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Men’s Ballon d’Or Winners List From 1956 to 2022

Men's Ballon d'Or Winners List
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This prize first-time introduced in 1956. Football’s top player from the previous year receives the Ballon d’Or award each year. Lionel Messi has won this 7 time this award. The recent award was won by Messi in 2021. Cristiano Ronaldo has won this award 5 times.
In August, the 30 players for the Ballon d’Or Award winners in 2022 have been revealed. It is the first time since 2005, Lionel Messi is not on the list.

List of Ballon d’Or Winners

Year Player Club Nationality
1956 Stanley Matthews Blackpool England
1957 Alfredo Di Stéfano Real Madrid Spain
1958 Raymond Kopa Real Madrid France
1959 Alfredo Di Stéfano Real Madrid Spain
1960 Luis Suárez Barcelona Spain
1961 Omar Sívori Juventus Italy
1962 Josef Masopust Dukla Prague Czechoslovakia
1963 Lev Yashin Dynamo Moscow Soviet Union
1964 Denis Law Manchester United Scotland
1965 Eusébio Benfica Portugal
1966 Bobby Charlton Manchester United England
1967 Flórián Albert Ferencv rosi TC Hungary
1968 George Best Manchester United Northern Ireland
1969 Gianni Rivera Milan Italy
1970 Gerd Müller Bayern Munich West Germany
1971 Johan Cruyff Ajax Netherlands
1972 Franz Beckenbauer Bayern Munich West Germany
1973 Johan Cruyff Barcelona Netherlands
1974 Johan Cruyff Barcelona Netherlands
1975 Oleg Blokhin Dynamo Kyiv Soviet Union
1976 Franz Beckenbauer Bayern Munich West Germany
1977 Allan Simonsen Borussia M”nchengladbach Denmark
1978 Kevin Keegan Hamburg England
1979 Kevin Keegan Hamburg England
1980 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Bayern Munich West Germany
1981 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Bayern Munich West Germany
1982 Paolo Rossi Juventus Italy
1983 Michel Platini Juventus France
1984 Michel Platini Juventus France
1985 Michel Platini Juventus France
1986 Igor Belanov Dynamo Kyiv Soviet Union
1987 Ruud Gullit Milan Netherlands
1988 Marco van Basten Milan Netherlands
1989 Marco van Basten Milan Netherlands
1990 Lothar Matthäus Internazionale Germany
1991 Jean-Pierre Papin Marseille France
1992 Marco van Basten Milan Netherlands
1993 Roberto Baggio Juventus Italy
1994 Hristo Stoichkov Barcelona Bulgaria
1995 George Weah Milan Liberia
1996 Matthias Sammer Borussia Dortmund Germany
1997 Ronaldo Internazionale Brazil
1998 Zinedine Zidane Juventus France
1999 Rivaldo Barcelona Brazil
2000 Luís Figo Real Madrid Portugal
2001 Michael Owen Liverpool England
2002 Ronaldo Real Madrid Brazil
2003 Pavel Nedvěd Juventus Czechia
2004 Andriy Shevchenko Milan Ukrain
2005 Ronaldinho Barcelona Brazil
2006 Fabio Cannavaro Real Madrid Italy
2007 Kaká  Milan Brazil
2008 Cristiano Ronaldo Manchester United Portugal
2009 Lionel Messi Barcelona Argentina
2010 Lionel Messi Barcelona Argentina
2011 Lionel Messi Barcelona Argentina
2012 Lionel Messi Barcelona Argentina
2013 Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid Portugal
2014 Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid Portugal
2015 Lionel Messi Barcelona Argentina
2016 Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid Portugal
2017 Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid Portugal
2018 Luka Modric Real Madrid Croatia
2019 Lionel Messi Barcelona Argentina
2020 Not Awarded
2021 Lionel Messi Paris Saint-Germain F.C. Argentina
2022 TBD
Aqeel Ahmad
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