Ballon d'Or All time Winners' List
| Year | Winners |
| 1956 | 1st Stanley Matthews (English, Blackpool) 2nd Alfredo Di Stefano (Argentinean, Real Madrid ) 3rd Raymond Kopa (French, Real Madrid) |
| 1957 |
1st Alfredo Di Stefano (Argentinean, Real Madrid) 2nd Billy Wright (English, Wolverhampton Wanderers) 3rd= Duncan Edwards (English, Manchester United) 3rd= Raymond Kopa (French, Real Madrid) |
| 1958 |
1st Raymond Kopa (French, Real Madrid) 2nd Helmut Rahn (West German, Rot-Weiss Essen) 3rd Just Fontaine (French, Stade Reims) |
| 1959 |
1st Alfredo Di Stefano (Argentinean, Real Madrid) 2nd Raymond Kopa (French, Real Madrid) 3rd John Charles (Welsh, Juventus) |
| 1960 | 1st Luis Suarez (Spanish, Barcelona) 2nd Ferenc Puskas (Hungarian, Real Madrid) 3rd Uwe Seeler (West German, Hamburg) |
| 1961 | 1st Omar Sivori (Argentinean,Juventus) 2nd Luis Suarez (Spanish, Inter Milan) 3rd Johnny Haynes (English, Fulham) |
| 1962 |
1st Josef Masopust (Czechoslovakian, Dukla Prague) 2nd Eusebio (Portuguese, Benfica) 3rd Karl-Heinz Schnellinger (West German, Koln) |
| 1963 | 1st Lev Yashin (Soviet Union, Dynamo Moscow) 2nd Gianni Rivera (Italian, AC Milan) 3rd Jimmy Greaves (English, Tottenham Hotspur) |
| 1964 | 1st Denis Law (Scottish, Man Utd) 2nd Luis Suarez (Spanish, Inter Milan) 3rd Amancio (Spanish, Real Madrid) |
| 1965 | 1st Eusebio (Portuguese, Benfica) 2nd Giacinto Facchetti (Italian, Inter Milan) 3rd Luis Suarez (Spanish, Real Madrid) |
| 1966 | 1st Bobby Charlton (English, Manchester United) 2nd Eusebio (Portuguese, Benfica) 3rd Franz Beckenbauer (West German, Bayern Munich) |
| 1967 |
1st Florian Albert (Hungarian, Ferencváros) 2nd Bobby Charlton (English, Manchester United) 3rd Jimmy Johnstone (Scottish, Celtic) |
| 1968 | 1st George Best (Irish, Manchester United) 2nd Bobby Charlton (English, Manchester United) 3rd Dragan Džaji? (Yugoslavian, Red Star Belgrade) |
| 1969 | 1st Gianni Rivera (Italian, AC Milan) 2nd Luigi Riva (Italian, Cagliari) 3rd Gerd Muller (West German, Bayern Munich) |
| 1970 | 1st Gerd Muller (West German, Bayern Munich) 2nd Bobby Moore (English, West Ham United) 3rd Luigi Riva (Italian, Cagliari) |
| 1971 | 1st Johan Cruyff (Dutch, Ajax) 2nd Sandro Mazzola (Italian, Inter Milan) 3rd George Best (Irish, Manchester United) |
| 1972 | 1st Franz Beckenbauer (West German, Bayern Munich) 2nd Gerd Muller (West German, Bayern Munich) 3rd Gunter Netzer (West German, Borussia Monchengladbach) |
| 1973 | 1st Johan Cruyff (Dutch, Barcelona) 2nd Dino Zoff (Italian, Juventus) 3rd Gerd Muller (West German, Bayern Munic) |
| 1974 |
1st Johan Cruyff (Dutch, Barcelona) 2nd Franz Beckenbauer (West German, Bayern Munich) 3rd Kazimierz Deyna (Polish, Legia Warsaw) |
| 1975 |
1st Oleg Blokhin (Soviet Union, Dynamo Kiev) 2nd Franz Beckenbauer (West German, Bayern Munich) 3rd Johan Cruyff (Dutch, Barcelona) |
| 1976 | 1st Franz Beckenbauer (West German, Bayern Munich) 2nd Rob Rensenbrink (Dutch, Anderlecht) 3rd Ivo Viktor (Czechoslovakian, Dukla Prague) |
| 1977 |
1st Allan Simonsen (Danish, Borussia Monchengladbach) 2nd Kevin Keegan (English, Hamburg) 3rd Michel Platini (French, Nancy) |
| 1978 |
1st Kevin Keegan (English, Hamburg) 2nd Hans Krankl (Austrian, Barcelona) 3rd Rob Rensenbrink (Dutch, Anderlecht) |
| 1979 | 1st Kevin Keegan (English, Hamburg) 2nd Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (West German, Bayern Munich) 3rd Ruud Krol (Dutch, Ajax) |
| 1980 | 1st Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (West German, Bayern Munich) 2nd Bernd Schuster (West German, Real Madrid) 3rd Michel Platini (French, Saint-Etienne) |
1981 |
1st Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (West German, Bayern Munich) 2nd Paul Breitner (West German, Bayern Munich) 3rd Bernd Schuster (West German, Barcelona) |
| 1982 | 1st Paolo Rossi (Italian, Juventus) 2nd Alain Giresse (French, Bordeaux) 3rd Zbigniew Boniek (Polish, Juventus) |
| 1983 |
1st Michel Platini (French, Juventus) 2nd Kenny Dalglish (Scottish, Liverpool) 3rd Allan Simonsen (Danish, Vejle) |
| 1984 |
1st Michel Platini (French, Juventus) 2nd Jean Tigana (French, Bordeaux) 3rd Preben Elkjær (Danish, Verona) |
| 1985 | 1st Michel Platini (French, Juventus) 2nd Preben Elkjær (Danish, Verona) 3rd Bernd Schuster (West German, Barcelona) |
| 1986 |
1st Igor Belanov (Soviet Union, Dynamo Kyiv) 2nd Gary Lineker (English, Barcelona) 3rd Emilio Butragueño (Spanish, Real Madrid) |
| 1987 | 1st Ruud Gullit (Dutch, AC Milan) 2nd Paulo Futre (Portuguese, Atletico Madrid) 3rd Emilio Butragueño (Spanish, Real Madrid) |
| 1988 | 1st Marco van Basten (Dutch, AC Milan) 2nd Ruud Gullit (Dutch, AC Milan) 3rd Frank Rijkaard (Dutch, AC Milan) |
| 1989 | 1st Marco van Basten (Dutch, AC Milan) 2nd Franco Baresi (Italian, Milan) 3rd Frank Rijkaard (Dutch, Milan) |
| 1990 |
1st Lothar Matthaus (German, Inter Milan) 2nd Salvatore Schillaci (Italian, Juventus) 3rd Andreas Brehme (German, Inter Milan) |
| 1991 | 1st Jean-Pierre Papin (French, Marseille) 2nd= Dejan Savicevic (Yugoslavian, Red Star Belgrade) 2nd= Darko Pancev (Yugoslavian, Red Star Belgrade) 2nd= Lothar Matthaus (German, Bayern Munich) |
| 1992 | 1st Marco van Basten (Dutch, AC Milan) 2nd Hristo Stoichkov (Bulgarian, Barcelona) 3rd Dennis Bergkamp (Dutch, Ajax) |
| 1993 |
1st Roberto Baggio (Italian, Juventus) 2nd Dennis Bergkamp (Dutch, Inter Milan) 3rd Eric Cantona (French, Manchester United) |
| 1994 |
1st Hristo Stoichkov (Bulgarian, Barcelona) 2nd Roberto Baggio (Italian, Juventus) 3rd Paolo Maldini (Italian, AC Milan) |
| 1995 | 1st George Weah (Liberian, AC Milan) 2nd Jurgen Klinsmann (German, Bayern Munich) 3rd Jari Litmanen (Finnish, Ajax) |
| 1996 | 1st Matthias Sammer (German, Borussia Dortmund) 2nd Ronaldo (Brazilian, Barcelona) 3rd Alan Shearer (English, Newcastle United) |
| 1997 |
1st Ronaldo (Brazilian, Inter Milan) 2nd Predrag Mijatovi? (Yugoslavian, Real Madrid) 3rd Zinedine Zidane (French, Juventus) |
| 1998 | 1st Zinedine Zidane (French, Juventus) 2nd Davor Suker (Croatian, Real Madrid) 3rd Ronaldo (Brazilian, Inter Milan) |
| 1999 | 1st Rivaldo (Brazilian, Barcelona) 2nd David Beckham (English, Manchester United) 3rd Andriy Shevchenko (Ukrainian, AC Milan) |
| 2000 | 1st Luis Figo (Portuguese, Real Madrid) 2nd Zinedine Zidane (French, Real Madrid) 3rd Andriy Shevchenko (Ukrainian, AC Milan) |
| 2001 | 1st Michael Owen (English, Liverpool) 2nd Raul (Spanish, Real Madrid) 3rd Oliver Kahn (German, Bayern Munich) |
| 2002 |
1st Ronaldo (Brazilian, Real Madrid) 2nd Roberto Carlos (Brazilian, Real Madrid) 3rd Oliver Kahn (German, Bayern Munich) |
2003 |
1st Pavel Nedved (Czech, Juventus) 2nd Thierry Henry (French, Arsenal) 3rd Paolo Maldini (Italian, AC Milan) |
| 2004 | 1st Andriy Shevchenko (Ukrainian, AC Milan) 2nd Deco (Portuguese, Barcelona) 3rd Ronaldinho (Brazilian, Barcelona) |
| 2005 | 1st Ronaldinho (Brazilian, Barcelona) 2nd Frank Lampard (English, Chelsea) 3rd Steven Gerrard (English, Liverpool) |
| 2006 | 1st Fabio Cannavaro (Italian, Real Madrid) 2nd Gianluigi Buffon (Italian, Juventus) 3rd Thierry Henry (French, Arsenal) |
2007 |
1st Kaka (Brazilian, AC Milan) 2nd Cristiano Ronaldo (Portuguese, Manchester United) 3rd Lionel Messi (Argentinean, Barcelona) |
| 2008 | 1st Cristiano Ronaldo (Portuguese, Manchester United) 2nd Lionel Messi (Argentinean, Barcelona) 3rd Fernando Torres (Spanish, Liverpool) |
| 2009 | 1st Lionel Messi (Argentinean, Barcelona) 2nd Cristiano Ronaldo (Portuguese, Real Madrid) 3rd Xavi Hernandez (Spanish, Barcelona) |
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| 2010 |
1st Lionel Messi (Argentinean, Barcelona) 2nd Andres Iniesta (Spanish, Barcelona) 3rd Xavi Hernandez (Spanish, Barcelona) |
| 2011 | 1st Lionel Messi (Argentinean, Barcelona) 2nd Cristiano Ronaldo (Portuguese, Real Madrid) 3rd Xavi Hernandez (Spanish, Barcelona) |
| 2012 | 1st Lionel Messi (Argentinean, Barcelona) 2nd Cristiano Ronaldo (Portuguese, Real Madrid) 3rd Andres Iniesta (Spanish, Barcelona) |