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Guransh Machra
Posted on 29 Feb, 2024
By Guransh Machra
On 29 Feb, 2024
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All Ballon d’Or Winners Through History

The Ballon d’Or is an award given to the best football player in the world. The award was first presented in 1956 and has been awarded annually by French news magazine ‘France Football’ ever since. The only year it was not awarded was in 2020 due to COVID-19. The Ballon d’Or entered a partnership with FIFA in 2010 to call the award the FIFA Ballon d’Or.

This partnership continued till the 2015 FIFA Ballon d’Or award. However, from 2016 onwards, both organisations went their separate ways. The Ballon d’Or reverted to its original name, and FIFA started a new set of awards called The Best FIFA Men’s Player. This list features all the players who have won the Ballon d’Or since its inception in 1956 and talks about some players who have won this prestigious award the most number of times.

Past Ballon d’Or Winners:

Year Player Nationality Club
1956 Stanley Matthews England Blackpool
1957 Alfredo Di Stéfano Spain Real Madrid
1958 Raymond Kopa France Real Madrid
1959 Alfredo Di Stéfano Spain Real Madrid
1960 Luis Suárez Spain Barcelona
1961 Omar Sívori Italy Juventus
1962 Josef Masopust Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague
1963 Lev Yashin Soviet Union Dynamo Moscow
1964 Denis Law Scotland Manchester United
1965 Eusébio Portugal Benfica
1966 Bobby Charlton England Manchester United
1967 Flórián Albert Hungary Ferencvaros
1968 George Best Northern Ireland Manchester United
1969 Gianni Rivera Italy AC Milan
1970 Gerd Müller West Germany Bayern Munich
1971 Johan Cruyff Netherlands Ajax
1972 Franz Beckenbauer West Germany Bayern Munich
1973 Johan Cruyff Netherlands Barcelona
1974 Johan Cruyff Netherlands Barcelona
1975 Oleg Blokhin Soviet Union Dynamo Kiev
1976 Franz Beckenbauer West Germany Bayern Munich
1977 Allan Simonsen Denmark Borussia Monchengladbach
1978 Kevin Keegan England Hamburg
1979 Kevin Keegan England Hamburg
1980 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge West Germany Bayern Munich
1981 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge West Germany Bayern Munich
1982 Paolo Rossi Italy Juventus
1983 Michel Platini France Juventus
1984 Michel Platini France Juventus
1985 Michel Platini France Juventus
1986 Igor Belanov Soviet Union Dynamo Kiev
1987 Ruud Gullit Netherlands Milan
1988 Marco van Basten Netherlands Milan
1989 Marco van Basten Netherlands Milan
1990 Lothar Matthäus Germany Inter Milan
1991 Jean-Pierre Papin France Marseille
1992 Marco van Basten Netherlands AC Milan
1993 Roberto Baggio Italy Juventus
1994 Hristo Stoichkov Bulgaria Barcelona
1995 George Weah Liberia AC Milan
1996 Matthias Sammer Germany Borussia Dortmund
1997 Ronaldo Brazil Inter Milan
1998 Zinedine Zidane France Juventus
1999 Rivaldo Brazil Barcelona
2000 Luís Figo Portugal Real Madrid
2001 Michael Owen England Liverpool
2002 Ronaldo Brazil Real Madrid
2003 Pavel Nedved Czech Republic Juventus
2004 Andriy Shevchenko Ukraine AC Milan
2005 Ronaldinho Brazil Barcelona
2006 Fabio Cannavaro Italy Real Madrid
2007 Kaká Brazil AC Milan
2008 Cristiano Ronaldo Portugal Manchester United
2009 Lionel Messi Argentina Barcelona
2010 Lionel Messi Argentina Barcelona
2011 Lionel Messi Argentina Barcelona
2012 Lionel Messi Argentina Barcelona
2013 Cristiano Ronaldo Portugal Real Madrid
2014 Cristiano Ronaldo Portugal Real Madrid
2015 Lionel Messi Argentina Barcelona
2016 Cristiano Ronaldo Portugal Real Madrid
2017 Cristiano Ronaldo Portugal Real Madrid
2018 Luka Modric Croatia Real Madrid
2019 Lionel Messi Argentina Barcelona
2020 Not Awarded Due To COVID-19
2021 Lionel Messi Argentina Barcelona/PSG
2022 Karim Benzema France Real Madrid
2023 Lionel Messi Argentina Inter Miami

Which Players Have The Most Ballon d’Or Awards?

5. Marco van Basten (3 Ballon d’Or Awards)

Marco van Basten played senior football from 1981 to 1995. The Dutch striker has only ever played for two teams in his entire career. He played for Ajax from 1981 to 1987 and AC Milan from 1987 to 1995. However, all three of van Basten’s Ballon d’Or awards came when he was at AC Milan. The Dutchman won the award in 1988, 1989, and 1992. He beat out Ruud Gullit and Frank Rijkaard in 1988, Franco Baresi and Frank Rijkaard in 1989, and Hristo Stoichkov and Dennis Bergkamp in 1992 to win his three Ballon d’Or awards.


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4. Johan Cruyff (3 Ballon d’Or Awards)

Ballon d'Or Winner - Johan Cruyff

Credit: FC Barcelona

Johan Cruyff won three Ballon d’Or awards in his career. He won the award in 1971, 1973, and 1974. In 1972, the UEFA Euro took place, and Germany managed to win the Euros. Therefore, the top three players for the 1972 Ballon d’Or award were all Germans. Cruyff nearly won the award in 1975 as well but ended up coming third after being beaten by Oleg Blokhin and Franz Beckenbauer. The Dutch star beat out Sandro Mazzola and George Best in 1971, Dino Zoff and Gerd Muller in 1973, and Franz Beckenbauer and Kazimierz Deyna in 1974 to win his three Ballon d’Or awards.

3. Michel Platini (3 Ballon d’Or Awards)

Michel Platini won three Ballon d’Or awards in consecutive years. He became the first player ever to win this prestigious award three consecutive times. He won the Ballon d’Or in 1983, 1984, and 1985. Before winning it for the first time in 1983, Platini had already come third twice. He first came close to winning the award in 1977 but was beaten by Allan Simonsen and Kevin Keegan.

His next chance came in 1980, but he once again finished third behind Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and Bernd Schuster. He finally managed to get his hands on the Ballon d’Or in 1983 and did not let go for three years. He beat out Kenny Dalglish and Allan Simonsen in 1983, Jean Tigana and Preben Elkjær Larsen in 1984, and Preben Elkjær and Bernd Schuster in 1985 to win his Ballon d’Or awards.

2. Cristiano Ronaldo (5 Ballon d’Or Awards)

Ballon d'Or Winner - Cristiano Ronaldo

Credit: Sky Sports

Cristiano Ronaldo is regarded as one of the greatest football players ever to live, and his trophy cabinet backs this statement. Aside from numerous league titles and Champions League titles won with different teams, Ronaldo has won the Ballon d’Or on five different occasions. The Portuguese won this prestigious award in 2008, 2013, 2014, 2016, and 2017. Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi showed unbelievable dominance, being the only two players to win this award for a decade, winning five Ballon d’Or awards each between 2008 and 2017. From 2007 to 2019, Ronaldo finished inside the top three ranked players in 12 years out of the possible 13. This goes to show just how good a player Cristiano Ronaldo was.

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1. Lionel Messi (8 Ballon d’Or Awards)

Like Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi is another player regarded as one of the best ever to play the beautiful game. Messi has a record eight Ballon d’Or awards. No footballer ever has won the award as many times as he has. The Argentine won the award in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019, 2021, and 2023. He is also the current holder of the Ballon d’Or award.

Messi won the award in 2023 despite being at Inter Miami at the time. This is due to his success with his national team at the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The Qatar World Cup occurred in December 2022 and was therefore counted in the 2023 Ballon d’Or voting. This helped Lionel Messi get his eighth and latest Ballon d’Or.

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