{"id":3220,"date":"2025-09-22T12:04:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T10:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weisetech.dev\/fc-barcelona-noticias\/en\/ballon-or-historical-list-with-all-the-winners_314783_102\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T11:37:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T10:37:52","slug":"ballon-or-historical-list-with-all-the-winners_314783_102","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelonanoticias.com\/en\/golden-ball\/ballon-or-historical-list-with-all-the-winners_314783_102.html","title":{"rendered":"Ballon d’Or: historical list with all the winners of the award"},"content":{"rendered":"

Discover the Ballon d’Or list with the list of all the winners of the most prestigious award in the world of football.<\/h2> \r\n
\r\n \r\n \r\n Calendar of FC Barcelona <\/a>\r\n<\/div>

France Football has presented the Ballon d’Or since 1956 as recognition of the best footballer of the year and since 2018 also to the best female footballer<\/strong>. The 2025 edition was the 69th in men’s football and the 7th edition in women’s football.<\/p>

On Monday, September 22, 2025, Paris Saint-Germain player Ousmane Demb\u00e9l\u00e9 was awarded as Best Player of the Year<\/strong> in the men’s category and the Spanish player from FC Barcelona<\/strong> Aitana Bonmat\u00ed, for the third consecutive year,<\/strong> in the women’s category.<\/p>

Discover the list of winners of the most prestigious individual award in the world of football. These are all the winners of the Ballon d’Or<\/strong> throughout its history.<\/p>

Men’s Ballon d’Or Winners<\/h2>
  1. 2025 Ousmane Demb\u00e9l\u00e9<\/b> (Paris Saint-Germain)<\/li> \t
  2. 2024 Rodrigo Hern\u00e1ndez (<\/b>Manchester City)<\/li> \t
  3. 2023<\/b> Leo Messi (<\/b>Inter Miami)<\/li> \t
  4. 2022<\/b> Karim Benzema (<\/b>Real Madrid)<\/li> \t
  5. 2021<\/b> Leo Messi (<\/b>PSG)<\/li> \t
  6. 2020<\/b> — not held<\/li> \t
  7. 2019<\/b> Leo Messi (<\/b>FC Barcelona)<\/li> \t
  8. 2018<\/b> Luka Modric (<\/b>Real Madrid)<\/li> \t
  9. 2017<\/b> Cristiano Ronaldo (<\/b>Real Madrid)<\/li> \t
  10. 2016<\/b> Cristiano Ronaldo (<\/b>Real Madrid)<\/li> \t
  11. 2015<\/b> Leo Messi (<\/b>FC Barcelona)<\/li> \t
  12. 2014<\/b> Cristiano Ronaldo (<\/b>Real Madrid)<\/li> \t
  13. 2013<\/b> Cristiano Ronaldo (<\/b>Real Madrid)<\/li> \t
  14. 2012<\/b> Leo Messi (<\/b>FC Barcelona)<\/li> \t
  15. 2011<\/b> Leo Messi (<\/b>FC Barcelona)<\/li> \t
  16. 2010<\/b> Leo Messi (<\/b>FC Barcelona)<\/li> \t
  17. 2009<\/b> Leo Messi (<\/b>FC Barcelona)<\/li> \t
  18. 2008<\/b> Cristiano Ronaldo (<\/b>Manchester United)<\/li> \t
  19. 2007<\/b> Kak\u00e1 (<\/b>AC Milan)<\/li> \t
  20. 2006<\/b> Fabio Cannavaro (<\/b>Real Madrid)<\/li> \t
  21. 2005<\/b> Ronaldinho (<\/b>FC Barcelona)<\/li> \t
  22. 2004<\/b> Andriy Shevchenko (<\/b>AC Milan)<\/li> \t
  23. 2003<\/b> Pavel Nedved (<\/b>Juventus)<\/li> \t
  24. 2002<\/b> Ronaldo Nazario (<\/b>Real Madrid)<\/li> \t
  25. 2001<\/b> Michael Owen (<\/b>Liverpool)<\/li> \t
  26. 2000<\/b> Luis Figo (<\/b>Real Madrid)<\/li> \t
  27. 1999<\/b> Rivaldo (<\/b>FC Barcelona)<\/li> \t
  28. 1998<\/b> Zinedine Zidane (<\/b>Juventus)<\/li> \t
  29. 1997<\/b> Ronaldo Nazario (<\/b>Inter Milan)<\/li> \t
  30. 1996<\/b> Matthias Sammer (<\/b>Borussia Dortmund)<\/li> \t
  31. 1995<\/b> George Weah (<\/b>AC Milan)<\/li> \t
  32. 1994<\/b> Hristo Stoitchkov (<\/b>FC Barcelona)<\/li> \t
  33. 1993<\/b> Roberto Baggio (<\/b>Juventus)<\/li> \t
  34. 1992<\/b> Marco van Basten (<\/b>AC Milan)<\/li> \t
  35. 1991<\/b> Jean-Pierre Papin (<\/b>Olympique Marseille)<\/li> \t
  36. 1990<\/b> Lotthar Matth\u00e4us (<\/b>Inter Milan)<\/li> \t
  37. 1989<\/b> Marco van Basten (<\/b>AC Milan)<\/li> \t
  38. 1988<\/b> Marco van Basten (<\/b>AC Milan)<\/li> \t
  39. 1987<\/b> Ruud Gullit (<\/b>AC Milan)<\/li> \t
  40. 1986<\/b> Igor Belanov (<\/b>Dinamo Kiev)<\/li> \t
  41. 1985<\/b> Michel Platini (<\/b>Juventus)<\/li> \t
  42. 1984<\/b> Michel Platini (<\/b>Juventus)<\/li> \t
  43. 1983<\/b> Michel Platini (<\/b>Juventus)<\/li> \t
  44. 1982<\/b> Paolo Rossi (<\/b>Juventus)<\/li> \t
  45. 1981<\/b> Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (<\/b>Bayern M\u00fcnich)<\/li> \t
  46. 1980<\/b> Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (<\/b>Bayern M\u00fcnich)<\/li> \t
  47. 1979<\/b> Kevin Keegan (<\/b>Hamburg)<\/li> \t
  48. 1978<\/b> Kevin Keegan (<\/b>Hamburg)<\/li> \t
  49. 1977<\/b> Allan Simonsen (<\/b>Borussia M\u00f6nchengladbach)<\/li> \t
  50. 1976<\/b> Franz Beckenbauer (<\/b>Bayern M\u00fcnich)<\/li> \t
  51. 1975<\/b> Oleg Blokhin (<\/b>Dinamo Kiev)<\/li> \t
  52. 1974<\/b> Johan Cruyff (<\/b>FC Barcelona)<\/li> \t
  53. 1973<\/b> Johan Cruyff (<\/b>FC Barcelona)<\/li> \t
  54. 1972<\/b> Franz Beckenbauer (<\/b>Bayern M\u00fcnich)<\/li> \t
  55. 1971<\/b> Johan Cruyff (<\/b>Ajax)<\/li> \t
  56. 1970<\/b> Gerd M\u00fcller (<\/b>Bayern M\u00fcnich)<\/li> \t
  57. 1969<\/b> Gianni Rivera (<\/b>AC Milan)<\/li> \t
  58. 1968<\/b> George Best (<\/b>Manchester United)<\/li> \t
  59. 1967<\/b> Florian Albert (<\/b>Ferencvaros)<\/li> \t
  60. 1966<\/b> Bobby Charlton (<\/b>Manchester United)<\/li> \t
  61. 1965<\/b> Eusebio (<\/b>Benfica)<\/li> \t
  62. 1964<\/b> Denis Law (<\/b>Manchester United)<\/li> \t
  63. 1963<\/b> Lev Yashin (<\/b>Dinamo Moscow)<\/li> \t
  64. 1962<\/b> Josef Masopust (<\/b>Dukla Prague)<\/li> \t
  65. 1961<\/b> Omar S\u00edvori (<\/b>Juventus)<\/li> \t
  66. 1960<\/b> Luis Su\u00e1rez (<\/b>FC Barcelona)<\/li> \t
  67. 1959<\/b> Alfredo di St\u00e9fano (<\/b>Real Madrid)<\/li> \t
  68. 1958<\/b> Raymond Kopa (<\/b>Real Madrid)<\/li> \t
  69. 1957<\/b> Alfredo di St\u00e9fano (<\/b>Real Madrid)<\/li> \t
  70. 1956<\/b> Stanley Matthews (<\/b>Blackpool)<\/li> <\/ol>

    Ranking of the players who have won the most Ballon d’Or awards<\/h3>
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    Leo Messi with his eighth Ballon d’Or<\/div> <\/div> <\/div>

    Leo Messi is the most awarded player in the history of the award, with 8 awards<\/strong>. He is followed by Cristiano Ronaldo with five trophies, who won his last award in 2017. Far from the two players with the most awards, there are three footballers who have managed to win the award on three occasions: Platini, Cruyff and Van Basten<\/strong>:<\/p>

    8 Ballon d’Or:<\/b><\/u><\/p>