Some reasons why Michael Owen might have won the 2001 Ballon d'Or 2000-2001 Season : 46 appearances 24 goals
Helped Liverpool with the Cup Quintuple (FA Cup, League Cup, UEFA Cup, UEFA Super Cup, FA Community Shield)
Scored twice against Arsenal in the FA Cup Final (basically won it for Liverpool considering how much Arsenal dominated the game) Scored once against Manchester United in the FA Community Shield Scored once against Bayern Munich in the UEFA Super Cup Scored 7 goals for England in International Friendlies and Qualifiers (including his hat trick against Germany)
2001-2002 Season: Before the Award was handed out on Dec.11th, he played in 20 competitive games for Liverpool and scored 16 goals