Ballon D’or: Full List Of Men’s Award Winners From 1956 To 2023

 

Year / Player / (Club) 1956: Stanley Matthews (Blackpool) 1957: Alfredo Di Stefano (Real Madrid) 1958: Raymond Kopa (Real Madrid) 1959: Alfredo Di Stefano (Real Madrid) 1960: Luis Suarez (Barcelona) 1961: Omar Sivori (Juventus) 1962: Josef Masopust (Dukla Prague) 1963: Lev Yashin (Dynamo Moscow) 1964: Denis Law (Manchester United) 1965: Eusebio (Benfica) 1966: Bobby Charlton (Manchester United) 1967: Florian Albert (Ferencvaros) 1968: George Best (Manchester United) 1969: Gianni Rivera (AC Milan) 1970: Gerd Muller (Bayern Munich) 1971: Johan Cruyff (Ajax) 1972: Franz Beckenbauer (Bayern Munich) 1973: Johan Cruyff (Barcelona) 1974: Johan Cruyff (Barcelona) 1975: Oleg Blokhin (Dynamo Kyiv) 1976: Franz Beckenbauer (Bayern Munich) 1977: Allan Simonsen (Borussia Monchengladbach) 1978: Kevin Keegan (Hamburg) 1979: Kevin Keegan (Hamburg) 1980: Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (Bayern Munich) 1981: Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (Bayern Munich) 1982: Paolo Rossi (Juventus) 1983: Michel Platini (Juventus) 1984: Michel Platini (Juventus) 1985: Michel Platini (Juventus) 1986: Igor Belanov (Dynamo Kyiv) 1987: Ruud Gullit (AC Milan) 1988: Marco van Basten (AC Milan) 1989: Marco van Basten (AC Milan) 1990: Lothar Matthaus (Internazionale) 1991: Jean-Pierre Papin (Marseille) 1992: Marco van Basten (AC Milan) 1993: Roberto Baggio (Juventus) 1994: Hristo Stoichkov (Barcelona) 1995: George Weah (AC Milan) 1996: Matthias Sammer (Borussia Dortmund) 1997: Ronaldo (Internazionale) 1998: Zinedine Zidane (Juventus) 1999: Rivaldo (Barcelona) 2000: Luis Figo (Real Madrid) 2001: Michael Owen (Liverpool) 2002: Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 2003: Pavel Nedved (Juventus) 2004: Andriy Shevchenko (AC Milan) 2005: Ronaldinho (Barcelona) 2006: Fabio Cannavaro (Real Madrid) 2007: Kaka (Milan) 2008: Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) 2009: Lionel Messi (Barcelona) 2010: Lionel Messi (Barcelona) 2011: Lionel Messi (Barcelona) 2012: Lionel Messi (Barcelona) 2013: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 2014: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 2015: Lionel Messi (Barcelona) 2016: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 2017: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 2018: Luka Modric (Real Madrid) 2019: Lionel Messi (Barcelona) 2020: Cancelled 2021: Lionel Messi (Paris Saint-Germain) 2022: Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) 2023: Lionel Messi (MLS)