Learn about the record of the Ballon d'Or winners since the first edition
The following are the names of the winners of the Ballon d'Or award given by the French magazine "France Football" for the best footballer since 1956:
2022: French Karim Benzema
2021: Lionel Messi
2020: Canceled due to the Corona pandemic
2019: Lionel Messi
2018: Croatia's Luka Modric
2017: Cristiano Ronaldo
2016: Cristiano Ronaldo
2015: Lionel Messi
2014: Cristiano Ronaldo
2013: Cristiano Ronaldo
2012: Lionel Messi
2011: Lionel Messi
2010: Lionel Messi
2009: Lionel Messi
2008: Cristiano Ronaldo
2007: Brazilian Ricardo Kaká
2006: Fabio Cannavaro, Italy
2005: Brazilian Ronaldinho
2004: Andrey Shevchenko, Ukraine
2003: Czech Pavel Nedved
2002: Brazilian Ronaldo
2001: Englishman Michael Owen
2000: Luis Figo, Portugal
1999: Brazilian Rivaldo
1998: Frenchman Zinedine Zidane
1997: Brazilian Ronaldo
1996: Matthias Sammer, Germany
1995: Liberian George Weah
1994: Hristo Stoichkov, Bulgarian
1993: Italian Roberto Baggio
1992: Dutch Marco van Basten
1991: Jean-Pierre Papin, French
1990: Lothar Matthaus, Germany
1989: Marco van Basten, Dutch
1988: Dutch Marco van Basten
1987: Dutchman Ruud Gullit
1986: Soviet Igor Bilanov
1985: Frenchman Michel Platini
1984: Frenchman Michel Platini
1983: Frenchman Michel Platini
1982: Italian Paolo Rossi
1981: Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
1980: Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Germany
1979: England's Kevin Keegan
1978: England's Kevin Keegan
1977: Denmark's Alan Simonsen
1976: German Franz Beckenbauer
1975: Soviet Oleg Blokhin
1974: Johan Cruyff, Dutch
1973: Dutchman Johan Cruyff
1972: German Franz Beckenbauer
1971: Johan Cruyff, Dutch
1970: Gerd Muller, Germany
1969: Italian Gianni Rivera
1968: Northern Irishman George Best
1967: Hungarian Florian Albert
1966: England's Bobby Charlton
1965: Portuguese Eusebio
1964: Scotsman Dennis Lowe
1963: Soviet goalkeeper Lev Yashin
1962: Czechoslovakian Joseph Masopust
1961: Italian Omar Sivori
1960: Luis Soares, Spain
1959: Alfredo Di Stefano of Spain
1958: Frenchman Raymond Cuba
1957: Alfredo Di Stefano of Spain
1956: England's Stanley Matthews
Between 2010 and 2015, the Ballon d'Or award from France Football was merged with the award for the best player in the world awarded annually by the International Football Association (FIFA), before they were separated again starting from 2016.
France Football first awarded the Golden Ball to the best European player in Europe between 1956 and 1994, and then to the best player in Europe between 1995 and 2006, and to the best player in the world starting in 2007.
The 2020 edition has been canceled due to the repercussions of the Corona virus.
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