Ballon D'or 1956 - 2023

1. Dr. Basil Bemgba Achie MBBS Ibadan
BALLON D’OR
1956-2023

3. YEAR WINNER 2ND PLACE 3RD PLACE
Ballon d'Or (1956–2009)
1956 Stanley Matthews Alfredo Di Stefano Raymond Kopa
1957 Alfredo Di Stefano Billy Wright Duncan Edwards
Raymond Kopa
1958 Raymond Kopa Helmut Rahn Just Fontaine
1959 Alfredo Di Stefano Raymond Kopa John Charles
1960 Luis Suarez Ference Puskas Uwe Seeler
1961 Omar Sivori Luis Suarez Johnny Haynes
1962 Josef Masopust Eusebio Karl-Heinz Schnellinger
1963 Lev Yashin Gianni Rivera Jimmy Greaves

4. YEAR WINNER 2ND PLACE 3RD PLACE
1964 Denis Law Luis Suarez Amancio
1965 Eusebio Giacinto Facchetti Luis Suarez
1966 Bobby Charlton Eusebio Franz Beckenbauer
1967 Florian Albert Bobby Charlton Jimmy Johnston
1968 George Best Bobby Charlton Dragan Dzajic
1969 Gianni Rivera Luigi Riva Gerd Muller
1970 Gerd Muller Bobby Moore Luigi Riva
1971 Johan Cruyff Sandro Mazzola George Best

5. YEAR WINNER 2ND PLACE 3RD PLACE
1972 Franz Beckenbauer Gerd Muller Gunter Netzer
1973 Johan Cruyff Dino Zoff Gerd Muller
1974 Johan Cruyff Franz Beckenbauer Kazimier Deyna
1975 Oleg Blokhin Franz Beckenbauer Johan Cruyff
1976 Franz Beckenbauer Rob Rensenbrink Ivo Victor
1977 Allan Simonsen Kevin Keegan Michel Platini
1978 Kevin Keegan Hans Kranki Rob Rensenbrink
1979 Kevin Keegan Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Rudd Krol

6. YEAR WINNER 2ND PLACE 3RD PLACE
1980 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Bernd Schustern Michel Platini
1981 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Paul Breitner Bernd Schuster
1982 Paolo Rossi Alain Giresse Zbigniew Boniek
1983 Michel Platini Kenny Dalglish Allan Simonsen
1984 Michel Platini Jean Tigana Preben Elkjaer
1985 Michel Platini Preben Elkjaer Bernd Schuster
1986 Igor Belanov Gary Lineker Emilio Butragueno
1987 Ruud Gullit Paulo Futre Emilio Butragueno

7. YEAR WINNER 2ND PLACE 3RD PLACE
1988 Marco van Basten Ruud Gullit Frank Rijkaard
1989 Marco van Basten Franco Baresi Frank Rijkaard
1990 Lothar Mathaus Salvatore Schillaci Andreas Brehme
1991 Jean-Pierre Papin • Dejan Savicevic
• Darko Pancek
• Lothar Mathaus
1992 Marco van Basten Hristo Stoichov Dennis Bergkamp
1993 Roberto Baggio Dennis Bergkamp Eric Cantona
1994 Hristo Stoichov Roberto Baggio Paolo Maldini
1995 George Weah Jurgen Klinsman Javi Litmanen

8. YEAR WINNER 2ND PLACE 3RD PLACE
1996 Mathias Sammer Ronaldo Alan Shearer
1997 Ronaldo Predrag Mijatovic Zinedine Zidane
1998 Zinedine Zidane Davor Suker Ronaldo
1999 Rivaldo David Beckham Andriy Shevchenko
2000 Luis Figo Zinedine Zidane Andriy Shevchenko
2001 Michael Owen Raul Oliver Kahn
2002 Ronaldo Roberto Carlos Oliver Kahn
2003 Pavel Nedved Thierry Henry Paolo Maldini

9. YEAR WINNER 2ND PLACE 3RD PLACE
2004 Andriy Shevchenko Deco Ronaldinho
2005 Ronaldinho Frank Lampard Stephen Gerrard
2006 Fabio Cannavaro Gianluigi Buffon Thierry Henry
2007 Kaka Cristiano Ronaldo Lionel Messi
2008 Cristiano Ronaldo Lionel Messi Fernando Torres
2009 Lionel Messi Cristiano Ronaldo Xavi
FIFA Ballon d'Or (2010 – 2015)
2010 Lionel Messi Andres Iniesta Xavi
2011 Lionel Messi Cristiano Ronaldo Xavi

10. YEAR WINNER 2ND PLACE 3RD PLACE
2012 Lionel Messi Cristiano Ronaldo Andreas Iniesta
2013 Cristiano Ronaldo Lionel Messi Frank Ribery
2014 Cristiano Ronaldo Lionel Messi Manuel Neuer
2015 Lionel Messi Cristiano Ronaldo Neymar
Ballon d'Or (2016 – present)
2016 Cristiano Ronaldo Lionel Messi Antoine Griezmann
2017 Cristiano Ronaldo Lionel Messi Neymar
2018 Luka Modric Cristiano Ronaldo Antoine Griezmann
2019 Lionel Messi Virgil Van Dijk Cristiano Ronaldo

11. YEAR WINNER 2ND PLACE 3RD PLACE
2020 Not awarded due to the COVID 19 Pandemic
2021 Lionel Messi Robert Lewandowski Jorginho
2022 Karim Benzema Sadio Mane Kevin De Bruyn
2023 Lionel Messi Erling Haaland Kylian Mbappe

12. Ballon d'Or (1956–2009)

13. Stanley Matthews
Ballon D’or 1956
Lifetime: 1 February 1915 – 23
February 2000 Nationality: England
 Position played: Forward,
Right winger.
 Club:Blackpool
 Full name: Sir Stanley
Matthews, CBE.
 First winner of the Ballon d’Or.

14. Alfredo Di Stefano
Ballon D’or 1957
Lifetime: 4 July 1926 – 7 July
2014 Nationality: Spain
 Position played: Forward
 Club: Real Madrid
 This was his first of two Ballon
d’Or awards (1957 and 1959).

15. Raymond Kopa
Ballon d’Or 1958
Lifetime: 13 October 1931 – 3
March 2017 Nationality: France
 Position played: Midfielder.
 Club: Real Madrid

16. Alfredo Di Stefano
Ballon D’or 1959
Lifetime: 4 July 1926 – 7 July
2014 Nationality: Spain
 Position played: Forward.
 Club: Real Madrid
 Second award

17. Luis Suarez
Ballon D’or 1960
Born 2 May 1935 Nationality: Spain
 Position played: Midfielder.
 Club: Barcelona
 Full name: Luis Suarez
Miramontes.

18. Omar Sivori
Ballon D’or 1961
Lifetime: 2 October 1935 – 17
February 2005 Nationality: Italy
 Position played: Forward.
 Club: Juventus

19. Josef Masopust
Ballon d’Or 1962
Lifetime: 9 February 1931 – 29
June 2015 Nationality: Czechoslovakia
 Position played: Midfielder.
 Club: Dukla Prague

20. Lev Yashin
Ballon d’Or 1963
Lifetime: 22 October 1929 – 20
March 1990 Nationality: Soviet Union
 Position played: Goalkeeper.
 Club: Dynamo Moscow
 Full name: Lev Ivanovich
Yashin.
 Only goal keeper to win the
Ballon d’Or to date.

21. Denis Law
Ballon d’Or 1964
Born 24 February 1940 Nationality: Scotland
 Position played: Forward
 Club: Manchester United
 Full name: Denis Law CBE

22. Eusebio
Ballon d’Or 1965
Lifetime: 25 January 1942 – 5
January 2014 Nationality: Portugal
 Position played: Forward.
 Club: Benfica
 Full name: Eusebio da Silva
Ferreira.

23. Bobby Charlton
Ballon d’Or 1966
Born 11 October 1937 Nationality: England
 Position played: Midfielder.
 Club: Manchester United
 Full name: Sir Robert
Charlton, CBE.

24. Florian Albert
Ballon d’Or 1967
Lifetime: 15 September 1941 –
31 October 2011 Nationality: Hungary
 Position played: Forward.
 Club: Ferenc Város

25. George Best
Ballon d’Or 1968
Lifetime: 22 May 1946 – 25
November 2005 Nationality: Northern Ireland
 Position played: Left winger.
 Club: Manchester United

26. Gianni Rivera
Ballon d’Or 1969
Born 18 August 1943 Nationality: Italy
 Position played: Midfielder.
 Club: Milan

27. Gerd Muller
Ballon d’Or 1970
Born 3 November 1945 Nationality: West Germany
 Position played: Forward.
 Club: Bayern Munich

28. Johan Cruyff
Ballon d’Or 1971
Lifetime: 25 April 1947 – 24
March 2016 Nationality: Netherlands
 Position played: Attacking
midfielder.
 Club: Ajax
 This was his first of three
Ballon d’Or awards (1971,
1973 and 1974).

29. Franz Beckenbauer
Ballon d’Or 1972
Born 11 September 1945 Nationality: West Germany
 Position played: Midfielder,
Central defender.
 Club: Bayern Munich
 Full name: Franz Anton
Beckenbauer.
 First of two Ballon d’Or awards
(1972 and 1976).

30. Johan Cruyff
Ballon d’Or 1973
Lifetime: 25 April 1947 – 24
March 2016 Nationality: Netherlands
 Position played: Attacking
midfielder.
 Club: Barcelona
 Second award

31. Johan Cruyff
Ballon d’Or 1974
Lifetime: 25 April 1947 – 24
March 2016 Nationality: Netherlands
 Position played: Attacking
midfielder.
 Club: Barcelona
 Third award

32. Oleg Blokhin
Ballon d’Or 1975
Born 5 November 1952 Nationality: Soviet Union
 Position played: Forward
 Club: Dynamo Kyiv

33. Franz Beckenbauer
Ballon d’Or 1976
Born 11 September 1945 Nationality: West Germany
 Positions played: Midfielder,
Central defender
 Club: Bayern Munich
 Second award

34. Allan Simonsen
Ballon d’Or 1977
Born 15 December 1952 Nationality: Denmark
 Position played: Forward.
 Club: Borussia
Monchengladbach

35. Kevin Keegan
Ballon d’Or 1978
Born 14 February 1951 Nationality: England
 Position played: Forward.
 Club: Hamburger SV
 First of two Ballon d’Or awards
(1978 and 1979).

36. Kevin Keegan
Ballon d’Or 1979
Born 14 February 1951 Nationality: England
 Playing position: Forward.
 Club: Hamburger SV
 Second award

37. Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
Ballon d’Or 1980
Born 25 September 1955 Nationality: West Germany
 Position played: Forward.
 Club: Bayern Munich
 First of two Ballon d’Or awards
(1980 and 1981).

38. Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
Ballon d’Or 1981
Born 25 September 1955 Nationality: West Germany
 Position played: Forward.
 Club: Bayern Munich
 Second award

39. Paolo Rossi
Ballon d’Or 1982
Born 23 September 1956 Nationality: Italy
 Position played: Forward.
 Club: Juventus

40. Michel Platini
Ballon d’Or 1983
Born 21 June 1955 Nationality: France
 Position played: Attacking
midfielder.
 Club: Juventus
 First of three Ballon d’Or
awards (1983, 1984 and
1985).

41. Michel Platini
Ballon d’Or 1984
Born 21 June 1955 Nationality: France
 Position played: Attacking
midfielder.
 Club: Juventus
 Second award

42. Michel Platini
Ballon d’Or 1985
Born 21 June 1955 Nationality: France
 Position played: Attacking
midfielder.
 Club: Juventus
 Third award

43. Igor Belanov
Ballon d’Or 1986
Born 25 September 1960 Nationality: Soviet Union
 Positions played: Attacking
midfielder, Forward
 Club: Dynamo Kyiv

44. Ruud Gullit
Ballon d’Or 1987
Born 1 September 1962 Nationality: Netherlands
 Positions played: Midfielder,
Forward.
 Club: Milan

45. Marco van Basten
Ballon d’Or 1988
Born 31 October 1964 Nationality: Netherlands
 Position played: Forward.
 Club: Milan
 First of three Ballon d’Or
awards (1988, 1989 and
1992).

46. Marco van Basten
Ballon d’Or 1989
Born 31 October 1964 Nationality: Netherlands
 Position played: Forward.
 Club: Milan
 Second award

47. Lothar Mathaus
Ballon d’Or 1990
Born 21 March 1961 Nationality: Germany
 Position played: Midfielder.
 Club: Internazionale

48. Jean-Pierre Papin
Ballon d’Or 1991
Born 5 November 1963 Nationality: France
 Position played: Forward.
 Club: Marseille

49. Marco van Basten
Ballon d’Or 1992
Born 31 October 1964 Nationality: Netherlands
 Position played: Forward
 Club: Milan
 Third award

50. Roberto Baggio
Ballon d’Or 1993
Born 18 February 1967 Nationality: Italy
 Positions played: Forward,
Attacking midfielder.
 Club: Juventus.

51. Hristo Stoichkov
Ballon d’Or 1994
Born 8 February 1966 Nationality: Bulgaria
 Position played: Forward.
 Club: Barcelona.

52. George Weah
Ballon d’Or 1995
Born 1 October 1966 Nationality: Liberia
 Position played: Forward.
 Club: Milan
 Full name: George Manneh
Oppong Ousman Weah.

53. Matthias Sammer
Ballon d’Or 1996
Born 5 September 1967 Nationality: Germany
 Position played: Defensive
midfielder.
 Club: Borussia Dortmund

54. Ronaldo
Ballon d’Or 1997
Born 18 September 1976 Nationality: Brazil
 Playing position: Forward.
 Club: Internazionale
 First of two Ballon d’Or awards
(1997 and 2002).
 Full name: Ronaldo Luis
Nazario de Lima.

55. Zinedine Zidane
Ballon d’Or 1998
Born 23 June 1972 Nationality: France
 Position played: Attacking
midfielder.
 Club: Juventus

56. Rivaldo
Ballon d’Or 1999
Born 19 April 1972 Nationality: Brazil
 Position played: Attacking
midfielder.
 Club: Barcelona
 Full name: Rivaldo Vitor Borba
Ferreira

57. Luis Figo
Ballon d’Or 2000
Born 4 November 1972 Nationality: Portugal
 Position played: Midfielder.
 Club: Real Madrid
 Full name: Luis Felipe Madeira
Caeiro Figo

58. Michael Owen
Ballon d’Or 2001
Born 14 December 1979 Nationality: England
 Position played: Forward.
 Club: Liverpool

59. Ronaldo
Ballon d’Or 2002
Born 18 September 1976 Nationality: Brazil
 Position played: Forward
 Club: Real Madrid
 Second award

60. Pavel Nedved
Ballon d’Or 2003
Born 30 August 1972 Nationality: Czech Republic
 Position played: Midfielder.
 Club: Juventus

61. Andriy Shevchenko
Ballon d’Or 2004
Born 29 September 1976 Nationality: Ukraine
 Position played: Forward.
 Club: Milan

62. Ronaldinho
Ballon d’Or 2005
Born 21 March 1980 Nationality: Brazil
 Positions played: Attacking
midfielder, forward, winger.
 Club: Barcelona
 Full name: Ronaldo de Assis
Moreira.

63. Fabio Cannavaro
Ballon d’Or 2006
Born 13 September 1973 Nationality: Italy
 Position played: Defender.
 Club: Real Madrid

64. KaKa
Ballon d’Or 2007
Born 22 April 1982 Nationality: Brazil
 Position played: Attacking
midfielder.
 Club: Milan
 Full name: Ricardo Izecson
dos Santos Leite.

65. Cristiano Ronaldo
Ballon d’Or 2008
Born 5 February 1985 Nationality: Portugal
 Playing position: Forward.
 Club: Manchester United
 First of five Ballon d’Or awards
(2008, 2013, 2014, 2016 and
2017)
 Full name: Cristiano Ronaldo
dos Santos Aveiro.

66. Lionel Messi
Ballon d’Or 2009
Born 24 June 1987 Nationality: Argentina.
 Playing position: Forward.
 Club: Barcelona
 First of seven Ballon d’Or
awards (2009, 2010, 2011,
2012 and 2015, 2019 and
2021)
 Full name: Lionel Andres
Messi Cuccittini.

67. FIFA Ballon d'Or (2010–2015)

68. Lionel Messi
FIFA Ballon d’Or 2010
Born 24 June 1987 Nationality: Argentina
 Playing position: Forward
 Club: Barcelona
 Second award

69. Lionel Messi
FIFA Ballon d’Or 2011
Born 24 June 1987 Nationality: Argentina
 Playing position: Forward
 Club: Barcelona
 Third award

70. Lionel Messi
FIFA Ballon d’Or 2012
Born 24 June 1987 Nationality: Argentina
 Playing position: Forward
 Club: Barcelona
 Fourth award

71. Cristiano Ronaldo
FIFA Ballon d’Or 2013
Born 5 February 1985 Nationality: Portugal
 Playing position: Forward
 Club: Real Madrid
 Second award

72. Cristiano Ronaldo
FIFA Ballon d’Or 2014
Born 5 February 1985 Nationality: Portugal
 Playing position: Forward
 Club: Real Madrid
 Third award

73. Lionel Messi
FIFA Ballon d’Or 2015
Born 24 June 1987 Nationality: Argentina
 Playing position: Forward
 Club: Barcelona
 Fifth award

74. Ballon d'Or (2016 - Present)

75. Cristiano Ronaldo
Ballon d’Or 2016
Born 5 February 1985 Nationality: Portugal
 Playing position: Forward
 Club: Real Madrid
 Fourth award

76. Cristiano Ronaldo
Ballon d’Or 2017
Born 5 February 1985 Nationality: Portugal
 Playing position: Forward
 Club: Real Madrid
 Fifth award

77. Luka Modric
Ballon d’Or 2018
Born 9 September 1985 Nationality: Croatia
 Playing position: Midfielder.
 Club: Real Madrid

78. Lionel Messi
Ballon d’Or 2019
Born 24 June 1987 Nationality: Argentina
 Playing position: Forward
 Club: Barcelona
 Sixth award

79. Ballon d’Or 2020
 Not awarded due to the COVID 19 Pandemic

80. Lionel Messi
Ballon d’Or 2021
Born 24 June 1987 Nationality: Argentina
 Playing position: Forward
 Club: Paris Saint-Germain
 Seventh award

81. Karim Benzema
Ballon d’Or 2022
Born 19 December 1987 Nationality: France
 Playing position: Forward
 Club: Real Madrid

82. Lionel Messi
Ballon d’Or 2023
Born 24 June 1987 Nationality: Argentina
 Playing position: Forward
 Club: Inter Miami
 Eighth award

83. SUMMARY OF MULTIPLE WINNERS
PLAYER NATIONALITY NUMBER OF BALLON D’OR WINS
Lionel Messi Argentina 8 wins (2009,2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019,
2021, 2023)
Cristiano Ronaldo Portugal 5 wins (2008, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017)
Michel Platini France 3 wins (1983, 1984, 1985)
Johan Cruyff The Netherlands 3 wins (1971, 1973, 1974)
Marco van Basten The Netherlands 3 wins (1988, 1989, 1992)
Franz Beckenbauer West Germany 2 wins (1972, 1976)
Ronaldo Brazil 2 wins (1997, 2002)
Alfredo Di Stefano Spain 2 wins (1957, 1959)
Kevin Keegan England 2 wins (1978, 1979)
Karl-Heinz
Rummenigge
West Germany 2 wins (1980, 1981)