The Ballon d’Or award is an annual football award for the best player over the previous year. It was first awarded in 1956. The most recent winner is was Spanish player Rodri in 2024. Prior to that the award has been dominated by Argentinian Lionel Messi, winning the men’s Ballon d’Or award a record eight times. Cristiano Ronaldo also won the award five times.
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1956
Rank Player Team Points
1st England Stanley Matthews England Blackpool 47
2nd Spain Alfredo Di Stéfano Spain Real Madrid 44
3rd France Raymond Kopa Spain Real Madrid 33
1957
Rank Player Team Points
1st Spain Alfredo Di Stéfano Spain Real Madrid 72
2nd England Billy Wright England Wolverhampton Wanderers 19
3rd England Duncan Edwards England Manchester United 16
France Raymond Kopa Spain Real Madrid 16
1958
Rank Player Team Points
1st France Raymond Kopa Spain Real Madrid 71
2nd West Germany Helmut Rahn West Germany Rot-Weiss Essen 40
3rd France Just Fontaine France Reims 23
1959
Rank Player Team Points
1st Spain Alfredo Di Stéfano Spain Real Madrid 80
2nd France Raymond Kopa France Reims 42
3rd Wales John Charles Italy Juventus 24
1960
Rank Player Team Points
1st Spain Luis Suárez Spain Barcelona 54
2nd Hungary Ferenc Puskás Spain Real Madrid 37
3rd West Germany Uwe Seeler West Germany Hamburger SV 33
1961
Rank Player Team Points
1st Italy Omar Sívori Italy Juventus 46
2nd Spain Luis Suárez Italy Inter Milan 40
3rd England Johnny Haynes England Fulham 22
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1962
Rank Player Team Points
1st Czechoslovakia Josef Masopust Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague 65
2nd Portugal Eusébio Portugal Benfica 53
3rd West Germany Karl-Heinz Schnellinger West Germany FC Köln 33
1963
Rank Player Team Points
1st Soviet Union Lev Yashin Soviet Union Dynamo Moscow 73
2nd Italy Gianni Rivera Italy Milan 55
3rd England Jimmy Greaves England Tottenham Hotspur 50
1964
Rank Player Team Points
1st Scotland Denis Law England Manchester United 61
2nd Spain Luis Suárez Italy Inter Milan 43
3rd Spain Amancio Spain Real Madrid 38
1965
Rank Player Team Points
1st Portugal Eusébio Portugal Benfica 67
2nd Italy Giacinto Facchetti Italy Inter Milan 59
3rd Spain Luis Suárez Italy Inter Milan 45
1966
Rank Player Team Points
1st England Bobby Charlton England Manchester United 81
2nd Portugal Eusébio Portugal Benfica 80
3rd West Germany Franz Beckenbauer West Germany Bayern Munich 59
1967
Rank Player Team Points
1st Hungary Flórián Albert Hungary Ferencváros 68
2nd England Bobby Charlton England Manchester United 40
3rd Scotland Jimmy Johnstone Scotland Celtic 39
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1968
Rank Player Team Points
1st Northern Ireland George Best England Manchester United 61
2nd England Bobby Charlton England Manchester United 53
3rd Republic of Yugoslavia Dragan Džajić Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 46
1969
Rank Player Team Points
1st Italy Gianni Rivera Italy Milan 83
2nd Italy Gigi Riva Italy Cagliari 79
3rd West Germany Gerd Müller West Germany Bayern Munich 38
1970
Rank Player Team Points
1st West Germany Gerd Müller West Germany Bayern Munich 77
2nd England Bobby Moore England West Ham United 70
3rd Italy Gigi Riva Italy Cagliari 65
1971
Rank Player Team Points
1st Netherlands Johan Cruyff Netherlands Ajax 116
2nd Italy Sandro Mazzola Italy Inter Milan 57
3rd Northern Ireland George Best England Manchester United 56
1972
Rank Player Team Points
1st West Germany Franz Beckenbauer West Germany Bayern Munich 81
2nd West Germany Gerd Müller West Germany Bayern Munich 79
West Germany Günter Netzer West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach 79
1973
Rank Player Team Points
1st Netherlands Johan Cruyff Spain Barcelona 96
2nd Italy Dino Zoff Italy Juventus 47
3rd West Germany Gerd Müller West Germany Bayern Munich 44
