Ballon d'or

Name: Sir Stanley Matthews

Year: 1956

Nationality: England

Club: Blackpool FC

Age: 41

Name: Alfredo Di Stéfano

Year: 1957

Nationality: Spain

Club: Real Madrid

Age: 31

Name: Raymond Kopa

Year: 1958

Nationality: France

Club: Real Madrid

Age: 27

Name: Alfredo Di Stéfano

Year: 1959

Nationality: Spain

Club: Real Madrid

Age: 33

Name: Luis Suárez

Year: 1960

Nationality: Spain

Club: Barcelona

Age: 25

Name: Omar Sívori

Year: 1961

Nationality: Italy

Club: Juventus

Age: 26

Name: Josef Masopust

Year: 1962

Nationality: Czechoslovakia

Club: Dukla Prague

Age: 31

Name: Lev Yashin

Year: 1963

Nationality: Soviet Union

Club: Dynamo Moscow

Age: 34

Name: Denis Law

Year: 1964

Nationality: Scotland

Club: Manchester United

Age: 24

Name: Eusébio

Year: 1965

Nationality: Portugal

Club: Benfica

Age: 23

Name: Bobby Charlton

Year: 1966

Nationality: England

Club: Manchester United

Age: 29

Name: Flórián Albert

Year: 1967

Nationality: Hungary

Club: Ferencv rosi TC

Age: 26

Name: George Best

Year: 1968

Nationality: Northern Ireland

Club: Manchester United

Age: 22

Name: Gianni Rivera

Year: 1969

Nationality: Italy

Club: Milan

Age: 26

Name: Gerd Müller

Year: 1970

Nationality: West Germany

Club: Bayern Munich

Age: 25

Name: Johan Cruyff

Year: 1971

Nationality: Netherlands

Club: Ajax

Age: 24

Name: Franz Beckenbauer

Year: 1972

Nationality: West Germany

Club: Bayern Munich

Age: 27

Name: Johan Cruyff

Year: 1973

Nationality: Netherlands

Club: Barcelona

Age: 26

Name: Johan Cruyff

Year: 1974

Nationality: Netherlands

Club: Barcelona

Age: 27

Name: Oleg Blokhin

Year: 1975

Nationality: Soviet Union

Club: Dynamo Kyiv

Age: 23

Name: Franz Beckenbauer

Year: 1976

Nationality: West Germany

Club: Bayern Munich

Age: 31

Name: Allan Simonsen

Year: 1977

Nationality: Denmark

Club: Borussia M”nchengladbach

Age: 25

Name: Kevin Keegan

Year: 1978

Nationality: England

Club: Hamburg

Age: 27

Name: Kevin Keegan

Year: 1979

Nationality: England

Club: Hamburg

Age: 28

Name: Karl-Heinz Rummenigge

Year: 1980

Nationality: West Germany

Club: Bayern Munich

Age: 25

Name: Karl-Heinz Rummenigge

Year: 1981

Nationality: West Germany

Club: Bayern Munich

Age: 26

Name: Paolo Rossi

Year: 1982

Nationality: Italy

Club: Juventus

Age: 26

Name: Michel Platini

Year: 1983

Nationality: France

Club: Juventus

Age: 28

Name: Michel Platini

Year: 1984

Nationality: France

Club: Juventus

Age: 29

Name: Michel Platini

Year: 1985

Nationality: France

Club: Juventus

Age: 30

Name: Igor Belanov

Year: 1986

Nationality: Soviet Union

Club: Dynamo Kyiv

Age: 26

Name: Ruud Gullit

Year: 1987

Nationality: Netherlands

Club: Milan

Age: 25

Name: Marco van Basten

Year: 1988

Nationality: Netherlands

Club: Milan

Age: 23

Name: Marco van Basten

Year: 1989

Nationality: Netherlands

Club: Milan

Age: 24

Name: Lothar Matthäus

Year: 1990

Nationality: Germany

Club: Internazionale

Age: 29

Name: Jean-Pierre Papin

Year: 1991

Nationality: France

Club: Marseille

Age: 28

Name: Marco van Basten

Year: 1992

Nationality: Netherlands

Club: Milan

Age: 28

Name: Roberto Baggio

Year: 1993

Nationality: Italy

Club: Juventus

Age: 26

Name: Hristo Stoichkov

Year: 1994

Nationality: Bulgaria

Club: Barcelona

Age: 28

Name: George Weah

Year: 1995

Nationality: Liberia

Club: Milan

Age: 29

Name: Matthias Sammer

Year: 1996

Nationality: Germany

Club: Borussia Dortmund

Age: 29

Name: Ronaldo

Year: 1997

Nationality: Brazil

Club: Internazionale

Age: 21

Name: Zinedine Zidane

Year: 1998

Nationality: France

Club: Juventus

Age: 26

Name: Rivaldo

Year: 1999

Nationality: Brazil

Club: Barcelona

Age: 27

Name: Luís Figo

Year: 2000

Nationality: Portugal

Club: Real Madrid

Age: 28

Name: Michael Owen

Year: 2001

Nationality: England

Club: Liverpool

Age: 22

Name: Ronaldo

Year: 2002

Nationality: Brazil

Club: Real Madrid

Age: 26

Name: Pavel Nedvěd

Year: 2003

Nationality: Czech Republic

Club: Juventus

Age: 31

Name: Andriy Shevchenko

Year: 2004

Nationality: Ukrain

Club: Milan

Age: 28

Name: Ronaldinho

Year: 2005

Nationality: Brazil

Club: Barcelona

Age: 25

Name: Fabio Cannavaro

Year: 2006

Nationality: Italy

Club: Real Madrid

Age: 33

Name: Kaká

Year: 2007

Nationality: Brazil

Club: Milan

Age: 25

Name: Cristiano Ronaldo

Year: 2008

Nationality: Portugal

Club: Manchester United

Age: 23

Name: Lionel Messi

Year: 2009

Nationality: Argentina

Club: Barcelona

Age: 22

Name: Lionel Messi

Year: 2010

Nationality: Argentina

Club: Barcelona

Age: 23

Name: Lionel Messi

Year: 2011

Nationality: Argentina

Club: Barcelona

Age: 24

Name: Lionel Messi

Year: 2012

Nationality: Argentina

Club: Barcelona

Age: 25

Name: Cristiano Ronaldo

Year: 2013

Nationality: Portugal

Club: Real Madrid

Age: 28

Name: Cristiano Ronaldo

Year: 2014

Nationality: Portugal

Club: Real Madrid

Age: 29

Name: Lionel Messi

Year: 2015

Nationality: Argentina

Club: Barcelona

Age: 28

Name: Cristiano Ronaldo

Year: 2016

Nationality: Portugal

Club: Real Madrid

Age: 31

Name: Cristiano Ronaldo

Year: 2017

Nationality: Portugal

Club: Real Madrid

Age: 32

Name: Luka Modric

Year: 2018

Nationality: Croatia

Club: Real Madrid

Age: 33

Name: Lionel Messi

Year: 2019

Nationality: Argentina

Club: Barcelona

Age: 32

NOT AWARDED

Name: Lionel Messi

Year: 2021

Nationality: Argentina

Club: Paris Saint-Germain F.C.

Age: 34