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Ballon d'Or
The Ballon d'Or (French pronunciation: [balɔ̃ dɔʁ] ⓘ; lit. 'Golden Ball') is an annual football award presented by French news magazine France Football since 1956 and co-organized alongside UEFA since 2024. Between 2010 and 2015, in an agreement with FIFA, the award was temporarily merged with the FIFA World Player of the Year (founded in 1991) and known as the FIFA Ballon d'Or. That partnership ended in 2016, and the award reverted to the Ballon d'Or, while FIFA also reverted to its own separate annual award The Best FIFA Men's Player. The recipients of the joint FIFA Ballon d'Or are considered as winners by both award organisations.[2]
| Ballon d'Or | ||
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Ballon d'Or trophy | ||
| Date | 1956 | |
| Location | Paris, France | |
| Presented by | France Football (Co-organized with UEFA) | |
| First awarded | 1956 | |
| Current holder | Lionel Messi (8th award) | |
| Most awards | Lionel Messi (8 awards) | |
| Most nominations | Cristiano Ronaldo (18 nominations)[1] | |
| Website | francefootball.fr | |
| Related | Ballon d'Or Féminin | |
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Conceived by sports writers Gabriel Hanot and Jacques Ferran, the Ballon d'Or award honors the male player deemed to have performed the best over the previous year, based on voting by football journalists, from 1956 to 2006.[2] Originally, it was awarded only to players from Europe and is widely known as the European Footballer of the Year award. In 1995, the Ballon d'Or was expanded to include all players of any origin that have been active at European clubs.[3][4]
After 2007, coaches and captains of national teams were also given the right to vote.[2] The award became a global prize in 2007 with all professional footballers from around the world being eligible.[5] In 2022, France Football modified the rules for the Ballon d'Or. They changed the timing so that awards were given not for achievements during a calendar year, but for a football season.[6] It was also decided that only those countries in the top 100 of the FIFA World Ranking would be allowed to vote.[6]
History
The Ballon d’Or has historically been regarded as football's most prestigious and valuable individual award.[7] Nevertheless, in recent times, critics have described the award as a "popularity contest", criticising its voting process, its bias in favour of attacking players, and for the idea of systematically singling out an individual in a team sport.[note 1][2]
Stanley Matthews of England was the inaugural winner of the Ballon d'Or.[14] Prior to 2007, the award was generally known as the continental European Footballer of the Year award in English language and much international media. Even after 2007, it was usually identified with and referred to by that name because of its origin as a European award, until it was merged with FIFA's World Player award cementing its new worldwide claim.[15][16][17][18] Liberia's George Weah, the only African recipient, became the first non-European to win the award in 1995, the year that rules of eligibility were changed.[4] Ronaldo of Brazil became the first South American winner two years later.[4]
Lionel Messi has won the award a record eight times, followed by Cristiano Ronaldo with five. Messi is the only player in history to win the award with three different teams and also the only one to win it while playing outside Europe.[19] Three players have won the award three times each: Johan Cruyff, Michel Platini, and Marco van Basten. With seven awards each, Dutch, German, Portuguese and French players have won the second most Ballons d'Or, underneath Argentina in first with eight. Players from Germany (1972, 1981) and the Netherlands (1988) occupied the top-three top spots in a single year (a feat achieved only three times in history). German (1972) and Italian (1988–1990) clubs achieved the same feat, including two individual years dominated by AC Milan players (1988, 1989), a unique record until Spanish clubs experienced an unforeseen dominance (2009–2012, 2015, 2016) and Barcelona (2010) became the second club to occupy the top-three. Two Spanish clubs, Barcelona and Real Madrid, also lead the ranking for producing the most winners, with 12 wins each.[20]
Between 2010 and 2015 inclusive, the award was merged with a similar one, the FIFA World Player of the Year award, to create the FIFA Ballon d'Or, which was awarded to the world's best male player before FIFA and France Football decided not to continue the merging agreement.[21] After 2011, UEFA created the UEFA Best Player in Europe Award to maintain the tradition of the original Ballon d'Or of specifically honouring a football player from Europe.[22]
In 2020, the Group L'Équipe, to which France Football belongs, decided that no award would be given for the year due to the COVID-19 pandemic cutting short the seasons of football clubs worldwide.[23] The widespread public opinion is that the 2020 award should have been given to Robert Lewandowski.[24][25][26]
The award shows a bias in favor of attacking players, which has increased in recent years, especially after 2007.[2] Over time, the award has gone to a more exclusive set of leagues and clubs.[2] Prior to 1995, 10 leagues supplied Ballon d'Or winners, whereas only England, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain have supplied winners since 1995.[2] Spain's La Liga has the most Ballon d'Or winners.[2] Barcelona and Real Madrid have supplied the most Ballon d'Or winners since 1995.[2]
In 2022, France Football modified the rules for the Ballon d'Or. They changed the timing so that awards were given not for achievements during a calendar year, but for a football season.[6] It was also decided that only those countries in the top 100 of the FIFA World Ranking would be allowed to vote. The plebiscite had previously been open to all countries since 2007. This brought the Ballon d'Or into line with the UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award which was slightly less dominated by exclusive leagues and, in particular, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi in recent years.[6]
From 2024, UEFA will co-organize the Ballon D'or with France Football, with the magazine retaining the voting system and the Ballon d'Or name and UEFA organizing the awards gala.[27]
Winners
Note: Until 2021, the Ballon d'Or was awarded based on player performance during the calendar year. Since 2022, jurors have been instructed to take into account the previous season.[28]
| ‡ | This indicates the Ballon d'Or winning player also won the 'FIFA World Player of the Year (1991–2009) or The Best FIFA Men's Player award (2016 or later) in the same year |
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Wins by player
| Player | Winner | Second place | Third place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lionel Messi[note 35] | 8 (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019, 2021, 2023) | 5 (2008, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017) | 1 (2007) |
| Cristiano Ronaldo[note 36] | 5 (2008, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017) | 6 (2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2018) | 1 (2019) |
| 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) |
| Stanley Matthews | 1 (1956) | — | — |
| Omar Sivori | 1 (1961) | — | — |
| Josef Masopust | 1 (1962) | — | — |
| Lev Yashin | 1 (1963) | — | — |
| Denis Law | 1 (1964) | — | — |
| Flórián Albert | 1 (1967) | — | — |
| Oleg Blokhin | 1 (1975) | — | — |
| Paolo Rossi | 1 (1982) | — | — |
| Igor Belanov | 1 (1986) | — | — |
| Jean-Pierre Papin | 1 (1991) | — | — |
| George Weah | 1 (1995) | — | — |
| Matthias Sammer | 1 (1996) | — | — |
| Rivaldo | 1 (1999) | — | — |
| Luís Figo | 1 (2000) | — | — |
| Michael Owen | 1 (2001) | — | — |
| Pavel Nedvěd | 1 (2003) | — | — |
| Fabio Cannavaro | 1 (2006) | — | — |
| Kaká | 1 (2007) | — | — |
| Luka Modrić | 1 (2018) | — | — |
| Karim Benzema | 1 (2022) | — | — |
Wins by country
| Country | Players | Wins |
|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 1 | 8 |
| France | 5 | 7 |
| Germany | 5 | 7 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 7 |
| Portugal | 3 | 7 |
| Italy | 5 | 5 |
| Brazil | 4 | 5 |
| England | 4 | 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 | 8 | 12 |
| Barcelona | 6 | 12 |
| Juventus | 6 | 8 |
| Milan | 6 | 8 |
| Bayern Munich | 3 | 5 |
| Manchester United | 4 | 4 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 2 | 2 |
| Inter Milan | 2 | 2 |
| Hamburger SV | 1 | 2 |
| Ajax | 1 | 1 |
| 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 |
| Inter Miami | 1 | 1 |
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For the equivalent award given to the best women s football player see Ballon d Or Feminin The Ballon d Or French pronunciation balɔ dɔʁ lit Golden Ball is an annual football award presented by French news magazine France Football since 1956 and co organized alongside UEFA since 2024 Between 2010 and 2015 in an agreement with FIFA the award was temporarily merged with the FIFA World Player of the Year founded in 1991 and known as the FIFA Ballon d Or That partnership ended in 2016 and the award reverted to the Ballon d Or while FIFA also reverted to its own separate annual award The Best FIFA Men s Player The recipients of the joint FIFA Ballon d Or are considered as winners by both award organisations 2 Ballon d OrBallon d Or trophyDate1956 68 years ago 1956 LocationParis FrancePresented byFrance Football Co organized with UEFA First awarded1956Current holderLionel Messi 8th award Most awardsLionel Messi 8 awards Most nominationsCristiano Ronaldo 18 nominations 1 Websitefrancefootball frRelatedBallon d Or Feminin 2023 Ballon d Or 2024 Conceived by sports writers Gabriel Hanot and Jacques Ferran the Ballon d Or award honors the male player deemed to have performed the best over the previous year based on voting by football journalists from 1956 to 2006 2 Originally it was awarded only to players from Europe and is widely known as the European Footballer of the Year award In 1995 the Ballon d Or was expanded to include all players of any origin that have been active at European clubs 3 4 After 2007 coaches and captains of national teams were also given the right to vote 2 The award became a global prize in 2007 with all professional footballers from around the world being eligible 5 In 2022 France Football modified the rules for the Ballon d Or They changed the timing so that awards were given not for achievements during a calendar year but for a football season 6 It was also decided that only those countries in the top 100 of the FIFA World Ranking would be allowed to vote 6 Contents 1 History 2 Winners 2 1 Wins by player 2 2 Wins by country 2 3 Wins by club 3 Additional awards 3 1 Ballon d Or Dream Team 3 2 Super Ballon d Or 3 3 Kopa Trophy 3 4 Yashin Trophy 3 5 Gerd Muller Trophy 3 6 Men s Club of the Year 3 7 Women s Club of the Year 3 8 Men s Coach of the Year 3 9 Women s Coach of the Year 3 10 Socrates Award 3 11 Football Player of the Century 3 12 Le nouveau palmares 3 13 All Star Team 4 See also 5 Notes 6 References 7 External linksHistoryThe Ballon d Or has historically been regarded as football s most prestigious and valuable individual award 7 Nevertheless in recent times critics have described the award as a popularity contest criticising its voting process its bias in favour of attacking players and for the idea of systematically singling out an individual in a team sport note 1 2 Stanley Matthews of England was the inaugural winner of the Ballon d Or 14 Prior to 2007 the award was generally known as the continental European Footballer of the Year award in English language and much international media Even after 2007 it was usually identified with and referred to by that name because of its origin as a European award until it was merged with FIFA s World Player award cementing its new worldwide claim 15 16 17 18 Liberia s George Weah the only African recipient became the first non European to win the award in 1995 the year that rules of eligibility were changed 4 Ronaldo of Brazil became the first South American winner two years later 4 Lionel Messi has won the award a record eight times followed by Cristiano Ronaldo with five Messi is the only player in history to win the award with three different teams and also the only one to win it while playing outside Europe 19 Three players have won the award three times each Johan Cruyff Michel Platini and Marco van Basten With seven awards each Dutch German Portuguese and French players have won the second most Ballons d Or underneath Argentina in first with eight Players from Germany 1972 1981 and the Netherlands 1988 occupied the top three top spots in a single year a feat achieved only three times in history German 1972 and Italian 1988 1990 clubs achieved the same feat including two individual years dominated by AC Milan players 1988 1989 a unique record until Spanish clubs experienced an unforeseen dominance 2009 2012 2015 2016 and Barcelona 2010 became the second club to occupy the top three Two Spanish clubs Barcelona and Real Madrid also lead the ranking for producing the most winners with 12 wins each 20 Between 2010 and 2015 inclusive the award was merged with a similar one the FIFA World Player of the Year award to create the FIFA Ballon d Or which was awarded to the world s best male player before FIFA and France Football decided not to continue the merging agreement 21 After 2011 UEFA created the UEFA Best Player in Europe Award to maintain the tradition of the original Ballon d Or of specifically honouring a football player from Europe 22 In 2020 the Group L Equipe to which France Football belongs decided that no award would be given for the year due to the COVID 19 pandemic cutting short the seasons of football clubs worldwide 23 The widespread public opinion is that the 2020 award should have been given to Robert Lewandowski 24 25 26 The award shows a bias in favor of attacking players which has increased in recent years especially after 2007 2 Over time the award has gone to a more exclusive set of leagues and clubs 2 Prior to 1995 10 leagues supplied Ballon d Or winners whereas only England France Germany Italy and Spain have supplied winners since 1995 2 Spain s La Liga has the most Ballon d Or winners 2 Barcelona and Real Madrid have supplied the most Ballon d Or winners since 1995 2 In 2022 France Football modified the rules for the Ballon d Or They changed the timing so that awards were given not for achievements during a calendar year but for a football season 6 It was also decided that only those countries in the top 100 of the FIFA World Ranking would be allowed to vote The plebiscite had previously been open to all countries since 2007 This brought the Ballon d Or into line with the UEFA Men s Player of the Year Award which was slightly less dominated by exclusive leagues and in particular Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi in recent years 6 From 2024 UEFA will co organize the Ballon D or with France Football with the magazine retaining the voting system and the Ballon d Or name and UEFA organizing the awards gala 27 Winners nbsp Lionel Messi has won the most Ballons d Or in history with eight wins in three different decades He is also the record holder for most consecutive wins with four between 2009 and 2012 Note Until 2021 the Ballon d Or was awarded based on player performance during the calendar year Since 2022 jurors have been instructed to take into account the previous season 28 Key This indicates the Ballon d Or winning player also won the FIFA World Player of the Year 1991 2009 or The Best FIFA Men s Player award 2016 or later in the same year nbsp Cristiano Ronaldo has been nominated for the Ballon d Or a record eighteen times and is a five time winner 1 nbsp George Weah was the first non European and first African national team player to win the award nbsp Lev Yashin is the only goalkeeper to win the award nbsp Franz Beckenbauer is the only defender to win the award twice Year Rank Player Team PointsBallon d Or 1956 2009 1956 1st nbsp Stanley Matthews nbsp Blackpool 472nd nbsp Alfredo Di Stefano nbsp Real Madrid 443rd nbsp Raymond Kopa note 2 nbsp Real Madrid 331957 1st nbsp Alfredo Di Stefano note 3 nbsp Real Madrid 722nd nbsp Billy Wright nbsp Wolverhampton Wanderers 193rd nbsp Duncan Edwards nbsp Manchester United 16 nbsp Raymond Kopa nbsp Real Madrid1958 1st nbsp Raymond Kopa nbsp Real Madrid 712nd nbsp Helmut Rahn nbsp Rot Weiss Essen 403rd nbsp Just Fontaine nbsp Reims 231959 1st nbsp Alfredo Di Stefano nbsp Real Madrid 802nd nbsp Raymond Kopa note 4 nbsp Reims 423rd nbsp John Charles nbsp Juventus 241960 1st nbsp Luis Suarez nbsp Barcelona 542nd nbsp Ferenc Puskas nbsp Real Madrid 373rd nbsp Uwe Seeler nbsp Hamburger SV 331961 1st nbsp Omar Sivori note 5 nbsp Juventus 462nd nbsp Luis Suarez note 6 nbsp Inter Milan 403rd nbsp Johnny Haynes nbsp Fulham 221962 1st nbsp Josef Masopust nbsp Dukla Prague 652nd nbsp Eusebio nbsp Benfica 533rd nbsp Karl Heinz Schnellinger nbsp 1 FC Koln 331963 1st nbsp Lev Yashin nbsp Dynamo Moscow 732nd nbsp Gianni Rivera nbsp Milan 553rd nbsp Jimmy Greaves nbsp Tottenham Hotspur 501964 1st nbsp Denis Law nbsp Manchester United 612nd nbsp Luis Suarez nbsp Inter Milan 433rd nbsp Amancio nbsp Real Madrid 381965 1st nbsp Eusebio nbsp Benfica 672nd nbsp Giacinto Facchetti nbsp Inter Milan 593rd nbsp Luis Suarez nbsp Inter Milan 451966 1st nbsp Bobby Charlton nbsp Manchester United 812nd nbsp Eusebio nbsp Benfica 803rd nbsp Franz Beckenbauer nbsp Bayern Munich 591967 1st nbsp Florian Albert nbsp Ferencvaros 682nd nbsp Bobby Charlton nbsp Manchester United 403rd nbsp Jimmy Johnstone nbsp Celtic 391968 1st nbsp George Best nbsp Manchester United 612nd nbsp Bobby Charlton nbsp Manchester United 533rd nbsp Dragan Dzajic nbsp Red Star Belgrade 461969 1st nbsp Gianni Rivera nbsp Milan 832nd nbsp Gigi Riva nbsp Cagliari 793rd nbsp Gerd Muller nbsp Bayern Munich 381970 1st nbsp Gerd Muller nbsp Bayern Munich 772nd nbsp Bobby Moore nbsp West Ham United 703rd nbsp Gigi Riva nbsp Cagliari 651971 1st nbsp Johan Cruyff nbsp Ajax 1162nd nbsp Sandro Mazzola nbsp Inter Milan 573rd nbsp George Best nbsp Manchester United 561972 1st nbsp Franz Beckenbauer nbsp Bayern Munich 812nd nbsp Gerd Muller nbsp Bayern Munich 79 nbsp Gunter Netzer nbsp Borussia Monchengladbach1973 1st nbsp Johan Cruyff note 7 nbsp Barcelona 962nd nbsp Dino Zoff nbsp Juventus 473rd nbsp Gerd Muller nbsp Bayern Munich 441974 1st nbsp Johan Cruyff nbsp Barcelona 1162nd nbsp Franz Beckenbauer nbsp Bayern Munich 1053rd nbsp Kazimierz Deyna nbsp Legia Warsaw 351975 1st nbsp Oleg Blokhin nbsp Dynamo Kyiv 1222nd nbsp Franz Beckenbauer nbsp Bayern Munich 423rd nbsp Johan Cruyff nbsp Barcelona 271976 1st nbsp Franz Beckenbauer nbsp Bayern Munich 912nd nbsp Rob Rensenbrink nbsp Anderlecht 753rd nbsp Ivo Viktor nbsp Dukla Prague 521977 1st nbsp Allan Simonsen nbsp Borussia Monchengladbach 742nd nbsp Kevin Keegan note 8 nbsp Hamburger SV 713rd nbsp Michel Platini nbsp Nancy 701978 1st nbsp Kevin Keegan nbsp Hamburger SV 872nd nbsp Hans Krankl note 9 nbsp Barcelona 813rd nbsp Rob Rensenbrink nbsp Anderlecht 501979 1st nbsp Kevin Keegan nbsp Hamburger SV 1182nd nbsp Karl Heinz Rummenigge nbsp Bayern Munich 523rd nbsp Ruud Krol nbsp Ajax 411980 1st nbsp Karl Heinz Rummenigge nbsp Bayern Munich 1222nd nbsp Bernd Schuster note 10 nbsp Barcelona 343rd nbsp Michel Platini nbsp Saint Etienne 331981 1st nbsp Karl Heinz Rummenigge nbsp Bayern Munich 1062nd nbsp Paul Breitner nbsp Bayern Munich 643rd nbsp Bernd Schuster nbsp Barcelona 391982 1st nbsp Paolo Rossi nbsp Juventus 1152nd nbsp Alain Giresse nbsp Bordeaux 643rd nbsp Zbigniew Boniek note 11 nbsp Juventus 391983 1st nbsp Michel Platini nbsp Juventus 1102nd nbsp Kenny Dalglish nbsp Liverpool 263rd nbsp Allan Simonsen note 12 nbsp Vejle 251984 1st nbsp Michel Platini nbsp Juventus 1102nd nbsp Jean Tigana nbsp Bordeaux 573rd nbsp Preben Elkjaer note 13 nbsp Hellas Verona 481985 1st nbsp Michel Platini nbsp Juventus 1272nd nbsp Preben Elkjaer nbsp Hellas Verona 713rd nbsp Bernd Schuster nbsp Barcelona 461986 1st nbsp Igor Belanov nbsp Dynamo Kyiv 842nd nbsp Gary Lineker note 14 nbsp Barcelona 623rd nbsp Emilio Butragueno nbsp Real Madrid 591987 1st nbsp Ruud Gullit note 15 nbsp Milan 1062nd nbsp Paulo Futre note 16 nbsp Atletico Madrid 913rd nbsp Emilio Butragueno nbsp Real Madrid 611988 1st nbsp Marco van Basten nbsp Milan 1292nd nbsp Ruud Gullit nbsp Milan 883rd nbsp Frank Rijkaard note 17 nbsp Milan 451989 1st nbsp Marco van Basten nbsp Milan 1292nd nbsp Franco Baresi nbsp Milan 803rd nbsp Frank Rijkaard nbsp Milan 431990 1st nbsp Lothar Matthaus nbsp Inter Milan 1372nd nbsp Salvatore Schillaci nbsp Juventus 843rd nbsp Andreas Brehme nbsp Inter Milan 681991 1st nbsp Jean Pierre Papin nbsp Marseille 1412nd nbsp Dejan Savicevic nbsp Red Star Belgrade 42 nbsp Darko Pancev nbsp Red Star Belgrade nbsp Lothar Matthaus nbsp Inter Milan1992 1st nbsp Marco van Basten nbsp Milan 982nd nbsp Hristo Stoichkov nbsp Barcelona 803rd nbsp Dennis Bergkamp nbsp Ajax 531993 1st nbsp Roberto Baggio nbsp Juventus 1422nd nbsp Dennis Bergkamp note 18 nbsp Inter Milan 833rd nbsp Eric Cantona nbsp Manchester United 341994 1st nbsp Hristo Stoichkov nbsp Barcelona 2102nd nbsp Roberto Baggio nbsp Juventus 1363rd nbsp Paolo Maldini nbsp Milan 1091995 1st nbsp George Weah note 19 nbsp Milan 1442nd nbsp Jurgen Klinsmann note 20 nbsp Bayern Munich 1083rd nbsp Jari Litmanen nbsp Ajax 671996 1st nbsp Matthias Sammer nbsp Borussia Dortmund 1442nd nbsp Ronaldo note 21 nbsp Barcelona 1433rd nbsp Alan Shearer note 22 nbsp Newcastle United 1071997 1st nbsp Ronaldo note 23 nbsp Inter Milan 2222nd nbsp Predrag Mijatovic nbsp Real Madrid 683rd nbsp Zinedine Zidane nbsp Juventus 631998 1st nbsp Zinedine Zidane nbsp Juventus 2442nd nbsp Davor Suker nbsp Real Madrid 683rd nbsp Ronaldo nbsp Inter Milan 661999 1st nbsp Rivaldo nbsp Barcelona 2192nd nbsp David Beckham nbsp Manchester United 1543rd nbsp Andriy Shevchenko note 24 nbsp Milan 642000 1st nbsp Luis Figo note 25 nbsp Real Madrid 1972nd nbsp Zinedine Zidane nbsp Juventus 1813rd nbsp Andriy Shevchenko nbsp Milan 852001 1st nbsp Michael Owen nbsp Liverpool 1762nd nbsp Raul nbsp Real Madrid 1403rd nbsp Oliver Kahn nbsp Bayern Munich 1142002 1st nbsp Ronaldo note 26 nbsp Real Madrid 1692nd nbsp Roberto Carlos nbsp Real Madrid 1453rd nbsp Oliver Kahn nbsp Bayern Munich 1102003 1st nbsp Pavel Nedved nbsp Juventus 1902nd nbsp Thierry Henry nbsp Arsenal 1283rd nbsp Paolo Maldini nbsp Milan 1232004 1st nbsp Andriy Shevchenko nbsp Milan 1752nd nbsp Deco note 27 nbsp Barcelona 1393rd nbsp Ronaldinho nbsp Barcelona 1332005 1st nbsp Ronaldinho nbsp Barcelona 2252nd nbsp Frank Lampard nbsp Chelsea 1483rd nbsp Steven Gerrard nbsp Liverpool 1422006 1st nbsp Fabio Cannavaro note 28 nbsp Real Madrid 1732nd nbsp Gianluigi Buffon nbsp Juventus 1243rd nbsp Thierry Henry nbsp Arsenal 1212007 1st nbsp Kaka nbsp Milan 4442nd nbsp Cristiano Ronaldo nbsp Manchester United 2773rd nbsp Lionel Messi nbsp Barcelona 2552008 1st nbsp Cristiano Ronaldo nbsp Manchester United 4462nd nbsp Lionel Messi nbsp Barcelona 2813rd nbsp Fernando Torres nbsp Liverpool 1792009 1st nbsp Lionel Messi nbsp Barcelona 4732nd nbsp Cristiano Ronaldo note 29 nbsp Real Madrid 2333rd nbsp Xavi nbsp Barcelona 170FIFA Ballon d Or 2010 2015 2010 1st nbsp Lionel Messi nbsp Barcelona 22 65 2nd nbsp Andres Iniesta nbsp Barcelona 17 36 3rd nbsp Xavi nbsp Barcelona 16 48 2011 1st nbsp Lionel Messi nbsp Barcelona 47 88 2nd nbsp Cristiano Ronaldo nbsp Real Madrid 21 60 3rd nbsp Xavi nbsp Barcelona 9 23 2012 1st nbsp Lionel Messi nbsp Barcelona 41 60 2nd nbsp Cristiano Ronaldo nbsp Real Madrid 23 68 3rd nbsp Andres Iniesta nbsp Barcelona 10 91 2013 1st nbsp Cristiano Ronaldo nbsp Real Madrid 27 99 2nd nbsp Lionel Messi nbsp Barcelona 24 72 3rd nbsp Franck Ribery nbsp Bayern Munich 23 36 2014 1st nbsp Cristiano Ronaldo nbsp Real Madrid 37 66 2nd nbsp Lionel Messi nbsp Barcelona 15 76 3rd nbsp Manuel Neuer nbsp Bayern Munich 15 72 2015 1st nbsp Lionel Messi nbsp Barcelona 41 33 2nd nbsp Cristiano Ronaldo nbsp Real Madrid 27 76 3rd nbsp Neymar nbsp Barcelona 7 86 Ballon d Or 2016 present 2016 1st nbsp Cristiano Ronaldo nbsp Real Madrid 7452nd nbsp Lionel Messi nbsp Barcelona 3163rd nbsp Antoine Griezmann nbsp Atletico Madrid 1982017 1st nbsp Cristiano Ronaldo nbsp Real Madrid 9462nd nbsp Lionel Messi nbsp Barcelona 6703rd nbsp Neymar note 30 nbsp Paris Saint Germain 3612018 1st nbsp Luka Modric nbsp Real Madrid 7532nd nbsp Cristiano Ronaldo note 31 nbsp Juventus 4763rd nbsp Antoine Griezmann nbsp Atletico Madrid 4142019 1st nbsp Lionel Messi nbsp Barcelona 6862nd nbsp Virgil van Dijk nbsp Liverpool 6793rd nbsp Cristiano Ronaldo nbsp Juventus 4762020 Not awarded due to the COVID 19 pandemic 23 2021 1st nbsp Lionel Messi note 32 nbsp Paris Saint Germain 6132nd nbsp Robert Lewandowski nbsp Bayern Munich 5803rd nbsp Jorginho nbsp Chelsea 4602022 1st nbsp Karim Benzema nbsp Real Madrid 5492nd nbsp Sadio Mane note 33 nbsp Bayern Munich 1933rd nbsp Kevin De Bruyne nbsp Manchester City 1752023 1st nbsp Lionel Messi note 34 nbsp Inter Miami 4622nd nbsp Erling Haaland nbsp Manchester City 3573rd nbsp Kylian Mbappe nbsp Paris Saint Germain 270Wins by player nbsp Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi won 10 consecutive Ballon d Or trophies between them from 2008 to 2017 nbsp Michel Platini won the award three years running 1983 85 nbsp Ronaldo Nazario is the youngest player to win the Ballon d Or Player Winner Second place Third place nbsp Lionel Messi note 35 8 2009 2010 2011 2012 2015 2019 2021 2023 5 2008 2013 2014 2016 2017 1 2007 nbsp Cristiano Ronaldo note 36 5 2008 2013 2014 2016 2017 6 2007 2009 2011 2012 2015 2018 1 2019 nbsp Michel Platini 3 1983 1984 1985 2 1977 1980 nbsp Johan Cruyff 3 1971 1973 1974 1 1975 nbsp Marco van Basten 3 1988 1989 1992 nbsp Franz Beckenbauer 2 1972 1976 2 1974 1975 1 1966 nbsp Ronaldo 2 1997 2002 1 1996 1 1998 nbsp Alfredo Di Stefano 2 1957 1959 1 1956 nbsp Kevin Keegan 2 1978 1979 1 1977 nbsp Karl Heinz Rummenigge 2 1980 1981 1 1979 nbsp Luis Suarez 1 1960 2 1961 1964 1 1965 nbsp Eusebio 1 1965 2 1962 1966 nbsp Bobby Charlton 1 1966 2 1967 1968 nbsp Raymond Kopa 1 1958 1 1959 2 1956 1957 nbsp Gerd Muller 1 1970 1 1972 2 1969 1973 nbsp Zinedine Zidane 1 1998 1 2000 1 1997 nbsp Gianni Rivera 1 1969 1 1963 nbsp Ruud Gullit 1 1987 1 1988 nbsp Lothar Matthaus 1 1990 1 1991 nbsp Roberto Baggio 1 1993 1 1994 nbsp Hristo Stoichkov 1 1994 1 1992 nbsp Andriy Shevchenko 1 2004 2 1999 2000 nbsp George Best 1 1968 1 1971 nbsp Allan Simonsen 1 1977 1 1983 nbsp Ronaldinho 1 2005 1 2004 nbsp Stanley Matthews 1 1956 nbsp Omar Sivori 1 1961 nbsp Josef Masopust 1 1962 nbsp Lev Yashin 1 1963 nbsp Denis Law 1 1964 nbsp Florian Albert 1 1967 nbsp Oleg Blokhin 1 1975 nbsp Paolo Rossi 1 1982 nbsp Igor Belanov 1 1986 nbsp Jean Pierre Papin 1 1991 nbsp George Weah 1 1995 nbsp Matthias Sammer 1 1996 nbsp Rivaldo 1 1999 nbsp Luis Figo 1 2000 nbsp Michael Owen 1 2001 nbsp Pavel Nedved 1 2003 nbsp Fabio Cannavaro 1 2006 nbsp Kaka 1 2007 nbsp Luka Modric 1 2018 nbsp Karim Benzema 1 2022 Wins by country nbsp Three Ukrainian players have won the Ballon d Or Andriy Shevchenko Oleg Blokhin and Igor Belanov nbsp Marco van Basten left and Ruud Gullit teammates for AC Milan and the Netherlands won in consecutive years from 1987 to 1989 Country Players Wins nbsp Argentina 1 8 nbsp France 5 7 nbsp Germany 5 7 nbsp Netherlands 3 7 nbsp Portugal 3 7 nbsp Italy 5 5 nbsp Brazil 4 5 nbsp England 4 5 nbsp Soviet Union 3 3 nbsp Spain 2 3 nbsp Bulgaria 1 1 nbsp Croatia 1 1 nbsp Czech Republic 1 1 nbsp Czechoslovakia 1 1 nbsp Denmark 1 1 nbsp Hungary 1 1 nbsp Liberia 1 1 nbsp Northern Ireland 1 1 nbsp Scotland 1 1 nbsp Ukraine 1 1Wins by club Club Players Wins nbsp Real Madrid 8 12 nbsp Barcelona 6 12 nbsp Juventus 6 8 nbsp Milan 6 8 nbsp Bayern Munich 3 5 nbsp Manchester United 4 4 nbsp Dynamo Kyiv 2 2 nbsp Inter Milan 2 2 nbsp Hamburger SV 1 2 nbsp Ajax 1 1 nbsp Benfica 1 1 nbsp Blackpool 1 1 nbsp Borussia Dortmund 1 1 nbsp Borussia Monchengladbach 1 1 nbsp Dukla Prague 1 1 nbsp Dynamo Moscow 1 1 nbsp Ferencvaros 1 1 nbsp Inter Miami 1 1 nbsp spa, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library, article, read, download, free, free download, mp3, video, mp4, 3gp, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, picture, music, song, movie, book, game, games. |