ALL BALLON D'OR WINNERS (1956-2022)

YEAR PLAYER POSITION DOMESTIC TOP SCORER EUROPEAN GOLDEN SHOE HIGH SCORER (20+) DOMESTIC LEAGUE WIN EUROPEAN CUP WIN World Cup UEFA EURO/AFCON/COPA AMERICA CLUB CLUB LEAGUE NATIONALITY
2022 Karim Benzema Forward Y N Y Y Y N Real Madrid La Liga France
2021 Lionel Messi Forward Y N Y N N Y Paris Saint-Germain F.C. France Argentina
2020 2020 Nothing (Lewa robbed)
2019 Lionel Messi Forward Y Y Y Y N N Barcelona Spain Argentina
2018 Luka Modric Midfielder N N Y N Y N Real Madrid Spain Croatia
2017 Cristiano Ronaldo Forward N N Y Y Y Real Madrid Spain Portugal
2016 Cristiano Ronaldo Forward N N Y N Y Y Real Madrid Spain Portugal
2015 Lionel Messi Forward N N Y Y Y N Barcelona Spain Argentina
2014 Cristiano Ronaldo Forward Y Y Y N Y N Real Madrid Spain Portugal
2013 Cristiano Ronaldo Forward N N Y N N Real Madrid Spain Portugal
2012 Lionel Messi Forward Y Y Y N N Barcelona Spain Argentina
2011 Lionel Messi Forward N N Y Y Y N Barcelona Spain Argentina
2010 Lionel Messi Forward N Y Y Y N N Barcelona Spain Argentina
2009 Lionel Messi Forward N N Y Y N Barcelona Spain Argentina
2008 Cristiano Ronaldo Forward Y Y Y Y Y N Manchester United England Portugal
2007 Kaká Midfielder N N N N Y N Milan Italy Brazil
2006 Fabio Cannavaro Defender N N N Y N Y Real Madrid Spain Italy
2005 Ronaldinho Forward N N N Y N Barcelona Spain Brazil
2004 Andriy Shevchenko Forward Y N Y Y N N Milan Italy Ukrain
2003 Pavel Nedvěd Midfielder N N N Y N Juventus Italy Czechia
2002 Ronaldo Forward N N Y N N Y Real Madrid Spain Brazil
2001 Michael Owen Forward N N Y N N Liverpool England England
2000 Luís Figo Midfielder N N N N N N Real Madrid Spain Portugal
1999 Rivaldo Midfielder N N Y Y N Y Barcelona Spain Brazil
1998 Zinedine Zidane Midfielder N N N Y N Y Juventus Italy France
1997 Ronaldo Forward Y Y Y N N Y Internazionale Italy Brazil
1996 Matthias Sammer Defender N N N Y Y Y Borussia Dortmund Germany Germany
1995 George Weah Forward N N N N N Milan Italy Liberia
1994 Hristo Stoichkov - N N Y Y N N Barcelona Spain Bulgaria
1993 Roberto Baggio - Y N Y N N Juventus Italy Italy
1992 Marco van Basten - Y N Y Y N N Milan Italy Netherlands
1991 Jean-Pierre Papin - Y N Y Y Y Marseille France France
1990 Lothar Matthäus - N N N N N Y Internazionale Italy Germany
1989 Marco van Basten - N N Y N Y Milan Italy Netherlands
1988 Marco van Basten - N N N Y N Y Milan Italy Netherlands
1987 Ruud Gullit - N N N Y N Milan Italy Netherlands
1986 Igor Belanov - N N N Y N N Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine Soviet Union
1985 Michel Platini - Y N Y N Y Juventus Italy France
1984 Michel Platini - Y N Y Y N Y Juventus Italy France
1983 Michel Platini - Y N Y N N Juventus Italy France
1982 Paolo Rossi - N N N Y N Y Juventus Italy Italy
1981 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge - Y N Y Y N Bayern Munich Germany West Germany
1980 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge - Y N Y Y N Y Bayern Munich Germany West Germany
1979 Kevin Keegan - N N N Y N Hamburg Germany England
1978 Kevin Keegan - N N N N N N Hamburg Germany England
1977 Allan Simonsen - N N N Y N Borussia M”nchengladbach Germany Denmark
1976 Franz Beckenbauer - N N N N Y N Bayern Munich Germany West Germany
1975 Oleg Blokhin - Y N Y Y N Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine Soviet Union
1974 Johan Cruyff - N N Y Y N N Barcelona Spain Netherlands
1973 Johan Cruyff - N N Y Y Y Barcelona Spain Netherlands
1972 Franz Beckenbauer - N N N Y N Y Bayern Munich Germany West Germany
1971 Johan Cruyff - N N Y N Y Ajax Netherlands Netherlands
1970 Gerd Müller - Y Y Y N N N Bayern Munich Germany West Germany
1969 Gianni Rivera - N N N N Y Milan Italy Italy
1968 George Best - Y N Y N Y N Manchester United England Northern Ireland
1967 Flórián Albert - N N Y Y N Ferencv rosi TC Hungary Hungary
1966 Bobby Charlton - N N N N N Y Manchester United England England
1965 Eusébio - Y N Y Y N Benfica Portugal Portugal
1964 Denis Law - N N Y N N N Manchester United England Scotland
1963 Lev Yashin - N N N N N Dynamo Moscow Soviet Union Soviet Union
1962 Josef Masopust - N N N Y N N Dukla Prague Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
1961 Omar Sívori - N N Y Y N Juventus Italy Italy
1960 Luis Suárez - N N N Y N N Barcelona Spain Spain
1959 Alfredo Di Stéfano - Y N Y N Y Real Madrid Spain Argentina
1958 Raymond Kopa - N N N Y Y N Real Madrid Spain France
1957 Alfredo Di Stéfano - Y N Y Y Y Real Madrid Spain Argentina
1956 Stanley Matthews - N N N N N Blackpool England England