His 2000 ended in Beirut on 29 October, beaten 1-0 by Japan in the Asian Cup final, and the four seasons that followed were mostly spent injured, with barely a game between 2001 and 2004. Asian Footballer of the Year for 2000, the 1999-2000 Asian Club Championship with Al-Hilal, five Saudi league titles, an Asian Cup runners-up medal, and 63 caps with 11 goals.
| 1993–2008 | Al Hilal SFC |
Saudi Arabia legends whose careers overlapped Al-Temyat's
One rank above: Mohamed Noor at #2.
One rank below: Salem Al-Dawsari at #4.
Saudi Arabia's editorial top five: Majed Abdullah · Mohamed Noor · Nawaf Al-Temyat · Salem Al-Dawsari · Mohamed Al-Deayea.