List of Ballon d'Or winners

List of Ballon d’Or winners since its inception in 1956 after Harry Kane won the ​2026 award on Monday.

• 1956: Stanley Matthews (England)
• 1957: Alfredo ‌Di Stefano (Spain)
• 1958: Raymond Kopa (France)
• 1959: Alfredo Di Stefano (Spain)
• 1960: Luis Suarez (Spain)
• 1961: Omar Sivori (Italy)
• 1962: Josef Masopust (Czechoslovakia)
• 1963: Lev Yashin (Soviet Union)
• 1964: Denis Law (Scotland)
• 1965: ​Eusebio (Portugal)
• 1966: Bobby Charlton (England)
• 1967: Florian Albert (Hungary)
• 1968: George Best (Northern Ireland)
• 1969: ​Gianni Rivera (Italy)
• 1970 - Gerd Mueller (West Germany)
• 1971: Johan Cruyff (Netherlands)
• 1972: ⁠Franz Beckenbauer (West Germany)
• 1973: Johan Cruyff (Netherlands)
• 1974: Johan Cruyff (Netherlands)
• 1975: Oleg ​Blokhin (Soviet Union)
• 1976: Franz Beckenbauer (West Germany)
• 1977: Allan Simonsen (Denmark)
• 1978: Kevin ​Keegan (England)
• 1979: Kevin Keegan (England)
• 1980: Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (West Germany)
• 1981: Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (West Germany)
• 1982: Paolo Rossi (Italy)
• 1983: Michel Platini (France)
• 1984: Michel Platini (France)
• 1985: Michel Platini (France)
• 1986: Igor Belanov (Soviet Union)
• 1987: ​Ruud Gullit (Netherlands)
• 1988: Marco van Basten (Netherlands)
• 1989: Marco van ​Basten (Netherlands)
• 1990: Lothar Matthaus (Germany)
• 1991: Jean-Pierre Papin (France)
• 1992: Marco van Basten (Netherlands)
• 1993: Roberto Baggio (Italy)
• 1994: Hristo ⁠Stoichkov (Bulgaria)
• 1995: George Weah (Liberia)
• 1996: Matthias Sammer (Germany)
• 1997: Ronaldo (Brazil)
• 1998: Zinedine Zidane (France)
• 1999: Rivaldo (Brazil)
• 2000: Luis Figo (Portugal)
• 2001: Michael Owen (England)
• 2002: Ronaldo (Brazil)
• 2003: Pavel Nedved (Czech Republic)
• 2004: Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine) 2005 - Ronaldinho (Brazil)
• 2006: Fabio Cannavaro (Italy)
• 2007: Kaka (Brazil)
• 2008 - Cristiano ​Ronaldo (Portugal)
• 2009: Lionel ​Messi (Argentina)
• 2010: Lionel ⁠Messi (Argentina)
• 2011: Lionel Messi (Argentina)
• 2012: Lionel Messi (Argentina)
• 2013: Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
• 2014: Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
• 2015: Lionel Messi (Argentina)
• 2016: Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
• 2017: Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
• 2018: ⁠Luka Modric (Croatia)
• 2019: Lionel Messi (Argentina)
• 2020: Award Cancelled (COVID-19 pandemic)
• 2021: Lionel Messi (Argentina)
• 2022: Karim Benzema (France)
• 2023: Lionel Messi (Argentina)
• 2024: Rodri (Spain)
• 2025: Ousmane Dembele (France)
• 2026: Harry ​Kane (England)
• From 2010-2015 the Ballon d’Or was ​merged with the FIFA World Player of the Year to ​create the FIFA Ballon d’Or award.