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Ballon d'Or Winners

Every men's Ballon d'Or winner since the award was created in 1956, with the club each player represented when he won it — and the names who lifted it more than once.

Players with the most Ballon d'Or awards

Lionel Messi8 wins
Cristiano Ronaldo5 wins
Johan Cruyff3 wins
Marco van Basten3 wins
Michel Platini3 wins
Alfredo Di Stéfano2 wins
Franz Beckenbauer2 wins
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge2 wins
Kevin Keegan2 wins
Ronaldo2 wins

Lionel Messi holds the record with 8 awards, ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo on 5. The 2020 award was not presented and the 2026 winner is still to be decided.

Every winner, 1956 to 2025

YearWinnerClubCountry
1956Stanley MatthewsBlackpoolEngland
1957Alfredo Di StéfanoReal MadridArgentina
1958Raymond KopaReal MadridFrance
1959Alfredo Di StéfanoReal MadridArgentina
1960Luis SuárezBarcelonaSpain
1961Omar SívoriJuventusItaly
1962Josef MasopustDukla PragueCzechoslovakia
1963Lev YashinDynamo MoscowSoviet Union
1964Denis LawManchester UnitedScotland
1965EusébioBenficaPortugal
1966Bobby CharltonManchester UnitedEngland
1967Flórián AlbertFerencvárosHungary
1968George BestManchester UnitedNorthern Ireland
1969Gianni RiveraMilanItaly
1970Gerd MüllerBayern MunichWest Germany
1971Johan CruyffAjaxNetherlands
1972Franz BeckenbauerBayern MunichWest Germany
1973Johan CruyffBarcelonaNetherlands
1974Johan CruyffBarcelonaNetherlands
1975Oleg BlokhinDynamo KyivSoviet Union
1976Franz BeckenbauerBayern MunichWest Germany
1977Allan SimonsenBorussia MönchengladbachDenmark
1978Kevin KeeganHamburgEngland
1979Kevin KeeganHamburgEngland
1980Karl-Heinz RummeniggeBayern MunichWest Germany
1981Karl-Heinz RummeniggeBayern MunichWest Germany
1982Paolo RossiJuventusItaly
1983Michel PlatiniJuventusFrance
1984Michel PlatiniJuventusFrance
1985Michel PlatiniJuventusFrance
1986Igor BelanovDynamo KyivSoviet Union
1987Ruud GullitMilanNetherlands
1988Marco van BastenMilanNetherlands
1989Marco van BastenMilanNetherlands
1990Lothar MatthäusInter MilanGermany
1991Jean-Pierre PapinMarseilleFrance
1992Marco van BastenMilanNetherlands
1993Roberto BaggioJuventusItaly
1994Hristo StoichkovBarcelonaBulgaria
1995George WeahMilanLiberia
1996Matthias SammerBorussia DortmundGermany
1997RonaldoInter MilanBrazil
1998Zinedine ZidaneJuventusFrance
1999RivaldoBarcelonaBrazil
2000Luís FigoReal MadridPortugal
2001Michael OwenLiverpoolEngland
2002RonaldoReal MadridBrazil
2003Pavel NedvědJuventusCzech Republic
2004Andriy ShevchenkoMilanUkraine
2005RonaldinhoBarcelonaBrazil
2006Fabio CannavaroReal MadridItaly
2007KakáMilanBrazil
2008Cristiano RonaldoManchester UnitedPortugal
2009Lionel MessiBarcelonaArgentina
2010Lionel MessiBarcelonaArgentina
2011Lionel MessiBarcelonaArgentina
2012Lionel MessiBarcelonaArgentina
2013Cristiano RonaldoReal MadridPortugal
2014Cristiano RonaldoReal MadridPortugal
2015Lionel MessiBarcelonaArgentina
2016Cristiano RonaldoReal MadridPortugal
2017Cristiano RonaldoReal MadridPortugal
2018Luka ModrićReal MadridCroatia
2019Lionel MessiBarcelonaArgentina
2021Lionel MessiParis Saint-GermainArgentina
2022Karim BenzemaReal MadridFrance
2023Lionel MessiInter MiamiArgentina
2024RodriManchester CitySpain
2025Ousmane DembéléParis Saint-GermainFrance

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