider: 2005–06[273]
UEFA Champions League top assist provider: 2005–06[274]
FIFA Club World Cup Bronze Ball: 2006
FIFA World Player of the Year Bronze award: 2006[259]
Golden Foot: 2009[275]
Sports Illustrated Team of the Decade: 2009[276]
Serie A top assist provider: 2009–10[277]
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Team of the Year: 2011, 2012[278][279]
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Best Fan's Player: 2012
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A top assist provider: 2012[280]
Bola de Ouro: 2012[281]
Copa Libertadores top assist provider: 2012, 2013[282][96]
FIFA Club World Cup top scorer: 2013[283]
South American Footballer of the Year: 2013[284]
UEFA Ultimate Team of the Year (substitute; published in 2015)[285]
Brazilian Football Museum Hall of Fame[286][287]
AC Milan Hall of Fame[288]
Ballon d'Or Dream Team (Silver): 2020[289]
Globe Soccer Awards Player Career Award: 2021[223]