2023 Ballon d'Or FINAL Revisited Big Soccer/Reddit panel consensus 1- Erling Haaland (Norway/Manchester City) - 148 2- Kylian Mbappe (France/Paris St Germain) - 140 3- Lionel Messi (Argentina/Paris St Germain/Inter Miami) – 124 4- Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium/Manchester City) – 82 5- Rodri (Spain/Manchester City) – 31 6- Vinicius Junior (Brazil/Real Madrid) – 26 7- Jude Bellingham (England/Borussia Dortmund/Real Madrid) - 15 8- Antoine Griezmann (France/Atletico Madrid) - 11 9- Harry Kane (England/Tottenham/Bayern Munich) - 8 10- John Stones (England/Manchester City) - 2 11- Lautaro Martinez (Argentina/Inter Milan), Ilkay Gundogan (Germany/Manchester City), Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Georgia/Napoli), Karim Benzema (France/Real Madrid), Mohamed Salah (Egypt/Liverpool), Bernardo Silva (Portugal, Manchester City) - 1 2024 Ballon d'Or FINAL Revisited BigSoccer panel consensus 1- Vinicius Jr (Brazil, Real Madrid CF (Spain)) - 52pts 2- Jude Bellingham (England, Real Madrid CF (Spain)) - 47pts 3- Rodri (Spain, Manchester City (England)) - 42pts 4- Kylian Mbappé (France, Paris Saint-Germain (France) / Real Madrid CF (Spain)) - 20pts 5- Toni Kroos (Germany, Real Madrid CF (Spain)), Harry Kane (England, Bayern Munich (Germany)) - 6pts 6- Dani Carvajal (Spain, Real Madrid (Spain)) - 5pts 7- Lautaro Martinez (Argentina, Inter Milan (Italy)) - 4pts 8- Lamine Yamal (Spain, FC Barcelone (Spain)) - 3pts 9- Erling Haaland (Norway, Manchester City (England)) - 2pts 10- Florian Wirtz (Germany, Bayer Leverkusen (Germany)), Nico Williams (Spain, Athletic Bilbao (Spain)) - 1pt
1870 Ballon d'or FINAL Revisited panel consensus 1 Arthur Kinnaird (Scotland/Wanderers/Old Etonians) - 24 2 Alfred Baker (England/Kliburn No Names/Wanderers) - 16 3 Charles Alcock (England/Wanderers) - 12 4 Charles Nepean (England/Oxford University/Wanderers) - 4 5 J.C Whelan (England/Sheffield FC) - 2 1871 Ballon d'Or FINAL Revisited panel consensus 1 Charles Alcock (England/Wanderers) - 24 2 Arthur Kinnaird (Scotland/Wanderers/Old Etonians) - 16 3 Robert Walker (England/Clapham Rovers) - 12 4 John Charles Clegg (England/Sheffield FC/Sheffield Wednesday) - 4 5 Alfred Baker (England/Kilburn No Names/Wanderers) - 2 1872 Ballon d'Or FINAL Revisisted panel consensus 1 Charles Alcock (England/Wanderers/London XI/Harrow Pilgrims/Upton Park) - 24 2 Charley Chenery (England/Crystal Palace/London XI) - 16 3 Albert Meysey-Thompson (England/Wanderers/London XI) - 12 4 John Charles Clegg (England/Sheffield Wednesday/Sheffield XI), Walpole Vidal (England/Wanderers/Old Westminsters/Oxford University/London XI), Robert Walker (England/Clapham Rovers) - 2 1873 Ballon d'Or FINAL Revisited panel consensus 1 Arthur Kinnaird (Scotland/Wanderers/London XI) - 24 2 John Charles Clegg (England/Sheffield Wednesday/Sheffield XI) - 16 3 William Ker (Scotland/Queen's Park/Granville) - 12 4 James 'Jerry' Weir (Scotland/Queen's Park) - 4 5 Charley Chenery (England/Crystal Palace/London XI) - 2 1874 Ballon d'Or FINAL Revisited panel consensus 1 James 'Jerry' Weir (Scotland/Queen's Park) - 24 2 Harry McNeil (Scotland/Queen's Park) - 16 3 John Owen (England/Sheffield FC) - 12 4 Robert Gardner (Scotland/Queen's Park/Clydesdale) - 4 5 Alf Wood (England/Sheffield Wednesday/Heeley FC) - 2 1875 Ballon d'Or FINAL Revisited panel consensus 1 Harry McNeil (Scotland/Queen's Park) - 24 2 Arthur Kinnaird (Scotland/Old Etonians) - 16 3 Henry Renny-Tailyour (Scotland/Royal Engineers) - 12 4 Billy MacKinnon (Scotland/Queen's Park) - 4 5 Charles Wollaston (England/Wanderers) - 2 1876 Ballon d'Or FINAL Revisited panel consensus 1 Billy MacKinnon (Scotland/Queen's Park) - 24 2 Harry McNeil (Scotland/Queen's Park) - 16 3 Thomas Highet (Scotland/Queen's Park) - 12 4 Francis Birley (England/Wanderers) - 4 5 James 'Jerry' Weir (Scotland/Queen's Park) - 2 1877 Ballon d'Or FINAL Revisited panel consensus 1 James 'Jerry' Weir (Scotland/Queen's Park) - 24 2 William Rawson (England/Oxford University/Wanderers) - 16 3 Harry McNeil (Scotland/Queen's Park) - 9 4 Charles Campbell (Scotland/Queen's Park) - 5 5 John Ferguson (Scotland/Vale of Leven) - 3 6 Tom Vallance (Scotland/Rangers) - 1 1878 Ballon d'Or FINAL Revisited panel consensus 1 Harry McNeil (Scotland/Queen's Park) - 24 2 Charles Campbell (Scotland/Queen's Park) - 16 3 John McDougall (Scotland/Vale of Leven) - 12 4 Billy MacKinnon (Scotland/Queen's Park) - 4 5 Andrew McIntyre (Scotland/Vale of Leven) - 2 1879 Ballon d'Or FINAL Revisited panel consensus 1 Norman Bailey (England/Clapham Rovers) - 24 2 Harry McNeil (Scotland/Queen's Park) - 16 3 William Mosforth (England/Sheffield Albion/Sheffield Wednesday) - 12 4 Charles Bambridge (England/Swifts) - 4 5 Tom Vallance (Scotland/Rangers) – 2 1880 Ballon d'Or FINAL Revisited panel consensus 1 George Ker (Scotland/Queen's Park) - 24 2 Norman Bailey (England/Clapham Rovers) - 16 3 Charles Bambridge (England/Swifts) - 12 4 William Mosforth (England/Sheffield Providence/Sheffield Albion/Sheffield Wednesday) - 4 5 Robert Neill (Scotland/Queen's Park) - 2 1881 Ballon d'Or FINAL Revisited panel consensus 1 George Ker (Scotland/Queen's Park) - 20 2 Andrew Watson (Scotland/Queen's Park) - 19 3 John Smith (Scotland/Edinburgh University/Queen's Park) - 13 4 Charles Campbell (Scotland/Queen's Park) - 4 5 David Davidson (Scotland/Queen's Park) - 2 1882 Ballon d'Or FINAL Revisited panel consensus 1 Andrew Watson (Scotland/Queen's Park/Swifts) - 20 2 William Harrower (Scotland/Queen's Park) - 19 3 Archie Hunter (Scotland/Aston Villa) - 9 4 George Ker (Scotland/Queen's Park) - 7 5 Charles Campbell (Scotland/Queen's Park) - 3 1883 Ballon d'Or FINAL Revisited panel consensus 1 Andrew Holm (Scotland/Queen's Park) - 24 2 Walter Arnott (Scotland/Queen's Park), Nevill Cobbold (England/Cambridge University/Old Carthusians) - 10 4 John Kay (Scotland/Queen's Park/Third Lannark) - 8 5 John Smith (Scotland/Queen's Park) - 6 1884 Ballon d'Or FINAL Revisisted panel consensus 1 Walter Arnott (Scotland/Queen's Park) - 24 2 Charles Campbell (Scotland/Queen's Park) - 16 3 John Smith (Scotland/Queen's Park) - 12 4 Norman Bailey (England/Clapham Rovers) - 4 5 William Anderson (Scotland/Queen's Park) - 2 1885 Ballon d'Or FINAL Revisited panel consensus 1 Nevill Cobbold (England/Cambridge University/Old Carthusians/Corinthians) - 24 2 Jimmy Brown (England/Blackburn Rovers) - 16 3 William Anderson (Scotland/Queen's Park) - 12 4 Archie Hunter (Scotland/Aston Villa) - 4 5 Charles Bambridge (England/Swifts) - 2 1886 Ballon d'Or FINAL Revisited panel consensus 1 Nick Ross (Scotland/Preston North End) - 24 2 Nevill Cobbold (England/Cambridge University/Old Carthusians/Corinthians) - 16 3 Walter Arnott (Scotland/Queen's Park) - 12 4 Tinsley Lindley (England/Nottingham Forest/Cambridge University/Corinthians) - 4 5 Fred Dewhurst (England/Preston North End/Corinthians) - 2 1887 Ballon d'Or FINAL Revisited panel consensus 1 Archie Hunter (Scotland/Aston Villa) - 24 2 Nevill Cobbold (England/Old Carthusians/Corinthians) - 15 3 Nick Ross (Scotland/Preston North End) - 13 4 Fred Dewhurst (England/Preston North End/Corinthians) - 4 5 Walter Arnott (Scotland/Queen's Park) - 2 1888 Ballon d'Or FINAL Revisited panel consensus 1 Nick Ross (Scotland/Preston North End) - 30 2 John Goodall (England/Preston North End) - 20 3 Bob Howarth (England/Preston North End) - 15 4 Jack Gordon (Scotland/Preston North End) - 4 5 Walter Arnott (Scotland/Queen's Park) - 2 1889 Ballon d'Or FINAL Revisited panel consensus 1 Jack Gordon (Scotland/Preston North End) - 25 2 John Goodall (England/Preston North End/Derby County) - 22 3 Billy Bassett (England/West Bromwich Albion) - 16 4 Jimmy Ross (Scotland/Preston North End) - 5 5 James Kelly (Scotland/Celtic) - 3 1890 Ballon d'Or FINAL Revisited panel consensus 1 Jimmy Ross (Scotland/Preston North End) - 26 2 Nick Ross (Scotland/Preston North End) - 24 3 Walter Arnott (Scotland/Queen's Park) - 15 4 Thomas Robertson (Scotland/Queen's Park) - 4 5 James Trainer (Wales/Preston North End) - 2 1891 Ballon d'Or FINAL Revisited panel consensus 1 Edgar Chadwick (England/Everton) - 28 2 Jack Southworth (England/Blackburn Rovers) - 16 3 Nick Ross (Scotland/Preston North End) - 15 4 John Goodall (England/Derby County) - 6 5 Alf Milward (England/Everton) - 4 6 Walter Arnott (Scotland/Queen's Park) - 2 1892 Ballon d'Or FINAL Revisited panel consensus 1 Billy Bassett (England/West Bromwich Albion) - 30 3 Sandy McMahon (Scotland/Celtic) - 16 3 Hughie Wilson (Scotland/Sunderland) - 14 4 John Campbell (Scotland/Sunderland)* - 5 5 John Goodall (England/Derby County) - 4 6 Ned Doig (Scotland/Sunderland) - 2 1893 Ballon d'Or FINAL Revisited panel consensus 1 John Campbell (Scotland/Sunderland) - 30 2 Jimmy Ross (Scotland/Preston North End) - 18 3 Hughie Wilson (Scotland/Sunderland) - 13 4 Billy Bassett (England/West Bromwich Albion), Sandy McMahon (Scotland/Celtic) - 4 6 Ned Doig (Scotland/Sunderland) - 2 1894 Ballon d'Or FINAL Revisited panel consensus 1 John Reynolds (England/Aston Villa) - 36 2 Daniel Doyle (Scotland/Celtic) - 19 3 Billy Bassett (England/West Bromwich Albion) - 15 4 John Goodall (England/Derby County) - 7 5 Sandy McMahon (Scotland/Celtic) - 4 6 Jimmy Hannah (Scotland/Sunderland) - 3 1895 Ballon d'Or FINAL Revisited panel consensus 1 John Campbell (Scotland/Sunderland) - 36 2 Ned Doig (Scotland/Sunderland) - 23 3 John Reynolds (England/Aston Villa) - 19 4 Jimmy Hannah (Scotland/Sunderland) - 4 5 Billy Bassett (England/West Bromwich Albion) - 2 1896 Ballon d'Or FINAL Revisited panel consensus 1 Gilbert Oswald Smith (England/Corinthians/Oxford University) - 34 2 John Goodall (England/Derby County) - 19 3 James Cowan (Scotland/Aston Villa) - 16 4 Steve Bloomer (England/Derby County) - 9 5 Neilly Gibson (Scotland/Rangers) - 4 6 Ned Doig (Scotland/Sunderland) - 2 1897 Ballon d'Or FINAL Revisited panel consensus 1 Ernest Needham (England/Sheffield United) - 30 2 Howard Spencer (England/Aston Villa) - 13 3 Charlie Aftersmith (England/Aston Villa) - 11 4 Jimmy Crabtree (England/Aston Villa) - 10 5 Steve Bloomer (England/Derby County), James Cowan (Scotland/Aston Villa) - 7 7 Fred Wheldon (England/Aston Villa) - 4 8 John Bell (Scotland/Everton) - 2 1898 Ballon d'Or FINAL Revisited panel consensus 1 Ernest Needham (England/Sheffield United) - 36 2 Gilbert Oswald Smith (England/Old Carthusians/Corinthians) - 24 3 Daniel Doyle (Scotland/Celtic) - 11 4 Frank Forman (England/Nottingham Forest) - 8 5 Steve Bloomer (England/Derby County) - 5 1899 Ballon d'Or FINAL Revisited panel consensus 1 Robert Hamilton (Scotland/Rangers) - 32 2 Steve Bloomer (England/Derby County) - 25 3 Jimmy Crabtree (England/Aston Villa) - 14 4 Gilbert Oswald Smith (England/Corinthians) - 9 5 Ernest Needham (England/Sheffield United) - 3 6 Charlie Aftersmith (England/Aston Villa) - 1 1900 Ballon d'Or FINAL Revisited panel consensus 1 Alexander Smith (Scotland/Rangers) - 34 2 Robert Smyth McColl (Scotland/Queen's Park) - 22 3 John Campbell (Scotland/Celtic) - 9 4 Gilbert Oswald Smith (England/Corinthians) - 8 5 William Garraty (England/Aston Villa) - 4 6 Neilly Gibson (Scotland/Rangers), Leigh Richmond Roose (Wales/Aberystwyth Town) - 3 8 Jasper McLuckie (Scotland/Bury) - 2 9 Alex Raisbeck (Scotland/Liverpool) - 1 1901 Ballon d'Or FINAL Revisited panel consensus 1 Bobby Walker (Scotland/Heart of Midlothian) - 34 2 Robert Hamilton (Scotland/Rangers) - 18 3 Alex Raisbeck (Scotland/Liverpool) - 12 4 Steve Bloomer (England/Derby County) - 14 5 Ernest Needham (England/Sheffield United) - 5 6 Sandy Brown (Scotland/Tottenham Hotspur) - 3 1902 Ballon d'Or FINAL Revisited panel consensus 1 Ned Doig (Scotland/Sunderland) - 34 2 Frank Forman (England/Nottingham Forest) - 17 3 John Tait 'Jackie' Robertson (Scotland/Rangers) - 16 4 Bobby Walker (Scotland/Heart of Midlothian) - 11 5 Ernest Needham (England/Sheffield United) - 4 6 Alex Raisbeck (Scotland/Liverpool), Jan Studnicka (Austria/Vienna AC) - 2 1903 Ballon d'Or FINAL Revisited panel consensus 1 Bobby Walker (Scotland/Heart of Midlothian) - 36 2 John Tait 'Jackie' Robertson (Scotland/Rangers) - 19 3 Alex Raisbeck (Scotland/Liverpool) - 16 4 Andy Aitken (Scotland/Newcastle United), Sam Raybould (England/Liverpool) - 4 6 Jan Studnicka (Austria/Vienna AC) - 3 7 Bob Crompton (England/Blackburn Rovers), Charlie Sagar (England/Bury) - 2 1904 Ballon d'Or FINAL Revisitied panel consensus 1 Billy Meredith (Wales/Manchester City) - 36 2 Robert Hamilton (Scotland/Rangers) - 21 3 Herbert Burgess (England/Manchester City) - 18 4 Steve Bloomer (England/Derby County) - 9 5 Tommy Crawshaw (England/Sheffield Wednesday) - 2 1905 Ballon d'Or FINAL Revisited panel consensus 1 Billy Meredith (Wales/Manchester City) - 33 2 Alex Leake (England/Aston Villa) - 19 3 Leigh Richmond Roose (Wales/Everton/Stoke City) - 12 4 Colin Veitch (England/Newcastle United - 10 5 Andy Aitken (Scotland/Newcastle United) - 6 6 Jimmy Quinn (Scotland/Celtic) - 4 7 Joe Bache (England/Aston Villa) - 2 1906 Ballon d'Or FINAL Revisited panel consensus 1 Alex Raisbeck (Scotland/Liverpool) - 36 2 Bob Crompton (England/Blackburn Rovers) - 21 3 Colin Veitch (England/Newcastle United) - 12 4 Andy Aitken (Scotland/Newcastle United), Albert Shepherd (England/Bolton Wanderers), Bobby Walker (Scotland/Heart of Midlothian) - 4 6 Joe Hewitt (England/Liverpool) - 3 7 Leigh Richmond Roose (Wales/Stoke City) - 2 1907 Ballon d'Or FINAL Revisited panel consensus 1 Billy Meredith (Wales/Manchester United) - 34 2 Bob Crompton (England/Blackburn Rovers) - 22 3 Steve Bloomer (England/Middlesbrough) - 15 4 John 'Jock' Rutherford (England/Newcastle United) - 6 5 Colin Veitch (England/Newcastle United) - 4 6 Jimmy Quinn (Scotland/Celtic) - 3 7 Leigh Richmond Roose (Wales/Stoke City/Sunderland) - 2 1908 Ballon d'Or FINAL Revisited panel consensus 1 Billy Meredith (Wales/Manchester United) - 34 2 Bob Crompton (England/Blackburn Rovers) - 20 3 John 'Jock' Rutherford (England/Newcastle United) - 17 4 Vivian Woodward (England/Tottenham Hotspur) - 8 5 Charlie Roberts (England/Manchester United) - 4 6 Sophus Nielsen (Denmark/BK Frem) - 3 1909 Ballon d'Or FINAL Revisited panel consensus 1 Billy Meredith (Wales/Manchester United) - 30 2 Vivian Woodward (England/Tottenham Hotspur) - 20 3 Billy Wedlock (England/Bristol City) - 18 4 Bob Crompton (England/Blackburn Rovers) - 11 5 Bert Freeman (England/Everton), Jimmy Quinn (Scotland/Celtic) - 3 7 George Holley (England/Sunderland) - 1
1910 Ballon d’Or FINAL Revisited panel consensus 1 Jimmy McMenemy (Scotland/Celtic) - 38 2 Sam Hardy (England/Liverpool) - 18 3 Peter McWilliam (Scotland/Newcastle United) - 13 4 Bob Crompton (England/Blackburn Rovers) - 12 5 Harry Hampton (England/Aston Villa) - 7 6 Carles Comamala (Catalonia/Barcelona) - 6 7 Jimmy Quinn (Scotland/Celtic) - 5 8 Joe Bache (England/Aston Villa), Imre Schlosser (Hungary/Ferencvaros) - 4 10 Jose Piendibene (Uruguay/Penarol), Arnoldo Watson Hutton (Argentina/Alumni) - 3 12 Billy Meredith (Wales/Manchester United), Jack Parkinson (England/Liverpool) - 2 14 Sophus Nielsen (Denmark/BK Frem/Holstein Kiel) - 1 1911 Ballon d’Or FINAL Revisited panel consensus 1 Charlie Roberts (England/Manchester United) - 39 2 Jimmy McMenemy (Scotland/Celtic) - 23 3 Billy Meredith (Wales/Manchester United) - 20 4 Alex Smith (Scotland/Rangers) - 16 5 Imre Schlosser (Hungary/Ferencvaros) - 15 6 Albert Shepherd (England/Newcastle United) - 7 7 Willie Reid (Scotland/Rangers) - 6 8 Jose Piendibene (Uruguay/Penarol) - 3 9 Jesse Pennington (England/West Bromwich Albion), Jimmy Speirs (Scotland/Bradford City) - 1 1912 Ballon d’Or FINAL Revisited panel consensus 1 Bob Crompton (England/Blackurn Rovers) - 34 2 Jesse Pennington (England/West Bromwich Albion) - 22 3 George Holley (England/Sunderland) - 18 4 Imre Schlosser (Hungary/Ferencvaros) - 15 5 Reginald Williamson (England/Middlesbrough) - 12 6 Willie Reid (Scotland/Rangers) - 4 7 Nils Middelboe (Denmark/KB), Vaclav Pilat (Czechoslovakia/Sparta Prague) - 3 8 Harold Walden (England/Halifax Town/Bradford City), Bobby Walker (Scotland/Heart of Midlothian) - 2 1913 Ballon d’Or FINAL Revisited panel consensus 1 George Holley (England/Sunderland) - 37 2 Sam Hardy (England/Aston Villa) - 22 3 Charlie Buchan (England/Sunderland) - 18 4 Harry Hampton (England/Aston Villa) - 15 5 Imre Schlosser (Hungary/Ferencvaros) - 14 6 Alberto Ohaco (Argentina/Racing Club de Avellaneda), Charles Thomson (Scotland/Sunderland) - 3 7 Nils Middelboe (Denmark/KB/Chelsea) - 2 8 Billy Gillespie (Ireland/Sheffield United) - 1 1914 Ballon d’Or FINAL Revisited panel consensus 1 Jimmy McMenemy (Scotland/Celtic) - 30 2 Bob Crompton (England/Blackburn Rovers) - 28 3 Patsy Gallacher (Ireland/Celtic) - 21 4 Sam Hardy (England/Aston Villa), Alberto Ohaco (Argentina/Racing Club de Avellaneda) - 16 6 Charles Thomson (Scotland/Sunderland) - 5 7 Jose Piendibene (Uruguay/Penarol) - 4 8 William Lacey (Ireland/Liverpool), Neco (Brazil/Corinthians), Imre Schlosser (Hungary/Ferencvaros) - 3 11 Alex McNair (Scotland/Celtic), Sophus Nielsen (Denmark/BK Frem) - 1 1915 Ballon d'Or FINAL Revisited panel consensus 1 Patsy Gallacher (Ireland/Celtic) - 32 2 Charlie Roberts (England/OIdham Athletic) - 22 3 Alberto Ohaco (Argentina/Racing Club de Avellaneda) - 14 4 Jimmy McMenemy (Scotland/Celtic) - 9 5 Bobby Parker (England/Everton) - 7 6 Pichichi (Spain/Athletic Bilbao) - 6 7 Sam Hardy (England/Aston Villa) - 5 8 Angel Romano (Uruguay/Boca Juniors/Nacional) - 4 9 Bob Crompton (England/Blackburn Rovers) - 3 10 Charles Thomson (Scotland/Sunderland) - 1 1916 Ballon d’Or FINAL Revisited panel consensus 1 Patsy Gallacher (Ireland/Celtic) - 36 2 Jimmy McMenemy (Scotland/Celtic) - 20 3 Charlie Buchan (England/Sunderland/Chelsea), Isabelino Gradin (Uruguay/Penarol) - 15 5 Angel Romano (Uruguay/Nacional) - 10 6 Jose Piendibene (Uruguay/Penarol) - 7 7 Paulinho Alcantara (Catalonia/Barcelona/Bohemian Sport Club) - 6 8 James McColl (Scotland/Celtic) - 4 9 Alfred Schaffer (Hungary/MTK Budapest) - 2 1917 Ballon d’Or FINAL Revisited panel consensus 1 Imre Schlosser (Hungary/MTK Budapest) - 37 2 Alfred Schaffer (Hungary/MTK Budapest) - 26 3 Hector Scarone (Uruguay/Nacional) - 15 4 William Cringan (Scotland/Sunderland/Ayr United/Celtic) - 14 5 Angel Romano (Uruguay/Nacional) - 13 6 Kalman Konrad (Hungary/Magyar AC/MTK Budapest) - 5 7 Patsy Gallacher (Ireland/Celtic) - 4 8 Jimmy McMenemy (Scotland/Celtic) - 1 1918 Ballon d’Or FINAL Revisited panel consensus 1 Alfred Schaffer (Hungary/MTK Budapest) - 48 2 Patsy Gallacher (Ireland/Celtic) - 24 3 Alex McNair (Scotland/Celtic) - 15 4 Arthur Friedenreich (Brazil/Ypirinaga/Paulistano) - 10 5 Kalman Konrad (Hungary/MTK Budapest) - 8 6 Hector Scarone (Uruguay/Nacional) - 6 7 Alberto Ohaco (Argentina/Racing Club de Avellaneda) - 2 8 Alan Morton (Scotland/Queen's Park), Gyorgy Orth (Hungary/MTK Budapest) - 1 1919 Ballon d’Or FINAL Revisited panel consensus 1 Alfred Schaffer (Hungary/MTK Budapest) - 42 2 Arthur Friedenreich (Brazil/Paulistano) - 35 3 Hector Scarone (Uruguay/Nacional) - 15 4 Kalman Konrad (Hungary/MTK Budapest/Vienna Amateur-SV) - 14 5 Alan Morton (Scotland/Queen's Park), Gyorgy Orth (Hungary/MTK Budapest) - 4 7 Jozsef Braun (Hungary/MTK Budapest) – 1
1920 Ballon d’Or FINAL Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus 1 Gyorgy Orth (Hungary/MTK Budapest) - 52 2 Angel Romano (Uruguay/Nacional) - 35 3 Fred Morris (England/West Bromwich Albion) - 22 4 Karel Pesek (Czechoslovakia/Sparta Prague) - 21 5 Bob Kelly (England/Burnley) - 18 6 Hector Scarone (Uruguay/Nacional) - 15 7 Jose Piendibene (Uruguay/Penarol) - 11 8 Arthur Friedenreich (Brazil/Paulistano) - 7 9 Billy Meredith (Wales/Manchester United) - 6 10 Ricardo Zamora (Spain/Barcelona) - 3 11 Luis Van Hege (Belgium/R.U Saint-Gilloise) - 2 12 Jesse Pennington (England/West Bromwich Albion), Josep Samitier (Spain/Barcelona) - 1 1921 Ballon d’Or FINAL Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus 1 Gyorgy Orth (Hungary/MTK Budapest) - 57 2 Karel Pesek (Czechoslovakia/Sparta Prague) - 39 3 Alan Morton (Scotland/Rangers) - 36 4 Arthur Friedenreich (Brazil/Paulistano) - 20 5 Bob Kelly (England/Burnley) - 15 6 Angel Romano (Uruguay/Nacional), Josef Uridil (Austria/Rapid Vienna) - 10 8 Jose Piendibene (Uruguay/Penarol) - 9 9 Ricardo Zamora (Spain/Barcelona) - 7 10 Jozsef Braun (Hungary/MTK Budapest), Antonin Janda (Czechoslovakia/Sparta Prague), Julio Libonatti (Argentina/Newell's Old Boys), Billy Walker (England/Aston Villa) - 2 1922 Ballon d’Or FINAL Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus 1 Manuel Seoane (Argentina/Independiente) - 49 2 Gyorgy Orth (Hungary/MTK Budapest) - 47 3 Paulino Alcantara (Spain*/Barcelona) - 40 4 Karel Pesek (Czechoslovakia/Sparta Prague) - 30 5 Alan Morton (Scotland/Rangers) - 13 6 Andy Wilson (Scotland/Middlesbrough) - 12 7 Amilcar (Brazil/Corinthians) - 7 8 Charlie Buchan (England/Sunderland), Angel Romano (Uruguay/Nacional) - 3 10 Patsy Gallacher (Ireland/Celtic), Antonin Janda (Czechoslovakia/Sparta Prague), Julio Libonatti (Argentina/Newell's Old Boys), Neco (Brazil/Corinthians) - 1 1923 Ballon d’Or FINAL Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus 1 Alan Morton (Scotland/Rangers) - 55 2 Hector Scarone (Uruguay/Nacional) - 43 3 Charles Buchan (England/Sunderland) - 38 4 Karel Pesek (Czechoslovakia/Sparta Prague) - 34 5 Gyorgy Orth (Hungary/MTK Budapest) - 12 6 Domingo Tarasconi (Argentina/Boca Juniors) - 10 7 Jose Leandro Andrade (Uruguay/Bella Vista) - 6 8 Harry Chambers (England/Liverpool) - 5 9 Jose Nasazzi (Uruguay/Bella Vista) - 4 10 Jozsef Braun (Hungary/MTK Budapest) - 2 11 Andy Cunningham (Scotland/Rangers) Manuel Seoane (Argentina/Independiente/El Porvinir), Billy Walker (England/Aston Villa), Ricardo Zamora (Spain/Espanyol) - 1 1924 Ballon d’Or FINAL Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus 1 Jose Leandro Andrade (Uruguay/Bella Vista/Nacional) - 75 2 Pedro Petrone (Uruguay/Charley FC/Nacional) - 51 3 Hector Scarone (Uruguay/Nacional) - 47 4 Max Abegglen (Switzerland/Grasshoppers Zurich) - 16 5 Jose Nasazzi (Uruguay/Bella Vista) - 8 6 Sven Rydell (Sweden/Holmens IS/Orgryte) - 6 7 Billy Walker (England/Aston Villa) - 5 8 Alan Morton (Scotland/Rangers) - 3 9 Gyorgy Orth (Hungary/MTK Budapest), Angel Romano (Uruguay/Nacional) - 1 1925 Ballon d’Or FINAL Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus 1 Hector Scarone (Uruguay/Nacional) - 53 2 Alan Morton (Scotland/Rangers) - 42 3 Josep Samitier (Spain/Catalonia/Barcelona) - 41 4 Hughie Gallacher (Scotland/Airdrie/Newcastle United) - 34 5 Manuel Seoane (Argentina/El Porvenir/Boca Juniors) - 15 6 Gyorgy Orth (Hungary/MTK Budapest) - 7 7 Jose Leandro Andrade (Uruguay/Nacional), Arthur Friedenreich (Brazil/Paulistano), Ricardo Zamora (Spain/Espanyol) - 4 10 Domingo Tarasconi (Argentina/Boca Juniors) - 3 11 Alex Jackson (Scotland/Aberdeen/Huddersfield Town), David Meiklejohn (Scotland/Rangers), Archie Stark (USA/Bethlehem Steel) - 1 1926 Ballon d’Or FINAL Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus 1 Alex Jackson (Scotland/Huddersfield Town) - 60 2 Jose Leandro Andrade (Uruguay/Nacional) - 36 3 Hector Scarone (Uruguay/Nacional/Barcelona) - 27 4 Manuel Seoane (Argentina/Independiente) - 18 5 Ricardo Zamora (Spain/Espanyol) - 14 6 Domingo Tarasconi (Argentina/Boca Juniors) - 11 7 Ferenc Hirzer (Hungary/Juventus) - 10 8 Hughie Gallacher (Scotland/Airdrie/Newcastle United), Karel Pesek (Czechoslovakia/Sparta Prague) - 4 10 Roberto Cherro (Argentina/Boca Juniors), Arthur Friedenreich (Brazil/Paulistano) - 3 12 Josep Samitier (Spain/Catalonia/Barcelona) - 2 13 Jimmy McGrory (Scotland/Celtic), Jimmy McMullen (Scotland/Partick Thistle), Jose Nasazzi (Uruguay/Bella Vista) - 1 1927 Ballon d’Or FINAL Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus 1 Karel Pesek (Czechoslovakia/Sparta Prague) - 59 2 Hughie Gallacher (Scotland/Newcastle United) - 53 3 Dixie Dean (England/Everton) - 37 4 Jimmy McGrory (Scotland/Celtic) - 18 5 Luis Monti (Argentina/San Lorenzo) - 9 6 Jose Leandro Andrade (Uruguay/Nacional) - 8 7 Alfredo Carricaberry (Argentina/San Lorenzo) - 4 8 Manuel Seoane (Argentina/Independiente), Fritz Tarp (Denmark/Boldklubben 93) - 2 10 Alan Morton (Scotland/Rangers), Antonin Puc (Czechoslovakia/Slavia Prague), Josef Silny (Czechoslovakia/Sparta Prague) - 1 1928 Ballon d’Or FINAL Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus 1 Dixie Dean (England/Everton) - 73 2 Alex Jackson (Scotland/Huddersfield Town) - 32 3 Adolfo Baloncieri (Italy/Torino) - 28 4 Raimundo Orsi (Argentina/Independiente/Juventus) - 19 5 Jozsef Takacs (Hungary/Ferencvaros) - 18 6 Alan Morton (Scotland/Rangers) - 7 7 Hughie Gallacher (Scotland/Newcastle United) - 6 8 Anton Schall (Austria/Admira Vienna) - 5 9 Hector Scarone (Uruguay/Nacional) - 3 10 Roberto Cherro (Argentina/Boca Juniors), Domingo Tarasconi (Argentina/Boca Juniors) - 2.5 12 Raymond Braine (Belgium/Beerschot) - 1 1929 Ballon d’Or FINAL Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus 1 Alan Morton (Scotland/Rangers) - 47 2 Alex Jackson (Scotland/Huddersfield Town) - 32 3 Manuel Ferreira (Argentina/Estudiantes) - 31 4 Ricardo Zamora (Spain/Espanyol) - 24 5 Hughie Gallacher (Scotland/Newcastle United) - 21 6 Istvan Avar (Hungary/Ujpest) - 18 7 Gino Rossetti (Italy/Torino) - 6 8 Antonin Puc (Czechoslovakia/Slavia Prague), Jozsef Takacs (Hungary/Ferencvaros) - 5 10 Jimmy McMullan (Scotland/Manchester City) - 4 11 Frantisek Planicka (Czechoslovakia/Slavia Prague) – 2 1930 Ballon d’Or FINAL Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus 1 Giussepe Meazza (Italy/Inter Milan) - 83 2 Jose Nasazzi (Uruguay/Bella Vista) - 50 3 Hughie Gallacher (Scotland/Newcastle United/Chelsea) - 33 4 Josef Smistik (Austria/Rapid Vienna) - 24 5 Istvan Avar (Hungary*/Ujpest) - 17 6 Luis Monti (Argentina/San Lorenzo/Juventus) - 13 7 Jose Leandro Andrade (Uruguay/Nacional) - 8 8 Roberto Cherro (Argentina/Boca Juniors), Richard Hofmann (Germany/Dresdner SC), Guillermo Stabile (Argentina/Huracan/Genoa) - 7 11 Alan Morton (Scotland/Rangers) - 3 12 Raimundo Orsi (Italy*/Juventus) - 1 1931 Ballon d’Or FINAL Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus 1 Raimundo Orsi (Italy*/Juventus) - 83 2 Alex James (Scotland/Arsenal) - 60 3 Giussepe Meazza (Italy/Inter Milan) - 37 4 Fritz Gschweidl (Austria/First Vienna) - 25 5 Matthias Sindelar (Austria/Austria Vienna) - 24 6 Istvan Avar (Hungary*/Ujpest), Arthur Friedenreich (Brazil/Sao Paulo) - 6 8 Anton Schall (Austria/Admira Vienna) - 5 9 Bata (Spain/Athletic Bilbao) - 4 10 Josef Blum (Austria/First Vienna), Giovanni Ferrari (Italy/Juventus), Bob McPhail (Scotland/Rangers), Josef Smistik (Austria/Rapid Vienna), Tom Waring (England/Aston Villa) - 1 1932 Ballon d’Or FINAL Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus 1 Matthias Sindelar (Austria/Austria Vienna) - 98 2 Raimundo Orsi (Italy*/Juventus) - 50 3 Anton Schall (Austria/Admira Vienna) - 34 4 Dixie Dean (England/Everton) - 22.5 5 Bernabe Ferreyra (Argentina/Velez Sarsfield/River Plate) - 22 6 Alex James (Scotland/Arsenal) - 16.5 7 Raymond Braine (Belgium/Sparta Prague) - 3 8 Giovanni Ferrari (Italy/Juventus), Angelo Schiavio (Italy/Bologna) - 2 10 Renato Cesarini (Italy/Juventus), Fritz Gschweidl (Austria/First Vienna), Gyorgy Sarosi (Hungary/Ferencvaros) - 1 1933 Ballon d’Or FINAL Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus 1 Matthias Sindelar (Austria/Austria Vienna) - 102 2 Giussepe Meazza (Italy/Inter Milan) - 59 3 Raimundo Orsi (Italy*/Juventus) - 24 4 Cliff Bastin (England/Arsenal) - 21 5 Alex James (Scotland/Arsenal) - 13.5 6 Ricardo Zamora (Spain/Real Madrid) - 12 7 Luis Monti (Italy*/Juventus) - 7 8 Gyorgy Sarosi (Hungary/Ferencvaros) - 5.5 9 Felice Borel (Italy/Juventus), Francisco Varello (Argentina/Boca Juniors) - 4 11 Bernabe Ferreyra (Argentina/River Plate) - 3 12 Eddie Hapgood (England/Arsenal) - 1 1934 Ballon d’Or FINAL Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus 1 Giussepe Meazza (Italy/Inter Milan) - 90 2 Oldrich Nejedly (Czechoslovakia/Sparta Prague) - 46 3 Matthias Sindelar (Austria/Austria Vienna) - 40 4 Luis Monti (Italy*/Juventus) - 30 5 Raimundo Orsi (Italy*/Juventus) - 17 6 Gyorgy Sarosi (Hungary/Ferencvaros) - 9 7 Isidro Langara (Spain/Oviedo) - 7 8 Eric Brook (England/Manchester City), Giovanni Ferrari (Italy/Juventus) - 4 10 Jacinto Quincoces (Spain/Real Madrid) - 3 11 Eraldo Monzeglio (Italy/Bologna), Frantisek Planicka (Czechoslovakia/Slavia Prague), Fritz Szepan (Germany/Schalke) - 1 1935 Ballon d’Or FINAL Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus 1 Gyorgy Sarosi (Hungary/Ferencvaros) - 82 2 Raymond Braine (Belgium/Sparta Prague) - 52 3 Cliff Bastin (England/Arsenal) - 37 4 Matthias Sindelar (Austria/Austria Vienna) - 24 5 Ted Drake (England/Arsenal) - 18 6 Giussepe Meazza (Italy/Inter Milan) - 15 7 Alex James (Scotland/Arsenal) - 7 8 Eric Brook (England/Manchester City) - 5 9 Ernest Kuzorra (Germany/Schalke), Fritz Szepan (Germany/Schalke) - 3 11 Giovanni Ferrari (Italy/Juventus/Inter Milan), Enrique Guaita (Italy*/Roma), Antonio Sastre (Argentina/Independiente) - 2 14 Eddie Hapgood (England/Arsenal) - 1 1936 Ballon d’Or FINAL Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus 1 Giussepe Meazza (Italy/Inter Milan) - 90 2 Matthias Sindelar (Austria/Austria Vienna) - 62 3 Gyorgy Sarosi (Hungary/Ferencvaros) - 55 4 Cliff Bastin (England/Arsenal) - 14 5 Oldrich Nejedly (Czechoslovakia/Sparta Prague) - 11 6 Raich Carter (England/Sunderland) - 7 7 Jimmy McGrory (Scotland/Celtic) - 6 8 Raymond Braine (Belgium/Sparta Prague/Beerschot) - 3 9 Isidro Langara (Spain/Oviedo), Frantisek Planicka (Czechoslovakia/Slavia Prague) - 2 11 Michele Andreolo (Italy/Bologna) - 1 1937 Ballon d’Or FINAL Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus 1 Gyorgy Sarosi (Hungary/Ferencvaros) - 96 2 Arsenio Erico (Paraguay/Independiente) - 46 3 Silvio Piola (Italy/Lazio) - 45 4 Antonio Sastre (Argentina/Independiente) - 28 5 Jose Manuel Moreno (Argentina/River Plate) - 23 6 Fritz Szepan (Germany/Schalke) - 5 7 Tommy Walker (Scotland/Heart of Midlothian) - 4 8 Giussepe Meazza (Italy/Inter Milan), Matthias Sindelar (Austria/Austria Vienna) - 2 10 Michele Andreolo (Italy/Bologna), Carlos Peucelle (Argentina/River Plate) - 1 1938 Ballon d’Or FINAL Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus 1 Gyorgy Sarosi (Hungary/Ferencvaros) - 89 2 Leonidas (Brazil/Flamengo) - 69 3 Arsenio Erico (Paraguay/Independiente) - 34 4 Giussepe Meazza (Italy/Inter Milan) - 28 5 Josef Bican (Czecholovakia*/Slavia Prague) - 16 6 Stanley Matthews (England/Stoke City) - 9 7 Silvio Piola (Italy/Lazio) - 4 8 Gyula Zsengeller (Hungary/Ujpest) - 2 9 Cliff Bastin (England/Arsenal), Antonio Sastre (Argentina/Independiente) - 1 1939 Ballon d’Or FINAL Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus 1 Arsenio Erico (Paraguay/Independiente) - 73 2 Gyula Zsengeller (Hungray/Ujpest) - 56 3 Tommy Lawton (England/Everton) - 38.5 4 Antonio Sastre (Argentina/Independiente) - 36.5 5 Stanley Matthews (England/Stoke City) - 21 6 Jose Manuel Moreno (Argentina/River Plate) - 13 7 Leonidas (Brazil/Flamengo), Gyorgy Sarosi (Hungary/Ferencvaros) - 6 9 Josef Bican (Czechoslovakia*/Slavia Prague) - 3 10 Lolo Fernandez (Peru/Universitario) - 2 11 Michele Andreolo (Italy/Bologna), Vicente de la Mata (Argentina/Independiente), Isidro Langara (Basque Country*/Deportivo Euzkadi/San Lorenzo) - 1
1940 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus 1 Leonidas (Brazil/Flamengo) - 84 2 Josef Bican (Czechoslovakia*/Slavia Prague) - 69 3 Antonio Sastre (Argentina/Independiente) - 21 4 Franz Binder (Germany*/Rapid Vienna) - 19 5 Gyorgy Sarosi (Hungary/Ferencvaros) - 11 6 Arsenio Erico (Paraguay/Independiente) - 10 7 Jose Manuel Moreno (Argentina/River Plate) - 9 8 Iuliu Baratky (Romania/Rapid Bucharest) - 6 9 Delfin Benitez Caceres (Paraguay/Racing Club de Avellaneda) - 4 10 Emilio Baldonedo (Argentina/Huracan), Isidro Langara (Spain/San Lorenzo), Fernando Peyroteo (Portugal/Sporting Lisbon) - 3 13 Atilio Garcia (Uruguay/Nacional), Ernst Kuzorra (Germany/Schalke) - 2 15 Romeu (Brazil/Fluminense), Fritz Szepan (Germany/Schalke) - 1 1941 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus 1 Jose Manuel Moreno (Argentina/River Plate) - 100 2 Antonio Sastre (Argentina/Independiente) - 29 3 Adolfo Pedernera (Argentina/River Plate) - 25 4 Atilio Garcia (Uruguay/Nacional) - 24 5 Franz Binder (Germany*/Rapid Vienna) - 21 6 Gyorgy Sarosi (Hungary/Ferencvaros) - 16 7 Josef Bican (Czechoslovakia*/Slavia Prague) - 11 8 Isidro Langara (Spain/San Lorenzo) - 7 9 Sylvio Pirillo (Brazil/Penarol/Flamengo), Roberto Porta (Uruguay/Nacional) - 4 11 Obdulio Varela (Uruguay/Penarol) - 3 12 Tommy Lawton (England/Everton), Leonidas (Brazil/Flamengo), Teleco (Brazil/Corinthians) - 1 1942 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus 1 Jose Manuel Moreno (Argentina/River Plate) - 98 2 Adolfo Pedernera (Argentina/River Plate) - 61 3 Josef Bican (Czechoslovakia*/Slavia Prague), Obdulio Varela (Uruguay/Montevideo Wanderers) - 22 5 Tommy Lawton (England/Everton) - 9 6 Roberto Porta (Uruguay/Nacional) - 8 7 Anibal Ciocca (Uruguay/Nacional) - 7 8 Helenio De Freitas (Brazil/Botafogo), Antonio Sastre (Argentina/Independiente/Sao Paulo), Fritz Walter (Germany/Kaiserslautern) - 4 11 Atilio Garcia (Uruguay/Nacional) - 3 12 Stanley Matthews (England/Stoke City), Zizinho (Brazil/Flamengo) - 2 14 Franz Binder (Rapid Vienna), Rinaldo Martino (Argentina/San Lorenzo) - 1 1943 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus 1 Zizinho (Brazil/Flamengo) - 63 2 Severino Varela (Uruguay/Boca Juniors) - 39 3 Stanley Matthews (England/Stoke City) - 29 4 Adolfo Pedernera (Argentina/River Plate) - 27 5 Antonio Sastre (Argentina/Sao Paulo) - 25 6 Jose Manuel Moreno (Argentina/River Plate) - 15 7 Josef Bican (Czechoslovakia*/Slavia Prague) - 12 8 Leonidas (Brazil/Sao Paulo) - 10 9 Atilio Garcia (Uruguay/Nacional) - 6 10 Valentino Mazzola (Italy/Torino), Silvio Piola (Italy/Lazio) - 3 12 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) - 65 2 Josef Bican (Czechoslovakia*/Slavia Prague) - 56 3 Tommy Lawton (England/Everton) - 38 4 Stanley Matthews (England/Stoke City) - 28 5 Carlos Sosa (Argentina/Boca Juniors) - 11 6 Angel Labruna (Argentina/River Plate) - 9 7 Mundo (Spain/Valencia) - 7 8 Severino Varela (Uruguay/Boca Juniors) - 6 9 Karl Decker (Austria/First Vienna), Jair da Rosa Pinto (Brazil/Vasco da Gama) - 3 11 Mario Boye (Argentina/Boca Juniors), Obdulio Varela (Uruguay/Penarol) - 2 13 Leonidas (Brazil/Sao Paulo), Luisinho (Brazil/Sao Paulo), Antonio Sastre (Argentina/Sao Paulo) - 1 1945 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus 1 Rinaldo Martino (Argentina/San Lorenzo) - 52 2 Norberto Mendez (Argentina/Huracan) - 36 3 Angel Labruna (Argentina/River Plate), Adolfo Pedernera (Argentina/River Plate) - 27 5 Tommy Lawton (England/Everton), Stanley Matthews (England/Stoke City) - 22.5 7 Ademir de Menezes (Brazil/Vasco da Gama) - 16 8 Antonio Sastre (Argentina/Sao Paulo) - 9 9 Josef Bican (Czechoslovakia*/Slavia Prague), Jose Manuel Moreno (Argentina/Real Club Espana) - 4 11 Helenio de Freitas (Brazil/Botafogo), Telmo Zarra (Spain/Athletic Bilbao), Zizinho (Brazil/Flamengo) - 3 14 Felix Loustau (Argentina/River Plate), Obdulio Varela (Uruguay/Penarol) - 2 1946 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus 1 Adolfo Pedernera (Argentina/River Plate) - 84 2 Rene Pontoni (Argentina/San Lorenzo) - 51 3 Ferenc Deak (Hungary/Szentlorinci) - 43 4 Rinaldo Martino (Argentina/San Lorenzo) - 39 5 Valentino Mazzola (Italy/Torino) - 19 6 Angel Labruna (Argentina/River Plate) - 11.5 7 Stanley Matthews (England/Stoke City) - 10.5 8 Norberto Mendez (Argentina/Huracan) - 10 9 Fernando Peyroteo (Portugal/Sporting Lisbon) - 7 10 Raich Carter (England/Sunderland/Derby County) - 6 11 Zizinho (Brazil/Flamengo), Gyula Zsengeller (Hungary/Ujpest) - 4 13 Tommy Lawton (England/Chelsea) - 3 14 Gunnar Gren (Sweden/Gothenburg) - 2 1947 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus 1 Valentino Mazzola (Italy/Torino) - 125 2 Alfredo Di Stefano (Argentina/River Plate) - 95 3 Jose Manuel Moreno (Argentina/River Plate) - 74 4 Wilf Mannion (England/Middlesbrough) - 30 5 Tommy Lawton (England/Chelsea/Notts County) - 26 6 Stanley Matthews (England/Stoke City/Blackpool) - 24 7 Ferenc Deak (Hungary/Szentlorinci/Ferencvaros) - 12 8 Rene Pontoni (Argentina/San Lorenzo) - 8 9 Rinaldo Martino (Argentina/San Lorenzo) - 3 10 Norberto Mendez (Argentina/Huracan/Racing Club de Avellaneda), Ferenc Puskas (Hungary/Kispest) - 2 12 Danilo Alvim (Brazil/Vasco da Gama), Nicolas Falero (Uruguay/Penarol), Felix Loustau (Argentina/River Plate) - 1 1948 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus 1 Stanley Matthews (England/Blackpool) - 123.5 2 Ferenc Puskas (Hungary/Kispest) - 108 3 Valentino Mazzola (Italy/Torino) - 82 4 Gunnar Nordahl (Sweden/Norrkoping) - 46.5 5 Gunnar Gren (Sweden/Gothenburg) - 17 6 Danilo Alvim (Brazil/Vasco da Gama) - 12 7 Ferenc Deak (Hungary/Ferencvaros) - 6 8 Alfredo Di Stefano (Argentina/River Plate/Millonarios) - 5 9 Tom Finney (England/Preston North End) - 4 10 Friaca (Brazil/Vasco da Gama), Jose Manuel Moreno (Argentina/River Plate) - 1 1949 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus 1 Ademir de Menezes (Brazil/Vasco da Gama) - 114 2 Ferenc Deak (Hungary/Ferencvaros) - 87 3 Ferenc Puskas (Hungary/Kispest) - 78.5 4 Zizinho (Brazil/Flamengo) - 56.5 5 Valentino Mazzola (Italy/Torino) - 26 6 Jair da Rosa Pinto (Brazil/Flamengo/Palmeiras) - 13 7 Gunnar Gren (Sweden/Gothenburg/AC Milan) - 12 8 Ernst Ocwirk (Austria/Austria Vienna) - 7 9 Cesar Rodriguez (Spain/Barcelona) - 3 10 Alfredo Di Stefano (Argentina/Millonarios), Juan Schiaffino (Uruguay/Penarol) - 2 12 Johnny Carey (Ireland/Manchester United), Norberto Mendez (Argentina/Racing Club de Avellaneda), Oscar Miguez (Uruguay/Penarol) - 1
1950 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus 1 Ademir de Menezes (Brazil/Vasco da Gama) - 207 2 Ferenc Puskas (Hungary/Honved) - 148 3 Zizinho (Brazil/Flamengo/Bangu) - 131 4 Juan Schiaffino (Uruguay/Penarol) - 58 5 Obdulio Varela (Uruguay/Penarol) - 50 6 Gunnar Nordahl (Sweden/AC Milan) - 26 7 Alcides Ghiggia (Uruguay/Penarol) - 15 8 Faas Wilkes (Netherlands/Inter Milan) - 5 9 Telmo Zarra (Spain/Athletic Bilbao) - 4 10 Sandor Kocsis (Hungary/Ferencvaros/Honved), Oscar Miguez (Uruguay/Penarol) - 3 12 Larbi Ben Barek (France/Atletico Madrid) - 2 13 Giampiero Boniperti (Italy/Juventus), Roque Maspoli (Uruguay/Penarol) - 1 15 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) - 218 2 Nils Liedholm (Sweden/AC Milan) - 124 3 Alfredo Di Stefano (Colombia*/Millonarios) - 69 4 Faas Wilkes (Netherlands/Inter Milan) - 43.5 5 Gunnar Gren (Sweden/AC Milan) - 39.5 6 Ferenc Puskas (Hungary/Honved) - 38 7 Ernst Ocwirk (Austria/Austria Vienna) - 25 8 Telmo Zarra (Spain/Athletic Bilbao) - 17 9 Zizinho (Brazil/Bangu) - 11 10 Istvan Nyers (Hungary/Inter Milan) - 10 11 Jair da Rosa Pinto (Brazil/Palmeiras), Sandor Kocsis (Hungary/Honved) - 8 13 Larbi Ben Barek (France/Atletico Madrid) - 7 14 Stanley Matthews (England/Blackpool), Juan Schiaffino (Uruguay/Penarol) - 6 16 Gerhard Hanappi (Austria/Rapid Vienna), Nandor Hidegkuti (Hungary/MTK Budapest) - 5 18 Joseph Mermens (Belgium/Anderlecht) - 4 19 Tom Finney (England/Preston North End), Walter Gomez (Uruguay/River Plate), Liminha (Palmeiras/Brazil), Jackie Milburn (England/Newcastle United), Obdulio Varela (Uruguay/Penarol) - 3 24 Jose Manuel Moreno (Argentina/Boca Juniors/Universidad Catolica) - 1 1952 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus 1 Ferenc Puskas (Hungary/Honved) - 230 2 Ladislao Kubala (Spain*/Barcelona) - 154 3 Sandor Kocsis (Hungary/Honved) - 135 4 Jozsef Bozsik (Hungary/Honved) - 40 5 Juan Schiaffino (Uruguay/Penarol) - 20 6 Alfredo Di Stefano (Colombia**/Millonarios) - 19 7 Zlatko Cajkowski (Yugoslavia/Partizan Belgrade) - 11 8 John Hansen (Denmark/Juventus) - 7 9 Nandor Hidegkuti (Hungary/MTK Budapest) - 6 10 Tom Finney (England/Preston North End) - 4.5 11 Walter Gomez (Uruguay/River Plate) - 4 12 Ernst Ocwirk (Austria/Austria Vienna) - 3.5 13 Zizinho (Brazil/Bangu) - 3 14 Estanislau Basora (Spain/Barcelona), Oscar Miguez (Uruguay/Penarol), Karl Aage Praest (Denmark/Juventus) - 2 17 Baltazar (Brazil/Corinthians), Billy Wright (England/Wolverhampton Wanderers), Gunnar Nordahl (Sweden/AC Milan), Branko Zebec (Yugoslavia/Partizan Belgrade) - 1 1953 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus 1 Ferenc Puskas (Hungary/Honved) - 242 2 Nandor Hidegkuti (Hungary/MTK Budapest) - 156 3 Raymond Kopa (France/Reims) - 88 4 Stanley Matthews (England/Blackpool) - 45 5 Fritz Walter (W.Germany/Kaiserslautern) - 28 6 Nat Lofthouse (England/Bolton Wanderers) - 18 7 Jozsef Bozsik (Hungary/Honved) - 12.5 8 Tom Finney (England/Preston North End), Juan Schiaffino (Uruguay/Penarol) - 9 10 Sandor Kocsis (Hungary/Honved) - 8.5 11 Alfredo Di Stefano (Argentina/Real Madrid) - 7 12 Garrincha (Brazil/Botafogo), Ladislao Kubala (Spain*/Barcelona) - 6 14 Bernard Vukas (Yugoslavia/Hajduk Split) - 5 15 Julinho (Brazil/Portuguesa) - 4 16 John Charles (Wales/Leeds United), Billy Wright (England/Wolverhampton Wanderers) - 3 18 Walter Gomez (Uruguay/River Plate) - 2 19 Estanislau Basora (Spain/Barcelona), Zizinho (Brazil/Bangu) - 1 1954 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus 1 Sandor Kocsis (Hungary/Honved) - 237 2 Fritz Walter (W.Germany/Kaiserslautern) - 141.5 3 Ferenc Puskas (Hungary/Honved) - 131.5 4 Juan Schiaffino (Uruguay/Penarol/AC Milan) - 56.5 5 Alfredo Di Stefano (Argentina/Real Madrid) - 39 6 Nandor Hidegkuti (Hungary/MTK Budapest) - 22 7 Jozsef Bozsik (Hungary/Honved), Helmut Rahn (W.Germany/Rot-Weiss Essen) - 8 9 Zoltan Czibor (Hungary/Honved) - 3 10 Ernst Happel (Austria/Rapid Vienna), Jose Santamaria (Uruguay/Nacional) - 2 12 Ladislao Kubala (Spain*/Barcelona) - 1.5 13 Ernst Ocwirk (Austria/Austria Vienna) - 1 1955 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus 1 Alfredo Di Stefano (Argentina/Real Madrid) - 203 2 Raymond Kopa (France/Reims) - 107 3 Ferenc Puskas (Hungary/Honved) - 103.5 4 Juan Schiaffino (Uruguay/AC Milan) - 88 5 Sandor Kocsis (Hungary/Honved) - 58 6 Bernard Vukas (Yugoslavia/Hajduk Split) - 29 7 Zoltan Czibor (Hungary/Honved) - 19 8 Stanley Matthews (England/Blackpool) - 10 9 Jozsef Bozsik (Hungary/Honved) - 8 10 Nandor Hidegkuti (Hungary./MTK Budapest) - 7 11 Gunnar Nordahl (Sweden/AC Milan) - 6.5 12 Julinho (Brazil/Palmeiras/Fiorentina) - 2 13 Didi (Brazil/Fluminense), Enrique Hormazabal (Chile/Santiago Morning), 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) - 256 2 Raymond Kopa (France/Reims/Real Madrid) - 145 3 Juan Schiaffino (Italy**/AC Milan) - 76 4 Julinho (Brazil/Fiorentina) - 51 5 Stanley Matthews (England/Blackpool) - 37 6 Ferenc Puskas (Hungary/Honved) - 17 7 Milos Milutinovic (Yugoslavia/Partizan Belgrade) - 16 8 Lev Yashin (Soviet Union/Dynamo Moscow) - 14 9 Igor Netto (Soviet Union/Spartak Moscow) - 10 10 Duncan Edwards (England/Manchester United) - 7 11 Omar Sivori (Argentina/River Plate) - 5 12 Billy Wright (England/Wolverhampton Wanderers) - 4 13 Thadee Cisowski (France/Racing Paris), Sandor Kocsis (Hungary/Honved) - 3 15 Eduard Streltsov (Soviet Union/Torpedo Moscow), Oscar Miguez (Uruguay/Penarol) - 2 17 Ladislao Kubala (Spain*/Barcelona), Ernst Ocwirk (Austria/Austria Vienna/Sampdoria) - 1 1957 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus 1 Alfredo Di Stefano (Spain*/Real Madrid) - 258 2 Didi (Brazil/Botafogo) - 121 3 Raymond Kopa (France/Real Madrid) - 66.5 4 Omar Sivori (Argentina/River Plate/Juventus) - 57.5 5 Duncan Edwards (England/Manchester United) - 51 6 Pele (Brazil/Santos) - 22 7 John Charles (Wales/Leeds United/Juventus), Billy Wright (England/Wolverhampton Wanderers) - 17 9 Julinho (Brazil/Fiorentina) - 16 10 Omar Corbatta (Argentina/Racing Club de Avellaneda) - 8 11 Antonio Angelillo (Argentina/Boca Juniors/Inter Milan) - 6 12 Ladislao Kubala (Spain*/Barcelona), Tommy Taylor (England/Manchester United) - 4 14 Francisco Gento (Spain/Real Madrid), Eduard Streltsov (Soviet Union/Torpedo Moscow) - 3 16 Tom Finney (England/Preston North End), 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) - 215.5 2 Raymond Kopa (France/Real Madrid) - 172.5 3 Didi (Brazil/Botafogo) - 171 4 Alfredo Di Stefano (Spain*/Real Madrid) - 47.5 5 Just Fontaine (France/Reims) - 40.5 6 Garrincha (Brazil/Botafogo) - 24 7 John Charles (Wales/Juventus), Nilton Santos (Brazil/Botafogo) - 4 9 Nils Liedholm (Sweden/AC Milan), Helmut Rahn (W.Germany/Rot-Weiss Essen) - 2 11 Francisco Gento (Spain/Real Madrid), Kurt Hamrin (Sweden/Padova/Fiorentina) - 1 1959 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus 1 Alfredo Di Stefano (Spain*/Real Madrid) - 233 2 Pele (Brazil/Santos) - 207 3 Luis Suarez Miramontes (Spain/Barcelona) - 70 4 Raymond Kopa (France/Real Madrid/Reims) - 60.5 5 Didi (Brazil/Botafogo/Real Madrid) - 52 6 Jose Sanfilippo (Argentina/San Lorenzo) - 23.5 7 Ferenc Puskas (Hungary/Real Madrid) - 9.5 8 John Charles (Wales/Juventus) - 9 9 Francisco Gento (Spain/Real Madrid) - 6.5 10 Garrincha (Brazil/Botafogo) - 3 11 Antonio Angelillo (Argentina/Inter Milan) - 2 12 Jose Altafini (Brazil/AC Milan), Just Fontaine (France/Reims), Julinho (Brazil/Palmeiras), Lev Yashin (Soviet Union/Dynamo Moscow) - 1
1960 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus 1 Ferenc Puskas (Hungary/Real Madrid) - 247 2 Luis Suarez Miramontes (Spain/Barcelona) - 134 3 Pele (Brazil/Santos) - 107 4 Lev Yashin (Soviet Union/Dynamo Moscow) - 71 5 Alfredo Di Stefano (Spain*/Real Madrid) - 62 6 Uwe Seeler (W.Germany/Hamburg) - 32 7 Omar Sivori (Argentina/Juventus) - 24 8 Garrincha (Brazil/Botafogo) - 8 9 Raymond Kopa (France/Reims) - 1 1961 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus 1 Pele (Brazil/Santos) - 260 2 Omar Sivori (Italy*/Juventus) - 161 3 Garrincha (Brazil/Botafogo) - 102 4 Luis Suarez Miramontes (Spain/Barcelona/Inter Milan) - 51 5 Alberto Spencer (Ecuador/Penarol) - 36 6 Ferenc Puskas (Spain**/Real Madrid) - 25 7 Jose Aguas (Portugal/Benfica) - 10 8 Danny Blanchflower (Northern Ireland/Tottenham Hotspur) - 8 9 Johnny Haynes (England/Fulham) - 6 10 Alfredo Di Stefano (Spain/Real Madrid), Kurt Hamrin (Sweden/Fiorentina), Lev Yashin (Soviet Union/Dynamo Moscow) - 4 13 Coutinho (Brazil/Santos), Uwe Seeler (W.Germany/Hamburg) - 2 15 Mario Coluna (Portugal/Benfica), Jimmy Greaves (England/Chelsea/AC Milan/Tottenham Hotspur), Juan Joya (Peru/River Plate/Penarol) - 1 1962 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus 1 Garrincha (Brazil/Botafogo) - 236 2 Pele (Brazil/Santos) - 212 3 Josef Masopust (Czechoslovakia/Dukla Prague) - 116 4 Eusebio (Portugal/Benfica) - 48 5 Ferenc Puskas (Spain*/Real Madrid) - 25 6 Coutinho (Brazil/Santos) - 15 7 Didi (Brazil/Botafogo/Sporting Cristal) - 7 8 Alberto Spencer (Ecuador/Penarol) - 5 9 Mario Zagallo (Brazil/Botafogo) - 3 10 Mario Coluna (Portugal/Benfica), Gianni Rivera (Italy/AC Milan), Karl-Heinz Schnellinger (W.Germany/Cologne), Luis Suarez Miramontes (Spain/Inter Milan), Zito (Brazil/Santos) - 2 15 Djalma Santos (Brazil/Palmeiras), Dragoslav Sekularac (Yugoslavia/Red Star Belgrade) - 1 1963 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus 1 Pele (Brazil/Santos) - 262 2 Gianni Rivera (Italy/AC Milan) - 142 3 Lev Yashin (Soviet Union/Dynamo Moscow) - 95 4 Jimmy Greaves (England/Tottenham Hotspur) - 84 5 Eusebio (Portugal/Benfica) - 47 6 Denis Law (Scotland/Manchester United) - 9 7 Jose Altafini (Italy*/AC Milan) - 8 8 Garrincha (Brazil/Botafogo) - 6 9 Amarildo (Brazil/Botafogo/AC Milan), Mario Coluna (Portugal/Benfica) - 3 11 Coutinho (Brazil/Santos), Sandro Mazzola (Italy/Inter Milan), Uwe Seeler (W.Germany/Hamburg) - 2 14 Luis Artime (Argentina/River Plate), Cesare Maldini (Italy/AC Milan), Pepe (Brazil/Santos), Karl-Heinz Schnellinger (W.Germany/Cologne/Mantova), Luis Suarez Miramontes (Spain/Inter Milan) - 1 1964 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus 1 Pele (Brazil/Santos) - 243 2 Luis Suarez Miramontes (Spain/Inter Milan) - 179 3 Denis Law (Scotland/Manchester United) - 130 4 Eusebio (Portugal/Benfica) - 57.5 5 Amancio (Spain/Real Madrid) - 30.5 6 Lev Yashin (Soviet Union/Dynamo Moscow) - 7 7 Giacinto Facchetti (Italy/Inter Milan), Ferenc Puskas (Spain/Real Madrid) - 6 9 Jimmy Greaves (England/Tottenham Hotspur) - 5 10 Ferenc Bene (Hungary/Ujpest), Sandro Mazzola (Italy/Inter Milan), Uwe Seeler (W.Germany/Hamburg) - 3 13 Florian Albert (Hungary/Ferencvaros), Mario Corso (Italy/Inter Milan), Helmut Haller (W.Germany/Bologna), Bobby Moore (England/West Ham United), Antonio Rattin (Argentina/Boca Juniors), Gianni Rivera (Italy/AC Milan), Mario Rodriguez (Argentina/Independiente), Paul van Himst (Belgium/Anderlecht), Valery Voronin (Soviet Union/Torpedo Moscow) - 1 1965 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus 1 Pele (Brazil/Santos) - 256 2 Eusebio (Portugal/Benfica) - 194 3 Luis Suarez Miramontes (Spain/Inter Milan) - 103 4 Giacinto Facchetti (Italy/Inter Milan) - 73 5 Sandro Mazzola (Italy/Inter Milan) - 32 6 Bobby Charlton (England/Manchester United) - 8 7 Pedro Rocha (Uruguay/Penarol) - 5 8 Bobby Moore (England/West Ham United), Valery Voronin (Soviet Union/Torpedo Moscow) - 3 10 Florian Albert (Hungary/Ferencvaros), Denis Law (Scotland/Manchester United) - 2 12 George Best (Northern Ireland/Manchester United) - 1 1966 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus 1 Eusebio (Portugal/Benfica) - 241 2 Bobby Charlton (England/Manchester United) - 206 3 Franz Beckenbauer (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 92 4 Bobby Moore (England/West Ham United) - 71 5 Florian Albert (Hungary/Ferencvaros) - 23 6 Pele (Brazil, Santos) - 14 7 Pedro Rocha (Uruguay/Penarol), Alberto Spencer (Ecuador*/Penarol) - 10 9 Helmut Haller (W.Germany/Bologna) - 7 10 Luis Artime (Argentina/River Plate) - 4 11 Ferenc Bene (Hungary/Ujpest) - 2 12 Gordon Banks (England/Leicester City), 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) - 200 2 Jimmy Johnstone (Scotland/Celtic) - 130 3 Bobby Charlton (England/Manchester United) - 98 4 Johan Cruyff (Netherlands/Ajax) - 73 5 Pedro Rocha (Uruguay/Penarol) - 57 6 George Best (Northern Ireland/Manchester United) - 28 7 Sandro Mazzola (Italy/Inter Milan) - 22 8 Tostao (Brazil/Cruzeiro) - 17 9 Pele (Brazil/Santos) - 15 10 Franz Beckenbauer (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 12 11 Gerd Muller (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 9 12 Eusebio (Portugal/Benfica) - 7 13 Gerson (Brazil/Botafogo) - 6 14 Ademir Da Guia (Brazil/Palmeiras) - 4 15 Roberto Perfumo (Argentina/Racing Club de Avellaneda) - 2 16 Stevie Chalmers (Scotland/Celtic), Tommy Gemmell (Scotland/Celtic) - 1 1968 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus 1 George Best (Northern Ireland/Manchester United) - 264 2 Bobby Charlton (England/Manchester United) - 112 3 Dragan Dzajic (Yugoslavia/Red Star Belgrade) - 101 4 Eusebio (Portugal/Benfica) - 94 5 Pele (Brazil/Santos) - 72 6 Johan Cruyff (Netherlands/Ajax) - 11 7 Gianni Rivera (Italy/AC Milan) - 8 8 Tostao (Brazil/Cruzeiro) - 7 9 Franz Beckenbauer (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 5 10 Juan Ramon Veron (Argentina/Estudiantes) - 4 11 Gerd Muller (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 3 12 Jairzinho (Brazil/Botafogo) - 2 13 Giacinto Facchetti (Italy/Inter Milan) - 1 1969 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus 1 Gianni Rivera (Italy/AC Milan) - 189.5 2 Pele (Brazil/Santos) - 180.5 3 Johan Cruyff (Netherlands/Ajax) - 81.5 4 Luigi Riva (Italy/Cagliari) - 78 5 Tostao (Brazil/Cruzeiro) - 70 6 Gerd Muller (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 41.5 7 George Best (Northern Ireland/Manchester United) - 22 8 Carlos Alberto (Brazil/Santos) - 6 9 Luis Artime (Argentina/Palmeiras) - 4 10 Franz Beckenbauer (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 2 11 Rivelino (Brazil/Corinthians) - 1
1970 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus 1 Pele (Brazil/Santos) - 213 2 Gerd Muller (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 174.5 3 Jairzinho (Brazil/Botafogo) - 146 4 Tostao (Brazil/Cruzeiro) - 51 5 Johan Cruyff (Netherlands/Ajax) - 31 6 Franz Beckenbauer (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 30 7 Gerson (Brazil/Sao Paulo) - 22.5 8 Luigi Riva (Italy/Cagliari) - 21 9 Bobby Moore (England/West Ham United) - 9 10 Rivelino (Brazil/Corinthians) - 6 11 Carlos Alberto (Brazil/Santos), Gianni Rivera (Italy/AC Milan), Wim van Hanegem (Netherlands/Feyenoord) - 2 14 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) - 276 2 George Best (Northern Ireland/Manchester United) - 139 3 Franz Beckenbauer (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 89.5 4 Sandro Mazzola (Italy/Inter Milan) - 71 5 Luis Artime (Argentina/Nacional) - 36 6 Gunter Netzer (W.Germany/Borussia Monchengladbach) - 26.5 7 Tostao (Brazil/Cruzeiro) - 20 8 Gerd Muller (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 15 9 Rivelino (Brazil/Corinthians) - 10 10 Johan Neeskens (Netherlands/Ajax), Josip Skoblar (Yugoslavia/Marseille) - 4 12 Dimitris Domazos (Greece/Panathinaikos) - 3 13 Piet Keizer (Netherlands/Ajax), Wim van Hanegem (Netherlands/Feyenoord) - 2 15 Carlos Bianchi (Argentina/Velez Sarsfield), Teofilo Cubillas (Peru/Alianza Lima) - 1 1972 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus 1 Johan Cruyff (Netherlands/Ajax) - 227 2 Gerd Muller (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 162 3 Franz Beckenbauer (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 157 4 Gunter Netzer (W.Germany/Borussia Monchengladbach) - 112 5 Jairzinho (Brazil/Botafogo) - 17 6 Teofilo Cubillas (Peru/Alianza Lima) - 13 7 Johan Neeskens (Netherlands/Ajax) - 6 8 Ademir da Guia (Brazil/Palmeiras), Kazimierz Deyna (Poland/Legia Warsaw) - 2 10 Paul Breitner (W.Germany/Bayern Munich), Piet Keizer (Netherlands/Ajax) - 1 (* I should have already pasted Muller's name into 2nd, above Beckenbauer's, in the last update, as he was on 152 points) 1973 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus 1 Johan Cruyff (Netherlands/Ajax/Barcelona) - 276 2 Gerd Muller (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 151.5 3 Franz Beckenbauer (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 101.5 4 Dino Zoff (Italy/Juventus) - 65.5 5 Gianni Rivera (Italy/AC Milan) - 41.5 6 Pele (Brazil/Santos) - 20 7 Miguel Brindisi (Argentina/Huracan) - 13 8 Gunter Netzer (W.Germany/Borussia Monchengladbach) - 7 9 Johan Neeskens (Netherlands/Ajax) - 6 10 Eusebio (Portugal/Benfica), Rivelino (Brazil/Corinthians) - 5 12 Kazimierz Deyna (Poland/Legia Warsaw) - 4 13 Billy Bremner (Scotland/Leeds United), Ruud Krol (Netherlands/Ajax) - 1 1974 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus 1 Johan Cruyff (Netherlands/Barcelona) - 267 2 Franz Beckenbauer (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 190 3 Kazimierz Deyna (Poland/Legia Warsaw) - 83 4 Gerd Muller (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 74 5 Johan Neeskens (Netherlands/Ajax/Barcelona) - 37 6 Grzegorz Lato (Poland/Stal Mielec) - 14 7 Paul Breitner (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 12 8 Rivelino (Brazil/Corinthians) - 8 9 Elias Figueroa (Chile/Internacional), Wim van Hanegem (Netherlands/Feyenoord), Zico (Brazil/Flamengo) - 4 12 Robert Gadocha (Poland/Legia Warsaw), Wolfgang Overath (W.Germany/Cologne), Jurgen Sparwasser (E.Germany/Magdeburg) - 1 1975 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus 1 Oleg Blokhin (Soviet Union/Dynamo Kyiv) - 223 2 Franz Beckenbauer (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 166.5 3 Elias Figueroa (Chile/Internacional) - 144 4 Johan Cruyff (Netherlands/Barcelona) - 46 5 Berti Vogts (W.Germany/Borussia Monchengladbach) - 28 6 Norberto Alonso (Argentina/River Plate) - 23 7 Teofilo Cubillas (Peru/Porto) - 17 8 Gerd Muller (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 15 9 Zico (Brazil/Flamengo) - 7.5 10 Rivelino (Brazil/Corinthians/Fluminense) - 7 11 Jupp Heynckes (W.Germany/Borussia Monchengladbach) - 5 12 Johan Neeskens (Netherlands/Barcelona) - 4 13 Paul Breitner (W.Germany/Real Madrid), Fernando Morena (Uruguay/Penarol) - 3 15 Dino Zoff (Italy/Juventus) - 2 16 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) - 272 2 Rob Rensenbrink (Netherlands/Anderlecht) - 134 3 Elias Figueroa (Chile/Internacional) - 100.5 4 Zico - (Brazil/Flamengo) - 51 5 Daniel Passarella (Argentina/River Plate) - 47 6 Rivelino (Brazil/Fluminense) - 22 7 Ivo Viktor (Czechoslovakia/Dukla Prague) - 17 8 Kevin Keegan (England/Liverpool) - 11.5 9 Johan Cruyff (Netherlands/Barcelona) - 11 10 Gerd Muller (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 7 11 Teofilo Cubillas (Peru/Porto), Sepp Maier (W.Germany/Bayern Munich), Willy van der Kuijlen (Netherlands/PSV Eindhoven) - 3 14 Joaozinho (Brazil/Cruzeiro), Anton Ondrus (Czechoslovakia/Slovan Bratislava), Michel Platini (France/Nancy) - 2 17 Nelinho (Brazil/Cruzeiro) - 1 1977 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus 1 Kevin Keegan (England/Liverpool/Hamburg) - 211.5 2 Zico (Brazil/Flamengo) - 134.5 3 Johan Cruyff (Netherlands/Barcelona) - 112 4 Allan Simonsen (Denmark/Borussia Monchengladbach) - 104.5 5 Michel Platini (France/Nancy) - 64.5 6 Reinaldo (Brazil/Atletico Mineiro) - 33 7 Roberto Bettega (Italy/Juventus), Elias Figueroa (Chile/Internacional/Deportivo Palestino), Rivelino (Brazil/Fluminense) - 6 10 Mario Kempes (Argentina/Valencia) - 5 11 Emlyn Hughes (England/Liverpool), Gerd Muller (W.Germany/Bayern Munich), Gaetano Scirea (Italy/Juventus) - 3 14 Oleg Blokhin (Soviet Union/Dymano Kyiv), Rob Rensenbrink (Netherlands/Anderlecht) - 2 16 Toninho Cerezo (Brazil/Atletico Mineiro), Klaus Fischer (W.Germany/Schalke), Dino Zoff (Italy/Juventus) - 1 1978 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus 1 Mario Kempes (Argentina/Valencia) - 272 2 Rob Rensenbrink (Netherlands/Anderlecht) - 135 3 Kenny Dalglish (Scotland/Liverpool) - 66 4 Paolo Rossi (Italy/Vicenza) - 50 5 Hans Krankl (Austria/Rapid Vienna/Barcelona), Daniel Passarella (Argentina/River Plate) - 34 7 Kevin Keegan (England/Hamburg) - 29 8 Ruud Krol (Netherlands/Ajax) - 19 9 Diego Maradona (Argentina/Argentinos Juniors) - 18 10 Michel Platini (France/Nancy) - 11 11 Johan Cruyff (Netherlands/Barcelona/New York Cosmos/LA Aztecs) - 8 12 Teofilo Cubillas (Peru/Alianza Lima) - 5 13 Daniel Bertoni (Argentina/Independiente/Sevilla), Arie Haan (Netherlands/Anderlecht), Peter Shilton (England/Nottingham Forest) - 3 16 Roberto Bettega (Italy/Juventus), Dirceu (Brazil/Vasco da Gama/Club America) - 2 18 Paulo Roberto Falcao (Brazil/Internacional), Ubaldo Fillol (Argentina/River Plate), Johnny Rep (Netherlands/Bastia), Zico (Brazil/Flamengo) - 1 1979 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus 1 Diego Maradona (Argentina/Argentinos Juniors) - 214 2 Zico (Brazil/Flamengo) - 171.5 3 Kevin Keegan (England/Hamburg) - 135 4 Paulo Roberto Falcao (Brazil/Internacional) - 84.5 5 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 32 6 Kenny Dalglish (Scotland/Liverpool) - 18.5 7 Hans Krankl (Austria/Barcelona) - 15 8 Ruud Krol (Netherlands/Ajax) - 11 9 Trevor Francis (England/Birmingham City/Nottingham Forest) - 6 10 Peter Shilton (England/Nottingham Forest) - 3 11 John Robertson (Scotland/Nottingham Forest), Mario Sergio (Brazil/Botafogo/Rosario Central/Internacional), Allan Simonsen (Denmark/Borussia Monchengladbach/Barcelona) - 2 14 Norberto Alonso (Argentina/River Plate), Ramon Diaz (Argentina/River Plate), John McGovern (Scotland/Nottingham Forest) - 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1980 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus 1 Diego Maradona (Argentina/Argentinos Juniors) - 239 2 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 183.5 3 Zico (Brazil/Flamengo) - 141.5 4 Bernd Schuster (W.Germany/Cologne/Barcelona) - 48.5 5 Michel Platini (France/St Etienne) - 37 6 Jan Ceulemans (Belgium/Club Brugge) - 11 7 Paul Breitner (W.Germany/Bayern Munich), Waldemar Victorino (Uruguay/Nacional) - 7 9 Kevin Keegan (England/Hamburg) - 6 10 Manfred Kaltz (W.Germany/Hamburg) - 4.5 11 Kenny Dalglish (Scotland/Liverpool), Horst Hrubesch (W.Germany/Hamburg), John Robertson (Scotland/Nottingham Forest) - 4 14 Toninho Cerezo (Brazil/Atletico Mineiro) - 3 15 Paulo Roberto Falcao (Brazil/Internacional/Roma) - 1 1981 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus 1 Zico (Brazil/Flamengo) - 239 2 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 159 3 Diego Maradona (Argentina/Argentinos Juniors/Boca Juniors) - 144 4 Michel Platini (France/St Etienne) - 60.5 5 Paul Breitner (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 58.5 6 Graeme Souness (Scotland/Liverpool) - 5 7 Paulo Roberto Falcao (Brazil/Roma), Junior (Brazil/Flamengo), John Wark (Scotland/Ipswich Town) - 4 10 Roberto Dinamite (Brazil/Vasco da Gama) - 3 11 Bernd Schuster (W.Germany/Barcelona) - 2 12 Liam Brady (Republic of Ireland/Juventus), Leandro (Brazil/Flamengo), Dino Zoff (Italy/Juventus) - 1 1982 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus 1 Zico (Brazil/Flamengo) - 235 2 Paulo Roberto Falcao (Brazil/Roma) - 129 3 Paolo Rossi (Italy/Juventus) - 84 4 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 65 5 Alain Giresse (France/Bordeaux) - 51 6 Gaetano Scirea (Italy/Juventus) - 33 7 Michel Platini (France/St Etienne/Juventus) - 20 8 Socrates (Brazil/Corinthians) - 16 9 Bruno Conti (Italy/Roma) - 14 10 Zbigniew Boniek (Poland/Widzew Lodz/Juventus) - 10 11 Marco Tardelli (Italy/Juventus) - 8 12 Diego Maradona (Argentina/Boca Juniors/Barcelona) - 7 13 Paul Breitner (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 6 14 Junior (Brazil/Flamengo) Quini (Spain/Barcelona) - 3 16 Franco Causio (Italy/Udinese), Fernando Morena (Uruguay/Penarol) - 2 18 Antonio Cabrini (Italy/Juventus), Dino Zoff (Italy/Juventus) - 1 1983 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus 1 Michel Platini (France/Juventus) - 251 2 Paulo Roberto Falcao (Brazil/Roma) - 142 3 Zico (Brazil/Flamengo/Udinese) - 111 4 Kenny Dalglish (Scotland/Liverpool) - 65 5 Socrates (Brazil/Corinthians) - 57 6 Diego Maradona (Argentina/Barcelona) - 38 7 Felix Magath (W.Germany/Hamburg) - 9 8 Enzo Francescoli (Uruguay/River Plate) - 5 9 Fernando Gomes (Portugal/Porto), Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 3 11 Renato Gaucho (Brazil/Gremio) - 2 12 Bruno Conti (Italy/Roma), Rinat Dasaev (Soviet Union/Spartak Moscow), Bryan Robson (England/Manchester United), Graeme Souness (Scotland/Liverpool) - 1 1984 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus 1 Michel Platini (France/Juventus) - 270 2 Ian Rush (Wales/Liverpool) - 103 3 Jean Tigana (France/Bordeaux) - 100 4 Zico (Brazil/Udinese) - 80 5 Paulo Roberto Falcao (Brazil/Roma) - 40 6 Enzo Francescoli (Uruguay/River Plate) - 23 7 Preben Elkjaer (Denmark/Lokeren/Verona) - 20 8 Alain Giresse (France/Bordeaux) - 10 9 Romerito (Paraguay/Fluminense) - 6 10 Fernando Chalana (Portugal/Benfica/Bordeaux), Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (W.Germany/Bayern Munich/Inter Milan) - 5 12 Ricardo Bochini (Argentina/Independiente),Ruud Gullit (Netherlands/Feyenoord), Diego Maradona (Argentina/Barcelona/Napoli) - 4 15 Jorge Burruchaga (Argentina/Independiente), Graeme Souness (Scotland/Liverpool/Sampdoria) - 3 17 Johan Cruyff (Netherlands/Feyenoord), Morten Olsen (Denmark/Anderlecht), Hugo Sanchez (Mexico/Atletico Madrid), Didier Six (France/Mulhouse/Aston Villa) - 2 21 Zbigniew Boniek (Poland/Juventus), Karlheinz Forster (W.Germany/Stuttgart) - 1 1985 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus 1 Michel Platini (France/Juventus) - 249 2 Diego Maradona (Argentina/Napoli) - 177 3 Preben Elkjaer (Denmark/Verona) - 110 4 Bernd Schuster (W.Germany/Barcelona) - 58 5 Zbigniew Boniek (Poland/Juventus/Roma) - 32 6 Claudio Borghi (Argentina/Argentinos Juniors) - 10 7 Hans-Peter Briegel (W.Germany/Verona), Junior (Brazil/Torino) - 7 9 Hugo Sanchez (Mexico/Atletico Madrid/Real Madrid) - 6 10 Michael Laudrup (Denmark/Lazio/Juventus) - 5.5 11 Fernando Gomes (Portugal/Porto) - 4 12 Enzo Francescoli (Uruguay/River Plate) - 3.5 13 Alain Giresse (France/Bordeaux) - 3 14 Peter Reid (England/Everton), Romerito (Paraguay/Fluminense), Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (W.Germany/Inter Milan) - 2 17 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) - 270 2 Gary Lineker (England/Everton/Barcelona) - 140 3 Igor Belanov (Soviet Union/Dynamo Kyiv) - 74 4 Careca (Brazil/Sao Paulo) - 54 5 Michel Platini (France/Juventus) - 37 6 Emilio Butragueno (Spain/Real Madrid) - 35 7 Ruud Gullit (Netherlands/PSV Eindhoven) - 12 8 Michael Laudrup (Denmark/Juventus) - 11 9 Preben Elkjaer (Denmark/Verona), Lothar Matthaus (W.Germany/Bayern Munich), Hugo Sanchez (Mexico/Real Madrid) - 9 12 Antonio Alzamendi (Uruguay/Penarol/River Plate) - 7 13 Manuel Amoros (France/Monaco), Jorge Burruchaga (Argentina/Nantes) - 5 15 Marco van Basten (Netherlands/Ajax) - 4 16 Helmuth Duckadam (Romania/Steaua Bucharest), Oleksandr Zavarov (Soviet Union/Dynamo Kyiv) - 2 18 Bebeto (Brazil/Flamengo), Enzo Francescoli (Uruguay/River Plate/Racing Club de Paris), Morten Olsen (Denmark/Anderlecht/Cologne), Harald Schumacher (W.Germany/Cologne), Jorge Valdano (Argentina/Real Madrid) - 1 1987 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus 1 Diego Maradona (Argentina/Napoli) - 251 2 Ruud Gullit (Netherlands/PSV Eindhoven/AC Milan) - 170 3 Paulo Futre (Portugal/Porto/Atletico Madrid) - 96 4 Marco van Basten (Netherlands/Ajax/AC Milan) - 80 5 Hugo Sanchez (Mexico/Real Madrid) - 64 6 Emilio Butragueno (Spain/Real Madrid) - 10 7 Lothar Matthaus (W.Germany/Bayern Munich), Carlos Valderrama (Colombia/Deportivo Cali) - 6 9 Gary Lineker (England/Barcelona), Rabeh Madjer (Algeria/Porto), Renato Gaucho (Brazil/Gremio/Flamengo) - 2 12 Michel (Spain/Real Madrid), Jean-Marie Pfaff (Belgium/Bayern Munich) - 1 1988 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus 1 Ruud Gullit (Netherlands/AC Milan) - 209 2 Diego Maradona (Argentina/Napoli) - 162 3 Marco Van Basten (Netherlands/AC Milan) - 153 4 Ronald Koeman (Netherlands/PSV Eindhoven) - 96 5 Frank Rijkaard (Netherlands/Ajax/Real Zaragoza/AC Milan) - 27 6 Lothar Matthaus (W.Germany/Bayern Munich/Inter Milan), Hugo Sanchez (Mexico/Real Madrid) - 7 8 John Barnes (England/Liverpool) - 6 9 Franco Baresi (Italy/AC Milan) - 4 10 Alexei Mikhailichenko (Soviet Union/Dynamo Kyiv), Ruben Paz (Uruguay/Racing Club de Avellenada) - 3 12 Hugo de Leon (Uruguay/Logrones/Nacional), Dragan Stojkovic (Yugoslavia/Red Star Belgrade) - 2 14 Giussepe Giannini (Italy/Roma), Glenn Hoddle (England/Monaco), Wim Kieft (Netherlands/PSV Eindhoven), Hans van Breukelen (Netherlands/PSV Eindhoven), Gianluca Vialli (Italy/Sampdoria) - 1 1989 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus 1 Marco van Basten (Netherlands/AC Milan) - 243 2 Diego Maradona (Argentina/Napoli) - 151 3 Franco Baresi (Italy/AC Milan) - 124.5 4 Lothar Matthaus (W.Germany/Inter Milan) - 61 5 Frank Rijkaard (Netherlands/AC Milan) - 34 6 Bebeto (Brazil/Flamengo/Vasco da Gama) - 33 7 Ruud Gullit (Netherlands/AC Milan) - 11 8 Careca (Brazil/Napoli) - 9 9 Romario (Brazil/PSV Eindhoven) - 7 10 Gheorghe Hagi (Romania/Steaua Bucharest), Bernd Schuster (W.Germany/Real Madrid) - 4 12 Dragan Stojkovic (Yugoslavia/Red Star Belgrade) - 3 13 Hugo Sanchez (Mexico/Real Madrid) - 2 14 Baltazar (Brazil/Atletico Madrid), Andreas Brehme (W.Germany/Inter Milan) - 1 16 Jean-Pierre Papin (France/Marseille) - 0.5
1990 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus 1 Lothar Matthaus (W.Germany/Inter Milan) - 264 2 Diego Maradona (Argentina/Napoli) - 167 3 Franco Baresi (Italy/AC Milan) - 109 4 Andreas Brehme (W.Germany/Inter Milan) - 67 5 Salvatore Schillaci (Italy/Juventus) - 28 6 Marco van Basten (Netherlands/AC Milan) - 25 7 Paul Gascoigne (England/Tottenham Hotspur) - 22 8 Hugo Sanchez (Mexico/Real Madrid), Dragan Stojkovic (Yugoslavia/Red Star Belgrade - 7 10 Roberto Baggio (Italy/Fiorentina/Juventus) - 6 11 Sergio Goycochea (Argentina/Millonarios/Racing Club de Avellanados), Frank Rijkaard (Netherlands/AC Milan) - 3 13 John Barnes (England/Liverpool), Roberto Donadoni (Italy/AC Milan), Jurgen Klinsmann (W.Germany/Inter Milan), Jean-Pierre Papin (France/Marseille) - 2 17 Bebeto (Brazil/Vasco da Gama), Guido Buchwald (W.Germany/Stuttgart), Enzo Francescoli (Uruguay/Marseille/Cagliari), Jurgen Kohler (W.Germany/Bayern Munich), Enzo Scifo (Belgium/Auxerre) - 1 1991 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus 1 Jean-Pierre Papin (France/Marseille) - 207 2 Lothar Matthaus (Germany/Inter Milan) - 195 3 Dejan Savicevic (Yugoslavia/Red Star Belgrade) - 152 4 Darko Pancev (Yugoslavia/Red Star Belgrade) - 53.5 5 Robert Prosinecki (Yugoslavia/Red Star Belgrade) - 36 6 Gianluca Vialli (Italy/Sampdoria) - 14.5 7 Roberto Mancini (Italy/Sampdoria) - 12 8 Chris Waddle (England/Marseille) - 10.5 9 Gabriel Batistuta (Argentina/Boca Juniors/Fiorentina) - 8 10 Frank Rijkaard (Netherlands/AC Milan) - 7 11 Michael Laudrup (Denmark/Barcelona) - 5.5 12 Rai (Brazil/Sao Paulo) - 4 13 Dennis Bergkamp (Netherlands/Ajax), Claudio Caniggia (Argentina/Atalanta), Hugo Sanchez (Mexico/Real Madrid) - 2 16 Roberto Baggio (Italy/Juventus), Stefan Effenberg (Germany/Bayern Munich), Paul Gascoigne (England/Tottenham Hotspur), Romario (Brazil/PSV Eindhoven), Oscar Ruggeri (Argentina/Velez Sarsfield), Hristo Stoichkov (Bulgaria/Barcelona) - 1 1992 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus 1 Marco van Basten (Netherlands/AC Milan) - 199 2 Michael Laudrup (Denmark/Barcelona) - 140 3 Hristo Stoichkov (Bulgaria/Barcelona) - 122 4 Dennis Bergkamp (Netherlands/Ajax) - 113 5 Peter Schmeichel (Denmark/Manchester United) - 42 6 Rai (Brazil/Sao Paulo) - 31 7 Ronald Koeman (Netherlands/Barcelona) - 16.5 8 Frank Rijkaard (Netherlands/AC Milan) - 10.5 9 Thomas Hassler (Germany/Roma) - 5.5 10 Ruud Gullit (Netherlands/AC Milan) - 5 11 Paolo Maldini (Italy/AC Milan) - 4 12 Bebeto (Brazil/Vasco da Gama/Deportivo La Coruna), Brian Laudrup (Denmark/Bayern Munich/Fiorentina) - 3 14 Roberto Baggio (Italy/Juventus), Franco Baresi (Italy/AC Milan), Junior (Brazil/Flamengo) - 1 17 Enzo Scifo (Belgium/Torino) - 0.5 1993 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus 1 Roberto Baggio (Italy/Juventus) - 273 2 Dennis Bergkamp (Netherlands/Ajax/Inter Milan) - 109 3 Romario (Brazil/PSV Eindhoven/Barcelona) - 85 4 Michael Laudrup (Denmark/Barcelona) - 70 5 Eric Cantona (France/Manchester United) - 49.5 6 Hristo Stoichkov (Bulgaria/Barcelona) - 25 7 Paolo Maldini (Italy/AC Milan) - 24.5 8 Alen Boksic (Croatia/Marseille/Lazio) - 17 9 Franco Baresi (Italy/AC Milan) - 15 10 Abedi Pele (Ghana/Marseille/Lyon) - 7 11 Bebeto (Brazil/Deportivo La Coruna), Carlos Valderrama (Colombia/Independiente Medellin/Atletico Junior) - 5 13 Cafu (Brazil/Sao Paulo), Franck Sauzee (France/Marseille/Atalanta) - 4 15 Ruud Gullit (Netherlands/AC Milan/Sampdoria) - 3 16 Rai (Brazil/Sao Paulo/Paris St Germain), Giussepe Signori (Italy/Lazio) - 2 18 Basile Boli (France/Marseille) - 1 1994 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus 1 Romario (Brazil/Barcelona) - 258 2 Hristo Stoichkov (Bulgaria/Barcelona) - 148 3 Roberto Baggio (Italy/Juventus) - 126 4 Paolo Maldini (Italy/AC Milan) - 97.5 5 Gheorghe Hagi (Romania/Brescia/Barcelona) - 35.5 6 Franco Baresi (Italy/AC Milan) - 6.5 7 Michael Laudrup (Denmark/Barcelona/Real Madrid), Giuseppe Signori (Italy/Lazio) - 5 9 Bebeto (Brazil/Deportivo La Coruna) - 4.5 10 Eric Cantona (France/Manchester United) - 3 11 Ruud Gullit (Netherlands/Sampdoria/AC Milan) - 2.5 12 Jose Luis Chilavert (Paraguay/Velez Sarsfield), Jurgen Klinsmann (Germany/Monaco/Tottenham Hotspur), Jari Litmanen (Finland/Ajax) - 2 15 Tomas Brolin (Sweden/Parma) - 1.5 16 Dejan Savicevic (Yugoslavia/AC Milan) - 1 1995 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus 1 Jari Litmanen (Finland/Ajax) - 214 2 George Weah (Liberia/Paris St Germain/AC Milan) - 133 3 Jurgen Klinsmann (Germany/Tottenham Hotspur/Bayern Munich) - 78 4 Michael Laudrup (Denmark/Real Madrid) - 54.5 5 Ronaldo (Brazil/PSV Eindhoven) - 37 6 Enzo Francescoli (Uruguay/River Plate), Paolo Maldini (Italy/AC Milan) - 30 8 Matthias Sammer (Germany/Borussia Dortmund) - 25 9 Gianfranco Zola (Italy/Parma) - 23 10 Alan Shearer (England/Blackburn Rovers) - 21.5 11 Frank Rijkaard (Netherlands/Ajax) - 14 12 Alessandro Del Piero (Italy/Juventus) - 8 13 Gianluca Vialli (Italy/Juventus) - 7 14 Patrick Kluivert (Netherlands/Ajax) - 5 15 Gabriel Batistuta (Argentina/Fiorentina), Tulio Maravilha (Brazil/Botafogo), Dejan Savicevic (Yugoslavia/AC Milan) - 4 18 Brian Laudrup (Denmark/Rangers) - 3 19 Marc Overmars (Netherlands/Ajax) - 2 20 Rudi Voller (Germany/Bayer Leverkusen), Ivan Zamorano (Chile/Real Madrid) - 1 1996 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus 1 Matthias Sammer (Germany/Borussia Dortmund) - 200 2 Ronaldo (Brazil/PSV Eindhoven/Barcelona) - 131.5 3 Alan Shearer (England/Blackburn Rovers/Newcastle United) - 95.5 4 George Weah (Liberia/AC Milan) - 79.5 5 Alessandro Del Piero (Italy/Juventus) - 55 6 Jari Litmanen (Finland/Ajax) - 38 7 Jurgen Klinsmann (Germany/Bayern Munich) - 35.5 8 Eric Cantona (France/Manchester United) - 29 9 Jose Luis Chilavert (Paraguay/Velez Sarsfield), Davor Suker (Croatia/Sevilla/Real Madrid) - 4 11 Nwankwu Kanu (Nigeria/Ajax/Inter Milan), Paolo Maldini (Italy/AC Milan) - 3 13 Enzo Francescoli (Uruguay/River Plate), Predrag Mijatovic (Yugoslavia/Valencia/Real Madrid), Zinedine Zidane (France/Bordeaux/Juventus) - 2 16 Karel Poborsky (Czech Republic/Slavia Prague/Manchester United), Peter Schmeichel (Denmark/Manchester United) - 1 1997 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus 1 Ronaldo (Brazil/Barcelona/Inter Milan) - 272 2 Zinedine Zidane (France/Juventus) - 143 3 Roberto Carlos (Brazil/Real Madrid) - 82 4 Dennis Bergkamp (Netherlands/Arsenal) - 62 5 Romario (Brazil/Valencia/Flamengo) - 39 6 Predrag Mijatovic (Yugoslavia/Real Madrid) - 30 7 Andreas Moller (Germany/Borussia Dortmund) - 9 8 Alessandro Del Piero (Italy/Juventus), Raul (Spain/Real Madrid), Peter Schmeichel (Denmark/Manchester United) - 6 11 Rivaldo (Brazil/Deportivo La Coruna), Marcelo Salas (Chile/River Plate), Alan Shearer (England/Newcastle United) - 5 14 Edmundo (Brazil/Vasco da Gama), Lilian Thuram (France/Parma), Gianfranco Zola (Italy/Parma/Chelsea) - 4 17 Angelo Peruzzi (Italy/Juventus), Davor Suker (Croatia/Real Madrid) - 2 19 Eric Cantona (France/Manchester United), Didier Deschamps (France/Juventus), Luis Figo (Portugal/Barcelona), Jurgen Kohler (Germany/Borussia Dortmund) - 1 1998 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus 1 Zinedine Zidane (France/Juventus) - 227 2 Ronaldo (Brazil/Inter Milan) - 220 3 Dennis Bergkamp (Netherlands/Arsenal) - 73 4 Davor Suker (Croatia/Real Madrid) - 58 5 Rivaldo (Brazil/Barcelona) - 49 6 Alessandro Del Piero (Italy/Juventus) - 47 7 Lilian Thuram (France/Parma) - 22 8 Gabriel Batistuta (Argentina/Fiorentina), Michael Owen (England/Liverpool) - 5 10 Emmanuel Petit (France/Arsenal), Fernando Redondo (Argentina/Real Madrid), Roberto Carlos (Brazil/Real Madrid) - 4 13 Fabien Barthez (France/Monaco), Predrag Mijatovic (Yugoslavia/Real Madrid) - 3 15 Edgar Davids (Netherlands/AC Milan/Juventus) - 1 1999 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus 1 Rivaldo (Brazil/Barcelona) - 266 2 David Beckham (England/Manchester United) - 162 3 Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine/Dynamo Kiev/AC Milan) - 82 4 Gabriel Batistuta (Argentina/Fiorentina) - 66.5 5 Luis Figo (Portugal/Barcelona) - 46 6 Roy Keane (Republic of Ireland/Manchester United) - 35 7 Raul (Spain/Real Madrid) - 19 8 Ryan Giggs (Wales/Manchester United) - 13 9 Zinedine Zidane (France/Juventus) - 10 10 Dwight Yorke (Trinidad&Tobago/Aston Villa/Manchester United) - 8 11 Alex de Souza (Brazil/Palmeiras) - 3 12 Lothar Matthaus (Germany/Bayern Munich) - 2 13 Peter Schmeichel (Denmark/Manchester United/Sporting Lisbon) - 1.5 14 Pavel Nedved (Czech Republic/Lazio), Ronaldo (Brazil/Inter Milan) - 1
2000 Ballon d'Or Revisited panel consensus 1 Zinedine Zidane (France/Juventus) - 272 2 Luis Figo (Portugal/Barcelona/Real Madrid) - 261 3 Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine/AC Milan) - 73 4 Rivaldo (Brazil/Barcelona) - 58 5 Francesco Totti (Italy/Roma) - 52 6 Romario (Brazil/Flamengo/Vasco da Gama) - 41 7 Raul (Spain/Real Madrid) - 21 8 Thierry Henry (France/Arsenal) - 19 9 Alessandro Nesta (Italy/Lazio) - 13 10 Fernando Redondo (Argentina/Real Madrid/AC Milan) - 10 11 Gabriel Batistuta (Argentina/Fiorentina/Roma), Juan Roman Riquelme (Argentina/Boca Juniors) - 7 13 Juan Sebastian Veron (Argentina/Lazio) - 5 14 Gaizka Mendieta (Spain/Valencia) - 4 15 Pavel Nedved (Czech Republic/Lazio) - 3 16 Fabien Barthez (France/Monaco/Manchester United), Djalminha (Brazil/Deportivo La Coruna), Ryan Giggs (Wales/Manchester United), Mario Jardel (Brazil/Porto/Gatatasaray) - 1 2001 Ballon d'Or Revisited panel consensus 1 Luis Figo (Portugal/Real Madrid) - 220 2 Raul (Spain/Real Madrid) - 194 3 Michael Owen (England/Liverpool) - 105 4 Zinedine Zidane (France/Juventus/Real Madrid) - 96 5 Oliver Kahn (Germany/Bayern Munich) - 88 6 Francesco Totti (Roma/Italy) - 55 7 David Beckham (England/Manchester United) - 27 8 Rivaldo (Brazil/Barcelona) - 23 9 Juan Roman Riquelme (Argentina/Boca Juniors) - 13 10 Gabriel Batistuta (Argentina/Roma), Stefan Effenberg (Germany/Bayern Munich), Gaizka Mendieta (Spain/Valencia/Lazio), Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine/AC Milan) - 4 14 Thierry Henry (France/Arsenal), Pavel Nedved (Czech Republic/Lazio/Juventus), Roberto Carlos (Brazil/Real Madrid) - 2 17 Robert Pires (France/Arsenal), Romario (Brazil/Vasco da Gama) - 1 2002 Ballon d'Or Revisited panel consensus 1 Zinedine Zidane (France/Real Madrid) - 195 2 Michael Ballack (Germany/Bayer Leverkusen/Bayern Munich) - 171 3 Ronaldo (Brazil/Inter Milan/Real Madrid) - 167 4 Roberto Carlos (Brazil/Real Madrid) - 146 5 Oliver Kahn (Germany/Bayern Munich) - 103 6 Rivaldo (Brazil/Barcelona/AC Milan) - 28 7 Thierry Henry (France/Arsenal) - 15 8 Robert Pires (France/Arsenal) - 6 9 Ruud van Nistelrooy (Netherlands/Manchester United) - 5 10 Raul (Spain/Real Madrid), Ronaldinho (Brazil/Paris St Germain) - 4 12 David Beckham (England/Manchester United), Cafu (Brazil/Roma) - 1 2003 Ballon d'Or Revisited panel consensus 1 Thierry Henry (France/Arsenal) - 259 2 Pavel Nedved (Czech Republic/Juventus) - 215 3 Zinedine Zidane (France/Real Madrid) - 154 4 Paolo Maldini (Italy/AC Milan) - 77 5 Ruud van Nistelrooy (Netherlands/Manchester United) - 64 6 Ronaldo (Brazil/Real Madrid) - 42 7 Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine/AC Milan) - 16 8 Raul (Spain/Real Madrid) - 8 9 Gianluigi Buffon (Italy/Juventus) - 6 10 Carlos Tevez (Argentina) - 3 11 Alex de Souza (Brazil/Cruzeiro) - 2 12 Deco (Portugal/Porto), Ronaldinho (Brazil/Paris St Germain/Barcelona), Patrick Vieira (France/Arsenal) - 1 2004 Ballon d'Or Revisited panel consensus 1 Thierry Henry (France/Arsenal) - 258 2 Ronaldinho (Brazil/Barcelona) - 200 3 Deco (Portugal/Porto/Barcelona) - 163 4 Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine/AC Milan) - 158 5 Pavel Nedved (Czech Republic/Juventus) - 18 6 Adriano (Brazil/Parma/Inter Milan) - 14 7 Kaka (Brazil/AC Milan), Patrick Vieira (France/Arsenal) - 8 9 Ricardo Carvalho (Portugal/Porto/Chelsea), Theo Zagarakis (Greece/AEK Athens/Bologna) - 4 11 Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast/Marseille/Chelsea), Fernando Morientes (Spain/Real Madrid/Monaco), Carlos Tevez (Argentina/Boca Juniors) - 3 14 Alessandro Nesta (Italy/AC Milan) - 2 15 Ruben Baraja (Spain/Valencia), Angelos Charisteas (Greece/Werder Bremen), Zinedine Zidane (France/Real Madrid) - 1 2005 Ballon d'Or Revisited panel consensus 1 Ronaldinho (Brazil/Barcelona) - 310 2 Frank Lampard (England/Chelsea) - 206 3 Steven Gerrard (England/Liverpool) - 131 4 Thierry Henry (France/Arsenal) - 78 5 Adriano (Brazil/Inter Milan) - 48 6 Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon/Barcelona) - 17 7 Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine/AC Milan) - 16 8 Kaka (Brazil/AC Milan) - 12 9 Paolo Maldini (Italy/AC Milan) - 8 10 Juan Roman Riquelme (Argentina/Villarreal), John Terry (England/Chelsea) - 7 12 Mark van Bommel (Netherlands/PSV Eindhoven/Barcelona) - 4 13 Xavi (Spain/Barcelona) - 3 14 Petr Cech (Czech Republic/Chelsea), Rogerio Ceni (Brazil/Sao Paulo) - 1 2006 Ballon d'Or Revisited panel consensus 1 Ronaldinho (Brazil/Barcelona) - 237 2 Fabio Cannavaro (Italy/Juventus/Real Madrid) - 177 3 Thierry Henry (France/Arsenal) - 144 4 Zinedine Zidane (France/Real Madrid) - 91 5 Gianluigi Buffon (Italy/Juventus) - 80 6 Andrea Pirlo (Italy/AC Milan) - 46 7 Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon/Barcelona) - 44 8 Miroslav Klose (Germany/Werder Bremen) - 10 9 Kaka (Brazil/AC Milan) - 8 10 Juan Roman Riquelme (Argentina/Villarreal) - 3 11 Deco (Portugal/Barcelona), Steven Gerrard (England/Liverpool), Frank Lampard (England/Chelsea), Wayne Rooney (England/Manchester United) - 2 2007 Ballon d'Or Revisited panel consensus 1 Kaka (Brazil/AC Milan) - 344 2 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Manchester United) - 238 3 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona) - 128 4 Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast/Chelsea) - 63 5 Francesco Totti (Italy/Roma) - 52 6 Andrea Pirlo (Italy/AC Milan) - 38 7 Ronaldinho (Brazil/Barcelona) - 20 8 Clarence Seedorf (Netherlands/AC Milan) - 7 9 Steven Gerrard (England/Liverpool), Ruud van Nistelrooy (Netherlands/Real Madrid) - 4 11 Filippo Inzaghi (Italy/AC Milan), Adrian Mutu (Romania/Fiorentina), Juan Roman Riquelme (Argentina/Villarreal/Boca Juniors) - 2 14 Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden/Inter Milan), Paul Scholes (England/Manchester United) - 1 2008 Ballon d'Or Revisited panel consensus 1 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Manchester United) - 354 2 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona) - 169 3 Fernando Torres (Spain/Liverpool) - 168 4 Xavi (Spain/Barcelona) - 123 5 Iker Casillas (Spain/Real Madrid) - 42 6 Frank Lampard (England/Chelsea) - 10 7 Andrey Arshavin (Russia/Zenit St Petersburg), Franck Ribery (France/Bayern Munich) - 8 9 David Villa (Spain/Valencia) - 6 10 Cesc Fabregas (Spain/Arsenal), Kaka (Brazil/AC Milan) - 5 12 Steven Gerrard (England/Liverpool), Wayne Rooney (England/Manchester United) - 3 14 Juan Roman Riquelme (Argentina/Boca Juniors), Marcos Senna (Spain/Villarreal), Luca Toni (Italy/Bayern Munich) - 1 2009 Ballon d'Or Revisited panel consensus 1 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona) - 336 2 Xavi (Spain/Barcelona) - 226 3 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Manchester United/Real Madrid) - 144 4 Andres Iniesta (Spain/Barcelona) - 103 5 Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon/Barcelona/Inter Milan) - 66 6 Steven Gerrard (England/Liverpool), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden/Inter Milan/Barcelona), Kaka (Brazil/AC Milan/Real Madrid), Frank Lampard (England/Chelsea) - 6 10 Dani Alves (Brazil/Barcelona), Carles Puyol (Spain/Barcelona) - 2 12 Xabi Alonso (Spain/Liverpool/Real Madrid), Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast/Chelsea), Luis Suarez (Uruguay/Ajax) - 1
2010 Ballon d'Or Revisited panel consensus 1 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona) - 327 2 Xavi (Spain/Barcelona) - 208 3 Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands/Inter Milan) - 206.5 4 Andres Iniesta (Spain/Barcelona) - 116 5 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Real Madrid) - 69.5 6 Diego Forlan (Uruguay/Atletico Madrid) - 44 7 Arjen Robben (Netherlands/Bayern Munich) - 17 8 Diego Milito (Argentina/Inter Milan) - 10 9 Maicon (Brazil/Inter Milan) - 6 10 Iker Casillas (Spain/Real Madrid) - 5 11 Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast/Chelsea), David Villa (Spain/Valencia/Barcelona) - 4 13 Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon/Inter Milan) - 3 14 Javier Zanetti (Argentina/Inter Milan) - 2 15 Cesc Fabregas (Spain/Arsenal), Wayne Rooney (England/Manchester United), Luis Suarez (Uruguay/Ajax) - 1 2011 Ballon d'Or Revisited panel consensus 1 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona) - 396 2 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Real Madrid) - 242 3 Xavi (Spain/Barcelona) - 186 4 Andres Iniesta (Spain/Barcelona) - 109 5 Wayne Rooney (England/Manchester United) - 43 6 Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon/Inter Milan) - 10 7 Luis Suarez (Uruguay/Ajax/Liverpool) - 7 8 Neymar (Brazil/Santos), Mesut Ozil (Germany/Real Madrid) - 5 10 Diego Forlan (Uruguay/Atletico Madrid/Inter Milan) - 4 11 Dimitar Berbatov (Bulgaria/Manchester United) - 3 12 Dani Alves (Brazil/Barcelona), Robin van Persie (Netherlands/Arsenal) - 2 14 Iker Casillas (Spain/Real Madrid), Radamel Falcao (Colombia/Porto/Atletico Madrid), Manuel Neuer (Germany/Schalke/Bayern Munich), Franck Ribery (France/Bayern Munich), Giussepe Rossi (Italy/Villarreal), Victor Valdes (Spain/Barcelona), David Villa (Spain/Barcelona) - 1 2012 Ballon d'Or Revisited panel consensus 1 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona) - 390 2 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Real Madrid) - 260 3 Andres Iniesta (Spain/Barcelona) - 159 4 Xavi (Spain/Barcelona) - 75 5 Andrea Pirlo (Italy/Juventus) - 45 6 Radamel Falcao (Colombia/Atletico Madrid) - 31 7 Iker Casillas (Spain/Real Madrid), Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast/Chelsea/Shanghai Shensua) - 15 9 Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden/AC Milan/Paris St Germain) - 14 10 Neymar (Brazil/Santos) - 7 11 Robin van Persie (Netherlands/Arsenal/Manchester United) - 3 12 Petr Cech (Czech Republic/Chelsea), Manuel Neuer (Germany/Bayern Munich) - 2 14 Sergio Aguero (Argentina/Manchester City), Mesut Ozil (Germany/Real Madrid), Franck Ribery (France/Bayern Munich), Yaya Toure (Ivory Coast/Manchester City) - 1 2013 Ballon d'Or Revisited panel consensus 1 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Real Madrid) - 302 2 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona) - 279 3 Franck Ribery (France/Bayern Munich) - 238 4 Arjen Robben (Netherlands/Bayern Munich) - 61 5 Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden/Paris St Germain) - 57 6 Neymar (Brazil/Santos/Barcelona) - 13 7 Gareth Bale (Wales/Tottenham Hotspur/Real Madrid) - 12 8 Robert Lewandowski (Poland/Borussia Dortmund), Robin van Persie (Netherlands/Manchester United) - 11 10 Philipp Lahm (Germany/Bayern Munich), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany/Bayern Munich) - 10 12 Manuel Neuer (Germany/Bayern Munich) - 7 13 Andres Iniesta (Spain/Barcelona) - 5 14 Radamel Falcao (Colombia/Atletico Madrid/Monaco), Andrea Pirlo (Italy/Juventus) - 2 16 Edinson Cavani (Uruguay/Napoli/Paris St Germain), Thomas Muller (Germany/Bayern Munich), Xavi (Spain/Barcelona) - 1 2014 Ballon d'Or Revisited panel consensus 1 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Real Madrid) - 365 2 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona) - 234 3 Manuel Neuer (Germany/Bayern Munich) - 151 4 Arjen Robben (Netherlands/Bayern Munich) - 125 5 Luis Suarez (Uruguay/Liverpool/Barcelona) - 42 6 Thomas Muller (Germany/Bayern Munich) - 31 7 Angel Di Maria (Argentina/Real Madrid/Manchester United) - 21 8 James Rodriguez (Colombia/Monaco/Real Madrid) - 10 9 Toni Kroos (Germany/Bayern Munich/Real Madrid) - 8 10 Philipp Lahm (Germany/Bayern Munich), Sergio Ramos (Spain/Real Madrid) - 5 12 Gareth Bale (Wales/Real Madrid), Diego Costa (Spain/Atletico Madrid/Chelsea), Yaya Youre (Ivory Coast/Manchester City) - 4 15 Sergio Ageuro (Argentina/Manchester City), Miroslav Klose (Germany/Lazio) - 3 17 Neymar (Brazil/Barcelona), Mesut Ozil (Germany/Real Madrid/Arsenal) - 2 19 Karim Benzema (France/Real Madrid), Eden Hazard (Belgium/Chelsea), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden/Paris St Germain), Luka Modric (Croatia/Real Madrid) - 1 2015 Ballon d'Or Revisited panel consensus 1 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona) - 396 2 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Real Madrid) - 242 3 Neymar (Brazil/Barcelona) - 194 4 Luis Suarez (Uruguay/Barcelona) - 99 5 Robert Lewandowski (Poland/Bayern Munich) - 31 6 Eden Hazard (Belgium/Chelsea) - 11 7 Gianluigi Buffon (Italy/Juventus) - 8 8 Thomas Muller (Germany/Bayern Munich), Paul Pogba (France/Juventus), Arjen Robben (Netherlands/Bayern Munich), Arturo Vidal (Chile/Juventus/Bayern Munich) - 6 12 Alexis Sanchez (Chile/Arsenal) - 4 13 Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium/Wolfsburg/Manchester City), Manuel Neuer (Germany/Bayern Munich) - 3 15 Andres Iniesta (Spain/Barcelona), Carlos Tevez (Argentina/Juventus/Boca Juniors) - 2 17 Sergio Aguero (Argentina/Manchester City), Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Armenia/Borussia Dortmund) - 1 2016 Ballon d'Or Revisited panel consensus 1 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Real Madrid) - 301 2 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona) - 249 3 Luis Suarez (Uruguay/Barcelona) - 188 4 Antoine Griezmann (France/Atletico Madrid) - 165 5 Neymar (Brazil/Barcelona) - 64 6 Gareth Bale (Wales/Real Madrid) - 22 7 N'Golo Kante (France/Leicester City/Chelsea) - 4 8 Dimitri Payet (France/West Ham United), Jamie Vardy (England/Leicester City) - 3 10 Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden/Paris St Germain/Manchester United), Luka Modric (Croatia/Real Madrid) - 2 12 Sergio Aguero (Argentina/Manchester City), Gonzalo Higuain (Argentina/Napoli/Juventus), Riyad Mahrez (Algeria/Leicester City) - 1 2017 Ballon d'Or Revisited panel consensus 1 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Real Madrid) - 356 2 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona) - 255 3 Neymar (Brazil/Barcelona/Paris St Germain) - 162 4 Luka Modric (Croatia/Real Madrid) - 76 5 Gianluigi Buffon (Italy/Juventus) - 50 6 Toni Kroos (Germany/Real Madrid) - 15 7 Kylian Mbappe (France/Monaco/Paris St Germain) - 12 8 N'Golo Kante (France/Chelsea), Robert Lewandowski (Poland/Bayern Munich) - 8 10 Eden Hazard (Belgium/Chelsea) - 7 11 Harry Kane (England/Tottenham Hotspur), Sergio Ramos (Spain/Real Madrid) - 5 13 Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium/Manchester City), Luis Suarez (Uruguay/Barcelona) - 4 15 Antoine Griezmann (France/Atletico Madrid) - 3 16 Edinson Cavani (Uruguay/Paris St Germain), Christian Eriksen (Denmark/Tottenham Hotspur) - 2 18 Casemiro (Brazil/Real Madrid), Giorgio Chiellini (Italy/Juventus), Paulo Dybala (Argentina/Juventus), Alexis Sanchez (Chile/Arsenal) - 1 2018 Ballon d'Or Revisited panel consensus 1 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Real Madrid/Juventus) - 226 2 Luka Modric (Croatia/Real Madrid) - 202 3 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona) - 199 4 Mohamed Salah (Egypt/Liverpool) - 116 5 Antoine Griezmann (France/Atletico Madrid) - 108 6 Neymar (Brazil/Paris St Germain) - 54 7 Kylian Mbappe (France/Monaco/Paris St Germain) - 39 8 Eden Hazard (Belgium/Chelsea) - 28 9 Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium/Manchester City) - 10 10 Luis Suarez (Uruguay/Barcelona) - 3 11 Roberto Firmino (Brazil/Liverpool), Rafael Varane (France/Real Madrid) - 2 13 Sadio Mane (Senegal/Liverpool), Jan Oblak (Slovenia/Atletico Madrid) - 1 2019 Ballon d'Or Revisited panel consensus 1 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona) - 335 2 Virgil van Dijk (Netherlands/Liverpool) - 272 3 Sadio Mane (Senegal/Liverpool) - 112 4 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Juventus) - 94 5 Mohamed Salah (Egypt/Liverpool) - 53 6 Eden Hazard (Belgium/Chelsea/Real Madrid) - 39 7 Kylian Mbappe (France/Paris St Germain) - 24 8 Alisson (Brazil/Liverpool) - 23 9 Robert Lewandowski (Poland/Bayern Munich) - 8 10 Bernardo Silva (Portugal/Manchester City) - 6 11 Raheem Sterling (England/Manchester City) - 4 12 Frenkie de Jong (Netherlands/Ajax/Barcelona), Riyad Mahrez (Algeria/Manchester City) - 3 14 Neymar (Brazi/Paris St Germain), Hakem Ziyech (Morocco/Ajax) - 2 16 Son Heung-min (South Korea/Tottenham Hotspur), Luis Suarez (Uruguay/Barcelona) – 1
2020 Ballon d'Or Revisited panel consensus 1 Robert Lewandowski (Poland/Bayern Munich) - 358 2 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona) - 150 3 Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium/Manchester City) - 137.5 4 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Juventus) - 72 5 Kylian Mbappe (France/Paris St Germain) - 46 6 Joshua Kimmich (Germany/Bayern Munich) - 38 7 Neymar (Brazil/Paris St Germain), Manuel Neuer (Germany/Bayern Munich) - 35.5 9 Serge Gnabry (Germany/Bayern Munich) - 20 10 Sadio Mane (Senegal/Liverpool) - 19.5 11 Thomas Muller (Germany/Bayern Munich) - 13 12 Mohamed Salah (Egypt/Liverpool) - 5 13 Karim Benzema (France/Real Madrid), Angel Di Maria (Argentina/Paris St Germain) - 3 15 Virgil van Dijk (Netherlands/Liverpool) - 2.5 16 Trent Alexander-Arnold (England/Liverpool), Son Heung-min (South Korea/Tottenham Hotspur) - 2 18 Memphis Depay (Netherlands/Lyon), Harry Kane (England/Tottenham Hotspur), Jan Oblak (Slovenia/Atletico Madrid), Thiago Alcantara (Spain/Bayern Munich/Liverpool) - 1 22 N'Golo Kante (France/Chelsea) - 0.5 2021 Ballon d'Or Revisited panel consensus 1 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona/Paris St Germain) - 291 2 Robert Lewandowski (Poland/Bayern Munich) - 280 3 N'Golo Kante (France/Chelsea) - 82 4 Karim Benzema (France/Real Madrid) - 80 5 Kylian Mbappe (France/Paris St Germain) - 55 6 Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium/Manchester City) - 39 7 Jorginho (Italy/Chelsea) - 33 8 Mohamed Salah (Egypt/Liverpool) - 23 9 Erling Haaland (Norway/Borussia Dortmund) - 19 10 Cristiano Ronaldo (Poland/Juventus/Manchester United) - 17 11 Harry Kane (England/Tottenham Hotspur) - 11 12 Luis Suarez (Uruguay/Atletico Madrid) - 5 13 Bruno Fernandes (Portugal/Manchester United) - 4 14 Nicolo Barella (Italy/Inter Milan), Joshua Kimmich (Germany/Bayern Munich), Neymar (Brazil/Paris St Germain), Marco Verratti (Italy/Paris St Germain) - 2 18 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) - 280 2 Kylian Mbappe (France/Paris St Germain) - 161 3 Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium/Manchester City) - 67.5 4 Mohamed Salah (Egypt/Liverpool) - 63 5 Robert Lewandowski (Poland/Bayern Munich/Barcelona) - 57 6 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Paris St Germain) - 53 7 Sadio Mane (Senegal/Liverpool/Bayern Munich) - 44 8 Thibaut Courtois (Belgium/Real Madrid) - 37 9 Luka Modric (Croatia/Real Madrid) - 21 10 Vinicius Jr (Brazil/Real Madrid) - 13 11 Erling Haaland (Norway/Borussia Dortmund/Manchester City) - 5.5 12 Christopher Nkunku (France/RB Leipzig) - 5 13 Enzo Fernandez (Argentina/River Plate/Benfica) - 4 14 Emiliano Martinez (Argentina/Aston Villa) - 3 15 Trent Alexander-Arnold (England/Liverpool), Angel Di Maria (Argentina/Paris St Germain/Juventus), Son Heung-min (South Korea/Tottenham Hotspur) - 2 18 Julian Alvarez (Argentina/River Plate/Manchester City), Bernardo Silva (Portugal/Manchester City), Federico Valverde (Uruguay/Real Madrid) - 1 2023 Ballon d'Or FINAL Revisited Big Soccer/Reddit panel consensus 1 Erling Haaland (Norway/Manchester City) - 148 2 Kylian Mbappe (France/Paris St Germain) - 140 3 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Paris St Germain/Inter Miami) – 124 4 Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium/Manchester City) – 82 5 Rodri (Spain/Manchester City) – 31 6 Vinicius Junior (Brazil/Real Madrid) – 26 7 Jude Bellingham (England/Borussia Dortmund/Real Madrid) - 15 8 Antoine Griezmann (France/Atletico Madrid) - 11 9 Harry Kane (England/Tottenham/Bayern Munich) - 8 10 John Stones (England/Manchester City) - 2 11 Lautaro Martinez (Argentina/Inter Milan), Ilkay Gundogan (Germany/Manchester City), Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Georgia/Napoli), Karim Benzema (France/Real Madrid), Mohamed Salah (Egypt/Liverpool), Bernardo Silva (Portugal, Manchester City) - 1 2024 Ballon d'Or FINAL Revisited BigSoccer panel consensus 1 Vinicius Jr (Brazil, Real Madrid CF (Spain)) - 52pts 2 Jude Bellingham (England, Real Madrid CF (Spain)) - 47pts 3 Rodri (Spain, Manchester City (England)) - 42pts 4 Kylian Mbappé (France, Paris Saint-Germain (France) / Real Madrid CF (Spain)) - 20pts 5 Toni Kroos (Germany, Real Madrid CF (Spain)), Harry Kane (England, Bayern Munich (Germany)) - 6pts 6 Dani Carvajal (Spain, Real Madrid (Spain)) - 5pts 7 Lautaro Martinez (Argentina, Inter Milan (Italy)) - 4pts 8 Lamine Yamal (Spain, FC Barcelone (Spain)) - 3pts 9 Erling Haaland (Norway, Manchester City (England)) - 2pts 10 Florian Wirtz (Germany, Bayer Leverkusen (Germany)), Nico Williams (Spain, Athletic Bilbao (Spain)) - 1pt
FINAL REVISITED BIG SOCCER'S BALLON D'OR AWARDS THROUGH TIME 1870: Kinnaird, Baker, Alcock, Nepean, Whelan 1871: Alcock, Kinnaird, Walker, Clegg J, Baker 1872: Alcock (2), Chenery, Thompson, Vidal/Clegg/Walker 1873: Kinnaird (2), Clegg J, W Ker, Weir, Chenery 1874: Weir , McNeil, Owen, Gardner, Wood 1875: McNeil , Kinnaird, Renny-Tailyour, MacKinnon, Wollaston 1876: MacKinnon, McNeil, Highet, Birley, Weir 1877: Weir (2), Rawson, McNeil, C Campbell, Ferguson 1878: McNeil (2), C Campbell, Mc Dougall, MacKinnon, McIntyre 1879: Bailey, McNeil, Mosforth, Bambridge, Vallance 1880: G Ker , Bailey, Bambridge, Mosforth, Neill 1881: G Ker (2), Watson, J Smith, C Campbell, Davidson 1882 Watson, Harrower, Hunter, G Ker, C Campbell 1883 Holm, Cobbold / Arnott, Kay, J Smith 1884: Arnott, C Campbell, J Smith , Bailey, Anderson 1885: Cobbold, Brown, Anderson, Hunter, Bambridge 1886: N Ross, Cobbold, Arnott, Lindley, Dewhurst 1887: Hunter, Cobbold, N Ross, Dewhurst, Arnott 1888: N Ross (2), Goodall, Howarth, Gordon, Arnott 1889: Gordon, Goodall, Bassett, J Ross, Kelly 1890: J Ross, N Ross, Arnott, Robertson, Trainer 1891: Chadwick, Southworth, N Ross, Goodall, Milward 1892: Bassett, MacMahon, Wilson, Jonny Campbell, Goodall 1893: Jonny Campbell, J Ross, Wilson, Bassett / McMahon 1894: Reynolds, Doyle, Bassett, Goodall, McMahon 1895: Jonny Campbell (2), Doig, Reynolds, Hannah, Bassett 1896: G Smith, Goodall, Cowan, Bloomer, Gibson 1897: Needham, Spencer, Aftersmith, Crabtree, Bloomer / Cowan 1898: Needham (2), G Smith, Doyle, Forman, Bloomer 1899: Hamilton, Bloomer, Crabtree, G Smith, Needham 1900: A Smith, McColl, John Campbell, G Smith, Garraty 1901: Walker, Hamilton, Raisbeck, Bloomer, Needham 1902: Doig, Forman, Robertson, Walker, Needham 1903: Walker (2), Robertson, Raisbeck, Aitken / Raybould 1904: Meredith, Hamilton, Burgess, Bloomer, Crawshaw 1905: Meredith (2), Leake, Roose, Veitch, Aitken 1906: Raisbeck, Crompton, Veitch, Aitken / Sheperd / Walker 1907: Meredith (3), Crompton, Bloomer, Rutherford, Veitch 1908: Meredith (4), Crompton, Rutherford, Woodward, Roberts 1909: Meredith (5), Woodward, Wedlock, Crompton, Quinn/Freeman 1910: McMenemy, Hardy, McWilliam, Crompton, Hampton 1911: Roberts, McMenemy, Meredith, A Smith, Schlosser 1912: Crompton, Pennington, Holley, Schlosser, Williamson 1913: Holley, Hardy, Buchan, Hampton, Schlosser 1914: McMenemy (2), Crompton, Patsy Gallacher , Hardy / Ohaco 1915: Patsy Gallacher, Roberts, Ohaco, McMenemy, Bobby Parker 1916: Patsy Gallacher (2), McMenemy, Buchan / Gradin, Romano 1917: Schlosser, Schaffer, Scarone, Cringan, Romano 1918: Schaffer, Patsy Gallacher, McNair, Friedenreich, Konrad 1919: Schaffer (2), Friedenreich, Scarone, Konrad, Morton / Orth 1920: Orth, Romano, Morris, Pesek, Kelly 1921: Orth (2), Pesek, Morton, Friedenreich, Kelly, 1922: Seoane, Orth, Paulino Alcantara, Pesek, Morton 1923: Morton, Scarone, Buchan, Pesek, Orth 1924: Andrade, Petrone, Scarone, Max Abegglen, Nasazzi 1925: Scarone, Morton, Samitier, Hughie Gallacher, Seoane 1926: Jackson, Andrade, Scarone, Seoane, Zamora 1927: Pesek, Hughie Gallacher, Dean, McGrory, Monti 1928: Dean, Jackson, Baloncieri, Orsi, Takacs 1929: Morton (2), Jackson, Ferreira, Zamora, Hughie Gallacher 1930: Meazza, Nasazzi, Hughie Gallacher, Smistik, Avar 1931: Orsi, James, Meazza, Gschweidl, Sindelar 1932: Sindelar, Orsi, Schall, Dean, Ferreyra 1933: Sindelar (2), Meazza, Orsi, Bastin , James 1934: Meazza (2), Nejedly, Sindelar, Monti, Orsi 1935: Sarosi, Braine, Bastin, Sindelar, Drake 1936: Meazza (3), Sindelar, Sarosi, Bastin, Nejedly 1937: Sarosi (2), Erico, Piola, Sastre, Moreno 1938: Sarosi (3), Leonidas, Erico, Meazza, Bican 1939: Erico, Zsengeller, Lawton, Sastre, Matthews 1940: Leonidas, Bican, Sastre, Binder, Sarosi 1941: Moreno, Sastre, Pedernera, Garcia, Binder 1942: Moreno (2), Pedernera, O.Varela / Bican, Lawton 1943: Zizinho, S.Varela, Matthews, Pedernera, Sastre 1944: Zizinho (2), Bican, Lawton, Matthews, Sosa 1945: Martino, Mendez, Pedernera / Labruna, Lawton / Matthews 1946: Pedernera, Pontoni, Deak, Martino, V. Mazzola 1947: V.Mazzola, Di Stefano, Moreno, Mannion, Lawton 1948: Matthews, Puskas, V.Mazzola, Nordahl, Gren 1949: Ademir, Deak, Puskas, Zizinho, V.Mazzola 1950: Ademir (2), Puskas, Zizinho, Schiaffino, O. Varela 1951: Nordahl, Liedholm, Di Stefano, Wilkes, Gren 1952: Puskas, Kubala, Kocsis, Bozsik, Schiaffino 1953: Puskas (2), Hidegkuti, Kopa, Matthews, Walter 1954: Kocsis, Walter, Puskas, Schiaffino, Di Stefano 1955: Di Stefano, Kopa, Puskas, Schiaffino, Kocsis 1956: Di Stefano (2), Kopa, Schiaffino, Julinho, Matthews 1957: Di Stefano (3), Didi, Kopa, Sivori, Edwards 1958: Pelé, Kopa, Didi, Di Stefano, Fontaine 1959: Di Stefano (4), Pelé, Luis Suarez Miramontes, Kopa, Didi 1960: Puskas (3), Luis Suarez Miramontes, Pelé, Yashin, Di Stefano 1961: Pelé (2), Sivori, Garrincha, Luis Suarez Miramontes, Spencer 1962: Garrincha, Pelé, Masopust, Eusebio, Puskas 1963: Pelé (3), Rivera, Yashin, Greaves, Eusebio 1964: Pelé (4), Luis Suarez Miramontes, Law, Eusebio, Amancio 1965: Pelé (5), Eusebio, Luis Suarez Miramontes, Facchetti, S.Mazzola 1966: Eusebio, Charlton, Beckenbauer, Moore, Albert 1967: Albert, Johnstone, Charlton, Cruyff, Rocha 1968: Best, Charlton, Dzajic, Eusebio, Pelé 1969: Rivera, Pelé, Cruyff, Riva, Tostao 1970: Pelé (6), Muller, Jairzinho, Tostao, Cruyff 1971: Cruyff, Best, Beckenbauer, S. Mazzola, Artime 1972: Cruyff (2), Muller, Beckenbauer, Netzer, Jairzinho 1973: Cruyff (3), Muller, Beckenbauer, Zoff, Rivera 1974: Cruyff (4), Beckenbauer, Deyna, Muller, Neeskens 1975: Blokhin, Beckenbauer, Figueroa, Cruyff, Vogts 1976: Beckenbauer, Rensenbrink, Figueroa, Zico, Passarella 1977: Keegan, Zico, Cruyff, Simonsen, Platini 1978: Kempes, Rensenbrink, Dalglish, Rossi, Krankl / Passarella 1979: Maradona, Zico, Keegan, Falcao, Rummenigge 1980 Maradona (2), Rummenigge, Zico, Schuster, Platini 1981: Zico, Rummenigge, Maradona, Platini, Breitner 1982: Zico (2), Falcao, Rossi, Rummenigge, Giresse 1983: Platini, Falcao, Zico, Dalglish, Socrates 1984: Platini (2), Rush, Tigana, Zico, Falcao 1985: Platini (3), Maradona, Elkjaer, Schuster, Boniek 1986: Maradona (3), Lineker, Belanov, Careca, Platini 1987: Maradona (4), Gullit, Futre, van Basten, H.Sanchez 1988: Gullit, Maradona, van Basten, Koeman, Rijkaard 1989: van Basten, Maradona, Baresi, Matthaus, Rijkaard 1990: Matthaus, Maradona, Baresi, Brehme, Schillaci 1991: Papin, Matthaus, Savicevic, Pancev, Prosinecki 1992: van Basten (2), M. Laudrup, Stoichkov, Bergkamp, Schmeichel 1993: Baggio, Bergkamp, Romario, M.Laudrup, Cantona 1994; Romario, Stoichkov, Baggio, Maldini, Hagi 1995: Litmanen, Weah, Klinsmann, M.Laudrup, Ronaldo 1996: Sammer, Ronaldo, Shearer, Weah, Del Piero 1997: Ronaldo, Zidane, R Carlos, Bergkamp, Romario 1998: Zidane, Ronaldo, Bergkamp, Suker, Rivaldo 1999: Rivaldo, Beckham, Shevchenko, Batistuta, Figo 2000: Zidane (2), Figo, Shevchenko, Rivaldo, Totti 2001: Figo, Raul, Owen, Zidane, Kahn 2002: Zidane (3), Ballack, Ronaldo, R Carlos, Kahn 2003: Henry, Nedved, Zidane, Maldini, van Nistelrooy 2004: Henry (2), Ronaldinho, Deco, Shevchenko, Nedved 2005: Ronaldinho, Lampard, Gerrard, Henry, Adriano 2006: Ronaldinho (2), Cannavaro, Henry, Zidane, Buffon 2007: Kaka, Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi, Drogba, Totti 2008: Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi, F Torres, Xavi, Casillas 2009: Messi, Xavi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Iniesta, Eto'o 2010: Messi (2), Xavi, Sneijder, Iniesta, Cristiano Ronaldo 2011: Messi (3), Cristiano Ronaldo, Xavi, Iniesta, Rooney 2012: Messi (4), Cristiano Ronaldo, Iniesta, Xavi, Pirlo 2013: Cristiano Ronaldo (2), Messi, Ribery, Robben, Ibrahimovic 2014: Cristiano Ronaldo (3), Messi, Neuer, Robben, Suarez 2015: Messi (5), Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar, Suarez, Lewandowski 2016: Cristiano Ronaldo (4), Messi, Suarez, Griezmann, Neymar 2017: Cristiano Ronaldo (5), Messi, Neymar, Modric, Buffon 2018: Cristiano Ronaldo (6), Modric, Messi, Salah, Griezmann 2019: Messi (6), van Djik, Mané, Cristiano Ronaldo, Salah 2020: Lewandowski, Messi, De Bruyne, Cristiano Ronaldo, Mbappé 2021: Messi (7), Lewandowski, Kanté, Benzema, Mbappé 2022: Benzema, Mbappé, De Bruyne, Salah, Lewandowski 2023: Haaland, Mbappé, Messi, De Bruyne, Rodri 2024: Vinicius Junior, Bellingham, Rodri, Mbappé, Kroos / Kane FINAL Number of win for each winners of the Ballon d'Or over the period 1870-2024 : - Messi (7) - Pelé (6) - Cristiano Ronaldo (6) - Meredith (5) - Di Stefano (4) - Cruyff (4) - Maradona (4) - Meazza (3) - Sarosi (3) - Puskas (3) - Platini (3) - Zidane (3) - Alcock (2) - Kinnaird (2) - Weir (2) - George Ker (2) - McNeil (2) - N Ross (2) - Jonny Campbell (2) - Needham (2) - Walker (2) - McMenemy (2) - Patsy Gallacher (2) - Schaffer (2) - Orth (2) - Morton (2) - Sindelar (2) - Moreno (2) - Zizinho (2) - Ademir (2) - Zico (2) - van Basten (2) - Henry (2) - Ronaldinho (2) - MacKinnon (1) - Bailey (1) - Watson (1) - Holm (1) - Arnott (1) - Cobbold (1) - Hunter (1) - Gordon (1) - J Ross (1) - Chadwick (1) - Bassett (1) - Reynolds (1) - G Smith (1) - Hamilton (1) - A Smith (1) - Doig (1) - Raisbeck (1) - Roberts (1) - Crompton (1) - Holley (1) - Schlosser (1) - Seoane (1) - Andrade (1) - Scarone (1) - Jackson (1) - Pesek (1) - Dean (1) - Orsi (1) - Erico (1) - Leonidas (1) - Martino (1) - Pedernera (1) - Mazzola (1) - Matthews (1) - Nordahl (1) - Kocsis (1) - Garrincha (1) - Eusebio (1) - Albert (1) - Best (1) - Rivera (1) - Blokhin (1) - Beckenbauer (1) - Keegan (1) - Kempes (1) - Gullit (1) - Matthaus (1) - Papin (1) - Baggio (1) - Romario (1) - Litmanen (1) - Sammer (1) - Rivaldo (1) - Figo (1) - Ronaldo (1) - Kaka (1) - Lewandowski (1) - Benzema (1) - Haaland (1) - Vinicius Junior (1) If we extend to the number of times listed in the top 5 (and among top 3), we find the above players in more numbers of times mentioned so far (with a minimum of 6 nominations) FINAL: - Messi (16 times with 16 times among top 3) - Cristiano Ronaldo (14 times with 11 times among top 3) - Pelé (11 times with 10 times among top 3) - Maradona (9 times with 9 times among top 3) - Puskas (9 times with 8 times among top 3) - Di Stefano (9 times with 6 times among top 3) - Cruyff (9 times with 6 times among top 3) - Zico (8 times with 6 times among top 3) - Beckenbauer (7 times with 7 times among top 3) - Crompton (7 times with 5 times among top 3) - Zidane (7 times with 5 times among top 3) - Platini (7 times with 3 times among top 3) - Bloomer (7 times with 2 times among top 3) - Matthews (7 times with 2 times among top 3) - McNeil (6 times with 6 time among top 3) - Scarone (6 times with 6 times among top 3) - Meredith (6times with 6 times among top 3) - Meazza (6 times with 5 times among top 3) - Kopa (6 times with 5 times among top 3) - Arnott (6 times with 4 times among top 3) - Morton (6 times with 4 times among top 3) - Sindelar (6 times with 4 times among top 3) - Goodall (6 times with 3 times among top 3) - Eusebio (6 times with 2 times among top 3)