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	{{Infobox award		{{Infobox award
	\| name = Ballon d'Or		\| name = Ballon d'Or
	\| image = ~~Platini 1985~~.~~jpg~~		\| image \|{{flagicon\|ESP\|1945}} ]
	\| image_size = 200px
	\| alt =
	\| caption = ], pictured with the 1985 Ballon d'Or, won the award three times in succession.
	\| date = {{start date and age\|1956}}
	\| country = France
	\| presenter = '']''
	\| year = 1956
	\| holder_label = Current holder
	\| holder = {{flagicon\|CRO}} ]<br>(1st award)
	\| most_awards =
	{{flagicon \|POR}} ] <br> {{flagicon\|ARG}} ] <br> (5 awards each)
	\| most_nominations = {{flagicon\|POR}} ]<br>{{flagicon\|ARG}} ]<br>(11 times each)
	\| website = {{URL\|https://www.francefootball.fr/ballon-d-or/\|francefootball.fr}}
	\| related = ]
	\| previous = ]
	\| main = Ballon d'Or
	\| next = '']''
	}}
	The '''Ballon d'Or''' ({{IPA-fr\|balɔ̃ dɔʁ}}; "'''Golden Ball'''") is an annual ] award presented by '']''. It has been awarded since 1956, although between 2010 and 2015, an agreement was made with ] and the award was temporarily merged with the ], and known as the ]. However, the partnership ended in 2016 and the award reverted to the Ballon d'Or, while FIFA also reverted to its own separate annual award (now named ]).

	Conceived by sports writer ], the Ballon d'Or award honours the male player deemed to have performed the best over the previous year, based on voting by football journalists, from 1956 to 2006.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal \|last1=Straeten \|first1=Karine van der \|last2=Laslier \|first2=Jean-François \|last3=Daoust \|first3=Jean-François \|last4=Blais \|first4=André \|last5=Arrondel \|first5=Luc \|last6=Anderson \|first6=Christopher J. \|date=2019 \|title=Messi, Ronaldo, and the Politics of Celebrity Elections: Voting for the Best Soccer Player in the World \|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-politics/article/messi-ronaldo-and-the-politics-of-celebrity-elections-voting-for-the-best-soccer-player-in-the-world/36CB5CB44D4C06866305408163A49290 \|journal=Perspectives on Politics \|pages=1–20 \|doi=10.1017/S1537592719002391 \|issn=1537-5927 }}</ref> After 2007, coaches and captains of national teams were also given the right to vote.<ref name=":0"/> Originally it was an award for players from Europe. In 1995 the Ballon d'Or was expanded to include all players from any origin that have been active at European clubs.<ref name="Auto02-1"/><ref name="Nineties"/> The award became a global prize in 2007 with all professional footballers from around the world being eligible.<ref name="Auto02-2"/>

	== History ==
	] of ] was the inaugural winner of the Ballon d'Or.<ref name="one"/> Prior to 1995, the award was often known in English language media as the '''European Footballer of the Year''' award. ]'s ], the only African recipient, became the first non-European to win the award in the year that rules of eligibility were changed.<ref name="Nineties"/> ] of ] became the first South American winner two years later.<ref name="Nineties"/> ] and ] have won the award a record five times each. Three players have won the award three times each: ] of ] and ], ] of ] and ] of Milan. With seven awards each, Dutch, German and Portuguese players won the most Ballons d'Or. Only Germany (1972) and the Netherlands (1988) took all three top spots in one year. Two Spanish clubs ] and ] share the top for employing the most winners, with eleven wins each.<ref name="Auto02-3"/>

	Between 2010 and 2015 inclusive, the award was merged with a similar one, the ] award, to create the ], which was awarded to the world's best male player before FIFA and ''France Football'' broke the merging agreement.<ref name="Auto02-5"/> After 2011, ] created the ] to maintain the format of the original Ballon d'Or.<ref name="Auto02-6"/>

	Eight players (], ], ], ], ], ], ] and ]) have won the ], the European Cup/] and the Ballon d'Or during their careers.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Kaka: Former Brazil, AC Milan and Real Madrid midfielder announces retirement\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42386038\|agency=BBC\|date=17 December 2017\|accessdate=23 March 2018}}</ref>

	The award shows a bias in favor of attacking players.<ref name=":0"/> Over time, the award has gone to a more exclusive set of leagues and clubs.<ref name=":0"/> Prior to 1995, 10 leagues supplied Ballon d'Or winners whereas only England, Germany, Italy, and Spain have supplied winners since 1995.<ref name=":0"/> Spain's La Liga has the most Ballon d'Or winners.<ref name=":0"/> Barcelona and Real Madrid have supplied the most Ballon d'Or winners since 1995.<ref name=":0"/>

	== Winners ==
	{\| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
	\|+Key
	!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#FFE6BD"\|  {{double-dagger}}
	\|This indicates the Ballon d'Or winning player also won the ] or<br> ] award in the same year (available from 1991–2009 and 2016–present)
	\|}

	] (left) and ] (right) have won a record five awards each.]]
	] was the first non-European player to win the award.]]
	] is the only goalkeeper to win the award.]]
	{\| class="wikitable"
	!Year
	!Rank
	!Player
	!Team
	!{{Tooltip\|Points\|Points received by the player during the voting phase.}}
	\|-
	! scope="row" style="text-align:center" colspan=5 \|Ballon d'Or (1956–2009)
	\|-
	\|align="center" rowspan="3"\|''']'''
	\|scope=col style="background-color: gold" \| '''1st'''
	\|{{flagicon\|ENG}} ''']'''
	\|{{flagicon\|ENG}} ''']'''
	\|align="center"\|'''47'''
	\|-
	\|scope=col style="background-color: silver" \| 2nd
	\|{{flagicon\|ESP\|1945}} ]
	\|{{flagicon\|ESP\|1945}} ]
	\|align="center"\|44		\|align="center"\|44
	\|-		\|-

Revision as of 22:24, 22 October 2019

For the equivalent award given to the best women's football player, see Ballon d'Or Féminin.

{{Infobox award | name = Ballon d'Or | image | Real Madrid |align="center"|44 |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd | Raymond Kopa | Real Madrid |align="center"|33 |- !colspan="5"| |- |align="center" rowspan="4"|1957 |scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st | Alfredo Di Stéfano | Real Madrid |align="center"|72 |- |scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd | Billy Wright | Wolverhampton Wanderers |align="center"|19 |- |rowspan="2" scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd | Duncan Edwards | Manchester United |rowspan="2" align="center"|16 |- | Raymond Kopa | Real Madrid |- !colspan="5"| |- |align="center" rowspan="3"|1958 |scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st | Raymond Kopa | Real Madrid |align="center"|71 |- |scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd | Helmut Rahn | Rot-Weiss Essen |align="center"|40 |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd | Just Fontaine | Stade de Reims |align="center"|23 |- !colspan="5"| |- |align="center" rowspan="3"|1959 |scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st | Alfredo Di Stéfano | Real Madrid |align="center"|80 |- |scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd | Raymond Kopa | Real Madrid |align="center"|42 |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd | John Charles | Juventus |align="center"|24 |- !colspan="5"| |- |align="center" rowspan="3"|1960 |scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st | Luis Suárez | Barcelona |align="center"|54 |- |scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd | Ferenc Puskás | Real Madrid |align="center"|37 |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd | Uwe Seeler | Hamburg |align="center"|33 |- !colspan="5"| |- |align="center" rowspan="3"|1961 |scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st | Omar Sívori | Juventus |align="center"|46 |- |scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd | Luis Suárez | Internazionale |align="center"|40 |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd | Johnny Haynes | Fulham |align="center"|22 |- !colspan="5"| |- |align="center" rowspan="3"|1962 |scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st | Josef Masopust | Dukla Prague |align="center"|65 |- |scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd | Eusébio | Benfica |align="center"|53 |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd | Karl-Heinz Schnellinger | Köln |align="center"|33 |- !colspan="5"| |- |align="center" rowspan="3"|1963 |scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st | Lev Yashin | Dynamo Moscow |align="center"|73 |- |scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd | Gianni Rivera | Milan |align="center"|53 |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd | Jimmy Greaves | Tottenham Hotspur |align="center"|33 |- !colspan="5"| |- |align="center" rowspan="3"|1964 |scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st | Denis Law | Manchester United |align="center"|61 |- |scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd | Luis Suárez | Internazionale |align="center"|43 |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd | Amancio | Real Madrid |align="center"|38 |- !colspan="5"| |- |align="center" rowspan="3"|1965 |scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st | Eusébio | Benfica |align="center"|67 |- |scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd | Giacinto Facchetti | Internazionale |align="center"|59 |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd | Luis Suárez | Internazionale |align="center"|45 |- !colspan="5"| |- |align="center" rowspan="3"|1966 |scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st | Bobby Charlton | Manchester United |align="center"|81 |- |scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd | Eusébio | Benfica |align="center"|80 |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd | Franz Beckenbauer | Bayern Munich |align="center"|59 |- !colspan="5"| |- |align="center" rowspan="3"|1967 |scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st | Flórián Albert | Ferencváros |align="center"|68 |- |scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd | Bobby Charlton | Manchester United |align="center"|40 |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd | Jimmy Johnstone | Celtic |align="center"|39 |- !colspan="5"| |- |align="center" rowspan="3"|1968 |scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st | George Best | Manchester United |align="center"|61 |- |scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd | Bobby Charlton | Manchester United |align="center"|53 |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd | Dragan Džajić | Red Star Belgrade |align="center"|46 |- !colspan="5"| |- |align="center" rowspan="3"|1969 |scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st | Gianni Rivera | Milan |align="center"|83 |- |scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd | Luigi Riva | Cagliari |align="center"|79 |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd | Gerd Müller | Bayern Munich |align="center"|38 |- !colspan="5"| |- |align="center" rowspan="3"|1970 |scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st | Gerd Müller | Bayern Munich |align="center"|77 |- |scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd | Bobby Moore | West Ham United |align="center"|70 |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd | Luigi Riva | Cagliari |align="center"|65 |- !colspan="5"| |- |align="center" rowspan="3"|1971 |scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st | Johan Cruyff | Ajax |align="center"|116 |- |scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd | Sandro Mazzola | Internazionale |align="center"|57 |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd | George Best | Manchester United |align="center"|56 |- !colspan="5"| |- |align="center" rowspan="3"|1972 |scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st | Franz Beckenbauer | Bayern Munich |align="center"|81 |- |rowspan="2" scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd | Gerd Müller | Bayern Munich |rowspan="2" align="center"|79 |- | Günter Netzer | Borussia Mönchengladbach |- !colspan="5"| |- |align="center" rowspan="3"|1973 |scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st | Johan Cruyff | Ajax |align="center"|96 |- |scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd | Dino Zoff | Juventus |align="center"|47 |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd | Gerd Müller | Bayern Munich |align="center"|44 |- !colspan="5"| |- |align="center" rowspan="3"|1974 |scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st | Johan Cruyff | Barcelona |align="center"|116 |- |scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd | Franz Beckenbauer | Bayern Munich |align="center"|105 |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd | Kazimierz Deyna | Legia Warsaw |align="center"|35 |- !colspan="5"| |- |align="center" rowspan="3"|1975 |scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st | Oleg Blokhin | Dynamo Kyiv |align="center"|122 |- |scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd | Franz Beckenbauer | Bayern Munich |align="center"|42 |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd | Johan Cruyff | Barcelona |align="center"|27 |- !colspan="5"| |- |align="center" rowspan="3"|1976 |scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st | Franz Beckenbauer | Bayern Munich |align="center"|91 |- |scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd | Rob Rensenbrink | Anderlecht |align="center"|75 |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd | Ivo Viktor | Dukla Prague |align="center"|52 |- !colspan="5"| |- |align="center" rowspan="3"|1977 |scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st | Allan Simonsen | Borussia Mönchengladbach |align="center"|74 |- |scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd | Kevin Keegan | Hamburg |align="center"|71 |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd | Michel Platini | Nancy |align="center"|70 |- !colspan="5"| |- |align="center" rowspan="3"|1978 |scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st | Kevin Keegan | Hamburg |align="center"|87 |- |scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd | Hans Krankl | Barcelona |align="center"|81 |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd | Rob Rensenbrink | Anderlecht |align="center"|50 |- !colspan="5"| |- |align="center" rowspan="3"|1979 |scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st | Kevin Keegan | Hamburg |align="center"|118 |- |scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd | Karl-Heinz Rummenigge | Bayern Munich |align="center"|52 |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd | Ruud Krol | Ajax |align="center"|41 |- !colspan="5"| |- |align="center" rowspan="3"|1980 |scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st | Karl-Heinz Rummenigge | Bayern Munich |align="center"|122 |- |scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd | Bernd Schuster | Barcelona |align="center"|34 |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd | Michel Platini | Saint-Étienne |align="center"|33 |- !colspan="5"| |- |align="center" rowspan="3"|1981 |scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st | Karl-Heinz Rummenigge | Bayern Munich |align="center"|106 |- |scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd | Paul Breitner | Bayern Munich |align="center"|64 |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd | Bernd Schuster | Barcelona |align="center"|39 |- !colspan="5"| |- |align="center" rowspan="3"|1982 |scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st | Paolo Rossi | Juventus |align="center"|115 |- |scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd | Alain Giresse | Bordeaux |align="center"|64 |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd | Zbigniew Boniek | Juventus |align="center"|39 |- !colspan="5"| |- |align="center" rowspan="3"|1983 |scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st | Michel Platini | Juventus |align="center"|110 |- |scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd | Kenny Dalglish | Liverpool |align="center"|26 |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd | Allan Simonsen | Vejle |align="center"|25 |- !colspan="5"| |- |align="center" rowspan="3"|1984 |scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st | Michel Platini | Juventus |align="center"|110 |- |scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd | Jean Tigana | Bordeaux |align="center"|57 |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd | Preben Elkjær | Hellas Verona |align="center"|48 |- !colspan="5"| |- |align="center" rowspan="3"|1985 |scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st | Michel Platini | Juventus |align="center"|127 |- |scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd | Preben Elkjær | Hellas Verona |align="center"|71 |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd | Bernd Schuster | Barcelona |align="center"|46 |- !colspan="5"| |- |align="center" rowspan="3"|1986 |scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st | Igor Belanov | Dynamo Kyiv |align="center"|84 |- |scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd | Gary Lineker | Barcelona |align="center"|62 |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd | Emilio Butragueño | Real Madrid |align="center"|59 |- !colspan="5"| |- |align="center" rowspan="3"|1987 |scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st | Ruud Gullit | Milan |align="center"|106 |- |scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd | Paulo Futre | Atlético Madrid |align="center"|91 |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd | Emilio Butragueño | Real Madrid |align="center"|61 |- !colspan="5"| |- |align="center" rowspan="3"|1988 |scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st | Marco van Basten | Milan |align="center"|129 |- |scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd | Ruud Gullit | Milan |align="center"|88 |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd | Frank Rijkaard | Milan |align="center"|45 |- !colspan="5"| |- |align="center" rowspan="3"|1989 |scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st | Marco van Basten | Milan |align="center"|129 |- |scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd | Franco Baresi | Milan |align="center"|80 |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd | Frank Rijkaard | Milan |align="center"|43 |- !colspan="5"| |- |align="center" rowspan="3"|1990 |scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st | Lothar Matthäus | Internazionale |align="center"|137 |- |scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd | Salvatore Schillaci | Juventus |align="center"|84 |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd | Andreas Brehme | Internazionale |align="center"|68 |- !colspan="5"| |- |align="center" rowspan="4"|1991 |scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st | Jean-Pierre Papin | Marseille |align="center"|141 |- |rowspan="3" scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd | Dejan Savićević | Red Star Belgrade |rowspan="3" align="center"|42 |- | Darko Pančev | Red Star Belgrade |- | Lothar Matthäus | Internazionale |- !colspan="5"| |- |align="center" rowspan="3"|1992 |scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st |!scope="row" style="background:#FFE6BD"| Marco van Basten | Milan |align="center"|98 |- |scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd | Hristo Stoichkov | Barcelona |align="center"|80 |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd | Dennis Bergkamp | Ajax |align="center"|53 |- !colspan="5"| |- |align="center" rowspan="3"|1993 |scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st |!scope="row" style="background:#FFE6BD"| Roberto Baggio | Juventus |align="center"|142 |- |scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd | Dennis Bergkamp | Internazionale |align="center"|83 |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd | Eric Cantona | Manchester United |align="center"|34 |- !colspan="5"| |- |align="center" rowspan="3"|1994 |scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st | Hristo Stoichkov | Barcelona |align="center"|210 |- |scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd | Roberto Baggio | Juventus |align="center"|136 |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd | Paolo Maldini | Milan |align="center"|109 |- !colspan="5"| |- |align="center" rowspan="3"|1995 |scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st |!scope="row" style="background:#FFE6BD"| George Weah | Milan |align="center"|144 |- |scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd | Jürgen Klinsmann | Bayern Munich |align="center"|108 |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd | Jari Litmanen | Ajax |align="center"|67 |- !colspan="5"| |- |align="center" rowspan="3"|1996 |scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st | Matthias Sammer | Borussia Dortmund |align="center"|144 |- |scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd | Ronaldo | Barcelona |align="center"|143 |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd | Alan Shearer | Newcastle United |align="center"|107 |- !colspan="5"| |- |align="center" rowspan="3"|1997 |scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st |!scope="row" style="background:#FFE6BD"| Ronaldo | Internazionale |align="center"|222 |- |scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd | Predrag Mijatović | Real Madrid |align="center"|68 |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd | Zinedine Zidane | Juventus |align="center"|63 |- !colspan="5"| |- |align="center" rowspan="3"|1998 |scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st |!scope="row" style="background:#FFE6BD"| Zinedine Zidane | Juventus |align="center"|244 |- |scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd | Davor Šuker | Real Madrid |align="center"|68 |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd | Ronaldo | Internazionale |align="center"|66 |- !colspan="5"| |- |align="center" rowspan="3"|1999 |scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st |!scope="row" style="background:#FFE6BD"| Rivaldo | Barcelona |align="center"|219 |- |scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd | David Beckham | Manchester United |align="center"|154 |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd | Andriy Shevchenko | Milan |align="center"|64 |- !colspan="5"| |- |align="center" rowspan="3"|2000 |scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st | Luís Figo | Real Madrid |align="center"|197 |- |scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd | Zinedine Zidane | Juventus |align="center"|181 |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd | Andriy Shevchenko | Milan |align="center"|85 |- !colspan="5"| |- |align="center" rowspan="3"|2001 |scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st | Michael Owen | Liverpool |align="center"|176 |- |scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd | Raúl | Real Madrid |align="center"|140 |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd | Oliver Kahn | Bayern Munich |align="center"|114 |- !colspan="5"| |- |align="center" rowspan="3"|2002 |scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st |!scope="row" style="background:#FFE6BD"| Ronaldo | Real Madrid |align="center"|169 |- |scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd | Roberto Carlos | Real Madrid |align="center"|145 |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd | Oliver Kahn | Bayern Munich |align="center"|110 |- !colspan="5"| |- |align="center" rowspan="3"|2003 |scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st | Pavel Nedvěd | Juventus |align="center"|190 |- |scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd | Thierry Henry | Arsenal |align="center"|128 |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd | Paolo Maldini | Milan |align="center"|123 |- !colspan="5"| |- |align="center" rowspan="3"|2004 |scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st | Andriy Shevchenko | Milan |align="center"|175 |- |scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd | Deco | Barcelona |align="center"|139 |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd | Ronaldinho | Barcelona |align="center"|133 |- !colspan="5"| |- |align="center" rowspan="3"|2005 |scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st |!scope="row" style="background:#FFE6BD"| Ronaldinho | Barcelona |align="center"|225 |- |scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd | Frank Lampard | Chelsea |align="center"|148 |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd || Steven Gerrard | Liverpool |align="center"|142 |- !colspan="5"| |- |align="center" rowspan="3"|2006 |scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st |!scope="row" style="background:#FFE6BD"| Fabio Cannavaro | Real Madrid |align="center"|173 |- |scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd | Gianluigi Buffon | Juventus |align="center"|124 |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd | Thierry Henry | Arsenal |align="center"|121 |- !colspan="5"| |- |align="center" rowspan="3"|2007 |scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st |!scope="row" style="background:#FFE6BD"| Kaká | Milan |align="center"|444 |- |scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd | Cristiano Ronaldo | Manchester United |align="center"|277 |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd | Lionel Messi | Barcelona |align="center"|255 |- !colspan="5"| |- |align="center" rowspan="3"|2008 |scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st |!scope="row" style="background:#FFE6BD"| Cristiano Ronaldo | Manchester United |align="center"|446 |- |scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd | Lionel Messi | Barcelona |align="center"|281 |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd | Fernando Torres | Liverpool |align="center"|179 |- !colspan="5"| |- |align="center" rowspan="3"|2009 |scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st |!scope="row" style="background:#FFE6BD"| Lionel Messi | Barcelona |align="center"|473 |- |scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd | Cristiano Ronaldo | Real Madrid |align="center"|233 |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd | Xavi | Barcelona |align="center"|170 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" colspan=5 |FIFA Ballon d'Or (2010–2015) |- |align="center" rowspan="3"|2010 |scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st | Lionel Messi | Barcelona |align="center"|22.65% |- |scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd | Andrés Iniesta | Barcelona |align="center"|17.36% |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd | Xavi | Barcelona |align="center"|16.48% |- !colspan="5"| |- |align="center" rowspan="3"|2011 |scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st | Lionel Messi | Barcelona |align="center"|47.88% |- |scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd | Cristiano Ronaldo | Real Madrid |align="center"|21.60% |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd | Xavi | Barcelona |align="center"|9.23% |- !colspan="5"| |- |align="center" rowspan="3"|2012 |scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st | Lionel Messi | Barcelona |align="center"|41.60% |- |scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd | Cristiano Ronaldo | Real Madrid |align="center"|23.68% |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd | Andrés Iniesta | Barcelona |align="center"|10.91% |- !colspan="5"| |- |align="center" rowspan="3"|2013 |scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st | Cristiano Ronaldo | Real Madrid |align="center"|27.99% |- |scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd | Lionel Messi | Barcelona |align="center"|24.72% |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd | Franck Ribéry | Bayern Munich |align="center"|23.36% |- !colspan="5"| |- |align="center" rowspan="3"|2014 |scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st | Cristiano Ronaldo | Real Madrid |align="center"|37.66% |- |scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd | Lionel Messi | Barcelona |align="center"|15.76% |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd | Manuel Neuer | Bayern Munich |align="center"|15.72% |- !colspan="5"| |- |align="center" rowspan="3"|2015 |scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st | Lionel Messi | Barcelona |align="center"|41.33% |- |scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd | Cristiano Ronaldo | Real Madrid |align="center"|27.76% |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd | Neymar | Barcelona |align="center"|7.86% |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" colspan=5 |Ballon d'Or (2016–present) |- |align="center" rowspan="3"|2016 |scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st |!scope="row" style="background:#FFE6BD"| Cristiano Ronaldo | Real Madrid |align="center"|745 |- |scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd | Lionel Messi | Barcelona |align="center"|316 |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd | Antoine Griezmann | Atlético Madrid |align="center"|198 |- !colspan="5"| |- |align="center" rowspan="3"|2017 |scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st |!scope="row" style="background:#FFE6BD"| Cristiano Ronaldo | Real Madrid |align="center"|946 |- |scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd | Lionel Messi | Barcelona |align="center"|670 |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd | Neymar | Paris Saint-Germain |align="center"|361 |- !colspan="5"| |- |align="center" rowspan="3"|2018 |scope=col style="background-color: gold" | 1st |!scope="row" style="background:#FFE6BD"| Luka Modrić | Real Madrid |align="center"|753 |- |scope=col style="background-color: silver" | 2nd | Cristiano Ronaldo | Juventus |align="center"|476 |- |scope=col style="background-color: #cc9966" | 3rd | Antoine Griezmann | Atlético Madrid |align="center"|414 |}

Wins by player

One-time winners are only included if they have also finished second or third in another year.

Player	Winner	Second place	Third place
Cristiano Ronaldo	5 (2008, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017)	6 (2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2018)	—
Lionel Messi	5 (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015)	5 (2008, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017)	1 (2007)
Michel Platini	3 (1983, 1984, 1985)	—	2 (1977, 1980)
Johan Cruyff	3 (1971, 1973, 1974)	—	1 (1975)
Marco van Basten	3 (1988, 1989, 1992)	—	—
Franz Beckenbauer	2 (1972, 1976)	2 (1974, 1975)	1 (1966)
Ronaldo	2 (1997, 2002)	1 (1996)	1 (1998)
Alfredo Di Stéfano	2 (1957, 1959)	1 (1956)	—
Kevin Keegan	2 (1978, 1979)	1 (1977)	—
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	2 (1980, 1981)	1 (1979)	—
Luis Suárez	1 (1960)	2 (1961, 1964)	1 (1965)
Eusébio	1 (1965)	2 (1962, 1966)	—
Bobby Charlton	1 (1966)	2 (1967, 1968)	—
Raymond Kopa	1 (1958)	1 (1959)	2 (1956, 1957)
Gerd Müller	1 (1970)	1 (1972)	2 (1969, 1973)
Zinedine Zidane	1 (1998)	1 (2000)	1 (1997)
Gianni Rivera	1 (1969)	1 (1963)	—
Ruud Gullit	1 (1987)	1 (1988)	—
Lothar Matthäus	1 (1990)	1 (1991)	—
Roberto Baggio	1 (1993)	1 (1994)	—
Hristo Stoichkov	1 (1994)	1 (1992)	—
Andriy Shevchenko	1 (2004)	—	2 (1999, 2000)
George Best	1 (1968)	—	1 (1971)
Allan Simonsen	1 (1977)	—	1 (1983)
Ronaldinho	1 (2005)	—	1 (2004)

Wins by country

Country	Players	Wins
Germany	5	7
Netherlands	3	7
Portugal	3	7
France	4	6
Italy	5	5
Brazil	4	5
England	4	5
Argentina	1	5
Soviet Union	3	3
Spain	2	3
Bulgaria	1	1
Croatia	1	1
Czech Republic	1	1
Czechoslovakia	1	1
Denmark	1	1
Hungary	1	1
Liberia	1	1
Northern Ireland	1	1
Scotland	1	1
Ukraine	1	1

Wins by club

Club	Players	Wins
Real Madrid	7	11
Barcelona	6	11
Juventus	6	8
Milan	6	8
Bayern Munich	3	5
Manchester United	4	4
Dynamo Kyiv	2	2
Internazionale	2	2
Hamburg	1	2
Ajax	1	2
Benfica	1	1
Blackpool	1	1
Borussia Dortmund	1	1
Borussia Mönchengladbach	1	1
Dukla Prague	1	1
Dynamo Moscow	1	1
Ferencváros	1	1
Liverpool	1	1
Marseille	1	1

Additional awards

An honorary award, under the name Super Ballon d'Or, was awarded to Alfredo Di Stéfano in 1989, after he surpassed Johan Cruyff and Michel Platini in France Football's voting.

A decade later, France Football elected Pelé the Football Player of the Century after consulting their former Ballon d'Or recipients. Among the 34 previous winners, 30 cast their votes; Stanley Matthews, Omar Sívori and George Best abstained, and Lev Yashin had died. Each voter was allotted five votes worth up to five points; however, Di Stéfano only chose a first place, Platini a first and second place, and George Weah two players for fifth place. Pelé was named the greatest by 17 voters, receiving almost double the number of points earned by the runner-up, Diego Maradona.

Football Player of the Century
Player	Pts	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
Pelé	122	17	5	4	2	1
Diego Maradona	65	3	6	5	5	1
Johan Cruyff	62	1	4	7	9	2
Alfredo Di Stéfano	44	4	3	3	1	1
Michel Platini	40	1	5	1	3	6

To coincide with the 60th anniversary of the Ballon d'Or in 2016, France Football published a reevaluation of the awards presented before 1995, when only European players were eligible to win the award. 12 out of the 39 Ballons d'Or presented during this time period would have been awarded to South American players; in addition to Pelé and Diego Maradona, Garrincha, Mario Kempes, and Romário were retrospectively recognized as worthy winners. The original recipients, however, remain unchanged.

Maradona and Pelé also received honorary Ballons d'Ors for their services to football in 1996 and 2013, respectively.

Le nouveau palmarès (internationalized reevaluation)
Year	Original winner	Alternative
1958	Raymond Kopa	Pelé
1959	Alfredo Di Stéfano	Pelé
1960	Luis Suárez	Pelé
1961	Omar Sívori	Pelé
1962	Josef Masopust	Garrincha
1963	Lev Yashin	Pelé
1964	Denis Law	Pelé
1970	Gerd Müller	Pelé
1978	Kevin Keegan	Mario Kempes
1986	Igor Belanov	Diego Maradona
1990	Lothar Matthäus	Diego Maradona
1994	Hristo Stoichkov	Romário

Notes

Born in Argentina, Di Stéfano acquired Spanish citizenship in 1956 and went on to play for the Spanish national football team.
Born in Argentina, Sívori acquired Italian citizenship in 1961 and went on to play for the Italian national football team.
Cruyff played for FC Barcelona from Ajax September 1973.
Keegan was signed by Hamburg from Liverpool midway through 1977.
Lineker was signed by Barcelona from Everton midway through 1986.
Gullit was signed by Milan from PSV Eindhoven midway through 1987.
Futre was signed by Atlético Madrid from Porto midway through 1987.
Rijkaard was signed by Milan from Real Zaragoza midway through 1988.
Weah was signed by Milan from Paris Saint-Germain midway through 1995.
Ronaldo was signed by Barcelona from PSV Eindhoven midway through 1996.
Ronaldo was signed by Internazionale from Barcelona midway through 1997.
Shevchenko was signed by Milan from Dynamo Kyiv midway through 1999.
Figo was signed by Real Madrid from Barcelona midway through 2000.
Ronaldo was signed by Real Madrid from Internazionale midway through 2002.
Deco was signed by Barcelona from Porto midway through 2004.
Cannavaro was signed by Real Madrid from Juventus midway through 2006.
Cristiano Ronaldo was signed by Real Madrid from Manchester United midway through 2009.
Neymar was signed by Paris Saint-Germain from Barcelona midway through 2017.
Cristiano Ronaldo was signed by Juventus from Real Madrid midway through 2018.
Cristiano Ronaldo won two FIFA Ballons d'Or (2013, 2014) and thrice finished in second place (2011, 2012, 2015).
Messi won four FIFA Ballons d'Or (2010, 2011, 2012, 2015) and twice finished in second place (2013, 2014).

References

^ "La liste complête des lauréats du Ballon d'or, de 1956 à nos jours". France Football. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
^ "FIFA Awards – World Player of the Year". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 12 February 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
"On this day, Di Stéfano won the Super Ballon d'Or". RealMadrid.com. 24 December 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
Stokkermans, Karel (23 December 2015). "France Football's Football Player of the Century". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 30 January 2010. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
Marchand, Thierry (December 2015). "On a refait le palmarès". France Football. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
"Maradona receives honorary award". BBC Sport. 1 December 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
"Pele receives FIFA Ballon d'Or Prix d'Honneur". FIFA.com. 13 January 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2016.

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External links

"European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or")". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 9 October 2008. Retrieved 5 December 2008.
"La liste complête des lauréats du Ballon d'or, de 1956 à nos jours". France Football. Retrieved 24 March 2015.

v t e Ballon d'Or
France Football magazine award
Ballon d'Or (1956–2009)	1956: Matthews 1957: Di Stéfano 1958: Kopa 1959: Di Stéfano 1960: Suárez 1961: Sívori 1962: Masopust 1963: Yashin 1964: Law 1965: Eusébio 1966: Charlton 1967: Albert 1968: Best 1969: Rivera 1970: Müller 1971: Cruyff 1972: Beckenbauer 1973: Cruyff 1974: Cruyff 1975: Blokhin 1976: Beckenbauer 1977: Simonsen 1978: Keegan 1979: Keegan 1980: Rummenigge 1981: Rummenigge 1982: Rossi 1983: Platini 1984: Platini 1985: Platini 1986: Belanov 1987: Gullit 1988: van Basten 1989: van Basten 1990: Matthäus 1991: Papin 1992: van Basten 1993: Baggio 1994: Stoichkov 1995: Weah 1996: Sammer 1997: Ronaldo 1998: Zidane 1999: Rivaldo 2000: Figo 2001: Owen 2002: Ronaldo 2003: Nedvěd 2004: Shevchenko 2005: Ronaldinho 2006: Cannavaro 2007: Kaká 2008: C. Ronaldo 2009: Messi
FIFA Ballon d'Or (2010–2015)	2010: Messi 2011: Messi 2012: Messi 2013: C. Ronaldo 2014: C. Ronaldo 2015: Messi
Ballon d'Or (2016–present)	2016: C. Ronaldo 2017: C. Ronaldo 2018: Modrić 2019: Messi 2020: not awarded 2021: Messi 2022: Benzema 2023: Messi 2024: Rodri
Ballon d'Or additional awards (Ballon d'Or Féminin, Kopa Trophy, Yashin Trophy, Gerd Müller Trophy, Sócrates Award, Super Ballon d'Or, Ballon d'Or Dream Team) Related awards (French Player of the Year, FIFA Ballon d'Or (2010–2015), FIFA World Player of the Year (1991–2009), The Best FIFA Men's Player)

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