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{{Infobox award
| name             = Ballon d'Or
| image            = Camp Nou Experience (Ank Kumar, INFOSYS) 02.jpg
| alt              = An award consisting of a golden football
| caption          = Ballon d'Or trophy
| presenter        = ''[[France Football]]''
| year             = {{Start date and age|1956|12|18|df=yes}}
| holder           = {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Rodri (footballer, born 1996)|Rodri]]<br />(1st win)
| most_awards      = {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Lionel Messi]]<br />(8 awards)
| most_nominations = {{flagicon|POR}} [[Cristiano Ronaldo]]<br />(18 nominations)
| website          = {{URL|https://www.francefootball.fr/ballon-d-or/|francefootball.fr}}
| previous         = [[2024 Ballon d'Or|2024]]
| main             = Ballon d'Or
| next             = [[2025 Ballon d'Or|2025]]
| related          = [[#Additional awards|Additional awards]]
}}
The '''Ballon d'Or''' ({{IPA|fr|balɔ̃ dɔʁ|-|LL-Q150 (fra)-Touam-Ballon d'Or.wav}}; {{lit|'''Golden Ball'''}}) is an annual [[association football|football]] award presented by French magazine ''[[France Football]]'' since [[1956 Ballon d'Or|1956]] to honour the player deemed to have performed the best over the previous season.

Conceived by sports writers [[Gabriel Hanot]] and [[Jacques Ferran]], the Ballon d'Or was based exclusively on voting by football journalists up until [[2006 Ballon d'Or|2006]]. Originally, it was awarded only to players from Europe and was widely known as the '''European Footballer of the Year''' award. In [[1995 Ballon d'Or|1995]], the Ballon d'Or was expanded to include all players of any origin that have been active at European clubs. The award became a global prize in [[2007 Ballon d'Or|2007]] with all professional footballers from around the world being eligible; additionally, coaches and captains of national teams were also given the right to vote, before reverting to just journalists in [[2016 Ballon d'Or|2016]].

Between [[2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or|2010]] and [[2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or|2015]], in an agreement with [[FIFA]], the award was temporarily merged with the [[FIFA World Player of the Year]], and was 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]]. In [[2022 Ballon d'Or|2022]], ''France Football'' modified the rules for the Ballon d'Or. The timing was changed so that awards were given not for achievements during a calendar year, but for a football season, and it was also determined that an international jury of specialized journalists, with one representative per country, from the top 100 in the latest [[FIFA Men's World Ranking]] would elect the winner of the award. [[UEFA]] co-organizes the Ballon d'Or gala since [[2024 Ballon d'Or|2024]], with ''France Football'' retaining the voting system and the Ballon d'Or name.

[[Lionel Messi]] has won the Ballon d'Or a record eight times, followed by [[Cristiano Ronaldo]] with five. [[Johan Cruyff]], [[Michel Platini]] and [[Marco van Basten]] each won the award three times, while [[Alfredo Di Stéfano]], [[Franz Beckenbauer]], [[Kevin Keegan]], [[Karl-Heinz Rummenigge]] and [[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]] have each won it twice. [[Rodri (footballer, born 1996)|Rodri]] is the current holder of the award, having won its most recent edition in 2024.
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== Overview ==
[[File:Milan AC - Gianni Rivera - Ballon d'Or 1969.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Gianni Rivera]] hoisting the [[1969 Ballon d'Or]].]]
The Ballon d'Or is widely regarded as football's most prestigious and valuable individual award.<ref name="ESPN2020" /><ref name="DiarioAS2023" /><ref name="Goal2023" /><ref name="Reuters2023" /> Prior to [[2007 Ballon d'Or|2007]], it was based exclusively on voting by football journalists and was generally known as the continental European Footballer of the Year award in English language and much international media.<ref name="WorldSoccer2007" /><ref name="PerspectivesonPolitics2020" /> Even after 2007, it was usually identified with and referred to by that name because of its origin as a European award,<ref name="BBCSport2008a" /><ref name="TheTelegraph2008" /> until it was merged with the [[FIFA World Player of the Year]] award cementing its new worldwide claim.<ref name="TheGuardian2007" /><ref name="FIFA2009" /> [[Stanley Matthews]] of [[England national football team|England]] was the [[1956 Ballon d'Or|inaugural winner]] of the award.<ref name="UEFA2023a" /><ref name="BBCSport2008b" /> Liberia's [[George Weah]], the only African recipient, became the first non-European to win the award in [[1995 Ballon d'Or|1995]], the year that rules of eligibility were changed and the Ballon d'Or was expanded to include all players of any origin, active at European clubs;<ref name="BBCSport2008c" /><ref name="NBCSports2023" /> [[1997 Ballon d'Or|two years later]], [[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]] of Brazil became the first South American to claim the award,<ref name="BBCSport2008c" /> and he is still the youngest winner ever at 21 years and 96 days old.<ref name="ESPN2023" /> The award became a global prize in 2007 with all professional footballers from clubs around the world being eligible;<ref name="BBCSport2008d" /> additionally, coaches and captains of national teams were also given the right to vote,<ref name="PerspectivesonPolitics2020" /><ref name="ESPN2023" /> before reverting to just journalists in [[2016 Ballon d'Or|2016]].<ref name="TheAthletic2023a" />

[[Lionel Messi]] holds the record for most Ballon d'Or wins with eight,<ref name="Reuters2023" /><ref name="LeParisien2023" /> while five-time winner [[Cristiano Ronaldo]] earned the most nominations with eighteen.<ref name="InternationalOlympicCommittee2024" /> Messi is the only player to win the award with three different teams and also the only one to win it while playing outside Europe,<ref name="TheNewYorkTimes2023" /><ref name="TheAthletic2023b" /> as well as being the player with the most [[podium]]s, finishing in the top-three a record fourteen times.<ref name="Reuters2023" /> Three players have won the award three times each: [[Johan Cruyff]], [[Michel Platini]] and [[Marco van Basten]].<ref name="UEFA2023a" /><ref name="InternationalOlympicCommittee2024" /> With seven awards each, Dutch, German, Portuguese and French players have won the second most Ballons d'Or, underneath Argentina in first with eight.<ref name="NBCSports2023" /> Players from Germany ([[1972 Ballon d'Or|1972]], [[1981 Ballon d'Or|1981]]) and the Netherlands ([[1988 Ballon d'Or|1988]]) occupied the top-three spots in a single year. German (1972) and Italian (1988–[[1990 Ballon d'Or|1990]]) clubs achieved the same feat, including two individual years dominated by [[AC Milan|Milan]] players (1988, [[1989 Ballon d'Or|1989]]), a unique record until Spanish clubs experienced an unprecedented dominance ([[2009 Ballon d'Or|2009]]–[[2012 FIFA Ballon d'Or|2012]], [[2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or|2015]], 2016) and [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]] ([[2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or|2010]]) became the second club to occupy the top-three.<ref name="LeParisien2023" /> The award shows a bias in favour of attacking players,<ref name="BleacherReport2015" /> and, over time, it has gone to a more exclusive set of leagues and clubs.<ref name="PerspectivesonPolitics2020" /> Prior to 1995, ten leagues supplied Ballon d'Or winners, whereas only England, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United States have supplied winners since then.<ref name="PerspectivesonPolitics2020" /><ref name="Goal2022a" /> Spain's [[La Liga]] has the most Ballon d'Or winners overall, with twenty-four wins shared between Barcelona and [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]; with twelve wins each,<ref name="SportsIllustrated2024" /> the two Spanish clubs also lead the overall club ranking for producing the most winners.<ref name="Goal2022a" /><ref name="RSSSF2022" />

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]],<ref name="FIFA2010" /> which was awarded to the world's best male player before FIFA and ''[[France Football]]'' decided not to continue the merging agreement.<ref name="DiarioAS2023" /><ref name="ESPN2023" /> The recipients of the joint FIFA Ballon d'Or are considered as winners by both award organizations.<ref name="PerspectivesonPolitics2020" /><ref name="LEquipe2023c" /><ref name="FIFA2024" /> 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.<ref name="UEFA2011" /> In 2020, [[Groupe Amaury]], to which ''France Football'' belongs,<ref name="UEFA2023b" /> decided that no award would be given for the year due to the [[impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on association football]].<ref name="ESPN2020" /><ref name="FranceFootball2020a" /> The widespread public opinion is that the 2020 Ballon d'Or should have been awarded to [[Robert Lewandowski]].<ref name="Forbes2020" /><ref name="ESPN2021" /><ref name="Marca2021" />

''France Football'' modified the rules for the Ballon d'Or in [[2022 Ballon d'Or|2022]]. They changed the timing so that awards were given not for achievements during a calendar year, but for a football season.<ref name="ESPN2023" /><ref name="LEquipe2022" /> It was also decided that an international jury of specialized journalists, with one representative per country, from the top 100 in the latest [[FIFA Men's World Ranking]] would determine the winner of the award;<ref name="TheAthletic2023a" /><ref name="UEFA2024" /> the plebiscite had previously been open to all countries since 2007.<ref name="ESPN2023" /><ref name="LEquipe2022" /> UEFA co-organizes the Ballon d'Or gala since [[2024 Ballon d'Or|2024]], with ''France Football'' retaining the voting system and the Ballon d'Or name.<ref name="UEFA2023b" /><ref name="LeFigaro2023" />

=== Criteria ===
The Ballon d'Or is awarded based on three main criteria:<ref name="UEFA2024" />
:1) Individual performances, decisive and impressive character;
:2) Team performances and achievements;
:3) Class and fair play.
Nevertheless, critics have occasionally described the award as a "popularity contest",<ref name="OptusSport2023" /><ref name="Marca2016" /> criticizing its voting process,<ref name="TheAthletic2023a" /> its bias in favour of attacking players,<ref name="BleacherReport2015" /> and the idea of systematically singling out an individual in a team sport.<ref name="TheGuardian2008" /><ref name="BleacherReport2016" />

== Winners ==
[[File:Lionel-Messi-Argentina-2022-FIFA-World-Cup (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|[[Lionel Messi]] 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 Ballon d'Or|2009]] and [[2012 FIFA Ballon d'Or|2012]].]]
[[File:Cristiano Ronaldo WC2022 - 01 (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|[[Cristiano Ronaldo]] has been nominated for the Ballon d'Or a record eighteen times, and is a five-time winner.]]
[[File:Stanley Matthews 1962 (crop).jpg|thumb|upright|[[Stanley Matthews]] was the inaugural recipient of the award, and the oldest player to ever win it.]]
[[File:Luis Suárez Miramontes.JPG|thumb|upright|[[Luis Suárez (footballer, born 1935)|Luis Suárez]] was the first midfielder to ever win the award.]]
[[File:LevYashin.JPG|thumb|upright|[[Lev Yashin]] is the only goalkeeper to win the award.]]
[[File:Johan Cruijff (1974).jpg|thumb|upright|[[Johan Cruyff]] was the first player to win the award three times.]]
[[File:Franz Beckenbauer (1975).jpg|thumb|upright|[[Franz Beckenbauer]] is the only defender to win the award twice.]]
[[File:President George Weah in 2019 (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|[[George Weah]]—the only African recipient—was the first non-European to win the award.]]
[[File:Ronaldo.jpeg|thumb|upright|Two-time winner [[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]] became the first South American to claim the award, and he is still the youngest winner ever at 21 years and 96 days old.]]
[[File:RODRI - SWE vs ESP - UEFA EURO 2020 QUALIFIERS - 2019.10.15 (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|[[Rodri (footballer, born 1996)|Rodri]] is the current award holder.]]
'''Note:''' Until [[2021 Ballon d'Or|2021]], the Ballon d'Or was awarded based on player performance during the calendar year. Since [[2022 Ballon d'Or|2022]], jurors have been instructed to take into account the previous season.<ref name="DiarioAS2023" /><ref name="LEquipe2022" />
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| style="text-align:center" | '''Player''' {{small|'''(X)'''}}
|Denotes the number of times the player had won the award at that time (for players with multiple wins)
|}
{{sticky-header}}
{| class="wikitable sticky-header"
|+Ballon d'Or winners<ref name="SportsIllustrated2024" /><ref name="LEquipe2024" /><ref name="FranceFootball2024" />
!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"|'''[[1956 Ballon d'Or|1956]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|ENG}} '''[[Stanley Matthews]]'''
|{{fbaicon|ENG}} '''[[Blackpool F.C.|Blackpool]]'''
|align="center"|'''47'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|ESP|1945}} [[Alfredo Di Stéfano]]{{refn|group=note|Born in Argentina, Di Stéfano acquired Spanish citizenship in 1956, thus becoming eligible for the award.}}
|{{fbaicon|ESP|1945}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
|align="center"|44
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
|{{flagicon|FRA|1830}} [[Raymond Kopa]]
|{{fbaicon|ESP|1945}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]{{refn|group=note|Kopa was signed by Real Madrid from [[Stade de Reims|Reims]] during 1956.}}
|align="center"|33
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="4"|'''[[1957 Ballon d'Or|1957]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|ESP|1945}} '''[[Alfredo Di Stéfano]]''' {{small|'''(1)'''}}
|{{fbaicon|ESP|1945}} '''[[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]'''
|align="center"|'''72'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Billy Wright (footballer, born 1924)|Billy Wright]]
|{{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]]
|align="center"|19
|-
|rowspan="2" scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Duncan Edwards]]
|{{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]
|rowspan="2" align="center"|16
|-
|{{flagicon|FRA|1830}} [[Raymond Kopa]]
|{{fbaicon|ESP|1945}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''[[1958 Ballon d'Or|1958]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|FRA|1830}} '''[[Raymond Kopa]]'''
|{{fbaicon|ESP|1945}} '''[[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]'''
|align="center"|'''71'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Helmut Rahn]]
|{{fbaicon|FRG}} [[Rot-Weiss Essen]]
|align="center"|40
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
|{{flagicon|FRA|1830}} [[Just Fontaine]]
|{{fbaicon|FRA|1830}} [[Stade de Reims|Reims]]
|align="center"|23
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''[[1959 Ballon d'Or|1959]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|ESP|1945}} '''[[Alfredo Di Stéfano]]''' {{small|'''(2)'''}}
|{{fbaicon|ESP|1945}} '''[[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]'''
|align="center"|'''80'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|FRA|1830}} [[Raymond Kopa]]
|{{fbaicon|FRA|1830}} [[Stade de Reims|Reims]]{{refn|group=note|Kopa was signed by Reims from [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]] during 1959.}}
|align="center"|42
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
|{{flagicon|WAL|1953}} [[John Charles]]
|{{fbaicon|ITA}} [[Juventus FC|Juventus]]
|align="center"|24
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''[[1960 Ballon d'Or|1960]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|ESP|1945}} '''[[Luis Suárez (footballer, born 1935)|Luis Suárez]]'''
|{{fbaicon|ESP|1945}} '''[[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]'''
|align="center"|'''54'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Ferenc Puskás]]
|{{fbaicon|ESP|1945}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
|align="center"|37
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
|{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Uwe Seeler]]
|{{fbaicon|FRG}} [[Hamburger SV]]
|align="center"|33
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''[[1961 Ballon d'Or|1961]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|ITA}} '''[[Omar Sívori]]'''{{refn|group=note|Born in Argentina, Sívori acquired Italian citizenship in 1961, thus becoming eligible for the award.}}
|{{fbaicon|ITA}} '''[[Juventus FC|Juventus]]'''
|align="center"|'''46'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|ESP|1945}} [[Luis Suárez (footballer, born 1935)|Luis Suárez]]
|{{fbaicon|ITA}} [[Inter Milan]]{{refn|group=note|Suárez was signed by Inter Milan from [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]] during 1961.}}
|align="center"|40
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Johnny Haynes]]
|{{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]]
|align="center"|22
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''[[1962 Ballon d'Or|1962]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|TCH}} '''[[Josef Masopust]]'''
|{{fbaicon|TCH}} '''[[Dukla Prague]]'''
|align="center"|'''65'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Eusébio]]
|{{fbaicon|POR}} [[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]]
|align="center"|53
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
|{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Karl-Heinz Schnellinger]]
|{{fbaicon|FRG}} [[1. FC Köln]]
|align="center"|33
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''[[1963 Ballon d'Or|1963]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|URS}} '''[[Lev Yashin]]'''
|{{fbaicon|URS}} '''[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]'''
|align="center"|'''73'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Gianni Rivera]]
|{{fbaicon|ITA}} [[AC Milan|Milan]]
|align="center"|55
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Jimmy Greaves]]
|{{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]
|align="center"|50
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''[[1964 Ballon d'Or|1964]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|SCO}} '''[[Denis Law]]'''
|{{fbaicon|ENG}} '''[[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]'''
|align="center"|'''61'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|ESP|1945}} [[Luis Suárez (footballer, born 1935)|Luis Suárez]]
|{{fbaicon|ITA}} [[Inter Milan]]
|align="center"|43
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
|{{flagicon|ESP|1945}} [[Amancio (footballer)|Amancio]]
|{{fbaicon|ESP|1945}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
|align="center"|38
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''[[1965 Ballon d'Or|1965]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|POR}} '''[[Eusébio]]'''
|{{fbaicon|POR}} '''[[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]]'''
|align="center"|'''67'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Giacinto Facchetti]]
|{{fbaicon|ITA}} [[Inter Milan]]
|align="center"|59
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
|{{flagicon|ESP|1945}} [[Luis Suárez (footballer, born 1935)|Luis Suárez]]
|{{fbaicon|ITA}} [[Inter Milan]]
|align="center"|45
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''[[1966 Ballon d'Or|1966]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|ENG}} '''[[Bobby Charlton]]'''
|{{fbaicon|ENG}} '''[[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]'''
|align="center"|'''81'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Eusébio]]
|{{fbaicon|POR}} [[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]]
|align="center"|80
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
|{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Franz Beckenbauer]]
|{{fbaicon|FRG}} [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]
|align="center"|59
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''[[1967 Ballon d'Or|1967]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|HUN}} '''[[Flórián Albert]]'''
|{{fbaicon|HUN}} '''[[Ferencvárosi TC|Ferencváros]]'''
|align="center"|'''68'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Bobby Charlton]]
|{{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]
|align="center"|40
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
|{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Jimmy Johnstone]]
|{{fbaicon|SCO}} [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]]
|align="center"|39
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''[[1968 Ballon d'Or|1968]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|NIR}} '''[[George Best]]'''
|{{fbaicon|ENG}} '''[[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]'''
|align="center"|'''61'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Bobby Charlton]]
|{{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]
|align="center"|53
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
|{{flagicon|YUG}} [[Dragan Džajić]]
|{{fbaicon|YUG}} [[Red Star Belgrade]]
|align="center"|46
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''[[1969 Ballon d'Or|1969]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|ITA}} '''[[Gianni Rivera]]'''
|{{fbaicon|ITA}} '''[[AC Milan|Milan]]'''
|align="center"|'''83'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Gigi Riva]]
|{{fbaicon|ITA}} [[Cagliari Calcio|Cagliari]]
|align="center"|79
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
|{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Gerd Müller]]
|{{fbaicon|FRG}} [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]
|align="center"|38
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''[[1970 Ballon d'Or|1970]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|FRG}} '''[[Gerd Müller]]'''
|{{fbaicon|FRG}} '''[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]'''
|align="center"|'''77'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Bobby Moore]]
|{{fbaicon|ENG}} [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]]
|align="center"|70
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Gigi Riva]]
|{{fbaicon|ITA}} [[Cagliari Calcio|Cagliari]]
|align="center"|65
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''[[1971 Ballon d'Or|1971]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|NED}} '''[[Johan Cruyff]]''' {{small|'''(1)'''}}
|{{fbaicon|NED}} '''[[AFC Ajax|Ajax]]'''
|align="center"|'''116'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Sandro Mazzola]]
|{{fbaicon|ITA}} [[Inter Milan]]
|align="center"|57
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
|{{flagicon|NIR}} [[George Best]]
|{{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]
|align="center"|56
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''[[1972 Ballon d'Or|1972]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|FRG}} '''[[Franz Beckenbauer]]''' {{small|'''(1)'''}}
|{{fbaicon|FRG}} '''[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]'''
|align="center"|'''81'''
|-
|rowspan="2" scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Gerd Müller]]
|{{fbaicon|FRG}} [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]
|rowspan="2" align="center"|79
|-
|{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Günter Netzer]]
|{{fbaicon|FRG}} [[Borussia Mönchengladbach]]
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''[[1973 Ballon d'Or|1973]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|NED}} '''[[Johan Cruyff]]''' {{small|'''(2)'''}}
|{{fbaicon|ESP|1945}} '''[[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]'''{{refn|group=note|Cruyff was signed by Barcelona from [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]] during 1973.}}
|align="center"|'''96'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Dino Zoff]]
|{{fbaicon|ITA}} [[Juventus FC|Juventus]]
|align="center"|47
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
|{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Gerd Müller]]
|{{fbaicon|FRG}} [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]
|align="center"|44
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''[[1974 Ballon d'Or|1974]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|NED}} '''[[Johan Cruyff]]''' {{small|'''(3)'''}}
|{{fbaicon|ESP|1945}} '''[[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]'''
|align="center"|'''116'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Franz Beckenbauer]]
|{{fbaicon|FRG}} [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]
|align="center"|105
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
|{{flagicon|POL|1928}} [[Kazimierz Deyna]]
|{{fbaicon|POL|1928}} [[Legia Warsaw]]
|align="center"|35
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''[[1975 Ballon d'Or|1975]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|URS}} '''[[Oleg Blokhin]]'''
|{{fbaicon|URS}} '''[[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]'''
|align="center"|'''122'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Franz Beckenbauer]]
|{{fbaicon|FRG}} [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]
|align="center"|42
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Johan Cruyff]]
|{{fbaicon|ESP|1945}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|align="center"|27
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''[[1976 Ballon d'Or|1976]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|FRG}} '''[[Franz Beckenbauer]]''' {{small|'''(2)'''}}
|{{fbaicon|FRG}} '''[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]'''
|align="center"|'''91'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Rob Rensenbrink]]
|{{fbaicon|BEL}} [[R.S.C. Anderlecht|Anderlecht]]
|align="center"|75
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
|{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Ivo Viktor]]
|{{fbaicon|TCH}} [[Dukla Prague]]
|align="center"|52
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''[[1977 Ballon d'Or|1977]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|DEN}} '''[[Allan Simonsen]]'''
|{{nowrap|{{fbaicon|FRG}} '''[[Borussia Mönchengladbach]]'''}}
|align="center"|'''74'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Kevin Keegan]]
|{{fbaicon|FRG}} [[Hamburger SV]]{{refn|group=note|Keegan was signed by Hamburger SV from [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] during 1977.}}
|align="center"|71
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
|{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} [[Michel Platini]]
|{{fbaicon|FRA|1974}} [[AS Nancy Lorraine|Nancy]]
|align="center"|70
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''[[1978 Ballon d'Or|1978]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|ENG}} '''[[Kevin Keegan]]''' {{small|'''(1)'''}}
|{{fbaicon|FRG}} '''[[Hamburger SV]]'''
|align="center"|'''87'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Hans Krankl]]
|{{fbaicon|ESP|1977}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]{{refn|group=note|Krankl was signed by Barcelona from [[SK Rapid Wien|Rapid Wien]] during 1978.}}
|align="center"|81
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Rob Rensenbrink]]
|{{fbaicon|BEL}} [[R.S.C. Anderlecht|Anderlecht]]
|align="center"|50
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''[[1979 Ballon d'Or|1979]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|ENG}} '''[[Kevin Keegan]]''' {{small|'''(2)'''}}
|{{fbaicon|FRG}} '''[[Hamburger SV]]'''
|align="center"|'''118'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Karl-Heinz Rummenigge]]
|{{fbaicon|FRG}} [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]
|align="center"|52
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Ruud Krol]]
|{{fbaicon|NED}} [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]]
|align="center"|41
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''[[1980 Ballon d'Or|1980]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|FRG}} '''[[Karl-Heinz Rummenigge]]''' {{small|'''(1)'''}}
|{{fbaicon|FRG}} '''[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]'''
|align="center"|'''122'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Bernd Schuster]]
|{{fbaicon|ESP|1977}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]{{refn|group=note|Schuster was signed by Barcelona from [[1. FC Köln]] during 1980.}}
|align="center"|34
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
|{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} [[Michel Platini]]
|{{fbaicon|FRA|1974}} [[AS Saint-Étienne|Saint-Étienne]]
|align="center"|33
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''[[1981 Ballon d'Or|1981]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|FRG}} '''[[Karl-Heinz Rummenigge]]''' {{small|'''(2)'''}}
|{{fbaicon|FRG}} '''[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]'''
|align="center"|'''106'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Paul Breitner]]
|{{fbaicon|FRG}} [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]
|align="center"|64
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
|{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Bernd Schuster]]
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|align="center"|39
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''[[1982 Ballon d'Or|1982]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|ITA}} '''[[Paolo Rossi]]'''
|{{fbaicon|ITA}} '''[[Juventus FC|Juventus]]'''
|align="center"|'''115'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} [[Alain Giresse]]
|{{fbaicon|FRA|1974}} [[FC Girondins de Bordeaux|Bordeaux]]
|align="center"|64
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Zbigniew Boniek]]
|{{fbaicon|ITA}} [[Juventus FC|Juventus]]{{refn|group=note|Boniek was signed by Juventus from [[Widzew Łódź]] during 1982.}}
|align="center"|39
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''[[1983 Ballon d'Or|1983]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} '''[[Michel Platini]]''' {{small|'''(1)'''}}
|{{fbaicon|ITA}} '''[[Juventus FC|Juventus]]'''
|align="center"|'''110'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Kenny Dalglish]]
|{{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]
|align="center"|26
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Allan Simonsen]]
|{{fbaicon|DEN}} [[Vejle Boldklub|Vejle]]{{refn|group=note|Simonsen was signed by Vejle from [[Charlton Athletic F.C.|Charlton Athletic]] during 1983.}}
|align="center"|25
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''[[1984 Ballon d'Or|1984]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} '''[[Michel Platini]]''' {{small|'''(2)'''}}
|{{fbaicon|ITA}} '''[[Juventus FC|Juventus]]'''
|align="center"|'''110'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} [[Jean Tigana]]
|{{fbaicon|FRA|1974}} [[FC Girondins de Bordeaux|Bordeaux]]
|align="center"|57
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Preben Elkjær]]
|{{fbaicon|ITA}} [[Hellas Verona FC|Hellas Verona]]{{refn|group=note|Elkjær was signed by Hellas Verona from [[K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen|Lokeren]] during 1984.}}
|align="center"|48
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''[[1985 Ballon d'Or|1985]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} '''[[Michel Platini]]''' {{small|'''(3)'''}}
|{{fbaicon|ITA}} '''[[Juventus FC|Juventus]]'''
|align="center"|'''127'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Preben Elkjær]]
|{{fbaicon|ITA}} [[Hellas Verona FC|Hellas Verona]]
|align="center"|71
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
|{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Bernd Schuster]]
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|align="center"|46
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''[[1986 Ballon d'Or|1986]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|URS}} '''[[Igor Belanov]]'''
|{{fbaicon|URS}} '''[[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]'''
|align="center"|'''84'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Gary Lineker]]
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]{{refn|group=note|Lineker was signed by Barcelona from [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] during 1986.}}
|align="center"|62
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Emilio Butragueño]]
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
|align="center"|59
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''[[1987 Ballon d'Or|1987]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|NED}} '''[[Ruud Gullit]]'''
|{{fbaicon|ITA}} '''[[AC Milan|Milan]]'''{{refn|group=note|Gullit was signed by AC Milan from [[PSV Eindhoven]] during 1987.}}
|align="center"|'''106'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Paulo Futre]]
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[Atlético Madrid]]{{refn|group=note|Futre was signed by Atlético Madrid from [[FC Porto|Porto]] during 1987.}}
|align="center"|91
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Emilio Butragueño]]
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
|align="center"|61
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''[[1988 Ballon d'Or|1988]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|NED}} '''[[Marco van Basten]]''' {{small|'''(1)'''}}
|{{fbaicon|ITA}} '''[[AC Milan|Milan]]'''
|align="center"|'''129'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Ruud Gullit]]
|{{fbaicon|ITA}} [[AC Milan|Milan]]
|align="center"|88
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Frank Rijkaard]]
|{{fbaicon|ITA}} [[AC Milan|Milan]]{{refn|group=note|Rijkaard was signed by AC Milan from [[Real Zaragoza|Zaragoza]] during 1988.}}
|align="center"|45
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''[[1989 Ballon d'Or|1989]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|NED}} '''[[Marco van Basten]]''' {{small|'''(2)'''}}
|{{fbaicon|ITA}} '''[[AC Milan|Milan]]'''
|align="center"|'''129'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Franco Baresi]]
|{{fbaicon|ITA}} [[AC Milan|Milan]]
|align="center"|80
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Frank Rijkaard]]
|{{fbaicon|ITA}} [[AC Milan|Milan]]
|align="center"|43
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''[[1990 Ballon d'Or|1990]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|GER}} '''[[Lothar Matthäus]]'''
|{{fbaicon|ITA}} '''[[Inter Milan]]'''
|align="center"|'''137'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Salvatore Schillaci]]
|{{fbaicon|ITA}} [[Juventus FC|Juventus]]
|align="center"|84
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Andreas Brehme]]
|{{fbaicon|ITA}} [[Inter Milan]]
|align="center"|68
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="4"|'''[[1991 Ballon d'Or|1991]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} '''[[Jean-Pierre Papin]]'''
|{{fbaicon|FRA|1974}} '''[[Olympique de Marseille|Marseille]]'''
|align="center"|'''141'''
|-
|rowspan="3" scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|YUG}} [[Dejan Savićević]]
|{{fbaicon|YUG}} [[Red Star Belgrade]]
|rowspan="3" align="center"|42
|-
|{{flagicon|YUG}} [[Darko Pančev]]
|{{fbaicon|YUG}} [[Red Star Belgrade]]
|-
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Lothar Matthäus]]
|{{fbaicon|ITA}} [[Inter Milan]]
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''[[1992 Ballon d'Or|1992]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|NED}} '''[[Marco van Basten]]''' {{small|'''(3)'''}}
|{{fbaicon|ITA}} '''[[AC Milan|Milan]]'''
|align="center"|'''98'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Hristo Stoichkov]]
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|align="center"|80
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Dennis Bergkamp]]
|{{fbaicon|NED}} [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]]
|align="center"|53
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''[[1993 Ballon d'Or|1993]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|ITA}} '''[[Roberto Baggio]]'''
|{{fbaicon|ITA}} '''[[Juventus FC|Juventus]]'''
|align="center"|'''142'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Dennis Bergkamp]]
|{{fbaicon|ITA}} [[Inter Milan]]{{refn|group=note|Bergkamp was signed by Inter Milan from [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]] during 1993.}}
|align="center"|83
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
|{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} [[Eric Cantona]]
|{{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]
|align="center"|34
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''[[1994 Ballon d'Or|1994]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|BUL}} '''[[Hristo Stoichkov]]'''
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} '''[[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]'''
|align="center"|'''210'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Roberto Baggio]]
|{{fbaicon|ITA}} [[Juventus FC|Juventus]]
|align="center"|136
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Paolo Maldini]]
|{{fbaicon|ITA}} [[AC Milan|Milan]]
|align="center"|109
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''[[1995 Ballon d'Or|1995]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|LBR}} '''[[George Weah]]'''
|{{fbaicon|ITA}} '''[[AC Milan|Milan]]'''{{refn|group=note|Weah was signed by AC Milan from [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint-Germain]] during 1995.}}
|align="center"|'''144'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Jürgen Klinsmann]]
|{{fbaicon|GER}} [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]{{refn|group=note|Klinsmann was signed by Bayern Munich from [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]] during 1995.}}
|align="center"|108
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
|{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Jari Litmanen]]
|{{fbaicon|NED}} [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]]
|align="center"|67
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''[[1996 Ballon d'Or|1996]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|GER}} '''[[Matthias Sammer]]'''
|{{fbaicon|GER}} '''[[Borussia Dortmund]]'''
|align="center"|'''144'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]]
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]{{refn|group=note|Ronaldo was signed by Barcelona from [[PSV Eindhoven]] during 1996.}}
|align="center"|143
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Alan Shearer]]
|{{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]]{{refn|group=note|Shearer was signed by Newcastle United from [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]] during 1996.}}
|align="center"|107
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''[[1997 Ballon d'Or|1997]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|BRA}} '''[[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]]''' {{small|'''(1)'''}}
|{{fbaicon|ITA}} '''[[Inter Milan]]'''{{refn|group=note|Ronaldo was signed by Inter Milan from [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]] during 1997.}}
|align="center"|'''222'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|FRY}} [[Predrag Mijatović]]
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
|align="center"|68
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
|{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} [[Zinedine Zidane]]
|{{fbaicon|ITA}} [[Juventus FC|Juventus]]
|align="center"|63
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''[[1998 Ballon d'Or|1998]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} '''[[Zinedine Zidane]]'''
|{{fbaicon|ITA}} '''[[Juventus FC|Juventus]]'''
|align="center"|'''244'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Davor Šuker]]
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
|align="center"|68
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]]
|{{fbaicon|ITA}} [[Inter Milan]]
|align="center"|66
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''[[1999 Ballon d'Or|1999]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|BRA}} '''[[Rivaldo]]'''
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} '''[[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]'''
|align="center"|'''219'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[David Beckham]]
|{{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]
|align="center"|154
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
|{{nowrap|{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Andriy Shevchenko]]}}
|{{fbaicon|ITA}} [[AC Milan|Milan]]{{refn|group=note|Shevchenko was signed by AC Milan from [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]] during 1999.}}
|align="center"|64
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''[[2000 Ballon d'Or|2000]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|POR}} '''[[Luís Figo]]'''
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} '''[[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]'''{{refn|group=note|Figo was signed by Real Madrid from [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]] during 2000.}}
|align="center"|'''197'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} [[Zinedine Zidane]]
|{{fbaicon|ITA}} [[Juventus FC|Juventus]]
|align="center"|181
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
|{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Andriy Shevchenko]]
|{{fbaicon|ITA}} [[AC Milan|Milan]]
|align="center"|85
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''[[2001 Ballon d'Or|2001]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|ENG}} '''[[Michael Owen]]'''
|{{fbaicon|ENG}} '''[[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]'''
|align="center"|'''176'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Raúl (footballer)|Raúl]]
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
|align="center"|140
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Oliver Kahn]]
|{{fbaicon|GER}} [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]
|align="center"|114
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''[[2002 Ballon d'Or|2002]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|BRA}} '''[[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]]''' {{small|'''(2)'''}}
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} '''[[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]'''{{refn|group=note|Ronaldo was signed by Real Madrid from [[Inter Milan]] during 2002.}}
|align="center"|'''169'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Roberto Carlos]]
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
|align="center"|145
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Oliver Kahn]]
|{{fbaicon|GER}} [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]
|align="center"|110
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''[[2003 Ballon d'Or|2003]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|CZE}} '''[[Pavel Nedvěd]]'''
|{{fbaicon|ITA|2003}} '''[[Juventus FC|Juventus]]'''
|align="center"|'''190'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} [[Thierry Henry]]
|{{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]]
|align="center"|128
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
|{{flagicon|ITA|2003}} [[Paolo Maldini]]
|{{fbaicon|ITA|2003}} [[AC Milan|Milan]]
|align="center"|123
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''[[2004 Ballon d'Or|2004]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|UKR}} '''[[Andriy Shevchenko]]'''
|{{fbaicon|ITA|2003}} '''[[AC Milan|Milan]]'''
|align="center"|'''175'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Deco]]
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]{{refn|group=note|Deco was signed by Barcelona from [[FC Porto|Porto]] during 2004.}}
|align="center"|139
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Ronaldinho]]
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|align="center"|133
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''[[2005 Ballon d'Or|2005]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|BRA}} '''[[Ronaldinho]]'''
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} '''[[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]'''
|align="center"|'''225'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Frank Lampard]]
|{{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]]
|align="center"|148
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Steven Gerrard]]
|{{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]
|align="center"|142
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''[[2006 Ballon d'Or|2006]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|ITA}} '''[[Fabio Cannavaro]]'''
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} '''[[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]'''{{refn|group=note|Cannavaro was signed by Real Madrid from [[Juventus FC|Juventus]] during 2006.}}
|align="center"|'''173'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Gianluigi Buffon]]
|{{fbaicon|ITA}} [[Juventus FC|Juventus]]
|align="center"|124
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
|{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} [[Thierry Henry]]
|{{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]]
|align="center"|121
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''[[2007 Ballon d'Or|2007]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|BRA}} '''[[Kaká]]'''
|{{fbaicon|ITA}} '''[[AC Milan|Milan]]'''
|align="center"|'''444'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Cristiano Ronaldo]]
|{{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]
|align="center"|277
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Lionel Messi]]
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|align="center"|255
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''[[2008 Ballon d'Or|2008]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|POR}} '''[[Cristiano Ronaldo]]''' {{small|'''(1)'''}}
|{{fbaicon|ENG}} '''[[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]'''
|align="center"|'''446'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Lionel Messi]]
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|align="center"|281
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Fernando Torres]]
|{{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]
|align="center"|179
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''[[2009 Ballon d'Or|2009]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|ARG}} '''[[Lionel Messi]]''' {{small|'''(1)'''}}
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} '''[[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]'''
|align="center"|'''473'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Cristiano Ronaldo]]
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]{{refn|group=note|Cristiano Ronaldo was signed by Real Madrid from [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] during 2009.}}
|align="center"|233
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Xavi (footballer, born 1980)|Xavi]]
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|align="center"|170
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" colspan=5 |[[FIFA Ballon d'Or]] (2010–2015)
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''[[2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or|2010]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|ARG}} '''[[Lionel Messi]]''' {{small|'''(2)'''}}
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} '''[[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]'''
|align="center"|'''22.65%'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Andrés Iniesta]]
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|align="center"|17.36%
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Xavi (footballer, born 1980)|Xavi]]
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|align="center"|16.48%
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''[[2011 FIFA Ballon d'Or|2011]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|ARG}} '''[[Lionel Messi]]''' {{small|'''(3)'''}}
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} '''[[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]'''
|align="center"|'''47.88%'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Cristiano Ronaldo]]
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
|align="center"|21.60%
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Xavi (footballer, born 1980)|Xavi]]
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|align="center"|9.23%
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''[[2012 FIFA Ballon d'Or|2012]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|ARG}} '''[[Lionel Messi]]''' {{small|'''(4)'''}}
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} '''[[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]'''
|align="center"|'''41.60%'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Cristiano Ronaldo]]
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
|align="center"|23.68%
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Andrés Iniesta]]
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|align="center"|10.91%
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''[[2013 FIFA Ballon d'Or|2013]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|POR}} '''[[Cristiano Ronaldo]]''' {{small|'''(2)'''}}
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} '''[[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]'''
|align="center"|'''27.99%'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Lionel Messi]]
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|align="center"|24.72%
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
|{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} [[Franck Ribéry]]
|{{fbaicon|GER}} [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]
|align="center"|23.36%
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''[[2014 FIFA Ballon d'Or|2014]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|POR}} '''[[Cristiano Ronaldo]]''' {{small|'''(3)'''}}
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} '''[[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]'''
|align="center"|'''37.66%'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Lionel Messi]]
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|align="center"|15.76%
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Manuel Neuer]]
|{{fbaicon|GER}} [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]
|align="center"|15.72%
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''[[2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or|2015]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|ARG}} '''[[Lionel Messi]]''' {{small|'''(5)'''}}
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} '''[[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]'''
|align="center"|'''41.33%'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Cristiano Ronaldo]]
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
|align="center"|27.76%
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Neymar]]
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|align="center"|7.86%
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" colspan=5 |Ballon d'Or (2016–present)
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''[[2016 Ballon d'Or|2016]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|POR}} '''[[Cristiano Ronaldo]]''' {{small|'''(4)'''}}
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} '''[[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]'''
|align="center"|'''745'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Lionel Messi]]
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|align="center"|316
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
|{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} [[Antoine Griezmann]]
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[Atlético Madrid]]
|align="center"|198
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''[[2017 Ballon d'Or|2017]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|POR}} '''[[Cristiano Ronaldo]]''' {{small|'''(5)'''}}
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} '''[[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]'''
|align="center"|'''946'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Lionel Messi]]
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|align="center"|670
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Neymar]]
|{{fbaicon|FRA|1974}} [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint-Germain]]{{refn|group=note|Neymar was signed by Paris Saint-Germain from [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]] during 2017.}}
|align="center"|361
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''[[2018 Ballon d'Or|2018]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|CRO}} '''[[Luka Modrić]]'''
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} '''[[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]'''
|align="center"|'''753'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Cristiano Ronaldo]]
|{{fbaicon|ITA}} [[Juventus FC|Juventus]]{{refn|group=note|Cristiano Ronaldo was signed by Juventus from [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]] during 2018.}}
|align="center"|476
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
|{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} [[Antoine Griezmann]]
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[Atlético Madrid]]
|align="center"|414
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''[[2019 Ballon d'Or|2019]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|ARG}} '''[[Lionel Messi]]''' {{small|'''(6)'''}}
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} '''[[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]'''
|align="center"|'''686'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Virgil van Dijk]]
|{{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]
|align="center"|679
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Cristiano Ronaldo]]
|{{fbaicon|ITA}} [[Juventus FC|Juventus]]
|align="center"|476
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center"|'''2020'''
|align="center" colspan="4"|Not awarded due to the [[Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on association football|COVID-19 pandemic]]<ref name="ESPN2020" /><ref name="FranceFootball2020a" />
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''[[2021 Ballon d'Or|2021]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|ARG}} '''[[Lionel Messi]]''' {{small|'''(7)'''}}
|{{fbaicon|FRA}} '''[[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint-Germain]]'''{{refn|group=note|Messi was signed by Paris Saint-Germain from [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]] during 2021.}}
|align="center"|'''613'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Robert Lewandowski]]
|{{fbaicon|GER}} [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]
|align="center"|580
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Jorginho (footballer, born December 1991)|Jorginho]]
|{{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]]
|align="center"|460
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''[[2022 Ballon d'Or|2022]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|FRA}} '''[[Karim Benzema]]'''
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} '''[[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]'''
|align="center"|'''549'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|SEN}} [[Sadio Mané]]
|{{fbaicon|GER}} [[Bayern Munich]]{{refn|group=note|Mané was signed by Bayern Munich from [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] during 2022.}}
|align="center"|193
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
|{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Kevin De Bruyne]]
|{{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]]
|align="center"|175
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''[[2023 Ballon d'Or|2023]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|ARG}} '''[[Lionel Messi]]''' {{small|'''(8)'''}}
|{{fbaicon|USA}} '''[[Inter Miami CF|Inter Miami]]'''{{refn|group=note|Messi was signed by Inter Miami from [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint-Germain]] during 2023.}}
|align="center"|'''462'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Erling Haaland]]
|{{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]]
|align="center"|357
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Kylian Mbappé]]
|{{fbaicon|FRA}} [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint-Germain]]
|align="center"|270
|-
!colspan="5"|
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''[[2024 Ballon d'Or|2024]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|ESP}} '''[[Rodri (footballer, born 1996)|Rodri]]'''
|{{fbaicon|ENG}} '''[[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]]'''
|align="center"|'''1170'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Vinícius Júnior]]
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
|align="center"|1129
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Jude Bellingham]]
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
|align="center"|917
|-
|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''[[2025 Ballon d'Or|2025]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|align="center" rowspan="3" colspan="3"|To be announced on 22 September 2025<ref name="SportsIllustrated2025" /><ref name="UEFA2025" />
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
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|align="center" rowspan="3"|'''[[2026 Ballon d'Or|2026]]'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|{{flagicon|}} '''[[]]'''
|{{fbaicon|}} '''[[]]'''
|align="center"|''''''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{flagicon|}} [[]]
|{{fbaicon|}} [[]]
|align="center"|
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
|{{flagicon|}} [[]]
|{{fbaicon|}} [[]]
|align="center"|
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;Notes
{{reflist|group=note}}

=== Wins by player ===
[[File:Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi - Portugal vs Argentina, 9th February 2011.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Cristiano Ronaldo]] (left) and [[Lionel Messi]] (right) won thirteen Ballon d'Or trophies between them from [[2008 Ballon d'Or|2008]] to [[2023 Ballon d'Or|2023]].]]
[[File:Karl-Heinz Rummenigge.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Karl-Heinz Rummenigge]] won the award back-to-back in [[1980 Ballon d'Or|1980]] and [[1981 Ballon d'Or|1981]].]]
[[File:Michel Platini en 1978, 'Argentina 78', Panini figurina n°90.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Michel Platini]] won the award three years running from [[1983 Ballon d'Or|1983]] to [[1985 Ballon d'Or|1985]].]]
{{sticky-header}}
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders sticky-header"
|-
!scope="col" | Player
!scope="col" style="background-color: gold" | Winner
!scope="col" style="background-color: silver" | Second place
!scope="col" style="background-color: #cc9966" | Third place
|-
!align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Lionel Messi]]
| 8 ([[2009 Ballon d'Or|2009]], [[2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or|2010]], [[2011 FIFA Ballon d'Or|2011]], [[2012 FIFA Ballon d'Or|2012]], [[2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or|2015]], [[2019 Ballon d'Or|2019]], [[2021 Ballon d'Or|2021]], [[2023 Ballon d'Or|2023]])
| 5 ([[2008 Ballon d'Or|2008]], [[2013 FIFA Ballon d'Or|2013]], [[2014 FIFA Ballon d'Or|2014]], [[2016 Ballon d'Or|2016]], [[2017 Ballon d'Or|2017]])
| 1 ([[2007 Ballon d'Or|2007]])
|-
!align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|POR}} [[Cristiano Ronaldo]]
| 5 ([[2008 Ballon d'Or|2008]], [[2013 FIFA Ballon d'Or|2013]], [[2014 FIFA Ballon d'Or|2014]], [[2016 Ballon d'Or|2016]], [[2017 Ballon d'Or|2017]])
| 6 ([[2007 Ballon d'Or|2007]], [[2009 Ballon d'Or|2009]], [[2011 FIFA Ballon d'Or|2011]], [[2012 FIFA Ballon d'Or|2012]], [[2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or|2015]], [[2018 Ballon d'Or|2018]])
| 1 ([[2019 Ballon d'Or|2019]])
|-
!align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|FRA|1974}} [[Michel Platini]]
| 3 ([[1983 Ballon d'Or|1983]], [[1984 Ballon d'Or|1984]], [[1985 Ballon d'Or|1985]])
|{{no2}}
| 2 ([[1977 Ballon d'Or|1977]], [[1980 Ballon d'Or|1980]])
|-
!align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Johan Cruyff]]
| 3 ([[1971 Ballon d'Or|1971]], [[1973 Ballon d'Or|1973]], [[1974 Ballon d'Or|1974]])
|{{no2}}
| 1 ([[1975 Ballon d'Or|1975]])
|-
!align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Marco van Basten]]
| 3 ([[1988 Ballon d'Or|1988]], [[1989 Ballon d'Or|1989]], [[1992 Ballon d'Or|1992]])
|{{no2}}
|{{no2}}
|-
!align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Franz Beckenbauer]]
| 2 ([[1972 Ballon d'Or|1972]], [[1976 Ballon d'Or|1976]])
| 2 ([[1974 Ballon d'Or|1974]], [[1975 Ballon d'Or|1975]])
| 1 ([[1966 Ballon d'Or|1966]])
|-
!align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]]
| 2 ([[1997 Ballon d'Or|1997]], [[2002 Ballon d'Or|2002]])
| 1 ([[1996 Ballon d'Or|1996]])
| 1 ([[1998 Ballon d'Or|1998]])
|-
!align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|ESP|1945}} [[Alfredo Di Stéfano]]
| 2 ([[1957 Ballon d'Or|1957]], [[1959 Ballon d'Or|1959]])
| 1 ([[1956 Ballon d'Or|1956]])
|{{no2}}
|-
!align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Kevin Keegan]]
| 2 ([[1978 Ballon d'Or|1978]], [[1979 Ballon d'Or|1979]])
| 1 ([[1977 Ballon d'Or|1977]])
|{{no2}}
|-
!align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Karl-Heinz Rummenigge]]
| 2 ([[1980 Ballon d'Or|1980]], [[1981 Ballon d'Or|1981]])
| 1 ([[1979 Ballon d'Or|1979]])
|{{no2}}
|-
!align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|ESP|1945}} [[Luis Suárez (footballer, born 1935)|Luis Suárez]]
| 1 ([[1960 Ballon d'Or|1960]])
| 2 ([[1961 Ballon d'Or|1961]], [[1964 Ballon d'Or|1964]])
| 1 ([[1965 Ballon d'Or|1965]])
|-
!align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|POR}} [[Eusébio]]
| 1 ([[1965 Ballon d'Or|1965]])
| 2 ([[1962 Ballon d'Or|1962]], [[1966 Ballon d'Or|1966]])
|{{no2}}
|-
!align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Bobby Charlton]]
| 1 ([[1966 Ballon d'Or|1966]])
| 2 ([[1967 Ballon d'Or|1967]], [[1968 Ballon d'Or|1968]])
|{{no2}}
|-
!align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|FRA|1830}} [[Raymond Kopa]]
| 1 ([[1958 Ballon d'Or|1958]])
| 1 ([[1959 Ballon d'Or|1959]])
| 2 ([[1956 Ballon d'Or|1956]], [[1957 Ballon d'Or|1957]])
|-
!align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Gerd Müller]]
| 1 ([[1970 Ballon d'Or|1970]])
| 1 ([[1972 Ballon d'Or|1972]])
| 2 ([[1969 Ballon d'Or|1969]], [[1973 Ballon d'Or|1973]])
|-
!align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|FRA|1974}} [[Zinedine Zidane]]
| 1 ([[1998 Ballon d'Or|1998]])
| 1 ([[2000 Ballon d'Or|2000]])
| 1 ([[1997 Ballon d'Or|1997]])
|-
!align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Gianni Rivera]]
| 1 ([[1969 Ballon d'Or|1969]])
| 1 ([[1963 Ballon d'Or|1963]])
|{{no2}}
|-
!align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Ruud Gullit]]
| 1 ([[1987 Ballon d'Or|1987]])
| 1 ([[1988 Ballon d'Or|1988]])
|{{no2}}
|-
!align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Lothar Matthäus]]
| 1 ([[1990 Ballon d'Or|1990]])
| 1 ([[1991 Ballon d'Or|1991]])
|{{no2}}
|-
!align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Roberto Baggio]]
| 1 ([[1993 Ballon d'Or|1993]])
| 1 ([[1994 Ballon d'Or|1994]])
|{{no2}}
|-
!align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Hristo Stoichkov]]
| 1 ([[1994 Ballon d'Or|1994]])
| 1 ([[1992 Ballon d'Or|1992]])
|{{no2}}
|-
!align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Andriy Shevchenko]]
| 1 ([[2004 Ballon d'Or|2004]])
|{{no2}}
| 2 ([[1999 Ballon d'Or|1999]], [[2000 Ballon d'Or|2000]])
|-
!align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|NIR}} [[George Best]]
| 1 ([[1968 Ballon d'Or|1968]])
|{{no2}}
| 1 ([[1971 Ballon d'Or|1971]])
|-
!align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Allan Simonsen]]
| 1 ([[1977 Ballon d'Or|1977]])
|{{no2}}
| 1 ([[1983 Ballon d'Or|1983]])
|-
!align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Ronaldinho]]
| 1 ([[2005 Ballon d'Or|2005]])
|{{no2}}
| 1 ([[2004 Ballon d'Or|2004]])
|-
!align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Stanley Matthews]]
| 1 ([[1956 Ballon d'Or|1956]])
|{{no2}}
|{{no2}}
|-
!align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Omar Sívori]]
| 1 ([[1961 Ballon d'Or|1961]])
|{{no2}}
|{{no2}}
|-
!align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|TCH}} [[Josef Masopust]]
| 1 ([[1962 Ballon d'Or|1962]])
|{{no2}}
|{{no2}}
|-
!align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|URS}} [[Lev Yashin]]
|1 ([[1963 Ballon d'Or|1963]])
|{{no2}}
|{{no2}}
|-
!align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Denis Law]]
| 1 ([[1964 Ballon d'Or|1964]])
|{{no2}}
|{{no2}}
|-
!align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Flórián Albert]]
| 1 ([[1967 Ballon d'Or|1967]])
|{{no2}}
|{{no2}}
|-
!align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|URS}} [[Oleg Blokhin]]
| 1 ([[1975 Ballon d'Or|1975]])
|{{no2}}
|{{no2}}
|-
!align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Paolo Rossi]]
| 1 ([[1982 Ballon d'Or|1982]])
|{{no2}}
|{{no2}}
|-
!align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|URS}} [[Igor Belanov]]
| 1 ([[1986 Ballon d'Or|1986]])
|{{no2}}
|{{no2}}
|-
!align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|FRA|1974}} [[Jean-Pierre Papin]]
| 1 ([[1991 Ballon d'Or|1991]])
|{{no2}}
|{{no2}}
|-
!align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|LBR}} [[George Weah]]
| 1 ([[1995 Ballon d'Or|1995]])
|{{no2}}
|{{no2}}
|-
!align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Matthias Sammer]]
| 1 ([[1996 Ballon d'Or|1996]])
|{{no2}}
|{{no2}}
|-
!align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Rivaldo]]
| 1 ([[1999 Ballon d'Or|1999]])
|{{no2}}
|{{no2}}
|-
!align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|POR}} [[Luís Figo]]
| 1 ([[2000 Ballon d'Or|2000]])
|{{no2}}
|{{no2}}
|-
!align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Michael Owen]]
| 1 ([[2001 Ballon d'Or|2001]])
|{{no2}}
|{{no2}}
|-
!align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Pavel Nedvěd]]
| 1 ([[2003 Ballon d'Or|2003]])
|{{no2}}
|{{no2}}
|-
!align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Fabio Cannavaro]]
| 1 ([[2006 Ballon d'Or|2006]])
|{{no2}}
|{{no2}}
|-
!align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Kaká]]
| 1 ([[2007 Ballon d'Or|2007]])
|{{no2}}
|{{no2}}
|-
!align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|CRO}} [[Luka Modrić]]
| 1 ([[2018 Ballon d'Or|2018]])
|{{no2}}
|{{no2}}
|-
!align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Karim Benzema]]
| 1 ([[2022 Ballon d'Or|2022]])
|{{no2}}
|{{no2}}
|-
!align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Rodri (footballer, born 1996)|Rodri]]
| 1 ([[2024 Ballon d'Or|2024]])
|{{no2}}
|{{no2}}
|}

=== Wins by country ===
[[File:Andriy Shevchenko, Oleh Blokhin, Ihor Belanov.jpeg|thumb|Ballon d'Or winners (left to right) [[Andriy Shevchenko]], [[Oleg Blokhin]], and [[Igor Belanov]].]]
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
!scope="col"| Country
!scope="col"| Players
!scope="col"| Wins
|-
! scope="row"| {{ARG}}
|style="text-align:center" | 1
|style="text-align:center" | 8
|-
! scope="row"| {{FRA}}
|style="text-align:center"| 5
|style="text-align:center"| 7
|-
! scope="row"| {{GER}}
|style="text-align:center"| 5
|style="text-align:center"| 7
|-
! scope="row"| {{NED}}
|style="text-align:center" | 3
|style="text-align:center" | 7
|-
! scope="row"| {{POR}}
|style="text-align:center" | 3
|style="text-align:center" | 7
|-
! scope="row"| {{ITA}}
|style="text-align:center" | 5
|style="text-align:center" | 5
|-
! scope="row"| {{BRA}}
|style="text-align:center"| 4
|style="text-align:center"| 5
|-
! scope="row"| {{ENG}}
|style="text-align:center"| 4
|style="text-align:center"| 5
|-
! scope="row"| {{ESP}}
|style="text-align:center" | 3
|style="text-align:center" | 4
|-
! scope="row"| {{URS}}
|style="text-align:center"| 3
|style="text-align:center"| 3
|-
! scope="row"| {{BUL}}
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|-
! scope="row"| {{CRO}}
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|-
! scope="row"| {{CZE}}
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|-
! scope="row"| {{TCH}}
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|-
! scope="row"| {{DEN}}
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|-
! scope="row"| {{HUN}}
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|-
! scope="row"| {{LBR}}
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|-
! scope="row"| {{NIR}}
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|-
! scope="row"| {{SCO}}
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|-
! scope="row"| {{UKR}}
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|}

=== Wins by club ===
[[File:Col·leccions del Museu del FC Barcelona 28.jpg|thumb|One of [[Lionel Messi]]'s awards—displayed at the [[FC Barcelona Museum]].]]
[[File:Gullit + Van Basten 1987 (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Marco van Basten]] (left) and [[Ruud Gullit]] (right), teammates for [[AC Milan|Milan]] and the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]], won in consecutive years from [[1987 Ballon d'Or|1987]] to [[1989 Ballon d'Or|1989]].]]
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
!scope="col"| Club
!scope="col"| Players
!scope="col"| Wins
|-
! scope="row"| {{fbaicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
|style="text-align:center"| 8
|style="text-align:center"| 12
|-
!  scope="row"| {{fbaicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|style="text-align:center" | 6
|style="text-align:center" | 12
|-
! scope="row"| {{fbaicon|ITA}} [[Juventus FC|Juventus]]
|style="text-align:center"| 6
|style="text-align:center"| 8
|-
! scope="row"| {{fbaicon|ITA}} [[AC Milan|Milan]]
|style="text-align:center"| 6
|style="text-align:center"| 8
|-
! scope="row"| {{fbaicon|GER}} [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]
|style="text-align:center"| 3
|style="text-align:center"| 5
|-
! scope="row"| {{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]
|style="text-align:center"| 4
|style="text-align:center"| 4
|-
! scope="row"| {{fbaicon|UKR}} [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
|style="text-align:center"| 2
|style="text-align:center"| 2
|-
! scope="row"| {{fbaicon|ITA}} [[Inter Milan]]
|style="text-align:center"| 2
|style="text-align:center"| 2
|-
! scope="row"| {{fbaicon|GER}} [[Hamburger SV]]
|style="text-align:center" | 1
|style="text-align:center" | 2
|-
! scope="row"| {{fbaicon|NED}} [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]]
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|-
! scope="row"| {{fbaicon|POR}} [[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]]
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|-
! scope="row"| {{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Blackpool F.C.|Blackpool]]
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|-
! scope="row"| {{fbaicon|GER}} [[Borussia Dortmund]]
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|-
! scope="row"| {{fbaicon|GER}} [[Borussia Mönchengladbach]]
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|-
! scope="row"| {{fbaicon|CZE}} [[Dukla Prague]]
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|-
! scope="row"| {{fbaicon|RUS}} [[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|-
! scope="row"| {{fbaicon|HUN}} [[Ferencvárosi TC|Ferencváros]]
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|-
! scope="row"| {{fbaicon|USA}} [[Inter Miami CF|Inter Miami]]
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|-
! scope="row"| {{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|-
! scope="row"| {{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]]
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|-
! scope="row"| {{fbaicon|FRA}} [[Olympique de Marseille|Marseille]]
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|-
! scope="row"| {{fbaicon|FRA}} [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint-Germain]]
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|style="text-align:center"| 1
|}
{{clear}}

== Additional awards ==
=== Seasonal awards ===
{{multiple image|perrow=2|total_width=300|image1=1 Emiliano Martínez 2018 (cropped).jpg|image2=2019147200143 2019-05-27 Fussball 1.FC Kaiserslautern vs FC Bayern München - Sven - 1D X MK II - 2462 - B70I0762 (cropped) (cropped).jpg|footer= [[Emiliano Martínez]]—two times winner of the [[Yashin Trophy]]—and [[Robert Lewandowski]]—two times winner of the [[Gerd Müller Trophy]].}}
*First awarded in [[2018 Ballon d'Or|2018]], the '''[[Ballon d'Or Féminin]]''' honours the female player deemed to have performed the best over the previous season.<ref name="InternationalOlympicCommittee2024" /><ref name="SportsIllustrated2019" />
*Since 2018 ''France Football'' has given out the '''[[Kopa Trophy]]''' to the best performing player under the age of 21. The award is named after [[1958 Ballon d'Or]] winner [[Raymond Kopa]].<ref name="FranceFootball2018" />
*First awarded in [[2019 Ballon d'Or|2019]], the '''[[Yashin Trophy]]''' is presented to the best goalkeeper of the season. The award is named after Soviet goalkeeper and [[1963 Ballon d'Or]] winner [[Lev Yashin]].<ref name="DiarioAS2019" />
*In [[2021 Ballon d'Or|2021]], ''France Football'' gave [[Robert Lewandowski]] the '''Striker of the Year''' award for scoring the most goals the previous season.<ref name="Eurosport2021" /> Following [[Gerd Müller]]'s death in 2021, the award was renamed for the [[2022 Ballon d'Or|2022]] edition to the '''[[Gerd Müller Trophy]]'''.<ref name="TheGuardian2021" />
*Starting from 2022, ''France Football'' has given out the '''[[Sócrates Award]]''', which acknowledges footballers for their humanitarian work.<ref name="SportsIllustrated2023" /> The award is named after late Brazilian footballer [[Sócrates]], who co-founded the [[Corinthians Democracy]] movement, in opposition to the ruling [[military dictatorship in Brazil]] during the 1980s.<ref name="Goal2022b" />
*''France Football'' first gave out the '''Men's Club of the Year''' award in 2021, with the inaugural winner being [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]].<ref name="LEquipe2021" /><ref name="DiarioAS2022" /> [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]] won back-to-back in 2022 and [[2023 Ballon d'Or|2023]],<ref name="LEquipe2023b" /> while [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]] won the most recent edition in [[2024 Ballon d'Or|2024]].<ref name="LeParisien2024" /> The '''Women's Club of the Year''' was awarded in 2023 and 2024, and [[FC Barcelona Femení]] won it in both occasions.<ref name="BBCSport2024b" />
*''France Football'' first presented the '''Johan Cruyff Trophy''' for best coach in 2024.<ref name=UEFA2023b /><ref name=LeFigaro2023 /> The inaugural winner of the '''Men's Coach of the Year''' was [[Carlo Ancelotti]] of [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]], while the '''Women's Coach of the Year''' was awarded to [[Emma Hayes]], who managed both [[Chelsea F.C. Women|Chelsea]] and the [[United States women's national soccer team|United States national team]].<ref name="BBCSport2024a" />

=== Special awards ===
[[File:Pele con brasil (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|[[Pelé]] was voted Football Player of the Century in 1999. He was also the recipient of the FIFA Ballon d'Or Prix d'Honneur in 2013, and in 2020 he was selected to the [[Ballon d'Or Dream Team]].]]
[[File:Maradona-Mundial 86 con la copa.JPG|thumb|upright|[[Diego Maradona]] was honoured with the Golden Ballon d'Or in 1995 and he was also selected to the [[Ballon d'Or Dream Team]].]]

==== Super Ballon d'Or ====
{{Main|Super Ballon d'Or}}
[[File:Di Stefano 1959.jpg|thumb|upright|Two-time Ballon d'Or winner [[Alfredo Di Stéfano]] was awarded the [[Super Ballon d'Or]] in 1989.]]
An honorary award, under the name '''Super Ballon d'Or''', was awarded to [[Alfredo Di Stéfano]] in 1989,<ref name="TheAthletic2023a" /> who was voted the best multiple-time Ballon d'Or winner ahead of [[Johan Cruyff]] and [[Michel Platini]].<ref name="SPORTbible2022" /><ref name="TheSportingNews2023" />

In addition [[Diego Maradona]] received an honorary Ballon d'Or in 1995 for his services to football dubbed the '''Golden Ballon d'Or'''.<ref name="TheAthletic2023a" /><ref name="SPORTbible2022" /><ref name="FranceFootball2020b" /> [[Pelé]] also received a similar award during the [[2013 FIFA Ballon d'Or]] ceremony dubbed the '''FIFA Ballon d'Or Prix d'Honneur'''.<ref name="TheAthletic2023a" /><ref name="FIFA2014" />

==== Football Player of the Century ====
In 1999, ''France Football'' voted [[Pelé]] as the '''Football Player of the Century''' after consulting their former Ballon d'Or recipients.<ref name="TheAthletic2023a" /> Among the 34 previous winners, 30 cast their votes, while [[Stanley Matthews]], [[Omar Sívori]] and [[George Best]] refused to vote, 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 second place, [[Diego Maradona]].<ref name="RSSSF2015" />

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+Football Player of the Century
|-
!scope="col"| Player
!scope="col"| {{Tooltip|Pts|Points received by the player during the voting phase.}}
!scope="col"| 1st
!scope="col"| 2nd
!scope="col"| 3rd
!scope="col"| 4th
!scope="col"| 5th
|-
!align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Pelé]]
| 122 || 17 || 5 || 4 || 2 || 1
|-
!align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Diego Maradona]]
| 65 || 3 || 6 || 5 || 5 || 1
|-
!align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Johan Cruyff]]
| 62 || 1 || 4 || 7 || 9 || 2
|-
!align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|ESP|1945}} [[Alfredo Di Stéfano]]
| 44 || 4 || 3 || 3 || 1 || 1
|-
!align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Michel Platini]]
| 40 || 1 || 5 || 1 || 3 || 6
|}

==== ''Le nouveau palmarès'' ====
To coincide with the 60th anniversary of the Ballon d'Or in [[2016 Ballon d'Or|2016]], ''France Football'' published an internationalized reevaluation of the awards presented before [[1995 Ballon d'Or|1995]], when only European players were eligible to win the award.<ref name="TheAthletic2023a" /><ref name="FranceFootball2020b" /> 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—seven times—and Diego Maradona—twice—[[Garrincha]], [[Mario Kempes]], and [[Romário]] were retrospectively recognized as worthy winners.<ref name="FranceFootball2020b" /><ref name="FranceFootball2015" /> The original recipients, however, remain unchanged.<ref name="Goal2023" />

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+''Le nouveau palmarès'' (internationalized reevaluation)
|-
!scope="col"| Year
!scope="col"| Original winner
!scope="col"| Alternative
|-
! scope="row"|[[1958 Ballon d'Or|1958]]
| {{flagicon|FRA|1794}} [[Raymond Kopa]]
| {{flagicon|BRA|1889}} [[Pelé]]
|-
! scope="row"|[[1959 Ballon d'Or|1959]]
| {{flagicon|ESP|1945}} [[Alfredo Di Stéfano]]
| {{flagicon|BRA|1889}} [[Pelé]]
|-
! scope="row"|[[1960 Ballon d'Or|1960]]
| {{flagicon|ESP|1945}} [[Luis Suárez (footballer, born 1935)|Luis Suárez]]
| {{flagicon|BRA|1960}} [[Pelé]]
|-
! scope="row"|[[1961 Ballon d'Or|1961]]
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Omar Sívori]]
| {{flagicon|BRA|1960}} [[Pelé]]
|-
! scope="row"|[[1962 Ballon d'Or|1962]]
| {{flagicon|TCH}} [[Josef Masopust]]
| {{flagicon|BRA|1960}} [[Garrincha]]
|-
! scope="row"|[[1963 Ballon d'Or|1963]]
| {{flagicon|URS}} [[Lev Yashin]]
| {{flagicon|BRA|1960}} [[Pelé]]
|-
! scope="row"|[[1964 Ballon d'Or|1964]]
| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Denis Law]]
| {{flagicon|BRA|1960}} [[Pelé]]
|-
! scope="row"|[[1970 Ballon d'Or|1970]]
| {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Gerd Müller]]
| {{flagicon|BRA|1968}} [[Pelé]]
|-
! scope="row"|[[1978 Ballon d'Or|1978]]
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Kevin Keegan]]
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Mario Kempes]]
|-
! scope="row"|[[1986 Ballon d'Or|1986]]
| {{flagicon|URS}} [[Igor Belanov]]
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Diego Maradona]]
|-
! scope="row"|[[1990 Ballon d'Or|1990]]
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Lothar Matthäus]]
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Diego Maradona]]
|-
! scope="row"|[[1994 Ballon d'Or|1994]]
| {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Hristo Stoichkov]]
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Romário]]
|}

==== Ballon d'Or Dream Team ====
{{Main|Ballon d'Or Dream Team}}
[[File:PaoloMaldini.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Paolo Maldini]] was one of the defenders named to the [[Ballon d'Or Dream Team]].]]
An all-time [[all-star]] team, the '''Ballon d'Or Dream Team''', was published in December 2020 by ''France Football'', honouring football's greatest players of all time.<ref name="FranceFootball2020c" /><ref name="Marca2020a" /> A second and a third team were also published.<ref name="Marca2020b" />

{| class="wikitable"
|+Ballon d'Or Dream Team
|-
!Goalkeeper
!Defenders
!Midfielders
!Forwards
|-
!colspan="4" style="background-color:gold" |First Team
|-
| {{flagicon|URS}} '''[[Lev Yashin]]'''
| {{flagicon|BRA|1974}} '''[[Cafu]]'''<br />{{flagicon|FRG}} '''[[Franz Beckenbauer]]'''<br />{{flagicon|ITA}} '''[[Paolo Maldini]]'''
| {{flagicon|ESP}} '''[[Xavi (footballer, born 1980)|Xavi]]'''<br />{{flagicon|GER}} '''[[Lothar Matthäus]]'''<br />{{flagicon|ARG}} '''[[Diego Maradona]]'''<br />{{flagicon|BRA|1968}} '''[[Pelé]]'''
| {{flagicon|ARG}} '''[[Lionel Messi]]'''<br />{{flagicon|BRA}} '''[[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]]'''<br />{{flagicon|POR}} '''[[Cristiano Ronaldo]]'''
|-
|colspan="4" align="center" style="background-color:silver" |Second Team
|-
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Gianluigi Buffon]]
| {{flagicon|BRA|1968}} [[Carlos Alberto Torres|Carlos Alberto]]<br />{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Franco Baresi]]<br />{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Roberto Carlos]]
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Andrea Pirlo]]<br />{{flagicon|NED}} [[Frank Rijkaard]]<br />{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Zinedine Zidane]]<br />{{flagicon|ESP|1945}} [[Alfredo Di Stéfano]]
| {{flagicon|BRA|1968}} [[Garrincha]]<br />{{flagicon|NED}} [[Johan Cruyff]]<br />{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Ronaldinho]]
|-
|colspan="4" align="center" style="background-color:#cc9966" |Third Team
|-
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Manuel Neuer]]
| {{flagicon|GER|1974}} [[Philipp Lahm]]<br />{{flagicon|SPA}} [[Sergio Ramos]]<br />{{flagicon|GER}} [[Paul Breitner]]
| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Johan Neeskens]]<br />{{flagicon|BRA|1960}} [[Didi (footballer, born 1928)|Didi]]<br />{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Michel Platini]]<br />{{flagicon|SPA}} [[Andrés Iniesta]]
| {{flagicon|NIR}} [[George Best]]<br />{{flagicon|NED}} [[Marco van Basten]]<br />{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Thierry Henry]]
|}
{{clear}}

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<ref name="FranceFootball2024">{{cite web |title=Les lauréats du Ballon d'Or |trans-title=Ballon d'Or winners |language=fr |website=[[France Football]] |issn=0015-9557 |url=https://www.francefootball.fr/ballon-d-or/palmares/ |access-date=4 November 2024 |archive-date=4 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241104173500/https://www.francefootball.fr/ballon-d-or/palmares/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

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<ref name="InternationalOlympicCommittee2024">{{cite web |last=Mikkelsen |first=Sebastian |title=All Ballon d'Or winners – Complete list |url=https://www.olympics.com/en/news/ballon-d-or-winners-messi-ronaldo-zidane-complete-list |access-date=14 February 2025 |publisher=[[International Olympic Committee]] |date=28 October 2024 |archive-date=14 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250214112805/https://www.olympics.com/en/news/ballon-d-or-winners-messi-ronaldo-zidane-complete-list |url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref name="LeFigaro2023">{{cite web |title=Foot: Partenariat Amaury-UEFA pour co-organiser la cérémonie du Ballon d'Or |trans-title=Football: Amaury-UEFA partnership to co-organize the Ballon d'Or ceremony |website=[[Le Figaro]] |issn=1638-606X |date=3 November 2023 |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/sports/football/foot-partenariat-amaury-uefa-pour-co-organiser-la-ceremonie-du-ballon-d-or-20231103 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231213151001/https://www.lefigaro.fr/sports/football/foot-partenariat-amaury-uefa-pour-co-organiser-la-ceremonie-du-ballon-d-or-20231103 |url-status=live |archive-date=13 December 2023 |access-date=26 April 2024 |language=fr}}</ref>

<ref name="LeParisien2023">{{cite web |last=Guerin |first=Andreas |title=Ballon d'or : du plébiscite de 2009 au sacre de 2023, retour sur le grand huit de Lionel Messi |trans-title=Ballon d'Or: from the plebiscite of 2009 to the coronation of 2023, a look back at Lionel Messi's roller coaster |language=fr |website=[[Le Parisien]] |issn=0767-3558 |url=https://www.leparisien.fr/sports/football/ballon-dor-du-plebiscite-de-2009-au-sacre-de-2023-retour-sur-le-grand-huit-de-lionel-messi-31-10-2023-EOMEWPERDVFSLFEBQOJ7H5YSMQ.php |date=31 October 2023 |access-date=26 April 2024 |archive-date=6 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231106042434/https://www.leparisien.fr/sports/football/ballon-dor-du-plebiscite-de-2009-au-sacre-de-2023-retour-sur-le-grand-huit-de-lionel-messi-31-10-2023-EOMEWPERDVFSLFEBQOJ7H5YSMQ.php |url-status=live}}</ref>

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<ref name="LEquipe2023b">{{cite web |title=Ballon d'Or 2023 : Manchester City de nouveau sacré club de l'année |trans-title=Ballon d'Or 2023: Manchester City crowned club of the year again |website=[[L'Equipe]] |issn=0153-1069 |date=30 October 2023 |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Ballon-d-or-2023-manchester-city-de-nouveau-sacre-club-de-l-annee/1428915 |access-date=22 April 2024 |language=fr |archive-date=30 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231030213610/http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Ballon-d-or-2023-manchester-city-de-nouveau-sacre-club-de-l-annee/1428915 |url-status=live}}</ref>

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<ref name="LEquipe2024">{{cite web |title=Palmarès du Ballon d'Or France Football |trans-title=France Football's Ballon d'Or winners |language=fr |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Palmares-du-ballon-d-or-france-football-depuis-1956/1517046 |access-date=24 May 2025 |website=[[L'Equipe]] |issn=0153-1069 |date=29 October 2024 |url-status=live |archive-date=24 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250524104154/https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Palmares-du-ballon-d-or-france-football-depuis-1956/1517046}}</ref>

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