Ballon d'Or awards revisited by BigSoccer users

Big Soccer voting for 2000s with Trachta's 2007 to 2009 votes factored in:

2000 Ballon d'Or Big Soccer panel consensus
1 Zinedine Zidane (France/Juventus) - 72
2 Luis Figo (Portugal/Barcelona/Real Madrid) - 67
3 Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine/AC Milan) - 27
4 Rivaldo (Brazil/Barcelona) - 18
5 Francesco Totti (Italy/Roma) - 7
6 Raul (Spain/Real Madrid) - 6
7 Thierry Henry (France/Arsenal) - 5
8 Alessandro Nesta (Italy/Lazio) - 4
9 Juan Sebastian Veron (Argentina/Lazio) - 3
10 Juan Roman Riquelme (Argentina/Boca Juniors) - 2
11 Fabien Barthez (France/Monaco/Manchester United), Mario Jardel (Brazil/Porto/Gatatasaray), Fernando Redondo (Argentina/Real Madrid/AC Milan) - 1

2001 Ballon d'Or Big Soccer panel consensus
1 Luis Figo (Portugal/Real Madrid) - 69
2 Raul (Spain/Real Madrid) - 37
3 Michael Owen (England/Liverpool) - 31
4 Zinedine Zidane (France/Juventus/Real Madrid) - 20
5 Oliver Kahn (Germany/Bayern Munich) - 19
6 Francesco Totti (Italy/Roma) - 16
7 David Beckham (England/Manchester United) - 8
8 Rivaldo (Brazil/Barcelona) - 6
9 Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine/AC Milan), Gabriel Batistuta (Argentina/AS Roma) - 4
11 Robert Pires (France/Arsenal) - 1

2002 Ballon d'Or Big Soccer panel consensus
1 Zinedine Zidane (France/Real Madrid), Ronaldo (Brazil/Inter Milan/Real Madrid) - 54
3 Roberto Carlos (Brazil/Real Madrid) - 35
4 Michael Ballack (Germany/Bayer Leverkusen/Bayern Munich) - 31
5 Oliver Kahn (Germany/Bayern Munich) - 22
6 Ronaldinho (Brazil/Paris St Germain), Ruud van Nistelrooy (Netherlands/Manchester United), Thierry Henry (France/Arsenal) - 4
9 Rivaldo (Brazil/Barcelona/AC Milan) - 3
10 Cafu (Brazil/AS Roma) - 1

2003 Ballon d'Or Big Soccer panel consensus
1 Pavel Nedved (Czech Republic/Juventus) - 68
2 Thierry Henry (France/Arsenal) - 59
3 Zinedine Zidane (France/Real Madrid) - 40
4 Ruud van Nistelrooy (Netherlands/Manchester United) - 20
5 Ronaldo (Brazil/Real Madrid) - 12
6 Paolo Maldini (Italy/AC Milan) - 8
7 Gianluigi Buffon (Italy/Juventus) - 5
8 Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine/AC Milan), Patrick Vieira (France/Arsenal), Raul (Spain/Real Madrid) - 1

2004 Ballon d'Or Big Soccer panel consensus
1 Ronaldinho (Brazil/Barcelona) - 59
2 Thierry Henry (France/Arsenal) - 57
3 Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine/AC Milan) - 49
4 Deco (Portugal/Porto/Barcelona) - 36
5 Pavel Nedved (Czech Republic/Juventus) - 7
6 Kaka (Brazil/AC Milan) - 3
7 Adriano (Brazil/Parma/Inter Milan), Theo Zagorakis (Greece/AEK Athens/Bologna), Patrick Vieira (France/Arsenal) - 1

2005 Ballon d'Or Big Soccer panel consensus
1 Ronaldinho (Brazil/Barcelona) - 81
2 Frank Lampard (England/Chelsea) - 51
3 Steven Gerrard (England/Liverpool) - 34
4 Thierry Henry (France/Arsenal) - 24
5 Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon/Barcelona), Adriano (Brazil/Inter Milan) - 7
7 Kaka (Brazil/AC Milan) - 6
8 Juan Roman Riquelme (Argentina/Villareal), Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine/AC Milan) - 2

2006 Ballon d'Or Big Soccer panel consensus
1 Ronaldinho (Brazil/Barcelona) - 54
2 Fabio Cannavaro (Italy/Juventus/Real Madrid) - 51
3 Thierry Henry (France/Arsenal) - 35
4 Zinedine Zidane (France/Real Madrid) - 31
5 Gianluigi Buffon (Italy/Juventus) - 14
6 Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon/Barcelona) - 11
7 Kaka (Brazil/AC Milan) - 7
8 Andrea Pirlo (Italy/AC Milan) - 6
9 Miroslav Klose (Germany/Werder Bremen) - 3
10 Frank Lampard (England/Chelsea) - 2

2007 Ballon d'Or Big Soccer panel consensus
1 Kaka (Brazil/AC Milan) - 98
2 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Manchester United) - 69
3 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona) - 41
4 Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast/Chelsea) - 19
5 Ronaldinho (Brazil/Barcelona) - 10
6 Andrea Pirlo (Italy/AC Milan) - 9
7 Francesco Totti (Italy/Roma) - 8
8 Clarence Seedorf (Netherlands/AC Milan) - 2
9 Steven Gerrard (England/Liverpool), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden/Inter Milan), Paul Scholes (England/Manchester United) - 1

2008 Ballon d'Or Big Soccer panel consensus
1 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Manchester United) - 102
2 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona) - 55
3 Fernando Torres (Spain/Liverpool) - 47
4 Xavi (Spain/Barcelona) - 31
5 Iker Casillas (Spain/Real Madrid) - 9
6 Andrey Arshavin (Russia/Zenit St Petersburg) - 4
7 Frank Lampard (England/Chelsea), Franck Ribery (France/Bayern Munich), David Villa (Spain/Valencia) - 2
10 Marcos Senna (Spain/Villarreal), Luca Toni (Italy/Bayern Munich) - 1

2009 Ballon d'Or Big Soccer panel consensus
1 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona) - 102
2 Xavi (Spain/Barcelona) - 60
3 Andres Iniesta (Spain/Barcelona) - 40
4 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Manchester United/Real Madrid) - 36
5 Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon/Barcelona/Inter Milan) - 13
6 Frank Lampard (England/Chelsea) - 3
7 Kaka (Brazil/AC Milan/Real Madrid) - 2
8 Xabi Alonso (Spain/Liverpool/Real Madrid), Steven Gerrard (England/Liverpool), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden/Inter Milan/Barcelona) - 1

 

I was thinking just in terms of which players were active and starring around the mid 60s, but what would be fair would be to say Pele for example was probably a bit more explosive and a bit more agile too a few years earlier, and Cruyff for example was more strategic, with a better game vision etc later on, so I didn't mean to say their peaks completely overlapped at that time or something (just that they'd contribute to the prominent names in terms of both technical and physical qualities).

 

And the 2010s too now....

2010 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus
1 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona) - 86
2 Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands/Inter Milan) - 53
3 Xavi (Spain/Barcelona) - 47
4 Andres Iniesta (Spain/Barcelona) - 31
5 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Real Madrid) - 10
6 Diego Forlan (Uruguay/Atletico Madrid) - 8
7 Arjen Robben (Netherlands/Bayern Munich) - 4
8 Diego Milito (Argentina/Inter Milan) - 3
9 Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast/Chelsea), Maicon (Brazil/Inter Milan), Luis Suarez (Uruguay/Ajax), David Villa (Spain/Valencia/Barcelona) - 1

2011 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus
1 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona) - 96
2 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Real Madrid) - 53
3 Xavi (Spain/Barcelona) - 49
4 Andres Iniesta (Spain/Barcelona) - 31
5 Wayne Rooney (England/Manchester United) - 9
6 Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon/Inter Milan) - 4
7 Dani Alves (Brazil/Barcelona) - 2
8 Iker Casillas (Spain/Real Madrid), Mesut Ozil (Germany/Real Madrid) - 1


2012 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus
1 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona) - 94
2 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Real Madrid) - 61
3 Andres Iniesta (Spain/Barcelona) - 40
4 Andrea Pirlo (Italy/Juventus) - 14
5 Xavi (Spain/Barcelona) - 13
6 Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden/AC Milan/Paris St Germain), Neymar (Brazil/Santos) - 6
8 Iker Casillas (Spain/Real Madrid), Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast/Chelsea/Shanghai Shenhua), Yaya Toure (Ivory Coast/Manchester City) - 3
11 Radamel Falcao (Colombia/Atletico Madrid) - 2
12 Sergio Aguero (Argentina/Manchester City), Robin van Persie (Netherlands/Arsenal/Manchester United) - 1

2013 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus
1 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona) - 78
2 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Real Madrid) - 64
3 Franck Ribery (France/Bayern Munich) - 55
4 Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden/Paris St Germain) - 17
5 Arjen Robben (Netherlands/Bayern Munich) - 8
6 Gareth Bale (Wales/Tottenham Hotspur/Real Madrid), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany/Bayern Munich) - 7
8 Philipp Lahm (Germany/Bayern Munich) - 5
9 Andres Iniesta (Spain/Barcelona), Neymar (Brazil/Santos/Barcelona), Robin van Persie (Netherlands/Manchester United) - 2

2014 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus
1 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Real Madrid) - 90
2 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona) - 58
3 Arjen Robben (Netherlands/Bayern Munich) - 46
4 Manuel Neuer (Germany/Bayern Munich) - 28
5 Luis Suarez (Uruguay/Liverpool/Barcelona) - 7
6 Angel Di Maria (Argentina/Real Madrid/Manchester United) - 6
7 Thomas Muller (Germany/Bayern Munich) - 4
8 James Rodriguez (Colombia/Monaco/Real Madrid), Yaya Toure (Ivory Coast/Manchester City) - 2
10 Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden/Paris St Germain), Philipp Lahm (Germany/Bayern Munich), Neymar (Brazil/Barcelona), Sergio Ramos (Spain/Real Madrid) - 1

2015 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus
1 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona) - 96
2 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Real Madrid) - 58
3 Neymar (Brazil/Barcelona) - 44
4 Luis Suarez (Uruguay/Barcelona) - 24
5 Robert Lewandowski (Poland/Bayern Munich) - 8
6 Eden Hazard (Belgium/Chelsea) - 6
7 Gianluigi Buffon (Italy/Juventus) - 4
8 Arjen Robben (Netherlands/Bayern Munich), Alexis Sanchez (Chile/Arsenal) - 3
10 Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium/Wolfsburg/Manchester City) - 2

2016 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus
1 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Real Madrid) - 70
2 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona) - 63
3 Luis Suarez (Uruguay/Barcelona) - 46
4 Antoine Griezmann (France/Atletico Madrid) - 41
5 Neymar (Brazil/Barcelona) - 20
6 Gareth Bale (Wales/Real Madrid), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden/Paris St Germain/Manchester United) - 3
8 N'Golo Kante (France/Leicester City/Chelsea) - 1

2017 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus
1 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Real Madrid) - 77
2 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona) - 61
3 Luka Modric (Croatia/Real Madrid), Neymar (Brazil/Barcelona/Paris St Germain) - 24
5 Toni Kroos (Germany/Real Madrid) - 5
6 Gianluigi Buffon (Italy/Juventus), Eden Hazard (Belgium/Chelsea), Robert Lewandowski (Poland/Bayern Munich) - 4
9 Kylian Mbappe (France/Monaco/Paris St Germain) - 3
10 Edinson Cavani (Uruguay/Paris St Germain), Christian Eriksen (Denmark/Tottenham Hotspur), Sergio Ramos (Spain/Real Madrid) - 2
13 Casemiro (Brazil/Real Madrid), Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium/Manchester City), Antoine Griezmann (France/Atletico Madrid), Luis Suarez (Uruguay/Barcelona), N'golo Kante (France, Chelsea) - 1

2018 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus
1 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona) - 50
2 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Real Madrid/Juventus) - 46
3 Luka Modric (Croatia/Real Madrid) - 45
4 Mohamed Salah (Egypt/Liverpool) - 34
5 Antoine Griezmann (France/Atletico Madrid) - 20
6 Neymar (Brazil/Paris St Germain) - 14
7 Kylian Mbappe (France/Monaco/Paris St Germain) - 10
8 Eden Hazard (Belgium/Chelsea) - 8
9 Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium/Manchester City) - 6

2019 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus
1 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona) - 75
2 Virgil van Dijk (Netherlands/Liverpool) - 63
3 Sadio Mane (Senegal/Liverpool) - 26
4 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Juventus) - 22
5 Eden Hazard (Belgium/Chelsea/Real Madrid) - 11
6 Mohamed Salah (Egypt/Liverpool) - 8
7 Kylian Mbappe (France/Paris St Germain) - 7
8 Alisson (Brazil/Liverpool) - 6
9 Robert Lewandowski (Poland/Bayern Munich) - 2
10, Son Heung-min (South Korea/Tottenham Hotspur) - 1

 

Also the next two years....

2020 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus
1 Robert Lewandowski (Poland/Bayern Munich) - 82
2 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona) - 37
3 Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium/Manchester City) - 35
4 Kylian Mbappe (France/Paris St Germain) - 15
5 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Juventus) - 13
6 Serge Gnabry (Germany/Bayern Munich) - 10
7 Joshua Kimmich (Germany/Bayern Munich), Manuel Neuer (Germany/Bayern Munich) - 8
9 Sadio Mane (Senegal/Liverpool) - 6
10 Neymar (Brazil/Paris St Germain) - 5
11 Thomas Muller (Germany/Bayern Munich), Virgil van Dijk (Netherlands/Liverpool) - 1

2021 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus
1 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona/Paris St Germain) - 71
2 Robert Lewandowski (Poland/Bayern Munich) - 53
3 Karim Benzema (France/Real Madrid) - 19
4 N'Golo Kante (France/Chelsea) - 17
5 Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium/Manchester City) - 11
6 Kylian Mbappe (France/Paris St Germain) - 10
7 Jorginho (Italy/Chelsea) - 8
8 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Juventus/Manchester United), Mohamed Salah (Egypt/Liverpool) - 6
10 Erling Haaland (Norway/Borussia Dortmund), Harry Kane (England/Tottenham Hotspur), Marco Verratti (Italy/Paris St Germain) - 2
13 Ilkay Gundogan (Germany/Manchester City) - 1

 

Now the 2000s update including Reddit votes, after Trachta's vote too:

2000 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer/Reddit panel consensus
1 Luis Figo (Portugal/Barcelona/Real Madrid) - 107
2 Zinedine Zidane (France/Juventus) - 97
3 Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine/AC Milan) - 43
4 Rivaldo (Brazil/Barcelona) - 25
5 Thierry Henry (France/Arsenal) - 14
6 Alessandro Nesta (Italy/Lazio) - 9
7 Raul (Spain/Real Madrid), Francesco Totti (Italy/Roma) - 7
9 Gabriel Batistuta (Argentina/Fiorentina/Roma) - 5
10 Gaizka Mendieta (Spain/Valencia) - 4
11 Juan Sebastian Veron (Argentina/Lazio) - 3
12 Juan Roman Riquelme (Argentina/Boca Juniors) - 2
13 Fabien Barthez (France/Monaco/Manchester United), Mario Jardel (Brazil/Porto/Gatatasaray), Fernando Redondo (Argentina/Real Madrid/AC Milan) - 1

2001 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer/Reddit panel consensus
1 Luis Figo (Portugal/Real Madrid) - 78
2 Raul (Spain/Real Madrid) - 74
3 Michael Owen (England/Liverpool) - 51
4 Oliver Kahn (Germany/Bayern Munich) - 41
5 Francesco Totti (Roma/Italy) - 25
6 David Beckham (England/Manchester United), Zinedine Zidane (France/Juventus/Real Madrid) - 20
8 Rivaldo (Brazil/Barcelona) - 6
9 Gabriel Batistuta (Argentina/Roma), Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine/AC Milan) - 4
10 Thierry Henry (France/Arsenal) - 2
11 Gaizka Mendieta (Spain/Valencia/Lazio), Robert Pires (France/Arsenal) - 1

2002 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer/Reddit panel consensus
1 Ronaldo (Brazil/Inter Milan/Real Madrid) - 88
2 Zinedine Zidane (France/Real Madrid) - 67
3 Roberto Carlos (Brazil/Real Madrid) - 58
4 Oliver Kahn (Germany/Bayern Munich) - 42
5 Michael Ballack (Germany/Bayer Leverkusen/Bayern Munich) - 41
6 Rivaldo (Brazil/Barcelona/AC Milan) - 11
7 Thierry Henry (France/Arsenal) - 6
8 Ronaldinho (Brazil/Paris St Germain), Ruud van Nistelrooy (Netherlands/Manchester United) - 4
10 Raul (Spain/Real Madrid) - 2
11 Cafu (Brazil/Roma) - 1

2003 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer/Reddit panel consensus
1 Thierry Henry (France/Arsenal) - 90
2 Pavel Nedved (Czech Republic/Juventus) - 89
3 Zinedine Zidane (France/Real Madrid) - 48
4 Paolo Maldini (Italy/AC Milan) - 39
5 Ruud van Nistelrooy (Netherlands/Manchester United) - 21
6 Ronaldo (Brazil/Real Madrid) - 19
7 Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine/AC Milan) - 14
8 Gianluigi Buffon (Italy/Juventus) - 5
9 Raul (Spain/Real Madrid), Patrick Vieira (France/Arsenal) - 1

2004 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer/Reddit panel consensus
1 Thierry Henry (France/Arsenal) - 86
2 Ronaldinho (Brazil/Barcelona), Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine/AC Milan) - 73
4 Deco (Portugal/Porto/Barcelona) - 69
5 Pavel Nedved (Czech Republic/Juventus) - 9
6 Adriano (Brazil/Parma/Inter Milan), Ricardo Carvalho (Portugal/Porto/Chelsea) - 4
8 Kaka (Brazil/AC Milan), Theo Zagorakis (Greece/AEK Athens/Bologna) - 3
10 Angelos Charisteas (Greece/Werder Bremen), Patrick Vieira (France/Arsenal) - 1

2005 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer/Reddit panel consensus
1 Ronaldinho (Brazil/Barcelona) - 116
2 Frank Lampard (England/Chelsea) - 73
3 Steven Gerrard (England/Liverpool) - 54
4 Thierry Henry (France/Arsenal) - 35
5 Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine/AC Milan) - 13
6 Adriano (Brazil/Inter Milan) - 11
7 Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon/Barcelona) - 7
8 Kaka (Brazil/AC Milan), Paolo Maldini (Italy/AC Milan) - 6
10 John Terry (England/Chelsea) - 3
11 Juan Roman Riquelme (Argentina/Villareal) - 2

2006 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer/Reddit panel consensus
1 Fabio Cannavaro (Italy/Juventus/Real Madrid) - 83
2 Ronaldinho (Brazil/Barcelona) - 73
3 Thierry Henry (France/Arsenal) - 52
4 Zinedine Zidane (France/Real Madrid) - 45
5 Gianluigi Buffon (Italy/Juventus) - 34
6 Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon/Barcelona) - 16
7 Andrea Pirlo (Italy/AC Milan) - 8
8 Kaka (Brazil/AC Milan) - 7
9 Miroslav Klose (Germany/Werder Bremen) - 3
10 Deco (Portugal/Barcelona), Frank Lampard (England/Chelsea) - 2
12 Juan Roman Riquelme (Argentina/Villarreal) - 1

2007 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer/Reddit panel consensus
1 Kaka (Brazil/AC Milan) - 140
2 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Manchester United) - 97
3 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona) - 52
4 Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast/Chelsea) - 34
5 Andrea Pirlo (Italy/AC Milan) - 15
6 Ronaldinho (Brazil/Barcelona) - 10
7 Francesco Totti (Italy/Roma) - 8
8 Ruud van Nistelrooy (Netherlands/Real Madrid) - 4
9 Steven Gerrard (England/Liverpool), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden/Inter Milan), Filippo Inzaghi (Italy/AC Milan), Clarence Seedorf (Netherlands/AC Milan) - 2
13 Paul Scholes (England/Manchester United) - 1

2008 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer/Reddit panel consensus
1 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Manchester United) - 144
2 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona) - 80
3 Fernando Torres (Spain/Liverpool) - 67
4 Xavi (Spain/Barcelona) - 41
5 Iker Casillas (Spain/Real Madrid) - 20
6 Frank Lampard (England/Chelsea) - 6
7 Andrey Arshavin (Russia Zenit St Petersburg), David Villa (Spain/Valencia) - 5
9 Franck Ribery (France/Bayern Munich) - 2
10 Marcos Senna (Spain/Villarreal), Luca Toni (Italy/Bayern Munich) - 1

2009 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer/Reddit panel consensus
1 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona) - 142
2 Xavi (Spain/Barcelona) - 82
3 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Manchester United/Real Madrid) - 60
4 Andres Iniesta (Spain/Barcelona) - 45
5 Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon/Barcelona/Inter Milan) - 25
6 Frank Lampard (England/Chelsea) - 6
7 Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden/Inter Milan/Barcelona) - 4
8 Kaka (Brazil/AC Milan/Real Madrid) - 3
9 Xabi Alonso (Spain/Liverpool/Real Madrid), Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast/Chelsea), Steven Gerrard (England/Liverpool), Luis Suarez (Uruguay/Ajax) - 1

 

2010s including Reddit votes, latest update again:

2010 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer/Reddit panel consensus
1 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona) - 162
2 Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands/Inter Milan) - 114
3 Xavi (Spain/Barcelona) - 72
4 Andres Iniesta (Spain/Barcelona) - 67
5 Diego Forlan (Uruguay/Atletico Madrid) - 24
6 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Real Madrid) - 19
7 Iker Casillas (Spain/Real Madrid), Diego Milito (Argentina/Inter Milan) - 5
9 Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast/Chelsea), Arjen Robben (Netherlands/Bayern Munich) - 4
11 Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon/Inter Milan) - 3
12 Maicon (Brazil/Inter Milan), David Villa (Spain/Valencia/Barcelona), Javier Zanetti (Argentina/Inter Milan) - 2
15 Luis Suarez (Uruguay/Ajax) - 1


2011 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer/Reddit panel consensus
1 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona) - 186
2 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Real Madrid) - 103
3 Xavi (Spain/Barcelona) - 87
4 Andres Iniesta (Spain/Barcelona) - 59
5 Wayne Rooney (England/Manchester United) - 25
6 Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon/Inter Milan), Luis Suarez (Uruguay/Ajax/Liverpool) - 6
8 Diego Forlan (Uruguay/Atletico Madrid/Inter Milan) - 4
9 Mesut Ozil (Germany/Real Madrid) - 3
10 Dani Alves (Brazil/Barcelona), Robin van Persie (Netherlands/Arsenal) - 2
12 Iker Casillas (Spain/Real Madrid), Neymar (Brazil/Santos), Franck Ribery (France/Bayern Munich), Giussepe Rossi (Italy/Villarreal), David Villa (Spain/Barcelona) - 1


2012 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer/Reddit panel consensus
1 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona) - 184
2 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Real Madrid) - 119
3 Andres Iniesta (Spain/Barcelona) - 73
4 Xavi (Spain/Barcelona) - 28
5 Radamel Falcao (Colombia/Atletico Madrid) - 17
6 Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast/Chelsea/Shanghai Shensua), Andrea Pirlo (Italy/Juventus) - 14
8 Iker Casillas (Spain/Real Madrid) - 13
9 Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden/AC Milan/Paris St Germain) - 9
10 Neymar (Brazil/Santos) - 6
11 Yaya Toure (Ivory Coast/Manchester City) - 3
12 Petr Cech (Czech Republic/Chelsea), Manuel Neuer (Germany/Bayern Munich) - 2
14 Sergio Aguero (Argentina/Manchester City), Franck Ribery (France/Bayern Munich), Robin van Persie (Netherlands/Arsenal/Manchester United) - 1


2013 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer/Reddit panel consensus
1 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Real Madrid) - 134
2 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona) - 132
3 Franck Ribery (France/Bayern Munich) - 117
4 Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden/Paris St Germain) - 32
5 Arjen Robben (Netherlands/Bayern Munich) - 17
6 Neymar (Brazil/Santos/Barcelona) - 10
7 Gareth Bale (Wales/Tottenham Hotspur/Real Madrid), Robin van Persie (Netherlands/Manchester United) - 9
9 Philipp Lahm (Germany/Bayern Munich), Robert Lewandowski (Poland/Borussia Dortmund), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany/Bayern Munich) - 7
12 Andres Iniesta (Spain/Barcelona) - 2
13 Edinson Cavani (Uruguay/Napoli/Paris St Germain), Thomas Muller (Germany/Bayern Munich), Manuel Neuer (Germany/Bayern Munich), Andrea Pirlo (Italy/Juventus) - 1


2014 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer/Reddit panel consensus
1 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Real Madrid) - 168
2 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona) - 115
3 Manuel Neuer (Germany/Bayern Munich) - 69
4 Arjen Robben (Netherlands/Bayern Munich) - 59
5 Luis Suarez (Uruguay/Liverpool/Barcelona), Thomas Muller (Germany/Bayern Munich) - 18
7 Angel Di Maria (Argentina/Real Madrid/Manchester United) - 11
8 Sergio Ramos (Spain/Real Madrid) - 5
9 Sergio Ageuro (Argentina/Manchester City), James Rodriguez (Colombia/Monaco/Real Madrid), Miroslav Klose (Germany/Lazio), Yaya Toure (Ivory Coast/Manchester City) - 3
13 Gareth Bale (Wales/Real Madrid), Diego Costa (Spain/Atletico Madrid/Chelsea), Toni Kroos (Germany/Bayern Munich/Real Madrid), Philipp Lahm (Germany/Bayern Munich), Neymar (Brazil/Barcelona) - 2
18 Karim Benzema (France/Real Madrid), Eden Hazard (Belgium/Chelsea), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden/Paris St Germain) - 1


2015 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer/Reddit panel consensus
1 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona) - 186
2 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Real Madrid) - 108
3 Neymar (Brazil/Barcelona) - 85
4 Luis Suarez (Uruguay/Barcelona) - 50
5 Robert Lewandowski (Poland/Bayern Munich) - 20
6 Eden Hazard (Belgium/Chelsea) - 7
7 Thomas Muller (Germany/Bayern Munich) - 6
8 Paul Pogba (France/Juventus) - 5
9 Gianluigi Buffon (Italy/Juventus), Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium/Wolfsburg/Manchester City), Arjen Robben (Netherlands/Bayern Munich), Alexis Sanchez (Chile/Arsenal) - 3
13 Andres Iniesta (Spain/Barcelona) - 2
14 Sergio Aguero (Argentina/Manchester City), Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Armenia/Borussia Dortmund), Manuel Neuer (Germany/Bayern Munich) - 1


2016 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer/Reddit panel consensus
1 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Real Madrid) - 144
2 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona) - 117
3 Luis Suarez (Uruguay/Barcelona) - 81
4 Antoine Griezmann (France/Atletico Madrid) - 70
5 Neymar (Brazil/Barcelona) - 36
6 Gareth Bale (Wales/Real Madrid) - 13
7 Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden/Paris St Germain/Manchester United), Jamie Vardy (England/Leicester City) - 3
9 N'Golo Kante (France/Leicester City/Chelsea) - 2
10 Sergio Aguero (Argentina/Manchester City), Gonzalo Higuain (Argentina/Napoli/Juventus) - 1


2017 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer/Reddit panel consensus
1 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Real Madrid) - 150
2 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona) - 116
3 Neymar (Brazil/Barcelona/Paris St Germain) - 59
4 Luka Modric (Croatia/Real Madrid) - 33
5 Gianluigi Buffon (Italy/Juventus) - 21
6 Kylian Mbappe (France/Monaco/Paris St Germain) - 6
7 Eden Hazard (Belgium/Chelsea), Harry Kane (England/Tottenham Hotspur), Sergio Ramos (Spain/Real Madrid), N'Golo Kante (France/Chelsea), Toni Kroos (Germany/Real Madrid) - 5
12 Robert Lewandowski (Poland/Bayern Munich) - 4
13 Luis Suarez (Uruguay/Barcelona) - 3
14 Edinson Cavani (Uruguay/Paris St Germain), Christian Eriksen (Denmark/Tottenham Hotspur) - 2
16 Casemiro (Brazil/Real Madrid), Giorgio Chiellini (Italy/Juventus), Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium/Manchester City), Paulo Dybala (Argentina/Juventus), Antoine Griezmann (France/Atletico Madrid), Luis Suarez (Uruguay/Barcelona) - 1


2018 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer/Reddit panel consensus
1 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Real Madrid/Juventus) - 97
2 Luka Modric (Croatia/Real Madrid) - 93
3 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona) - 88
4 Antoine Griezmann (France/Atletico Madrid) - 48
5 Mohamed Salah (Egypt/Liverpool) - 43
6 Kylian Mbappe (France/Monaco/Paris St Germain) - 32
7 Eden Hazard (Belgium/Chelsea), Neymar (Brazil/Paris St Germain) - 14
9 Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium/Manchester City) - 7
10 Luis Suarez (Uruguay/Barcelona) - 3
11 Rafael Varane (France/Real Madrid) - 2
12 Jan Oblak (Slovenia/Atletico Madrid) - 1


2019 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer/Reddit panel consensus
1 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona) - 139
2 Virgil van Dijk (Netherlands/Liverpool) - 119
3 Sadio Mane (Senegal/Liverpool) - 49
4 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Juventus) - 48
5 Mohamed Salah (Egypt/Liverpool) - 23
6 Kylian Mbappe (France/Paris St Germain) - 15
7 Eden Hazard (Belgium/Chelsea/Real Madrid) - 12
8 Alisson (Brazil/Liverpool) - 10
9 Robert Lewandowski (Poland/Bayern Munich), Bernardo Silva (Portugal/Manchester City) - 4
11 Frenkie de Jong (Netherlands/Ajax/Barcelona), Hakem Ziyech (Morocco/Ajax) - 2
13 Son Heung-min (South Korea/Tottenham Hotspur), Luis Suarez (Uruguay/Barcelona) - 1

 

And the final two years for now, with Reddit votes in again after Trachta's vote is added:

2020 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer/Reddit panel consensus
1 Robert Lewandowski (Poland/Bayern Munich) - 160
2 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona) - 73
3 Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium/Manchester City) - 42
4 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Juventus) - 35
5 Kylian Mbappe (France/Paris St Germain) - 29
6 Neymar (Brazil/Paris St Germain) - 15.5
7 Manuel Neuer (Germany/Bayern Munich) - 14
8 Joshua Kimmich (Germany/Bayern Munich), Thomas Muller (Germany/Bayern Munich) - 12
10 Serge Gnabry (Germany/Bayern Munich) - 11
11 Sadio Mane (Senegal/Liverpool) - 9.5
12 Mohamed Salah (Egypt/Liverpool) - 5
13 Trent Alexander-Arnold (England/Liverpool), Karim Benzema (France/Real Madrid), Son Heung-min (South Korea/Tottenham Hotspur) - 2
16 Memphis Depay (Netherlands/Lyon), Harry Kane (England/Tottenham Hotspur), Jan Oblak (Slovenia/Atletico Madrid), Virgil van Dijk (Netherlands/Liverpool) - 1

2021 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer/Reddit panel consensus
1 Robert Lewandowski (Poland/Bayern Munich) - 131
2 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona/Paris St Germain) - 129
3 Karim Benzema (France/Real Madrid) - 43
4 N'Golo Kante (France/Chelsea) - 30
5 Jorginho (Italy/Chelsea) - 23
6 Mohamed Salah (Egypt/Liverpool) - 19
7 Kylian Mbappe (France/Paris St Germain) - 13
8 Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium/Manchester City) - 11
9 Erling Haaland (Norway/Borussia Dortmund), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Juventus/Manchester United) - 10
11 Luis Suarez (Uruguay/Atletico Madrid) - 3
12 Nicolo Barella (Italy/Inter Milan), Bruno Fernandes (Portugal/Manchester United), Harry Kane (England/Tottenham Hotspur), Marco Verratti (Italy/Paris St Germain) - 2
16 Ilkay Gundogan (Germany/Manchester City), Thiago Silva (Brazil/Chelsea) - 1

 

Maybe I expressed myself wrong, mate. What I want to say is that there was more talent in the time of Pelé and Maradona. Also in the era of Cristiano and Messi. It's just an opinion. We will not always agree, but it is a pleasure to be part of this forum and share my ideas with you.

 

Yeah, no problem. Maybe I have doubts about the latter, but like I say it would be a can of worms to discuss/argue further too much lol! I would say that the 90s probably doesn't have any GOAT candidates really anyway, so I guess we'd agree on that (ok some people may have made a case for Ronaldo or Zidane already in the 90s, or rare/minority opinions could put forwards a Laudrup or Baggio very occasionally perhaps, and Van Basten could be considered close to being in the mix...albeit primarily an 80s player anyway, but I think the consensus at the end of the 90s was that older players were the main candidates for the best and/or greatest ever at that point).

 

Forgive my ignorance, could you be more specific about Redditt, is there a link similar to this one?

 

I understand. Although I will go deeper into that community, if as you say, the bloggers are mostly young, it wouldn't make much sense to ask them for their votes from the 90's on down, since most of the time it could be the case that they would just do a "copy-paste" of other lists already made, without giving themselves time to do minimal research. However, for the last decades they could be useful because young people handle a multitude of data on the Internet, which is somewhat difficult for us veterans to locate. I don't know if my opinion is valid, but that's it. On the other hand, if you don't want to complicate things, I suppose that the sample we have is large enough to be extrapolated to a larger population. As is logical, we all have certain reticence in some of the consensus lists, but we have to respect them because they come from people who supposedly understand something about this. In this sense, I cannot resist a comment that will surely offend some people, but thanks to a sufficiently extensive research I have been able to make a decision that will surely be quite unpopular. It refers to Johan Cruyff, who in the 1974-75 season is valued very highly. Not only the ratings of his matches, but also, and above all, the articles and criticisms of a large part of the press, coincide in affirming that his decline with respect to the previous season was enormous, without playing enough (except for a few exceptions) and that he limited himself to drawing fouls and corners and, fundamentally, to constantly arguing against refereeing decisions (he caused some scandal). It is true that his conditions would still be the best, as he was technically superior to all the others and his tactical intelligence was excellent, but he could not or would not show it this season. That's why tomorrow, when I publish my list of the 1974-75 season, most will be surprised and some will get angry, thinking that I have no idea. I limit myself to analyze the data and to expose them with total subjectivity. I have always thought that Cruyff has been one of the greatest geniuses in the history of soccer, with blots in his personal life, with an exacerbated obsession for money, with an exaggeratedly high ego and with a complicated character. As a footballer and also as a coach, I repeat, a genius (so was Best), but the circumstances that accompanied him on many occasions detracted from his performance, and this season was one of them.

Ya entiendo. Aunque voy a profundizar en esa comunidad, si como tú dices, los blogueros son en su mayoría jóvenes, no tendría mucho sentido pedirles sus votos de los años 90 hacia abajo, ya que en la mayoría de las ocasiones podría darse el caso de que se limitaran a hacer un "copia - pega" de otras listas ya hechas, sin darse tiempo a investigar mínimamente. Sin embargo, para las últimas décadas pudieran ser útiles pues los jóvenes manejan multitud de datos en Internet, que para los más veteranos nos resultan algo complicados de localizar. No sé si te valdrá mi opinión, pero es esa. Por otra parte, si no quieres complicarte, supongo que la muestra que tenemos es lo suficientemente amplia para ser extrapolada a una población mayor. Como es lógico, todos tenemos ciertas reticencias en algunas de las listas consensuadas, pero hay que respetarlas porque provienen de personas que supuestamente entendemos algo de esto. En este sentido no puedo resistirme a un comentario que seguramente ofenderá a algunos, pero que gracias a una profundización lo suficientemente extensa he podido tomar una decisión que, seguramente será bastante impopular. Se refiere a Johan Cruyff, al que en la temporada 1974-75 se le valora muy alto. No solamente los ratings de sus partidos, sino también, y sobre todo. los artículos y críticas de gran parte de la prensa, coinciden en afirmar que su bajón respecto al curso pasado fue enorme, sin entrar en juego lo suficiente (salvo en contadas excepciones) y que se limitaba a sacar faltas y corners y, fundamentalmente, a discutir constantemente las decisiones arbitrales (algún escándalo provocó). Sí que es es cierto que sus condiciones seguirían siendo las mejores, pues técnicamente era superior a todos los demás y su inteligencia táctica era excelsa, pero no pudo o no quiso demostrarlo en esta temporada. De ahí que mañana, cuando publique mi lista de la temporada 1974-75, la mayoría se va a sorprender y alguno habrá que se enfade, pensando que no tengo ni idea. Me limito a analizar los datos y a exponerlos con total subjetividad. Siempre he pensado que Cruyff ha sido uno de los mayores genios de la historia del fútbol, con borrones en su vida personal, con una exacerbada obsesión por el dinero, con un ego exageradamente alto y con un carácter complicado. Como futbolista y también como entrenador, repito, un genio (también lo fue Best), pero las circunstancias que le acompañaban le restó en muchas ocasiones rendimiento, y esta temporada fue una de ellas.

 

Maybe off topic, but does anyone know of any online website that can quickly translate text from an image?

This is a very interesting article of Puskás analyzing Brazilian football in March 1957





In the corner of the second page

"Who is the best player you saw in Brazil?

Puskas responded enthusiastically:

Didi. This, in my opinion, is the perfect "crack". He is capable of kicking on goal, of making a pass, of dribbling in the smallest possible space on the field. A player who does not need space to execute a move is a "crack". It's a shame that Didi, from what I've seen, put on the personality of a midfielder, when he's a player to do much more than what is required of a midfielder.
Didi is not a midfielder, he is a perfect forward."

 

TOP 1974-75

1.- Blokhin (URSS)
2.- Figueroa, Elías (Chile)
3.- Alonso, Norberto (Argentina)
4.- Beckenbauer (Alemania)
5.- Vogts (Alemania)

6.- Nelinho (Brasil), 7.- Heynckes (Alemania), 8.- Maier (Alemania), 9.- Todd (Inglaterra), 10.- Cubillas (Perú), 11.- Scotta (Argentina), 12.- Morena (Uruguay), 13.- Cruyff (Holanda), 14.- Simonsen (Dinamarca), 15.- Bochini (Argentina), 16.- Zoff (Italia), 17.- Edstrom (Suecia), 18.- Geels (Holanda), 19.- Pirri (España), 20.- Neeskens (Holanda), 21.- Lato (Polonia), 22.- Fillol (Argentina), 23.- Georgescu (Rumanía), 24.- Viktor (Checoslovaquia), 25.- Katalinski (Yugoslavia), 26.- Onischenko (URSS), 27.- Ramírez, Oswaldo (Perú), 28.- Rexach (España), 29.- Perfumo (Argentina), 30.- Carpegiani (Brasil), 31.- Palhinha (Brasil), 32.- Camacho (España), 33.- Breitner (Alemania), 34.- Van Hanegem (Holanda), 35.- Netzer (Alemania), 36.- Muller, Gerd (Alemania), 37.- Oblak, Branko (Yugoslavia), 38.- Zico (Brasil), 39.-Flavio Minuano (Brasil), 40.- Grabowski (Alemania), 41.- Oblitas (Perú), 42.- Bonhof (Alemania), 43.- Houseman (Argentina), 44.- Waldir Peres (Brasil), 45.- Kempes (Argentina), 46.- Lorimer (Escocia), 47.- McQueen (Escocia), 48.- Piazza, Oswaldo (Argentina), 49.- Rivelino (Brasil), 50.- Jensen (Dinamarca), 51.- Chumpitaz (Perú), 52.- Rojas, Percy (Perú), 53.- Givens (Irlanda), 54.- Kolotov (URSS), 55.- Pavoni (Uruguay), 56.- Altafini (Brasil), 57.- Falcao (Brasil), 58.- Guillou (Francia), 59.-Bonev (Bulgaria), 60.- Bell (Inglaterra), 61.- Rensenbrink (Holanda), 62.- Buljan (Yugoslavia), 63.- Croy (RDA), 64.- Zape (Colombia), 65.- Iríbar (España), 66.- Pivarnik (Checoslovaquia), 67.- Ortiz (Colombia), 68.- López, J.J. (Argentina), 69.- Buryak (URSS), 70.- Alves (Portugal), 71.- Revelli, Hervé (Francia), 72.- Jardine (Escocia), 73.- Gil (Brasil), 74.- Ondrus (Checoslovaquia), 75.- Marco Antonio (Brasil), 76.- Van der Kuijlen (Holanda), 77.- Masny (Checoslovaquia), 78.- Thijssen (Holanda), 79.- Madeley (Inglaterra), 80.- Nehoda (Checoslovaquia), 81.- Veremeyev (URSS), 82.- Humberto Coelho (Portugal), 83.- Coeck (Bélgica), 84.- Dietz (Alemania), 85.- Rudakov (URSS), 86.- MacDonald (Inglaterra), 87.- Vogel (Alemania), 88.- Clemence (Inglaterra), 89.- Holzenbein (Alemania), 90.- James, Leighton (Gales), 91.- Mullery (Inglaterra), 92.- Krankl (Austria)

1.- BLOKHIN, Oleg (URSS), 2.- FIGUEROA, Elías (Chile), 3.- ALONSO, Norberto (Argentina), 4.- VOGTS, Berti (Alemania), 5.- BECKENBAUER, Franz (Alemania), 6.- NELINHO (Brasil), 7.- HEYNCKES, Jupp (Alemania), 8.- TODD, Colin (Inglaterra), 9.- MAIER, Sepp (Alemania), 10.- SIMONSEN, Allan (Dinamarca), 11.- Onischenko, Vladimir (URSS), 12.- CUBILLAS, Teófilo (Perú), 13.- SCOTTA, Héctor (Argentina), 14.- Rexach, Carlos (España), 15.- MORENA, Fernando (Uruguay), 16.- CAMACHO, José Antonio (España), 17.- Van Hanegem, Willem (Holanda), 18.- Bochini, Ricardo (Independiente), 19.- ZOFF, Dino (Italia), 20.- Edstrom, Ralf (Suecia), 21.- Neeskens, Johan (Holanda), 22.- GRABOWSKI, Jürgen (Alemania), 23.- Pirri (Real Madrid), 24.- CRUYFF, Johan (Holanda), 25.- LATO, Grzegorz (Polonia), 26.- GEELS, Ruud (Holanda), 27.- BONHOF, Rainer (Alemania), 28.- FILLOL, Ubaldo (Argentina), 29.- RAMÍREZ, Oswaldo (Perú), 30.- PERFUMO, Roberto (Argentina), 31.- CARPEGIANI, Paulo César (Brasil), 32.- GEORGESCU, Dudu (Rumanía), 33.- VIKTOR, Ivo (Checoslovaquia), 34.- KATALINSKI, Josip (Yugoslavia), 35.- McQueen, Gordon (Leeds), 36.- JENSEN, Henning (Dinamarca), 37.- KOLOTOV, Viktor (URSS), 38.- Altafini, José (Juventus), 39.- FLÁVIO MINUANO (Brasil), 40.- Bell, Colin (Inglaterra), 41.- Rensenbrink, Rob (Holanda), 42.- PALHINHA (Brasil), 43.- Buljan, Ivan (Yugoslavia), 44.- Iríbar, José Ángel (España), 45.- ZICO (Brasil), 46.- NETZER, Günter (Alemania), 47.- Muller, Gerd (Alemania), 48.- REVELLI, Hervé (Francia), 49.- Jardine, Sandy (Escocia), 50.- Breitner, Paul (Alemania), 51.- OBLITAS, Juan Carlos (Perú), 52.- KEMPES, Mario (Argentina), 53.- OBLAK, Branko (Yugoslavia), 54.- ONDRUS, Anton (Checoslovaquia), 55.- PIAZZA, Osvaldo (Argentina), 56.- CHUMPITAZ, Héctor (Perú), 57.- VAN DER KUIJLEN, Willy (Holanda), 58.- MASNY, Marián (Checoslovaquia), 59.- THIJSSEN, Frans (Holanda), 60.- FALCAO, Paulo Roberto (Brasil), 61.- Madeley, Paul (Inglaterra), 62.- HOUSEMAN, René (Argentina), 63.- NEHODA, Zdenek (Checoslovaquia), 64.- WALDIR PERES (Brasil), 65.- VEREMEYEV, Vladimir (URSS), 66.- Humberto Coelho (Portugal), 67.- LÓPEZ, Juan José (Argentina), 68.- Givens, Don (Irlanda), 69.- Coeck, Ludo (Bélgica), 70.- Pavoni, Ricardo (Uruguay), 71.- Dietz, Bernard (Alemania), 72.- Rudakov, Geugeny (URSS), 73- Guillou, Jean Marc (Francia), 74.- RIVELINO, Roberto (Brasil), 75.- Rojas, Percy (Perú), 76.- MacDonald, Malcolm (Inglaterra), 77.- Vogel, Everhard (RDA), 78.- GIL (Brasil), 79.- Clemence, Ray (Inglaterra), 80.- HÖLZENBEIN, Bernd (Alemania), 81.- James, Leighton (Gales), 82.- Croy, Jurgen (RDA), 83.- MARCO ANTÓNIO (Brasil), 84.- Mullery, Allan (Inglaterra), 85.- Krankl, Hans (Austria), 86.- Dorner, Hans Jurgen (RDA), 87.- Lorimer, Peter (Inglaterra), 88.- Bonev, Hristo (Bulgaria), 89.- Alves, Joao (Portugal), 90.- Koncilia, Friedl (Austria), 91.- Zape, Pedro (Colombia), 92.- Prohaska, Herbert (Austria), 93.- Cullmann, Bernd (Alemania), 94.- Lambert, Raoul (Bélgica), 95.- Pommerenke, Jurgen (RDA), 96.- Larqué, Jean Michel (Francia), 97.- Shilton, Peter (Inglaterra), 98.- Pivarnik, Jan (Checoslovaquia), 99.- Buryak, Leonid (URSS), 100.- Ortiz, Willington (Colombia).

XI IDEAL

Maier; Nelinho, Figueroa, Beckenbauer, Vogts (*); Neeskens, Van Hanegem, Alonso; Simonsen, Heynckes, Blokhin.

* Generalmente jugó de lateral derecho, pero en ocasiones lo hizo por la izquierda.

 

It's good to keep the BigSoccer and BigSoccer/Reddit lists separate. How many voters in total? I guess there haven't been that many.

 

@IceBlood34 the top 5 for your summary hasn't changed, but the new 1975 Ballon d'Or Revisited table becomes this:

1975 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus
1 Oleg Blokhin (Soviet Union/Dynamo Kyiv) - 85
2 Franz Beckenbauer (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 70.5
3 Elias Figueroa (Chile/Internacional) - 45
4 Johan Cruyff (Netherlands/Barcelona) - 22
5 Norberto Alonso (Argentina/River Plate) - 12
6 Berti Vogts (W.Germany/Borussia Monchengladbach) - 6
7 Zico (Brazil/Flamengo) - 5.5
8 Rivelino (Brazil/Corinthians/Fluminense) - 4
9 Paul Breitner (W.Germany/Real Madrid), Teofilo Cubillas (Peru/Porto), Gerd Muller (W.Germany/Bayern Munich), Johan Neeskens (Netherlands/Barcelona) - 3
13 Dino Zoff (Italy/Juventus) - 2
14 Jupp Heynckes (W.Germany/Borussia Monchengladbach), Grzegorz Lato (Poland/Stal Mielec), Sepp Maier (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 1

 

My take on best player of the year (from 1 to 5):

1950: Ademir, Zizinho, Puskas, Schiaffino, Varela
1951: Nordahl, Liedholm, Di Stefano, Gren, Puskas
1952: Puskas, Kubala, Kocsis, Bozsik, Di Stefano
1953: Puskas, Hidegkuti, Kopa, Matthews, Lofthouse
1954: Kocsis, Puskas, Walter, Schiaffino, Di Stefano
1955: Di Stefano, Kopa, Schiaffino, Kocsis, Puskas
1956: Di Stefano, Kopa, Schiaffino, Matthews, Julinho
1957: Di Stefano, Didi, Kopa, Edwards, Sivori
1958: Pelé, Didi, Kopa, Fontaine, Di Stefano
1959: Pele, Di Stefano, Luis Suarez, Kopa, Didi
1960: Puskas, Pele, Luis Suarez, Di Stefano, Yashin
1961: Pelé , Sivori, Garrincha, Luis Suarez, Spencer
1962: Pele, Garrincha, Masopust, Eusebio, Coutinho
1963: Pelé, Rivera, Greaves, Yashin, Eusebio
1964: Pelé, Luis Suarez, Law, Eusebio, Amaro
1965: Pelé, Eusebio, Facchetti, Luis Suarez, Mazzolla
1966: Eusebio, Charlton, Beckenbauer, Moore, Pelé
1967: Albert, Johnstone, Charlton, Rocha, Mazzolla
1968: Best, Charlton, Dzajic, Pelé, Eusebio
1969: Pelé, Rivera, Riva, Tostao, Cruyff
1970: Pelé, Jairzinho, Muller, Tostao, Gerson
1971: Cruyff, Best, Mazzolla, Beckenbauer, Netzer
1972: Cruyff, Beckenbauer, Muller, Netzer, Jairzinho
1973: Cruyff , Muller, Beckenbauer, Zoff, Rivera
1974: Cruyff , Beckenbauer, Deyna, Muller, Neeskens
1975: Blockin, Beckenbauer, Figueroa, Cruyff, Alonso
1976: Beckenbauer, Rensenbrick, Figueroa, Zico, Rivelino
1977: Keegan, Simonsen, Cruyff, Zico, Platini
1978: Kempes, Rensenbrick, Dalglish, Rossi, Passarella
1979: Keegan, Maradona, Zico, Falcao, Rummenigge
1980 : Maradona, Rummenigge, Zico, Schuster, Platini
1981: Zico, Rummenigge, Maradona, Breitner, Platini
1982: Zico, Falcao, Rossi, Rummenigge, Giresse
1983: Platini, Zico, Falcao, Dalglish, Socrates
1984: Platini, Tigana, Rush, Zico, Elkjaer
1985: Platini, Maradona, Elkjaer, Schuster, Boniek
1986: Maradona, Lineker, Belanov, Butragueno, Careca
1987: Maradona, Gullit, Futre, van Basten, Sanchez
1988: van Basten, Gullit, Maradona, Koeman, Rijkaard
1989: van Basten, Baresi, Maradona, Matthaus, Bebeto
1990: Matthaus, Baresi, Maradona, Brehme, Schilaci
1991: Papin, Matthaus, Savicevic, Prosinecki, Pancev
1992: van Basten, Stoichkov, Laudrup, Bergkamp, Schmeichel
1993: Baggio, Romario, Bergkamp, Cantona, Laudrup
1994; Romario, Stoichkov, Baggio, Maldini, Hagi
1995: Litmanen, Weah, Klinsmann, Laudrup, Maldini
1996: Ronaldo, Sammer, Weah, Shearer, Klinsmann
1997: Ronaldo, Zidane, Bergkamp, R Carlos, Mijatovic
1998: Ronaldo, Zidane, Suker, Bergkamp, Rivaldo
1999: Rivaldo, Beckham, Shevchenko, Figo, Batistuta
2000: Figo, Zidane, Shevchenko, Rivaldo, Totti
2001: Figo, Raul, Owen, Zidane, Kahn
2002: Ronaldo, R Carlos, Zidane, Ballack, Kahn
2003: Nedved, Henry, Zidane, van Nistelrooy, Ronaldo,
2004: Ronaldinho, Henry, Shevchenko, Deco, Nedved
2005: Ronaldinho, Lampard, Gerrard, Henry, Eto'o
2006: Ronaldinho, Cannavaro, Henry, ZIdane, Buffon

2007: Kaka, Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Drogba, Ronaldinho
2008: Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi, F Torres, Xavi, Casillas
2009: Messi, Xavi, Iniesta, Cristiano Ronaldo, Eto'o
2010: Messi, Sneijder, Xavi, Iniesta, Forlan
2011: Messi, Xavi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Iniesta, Rooney
2012: Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Iniesta, Pirlo, Xavi
2013: Messi , Cristiano Ronaldo, Ribery, Ibrahimovic, Schweinsteiger
2014: Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi, Robben, Neuer, Suarez
2015: Messi , Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar, Suarez, Lewandowski
2016: Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi, Griezmann, Suarez, Neymar
2017: Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi, Modric, Neymar, Buffon
2018: Messi, Modric, Cristiano Ronaldo, Salah, Griezmann
2019: Messi , van Djik, Mané, Cristiano Ronaldo, Hazard

2020: Lewandowski, Gnabry, Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi, Kimmich
2021: Messi , Lewandowski, Kante, Benzema, Jorginho

 

Nice to see your votes with 5 players per year too now mate: updates to overall standings incoming before very long (starting today probably).

 

1950 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Ademir de Menezes (Brazil/Vasco da Gama) - 88
2 Zizinho (Brazil/Flamengo/Bangu) - 65
3 Ferenc Puskas (Hungary/Honved) - 63
4 Juan Schiaffino (Uruguay/Penarol) - 26
5 Obdulio Varela (Uruguay/Penarol) - 16
6 Gunnar Nordahl (Sweden/AC Milan) - 12
7 Alcides Ghiggia (Uruguay/Penarol) - 7
8 Faas Wilkes (Netherlands/Inter Milan) - 5
9 Oscar Miguez (Uruguay/Penarol) - 3
10 Giampiero Boniperti (Italy/Juventus), Telmo Zarra (Spain/Athletic Bilbao) - 1
12 Gunnar Gren (Sweden/AC Milan), Nils Liedholm (Sweden/AC Milan) - 0.5

1951 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Gunnar Nordahl (Sweden/AC Milan) - 88
2 Nils Liedholm (Sweden/AC Milan) - 53
3 Alfredo Di Stefano (Colombia*/Millonarios) - 36
4 Gunnar Gren - (Sweden/AC Milan) - 21
5 Ferenc Puskas (Hungary/Honved) - 20
6 Ernst Ocwirk (Austria/Austria Vienna) - 13
7 Jair da Rosa Pinto (Brazil/Palmeiras) - 10
8 Faas Wilkes (Netherlands/Inter Milan) - 7
9 Zizinho (Brazil/Bangu) - 6
10 Telmo Zarra (Spain/Athletic Bilbao) - 5
11 Sandor Kocsis (Hungary/Honved), Stanley Matthews (England/Blackpool, Joseph Mermens (Belgium/Anderlecht) - 4
14 Tom Finney (England/Preston North End), Walter Gomez (Uruguay/River Plate), Gerhard Hanappi (Austria/Rapid Vienna), Jackie Milburn (England/Newcastle United), Obdulio Varela (Uruguay/Penarol) - 3
19 Nandor Hidegkuti (Hungary/MTK Budapest), Juan Schiaffino (Uruguay/Penarol) - 2
21 Larbi Ben Barek (France/Atletico Madrid), Istvan Nyers (Hungary/Inter Milan) - 1

1952 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Ferenc Puskas (Hungary/Honved) - 106
2 Ladislao Kubala (Spain*/Barcelona) - 58
3 Sandor Kocsis (Hungary/Honved) - 54
4 Jozsef Bozsik (Hungary/Honved) - 22
5 Alfredo Di Stefano (Colombia**/Millonarios) - 12
6 Zlatko Cajkowski (Yugoslavia/Partizan Belgrade) - 9
7 Tom Finney (England/Preston North End) - 4.5
8 Juan Schiaffino (Uruguay/Penarol), Zizinho (Brazil/Bangu) - 4
10 Oscar Miguez (Uruguay/Penarol), Karl Aage Praest (Denmark/Juventus) - 2
12 Ernst Ocwirk (Austria/Austria Vienna) - 1.5
13 Baltazar (Brazil/Corinthians), Walter Gomez (Uruguay/River Plate), Billy Wright (England/Wolverhampton Wanderers), Branko Zebec (Yugoslavia/Partizan Belgrade) - 1

1953 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Ferenc Puskas (Hungary/Honved) - 100
2 Nandor Hidegkuti (Hungary/MTK Budapest) - 64
3 Raymond Kopa (France/Reims) - 31
4 Stanley Matthews (England/Blackpool) - 15
5 Nat Lofthouse (England/Bolton Wanderers) - 12
6 Alfredo Di Stefano (Argentina/Real Madrid), Juan Schiaffino (Uruguay/Penarol) - 9
8 Jozsef Bozsik (Hungary/Honved) - 8.5
9 Tom Finney (England/Preston North End), Fritz Walter (W.Germany/Kaiserslautern) - 8
11 Ladislao Kubala (Spain*/Barcelona) - 6
12 Julinho (Brazil/Portuguesa) - 4
13 John Charles (Wales/Leeds United), Bernard Vukas (Yugoslavia/Hajduk Split), Billy Wright (England/Wolverhampton Wanderers) - 3
16 Walter Gomez (Uruguay/River Plate), Stan Mortensen (England/Blackpool) - 2
18 Sandor Kocsis (Hungary/Honved) - 1.5

1954 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Sandor Kocsis (Hungary/Honved) - 100
2 Ferenc Puskas (Hungary/Honved) - 64.5
3 Fritz Walter (W.Germany/Kaiserslautern) - 61.5
4 Juan Schiaffino (Uruguay/Penarol/AC Milan) - 29.5
5 Alfredo Di Stefano (Argentina/Real Madrid) - 13
6 Nandor Hidegkuti (Hungary/MTK Budapest) - 9
7 Jozsef Bozsik (Hungary/Honved) - 3
8 Zoltan Czibor (Hungary/Honved), Jose Santamaria (Uruguay/Nacional) - 2
10 Ladislao Kubala (Spain*/Barcelona) - 1.5
11 Max Morlock (W.Germany/Nuremberg), Ernst Ocwirk (Austria/Austria Vienna) - 1

1955 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Alfredo Di Stefano (Argentina/Real Madrid) - 78
2 Raymond Kopa (France/Reims) - 48
3 Juan Schiaffino (Uruguay/AC Milan) - 40
4 Sandor Kocsis (Hungary/Honved) - 37
5 Ferenc Puskas (Hungary/Honved) - 35.5
6 Bernard Vukas (Yugoslavia/Hajduk Split) - 13
7 Stanley Matthews (England/Blackpool) - 9
8 Jozsef Bozsik (Hungary/Honved) - 6
9 Gunnar Nordahl (Sweden/AC Milan) - 5.5
10 Zoltan Czibor (Hungary/Honved) - 5
11 Didi (Brazil/Fluminense), Julinho (Brazil/Palmeiras/Fiorentina), Ladislao Kubala (Spain*/Barcelona) - 3
14 Hector Rial (Spain*/Real Madrid), Billy Wright (England/Wolverhampton Wanderers) - 1


1956 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Alfredo Di Stefano (Spain*/Real Madrid) - 112
2 Raymond Kopa (France/Reims/Real Madrid) - 61
3 Juan Schiaffino (Italy**/AC Milan) - 30
4 Stanley Matthews (England/Blackpool) - 24
5 Julinho (Brazil/Fiorentina) - 21
6 Ferenc Puskas (Hungary/Honved) - 10
7 Duncan Edwards (England/Manchester United), Omar Sivori (Argentina/River Plate) - 7
9 Lev Yashin (Soviet Union/Dynamo Moscow) - 6
10 Milos Milutinovic (Yugoslavia/Partizan Belgrade) - 3
11 Billy Wright (England/Wolverhampton Wanderers) - 2
12 Jozsef Bozsik (Hungary/Honved), Ernst Ocwirk (Austria/Austria Vienna/Sampdoria) - 1

1957 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Alfredo Di Stefano (Spain*/Real Madrid) - 114
2 Didi (Brazil/Botafogo) - 49
3 Raymond Kopa (France/Real Madrid) - 32.5
4 Duncan Edwards (England/Manchester United) - 26
5 Omar Sivori (Argentina/River Plate/Juventus) - 21.5
6 Billy Wright (England/Wolverhampton Wanderers) - 14
7 Julinho (Brazil/Fiorentina) - 8
8 John Charles (Wales/Leeds United/Juventus) - 7
9 Pele (Brazil/Santos) - 5
10 Antonio Angelillo (Argentina/Boca Juniors/Inter Milan) - 4
11 Ladislao Kubala (Spain*/Barcelona) - 3
12 Omar Corbatta (Argentina/Racing Club de Avellaneda), Francisco Gento (Spain/Real Madrid) - 2
14 Humberto Maschio (Argentina/Racing Club de Avellaneda/Bologna) - 1

1958 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Pele (Brazil/Santos) - 90.5
2 Didi (Brazil/Botafogo) - 79
3 Raymond Kopa (France/Real Madrid) - 71.5
4 Just Fontaine (France/Reims) - 22.5
5 Alfredo Di Stefano (Spain*/Real Madrid) - 17.5
6 Garrincha (Brazil/Botafogo) - 6
7 Helmut Rahn (W.Germany/Rot-Weiss Essen) - 2
8 John Charles (Wales/Juventus), Nilton Santos (Brazil/Botafogo) - 1

1959 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Alfredo Di Stefano (Spain*/Real Madrid) - 104
2 Pele (Brazil/Santos) - 83
3 Luis Suarez Miramontes (Spain/Barcelona) - 31
4 Raymond Kopa (France/Real Madrid/Reims) - 26.5
5 Didi (Brazil/Botafogo/Real Madrid) - 18
6 John Charles (Wales/Juventus) - 10
7 Jose Sanfilippo (Argentina/San Lorenzo) - 7.5
8 Ferenc Puskas (Hungary/Real Madrid) - 3.5
9 Garrincha (Brazil/Botafogo) - 3
10 Jose Altafini (Brazil/AC Milan), Djalma Santos (Brazil/Portuguesa/Palmeiras) - 1
12 Francisco Gento (Spain/Real Madrid) - 0.5


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

Gregoire has basically agreed with the existing consensus on everything except Pele vs Di Stefano for the 1959 vote, but assuming you're satisfied with that as a valid vote IceBlood then these are the new 1950s tallies, completely up-to-date.

 

Carrying on into the 1960s likewise....

1960 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Ferenc Puskas (Hungary/Real Madrid) - 90
2 Luis Suarez Miramontes (Spain/Barcelona) - 67
3 Pele (Brazil/Santos) - 51
4 Alfredo Di Stefano (Spain*/Real Madrid) - 24
5 Lev Yashin (Soviet Union/Dynamo Moscow) - 22
6 Uwe Seeler (W.Germany/Hamburg) - 17
7 Omar Sivori (Argentina/Juventus) - 11
8 Garrincha (Brazil/Botafogo) - 7

1961 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Pele (Brazil/Santos) - 110
2 Omar Sivori (Italy*/Juventus) - 64
3 Garrincha (Brazil/Botafogo) - 48
4 Luis Suarez Miramontes (Spain/Barcelona/Inter Milan) - 20
5 Alberto Spencer (Ecuador/Penarol) - 13
6 Ferenc Puskas (Spain**/Real Madrid) - 8
7 Danny Blanchflower (Northern Ireland/Tottenham Hotspur) - 6
8 Johnny Haynes (England/Fulham), Lev Yashin (Soviet Union/Dynamo Moscow) - 5
10 Coutinho (Brazil/Santos) - 2
11 Alfredo Di Stefano (Spain***/Real Madrid), Jimmy Greaves (England/Chelsea/AC Milan/Tottenham Hotspur), Uwe Seeler (W.Germany/Hamburg) - 1

1962 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Garrincha (Brazil/Botafogo) - 99
2 Pele (Brazil/Santos) - 90
3 Josef Masopust (Czechoslovakia/Dukla Prague) - 54
4 Eusebio (Portugal/Benfica) - 19
5 Coutinho (Brazil/Santos) - 10
6 Alberto Spencer (Ecuador/Penarol) - 4
7 Gianni Rivera (Italy/AC Milan) - 3
8 Didi (Brazil/Botafogo/Sporting Cristal), Zito (Brazil/Santos) - 2
10 Pepe (Brazil/Santos), Karl-Heinz Schnellinger (W.Germany/Cologne) - 1

1963 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Pele (Brazil/Santos) - 114
2 Gianni Rivera (Italy/AC Milan) - 64
3 Jimmy Greaves (England/Tottenham Hotspur) - 43
4 Lev Yashin (Soviet Union/Dynamo Moscow) - 31
5 Eusebio (Portugal/Benfica) - 11
6 Denis Law (Scotland/Manchester United) - 9
7 Garrincha (Brazil/Botafogo) - 4
8 Amarildo (Brazil/Botafogo/AC Milan), Mario Coluna (Portugal/Benfica) - 3
10 Coutinho (Brazil/Santos), Uwe Seeler (W.Germany/Hamburg) - 2
12 Pepe (Brazil/Santos), Karl-Heinz Schnellinger (W.Germany/Cologne/Mantova) - 1

1964 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Pele (Brazil/Santos) - 100
2 Luis Suarez Miramontes (Spain/Inter Milan) - 78
3 Denis Law (Scotland/Manchester United) - 62
4 Eusebio (Portugal/Benfica) - 21.5
5 Amancio (Spain/Real Madrid) - 10.5
6 Jimmy Greaves (England/Tottenham Hotspur) - 5
7 Uwe Seeler (W.Germany/Hamburg) - 3
8 Sandro Mazzola (Italy/Inter Milan) - 2
9 Mario Corso (Italy/Inter Milan), Giacinto Facchetti (Italy/Inter Milan), Kurt Hamrin (Sweden/Fiorentina), Antonio Rattin (Argentina/Boca Juniors), Mario Rodriguez (Argentina/Independiente), Paul van Himst (Belgium/Anderlecht) - 1

1965 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Pele (Brazil/Santos) - 108
2 Eusebio (Portugal/Benfica) - 82
3 Giacinto Facchetti (Italy/Inter Milan) - 39
4 Luis Suarez Miramontes (Spain/Inter Milan) - 33
5 Sandro Mazzola (Italy/Inter Milan) - 12
6 Bobby Charlton (England/Manchester United) - 5
7 Pedro Rocha (Uruguay/Penarol), Valery Voronin (Soviet Union/Torpedo Moscow) - 3
9 Denis Law (Scotland/Manchester United) - 2
10 Florian Albert (Hungary/Ferencvaros) - 1

1966 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Eusebio (Portugal/Benfica) - 95
2 Bobby Charlton (England/Manchester United) - 93
3 Franz Beckenbauer (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 36
4 Bobby Moore (England/West Ham United) - 31
5 Pele (Brazil/Santos) - 9
6 Florian Albert (Hungary/Ferencvaros) - 8
7 Alberto Spencer (Ecuador*/Penarol) - 6
8 Luis Artime (Argentina/River Plate) - 4
9 Ferenc Bene (Hungary/Ujpest) - 2
10 Pedro Rocha (Uruguay/Penarol), Tostao (Brazil/Cruzeiro) - 1

1967 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Florian Albert (Hungary/Ferencvaros) - 91
2 Jimmy Johnstone (Scotland/Celtic) - 57
2 Bobby Charlton (England/Manchester United) - 51
4 Pedro Rocha (Uruguay/Penarol) - 23
5 Sandro Mazzola (Italy/Inter Milan) - 11
6 George Best (Northern Ireland/Manchester United), Johan Cruyff (Netherlands/Ajax), Tostao (Brazil/Cruzeiro) - 9
9 Gerd Muller (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 7
10 Franz Beckenbauer (W.Germany/Bayern Munich), Gerson (Brazil/Botafogo) - 6
12 Pele (Brazil/Santos) - 5
13 Ademir Da Guia (Brazil/Palmeiras) - 3
14 Tommy Gemmell (Scotland/Celtic) - 1

1968 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 George Best (Northern Ireland/Manchester United) - 110
2 Bobby Charlton (England/Manchester United) - 56
3 Dragan Dzajic (Yugoslavia/Red Star Belgrade) - 51
4 Pele (Brazil/Santos) - 32
5 Eusebio (Portugal/Benfica) - 20
6 Tostao (Brazil/Cruzeiro) - 5
7 Franz Beckenbauer (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 4
8 Jairzinho (Brazil/Botafogo), Gianni Rivera (Italy/AC Milan) - 3
10 Giacinto Facchetti (Italy/Inter Milan), Juan Ramon Veron (Argentina/Estudiantes) - 1

1969 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Pele (Brazil/Santos) - 81.5
2 Gianni Rivera (Italy/AC Milan) - 78.5
3 Luigi Riva (Italy/Cagliari) - 40
4 Tostao (Brazil/Cruzeiro) - 35
5 Johan Cruyff (Netherlands/Ajax) - 22.5
6 Gerd Muller (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 17.5
7 George Best (Northern Ireland/Manchester United) - 8
8 Carlos Alberto Torres (Brazil/Santos) - 3
9 Franz Beckenbauer (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 2


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

 

1970 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Pele (Brazil/Santos) - 88
2 Jairzinho (Brazil/Botafogo) - 67
3 Gerd Muller (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 63.5
4 Tostao (Brazil/Cruzeiro) - 32
5 Gerson (Brazil/Sao Paulo) - 13.5
6 Johan Cruyff (Netherlands/Ajax) - 9
7 Luigi Riva (Italy/Cagliari) - 8
8 Bobby Moore (England/West Ham United) - 7
9 Franz Beckenbauer (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 6
10 Rivelino (Brazil/Corinthians) - 3
11 Wim van Hanegem (Netherlands/Feyenoord) - 2
12 Carlos Alberto Torres (Brazil/Santos), Teofilo Cubillas (Peru/Alianza Lima), Dragan Dzajic (Yugoslavia/Red Star Belgrade) - 1

1971 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Johan Cruyff (Netherlands/Ajax) - 114
2 George Best (Northern Ireland/Manchester United) - 56
3 Sandro Mazzola (Italy/Inter Milan) - 41
4 Franz Beckenbauer (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 28.5
5 Gunter Netzer (W.Germany/Borussia Monchengladbach) - 15.5
6 Luis Artime (Argentina/Nacional), Tostao (Brazil/Cruzeiro) - 8
8 Gerd Muller (W.Germany/Bayern Munich), Rivelino (Brazil/Corinthians) - 4
10 Johan Neeskens (Netherlands/Ajax), Wim van Hanegem (Netherlands/Feyenoord) - 2
12 Carlos Bianchi (Argentina/Velez Sarsfield), Teofilo Cubillas (Peru/Alianza Lima), Piet Keizer (Netherlands/Ajax), Josip Skoblar (Yugoslavia/Marseille) - 1

1972 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Johan Cruyff (Netherlands/Ajax) - 92
2 Franz Beckenbauer (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 71
3 Gerd Muller (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 58
4 Gunter Netzer (W.Germany/Borussia Monchengladbach) - 49
5 Jairzinho (Brazil/Botafogo) - 7
6 Teofilo Cubillas (Peru/Alianza Lima) - 5
7 Johan Neeskens (Netherlands/Ajax) - 3
8 Ademir da Guia (Brazil/Palmeiras) - 1

1973 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Johan Cruyff (Netherlands/Ajax/Barcelona) - 114
2 Gerd Muller (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 62.5
3 Franz Beckenbauer (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 34.5
4 Dino Zoff (Italy/Juventus) - 25.5
5 Gianni Rivera (Italy/AC Milan) - 13.5
6 Pele (Brazil/Santos), Rivelino (Brazil/Corinthians) - 7
8 Eusebio (Portugal/Benfica) - 5
9 Kazimierz Deyna (Poland/Legia Warsaw) - 4
10 Miguel Brindisi (Argentina/Huracan), Ruud Krol (Netherlands/Ajax), Johan Neeskens (Netherlands/Ajax), Gunter Nezter (W.Germany/Borussia Monchengladbach/Real Madrid) - 3

1974 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Johan Cruyff (Netherlands/Barcelona) - 105
2 Franz Beckenbauer (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 83
3 Kazimierz Deyna (Poland/Legia Warsaw) - 27
4 Gerd Muller (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 24
5 Johan Neeskens (Netherlands/Ajax/Barcelona) - 18
6 Elias Figueroa (Chile/Internacional), Rivelino (Brazil/Corinthians) - 6
8 Paul Breitner (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 5
9 Grzegorz Lato (Poland/Stal Mielec), Wim van Hanegem (Netherlands/Feyenoord) - 4
11 Zico (Brazil/Flamengo) - 3
12 Uli Hoeness (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 2

1975 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Oleg Blokhin (Soviet Union/Dynamo Kyiv) - 91
2 Franz Beckenbauer (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 74.5
3 Elias Figueroa (Chile/Internacional) - 48
4 Johan Cruyff (Netherlands/Barcelona) - 24
5 Norberto Alonso (Argentina/River Plate) - 13
6 Berti Vogts (W.Germany/Borussia Monchengladbach) - 6
7 Zico (Brazil/Flamengo) - 5.5
8 Rivelino (Brazil/Corinthians/Fluminense) - 4
9 Paul Breitner (W.Germany/Real Madrid), Teofilo Cubillas (Peru/Porto), Gerd Muller (W.Germany/Bayern Munich), Johan Neeskens (Netherlands/Barcelona) - 3
13 Dino Zoff (Italy/Juventus) - 2
14 Jupp Heynckes (W.Germany/Borussia Monchengladbach), Grzegorz Lato (Poland/Stal Mielec), Sepp Maier (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 1

1976 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Franz Beckenbauer (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 110
2 Rob Rensenbrink (Netherlands/Anderlecht) - 53
3 Elias Figueroa (Chile/Internacional) - 30.5
4 Zico - (Brazil/Flamengo) 28
5 Rivelino (Brazil/Fluminense) - 14
6 Daniel Passarella (Argentina/River Plate) - 12
7 Ivo Viktor (Czechoslovakia/Dukla Prague) - 10
8 Kevin Keegan (England/Liverpool) - 7.5
9 Gerd Muller (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 7
10 Johan Cruyff (Netherlands/Barcelona) - 6
11 Michel Platini (France/Nancy) - 1

1977 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Kevin Keegan (England/Liverpool/Hamburg) - 79.5
2 Allan Simonsen (Denmark/Borussia Monchengladbach) - 58.5
3 Johan Cruyff (Netherlands/Barcelona) - 55
4 Zico (Brazil/Flamengo) - 48.5
5 Michel Platini (France/Nancy) - 25.5
6 Reinaldo (Brazil/Atletico Mineiro) - 7
7 Elias Figueroa (Chile/Internacional/Deportivo Palestino) - 4
8 Roberto Bettega (Italy/Juventus) - 3
9 Rivelino (Brazil/Fluminense) - 2
10 Toninho Cerezo (Brazil/Atletico Mineiro), Mario Kempes (Argentina/Valencia), Dino Zoff (Italy/Juventus) - 1

1978 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Mario Kempes (Argentina/Valencia) - 114
2 Rob Rensenbrink (Netherlands/Anderlecht) - 57
3 Kenny Dalglish (Scotland/Liverpool) - 27
4 Paolo Rossi (Italy/Vicenza) - 25
5 Daniel Passarella (Argentina/River Plate) - 15
6 Hans Krankl (Austria/Rapid Vienna/Barcelona) - 11
7 Kevin Keegan (England/Hamburg) - 10
8 Ruud Krol (Netherlands/Ajax) - 7
9 Johan Cruyff (Netherlands/Barcelona/New York Cosmos/LA Aztecs) - 6
10 Michel Platini (France/Nancy) - 4
11 Peter Shilton (England/Nottingham Forest) - 3
12 Roberto Bettega (Italy/Juventus), Dirceu (Brazil/Vasco da Gama/Club America) - 2
14 Teofilo Cubillas (Peru/Alianza Lima), Johnny Rep (Netherlands/Bastia) - 1

1979 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Kevin Keegan (England/Hamburg) - 78
2 Diego Maradona (Argentina/Argentinos Juniors) - 77
3 Zico (Brazil/Flamengo) - 61.5
4 Paulo Roberto Falcao (Brazil/Internacional) - 24.5
5 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 22
6 Kenny Dalglish (Scotland/Liverpool) - 10.5
7 Ruud Krol (Netherlands/Ajax) - 9
8 Peter Shilton (England/Nottingham Forest) - 2
9 Norberto Alonso (Argentina/River Plate), Ubaldo Fillol (Argentina/River Plate) - 1

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

 

1980 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Diego Maradona (Argentina/Argentinos Juniors) - 86
2 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 80.5
3 Zico (Brazil/Flamengo) - 50.5
4 Bernd Schuster (W.Germany/Cologne/Barcelona) - 19
5 Michel Platini (France/St Etienne) - 15
6 Jan Ceulemans (Belgium/Club Brugge) - 9
7 Waldemar Victorino (Uruguay/Nacional) - 3
8 Paul Breitner (W.Germany/Bayern Munich), Toninho Cerezo (Brazil/Atletico Mineiro), Kenny Dalglish (Scotland/Liverpool) - 2
11 Paulo Roberto Falcao (Brazil/Internacional/Roma), John Robertson (Scotland/Nottingham Forest), Socrates (Brazil/Corinthians) - 1

1981 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Zico (Brazil/Flamengo) - 87
2 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 74
3 Diego Maradona (Argentina/Argentinos Juniors/Boca Juniors) - 47
4 Paul Breitner (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 31
5 Michel Platini (France/St Etienne) - 24
6 Bernd Schuster (W.Germany/Barcelona) - 3
7 Paulo Roberto Falcao (Brazil/Roma), John Wark (Scotland/Ipswich Town) - 2
9 Liam Brady (Republic of Ireland/Juventus), Junior (Brazil/Flamengo), Graeme Souness (Scotland/Liverpool), Dino Zoff (Italy/Juventus) - 1

1982 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Zico (Brazil/Flamengo) - 85
2 Paulo Roberto Falcao (Brazil/Roma) - 50
3 Paolo Rossi (Italy/Juventus) - 39
4 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 33
5 Alain Giresse (France/Bordeaux) - 21
6 Gaetano Scirea (Italy/Juventus) - 16
7 Michel Platini (France/St Etienne/Juventus), Socrates (Brazil/Corinthians) - 11
9 Zbigniew Boniek (Poland/Widzew Lodz/Juventus), Quini (Spain/Barcelona) - 3
11 Bruno Conti (Italy/Roma) - 2
12 Junior (Brazil/Flamengo), Dino Zoff (Italy/Juventus) - 1

1983 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Michel Platini (France/Juventus) - 96
2 Zico (Brazil/Flamengo/Udinese) - 61
3 Paulo Roberto Falcao (Brazil/Roma) - 54
4 Kenny Dalglish (Scotland/Liverpool) - 26
5 Socrates (Brazil/Corinthians) - 22
6 Felix Magath (W.Germany/Hamburg) - 6
7 Diego Maradona (Argentina/Barcelona) - 4
8 Renato Gaucho (Brazil/Gremio), Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 2
10 Rinat Dasaev (Soviet Union/Spartak Moscow), Bryan Robson (England/Manchester United) - 1

1984 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Michel Platini (France/Juventus) - 108
2 Jean Tigana (France/Bordeaux) - 52
3 Ian Rush (Wales/Liverpool) - 39
4 Zico (Brazil/Udinese) - 24
5 Preben Elkjaer (Denmark/Lokeren/Verona) - 13
6 Paulo Roberto Falcao (Brazil/Roma), Enzo Francescoli (Uruguay/River Plate) - 11
8 Alain Giresse (France/Bordeaux) - 7
9 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (W.Germany/Bayern Munich) - 3
10 Fernando Chalana (Portugal/Benfica/Bordeaux), Hugo Sanchez (Mexico/Atletico Madrid), Graeme Souness (Scotland/Liverpool/Sampdoria) - 2
13 Johan Cruyff (Netherlands/Feyenoord), Romerito (Paraguay/Fluminense), Diego Maradona (Argentina/Barcelona/Napoli) - 1

1985 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Michel Platini (France/Juventus) - 102
2 Diego Maradona (Argentina/Napoli) - 69
3 Preben Elkjaer (Denmark/Verona) - 47
4 Bernd Schuster (W.Germany/Barcelona) - 24
5 Zbigniew Boniek (Poland/Juventus/Roma) - 8
6 Claudio Borghi (Argentina/Argentinos Juniors) - 7
7 Hugo Sanchez (Mexico/Atletico Madrid/Real Madrid) - 6
8 Hans-Peter Briegel (W.Germany/Verona), Junior (Brazil/Torino), Michael Laudrup (Denmark/Lazio/Juventus) - 3
11 Rinat Dasaev (Soviet Union/Spartak Moscow), 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) - 108
2 Gary Lineker (England/Everton/Barcelona) - 51
3 Igor Belanov (Soviet Union/Dynamo Kyiv) - 35
4 Emilio Butragueno (Spain/Real Madrid) - 18
5 Careca (Brazil/Sao Paulo) - 15
6 Michel Platini (France/Juventus) - 11
7 Jorge Burruchaga (Argentina/Nantes) - 7
8 Preben Elkjaer (Denmark/Verona), Ruud Gullit (Netherlands/PSV Eindhoven) - 6
10 Michael Laudrup (Denmark/Juventus), Hugo Sanchez (Mexico/Real Madrid), Jorge Valdano (Argentina/Real Madrid) - 4
13 Antonio Alzamendi (Uruguay/Penarol/River Plate) - 3
14 Helmuth Duckadam (Romania/Steaua Bucharest), Marco van Basten (Netherlands/Ajax) - 2
16 Enzo Francescoli (Uruguay/River Plate/Racing Club de Paris) - 1

1987 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Diego Maradona (Argentina/Napoli) - 97
2 Ruud Gullit (Netherlands/PSV Eindhoven/AC Milan) - 68
3 Paulo Futre (Portugal/Porto/Atletico Madrid) - 35
4 Marco van Basten (Netherlands/Ajax/AC Milan) - 31
5 Hugo Sanchez (Mexico/Real Madrid) - 23
6 Emilio Butragueno (Spain/Real Madrid) - 12
7 Carlos Valderrama (Colombia/Deportivo Cali) - 4
8 Gary Lineker (England/Barcelona), Lothar Matthaus (W.Germany/Bayern Munich), Renato Gaucho (Brazil/Gremio/Flamengo) - 2
11 Michel (Spain/Real Madrid), Jean-Marie Pfaff (Belgium/Bayern Munich) - 1

1988 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Marco Van Basten (Netherlands/AC Milan) - 80
2 Ruud Gullit (Netherlands/AC Milan) - 75
3 Diego Maradona (Argentina/Napoli) - 54
4 Ronald Koeman (Netherlands/PSV Eindhoven) - 38
5 Frank Rijkaard (Netherlands/Ajax/Real Zaragoza/AC Milan) - 10
6 Hugo Sanchez (Mexico/Real Madrid) - 4
7 John Barnes (England/Liverpool), Lothar Matthaus (W.Germany/Bayern Munich/Inter Milan) - 3
9 Franco Baresi (Italy/AC Milan), Dragan Stojkovic (Yugoslavia/Red Star Belgrade) - 2
11 Giussepe Giannini (Italy/Roma), Glenn Hoddle (England/Monaco) - 1

1989 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Marco van Basten (Netherlands/AC Milan) - 102
2 Diego Maradona (Argentina/Napoli) - 53
3 Franco Baresi (Italy/AC Milan) - 39.5
4 Lothar Matthaus (W.Germany/Inter Milan) - 26
5 Bebeto (Brazil/Flamengo/Vasco da Gama) - 18
6 Frank Rijkaard (Netherlands/AC Milan) - 15
7 Ruud Gullit (Netherlands/AC Milan) - 8
8 Romario (Brazil/PSV Eindhoven) - 4
9 Dragan Stojkovic (Yugoslavia/Red Star Belgrade) - 3
10 Jean-Pierre Papin (France/Marseille) - 2.5
11 Hugo Sanchez (Mexico/Real Madrid) - 2
12 Baltazar (Brazil/Atletico Madrid), Careca (Brazil/Napoli), Gheorghe Hagi (Romania/Steaua Bucharest) - 1

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