Ballon d'Or awards revisited by BigSoccer users

2020 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus
1 Robert Lewandowski (Poland/Bayern Munich) - 140
2 Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium/Manchester City) - 67
3 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona) - 58
4 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Juventus) - 25
5 Kylian Mbappe (France/Paris St Germain) - 19
6 Joshua Kimmich (Germany/Bayern Munich) - 16
7 Manuel Neuer (Germany/Bayern Munich) - 15
8 Serge Gnabry (Germany/Bayern Munich) - 14
9 Sadio Mane (Senegal/Liverpool) - 13
10 Neymar (Brazil/Paris St Germain) - 7
11 Thomas Muller (Germany/Bayern Munich) - 2
12 Virgil van Dijk (Netherlands/Liverpool) - 1.5
13 N'Golo Kante (France/Chelsea) - 0.5

2021 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus
1 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona/Paris St Germain) - 122
2 Robert Lewandowski (Poland/Bayern Munich) - 92
3 N'Golo Kante (France/Chelsea) - 41
4 Karim Benzema (France/Real Madrid) - 33
5 Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium/Manchester City) - 22
6 Kylian Mbappe (France/Paris St Germain) - 14
7 Jorginho (Italy/Chelsea) - 11
8 Harry Kane (England/Tottenham Hotspur) - 8
9 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Juventus/Manchester United), Mohamed Salah (Egypt/Liverpool) - 6
11 Erling Haaland (Norway/Borussia Dortmund) - 4
12 Marco Verratti (Italy/Paris St Germain) - 2
13 Gianluigi Donnarumma (Italy/AC Milan/Paris St Germain), Ilkay Gundogan (Germany/Manchester City) - 1

2022 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus
1 Karim Benzema (France/Real Madrid) - 104
2 Kylian Mbappe (France/Paris St Germain) - 56
3 Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium/Manchester City) - 24.5
4 Mohamed Salah (Egypt/Liverpool) - 23
5 Robert Lewandowski (Poland/Bayern Munich/Barcelona) - 21
6 Sadio Mane (Senegal/Liverpool/Bayern Munich) - 20
7 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Paris St Germain) - 16
8 Thibaut Courtois (Belgium/Real Madrid), Luka Modric (Croatia/Real Madrid) - 12
10 Erling Haaland (Norway/Borussia Dortmund/Manchester City) - 5.5
11 Vinicius Jr (Brazil/Real Madrid) - 5
12 Christopher Nkunku (France/RB Leipzig) - 2


2020 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer/Reddit panel consensus
1 Robert Lewandowski (Poland/Bayern Munich) - 218
2 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona) - 94
3 Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium/Manchester City) - 74
4 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Juventus) - 47
5 Kylian Mbappe (France/Paris St Germain) - 33
6 Manuel Neuer (Germany/Bayern Munich) - 21
7 Joshua Kimmich (Germany/Bayern Munich) - 20
8 Neymar (Brazil/Paris St Germain) - 17.5
9 Sadio Mane (Senegal/Liverpool) - 16.5
10 Serge Gnabry (Germany/Bayern Munich) - 15
11 Thomas Muller (Germany/Bayern Munich) - 13
12 Mohamed Salah (Egypt/Liverpool) - 5
13 Trent Alexander-Arnold (England/Liverpool), Karim Benzema (France/Real Madrid), Son Heung-min (South Korea/Tottenham Hotspur) - 2
16 Virgil van Dijk (Netherlands/Liverpool) - 1.5
17 Memphis Depay (Netherlands/Lyon), Harry Kane (England/Tottenham Hotspur), Jan Oblak (Slovenia/Atletico Madrid) - 1
20 N'Golo Kante (France/Chelsea) - 0.5

2021 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer/Reddit panel consensus
1 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona/Paris St Germain) - 180
2 Robert Lewandowski (Poland/Bayern Munich) - 170
3 Karim Benzema (France/Real Madrid) - 57
4 N'Golo Kante (France/Chelsea) - 54
5 Jorginho (Italy/Chelsea) - 26
6 Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium/Manchester City) - 22
7 Kylian Mbappe (France/Paris St Germain), Mohamed Salah (Egypt/Liverpool) - 19
9 Erling Haaland (Norway/Borussia Dortmund) - 12
10 Cristiano Ronaldo (Poland/Juventus/Manchester United) - 9
11 Harry Kane (England/Tottenham Hotspur) - 8
12 Luis Suarez (Uruguay/Atletico Madrid) - 3
13 Nicolo Barella (Italy/Inter Milan), Bruno Fernandes (Portugal/Manchester United), Marco Verratti (Italy/Paris St Germain) - 2
16 Gianluigi Donnarumma (Italy/AC Milan/Paris St Germain), Ilkay Gundogan (Germany/Manchester City), Thiago Silva (Brazil/Chelsea) - 1

2022 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer/Reddit panel consensus
1 Karim Benzema (France/Real Madrid) - 168
2 Kylian Mbappe (France/Paris St Germain) - 74
3 Mohamed Salah (Egypt/Liverpool) - 44
4 Sadio Mane (Senegal/Liverpool/Bayern Munich) - 40
5 Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium/Manchester City) - 39.5
6 Robert Lewandowski (Poland/Bayern Munich/Barcelona) - 38
7 Thibaut Courtois (Belgium/Real Madrid) - 21
8 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Paris St Germain) - 16
9 Luka Modric (Croatia/Real Madrid) - 14
10 Vinicius Jr (Brazil/Real Madrid) - 9
11 Erling Haaland (Norway/Borussia Dortmund/Manchester City) - 5.5
12 Trent Alexander-Arnold (England/Liverpool), Christopher Nkunku (France/RB Leipzig), Son Heung-min (South Korea/Tottenham Hotspur) - 2
15 Bernardo Silva (Portugal/Manchester City), Federico Valverde (Uruguay/Real Madrid) - 1


Of course as and when @Lasha the Idiotic lets us know the later votes of elgos from the 1960s onwards I'll be able to add the points on for that, and whenever @Titanlux posts a new updated list (next one being 1982/83) I'll be able to adjust the points for that too, but apart from that I think we're up to date and only new voters emerging would change things @IceBlood34

EDIT - I will still look at pre-1920s and add the consensus we have (from not many guys, but at minimum I know we have calls from Peterhrt and elgos and I think there might be others IIRC) for those earlier years too of course....

 

Sure, yes, I would think so.

 

I haven't done it yet. Who is the circulating Twitter user?

 

Well, first of all, sorry about the writing...I am using DeepL...
I don't have twitter so I could answer you, but a user posted a MisterChip statistic where it was pointed out that both Pablo Dorado and Hector Castro produced assists and goals in the final...so Scarone would not have produced 3 assists. And what I have corroborates with that information. Castro assists Dorado (1st goal), Scarone assists Cea (2nd goal), Mascheroni assists Iriarte (3rd goal), and Dorado assists Castro (4th goal). I have attached reports of each goal. I believe Scarone only made this one assist in the Cup. He missed the first game because he was injured...and the team played poorly against Peru. He really did 11 games and 10 goals in 1930... but from a championship that started in May 1929, where he accumulated 18 games/26 possible and 13 goals... and of those 13, 7 against Cerro, the bottom of the league... And as you mentioned before, this is not irrelevant data, of course. I hope I have helped. The reports of the goals came from Uruguayan media...I also posted an excerpt of commentary about the athletes via Argentine media...and about Iriarte I always laugh when I read it.

 

Since he turned 35, Lionel Messi has played 3,633 minutes of football, the equivalent of 40 full games.

In that time, he’s scored 30 goals, assisted 21 goals, completed 119 dribbles, created 108 chances, got MOTM in 46% of games.

He also won the World Cup.

 

Last I heard he was the massive favourite with the bookies … nobody even close

Nobody is gonna forget that Messi won the World Cup …

 

Exactly, I am working on the 1982-83 season. I estimate that in about 8 or 10 days I will have it completely analyzed with the data I have. I think there are going to be changes with respect to the one I presented at the time with less documentation than I have now.

 

Thank you for the correction. What newspaper is it? It may be necessary to find other sources about 1930 final

 

Ibra !!

[emoji2424]Zlatan: " we all know that it was Perez who was competing with Messi on Ballon d’Ors, not Ronaldo"

 

From Uruguay, from a collection called "100 AÑOS DE FÚTBOL"... specifically, number 13...

https://www.mediafire.com/file/q3136pnz96mb3cb/mu10013.pdf/file

You can find the other numbers at this address:
https://anaforas.fic.edu.uy/jspui/handle/123456789/37179

From Argentina, again El Grafico...

https://www.mediafire.com/file/w52434uzvztnjzo/ma578_09-08-1930.pdf/file

 

TOP 1982-83

In this ranking I have taken into account the rankings of the following awards; Ballon d'Or, World Soccer World Player of the Year, Best Player of America (El Mundo), Best Player of America (El Gráfico), Best Player of Europe (El Gráfico), Oscar del Calcio Guerin Sportivo and Onze de Onze, plus my own criteria, which I will explain below, as it is the referent in the ranking in blue. In addition, for some players who could not be in the Ballon d'Or for not being European or in the ranking of "The World", I calculated an extra value to compensate for these absences. This is the ranking that I put the first is the ranking that I think should be considered in the purpose of this thread for having a more objective character than the one made by myself.

En este ranking he tenido en cuenta las clasificaciones de los siguientes premios; Balón de Oro, World Soccer World Player of the Year, Mejor jugador de América (El Mundo), Mejor Jugador de América (El Gráfico), Mejor Jugador de Europa (El Gráfico), Oscar del Calcio Guerin Sportivo y Onze de Onze, además de mi propio criterio, que explicaré más abajo, pues es el referente en el ranking en azul. Además para algunos jugadores que no podían estar en el Balón de Oro por no ser europeo ni en el ranking de “El Mundo”, calculé un valor extra para compensar dichas ausencias. Este que pongo el primero es el ranking que creo que hay que considerar en el propósito de este hilo por tener un carácter más objetivo que el realizado por mí mismo.

1.- Platini (Francia)
2.- Falcao (Brasil)
3.- Dalglish (Escocia)
4.- Maradona (Argentina)
5.- Rummenigge (Alemania)

6.- Magath (Alemania); 7.- Zico (Brasil); 8.- Sócrates (Brasil); 9.- Robson (Inglaterra); 10.- Strachan (Escocia); 11.- Dassaev (URSS); 12.- Pfaff (Bélgica); 13.- Vercauteren (Bélgica); 14.- Giresse (Francia); 15.- Fillol (Argentina); 16.- Gerets (Bélgica); 17.-Rodríguez, Rodolfo (Uruguay); 18.- Rush (Gales); 19.- Eder (Brasil); 20.- Lerby (Dinamarca); 21.- Forster, Karl Heinz (Alemania); 22.- Junior (Brasil); 23.- Cabrini (Italia); 24.- Voller (Alemania); 25.- Olsen, Morten (Dinamarca); 26.- Schumacher (Alemania); 27.- Olsen, Jesper (Dinamarca); 28.- Bossis (Francia); 29.- Schuster (Alemania); 30.- Hysen (Suecia); 31.- Simonsen (Dinamarca); 32.- Diogo (Uruguay); 33.- Gomes, Fernando (Portugal); 34.- Maceda (España); 35.- Kaltz (Alemania); 36.- Vandenbergh (Bélgica); 37.- Nicholas, Charlie (Escocia); 38.- Scirea (Italia); 39.- Aguilera (Uruguay); 40.- Brady (Irlanda); 41.- Conti (Italia); 42.- De León (Uruguay); 43.- Vierchowod (Italia); 44.- Lozano (España); 45.- Bochini (Argentina); 46.- Souness (Escocia); 47.- Rossi (Italia); 48.- Fernández, Luis (Francia); 49.- Señor (España); 50.- Laudrup (Dinamarca); 51.- Shilton (Inglaterra); 52.- Arconada (España); 53.- Cherenkov (URSS); 54.- Susic (Yugoslavia); 55.- Renato Gaucho (Brasil); 56.- Morena (Uruguay); 57.- Lawrenson (Irlanda); 58.- Briegel (Alemania); 59.- Pereyra, Darío (Uruguay); 60.- Carlos Manuel (Portugal); 61.- Tita (Brasil); 62.- Jorginho Putinatti (Brasil); 63.- Stefanescu (Rumanía); 64.- Careca (Brasil); 65.- Serginho Chulapa (Brasil); 66.- Peruzovic (Yugoslavia); 67.- Nyilasi (Hungría); 68.- Rolff (Alemania); 69.- Littbarski (Alemania); 70.- Humberto Coelho (Portugal); 71.- Bento (Portugal); 72.- Balaci (Rumanía); 73.- Coeck (Bélgica); 74.- Krankl (Austria); 75.- Álvarez (España); 76.- Barbas (Argentina); 77.- Smolarek (Polonia); 78.- Nelinho (Brasil); 79.- Stein (Alemania); 80.- Prohaska (Austria); 81.- Reinaldo (Brasil); 82.- Stapleton (Irlanda); 83.- Matthaus (Alemania); 84.- Oliveira (Portugal); 85.- Paulo Isidoro (Brasil); 86.- Francis (Inglaterra); 87.- Shaw (Inglaterra); 88.- Nené (Portugal)


In this other ranking, I have based it on aspects such as ratings in different competitions, collective rankings and individual merits, ideal teams from various magazines and awards to the best national or international players. Regarding the awards mentioned in the previous ranking, they are also taken into consideration, but to a lesser extent, especially those awarded to European players for the calendar year. The screening of players and the final order of the same obey exclusively personal criteria according to the above.


En esta otra clasificación me he basado en aspectos como los ratings en las diferentes competiciones, clasificaciones colectivas y méritos individuales, equipos ideales de diversas revistas y premios a los mejores futbolistas nacionales o internacionales. Respecto a los premios mencionados en el ranking anterior, también se tienen en consideración, pero en menor proporción, sobre todo los otorgados a jugadores europeos por el año natural. La criba de futbolistas y el orden final de los mismos obedecen a criterio exclusivamente personal de acuerdo a lo expuesto.

1.- Falcao (Brasil, Roma); 2.- Platini, Michel (Francia, Juventus); 3.- Dalglish, Kenny (Escocia, Liverpool) 4.- Maradona, Diego (Argentina, Barcelona); 5.- Sócrates (Brasil, Corinthians); 6.- Magath, Felix (Alemania, Hamburgo); 7.- ROBSON, Bryan (Inglaterra, Manchester United); 8.- Zico (Brasil, Flamengo); 9.- Strachan, Gordon (Escocia, Aberdeen); 10.- Vercauteren, Franky (Bélgica, Anderlecht); 11.- Rummenigge, Karl-Heinz (Alemania, Bayern Munich); 12.- Giresse, Alain (Francia, Girondins); 13.- PFAFF, Jean-Marie (Bélgica, Bayern Munich); 14.- FÖRSTER, Karlheinz (Alemania, Stuttgart); 15.- GERETS, Éric (Bélgica, Standard de Lieja); 16.- DASAYEV, Rinat (URSS, Spartak Moscú); 17.- MACEDA, Antonio (España, Sporting de Gijón); 18.- RODRÍGUEZ, Rodolfo (Uruguay, Nacional); 19.- Lerby, Soren (Dinamarca, Ajax); 20.- Éder (Brasil, Atletico Mineiro); 21.- BOSSIS, Maxime (Francia, Nantes); 22.- Fillol, Ubaldo (Argentina, River Plate, Argentinos Juniors y Flamengo); 23.- Völler, Rudi (Alemania, Werder Bremen); 24.- Olsen, Morten (Dinamarca, Anderlecht); 25.- RUSH, Ian (Liverpool, Gales); 26.- Souness, Graeme (Escocia, Liverpool); 27.- Señor, Juan (España, Zaragoza); 28.- Nicholas, Charlie (Escocia, Celtic); 29.- SCHUMACHER, Toni (Alemania, Colonia); 30.- Lozano, Juan (Bélgica, Anderlecht); 31.- de León, Hugo (Uruguay, Gremio); 32.- Júnior (Brasil, Flamengo); 33.- Vierchowod, Pietro (Italia, Roma); 34.- Arconada, Luis Miguel (España, Real Sociedad); 35.- CABRINI, Antonio (Italia, Juventus); 36.- HYSÉN, Glenn (Suecia, Goteborg); 37.- Scirea, Gaetano (Italia, Juventus); 38.- KALTZ, Manfred (Alemania, Hamburgo); 39.- TITA (Brasil, Gremio y Flamengo); 40.- FERNÁNDEZ, Luis (Francia, Paris Saint-Germain); 41.- BRADY, Liam (Irlanda, Sampdoria); 42.- Lawrenson, Mark (Irlanda, Liverpool); 43.- Jorginho Putinatti (Brasil, Palmeiras); 44.- Bochini, Ricardo (Argentina, Independiente); 45.- VANDENBERGH, Erwin (Bélgica, Anderlecht); 46.- SERGINHO CHULAPA (Brasil, Santos); 47.- SCHUSTER, Bernd (Alemania, Barcelona); 48.- FERNANDO GOMES (Portugal, Oporto); 49.- AGUILERA, Carlos (Uruguay, Nacional); 50.- CHERENKOV, Fyodor (URSS, Spartak Moscú); 51.- PEREYRA, Darío (Uruguay, Sao Paulo); 52.- Shilton, Peter (Inglaterra, Southampton); 53.- Renato Gaucho (Brasil, Gremio); 54.- Humberto Coelho (Portugal, Benfica); 55.- Peruzovic, Luka (Yugoslavia, Anderlecht); 56.- OLSEN, Jesper (Dinamarca, Ajax); 57.- DIOGO, Víctor (Uruguay, Peñarol); 58.- Careca (Brasil, Sao Paulo); 59.- Bento, Manuel (Portugal, Benfica); 60.- Littbarski, Pierre (Alemania, Colonia); 61.- Balaci, Ilie (Rumania, Universidad de Craiova); 62.- Krankl, Hans (Austria, Rapid Viena); 63.- SUSIC, Safet (Yugoslavia, FK Sarajevo y Paris Saint-Germain); 64.- Álvarez, Antonio (España, Sevilla); 65.- BRIEGEL, Hans-Peter (Alemania, Kaiserslautern); 66.- BARBAS, Juan (Argentina, Real Zaragoza); 67.- NELINHO (Brasil, Atlético Mineiro); 68.- CARLOS MANUEL (Portugal, Benfica); 69.- Rolff, Wolfgang (Alemania, Hamburgo); 70.- PROHASKA, Herbert (Austria, Roma); 71.- REINALDO (Brasil, Atlético Mineiro); 72.- Coeck, Ludo (Bélgica, Anderlecht); 73.- Matthaus, Lothar (Alemania, Borussia Moenchengladbach); 74.- Nyilasi, Tibor (Hungría, Ferencvaros); 75.- Oliveira, Antonio (Portugal, Sporting de Lisboa); 76.- PAULO ISIDORO (Brasil, Santos); 77.- LAUDRUP, Michael (Dinamarca, Brondby); 78.- FRANCIS, Trevor (Inglaterra, Sampdoria); 79.- Shaw, Gary (Inglaterra, Aston Villa); 80.- Nené (Portugal, Benfica); 81.- Stefanescu, Costica (Rumania, Universidad de Craiova); 82.- Stapleton, Frank (Irlanda, Manchester United); 83.- Koncilia, Friedl (Austria, Austria Viena); 84.- Filipovic, Zoran (Yugoslavia, Benfica); 85.- Leighton, Jim (Escocia, Aberdeen); 86.- Boloni, Laszlo (Rumania, Targu Mures); 87.- Stein, Ulrich (Alemania, Hamburgo); 88.- Smolarek, Wlodzirmiez (Polonia, Widzew Lodz);

XI IDEAL

Pfaff; Gerets, Maceda, Forster, Junior; Falcao, Sócrates, Platini, Maradona; Dalglish, Rummenigge.

 

Sorry, I missed this before, but soon I will incorporate the votes in the overall standings.

 

I think maybe in the summer, or late spring, I will start to make tallies, taking into account all the pre-1920 votes that have been published at that moment. If I need any help locating some rankings of some guys I'll let you know of course.

 

I will update this along with the other decades soon, when I add the new votes in, but for now I can show the effect of Titanlux's confirmed vote for 1982/83, as follows (referring to the link posted below):
https://www.bigsoccer.com/threads/b...bigsoccer-users.2119696/page-28#post-40662423

1983 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Michel Platini (France/Juventus) - 130
2 Paulo Roberto Falcao (Brazil/Roma) - 75
3 Zico (Brazil/Flamengo/Udinese) - 69
4 Kenny Dalglish (Scotland/Liverpool) - 44
5 Socrates (Brazil/Corinthians) - 34
6 Diego Maradona (Argentina/Barcelona) - 7
7 Felix Magath (W.Germany/Hamburg) - 4
8 Enzo Francescoli (Uruguay/River Plate), Renato Gaucho (Brazil/Gremio), Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 2
11 Rinat Dasaev (Soviet Union/Spartak Moscow), Bryan Robson (England/Manchester United) - 1

 

1940s update:

1940 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus
1 Leonidas (Brazil/Flamengo) - 68
2 Josef Bican (Czechoslovakia*/Slavia Prague) - 50
3 Antonio Sastre (Argentina/Independiente) - 19
4 Franz Binder (Germany*/Rapid Vienna) - 17
5 Arsenio Erico (Paraguay/Independiente) - 9
6 Iuliu Baratky (Romania/Rapid Bucharest) - 6
7 Gyorgy Sarosi (Hungary/Ferencvaros) - 5
8 Emilio Baldonedo (Argentina/Huracan), Delfin Benitez Caceres (Paraguay/Racing Club de Avellaneda) - 4
10 Atilio Garcia (Uruguay/Nacional), Ernst Kuzorra (Germany/Schalke), Jose Manuel Moreno (Argentina/River Plate) - 2
13 Isidro Langara (Spain/San Lorenzo), Romeu (Brazil/Fluminense), Fritz Szepan (Germany/Schalke) - 1

1941 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus
1 Jose Manuel Moreno (Argentina/River Plate) - 76
2 Antonio Sastre (Argentina/Independiente) - 31
3 Atilio Garcia (Uruguay/Nacional) - 20
4 Franz Binder (Germany*/Rapid Vienna) - 17
5 Adolfo Pedernera (Argentina/River Plate) - 14
6 Gyorgy Sarosi (Hungary/Ferencvaros) - 12
7 Josef Bican (Czechoslovakia*/Slavia Prague), Isidro Langara (Spain/San Lorenzo) - 6
9 Roberto Porta (Uruguay/Nacional) - 5
10 Leonidas (Brazil/Flamengo), Teleco (Brazil/Corinthians) - 1

1942 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus
1 Jose Manuel Moreno (Argentina/River Plate) - 74
2 Adolfo Pedernera (Argentina/River Plate) - 47
3 Obdulio Varela (Uruguay/Montevideo Wanderers) - 19
4 Josef Bican (Czechoslovakia*/Slavia Prague) - 16
5 Tommy Lawton (England/Everton) - 9
6 Roberto Porta (Uruguay/Nacional) - 8
7 Anibal Ciocca (Uruguay/Nacional) - 7
8 Fritz Walter (Germany/Kaiserslautern) - 4
9 Stanley Matthews (England/Stoke City), Zizinho (Brazil/Flamengo) - 2
11 Heleno de Freitas (Brazil/Botafogo), Rinaldo Martino (Argentina/San Lorenzo), Mundo (Spain/Valencia) - 1

1943 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus
1 Zizinho (Brazil/Flamengo) - 40
2 Stanley Matthews (England/Stoke City) - 30
3 Severino Varela (Uruguay/Boca Juniors) - 27
4 Jose Manuel Moreno (Argentina/River Plate), Adolfo Pedernera (Argentina/River Plate) - 20
6 Antonio Sastre (Argentina/Sao Paulo) - 16
7 Leonidas (Brazil/Sao Paulo) - 7
8 Josef Bican (Czechoslovakia*/Slavia Prague), Atilio Garcia (Uruguay/Nacional) - 5
10 Silvio Piola (Italy/Lazio) - 3
11 Raich Carter (England/Sunderland), Domingos da Guia (Brazil/Flamengo), Jose Salomon (Argentina/Racing Club de Avellaneda) - 1

1944 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus
1 Zizinho (Brazil/Flamengo) - 41
2 Josef Bican (Czechoslovakia*/Slavia Prague) - 40
3 Tommy Lawton (England/Everton) - 35
4 Stanley Matthews (England/Stoke City) - 26
5 Carlos Sosa (Argentina/Boca Juniors) - 11
6 Severino Varela (Uruguay/Boca Juniors) - 6
7 Angel Labruna (Argentina/River Plate) - 5
8 Jair da Rosa Pinto (Brazil/Vasco da Gama) - 3
9 Mario Boye (Argentina/Boca Juniors), Obdulio Varela (Uruguay/Penarol) - 2
11 Karl Decker (Austria/First Vienna), Epi Fernandez (Spain/Valencia), Luisinho (Brazil/Sao Paulo), Mundo (Spain/Valencia), Antonio Sastre (Argentina/Sao Paulo) - 1

1945 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus
1 Rinaldo Martino (Argentina/San Lorenzo) - 44
2 Norberto Mendez (Argentina/Huracan) - 31
3 Tommy Lawton (England/Everton) - 24
4 Stanley Matthews (England/Stoke City) - 20
5 Adolfo Pedernera (Argentina/River Plate) - 16
6 Ademir de Menezes (Brazil/Vasco da Gama) - 13
7 Angel Labruna (Argentina/River Plate) - 12
8 Jose Manuel Moreno (Argentina/Real Club Espana) - 4
9 Helenio de Freitas (Brazil/Botafogo), Antonio Sastre (Argentina/Sao Paulo) - 3
10 Felix Loustau (Argentina/River Plate), Obdulio Varela (Uruguay/Penarol), Zizinho (Brazil/Flamengo) - 2

1946 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus
1 Adolfo Pedernera (Argentina/River Plate) - 56
2 Rene Pontoni (Argentina/San Lorenzo) - 26
3 Rinaldo Martino (Argentina/San Lorenzo) - 20
4 Ferenc Deak (Hungary/Szentlorinci) - 14
5 Raich Carter (England/Sunderland/Derby County), Angel Labruna (Argentina/River Plate), Stanley Matthews (England/Stoke City) - 10
8 Valentino Mazzola (Italy/Torino), Norberto Mendez (Argentina/Huracan), Zizinho (Brazil/Flamengo) - 7
11 Gyula Zsengeller (Hungary/Ujpest) - 4
12 Tommy Lawton (England/Chelsea) - 3
13 Gunnar Gren (Sweden/Gothenburg) - 2

1947 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus
1 Valentino Mazzola (Italy/Torino) - 57
2 Alfredo Di Stefano (Argentina/River Plate) - 36
3 Jose Manuel Moreno (Argentina/River Plate) - 30
4 Wilf Mannion (England/Middlesbrough) - 29
5 Tommy Lawton (England/Chelsea/Notts County) - 25
6 Stanley Matthews (England/Stoke City/Blackpool) - 17
7 Rene Pontoni (Argentina/San Lorenzo) - 7
8 Ferenc Deak (Hungary/Szentlorinci/Ferencvaros) - 4
9 Rinaldo Martino (Argentina/San Lorenzo) - 3
10 Felix Loustau (Argentina/River Plate) - 1

1948 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus
1 Stanley Matthews (England/Blackpool) - 65
2 Ferenc Puskas (Hungary/Kispest) - 40
3 Valentino Mazzola (Italy/Torino) - 38
4 Gunnar Nordahl (Sweden/Norrkoping) - 29
5 Gunnar Gren (Sweden/Gothenburg) - 15
6 Danilo Alvim (Brazil/Vasco da Gama), Alfredo Di Stefano (Argentina/River Plate/Millonarios) - 6
8 Ferenc Deak (Hungary/Ferencvaros) - 5
9 Tom Finney (England/Preston North End) - 4
10 Jose Manuel Moreno (Argentina/River Plate) - 1

1949 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus
1 Ademir de Menezes (Brazil/Vasco da Gama) - 46
2 Ferenc Deak (Hungary/Ferencvaros) - 40
3 Zizinho (Brazil/Flamengo) - 34
4 Ferenc Puskas (Hungary/Kispest) - 29
5 Valentino Mazzola (Italy/Torino) - 23
6 Gunnar Gren (Sweden/Gothenburg/AC Milan), Jair da Rosa Pinto (Brazil/Flamengo/Palmeiras) - 12
8 Ernst Ocwirk (Austria/Austria Vienna) - 7
9 Alfredo Di Stefano (Argentina/Millonarios), Juan Schiaffino (Uruguay/Penarol) - 2
11 Johnny Carey (Ireland/Manchester United), Oscar Miguez (Uruguay/Penarol) - 1

# All years tallies contain one vote from a Reddit voter, in addition to all the Big Soccer voter votes.

 

1950 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Ademir de Menezes (Brazil/Vasco da Gama) - 124
2 Ferenc Puskas (Hungary/Honved) - 89
3 Zizinho (Brazil/Flamengo/Bangu) - 77
4 Obdulio Varela (Uruguay/Penarol) - 33
5 Juan Schiaffino (Uruguay/Penarol) - 32
6 Gunnar Nordahl (Sweden/AC Milan) - 20
7 Alcides Ghiggia (Uruguay/Penarol) - 10
8 Faas Wilkes (Netherlands/Inter Milan) - 5
9 Oscar Miguez (Uruguay/Penarol) - 3
10 Giampiero Boniperti (Italy/Juventus), Telmo Zarra (Spain/Athletic Bilbao) - 1
12 Gunnar Gren (Sweden/AC Milan), Nils Liedholm (Sweden/AC Milan) - 0.5

1951 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Gunnar Nordahl (Sweden/AC Milan) - 129
2 Nils Liedholm (Sweden/AC Milan) - 60
3 Alfredo Di Stefano (Colombia*/Millonarios) - 40
4 Faas Wilkes (Netherlands/AC Milan) - 30
5 Gunnar Gren - (Sweden/AC Milan) - 28
6 Ferenc Puskas (Hungary/Honved) - 25
7 Ernst Ocwirk (Austria/Austria Vienna) - 21
8 Telmo Zarra (Spain/Athletic Bilbao) - 12
9 Jair da Rosa Pinto (Brazil/Palmeiras) - 8
10 Istvan Nyers (Hungary/Inter Milan), Zizinho (Brazil/Bangu) - 6
12 Gerhard Hanappi (Austria/Rapid Vienna), Sandor Kocsis (Hungary/Honved) - 5
14 Stanley Matthews (England/Blackpool, Joseph Mermens (Belgium/Anderlecht) - 4
16 Tom Finney (England/Preston North End), Walter Gomez (Uruguay/River Plate), Jackie Milburn (England/Newcastle United), Obdulio Varela (Uruguay/Penarol) - 3
20 Nandor Hidegkuti (Hungary/MTK Budapest), Juan Schiaffino (Uruguay/Penarol) - 2
22 Larbi Ben Barek (France/Atletico Madrid) - 1

1952 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Ferenc Puskas (Hungary/Honved) - 144
2 Ladislao Kubala (Spain*/Barcelona) - 88
3 Sandor Kocsis (Hungary/Honved) - 76
4 Jozsef Bozsik (Hungary/Honved) - 24
5 Alfredo Di Stefano (Colombia**/Millonarios) - 15
6 Zlatko Cajkowski (Yugoslavia/Partizan Belgrade) - 12
7 Juan Schiaffino (Uruguay/Penarol) - 8
8 John Hansen (Denmark/Juventus) - 5
9 Tom Finney (England/Preston North End) - 4.5
10 Zizinho (Brazil/Bangu) - 3
11 Oscar Miguez (Uruguay/Penarol), Karl Aage Praest (Denmark/Juventus) - 2
13 Ernst Ocwirk (Austria/Austria Vienna) - 1.5
14 Baltazar (Brazil/Corinthians), Walter Gomez (Uruguay/River Plate), Billy Wright (England/Wolverhampton Wanderers), Branko Zebec (Yugoslavia/Partizan Belgrade) - 1

1953 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Ferenc Puskas (Hungary/Honved) - 142
2 Nandor Hidegkuti (Hungary/MTK Budapest) - 83
3 Raymond Kopa (France/Reims) - 53
4 Stanley Matthews (England/Blackpool) - 30
5 Fritz Walter (W.Germany/Kaiserslautern) - 16
6 Nat Lofthouse (England/Bolton Wanderers) - 14
7 Jozsef Bozsik (Hungary/Honved) - 11.5
8 Tom Finney (England/Preston North End) - 8
9 Juan Schiaffino (Uruguay/Penarol) - 7
10 Alfredo Di Stefano (Argentina/Real Madrid), Ladislao Kubala (Spain*/Barcelona) - 6
12 Bernard Vukas (Yugoslavia/Hajduk Split) - 5
13 Julinho (Brazil/Portuguesa) - 4
14 John Charles (Wales/Leeds United), Billy Wright (England/Wolverhampton Wanderers) - 3
16 Walter Gomez (Uruguay/River Plate) - 2
17 Sandor Kocsis (Hungary/Honved) - 1.5

1954 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Sandor Kocsis (Hungary/Honved) - 140
2 Fritz Walter (W.Germany/Kaiserslautern) - 88.5
3 Ferenc Puskas (Hungary/Honved) - 84.5
4 Juan Schiaffino (Uruguay/Penarol/AC Milan) - 44.5
5 Alfredo Di Stefano (Argentina/Real Madrid) - 19
6 Nandor Hidegkuti (Hungary/MTK Budapest) - 8
7 Jozsef Bozsik (Hungary/Honved) - 3
8 Zoltan Czibor (Hungary/Honved), Jose Santamaria (Uruguay/Nacional) - 2
10 Ladislao Kubala (Spain*/Barcelona) - 1.5
11 Ernst Ocwirk (Austria/Austria Vienna) - 1

1955 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Alfredo Di Stefano (Argentina/Real Madrid) - 112
2 Raymond Kopa (France/Reims) - 70
3 Ferenc Puskas (Hungary/Honved) - 51.5
4 Juan Schiaffino (Uruguay/AC Milan) - 51
5 Sandor Kocsis (Hungary/Honved) - 48
6 Bernard Vukas (Yugoslavia/Hajduk Split) - 19
7 Stanley Matthews (England/Blackpool) - 10
8 Zoltan Czibor (Hungary/Honved) - 9
9 Jozsef Bozsik (Hungary/Honved) - 7
10 Gunnar Nordahl (Sweden/AC Milan) - 4.5
11 Didi (Brazil/Fluminense), Julinho (Brazil/Palmeiras/Fiorentina), Ladislao Kubala (Spain*/Barcelona), Billy Wright (England/Wolverhampton Wanderers) - 1

1956 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Alfredo Di Stefano (Spain*/Real Madrid) - 154
2 Raymond Kopa (France/Reims/Real Madrid) - 89
3 Juan Schiaffino (Italy**/AC Milan) - 37
4 Julinho (Brazil/Fiorentina) - 29
5 Stanley Matthews (England/Blackpool) - 19
6 Milos Milutinovic (Yugoslavia/Partizan Belgrade), Ferenc Puskas (Hungary/Honved) - 12
8 Lev Yashin (Soviet Union/Dynamo Moscow) - 9
9 Igor Netto (Soviet Union/Spartak Moscow) - 8
10 Duncan Edwards (England/Manchester United) - 7
11 Omar Sivori (Argentina/River Plate) - 5
12 Billy Wright (England/Wolverhampton Wanderers) - 4
13 Sandor Kocsis (Hungary/Honved) - 3
14 Eduard Streltsov (Soviet Union/Torpedo Moscow) - 2
15 Ernst Ocwirk (Austria/Austria Vienna/Sampdoria) - 1

1957 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Alfredo Di Stefano (Spain*/Real Madrid) - 156
2 Didi (Brazil/Botafogo) - 73
3 Raymond Kopa (France/Real Madrid) - 38.5
4 Omar Sivori (Argentina/River Plate/Juventus) - 36.5
5 Duncan Edwards (England/Manchester United) - 32
6 Billy Wright (England/Wolverhampton Wanderers) - 15
7 Julinho (Brazil/Fiorentina) - 10
8 John Charles (Wales/Leeds United/Juventus) - 7
9 Omar Corbatta (Argentina/Racing Club de Avellaneda), Pele (Brazil/Santos) 6
11 Antonio Angelillo (Argentina/Boca Juniors/Inter Milan) - 4
12 Francisco Gento (Spain/Real Madrid), Ladislao Kubala (Spain*/Barcelona),Eduard Streltsov (Soviet Union/Torpedo Moscow) - 3
15 Humberto Maschio (Argentina/Racing Club de Avellaneda/Bologna), Stanley Matthews (England/Blackpool) - 1

1958 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Pele (Brazil/Santos) - 133.5
2 Didi (Brazil/Botafogo) - 110
3 Raymond Kopa (France/Real Madrid) - 99.5
4 Alfredo Di Stefano (Spain*/Real Madrid) - 27.5
5 Just Fontaine (France/Reims) - 23.5
6 Garrincha (Brazil/Botafogo) - 9
7 Nilton Santos (Brazil/Botafogo) - 4
8 John Charles (Wales/Juventus) - 3
9 Helmut Rahn (W.Germany/Rot-Weiss Essen) - 2
10 Kurt Hamrin (Sweden/Padova/Fiorentina) - 1

1959 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Alfredo Di Stefano (Spain*/Real Madrid) - 146
2 Pele (Brazil/Santos) - 122
3 Luis Suarez Miramontes (Spain/Barcelona) - 39
4 Didi (Brazil/Botafogo/Real Madrid) - 36
5 Raymond Kopa (France/Real Madrid/Reims) - 35.5
6 Jose Sanfilippo (Argentina/San Lorenzo) - 9.5
7 John Charles (Wales/Juventus) - 9
8 Ferenc Puskas (Hungary/Real Madrid) - 5.5
9 Garrincha (Brazil/Botafogo) - 3
10 Francisco Gento (Spain/Real Madrid) - 1.5
11 Jose Altafini (Brazil/AC Milan) - 1


# All years tallies contain one vote from a Reddit voter, in addition to all the Big Soccer voter votes.

 

1960 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Ferenc Puskas (Hungary/Real Madrid) - 137
2 Luis Suarez Miramontes (Spain/Barcelona) - 82
3 Pele (Brazil/Santos) - 63
4 Alfredo Di Stefano (Spain*/Real Madrid) - 39
5 Lev Yashin (Soviet Union/Dynamo Moscow) - 38
6 Uwe Seeler (W.Germany/Hamburg) - 18
7 Omar Sivori (Argentina/Juventus) - 14
8 Garrincha (Brazil/Botafogo) - 7

1961 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Pele (Brazil/Santos) - 152
2 Omar Sivori (Italy*/Juventus) - 92
3 Garrincha (Brazil/Botafogo) - 63
4 Luis Suarez Miramontes (Spain/Barcelona/Inter Milan) - 29
5 Alberto Spencer (Ecuador/Penarol) - 18
6 Ferenc Puskas (Spain**/Real Madrid) - 12
7 Danny Blanchflower (Northern Ireland/Tottenham Hotspur) - 7
8 Johnny Haynes (England/Fulham) - 5
9 Alfredo Di Stefano (Spain/Real Madrid), Uwe Seeler (W.Germany/Hamburg), Lev Yashin (Soviet Union/Dynamo Moscow) - 3
12 Coutinho (Brazil/Santos) - 2
13 Jimmy Greaves (England/Chelsea/AC Milan/Tottenham Hotspur) - 1

1962 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Pele (Brazil/Santos) - 130
2 Garrincha (Brazil/Botafogo) - 128
3 Josef Masopust (Czechoslovakia/Dukla Prague) - 73
4 Eusebio (Portugal/Benfica) - 25
5 Ferenc Puskas (Spain/Real Madrid) - 10
6 Coutinho (Brazil/Santos) - 9
7 Alberto Spencer (Ecuador/Penarol) - 4
8 Didi (Brazil/Botafogo/Sporting Cristal) - 3
9 Mario Coluna (Portugal/Benfica), Gianni Rivera (Italy/AC Milan), Zito (Brazil/Santos) - 2
12 Djalma Santos (Brazil/Palmeiras), Karl-Heinz Schnellinger (W.Germany/Cologne), Dragoslav Sekularac (Yugoslavia/Red Star Belgrade) - 1

1963 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Pele (Brazil/Santos) - 150
2 Gianni Rivera (Italy/AC Milan) - 83
3 Jimmy Greaves (England/Tottenham Hotspur) - 55
4 Lev Yashin (Soviet Union/Dynamo Moscow) - 44
5 Eusebio (Portugal/Benfica) - 18
6 Denis Law (Scotland/Manchester United) - 9
7 Jose Altafini (Italy*/AC Milan), Amarildo (Brazil/Botafogo/AC Milan), Mario Coluna (Portugal/Benfica), Garrincha (Brazil/Botafogo) - 3
11 Coutinho (Brazil/Santos), Uwe Seeler (W.Germany/Hamburg) - 2
13 Cesare Maldini (Italy/AC Milan), Pepe (Brazil/Santos), Karl-Heinz Schnellinger (W.Germany/Cologne/Mantova) - 1

1964 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Pele (Brazil/Santos) - 140
2 Luis Suarez Miramontes (Spain/Inter Milan) - 102
3 Denis Law (Scotland/Manchester United) - 80
4 Eusebio (Portugal/Benfica) - 30.5
5 Amancio (Spain/Real Madrid) - 19.5
6 Giacinto Facchetti (Italy/Inter Milan), Jimmy Greaves (England/Tottenham Hotspur) - 5
8 Ferenc Puskas (Spain/Real Madrid) - 3
9 Uwe Seeler (W.Germany/Hamburg) - 3
10 Mario Corso (Italy/Inter Milan), Helmut Haller (W.Germany/Bologna), Sandro Mazzola (Italy/Inter Milan), Antonio Rattin (Argentina/Boca Juniors), Mario Rodriguez (Argentina/Independiente), Paul van Himst (Belgium/Anderlecht) - 1

1965 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Pele (Brazil/Santos) - 150
2 Eusebio (Portugal/Benfica) - 110
3 Giacinto Facchetti (Italy/Inter Milan), Luis Suarez Miramontes (Spain/Inter Milan) - 51
5 Sandro Mazzola (Italy/Inter Milan) - 18
6 Bobby Charlton (England/Manchester United), Pedro Rocha (Uruguay/Penarol) - 4
7 Valery Voronin (Soviet Union/Torpedo Moscow) - 3
9 Denis Law (Scotland/Manchester United) - 2
10 Florian Albert (Hungary/Ferencvaros) - 1

1966 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Eusebio (Portugal/Benfica) - 135
2 Bobby Charlton (England/Manchester United) - 123
3 Franz Beckenbauer (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 56
4 Bobby Moore (England/West Ham United) - 40
5 Florian Albert (Hungary/Ferencvaros), Pele (Brazil/Santos) - 10
7 Pedro Rocha (Uruguay/Penarol) - 8
8 Alberto Spencer (Ecuador*/Penarol) - 5
9 Luis Artime (Argentina/River Plate) - 4
10 Ferenc Bene (Hungary/Ujpest) - 2
11 George Best (Northern Ireland/Manchester United), Pirri (Spain/Real Madrid), Tostao (Brazil/Cruzeiro) - 1

1967 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Florian Albert (Hungary/Ferencvaros) - 117
2 Jimmy Johnstone (Scotland/Celtic) - 82
3 Bobby Charlton (England/Manchester United) - 61
4 Johan Cruyff (Netherlands/Ajax) - 30
5 Pedro Rocha (Uruguay/Penarol) - 26
6 George Best (Northern Ireland/Manchester United) - 18
7 Sandro Mazzola (Italy/Inter Milan) - 16
8 Tostao (Brazil/Cruzeiro) - 15
9 Franz Beckenbauer (W.Germany/Bayern Munich), Gerd Muller (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 7
11 Gerson (Brazil/Botafogo) - 6
12 Pele (Brazil/Santos) - 5
13 Ademir Da Guia (Brazil/Palmeiras) - 3
14 Tommy Gemmell (Scotland/Celtic) - 1

1968 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 George Best (Northern Ireland/Manchester United) - 152
2 Bobby Charlton (England/Manchester United) - 73
3 Dragan Dzajic (Yugoslavia/Red Star Belgrade) - 61
4 Eusebio (Portugal/Benfica) - 44
5 Pele (Brazil/Santos) - 38
6 Johan Cruyff (Netherlands/Ajax) - 7
7 Tostao (Brazil/Cruzeiro) - 6
8 Franz Beckenbauer (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 5
9 Gianni Rivera (Italy/AC Milan) - 3
10 Jairzinho (Brazil/Botafogo) - 2
11 Giacinto Facchetti (Italy/Inter Milan), Juan Ramon Veron (Argentina/Estudiantes) - 1

1969 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Pele (Brazil/Santos) - 115.5
2 Gianni Rivera (Italy/AC Milan) - 101.5
3 Tostao (Brazil/Cruzeiro) - 52
4 Luigi Riva (Italy/Cagliari) - 46
5 Johan Cruyff (Netherlands/Ajax) - 35.5
6 Gerd Muller (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 18.5
7 George Best (Northern Ireland/Manchester United) - 17
8 Carlos Alberto Torres (Brazil/Santos) - 6
9 Franz Beckenbauer (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 2


# All years tallies contain one vote from a Reddit voter, in addition to all the Big Soccer voter votes

 

1970 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Pele (Brazil/Santos) - 131
2 Jairzinho (Brazil/Botafogo) - 92
3 Gerd Muller (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 87.5
4 Tostao (Brazil/Cruzeiro) - 45
5 Gerson (Brazil/Sao Paulo) - 15.5
6 Franz Beckenbauer (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 14
7 Johan Cruyff (Netherlands/Ajax) - 12
8 Luigi Riva (Italy/Cagliari) - 11
9 Bobby Moore (England/West Ham United) - 9
10 Rivelino (Brazil/Corinthians), Wim van Hanegem (Netherlands/Feyenoord) - 2
12 Carlos Alberto Torres (Brazil/Santos), Teofilo Cubillas (Peru/Alianza Lima), Dragan Dzajic (Yugoslavia/Red Star Belgrade) - 1

1971 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Johan Cruyff (Netherlands/Ajax) - 162
2 George Best (Northern Ireland/Manchester United) - 82
3 Sandro Mazzola (Italy/Inter Milan) - 50
4 Franz Beckenbauer (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 48.5
5 Gunter Netzer (W.Germany/Borussia Monchengladbach) - 21.5
6 Luis Artime (Argentina/Nacional) - 20
7 Tostao (Brazil/Cruzeiro) - 10
8 Rivelino (Brazil/Corinthians) - 7
9 Gerd Muller (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 5
10 Wim van Hanegem (Netherlands/Feyenoord) - 2
11 Carlos Bianchi (Argentina/Velez Sarsfield), Teofilo Cubillas (Peru/Alianza Lima), Piet Keizer (Netherlands/Ajax), Josip Skoblar (Yugoslavia/Marseille) - 1

1972 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Johan Cruyff (Netherlands/Ajax) - 136
2 Franz Beckenbauer (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 95
3 Gerd Muller (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 88
4 Gunter Netzer (W.Germany/Borussia Monchengladbach) - 69
5 Jairzinho (Brazil/Botafogo) - 10
6 Teofilo Cubillas (Peru/Alianza Lima), Johan Neeskens (Netherlands/Ajax) - 6
8 Ademir da Guia (Brazil/Palmeiras) - 2

1973 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Johan Cruyff (Netherlands/Ajax/Barcelona) - 162
2 Gerd Muller (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 88.5
3 Franz Beckenbauer (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 58.5
4 Dino Zoff (Italy/Juventus) - 37.5
5 Gianni Rivera (Italy/AC Milan) - 22.5
6 Johan Neeskens (Netherlands/Ajax) - 10
7 Pele (Brazil/Santos) - 9
8 Miguel Brindisi (Argentina/Huracan), Eusebio (Portugal/Benfica) - 5
10 Kazimierz Deyna (Poland/Legia Warsaw), Rivelino (Brazil/Corinthians) - 4
12 Gunter Nezter (W.Germany/Borussia Monchengladbach/Real Madrid) - 3
13 Ruud Krol (Netherlands/Ajax) - 1

1974 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Johan Cruyff (Netherlands/Barcelona) - 157
2 Franz Beckenbauer (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 111
3 Kazimierz Deyna (Poland/Legia Warsaw) - 50
4 Gerd Muller (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 33
5 Johan Neeskens (Netherlands/Ajax/Barcelona) - 28
6 Paul Breitner (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 8
7 Grzegorz Lato (Poland/Stal Mielec), Rivelino (Brazil/Corinthians) - 6
9 Elias Figueroa (Chile/Internacional) - 5
10 Wim van Hanegem (Netherlands/Feyenoord), Zico (Brazil/Flamengo) - 4

1975 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Oleg Blokhin (Soviet Union/Dynamo Kyiv) - 137
2 Franz Beckenbauer (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 99.5
3 Elias Figueroa (Chile/Internacional) - 80
4 Johan Cruyff (Netherlands/Barcelona) - 32
5 Norberto Alonso (Argentina/River Plate) - 17
6 Berti Vogts (W.Germany/Borussia Monchengladbach) - 13
7 Zico (Brazil/Flamengo) - 6.5
8 Gerd Muller (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 6
9 Paul Breitner (W.Germany/Real Madrid), Teofilo Cubillas (Peru/Porto), Johan Neeskens (Netherlands/Barcelona), Rivelino (Brazil/Corinthians/Fluminense) - 3
13 Dino Zoff (Italy/Juventus) - 2
14 Jupp Heynckes (W.Germany/Borussia Monchengladbach), Grzegorz Lato (Poland/Stal Mielec), Gunter Netzer (W.Germany/Real Madrid) - 1

1976 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Franz Beckenbauer (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 158
2 Rob Rensenbrink (Netherlands/Anderlecht) - 76
3 Elias Figueroa (Chile/Internacional) - 50.5
4 Zico - (Brazil/Flamengo) - 38
5 Daniel Passarella (Argentina/River Plate) - 25
6 Rivelino (Brazil/Fluminense) - 17
7 Ivo Viktor (Czechoslovakia/Dukla Prague) - 14
8 Kevin Keegan (England/Liverpool) - 7.5
9 Johan Cruyff (Netherlands/Barcelona), Gerd Muller (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 7
11 Teofilo Cubillas (Peru/Porto) - 3
12 Michel Platini (France/Nancy) - 1

1977 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Kevin Keegan (England/Liverpool/Hamburg) - 115.5
2 Johan Cruyff (Netherlands/Barcelona) - 80
3 Allan Simonsen (Denmark/Borussia Monchengladbach) - 76.5
4 Zico (Brazil/Flamengo) - 67.5
5 Michel Platini (France/Nancy) - 37.5
6 Reinaldo (Brazil/Atletico Mineiro) - 13
7 Elias Figueroa (Chile/Internacional/Deportivo Palestino), Rivelino (Brazil/Fluminense) - 6
9 Roberto Bettega (Italy/Juventus) - 5
10 Toninho Cerezo (Brazil/Atletico Mineiro), Klaus Fischer (W.Germany/Schalke), Mario Kempes (Argentina/Valencia), Dino Zoff (Italy/Juventus) - 1

1978 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Mario Kempes (Argentina/Valencia) - 162
2 Rob Rensenbrink (Netherlands/Anderlecht) - 79
3 Kenny Dalglish (Scotland/Liverpool) - 41
4 Paolo Rossi (Italy/Vicenza) - 34
5 Hans Krankl (Austria/Rapid Vienna/Barcelona) - 19
6 Kevin Keegan (England/Hamburg) - 17
7 Daniel Passarella (Argentina/River Plate) - 16
8 Ruud Krol (Netherlands/Ajax) - 12
9 Michel Platini (France/Nancy) - 10
10 Johan Cruyff (Netherlands/Barcelona/New York Cosmos/LA Aztecs) - 6
11 Diego Maradona (Argentina/Argentinos Juniors) - 4
12 Peter Shilton (England/Nottingham Forest) - 3
13 Roberto Bettega (Italy/Juventus), Dirceu (Brazil/Vasco da Gama/Club America) - 2
15 Teofilo Cubillas (Peru/Alianza Lima), Ubaldo Fillol (Argentina/River Plate), Johnny Rep (Netherlands/Bastia) - 1

1979 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Diego Maradona (Argentina/Argentinos Juniors) - 119
2 Kevin Keegan (England/Hamburg) - 99
3 Zico (Brazil/Flamengo) - 98.5
4 Paulo Roberto Falcao (Brazil/Internacional) - 36.5
5 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 25
6 Kenny Dalglish (Scotland/Liverpool) - 17.5
7 Ruud Krol (Netherlands/Ajax) - 9
8 Hans Krankl (Austria/Barcelona) - 3
9 Peter Shilton (England/Nottingham Forest) - 2
10 Norberto Alonso (Argentina/River Plate), John Robertson (Scotland/Nottingham Forest) - 1

# All years tallies contain one vote from a Reddit voter, in addition to all the Big Soccer voter votes

 

1980 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Diego Maradona (Argentina/Argentinos Juniors) - 136
2 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 108.5
3 Zico (Brazil/Flamengo) - 77.5
4 Bernd Schuster (W.Germany/Cologne/Barcelona) - 29
5 Michel Platini (France/St Etienne) - 23
6 Jan Ceulemans (Belgium/Club Brugge) - 8
7 Kenny Dalglish (Scotland/Liverpool), Waldemar Victorino (Uruguay/Nacional) - 3
9 Paul Breitner (W.Germany/Bayern Munich), Toninho Cerezo (Brazil/Atletico Mineiro), Kevin Keegan (England/Hamburg), John Robertson (Scotland/Nottingham Forest) - 2
13 Paulo Roberto Falcao (Brazil/Internacional/Roma) - 1

1981 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Zico (Brazil/Flamengo) - 127
2 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 96
3 Diego Maradona (Argentina/Argentinos Juniors/Boca Juniors) - 76
4 Michel Platini (France/St Etienne) - 37
5 Paul Breitner (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 36.5
6 Paulo Roberto Falcao (Brazil/Roma), Bernd Schuster (W.Germany/Barcelona) - 2
8 Junior (Brazil/Flamengo) - 1.5
9 Liam Brady (Republic of Ireland/Juventus), Graeme Souness (Scotland/Liverpool), John Wark (Scotland/Ipswich Town), Dino Zoff (Italy/Juventus) - 1

1982 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Zico (Brazil/Flamengo) - 125
2 Paulo Roberto Falcao (Brazil/Roma) - 70
3 Paolo Rossi (Italy/Juventus) - 52
4 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 43
5 Alain Giresse (France/Bordeaux) - 33
6 Gaetano Scirea (Italy/Juventus) - 27
7 Michel Platini (France/St Etienne/Juventus), Socrates (Brazil/Corinthians) - 10
9 Zbigniew Boniek (Poland/Widzew Lodz/Juventus), Paul Breitner (W.Germany/Bayern Munich), Quini (Spain/Barcelona) - 3
12 Bruno Conti (Italy/Roma), Junior (Brazil/Flamengo) - 2
14 Diego Maradona (Argentina/Boca Juniors/Barcelona), Dino Zoff (Italy/Juventus) - 1

1983 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Michel Platini (France/Juventus) - 134
2 Paulo Roberto Falcao (Brazil/Roma) - 78
3 Zico (Brazil/Flamengo/Udinese) - 69
4 Kenny Dalglish (Scotland/Liverpool) - 44
5 Socrates (Brazil/Corinthians) - 34
6 Diego Maradona (Argentina/Barcelona) - 13
7 Felix Magath (W.Germany/Hamburg) - 4
8 Enzo Francescoli (Uruguay/River Plate), Renato Gaucho (Brazil/Gremio), Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 2
11 Rinat Dasaev (Soviet Union/Spartak Moscow), Bryan Robson (England/Manchester United) - 1

1984 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Michel Platini (France/Juventus) - 150
2 Jean Tigana (France/Bordeaux) - 68
3 Ian Rush (Wales/Liverpool) - 58
4 Zico (Brazil/Udinese) - 38
5 Enzo Francescoli (Uruguay/River Plate) - 19
6 Preben Elkjaer (Denmark/Lokeren/Verona) - 16
7 Paulo Roberto Falcao (Brazil/Roma) - 15
8 Alain Giresse (France/Bordeaux) - 6
9 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 3
10 Fernando Chalana (Portugal/Benfica/Bordeaux), Johan Cruyff (Netherlands/Feyenoord), Morten Olsen (Denmark/Anderlecht), Hugo Sanchez (Mexico/Atletico Madrid), Graeme Souness (Scotland/Liverpool/Sampdoria) - 2
15 Zbigniew Boniek (Poland/Juventus), Diego Maradona (Argentina/Barcelona/Napoli), Romerito (Paraguay/Fluminense) - 1

1985 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Michel Platini (France/Juventus) - 144
2 Diego Maradona (Argentina/Napoli) - 97
3 Preben Elkjaer (Denmark/Verona) - 67
4 Bernd Schuster (W.Germany/Barcelona) - 35
5 Zbigniew Boniek (Poland/Juventus/Roma) - 13
6 Claudio Borghi (Argentina/Argentinos Juniors) - 9
7 Hugo Sanchez (Mexico/Atletico Madrid/Real Madrid) - 6
8 Hans-Peter Briegel (W.Germany/Verona) 4
9 Michael Laudrup (Denmark/Lazio/Juventus) - 3.5
10 Junior (Brazil/Torino) - 2
11 Enzo Francescoli (Uruguay/River Plate) - 1.5
12 Ian Rush (Wales/Liverpool), Rudi Voller (W.Germany/Werder Bremen) - 1

1986 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Diego Maradona (Argentina/Napoli) - 150
2 Gary Lineker (England/Everton/Barcelona) - 76
3 Igor Belanov (Soviet Union/Dynamo Kyiv) - 47
4 Emilio Butragueno (Spain/Real Madrid) - 22
5 Michel Platini (France/Juventus) - 21
6 Careca (Brazil/Sao Paulo) - 19
7 Michael Laudrup (Denmark/Juventus) - 11
8 Ruud Gullit (Netherlands/PSV Eindhoven) - 10
9 Preben Elkjaer (Denmark/Verona) - 6
10 Jorge Burruchaga (Argentina/Nantes) - 5
11 Lothar Matthaus (W.Germany/Bayern Munich), Hugo Sanchez (Mexico/Real Madrid) - 4
13 Antonio Alzamendi (Uruguay/Penarol/River Plate), Jorge Valdano (Argentina/Real Madrid) - 3
15 Helmuth Duckadam (Romania/Steaua Bucharest), Marco van Basten (Netherlands/Ajax) - 2
17 Enzo Francescoli (Uruguay/River Plate/Racing Club de Paris) - 1

1987 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Diego Maradona (Argentina/Napoli) - 133
2 Ruud Gullit (Netherlands/PSV Eindhoven/AC Milan) - 96
3 Paulo Futre (Portugal/Porto/Atletico Madrid) - 53
4 Marco van Basten (Netherlands/Ajax/AC Milan) - 47
5 Hugo Sanchez (Mexico/Real Madrid) - 36
6 Emilio Butragueno (Spain/Real Madrid) - 9
7 Carlos Valderrama (Colombia/Deportivo Cali) - 4
8 Lothar Matthaus (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 3
9 Gary Lineker (England/Barcelona), Renato Gaucho (Brazil/Gremio/Flamengo) - 2
11 Michel (Spain/Real Madrid), Jean-Marie Pfaff (Belgium/Bayern Munich) - 1

1988 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Ruud Gullit (Netherland/AC Milan) - 115
2 Marco Van Basten (Netherlands/AC Milan) - 95
3 Diego Maradona (Argentina/Napoli) - 84
4 Ronald Koeman (Netherlands/PSV Eindhoven) - 53
5 Frank Rijkaard (Netherlands/Ajax/Real Zaragoza/AC Milan) - 13
6 John Barnes (England/Liverpool) - 7
7 Hugo Sanchez (Mexico/Real Madrid) - 5
8 Lothar Matthaus (W.Germany/Bayern Munich/Inter Milan) - 3
9 Franco Baresi (Italy/AC Milan), Dragan Stojkovic (Yugoslavia/Red Star Belgrade) - 2
11 Giussepe Giannini (Italy/Roma), Glenn Hoddle (England/Monaco), Hans van Breukelen (Netherlands/PSV Eindhoven) - 1

1989 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Marco van Basten (Netherlands/AC Milan) - 144
2 Diego Maradona (Argentina/Napoli) - 78
3 Franco Baresi (Italy/AC Milan) - 66.5
4 Lothar Matthaus (W.Germany/Inter Milan) - 38
5 Frank Rijkaard (Netherlands/AC Milan) - 20
6 Bebeto (Brazil/Flamengo/Vasco da Gama) - 17
7 Ruud Gullit (Netherlands/AC Milan), Romario (Brazil/PSV Eindhoven) - 4
9 Andreas Brehme (W.Germany/Inter Milan), Careca (Brazil/Napoli), Dragan Stojkovic (Yugoslavia/Red Star Belgrade) - 3
12 Hugo Sanchez (Mexico/Real Madrid) - 2
13 Baltazar (Brazil/Atletico Madrid), Gheorghe Hagi (Romania/Steaua Bucharest) - 1
15 Jean-Pierre Papin (France/Marseille) - 0.5

# All years tallies contain one vote from a Reddit voter, in addition to all the Big Soccer voter votes.

 

1990 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Lothar Matthaus (W.Germany/Inter Milan) - 152
2 Diego Maradona (Argentina/Napoli) - 93
3 Franco Baresi (Italy/AC Milan) - 68
4 Andreas Brehme (W.Germany/Inter Milan) - 41
5 Salvatore Schilaci (Italy/Juventus) - 14
6 Marco van Basten (Netherlands/AC Milan) - 13
7 Paul Gascoigne (England/Tottenham Hotspur) - 12
8 Hugo Sanchez (Mexico/Real Madrid) - 7
9 Roberto Baggio (Italy/Fiorentina/Juventus), Sergio Goycochea (Argentina/Millonarios/Racing Club de Avellanados), Frank Rijkaard (Netherlands/AC Milan), Dragan Stojkovic (Yugoslavia/Red Star Belgrade/Marseille) - 3
13 Jean-Pierre Papin (France/Marseille) - 2
14 John Barnes (England/Liverpool), Guido Buchwald (W.Germany/Stuttgart), Jurgen Kohler (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 1

1991 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Jean-Pierre Papin (France/Marseille) - 123
2 Lothar Matthaus (Germany/Inter Milan) - 106
3 Dejan Savicevic (Yugoslavia/Red Star Belgrade) - 93
4 Darko Pancev (Yugoslavia/Red Star Belgrade) - 33.5
5 Robert Prosinecki (Yugoslavia/Red Star Belgrade) - 28
6 Chris Waddle (England/Marseille) - 8.5
7 Gianluca Vialli (Italy/Sampdoria) - 7.5
8 Frank Rijkaard (Netherlands/AC Milan) - 4
9 Gabriel Batistuta (Argentina/Boca Juniors/Fiorentina) - 3
10 Claudio Caniggia (Argentina/Atalanta), Hugo Sanchez (Mexico/Real Madrid), Hristo Stoichkov (Bulgaria/Barcelona) - 2
13 Michael Laudrup (Denmark/Barcelona) - 1.5
14 Stefan Effenberg (Germany/Bayern Munich), Romario (Brazil/PSV Eindhoven) - 1

1992 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Marco van Basten (Netherlands/AC Milan) - 119
2 Michael Laudrup (Denmark/Barcelona) - 79
3 Hristo Stoichkov (Bulgaria/Barcelona) - 76
4 Dennis Bergkamp (Netherlands/Ajax) - 59
5 Peter Schmeichel (Denmark/Manchester United) - 29
6 Ronald Koeman (Netherlands/AC Milan) - 9.5
7 Rai (Brazil/Sao Paulo) - 8
8 Frank Rijkaard (Netherlands/AC Milan) - 4.5
9 Paolo Maldini (Italy/AC Milan) - 4
10 Bebeto (Brazil/Vasco da Gama/Deportivo La Coruna) - 3
11 Thomas Hassler (Germany/Roma) - 2.5
12 Franco Baresi (Italy/AC Milan), Ruud Gullit (Netherlands/AC Milan), Brian Laudrup (Denmark/Bayern Munich/Fiorentina) - 1
15 Enzo Scifo (Belgium/Torino) - 0.5

1993 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Roberto Baggio (Italy/Juventus) - 153
2 Dennis Bergkamp (Netherlands/Ajax/Inter Milan) - 58
3 Romario (Brazil/PSV Eindhoven/Barcelona) - 52
4 Michael Laudrup (Denmark/Barcelona) - 49
5 Eric Cantona (France/Manchester United) - 32
6 Hristo Stoichkov (Bulgaria/Barcelona) - 13
7 Alen Boksic (Croatia/Marseile/Lazio), Paolo Maldini (Italy/AC Milan) - 11
9 Franco Baresi (Italy/AC Milan) - 10
10 Abedi Pele (Ghana/Marseille/Lyon) - 4
11 Giussepe Signori (Italy/Lazio) - 2
12 Bebeto (Brazil/Deportivo La Coruna), Basile Boli (France/Marseille), Rai (Brazil/Sao Paulo/Paris St Germain), Carlos Valderrama (Colombia/Independiente Medellin/Atletico Junior) - 1

1994 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Romario (Brazil/Barcelona) - 144
2 Hristo Stoichkov (Bulgaria/Barcelona) - 88
3 Roberto Baggio (Italy/Juventus) - 73
4 Paolo Maldini (Italy/AC Milan) - 55.5
5 Gheorghe Hagi (Romania/Brescia/Barcelona) - 16.5
6 Giuseppe Signori (Italy/Lazio) - 8
7 Franco Baresi (Italy/AC Milan) - 4.5
8 Ruud Gullit (Netherlands/Sampdoria/AC Milan) - 2.5
9 Jurgen Klinsmann (Germany/Monaco/Tottenham Hotspur) - 2
10 Tomas Brolin (Sweden/Parma) - 1.5
11 Eric Cantona (France/Manchester United), Michael Laudrup (Denmark/Barcelona/Real Madrid), Jari Litmanen (Finland/Ajax) - 1
14 Bebeto (Brazil/Deportivo La Coruna) - 0.5

1995 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Jari Litmanen (Finland/Ajax) - 113
2 George Weah (Liberia/Paris St Germain/AC Milan) - 90
3 Jurgen Klinsmann (Germany/Tottenham Hotspur/Bayern Munich) - 52
4 Michael Laudrup (Denmark/Real Madrid) - 43
5 Paolo Maldini (Italy/AC Milan) - 24
6 Gianfranco Zola (Italy/Parma) - 15
7 Enzo Francescoli (Uruguay/River Plate) - 10
8 Frank Rijkaard (Netherlands/Ajax), Ronaldo (Brazil/PSV Eindhoven) - 9
10 Alessandro Del Piero (Italy/Juventus), Matthias Sammer (Germany/Borussia Dortmund) - 6
12 Patrick Kluivert (Netherlands/Ajax) - 5
13 Dejan Savicevic (Yugoslavia/AC Milan), Alan Shearer (England/Blackburn Rovers) - 4
15 Gabriel Batistuta (Argentina/Fiorentina), Gianluca Vialli (Italy/Juventus) - 3
17 Marc Overmars (Netherlands/Ajax) - 2
18 Ivan Zamorano (Chile/Real Madrid) - 1

1996 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Ronaldo (Brazil/PSV Eindhoven/Barcelona), Matthias Sammer (Germany/Borussia Dortmund) - 98
3 George Weah (Liberia/AC Milan) - 57.5
4 Alan Shearer (England/Blackburn Rovers/Newcastle United) - 43.5
5 Alessandro Del Piero (Italy/Juventus), Jari Litmanen (Finland/Ajax) - 22
7 Jurgen Klinsmann (Germany/Bayern Munich) - 17
8 Eric Cantona (France/Manchester United) - 15
9 Davor Suker (Croatia/Sevilla/Real Madrid) - 4
10 Jose Luis Chilavert (Paraguay/Velez Sarsfield) - 3
11 Paolo Maldini (Italy/AC Milan) - 2
12 Peter Schmeichel (Denmark/Manchester United) - 1

1997 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Ronaldo (Brazil/Barcelona/Inter Milan) - 155
2 Zinedine Zidane (France/Juventus) - 80
3 Roberto Carlos (Brazil/Real Madrid) - 51
4 Dennis Bergkamp (Netherlands/Arsenal) - 44
5 Predrag Mijatovic (Yugoslavia/Real Madrid) - 25
6 Andreas Moller (Germany/Borussia Dortmund), Romario (Brazil/Valencia/Flamengo) - 7
8 Peter Schmeichel (Denmark/Manchester United) - 6
9 Alessandro Del Piero (Italy/Juventus), Raul (Spain/Real Madrid), Alan Shearer (England/Newcastle United) - 4
12 Marcelo Salas (Chile/River Plate) - 3
13 Gianfranco Zola (Italy/Parma/Chelsea) - 2
14 Luis Figo (Portugal/Barcelona), Jurgen Kohler (Germany/Borussia Dortmund), Angelo Peruzzi (Italy/Juventus), Rivaldo (Brazil/Deportivo La Coruna/Barcelona), Davor Suker (Croatia/Real Madrid) - 1

1998 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Zinedine Zidane (France/Juventus) - 139
2 Ronaldo (Brazil/Inter Milan) - 120
3 Davor Suker (Croatia/Real Madrid) - 42
4 Dennis Bergkamp (Netherlands/Arsenal) - 39
5 Alessandro Del Piero (Italy/Juventus), Rivaldo (Brazil/Barcelona) - 24
7 Lilian Thuram (France/Parma) - 8
8 Michael Owen (England/Liverpool) - 6
9 Gabriel Batistuta (Argentina/Fiorentina) - 5
10 Fabien Barthez (France/Monaco), Predrag Mijatovic (Yugoslavia/Real Madrid) - 3
12 Roberto Carlos (Brazil/Real Madrid) - 2
13 Edgar Davids (Netherlands/AC Milan/Juventus) - 1

1999 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Rivaldo (Brazil/Barcelona) - 150
2 David Beckham (England/Manchester United) - 102
3 Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine/Dynamo Kiev/AC Milan) - 54
4 Gabriel Batistuta (Argentina/Fiorentina) - 41
5 Luis Figo (Portugal/Barcelona) - 36
6 Roy Keane (Republic of Ireland/Manchester United) - 20
7 Raul (Spain/Real Madrid) - 6
8 Zinedine Zidane (France/Juventus) - 2
9 Ryan Giggs (Wales/Manchester United), Lothar Matthaus (Germany/Bayern Munich), Christian Vieri (Italy/Lazio), Dwight Yorke (Trinidad & Tobago/Aston Villa/Manchester United) - 1

# The tallies for the 1990 to 1996 Ballon d'Or votes include two sets of votes from Reddit voters, and the tallies for the 1997 to 1999 versions contain three.