All Ballon d'Or winners in history (1956-2015)

One more year, the Golden Ball has filled the front pages of all sports media and a year since many years ago, the decision has revolved around two players and a special guest who may soon be the one to take. Leo Messi, he returned to win the award after two years of reign of Cristiano Ronaldo and managed to win his 5th prize even beating all records. We remind all winners in history year by year,.

All winners of the Golden Ball between 1956 y 2015

1956 – Stanley Matthews – Inglaterra
1957 - Alfredo Di Stéfano - Spain
1958 - Raymond Kopa - France
1959 - Alfredo Di Stéfano - Spain
1960 - Luis Suarez - Spain
1961 - Omar Sivori - Italy
1962 - Josef Masopust - Checoslovaquia
1963 - Lev Yashin - Soviet Union
1964 - Denis Law - Scotland
1965 - Eusebio - Portugal
1966 – Bobby Charlton – Inglaterra
1967 - Florian Albert - Hungary
1968 - George Best - Northern Ireland
1969 - Gianni Rivera - Italy
1970 - Gerd Muller - Germany
1971 - Johan Cruyff - Holland
1972 - Franz Beckenbauer - Alemania
1973 - Johan Cruyff - Holland
1974 - Johan Cruyff - Holland
1975 - Oleh Blokhin - Soviet Union
1976 - Franz Beckenbauer - Alemania
1977 - Allan Simonsen - Dinamarca
1978 – Kevin Keegan – England
1979 – Kevin Keegan – England
1980 - Karl-Heinz Rummenigge - Alemania
1981 - Karl-Heinz Rummenigge - Alemania
1982 - Paolo Rossi - Italy
1983 - Michel Platini - France
1984 - Michel Platini - France
1985 - Michel Platini - France
1986 - Igor Belanov - Soviet Union
1987 - Ruud Gullit - Holanda
1988 - Marco van Basten - Netherlands
1989 - Marco van Basten - Netherlands
1990 - Lothar Matthaus - Alemania
1991 - Jean-Pierre Papin - Francia
1992 - Marco van Basten - Netherlands
1993 - Roberto Baggio - Italy
1994 - Hristo Stoichkov - Bulgaria
1995 – George Weah – Liberia
1996 - Matthias Sammer - Alemania
1997 - Ronaldo - Brazil
1998 - Zinedine Zidane - France
1999 - Rivaldo - Brazil
2000 - Luis Figo - Portugal
2001 – Michael Owen – England
2002 - Ronaldo - Brazil
2003 - Pavel Nedved - Czech Republic
2004 - Andriy Shevchenko - Ukraine
2005 - Ronaldinho - Brazil
2006 - Fabio Cannavaro - Italy
2007 - Kaka - Brazil
2008 - Cristiano Ronaldo - Portugal
2009 - Lionel Messi - Argentina
2010 - Lionel Messi - Argentina
2011 - Lionel Messi - Argentina
2012 - Lionel Messi - Argentina
2013- Cristiano Ronaldo- Portugal
2014-Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal
2015-Lionel Messi-Argentina

Honorary Golden Ball

1995-Diego Armando Maradona-Argentina
2013-Pele-Brazil

The players with the most Ballon d'Ors (1956-2015)

Leo Messi 5 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 y 2015
Cristiano Ronaldo 3 2008, 2013 y 2014
Johan Cruyff 3 1971, 1973, 1974
Marco van Basten 3 1988, 1989, 1992
Michael Platini 3 1983, 1984, 1985
Franz Beckenbauer 2 1972, 1976
Kevin Keegan 2 1978, 1979
Ronaldo Nazario 2 1997, 2002
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 2 1980, 1981
Alfredo Di Stefano 2 1957, 1959