All Ballon d'Or winners in history

Last update 1 October, 2025 by Alberto Llopis

Who they are all winners of the Golden Ball history? who is the most capped player has won the Ballon d'Or? We talk about the most prestigious award that a player can win at the individual level. A prestigious prize founded by France Football on 1956 and it merged with the FIFA between 2009 y 2016 Turning to separate that creating one hand the Golden Ball for another year, the award “The Best” delivered by the maximum federation of the world football.

A prize that even the 90 They could only win European players, which led, that legendary players like Pele and Maradona had to receive and honorable way. Not Argentina di Stéfano, who nationalized Spanish and not only won but is the only player in history to have a Golden Superbalón.

All Ballon d'Or winners in history

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 – England
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
2016-Cristiano Ronaldo- Portugal
2017-Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal
2018-Luka Modric-Croatia
2019-Lionel Messi-Argentina
2021-Leo Messi-Argentina
2022-Karim Benzema-France
2023-Leo Messi Argentina
2024-Rodri-Spain
2025-Ousmane Dembele

*In 2020 did not deliver due to the coronavirus crisis

Honorary Golden Ball

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

The players with the most Ballon d'Ors

Leo Messi 8 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019, 2021 y 2023
Cristiano Ronaldo 5 2008, 2013, 2014, 2016 y 2017
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 Nazarium 2 1997, 2002
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 2 1980, 1981
Alfredo Di Stefano 2 1957, 1959

The best images of the Ballon d'Or winners

All the winners of the women's Ballon d'Or

2018 Ada Hegerberg, Norway
2019 Megan Rapinoe, USA
2021: Alexia Putellas, Spain
2022: Alexia Putellas, Spain
2023: Aitana Bonmati, Spain
2024: Aitana Bonmati, Spain
2025: Aitana Bonmati, Spain

FIFA World Player of the Year

2001 Mia Hamm, USA

2002 Mia Hamm, USA

2003 Birgit Prince, Germany

2004 Birgit Prince, Germany

2005 Birgit Prince, Germany

2006 Marta Vieira, Brazil

2007 Marta Vieira, Brazil

2008 Marta Vieira, Brazil

2009 Marta Vieira, Brazil

Ballon d'Or + FIFA World Player of the Year

2010 Marta Vieira, Brazil

2011 Homare Sawa, Japan

2012 Abby Wambach, USA

2013 Nadine Angerer, Germany