Oh, actually mate when people have selected 3 players in the end (because we didn't want to make their top choices less valid I think, and because we're also using old posts it's inevitable some posters didn't realise they should name 5 players) I have awarded 6 points for 1st, 4 points for 2nd and 3 points for 3rd, so I would prefer not to adjust anything now to be honest (because it would be quite a lot more work). But my new question was just about the 'votes' of elegos7 for the 1940s, because for the 'war years' he has named only 2 players (and I think between us we had decided that someone would need to at least have named 3 players normally to be able to vote - I was just thinking that because it is for war years and from somebody, elgos7, who is a significant voter on the older years that maybe we can still use those votes....but I wondered in that case if this time we should reduce the points a little bit, because only picking 2 players means a big advantage for those 2 players in theory if they get maximum points still). Actually, I guess there is no reason for me not to copy the votes of elegos7 for the 1940s and post them here now (Lasha had posted them on my profile page for me); then it will help you to understand what I'm trying to say a bit better too: 1940: 1. Leonidas 2. Bican 1941: 1. Moreno 2. Sastre 1942: 1. Moreno 2. Pedernera 1943: 1. S. Varela 2. Matthews 1944: 1. Zizinho 2. Matthews 1945: 1. Martino 2. Matthews 1946: 1. Pedernera 2. Pontoni 1947: 1. Mazzola 2. Moreno 3. Mannion 1948: 1. Matthews 2. Mazzola 3. Puskas 1949: 1. Ademir 2. Deak 3. Zizinho
Actually @Lasha the Idiotic if you want to reveal the 1930s selections of elgos7 as well (I guess even on this thread, as as you can see I copied his 1940s over here now anyway) that would be great - I can integrate those into the 1930s standings when I do those too of course (which will be my next task, after I finalise the 1940s ones once it's decided exactly how to use the top 2s elgos7 selected for the 1940-1946 years - of course there is also a gap in Dearman's selections in the 1940s so in theory it's fine to have a gap but I just thought @IceBlood34 that since elgos specialises in those early years then maybe we can try to use those top 2s the best way we can - I think he hasn't logged onto Big Soccer for about a year, otherwise we could ask for another player to be added in those years, but for sure Lasha has helped out by relaying those selections from elgos7's book, so it's great that he could provide them for us I think, even while elgos is absent at the moment from Big Soccer). EDIT - elgos did log in on December actually I notice now (he hasn't posted for nearly a year which is what I'd checked previously), but anyway I did tag him recently so it's not worth doing it again I think - maybe somebody posting a message on one of his threads would be the most likely to get his attention if anything....
Yes, I have elegos7's votes for the 1930s: 1930: 1. Meazza 2. Nasazzi 3. Smistik 1931: 1. Orsi 2. James 3. Gschweidl 1932: 1. Sindelar 2. Schall 3. Orsi 1933: 1. Sindelar 2. Meazza 3. Bastin 1934: 1. Meazza 2. Sindelar 3. Nejedly 1935: 1. Sarosi 2. Braine 3. Bastin 1936: 1. Meazza 2. Sindelar 3. Sarosi 1937: 1. Sarosi 2. Erico 3. Sastre 1938: 1. Sarosi 2. Leonidas 3. Erico 1939: 1. Erico 2. Zsengeller 3. Lawton
I trust you mate, to make the choice of points most in line with the fact that elegos7 (who is an important voter) only votes for two players for the WWII years.
Ok mate, sure, thanks. I just thought I should run it past you first, and go with what you prefer if necessary, but I can make what I think is the most appropriate call on it then and get the finalised 1940s standings done (incorporating 12 votes now) fairly shortly, today....
I decided then that 4 points for 1st, and 2 points for 2nd, in those 2-player votes, would be the most appropriate - it maintains the gap of two points between 1st and 2nd that we are having for all votes, and the player in 1st has a four point boost over any other player (in a normal vote it would be at least three points anyway - compared to a 3rd placed player it is three and compared to a 4th placed player it is four normally).... Final 1940s standings (at least for now): 1940 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus 1 Leonidas (Brazil/Flamengo) - 62 2 Josef Bican (Czechoslovakia*/Slavia Prague) - 46 3 Antonio Sastre (Argentina/Independiente) - 19 4 Franz Binder (Germany*/Rapid Vienna) - 14 5 Arsenio Erico (Paraguay/Independiente) - 9 6 Iuliu Baratky (Romania/Rapid Bucharest) - 6 7 Emilio Baldonedo (Argentina/Huracan), Delfin Benitez Caceres (Paraguay/Racing Club de Avellaneda) - 4 9 Gyorgy Sarosi (Hungary/Ferencvaros) - 3 10 Atilio Garcia (Uruguay/Nacional), Ernst Kuzorra (Germany/Schalke), Jose Manuel Moreno (Argentina/River Plate) - 2 13 Fritz Szepan (Germany/Schalke), Romeu (Brazil/Fluminense) - 1 1941 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus 1 Jose Manuel Moreno (Argentina/River Plate) - 70 2 Antonio Sastre (Argentina/Independiente) - 27 3 Atilio Garcia (Uruguay/Nacional) - 19 4 Franz Binder (Germany*/Rapid Vienna) - 15 5 Gyorgy Sarosi (Hungary/Ferencvaros) - 9 6 Adolfo Pedernera (Argentina/River Plate) - 11 7 Josef Bican (Czechoslovakia*/Slavia Prague), Isidro Langara (Spain/San Lorenzo) - 6 9 Roberto Porta (Uruguay/Nacional) - 5 10 Leonidas (Brazil/Flamengo), Teleco (Brazil/Corinthians) - 1 1942 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus 1 Jose Manuel Moreno (Argentina/River Plate) - 68 2 Adolfo Pedernera (Argentina/River Plate) - 43 3 Obdulio Varela (Uruguay/Montevideo Wanderers) - 16 4 Josef Bican (Czechoslovakia*/Slavia Prague) - 14 5 Tommy Lawton (England/Everton), Roberto Porta (Uruguay/Nacional) - 8 7 Anibal Ciocca (Uruguay/Nacional) - 7 8 Fritz Walter (Germany/Kaiserslautern) - 4 9 Stanley Matthews (England/Stoke City), Zizinho (Brazil/Flamengo) - 2 11 Heleno de Freitas (Brazil/Botafogo), Rinaldo Martino (Argentina/San Lorenzo), Mundo (Spain/Valencia) - 1 1943 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus 1 Zizinho (Brazil/Flamengo) - 34 2 Stanley Matthews (England/Stoke City) - 27 3 Severino Varela (Uruguay/Boca Juniors) - 23 4 Jose Manuel Moreno (Argentina/River Plate) - 20 5 Adolfo Pedernera (Argentina/River Plate) - 19 6 Antonio Sastre (Argentina/Sao Paulo) - 16 7 Josef Bican (Czechoslovakia*/Slavia Prague), Atilio Garcia (Uruguay/Nacional), Leonidas (Brazil/Sao Paulo) - 5 10 Silvio Piola (Italy/Lazio) - 3 11 Raich Carter (England/Sunderland), Domingos da Guia (Brazil/Flamengo), Jose Salomon (Argentina/Racing Club de Avellaneda) - 1 1944 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus 1 Zizinho (Brazil/Flamengo) - 37 2 Josef Bican (Czechoslovakia*/Slavia Prague) - 34 3 Tommy Lawton (England/Everton) - 33 4 Stanley Matthews (England/Stoke City) - 23 5 Carlos Sosa (Argentina/Boca Juniors) - 11 6 Severino Varela (Uruguay/Boca Juniors) - 6 7 Angel Labruna (Argentina/River Plate) - 4 8 Jair da Rosa Pinto (Brazil/Vasco da Gama) - 3 9 Mario Boye (Argentina/Boca Juniors), Obdulio Varela (Uruguay/Penarol) - 2 11 Karl Decker (Austria/First Vienna), Epi Fernandez (Spain/Valencia), Luisinho (Brazil/Sao Paulo), Mundo (Spain/Valencia), Antonio Sastre (Argentina/Sao Paulo) - 1 1945 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus 1 Rinaldo Martino (Argentina/San Lorenzo) - 40 2 Norberto Mendez (Argentina/Huracan) - 25 3 Tommy Lawton (England/Everton) - 22 4 Stanley Matthews (England/Stoke City) - 20 5 Adolfo Pedernera (Argentina/River Plate) - 16 6 Ademir de Menezes (Brazil/Vasco da Gama), Angel Labruna (Argentina/River Plate) - 12 8 Jose Manuel Moreno (Argentina/Real Club Espana) - 4 9 Helenio de Freitas (Brazil/Botafogo) - 3 10 Felix Loustau (Argentina/River Plate), Obdulio Varela (Uruguay/Penarol), Zizinho (Brazil/Flamengo) - 2 1946 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus 1 Adolfo Pedernera (Argentina/River Plate) - 50 2 Rene Pontoni (Argentina/San Lorenzo) - 23 3 Rinaldo Martino (Argentina/San Lorenzo) - 18 4 Raich Carter (England/Sunderland/Derby County), Ferenc Deak (Hungary/Szentlorinci), Angel Labruna (Argentina/River Plate), Stanley Matthews (England/Stoke City) - 10 8 Norberto Mendez (Argentina/Huracan), Zizinho (Brazil/Flamengo) - 7 10 Valentino Mazzola (Italy/Torino) - 6 11 Gyula Zsengeller (Hungary/Ujpest) - 4 12 Tommy Lawton (England/Chelsea) - 3 13 Gunnar Gren (Sweden/Gothenburg) - 2 1947 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus 1 Valentino Mazzola (Italy/Torino) - 50 2 Wilf Mannion (England/Middlesbrough) - 29 3 Alfredo Di Stefano (Argentina/River Plate) - 24 4 Tommy Lawton (England/Chelsea/Notts County), Jose Manuel Moreno (Argentina/River Plate) - 23 6 Stanley Matthews (England/Stoke City/Blackpool) - 16 7 Rene Pontoni (Argentina/San Lorenzo) - 7 8 Ferenc Deak (Hungary/Szentlorinci/Ferencvaros) - 4 9 Rinaldo Martino (Argentina/San Lorenzo) - 3 10 Felix Loustau (Argentina/River Plate) - 1 1948 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus 1 Stanley Matthews (England/Blackpool) - 59 2 Valentino Mazzola (Italy/Torino), Ferenc Puskas (Hungary/Kispest) - 31 4 Gunnar Nordahl (Sweden/Norrkoping) - 27 5 Gunnar Gren (Sweden/Gothenburg) - 14 6 Danilo Alvim (Brazil/Vasco da Gama), Alfredo Di Stefano (Argentina/River Plate/Millonarios) - 6 8 Tom Finney (England/Preston North End) - 4 9 Ferenc Deak (Hungary/Ferencvaros), Jose Manuel Moreno (Argentina/River Plate) - 1 1949 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus 1 Ademir de Menezes (Brazil/Vasco da Gama) - 37 2 Ferenc Deak (Hungary/Ferencvaros) - 33 3 Zizinho (Brazil/Flamengo) - 32 4 Valentino Mazzola (Italy/Torino) - 22 5 Ferenc Puskas (Hungary/Kispest) - 19 6 Gunnar Gren (Sweden/Gothenburg/AC Milan), Jair da Rosa Pinto (Brazil/Flamengo/Palmeiras) - 12 8 Ernst Ocwirk (Austria/Austria Vienna) - 7 9 Alfredo Di Stefano (Argentina/Millonarios), Juan Schiaffino (Uruguay/Penarol) - 2 11 Johnny Carey (Ireland/Manchester United), Oscar Miguez (Uruguay/Penarol) - 1
Updated version of this too, with points added in from the votes of elegos7: 1) Jose Manuel Moreno - 188 2) Stanley Matthews - 157 3) Adolfo Pedernera - 139 4) Zizinho - 114 5) Valentino Mazzola - 109 6) Josef Bican - 105 7) Tommy Lawton - 89 8) Leonidas - 68 9) Antonio Sastre - 63 10) Rinaldo Martino - 62 11) Ferenc Puskas - 50 12) Ademir de Menezes - 49 13) Ferenc Deak - 48 14= Alfredo Di Stefano, Norberto Mendez - 32 16) Rene Pontoni - 30 17= Franz Binder, Wilf Mannion, Severino Varela - 29 20) Gunnar Gren - 28 21) Gunnar Nordahl - 27 22= Atilio Garcia, Angel Labruna - 26 24) Obdulio Varela - 20 25= Jair da Rosa Pinto, Gyorgy Sarosi - 15 27) Roberto Porta - 13 28= Raich Carter, Carlos Sosa - 11 30) Arsenio Erico - 9 31= Anibal Ciocca, Ernst Ocwirk - 7 33= Danilo Alvim, Iuliu Baratky, Isidro Langara - 6
Updated version 13.0 so far (1940-2022): ONLY FOR BIG SOCCER PANEL CONSENSUS 1940: Leonidas, Bican, Sastre, Binder, Erico 1941: Moreno, Sastre, Garcia, Binder, Sarosi 1942: Moreno (2), Pedernera, Varela, Bican, Lawton / Porta 1943: Zizinho, Matthews, Varela, Moreno, Pedernera 1944: Zizinho (2), Bican, Lawton, Matthews, Sosa 1945: Martino, Mendez, Lawton, Matthews, Pedernera 1946: Pedernera, Pontoni, Martino, Carter / Deak / Labruna / Matthews 1947: Mazzola, Mannion, Di Stefano, Lawton / Moreno 1948: Matthews, Mazzola / Puskas, Nordahl, Gren 1949: Ademir, Deak, Zizinho, Mazzola, Puskas 1950: Ademir (2), Puskas, Zizinho, Schiaffino, Varela 1951: Nordahl, Liedholm, Di Stefano, Gren, Wilkes 1952: Puskas, Kubala, Kocsis, Bozsik, Di Stefano 1953: Puskas (2), Hidegkuti, Kopa, Matthews, Walter 1954: Kocsis, Walter, Puskas, Schiaffino, Di Stefano 1955: Di Stefano, Kopa, Schiaffino, Kocsis, Puskas 1956: Di Stefano (2), Kopa, Schiaffino, Julinho, Matthews 1957: Di Stefano (3), Didi, Kopa, Sivori, Edwards 1958: Pelé, Didi, Kopa, Di Stefano, Fontaine 1959: Di Stefano (4), Pelé, Luis Suarez, Didi, Kopa 1960: Puskas (3), Luis Suarez, Pelé, Di Stefano, Yashin 1961: Pelé (2), Sivori, Garrincha, Luis Suarez, Spencer 1962: Garrincha, Pelé, Masopust, Eusebio, Coutinho 1963: Pelé (3), Rivera, Greaves, Yashin, Eusebio 1964: Pelé (4), Luis Suarez, Law, Eusebio, Amancio 1965: Pelé (5), Eusebio, Facchetti, Luis Suarez, Mazzolla 1966: Eusebio, Charlton, Beckenbauer, Moore, Pelé 1967: Albert, Johnstone, Charlton, Cruyff, Rocha 1968: Best, Charlton, Dzajic, Eusebio, Pelé 1969: Pelé (6), Rivera, Tostao, Riva, Cruyff 1970: Pelé (7), Jairzinho, Muller, Tostao, Gerson 1971: Cruyff, Best, Mazzolla, Beckenbauer, Netzer 1972: Cruyff (2), Beckenbauer, Muller, Netzer, Jairzinho 1973: Cruyff (3), Muller, Beckenbauer, Zoff, Rivera 1974: Cruyff (4), Beckenbauer, Deyna, Muller, Neeskens 1975: Blokhin, Beckenbauer, Figueroa, Cruyff, Alonso 1976: Beckenbauer, Rensenbrick, Figueroa, Zico, Passarella 1977: Keegan, Cruyff, Simonsen, Zico, Platini 1978: Kempes, Rensenbrick, Dalglish, Rossi, Keegan 1979: Maradona, Keegan, Zico, Falcao, Rummenigge 1980 : Maradona (2), Rummenigge, Zico, Schuster, Platini 1981: Zico, Rummenigge, Maradona, Breitner, Platini 1982: Zico (2), Falcao, Rossi, Rummenigge, Giresse 1983: Platini, Falcao, Zico, Dalglish, Socrates 1984: Platini (2), Tigana, Rush, Zico, Francescoli 1985: Platini (3), Maradona, Elkjaer, Schuster, Boniek 1986: Maradona (3), Lineker, Belanov, Platini, Butragueno / Careca 1987: Maradona (4), Gullit, Futre, van Basten, Sanchez 1988: Gullit, van Basten, Maradona, Koeman, Rijkaard 1989: van Basten, Maradona, Baresi, Matthaus, Rijkaard 1990: Matthaus, Maradona, Baresi, Brehme, Schilaci 1991: Papin, Matthaus, Savicevic, Pancev, Prosinecki 1992: van Basten (2), Stoichkov, Laudrup, Bergkamp, Schmeichel 1993: Baggio, Bergkamp, Romario, Laudrup, Cantona 1994; Romario, Stoichkov, Baggio, Maldini, Hagi 1995: Litmanen, Weah, Klinsmann, Laudrup, Maldini 1996: Ronaldo, Sammer, Weah, Shearer, Del Piero 1997: Ronaldo (2), Zidane, R Carlos, Bergkamp, Mijatovic 1998: Zidane, Ronaldo, Suker, Bergkamp, Rivaldo 1999: Rivaldo, Beckham, Shevchenko, Figo / Batistuta 2000: Zidane (2), Figo, Shevchenko, Rivaldo, Totti 2001: Figo (2), Raul, Owen, Zidane, Kahn 2002: Zidane (3), Ronaldo, R Carlos, Ballack, Kahn 2003: Nedved, Henry, Zidane, van Nistelrooy, Ronaldo 2004: Henry, Ronaldinho, Shevchenko, Deco, Nedved 2005: Ronaldinho, Lampard, Gerrard, Henry, Adriano 2006: Cannavaro, Ronaldinho, Henry, Zidane, Buffon 2007: Kaka, Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi, Drogba, Totti 2008: Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi, F Torres, Xavi, Casillas 2009: Messi, Xavi, Iniesta / Cristiano Ronaldo, Eto'o 2010: Messi (2), Sneijder, Xavi, Iniesta, Cristiano Ronaldo 2011: Messi (3), Cristiano Ronaldo, Xavi, Iniesta, Rooney 2012: Messi (4), Cristiano Ronaldo, Iniesta, Pirlo, Xavi 2013: Messi (5), Cristiano Ronaldo, Ribery, Ibrahimovic, Robben 2014: Cristiano Ronaldo (2), Messi, Robben, Neuer, Suarez 2015: Messi (6), Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar, Suarez, Lewandowski 2016: Cristiano Ronaldo (3), Messi, Suarez, Griezmann, Neymar 2017: Cristiano Ronaldo (4), Messi, Neymar, Buffon Buffon 2018: Messi (7?) / Modric, Cristiano Ronaldo, Salah, Griezmann 2019: Messi (8?), van Djik, Mané, Cristiano Ronaldo, Hazard 2020: Lewandowski, De Bruyne, Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Mbappé 2021: Messi (9?), Lewandowski, Kanté, Benzema, De Bruyne 2022: Benzema, Mbappé, Salah, De Bruyne, Lewandowski # All years tallies contain one vote from a Reddit voter until 1989, in addition to all the Big Soccer voter votes. # The tallies for the 1990 to 1996 Ballon d'Or votes include two sets of votes from Reddit voters, and the tallies for the 1997 to 1999 versions contain three. Number of win for each winners of the Ballon d'Or over the period 1940-2022 so far (only BigSoccer panel): - Messi (9 ?) (one shared with Modric) - Pelé (7) - Di Stefano (4) - Cruyff (4) - Maradona (4) - Cristiano Ronaldo (4) - Puskas (3) - Platini (3) - Zidane (3) - Moreno (2) - Zizinho (2) - Ademir (2) - Zico (2) - van Basten (2) - Ronaldo (2) - Figo (2) - Leonidas (1) - Martino (1) - Pedernera (1) - Mazzola (1) - Matthews (1) - Nordahl (1) - Kocsis (1) - Garrincha (1) - Eusebio (1) - Albert (1) - Best (1) - Blokhin (1) - Beckenbauer (1) - Keegan (1) - Kempes (1) - Gullit (1) - Matthaus (1) - Papin (1) - Baggio (1) - Romario (1) - Litmanen (1) - Rivaldo (1) - Nedved (1) - Henry (1) - Ronaldinho (1) - Cannavaro (1) - Kaka (1) - Modric (1) (one shared with Messi) - Lewandowski (1) - Benzema (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): - Messi (15 times with 15 times among top 3) - Cristiano Ronaldo (14 times with 11 times among top 3) - Pelé (12 times with 10 times among top 3) - Di Stefano (10 times with 6 times among top 3) - Maradona (9 times with 9 times among top 3) - Puskas (8 times with 6 times among top 3) - Cruyff (8 times with 5 times among top 3) - Zico (8 times with 5 times among top 3) - Beckenbauer (7 times with 6 times among top 3) - Zidane (7 times with 5 times among top 3) - Platini (7 times with 3 times among top 3) - Matthews (7 times with 2 times among top 3) - Kopa (6 times with 5 times among top 3)
Updated version 13.5 so far (1940-2022): FOR BIG SOCCER + REDDIT PANEL CONSENSUS 1940: Leonidas, Bican, Sastre, Binder, Erico 1941: Moreno, Sastre, Garcia, Binder, Sarosi 1942: Moreno (2), Pedernera, Varela, Bican, Lawton / Porta 1943: Zizinho, Matthews, Varela, Moreno, Pedernera 1944: Zizinho (2), Bican, Lawton, Matthews, Sosa 1945: Martino, Mendez, Lawton, Matthews, Pedernera 1946: Pedernera, Pontoni, Martino, Carter / Deak / Labruna / Matthews 1947: Mazzola, Mannion, Di Stefano, Lawton / Moreno 1948: Matthews, Mazzola / Puskas, Nordahl, Gren 1949: Ademir, Deak, Zizinho, Mazzola, Puskas 1950: Ademir (2), Puskas, Zizinho, Schiaffino, Varela 1951: Nordahl, Liedholm, Di Stefano, Gren, Wilkes 1952: Puskas, Kubala, Kocsis, Bozsik, Di Stefano 1953: Puskas (2), Hidegkuti, Kopa, Matthews, Walter 1954: Kocsis, Walter, Puskas, Schiaffino, Di Stefano 1955: Di Stefano, Kopa, Schiaffino, Kocsis, Puskas 1956: Di Stefano (2), Kopa, Schiaffino, Julinho, Matthews 1957: Di Stefano (3), Didi, Kopa, Sivori, Edwards 1958: Pelé, Didi, Kopa, Di Stefano, Fontaine 1959: Di Stefano (4), Pelé, Luis Suarez, Didi, Kopa 1960: Puskas (3), Luis Suarez, Pelé, Di Stefano, Yashin 1961: Pelé (2), Sivori, Garrincha, Luis Suarez, Spencer 1962: Garrincha, Pelé, Masopust, Eusebio, Coutinho 1963: Pelé (3), Rivera, Greaves, Yashin, Eusebio 1964: Pelé (4), Luis Suarez, Law, Eusebio, Amancio 1965: Pelé (5), Eusebio, Facchetti, Luis Suarez, Mazzolla 1966: Eusebio, Charlton, Beckenbauer, Moore, Pelé 1967: Albert, Johnstone, Charlton, Cruyff, Rocha 1968: Best, Charlton, Dzajic, Eusebio, Pelé 1969: Pelé (6), Rivera, Tostao, Riva, Cruyff 1970: Pelé (7), Jairzinho, Muller, Tostao, Gerson 1971: Cruyff, Best, Mazzolla, Beckenbauer, Netzer 1972: Cruyff (2), Beckenbauer, Muller, Netzer, Jairzinho 1973: Cruyff (3), Muller, Beckenbauer, Zoff, Rivera 1974: Cruyff (4), Beckenbauer, Deyna, Muller, Neeskens 1975: Blokhin, Beckenbauer, Figueroa, Cruyff, Alonso 1976: Beckenbauer, Rensenbrick, Figueroa, Zico, Passarella 1977: Keegan, Cruyff, Simonsen, Zico, Platini 1978: Kempes, Rensenbrick, Dalglish, Rossi, Keegan 1979: Maradona, Keegan, Zico, Falcao, Rummenigge 1980 : Maradona (2), Rummenigge, Zico, Schuster, Platini 1981: Zico, Rummenigge, Maradona, Breitner, Platini 1982: Zico (2), Falcao, Rossi, Rummenigge, Giresse 1983: Platini, Falcao, Zico, Dalglish, Socrates 1984: Platini (2), Tigana, Rush, Zico, Francescoli 1985: Platini (3), Maradona, Elkjaer, Schuster, Boniek 1986: Maradona (3), Lineker, Belanov, Platini, Butragueno / Careca 1987: Maradona (4), Gullit, Futre, van Basten, Sanchez 1988: Gullit, van Basten, Maradona, Koeman, Rijkaard 1989: van Basten, Maradona, Baresi, Matthaus, Rijkaard 1990: Matthaus, Maradona, Baresi, Brehme, Schilaci 1991: Papin, Matthaus, Savicevic, Pancev, Prosinecki 1992: van Basten (2), Stoichkov, Laudrup, Bergkamp, Schmeichel 1993: Baggio, Bergkamp, Romario, Laudrup, Cantona 1994; Romario, Stoichkov, Baggio, Maldini, Hagi 1995: Litmanen, Weah, Klinsmann, Laudrup, Maldini 1996: Ronaldo, Sammer, Weah, Shearer, Del Piero 1997: Ronaldo (2), Zidane, R Carlos, Bergkamp, Mijatovic 1998: Zidane, Ronaldo, Suker, Bergkamp, Rivaldo 1999: Rivaldo, Beckham, Shevchenko, Figo / Batistuta 2000: Figo, Zidane, Shevchenko, Rivaldo, Totti 2001: Figo (2), Raul, Owen, Kahn, Zidane 2002: Ronaldo (3), Zidane, R Carlos, Ballack, Kahn 2003: Henry, Nedved, Zidane, Maldini, van Nistelrooy 2004: Henry (2), Ronaldinho, Shevchenko, Deco, Nedved 2005: Ronaldinho, Lampard, Gerrard, Henry, Adriano 2006: Cannavaro, Ronaldinho, Henry, Zidane, Buffon 2007: Kaka, Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi, Drogba, Pirlo 2008: Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi, F Torres, Xavi, Casillas 2009: Messi, Xavi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Iniesta, Eto'o 2010: Messi (2), Sneijder, Xavi, Iniesta, Forlan 2011: Messi (3), Cristiano Ronaldo, Xavi, Iniesta, Rooney 2012: Messi (4), Cristiano Ronaldo, Iniesta, Xavi, Pirlo 2013: Messi (5), Cristiano Ronaldo, Ribery, Ibrahimovic, Robben 2014: Cristiano Ronaldo (2), Messi, Neuer, Robben, Suarez 2015: Messi (6), Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar, Suarez, Lewandowski 2016: Cristiano Ronaldo (3), Messi, Suarez, Griezmann, Neymar 2017: Cristiano Ronaldo (4), Messi, Neymar, Modric, Buffon 2018: Modric, Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi, Salah, Griezmann 2019: Messi (7), van Djik, Mané, Cristiano Ronaldo, Salah 2020: Lewandowski, Messi, De Bruyne, Cristiano Ronaldo, Mbappé 2021: Messi (8), Lewandowski, Benzema, Kanté, Jorginho 2022: Benzema, Mbappé, Salah, Mané, De Bruyne Number of win for each winners of the Ballon d'Or over the period 1940-2022 so far (BigSoccer/Reddit): - Messi (8) - Pelé (7) - Di Stefano (4) - Cruyff (4) - Maradona (4) - Cristiano Ronaldo (4) - Puskas (3) - Platini (3) - Ronaldo (3) - Moreno (2) - Zizinho (2) - Ademir (2) - Zico (2) - van Basten (2) - Figo (2) - Henry (2) - Leonidas (1) - Martino (1) - Pedernera (1) - Mazzola (1) - Matthews (1) - Nordahl (1) - Kocsis (1) - Garrincha (1) - Eusebio (1) - Albert (1) - Best (1) - Blokhin (1) - Beckenbauer (1) - Keegan (1) - Kempes (1) - Gullit (1) - Matthaus (1) - Papin (1) - Baggio (1) - Romario (1) - Litmanen (1) - Rivaldo (1) - Zidane (1) - Ronaldinho (1) - Cannavaro (1) - Kaka (1) - Modric (1) - Lewandowski (1) - Benzema (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 (BigSoccer/Reddit) (with a minimum of 6 nominations): - Messi (15 times with 15 times among top 3) - Cristiano Ronaldo (13 times with 11 times among top 3) - Pelé (12 times with 10 times among top 3) - Di Stefano (10 times with 6 times among top 3) - Maradona (9 times with 9 times among top 3) - Puskas (8 times with 6 times among top 3) - Cruyff (8 times with 5 times among top 3) - Zico (8 times with 5 times among top 3) - Beckenbauer (7 times with 6 times among top 3) - Zidane (7 times with 5 times among top 3) - Platini (7 times with 3 times among top 3) - Matthews (7 times with 2 times among top 3) - Kopa (6 times with 5 times among top 3)
Thanks Lasha. Actually, it occured to me to ask another follow-up question (because I'm not aware of which book you refer to, to be honest, or the period covered in it; and because as far as I knew elegos had predominantly concentrated on early years with his Big Soccer posts): Did elegos7 happen to continue making selections into the 1950s, and perhaps beyond too? For sure they'd be interesting to know about too I think, and I'm guessing IceBlood would be happy to have them included as votes for years after 1949. I know that elegos7 and Peterhrt are providing a big part of our voting panel for early years (whether we count their joint selections as double-votes for up to 1920, or perhaps work out individual selections from their posts), but just like Peter has voted on later decades, elegos could do the same (and if he's already made selections we could use those of course).
Working backwards now for the 1930s, beginning with (1938/)1939 (peterhrt's selections for this decade are on the 'Best Footballers of the 1910s' thread actually): 1939 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus 1 Arsenio Erico (Paraguay/Independiente) - 49 2 Gyula Zsengeller (Hungray/Ujpest) - 38 3 Tommy Lawton (England/Everton) - 29 4 Antonio Sastre (Argentina/Independiente) - 26 5 Stanley Matthews (England/Stoke City) - 19 6 Jose Manuel Moreno (Argentina/River Plate) - 13 7 Leonidas (Brazil/Flamengo) - 6 8 Michele Andreolo (Italy/Bologna), Vicente de la Mata (Argentina/Independiente), Isidro Langara (Basque Country*/Deportivo Euzkadi/San Lorenzo) - 1
Now onto (1937/)1938, and I can get (1936/)1937 done today too.... 1938 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus 1 Gyorgy Sarosi (Hungary/Ferencvaros) - 68 2 Leonidas (Brazil/Flamengo) - 43 3 Arsenio Erico (Paraguay/Independiente) - 24 4 Giussepe Meazza (Italy/Inter Milan) - 14 5 Josef Bican (Czecholovakia*/Slavia Prague) - 13 6 Stanley Matthews (England/Stoke City) - 9 7 Silvio Piola (Italy/Lazio) - 5 8 Gyula Zsengeller (Hungary/Ujpest) - 2 9 Cliff Bastin (England/Arsenal), Antonio Sastre (Argentina/Independiente) - 1
Yes, his book includes every year until the year in which the book is made (I don't remember the specific date, but probably 2021).
1937 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus 1 Gyorgy Sarosi (Hungary/Ferencvaros) - 70 2 Silvio Piola (Italy/Lazio) - 33 3 Arsenio Erico (Paraguay/Independiente) - 27 4 Antonio Sastre (Argentina/Independiente) - 24 5 Jose Manuel Moreno (Argentina/River Plate) - 15 6 Fritz Szepan (Germany/Schalke) - 5 7 Tommy Walker (Scotland/Heart of Midlothian) - 4 8 Giussepe Meazza (Italy/Inter Milan) - 2 9 Michele Andreolo (Italy/Bologna), Carlos Peucelle (Argentina/River Plate) - 1
Cool. From my perspective you'd be welcome to post the 1950s ones here too next, whenever you like (I could probably adjust the standings as necessary to factor in votes for him pretty quickly, without delaying my 1930s updates very much...or I could do it right after finishing with the 1930s which might make sense).
1936 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus 1 Giussepe Meazza (Italy/Inter Milan) - 66 2 Matthias Sindelar (Austria/Austria Vienna) - 40 3 Gyorgy Sarosi (Hungary/Ferencvaros) - 33 4 Cliff Bastin (England/Arsenal) - 13 5 Raich Carter (England/Sunderland) - 9 6 Oldrich Nejedly (Czechoslovakia/Sparta Prague) - 7 7 Raymond Braine (Belgium/Sparta Prague/Beerschot), Jimmy McGrory (Scotland/Celtic) - 4 9 Frantisek Planicka (Czechoslovakia/Slavia Prague) - 2 10 Michele Andreolo (Italy/Bologna), Isidro Langara (Spain/Oviedo) - 1
1935 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus 1 Gyorgy Sarosi (Hungary/Ferencvaros) - 56 2 Raymond Braine (Belgium/Sparta Prague) - 38 3 Cliff Bastin (England/Arsenal) - 32 4 Matthias Sindelar (Austria/Austria Vienna) - 16 5 Giussepe Meazza (Italy/Inter Milan) - 9 6 Ted Drake (England/Arsenal) - 6 7 Eric Brook (England/Manchester City), Alex James (Scotland/Arsenal) - 5 9 Enrique Guaita (Italy*/Roma) - 4 10 Ernest Kuzorra (Germany/Schalke), Fritz Szepan (Germany/Schalke) - 3 12 Giovanni Ferrari (Italy/Juventus/Inter Milan) - 2 13 Eddie Hapgood (England/Arsenal) - 1
1934 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus 1 Giussepe Meazza (Italy/Inter Milan) - 60 2 Oldrich Nejedly (Czechoslovakia/Sparta Prague) - 34 3 Matthias Sindelar (Austria/Austria Vienna) - 25 4 Luis Monti (Italy*/Juventus) - 24 5 Raimundo Orsi (Italy*/Juventus) - 16 6 Isidro Langara (Spain/Oviedo) - 6 7 Eric Brook (England/Manchester City), Gyorgy Sarosi (Hungary/Ferencvaros) - 4 9 Jacinto Quincoces (Spain/Real Madrid) - 3 10 Giovanni Ferrari (Italy/Juventus), Eraldo Monzeglio (Italy/Bologna), Frantisek Planicka (Czechoslovakia/Slavia Prague), Fritz Szepan (Germany/Schalke) - 1
I admit that I have had many doubts and if I were to make the list again tomorrow it would almost certainly not be the same as this one, although logically it would coincide in most of it. My list by year ordered from first to fifth: 1920: Romano, Piendibene, Morris, Van Hege, Zamora 1921: Orth, Pesek, Friedenreich, Libonati, Zamora 1922: Seaone, Orth, Alcántara, Pesek, Wilson 1923: Scarone, Buchan, Pesek, Morton, Nasazzi 1924: Andrade, Petrone, Scarone, Abegglen, Walker 1925: Scarone, Gallacher, Smitier, Seaone, Stark 1926: Jackson, Andrade, Scarone, Seaone, Zamora 1927: Gallacher, McGrory, Pesek, Monti, Dean 1928: Dean, Takacs, Baloncieri, Scarone, Jackson 1929: Zamora, Ferreira, Morton, Avar, Planicka 1930: Nassazi, Meazza, Smistik, Monti, Andrade 1931: Orsi, James, Meazza, Gschweild, Ferrari 1932: Sindelar, Orsi, Ferreyra, Schall, Dean 1933: Sindelar, Meazza, Zamora, Bastin, Orsi 1934: Meazza, Nejedly, Sindelar, Monti, Lángara 1935: Sarosi, Braine, Sindelar, Bastin, Meazza 1936: Meazza, Sindelar, Sarosi, Nejedly, Lángara 1937: Sarosi, Erico, Piola, Sastre, Moreno 1938: Sarosi, Leonidas,Meazza, Bican, Erico 1939: Erico, Zsengeller, Lawton, Lolo Fernández, Moreno 1940: Leónidas, Bican, Binder, Sarosi, Lángara 1941: Moreno, Sastre, Pedernera, Binder, Atilio García 1942: Moreno, Pedernera, Varela, Bican, Lawton 1943: Zizinho, Varela, Matthews, Leonidas, Pedernera 1944: Bican, Zizinho, Matthews, Lawton, Labruna 1945: Méndez, Martino, Sastre, Lawton, Ademir 1946: Pedernera, Deak, Pontoni, Martino, V. Mazzola 1947: Di Stéfano, V. Mazzola, Moreno, Lawton, Matthews 1948: Matthews, V. Mazzola, Puskas, Nordhal, Gren 1949: Ademir, Puskas, Deak, Zizinho, V. Mazzola 1950: Puskas, Ademir, Varela, Zizinho, Schiaffino 1951: Nordhal, Di Stefano, Liedholm, Orwick, Wilkes 1952: Puskas, Kocsis, kubala, Bozsik, Di Stefano 1953: Puskas, Hidegkuti, Kopa, Matthews, Walter 1954, Kocsis, Walter, Puskas, Schiaffino, Di Stefano 1955: Di Stefano, Kopa, Schiaffino, Vukas, Bozsic 1956: Di Stefano, Kopa, Julinho, Schiaffino, Wright 1957: Di Stéfano, Didí, Sívori, Edwars, Gento 1958: Pelé, Kopa, Didí, Di Stéfano, Fontaine 1959: Di Stéfano, Pelé, Kopa, Didí, Luis Suárez Miramontes 1960: Puskas, Suárez, Yashin, Di Stéfano, Pelé 1961: Pelé, Sívori, Garrincha, Spencer, Luis Suárez Miramontes 1962: Pelé, Garrincha, Masoputs, Eusebio, Puskas 1963, Pele, Rivera, Yashin, Greaves, Eusebio 1964, Luis Suárez Miramontes, Pele, Law, Amancio, Eusebio 1965: Pele, Eusebio, Luis Suárez Miramontes, Facchetti, Rocha 1966: Eusebio, Charlton, Beckenbauer, Moore, Albert 1967: Albert, Rocha, Johnstone, S. Mazzola, Beckenbauer 1968: Best, Charlton, Dzajic, Eusebio, Pele 1969: Rivera, Pele, Riva, Tostao, Cruyff 1970: Pele, Jairzinho, Muller, Riva, Tostao 1971: Cruyff, Beckenbauer, Best, Artime, Rivelino 1972: Muller, Cruyff, Netzer, Beckenbauer, Jairzinho 1973: Cruyff, Zoff, Beckenbauer, Muller, Rivera 1974: Cruyff, Beckenbauer, Deyna, Breitner, Neeskens 1975: Blokhin, Beckenbauer, Figueroa, Vogts, Cruyff 1976: Beckenbauer, Figueroa, Rensenbrink, Zico, Pasarella 1977: Keegan, Zico, Simonsen, Cruyff, Platini 1978: Kempes, Rensenbrink, Rossi, Daglish, Krol 1979: Maradona, Zico, Keegan, Falcao, Rummenigge 1980: Maradona, Rummenigge, Zico, Schuster, Platini 1981: Zico, Rummenigge, Maradona, Platini, Breitner 1982: Zico, Rossi, Rummenigge, Falcao, Scirea 1983: Platini, Sócrates, Falcao, Francescoli, Zico 1984: Platini, Rush, Tigana, Zico, Falcao 1985: Platini, Maradona, Boniek, Eljaer Larsen, Schuster 1986: Maradona, Lineker, Butragueño, Belanov, Platini 1987: Maradona, Gullit, Futre, Hugo Sánchez, Van Basten 1988: Gullit, Van Basten, Maradona, Koeman, Rijkaard 1989: Van Basten, Maradona, Baresi, Rijkaard, Matthaus 1990: Matthaus, Maradona,, Brehme, Baresi, Hugo Sánchez 1991: Matthaus, Savicevic, Papin, Prosinecki, Pancev 1992: Van Basten, M. Laudrup, Bergkamp, Stoichkov, Schmeichel 1993: R. Baggio, Bergkamp, Romario, Laudrup, Cantona 1994: Romario, Stoichkov, Baggio, Maldini, Hagi 1995: Francescoli, Weah, Litmanen, Maldini, Klinsmann 1996: Ronaldo, Sammer, Shearer, Del Piero, Klinsmann 1997: Ronaldo, Roberto Carlos, Zidane, Mijatovic, Bergkamp 1998: Zidane, Ronaldo, Bergkamp, Suker, Batistuta 1999: Rivaldo, Beckham, Shevchenko, Batistuta, Giggs 2000: Figo, Zidane, Rivaldo, Shevchenko, Raúl 2001: Raúl, Figo, Owen, Kanh, Zidane 2002: Roberto Carlos, Ronaldo, Zidane, Kanh, Ballack 2003: Henry, Nedved, Zidane, Maildini, Van Nistelrooy 2004: Ronaldinho, Henry, Deco, Shevchenko, Nedved 2005: Ronaldinho, Lampard, Gerrard, Henry, Adriano 2006: Cannavaro, Buffon, Henry, Zidane, Ronaldinho 2007: Kaká, Cristiano, Messi, Pirlo, Drogba 2008: Cristiano, Messi, Torres, Casillas, Xavi 2009: Messi, Cristiano, Xavi, Iniesta, Eto’o 2010: Messi, Iniesta, Xavi, Sneijder, Villa 2011: Messi, Cristiano, Xavi, Iniesta, Rooney 2012: Messi, Cristiano, Iniesta, Xavi, Pirlo 2013: Cristiano, Messi, Ribery, Robben, Ibrahimovic 2014: Cristiano, Messi, Robben, Neuer, Luis Alberto Suárez 2015: Messi, Cristiano, Neymar, Luis Alberto Suárez, Lewandowski 2016: Cristiano, Messi, Luis Alberto Suárez, Griezmann, Neymar 2017: Cristiano, Messi, Modric, Neymar, Buffon 2018: Modric, Cristiano, Messi, Salah, Mbappé 2019: Van Dijk, Messi, Mané, Cristiano, Salah 2020: Lewandowski, Messi, De Bruyne, Cristiano, Mbappé 2021: Lewandowski, Messi, Benzema, Kante, De Bruyne 2022: Mbappé, Benzema, Messi, Mané, Salah
1940s standings, with the new votes from Buyo factored in too now (NOTE - Sarosi should have been showing with 12 points rather than 9, indeed in 5th place, for 1941 after Dearman's vote - I'd just forgotten to change his points total originally after I moved him up the list, but funnily enough Pedernera does now overtake him anyway for that year - I updated the top 35 points scorers separately so that should still have been correct after I added Dearman's vote in)... 1940 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus 1 Leonidas (Brazil/Flamengo) - 68 2 Josef Bican (Czechoslovakia*/Slavia Prague) - 50 3 Antonio Sastre (Argentina/Independiente) - 19 4 Franz Binder (Germany*/Rapid Vienna) - 17 5 Arsenio Erico (Paraguay/Independiente) - 9 6 Iuliu Baratky (Romania/Rapid Bucharest) - 6 7 Gyorgy Sarosi (Hungary/Ferencvaros) - 5 8 Emilio Baldonedo (Argentina/Huracan), Delfin Benitez Caceres (Paraguay/Racing Club de Avellaneda) - 4 10 Atilio Garcia (Uruguay/Nacional), Ernst Kuzorra (Germany/Schalke), Jose Manuel Moreno (Argentina/River Plate) - 2 13 Isidro Langara (Spain/San Lorenzo), Romeu (Brazil/Fluminense), Fritz Szepan (Germany/Schalke) - 1 1941 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus 1 Jose Manuel Moreno (Argentina/River Plate) - 76 2 Antonio Sastre (Argentina/Independiente) - 31 3 Atilio Garcia (Uruguay/Nacional) - 20 4 Franz Binder (Germany*/Rapid Vienna) - 17 5 Adolfo Pedernera (Argentina/River Plate) - 14 6 Gyorgy Sarosi (Hungary/Ferencvaros) - 12 7 Josef Bican (Czechoslovakia*/Slavia Prague), Isidro Langara (Spain/San Lorenzo) - 6 9 Roberto Porta (Uruguay/Nacional) - 5 10 Leonidas (Brazil/Flamengo), Teleco (Brazil/Corinthians) - 1 1942 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus 1 Jose Manuel Moreno (Argentina/River Plate) - 74 2 Adolfo Pedernera (Argentina/River Plate) - 47 3 Obdulio Varela (Uruguay/Montevideo Wanderers) - 19 4 Josef Bican (Czechoslovakia*/Slavia Prague) - 16 5 Tommy Lawton (England/Everton) - 9 6 Roberto Porta (Uruguay/Nacional) - 8 7 Anibal Ciocca (Uruguay/Nacional) - 7 8 Fritz Walter (Germany/Kaiserslautern) - 4 9 Stanley Matthews (England/Stoke City), Zizinho (Brazil/Flamengo) - 2 11 Heleno de Freitas (Brazil/Botafogo), Rinaldo Martino (Argentina/San Lorenzo), Mundo (Spain/Valencia) - 1 1943 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus 1 Zizinho (Brazil/Flamengo) - 40 2 Stanley Matthews (England/Stoke City) - 30 3 Severino Varela (Uruguay/Boca Juniors) - 27 4 Jose Manuel Moreno (Argentina/River Plate), Adolfo Pedernera (Argentina/River Plate) - 20 6 Antonio Sastre (Argentina/Sao Paulo) - 16 7 Leonidas (Brazil/Sao Paulo) - 7 8 Josef Bican (Czechoslovakia*/Slavia Prague), Atilio Garcia (Uruguay/Nacional) - 5 10 Silvio Piola (Italy/Lazio) - 3 11 Raich Carter (England/Sunderland), Domingos da Guia (Brazil/Flamengo), Jose Salomon (Argentina/Racing Club de Avellaneda) - 1 1944 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus 1 Zizinho (Brazil/Flamengo) - 41 2 Josef Bican (Czechoslovakia*/Slavia Prague) - 40 3 Tommy Lawton (England/Everton) - 35 4 Stanley Matthews (England/Stoke City) - 26 5 Carlos Sosa (Argentina/Boca Juniors) - 11 6 Severino Varela (Uruguay/Boca Juniors) - 6 7 Angel Labruna (Argentina/River Plate) - 5 8 Jair da Rosa Pinto (Brazil/Vasco da Gama) - 3 9 Mario Boye (Argentina/Boca Juniors), Obdulio Varela (Uruguay/Penarol) - 2 11 Karl Decker (Austria/First Vienna), Epi Fernandez (Spain/Valencia), Luisinho (Brazil/Sao Paulo), Mundo (Spain/Valencia), Antonio Sastre (Argentina/Sao Paulo) - 1 1945 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus 1 Rinaldo Martino (Argentina/San Lorenzo) - 44 2 Norberto Mendez (Argentina/Huracan) - 31 3 Tommy Lawton (England/Everton) - 24 4 Stanley Matthews (England/Stoke City) - 20 5 Adolfo Pedernera (Argentina/River Plate) - 16 6 Ademir de Menezes (Brazil/Vasco da Gama) - 13 7 Angel Labruna (Argentina/River Plate) - 12 8 Jose Manuel Moreno (Argentina/Real Club Espana) - 4 9 Helenio de Freitas (Brazil/Botafogo), Antonio Sastre (Argentina/Sao Paulo) - 3 10 Felix Loustau (Argentina/River Plate), Obdulio Varela (Uruguay/Penarol), Zizinho (Brazil/Flamengo) - 2 1946 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus 1 Adolfo Pedernera (Argentina/River Plate) - 56 2 Rene Pontoni (Argentina/San Lorenzo) - 26 3 Rinaldo Martino (Argentina/San Lorenzo) - 20 4 Ferenc Deak (Hungary/Szentlorinci) - 14 5 Raich Carter (England/Sunderland/Derby County), Angel Labruna (Argentina/River Plate), Stanley Matthews (England/Stoke City) - 10 8 Valentino Mazzola (Italy/Torino), Norberto Mendez (Argentina/Huracan), Zizinho (Brazil/Flamengo) - 7 11 Gyula Zsengeller (Hungary/Ujpest) - 4 12 Tommy Lawton (England/Chelsea) - 3 13 Gunnar Gren (Sweden/Gothenburg) - 2 1947 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus 1 Valentino Mazzola (Italy/Torino) - 54 2 Alfredo Di Stefano (Argentina/River Plate) - 30 3 Wilf Mannion (England/Middlesbrough) - 29 4 Jose Manuel Moreno (Argentina/River Plate) - 26 5 Tommy Lawton (England/Chelsea/Notts County) - 25 6 Stanley Matthews (England/Stoke City/Blackpool) - 17 7 Rene Pontoni (Argentina/San Lorenzo) - 7 8 Ferenc Deak (Hungary/Szentlorinci/Ferencvaros) - 4 9 Rinaldo Martino (Argentina/San Lorenzo) - 3 10 Felix Loustau (Argentina/River Plate) - 1 1948 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus 1 Stanley Matthews (England/Blackpool) - 65 2 Valentino Mazzola (Italy/Torino) - 35 3 Ferenc Puskas (Hungary/Kispest) - 34 4 Gunnar Nordahl (Sweden/Norrkoping) - 29 5 Gunnar Gren (Sweden/Gothenburg) - 15 6 Danilo Alvim (Brazil/Vasco da Gama), Alfredo Di Stefano (Argentina/River Plate/Millonarios) - 6 8 Tom Finney (England/Preston North End) - 4 9 Ferenc Deak (Hungary/Ferencvaros), Jose Manuel Moreno (Argentina/River Plate) - 1 1949 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus 1 Ademir de Menezes (Brazil/Vasco da Gama) - 43 2 Ferenc Deak (Hungary/Ferencvaros) - 36 3 Zizinho (Brazil/Flamengo) - 34 4 Valentino Mazzola (Italy/Torino), Ferenc Puskas (Hungary/Kispest) - 23 6 Gunnar Gren (Sweden/Gothenburg/AC Milan), Jair da Rosa Pinto (Brazil/Flamengo/Palmeiras) - 12 8 Ernst Ocwirk (Austria/Austria Vienna) - 7 9 Alfredo Di Stefano (Argentina/Millonarios), Juan Schiaffino (Uruguay/Penarol) - 2 11 Johnny Carey (Ireland/Manchester United), Oscar Miguez (Uruguay/Penarol) - 1 @Buyo I've assumed that for 1942 your vote included Obdulio Varela, and for 1943 it included Severino Varela, but of course let me know if that's not right.
Update on this again too, following Buyo's votes being added in: 1) Jose Manuel Moreno - 203 2) Stanley Matthews - 170 3) Adolfo Pedernera - 153 4) Zizinho - 126 5) Valentino Mazzola - 119 6) Josef Bican - 117 7) Tommy Lawton - 96 8) Leonidas - 76 9) Antonio Sastre - 70 10) Rinaldo Martino - 68 11) Ferenc Puskas - 57 12) Ademir de Menezes - 56 13) Ferenc Deak - 55 14= Alfredo Di Stefano, Norberto Mendez - 38 16) Franz Binder - 34 17= Rene Pontoni, Severino Varela - 33 19= Gunnar Gren, Wilf Mannion, Gunnar Nordahl - 29, 22= Atilio Garcia, Angel Labruna - 27 24) Obdulio Varela - 23 25) Gyorgy Sarosi - 17 26) Jair da Rosa Pinto - 15, 27) Roberto Porta - 13 28= Raich Carter, Carlos Sosa - 11 30) Arsenio Erico - 9 31= Anibal Ciocca, Isidro Langara, Ernst Ocwirk - 7 34= Danilo Alvim, Iuliu Baratky - 6
I'll add in Buyo's votes for the 1934 to 1939 Ballon d'Ors Revisited when I do the final 1930s summary, but I'm picking up again with the first four editions of that decade now, and including Buyo's votes for those.... 1933 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus 1 Matthias Sindelar (Austria/Austria Vienna) - 78 2 Giussepe Meazza (Italy/Inter Milan) - 49 3 Raimundo Orsi (Italy*/Juventus) - 21 4 Cliff Bastin (England/Arsenal) - 18 5 Ricardo Zamora (Spain/Real Madrid) - 11 6 Luis Monti (Italy*/Juventus) - 10 7 Alex James (Scotland/Arsenal) - 5.5 8 Gyorgy Sarosi (Hungary/Ferencvaros) - 4.5 9 Eddie Hapgood (England/Arsenal), Francisco Varello (Argentina/Boca Juniors) - 1
1932 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus 1 Matthias Sindelar (Austria/Austria Vienna) - 76 2 Raimundo Orsi (Italy*/Juventus) - 38 3 Anton Schall (Austria/Admira Vienna) - 29 4 Alex James (Scotland/Arsenal) - 15 5 Dixie Dean (England/Everton), Bernabe Ferreyra (Argentina/Velez Sarsfield/River Plate) - 14 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
1931 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer panel consensus 1 Raimundo Orsi (Italy*/Juventus) - 66 2 Alex James (Scotland/Arsenal) - 47 3 Giussepe Meazza (Italy/Inter Milan) - 28 4 Fritz Gschweidl (Austria/First Vienna) - 25 5 Matthias Sindelar (Austria/Austria Vienna) - 22 6 Anton Schall (Austria/Admira Vienna) - 5 7 Josef Blum (Austria/First Vienna), Giovanni Ferrari (Italy/Juventus), Bob McPhail (Scotland/Rangers), Josef Smistik (Austria/Rapid Vienna), Tom Waring (England/Aston Villa) - 1