I'm waiting for IceBlood34 to publish the final results in images to publish it on X. It would be great to publish it on Monday at the France football awards.
1995 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus 1 Jari Litmanen (Finland/Ajax) - 202 2 George Weah (Liberia/Paris St Germain/AC Milan) - 133 3 Jurgen Klinsmann (Germany/Tottenham Hotspur/Bayern Munich) - 72 4 Michael Laudrup (Denmark/Real Madrid) - 54.5 5 Ronaldo (Brazil/PSV Eindhoven) - 37 6 Paolo Maldini (Italy/AC Milan) - 30 7 Enzo Francescoli (Uruguay/River Plate) - 28 8 Gianfranco Zola (Italy/Parma) - 23 9 Alan Shearer (England/Blackburn Rovers) - 21.5 10 Matthias Sammer (Germany/Borussia Dortmund) - 17 11 Frank Rijkaard (Netherlands/Ajax) - 14 12 Alessandro Del Piero (Italy/Juventus) - 8 13 Gianluca Vialli (Italy/Juventus) - 7 14 Patrick Kluivert (Netherlands/Ajax) - 5 15 Tulio Maravilha (Brazil/Botafogo), Dejan Savicevic (Yugoslavia/AC Milan) - 4 17 Gabriel Batistuta (Argentina/Fiorentina), Brian Laudrup (Denmark/Rangers) - 3 19 Marc Overmars (Netherlands/Ajax) - 2 20 Rudi Voller (Germany/Bayer Leverkusen), Ivan Zamorano (Chile/Real Madrid) - 1 1996 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus 1 Matthias Sammer (Germany/Borussia Dortmund) - 188 2 Ronaldo (Brazil/PSV Eindhoven/Barcelona) - 123.5 3 Alan Shearer (England/Blackburn Rovers/Newcastle United) - 89.5 4 George Weah (Liberia/AC Milan) - 78.5 5 Alessandro Del Piero (Italy/Juventus) - 55 6 Jari Litmanen (Finland/Ajax) - 38 7 Jurgen Klinsmann (Germany/Bayern Munich) - 33.5 8 Eric Cantona (France/Manchester United) - 29 9 Jose Luis Chilavert (Paraguay/Velez Sarsfield), Davor Suker (Croatia/Sevilla/Real Madrid) - 4 11 Nwankwu Kanu (Nigeria/Ajax/Inter Milan), Paolo Maldini (Italy/AC Milan) - 3 13 Enzo Francescoli (Uruguay/River Plate), Predrag Mijatovic (Yugoslavia/Valencia/Real Madrid), Zinedine Zidane (France/Bordeaux/Juventus) - 2 16 Karel Poborsky (Czech Republic/Slavia Prague/Manchester United), Peter Schmeichel (Denmark/Manchester United) - 1 1997 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus 1 Ronaldo (Brazil/Barcelona/Inter Milan) - 260 2 Zinedine Zidane (France/Juventus) - 135 3 Roberto Carlos (Brazil/Real Madrid) - 82 4 Dennis Bergkamp (Netherlands/Arsenal) - 61 5 Romario (Brazil/Valencia/Flamengo) - 33 6 Predrag Mijatovic (Yugoslavia/Real Madrid) - 28 7 Andreas Moller (Germany/Borussia Dortmund) - 9 8 Alessandro Del Piero (Italy/Juventus), Raul (Spain/Real Madrid), Peter Schmeichel (Denmark/Manchester United) - 6 11 Rivaldo (Brazil/Deportivo La Coruna), Marcelo Salas (Chile/River Plate), Alan Shearer (England/Newcastle United) - 5 14 Edmundo (Brazil/Vasco da Gama), Lilian Thuram (France/Parma), Gianfranco Zola (Italy/Parma/Chelsea) - 4 17 Angelo Peruzzi (Italy/Juventus), Davor Suker (Croatia/Real Madrid) - 2 19 Eric Cantona (France/Manchester United), Didier Deschamps (France/Juventus), Luis Figo (Portugal/Barcelona), Jurgen Kohler (Germany/Borussia Dortmund) - 1 1998 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus 1 Zinedine Zidane (France/Juventus) - 219 2 Ronaldo (Brazil/Inter Milan) - 208 3 Dennis Bergkamp (Netherlands/Arsenal) - 71 4 Davor Suker (Croatia/Real Madrid) - 58 5 Alessandro Del Piero (Italy/Juventus) - 46 6 Rivaldo (Brazil/Barcelona) - 43 7 Lilian Thuram (France/Parma) - 22 8 Gabriel Batistuta (Argentina/Fiorentina), Michael Owen (England/Liverpool) - 5 10 Emmanuel Petit (France/Arsenal), Fernando Redondo (Argentina/Real Madrid), Roberto Carlos (Brazil/Real Madrid) - 4 13 Fabien Barthez (France/Monaco), Predrag Mijatovic (Yugoslavia/Real Madrid) - 3 15 Edgar Davids (Netherlands/AC Milan/Juventus) - 1 1999 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus 1 Rivaldo (Brazil/Barcelona) - 254 2 David Beckham (England/Manchester United) - 154 3 Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine/Dynamo Kiev/AC Milan) - 82 4 Gabriel Batistuta (Argentina/Fiorentina) - 60.5 5 Luis Figo (Portugal/Barcelona) - 45 6 Roy Keane (Republic of Ireland/Manchester United) - 35 7 Raul (Spain/Real Madrid) - 17 8 Ryan Giggs (Wales/Manchester United) - 13 9 Zinedine Zidane (France/Juventus) - 10 10 Dwight Yorke (Trinidad&Tobago/Aston Villa/Manchester United) - 8 11 Alex de Souza (Brazil/Palmeiras) - 3 12 Lothar Matthaus (Germany/Bayern Munich) - 2 13 Peter Schmeichel (Denmark/Manchester United/Sporting Lisbon) - 1.5 14 Pavel Nedved (Czech Republic/Lazio), Ronaldo (Brazil/Inter Milan) - 1
2000 Ballon d'Or Revisited panel consensus 1 Zinedine Zidane (France/Juventus) - 260 2 Luis Figo (Portugal/Barcelona/Real Madrid) - 253 3 Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine/AC Milan) - 73 4 Rivaldo (Brazil/Barcelona) - 57 5 Francesco Totti (Italy/Roma) - 46 6 Romario (Brazil/Flamengo/Vasco da Gama) - 41 7 Raul (Spain/Real Madrid) - 21 8 Thierry Henry (France/Arsenal) - 19 9 Alessandro Nesta (Italy/Lazio) - 13 10 Fernando Redondo (Argentina/Real Madrid/AC Milan) - 10 11 Gabriel Batistuta (Argentina/Fiorentina/Roma), Juan Roman Riquelme (Argentina/Boca Juniors) - 7 13 Gaizka Mendieta (Spain/Valencia) - 4 14 Pavel Nedved (Czech Republic/Lazio), Juan Sebastian Veron (Argentina/Lazio) - 3 16 Fabien Barthez (France/Monaco/Manchester United), Djalminha (Brazil/Deportivo La Coruna), Ryan Giggs (Wales/Manchester United), Mario Jardel (Brazil/Porto/Gatatasaray) - 1 2001 Ballon d'Or Revisited panel consensus 1 Luis Figo (Portugal/Real Madrid) - 208 2 Raul (Spain/Real Madrid) - 185 3 Michael Owen (England/Liverpool) - 107 4 Oliver Kahn (Germany/Bayern Munich), Zinedine Zidane (France/Juventus/Real Madrid) - 88 6 Francesco Totti (Roma/Italy) - 55 7 David Beckham (England/Manchester United) - 27 8 Rivaldo (Brazil/Barcelona) - 23 9 Juan Roman Riquelme (Argentina/Boca Juniors) - 13 10 Gabriel Batistuta (Argentina/Roma), Stefan Effenberg (Germany/Bayern Munich), Gaizka Mendieta (Spain/Valencia/Lazio), Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine/AC Milan) - 4 14 Thierry Henry (France/Arsenal), Pavel Nedved (Czech Republic/Lazio/Juventus), Roberto Carlos (Brazil/Real Madrid) - 2 17 Robert Pires (France/Arsenal), Romario (Brazil/Vasco da Gama) - 1 2002 Ballon d'Or Revisited panel consensus 1 Zinedine Zidane (France/Real Madrid) - 187 2 Ronaldo (Brazil/Inter Milan/Real Madrid) - 165 3 Michael Ballack (Germany/Bayer Leverkusen/Bayern Munich) - 159 4 Roberto Carlos (Brazil/Real Madrid) - 140 5 Oliver Kahn (Germany/Bayern Munich) - 102 6 Rivaldo (Brazil/Barcelona/AC Milan) - 28 7 Thierry Henry (France/Arsenal) - 15 8 Robert Pires (France/Arsenal) - 6 9 Ruud van Nistelrooy (Netherlands/Manchester United) - 5 10 Raul (Spain/Real Madrid), Ronaldinho (Brazil/Paris St Germain) - 4 12 David Beckham (England/Manchester United), Cafu (Brazil/Roma) - 1 2003 Ballon d'Or Revisited panel consensus 1 Thierry Henry (France/Arsenal) - 251 2 Pavel Nedved (Czech Republic/Juventus) - 213 3 Zinedine Zidane (France/Real Madrid) - 142 4 Paolo Maldini (Italy/AC Milan) - 71 5 Ruud van Nistelrooy (Netherlands/Manchester United) - 63 6 Ronaldo (Brazil/Real Madrid) - 42 7 Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine/AC Milan) - 16 8 Raul (Spain/Real Madrid) - 8 9 Gianluigi Buffon (Italy/Juventus) - 6 10 Carlos Tevez (Argentina) - 3 11 Alex de Souza (Brazil/Cruzeiro) - 2 12 Deco (Portugal/Porto), Ronaldinho (Brazil/Paris St Germain/Barcelona), Patrick Vieira (France/Arsenal) - 1 2004 Ballon d'Or Revisited panel consensus 1 Thierry Henry (France/Arsenal) - 247 2 Ronaldinho (Brazil/Barcelona) - 190 3 Deco (Portugal/Porto/Barcelona), Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine/AC Milan) - 157 5 Pavel Nedved (Czech Republic/Juventus) - 18 6 Adriano (Brazil/Parma/Inter Milan) - 14 7 Kaka (Brazil/AC Milan), Patrick Vieira (France/Arsenal) - 7 9 Ricardo Carvalho (Portugal/Porto/Chelsea), Theo Zagarakis (Greece/AEK Athens/Bologna) - 4 11 Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast/Marseille/Chelsea), Fernando Morientes (Spain/Real Madrid/Monaco), Carlos Tevez (Argentina/Boca Juniors) - 3 14 Alessandro Nesta (Italy/AC Milan) - 2 15 Ruben Baraja (Spain/Valencia), Angelos Charisteas (Greece/Werder Bremen), Zinedine Zidane (France/Real Madrid) - 1 2005 Ballon d'Or Revisited panel consensus 1 Ronaldinho (Brazil/Barcelona) - 298 2 Frank Lampard (England/Chelsea) - 198 3 Steven Gerrard (England/Liverpool) - 131 4 Thierry Henry (France/Arsenal) - 78 5 Adriano (Brazil/Inter Milan) - 42 6 Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon/Barcelona), Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine/AC Milan) - 16 8 Kaka (Brazil/AC Milan) - 12 9 Paolo Maldini (Italy/AC Milan) - 8 10 Juan Roman Riquelme (Argentina/Villarreal) - 7 11 John Terry (England/Chelsea) - 5 12 Mark van Bommel (Netherlands/PSV Eindhoven/Barcelona) - 4 13 Xavi (Spain/Barcelona) - 3 14 Petr Cech (Czech Republic/Chelsea), Rogerio Ceni (Brazil/Sao Paulo) - 1 2006 Ballon d'Or Revisited panel consensus 1 Ronaldinho (Brazil/Barcelona) - 225 2 Fabio Cannavaro (Italy/Juventus/Real Madrid) - 176 3 Thierry Henry (France/Arsenal) - 136 4 Zinedine Zidane (France/Real Madrid) - 89 5 Gianluigi Buffon (Italy/Juventus) - 79 6 Andrea Pirlo (Italy/AC Milan) - 46 7 Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon/Barcelona) - 39 8 Miroslav Klose (Germany/Werder Bremen) - 10 9 Kaka (Brazil/AC Milan) - 8 10 Juan Roman Riquelme (Argentina/Villarreal) - 3 11 Deco (Portugal/Barcelona), Steven Gerrard (England/Liverpool), Frank Lampard (England/Chelsea), Wayne Rooney (England/Manchester United) - 2 2007 Ballon d'Or Revisited panel consensus 1 Kaka (Brazil/AC Milan) - 332 2 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Manchester United) - 230 3 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona) - 122 4 Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast/Chelsea) - 62 5 Francesco Totti (Italy/Roma) - 52 6 Andrea Pirlo (Italy/AC Milan) - 38 7 Ronaldinho (Brazil/Barcelona) - 18 8 Clarence Seedorf (Netherlands/AC Milan) - 7 9 Steven Gerrard (England/Liverpool), Ruud van Nistelrooy (Netherlands/Real Madrid) - 4 11 Filippo Inzaghi (Italy/AC Milan), Adrian Mutu (Romania/Fiorentina), Juan Roman Riquelme (Argentina/Villarreal/Boca Juniors) - 2 14 Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden/Inter Milan), Paul Scholes (England/Manchester United) - 1 2008 Ballon d'Or Revisited panel consensus 1 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Manchester United) - 342 2 Fernando Torres (Spain/Liverpool) - 166 3 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona) - 163 4 Xavi (Spain/Barcelona) - 115 5 Iker Casillas (Spain/Real Madrid) - 41 6 Frank Lampard (England/Chelsea) - 10 7 Andrey Arshavin (Russia/Zenit St Petersburg), Franck Ribery (France/Bayern Munich) - 8 9 David Villa (Spain/Valencia) - 6 10 Cesc Fabregas (Spain/Arsenal), Kaka (Brazil/AC Milan) - 5 12 Steven Gerrard (England/Liverpool), Wayne Rooney (England/Manchester United) - 3 14 Juan Roman Riquelme (Argentina/Boca Juniors), Marcos Senna (Spain/Villarreal), Luca Toni (Italy/Bayern Munich) - 1 2009 Ballon d'Or Revisited panel consensus 1 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona) - 324 2 Xavi (Spain/Barcelona) - 218 3 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Manchester United/Real Madrid) - 142 4 Andres Iniesta (Spain/Barcelona) - 97 5 Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon/Barcelona/Inter Milan) - 65 6 Steven Gerrard (England/Liverpool), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden/Inter Milan/Barcelona), Kaka (Brazil/AC Milan/Real Madrid), Frank Lampard (England/Chelsea) - 6 10 Dani Alves (Brazil/Barcelona), Carles Puyol (Spain/Barcelona) - 2 12 Xabi Alonso (Spain/Liverpool/Real Madrid), Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast/Chelsea), Luis Suarez (Uruguay/Ajax) - 1
2010 Ballon d'Or Revisited panel consensus 1 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona) - 315 2 Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands/Inter Milan) - 204.5 3 Xavi (Spain/Barcelona) - 196 4 Andres Iniesta (Spain/Barcelona) - 116 5 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Real Madrid) - 63.5 6 Diego Forlan (Uruguay/Atletico Madrid) - 44 7 Arjen Robben (Netherlands/Bayern Munich) - 17 8 Diego Milito (Argentina/Inter Milan) - 9 9 Maicon (Brazil/Inter Milan) - 6 10 Iker Casillas (Spain/Real Madrid) - 5 11 Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast/Chelsea), David Villa (Spain/Valencia/Barcelona) - 4 13 Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon/Inter Milan) - 3 14 Javier Zanetti (Argentina/Inter Milan) - 2 15 Cesc Fabregas (Spain/Arsenal), Wayne Rooney (England/Manchester United), Luis Suarez (Uruguay/Ajax) - 1 2011 Ballon d'Or Revisited panel consensus 1 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona) - 384 2 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Real Madrid) - 234 3 Xavi (Spain/Barcelona) - 180 4 Andres Iniesta (Spain/Barcelona) - 107 5 Wayne Rooney (England/Manchester United) - 43 6 Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon/Inter Milan) - 10 7 Luis Suarez (Uruguay/Ajax/Liverpool) - 7 8 Mesut Ozil (Germany/Real Madrid) - 5 9 Diego Forlan (Uruguay/Atletico Madrid/Inter Milan), Neymar (Brazil/Santos) - 4 11 Dimitar Berbatov (Bulgaria/Manchester United) - 3 12 Dani Alves (Brazil/Barcelona), Robin van Persie (Netherlands/Arsenal) - 2 14 Iker Casillas (Spain/Real Madrid), Radamel Falcao (Colombia/Porto/Atletico Madrid), Manuel Neuer (Germany/Schalke/Bayern Munich), Franck Ribery (France/Bayern Munich), Giussepe Rossi (Italy/Villarreal), Victor Valdes (Spain/Barcelona), David Villa (Spain/Barcelona) - 1 2012 Ballon d'Or Revisited panel consensus 1 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona) - 378 2 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Real Madrid) - 252 3 Andres Iniesta (Spain/Barcelona) - 153 4 Xavi (Spain/Barcelona) - 73 5 Andrea Pirlo (Italy/Juventus) - 45 6 Radamel Falcao (Colombia/Atletico Madrid) - 31 7 Iker Casillas (Spain/Real Madrid), Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast/Chelsea/Shanghai Shensua) - 15 9 Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden/AC Milan/Paris St Germain) - 13 10 Neymar (Brazil/Santos) - 7 11 Robin van Persie (Netherlands/Arsenal/Manchester United) - 3 12 Petr Cech (Czech Republic/Chelsea), Manuel Neuer (Germany/Bayern Munich) - 2 14 Sergio Aguero (Argentina/Manchester City), Mesut Ozil (Germany/Real Madrid), Franck Ribery (France/Bayern Munich), Yaya Toure (Ivory Coast/Manchester City) - 1 2013 Ballon d'Or Revisited panel consensus 1 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Real Madrid) - 294 2 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona) - 271 3 Franck Ribery (France/Bayern Munich) - 232 4 Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden/Paris St Germain) - 56 5 Arjen Robben (Netherlands/Bayern Munich) - 55 6 Neymar (Brazil/Santos/Barcelona) - 13 7 Gareth Bale (Wales/Tottenham Hotspur/Real Madrid) - 12 8 Robert Lewandowski (Poland/Borussia Dortmund), Robin van Persie (Netherlands/Manchester United) - 11 10 Philipp Lahm (Germany/Bayern Munich), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany/Bayern Munich) - 10 12 Manuel Neuer (Germany/Bayern Munich) - 7 13 Andres Iniesta (Spain/Barcelona) - 5 14 Radamel Falcao (Colombia/Atletico Madrid/Monaco), Andrea Pirlo (Italy/Juventus) - 2 16 Edinson Cavani (Uruguay/Napoli/Paris St Germain), Thomas Muller (Germany/Bayern Munich), Xavi (Spain/Barcelona) - 1 2014 Ballon d'Or Revisited panel consensus 1 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Real Madrid) - 353 2 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona) - 226 3 Manuel Neuer (Germany/Bayern Munich) - 149 4 Arjen Robben (Netherlands/Bayern Munich) - 119 5 Luis Suarez (Uruguay/Liverpool/Barcelona) - 41 6 Thomas Muller (Germany/Bayern Munich) - 31 7 Angel Di Maria (Argentina/Real Madrid/Manchester United) - 21 8 James Rodriguez (Colombia/Monaco/Real Madrid) - 10 9 Toni Kroos (Germany/Bayern Munich/Real Madrid) - 8 10 Philipp Lahm (Germany/Bayern Munich), Sergio Ramos (Spain/Real Madrid) - 5 12 Gareth Bale (Wales/Real Madrid), Diego Costa (Spain/Atletico Madrid/Chelsea), Yaya Youre (Ivory Coast/Manchester City) - 4 15 Sergio Ageuro (Argentina/Manchester City), Miroslav Klose (Germany/Lazio) - 3 17 Neymar (Brazil/Barcelona), Mesut Ozil (Germany/Real Madrid/Arsenal) - 2 19 Karim Benzema (France/Real Madrid), Eden Hazard (Belgium/Chelsea), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden/Paris St Germain), Luka Modric (Croatia/Real Madrid) - 1 2015 Ballon d'Or Revisited panel consensus 1 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona) - 384 2 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Real Madrid) - 234 3 Neymar (Brazil/Barcelona) - 188 4 Luis Suarez (Uruguay/Barcelona) - 97 5 Robert Lewandowski (Poland/Bayern Munich) - 31 6 Eden Hazard (Belgium/Chelsea) - 10 7 Gianluigi Buffon (Italy/Juventus) - 8 8 Thomas Muller (Germany/Bayern Munich), Paul Pogba (France/Juventus), Arjen Robben (Netherlands/Bayern Munich), Arturo Vidal (Chile/Juventus/Bayern Munich) - 6 12 Alexis Sanchez (Chile/Arsenal) - 4 13 Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium/Wolfsburg/Manchester City), Manuel Neuer (Germany/Bayern Munich) - 3 15 Andres Iniesta (Spain/Barcelona), Carlos Tevez (Argentina/Juventus/Boca Juniors) - 2 17 Sergio Aguero (Argentina/Manchester City), Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Armenia/Borussia Dortmund) - 1 2016 Ballon d'Or Revisited panel consensus 1 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Real Madrid) - 291 2 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona) - 239 3 Luis Suarez (Uruguay/Barcelona) - 182 4 Antoine Griezmann (France/Atletico Madrid) - 164 5 Neymar (Brazil/Barcelona) - 62 6 Gareth Bale (Wales/Real Madrid) - 22 7 N'Golo Kante (France/Leicester City/Chelsea) - 4 8 Dimitri Payet (France/West Ham United), Jamie Vardy (England/Leicester City) - 3 10 Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden/Paris St Germain/Manchester United), Luka Modric (Croatia/Real Madrid) - 2 12 Sergio Aguero (Argentina/Manchester City), Gonzalo Higuain (Argentina/Napoli/Juventus), Riyad Mahrez (Algeria/Leicester City) - 1 2017 Ballon d'Or Revisited panel consensus 1 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Real Madrid) - 344 2 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona) - 247 3 Neymar (Brazil/Barcelona/Paris St Germain) - 156 4 Luka Modric (Croatia/Real Madrid) - 75 5 Gianluigi Buffon (Italy/Juventus) - 50 6 Toni Kroos (Germany/Real Madrid) - 15 7 Kylian Mbappe (France/Monaco/Paris St Germain) - 12 8 N'Golo Kante (France/Chelsea) - 8 9 Eden Hazard (Belgium/Chelsea) - 7 10 Robert Lewandowski (Poland/Bayern Munich) - 6 11 Harry Kane (England/Tottenham Hotspur), Sergio Ramos (Spain/Real Madrid) - 5 13 Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium/Manchester City), Luis Suarez (Uruguay/Barcelona) - 4 15 Antoine Griezmann (France/Atletico Madrid) - 3 16 Edinson Cavani (Uruguay/Paris St Germain), Christian Eriksen (Denmark/Tottenham Hotspur) - 2 18 Casemiro (Brazil/Real Madrid), Giorgio Chiellini (Italy/Juventus), Paulo Dybala (Argentina/Juventus), Alexis Sanchez (Chile/Arsenal) - 1 2018 Ballon d'Or Revisited panel consensus 1 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Real Madrid/Juventus) - 218 2 Luka Modric (Croatia/Real Madrid) - 196 3 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona) - 190 4 Mohamed Salah (Egypt/Liverpool) - 116 5 Antoine Griezmann (France/Atletico Madrid) - 107 6 Neymar (Brazil/Paris St Germain) - 51 7 Kylian Mbappe (France/Monaco/Paris St Germain) - 39 8 Eden Hazard (Belgium/Chelsea) - 26 9 Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium/Manchester City) - 10 10 Luis Suarez (Uruguay/Barcelona) - 3 11 Roberto Firmino (Brazil/Liverpool), Rafael Varane (France/Real Madrid) - 2 13 Sadio Mane (Senegal/Liverpool), Jan Oblak (Slovenia/Atletico Madrid) - 1 2019 Ballon d'Or Revisited panel consensus 1 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona) - 321 2 Virgil van Dijk (Netherlands/Liverpool) - 264 3 Sadio Mane (Senegal/Liverpool) - 110 4 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Juventus) - 93 5 Mohamed Salah (Egypt/Liverpool) - 53 6 Eden Hazard (Belgium/Chelsea/Real Madrid) - 33 7 Kylian Mbappe (France/Paris St Germain) - 24 8 Alisson (Brazil/Liverpool) - 23 9 Robert Lewandowski (Poland/Bayern Munich) - 8 10 Bernardo Silva (Portugal/Manchester City) - 6 11 Raheem Sterling (England/Manchester City) - 4 12 Frenkie de Jong (Netherlands/Ajax/Barcelona), Riyad Mahrez (Algeria/Manchester City) - 3 14 Neymar (Brazi/Paris St Germain), Hakem Ziyech (Morocco/Ajax) - 2 16 Son Heung-min (South Korea/Tottenham Hotspur), Luis Suarez (Uruguay/Barcelona) – 1
2020 Ballon d'Or Revisited panel consensus 1 Robert Lewandowski (Poland/Bayern Munich) - 346 2 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona) - 142 3 Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium/Manchester City) - 131.5 4 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Juventus) - 70 5 Kylian Mbappe (France/Paris St Germain) - 46 6 Joshua Kimmich (Germany/Bayern Munich) - 37 7 Neymar (Brazil/Paris St Germain), Manuel Neuer (Germany/Bayern Munich) - 35.5 9 Serge Gnabry (Germany/Bayern Munich) - 20 10 Sadio Mane (Senegal/Liverpool) - 19.5 11 Thomas Muller (Germany/Bayern Munich) - 13 12 Mohamed Salah (Egypt/Liverpool) - 5 13 Karim Benzema (France/Real Madrid), Angel Di Maria (Argentina/Paris St Germain) - 3 15 Virgil van Dijk (Netherlands/Liverpool) - 2.5 16 Trent Alexander-Arnold (England/Liverpool), Son Heung-min (South Korea/Tottenham Hotspur) - 2 18 Memphis Depay (Netherlands/Lyon), Harry Kane (England/Tottenham Hotspur), Jan Oblak (Slovenia/Atletico Madrid), Thiago Alcantara (Spain/Bayern Munich/Liverpool) - 1 22 N'Golo Kante (France/Chelsea) - 0.5 2021 Ballon d'Or Revisited panel consensus 1 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona/Paris St Germain) - 279 2 Robert Lewandowski (Poland/Bayern Munich) - 272 3 Karim Benzema (France/Real Madrid), N'Golo Kante (France/Chelsea) - 80 5 Kylian Mbappe (France/Paris St Germain) - 49 6 Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium/Manchester City) - 39 7 Jorginho (Italy/Chelsea) - 33 8 Mohamed Salah (Egypt/Liverpool) - 23 9 Erling Haaland (Norway/Borussia Dortmund) - 19 10 Cristiano Ronaldo (Poland/Juventus/Manchester United) - 16 11 Harry Kane (England/Tottenham Hotspur) - 11 12 Luis Suarez (Uruguay/Atletico Madrid) - 5 13 Bruno Fernandes (Portugal/Manchester United) - 4 14 Nicolo Barella (Italy/Inter Milan), Joshua Kimmich (Germany/Bayern Munich), Neymar (Brazil/Paris St Germain), Marco Verratti (Italy/Paris St Germain) - 2 18 Gianluigi Donnarumma (Italy/AC Milan/Paris St Germain), Ilkay Gundogan (Germany/Manchester City), Thiago Silva (Brazil/Chelsea) - 1 2022 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer/Reddit panel consensus 1 Karim Benzema (France/Real Madrid) - 268 2 Kylian Mbappe (France/Paris St Germain) - 153 3 Mohamed Salah (Egypt/Liverpool) - 62 4 Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium/Manchester City) - 61.5 5 Robert Lewandowski (Poland/Bayern Munich/Barcelona) - 57 6 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Paris St Germain) - 53 7 Sadio Mane (Senegal/Liverpool/Bayern Munich) - 44 8 Thibaut Courtois (Belgium/Real Madrid) - 37 9 Luka Modric (Croatia/Real Madrid) - 19 10 Vinicius Jr (Brazil/Real Madrid) - 13 11 Erling Haaland (Norway/Borussia Dortmund/Manchester City) - 5.5 12 Christopher Nkunku (France/RB Leipzig) - 5 13 Enzo Fernandez (Argentina/River Plate/Benfica) - 4 14 Emiliano Martinez (Argentina/Aston Villa) - 3 15 Trent Alexander-Arnold (England/Liverpool), Angel Di Maria (Argentina/Paris St Germain/Juventus), Son Heung-min (South Korea/Tottenham Hotspur) - 2 18 Julian Alvarez (Argentina/River Plate/Manchester City), Bernardo Silva (Portugal/Manchester City), Federico Valverde (Uruguay/Real Madrid) - 1 I'll leave you to update for the 2023 vote as usual @IceBlood34 - there is also a vote for 2024: JSTNFUTBOL on X: "️ 2023: Kylian Mbappé Lionel Messi Erling Haaland Explanation: Mbappé was good domestically, outstanding in the World Cup and solid in the Champions League, while Messi performed well in the World Cup and domestically, though not quite at Mbappé’s level. https://t.co/RrHiuIBkrA" / X
... ,.. I found this whole controversy super funny... because Vini Jr... didn't win hahahaahahahha The biggest problem is with younger people who are highly alienated...mentally ill .. They give their opinion..about BalloN D'or.. But they are completely unaware of History.. and The characteristics of the Ballon D'or ..France Football .. FRance Football has always rewarded..the best player in the Euro-Cup.. Ballon D'or ... Golden Ball ... Silver Ball ...Bronze Ball .. examples .... Beckenbauer .. Gerd ,Muller ...and Netzer 1972 .. vs ..Cruyff .. ....................Van Basten ...Gullit ...Rijkaard ....in 1988 ... even if Maradona within... Maradona will lose in this year in 1988 .. equally..they followed the Euro_cup qualifiers... Euro-Cup for France Football has the same weight as the World Cup.. The slogan has always been..Euro_cup is the World Cup... without Brazil and Argentina. ..
True, and what should be remembered too is that there isn't a France Football panel that sits down and deliberates based on set criteria, but instead there was always a collection of individual journalists from different countries with their own ideas. So although certain narratives exist and there are tendencies (and even to an extent guidelines from France Football) to reward certain things, in the end the individual journalists make their individual votes (like we have done here too) and the totals are tallied at the end. So it's not invalid as such for one recipient to win on peak level one year, and another year another player wins based a lot on clutch performance when his team wins trophies....(and sometimes the margins are very small - eg Bobby Charlton and Eusebio in 1966 - albeit for 1st place votes there was a pattern favouring Charlton, which potentially was influenced indeed by end results....not to say Charlton wasn't generally very good in that year and the 65/66 season overall where he was Player of the Year in the English league too, and was a key part of a Man United team that had a great win in Lisbon vs Eusebio's Benfica.... and it was just that nearly everyone had Eusebio in their top 3 and about half of the voters had him 2nd) European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1966
in 1966 ... i vote for Sir Bobby Charlton always .. ...Bobby Charlton .. reminds me on Alfredo Di Stefano ..... Eusebio reminds me on Ronaldo Nazario ...Weah .. between Di Stefano Style vs Ronaldo Nazario Style ... i prefer Don Alfredo Di Stefano ...always ..
Sometimes I discuss this with Maradona's Fans.. They think that Maradona..would win every award and every possible year.. honestly..They watch dribbling videos..only by the way .. Maradona would clearly win in 1986 In other years. Diego would lose almost always ... ... But it doesn't erase him being the most iconic player of the 80's. and really ..he was a Total Footballer in 1985/86 .... i saw a few days ago ... he playing ...against Juventus ...Michel PLatini ... Napoli 1 x 0 ..JUventus ... ... What a game was by Diego Armando Maradona .. !
Yeah, that was the only game Juventus (arguably the best team in the world - they had a great start in general and bounced back vs Roma in the next game too) lost in that first half of 1985/86 Serie A, and among Maradona's best/most significant games I would think. 1985–86 Juventus FC season - Wikipedia Serie A 1985-1986, day 10 Juventus - Roma 3-1 (Mauro, Pruzzo, M.Laudrup, Serena) Krokko posted this recently actually Football Ratings: Today 39 years ago: Napoli 1-0 Juventus Italian player ratings in the media at that time (as opposed to for example the 1950s) didn't tend to be very high very often though. Probably a lot of people would think he played a 9 out of 10 match anyway. In the return game he was not so good though, and probably Laudrup was the best out of him, Platini and Maradona that time I'd say Maradona vs Platini vs Laudrup (You are familiar with that game and the Juventus-Roma one already yourself Wiliam I know)
The first example is often cited as one of the biggest mistakes in Ballon d'Or history (Cruyff being rated so low). The 2nd one is fictitious. Since Maradona was not eligible, we can look at other WPOTY awards, such as Gazzetta dello Sport Ballon d’Or 1988. Maradona was in fact ranked above all 3 Dutchmen, along with Hugo Sanchez who has nothing to do with the EURO. This is not to say that Vinicius is 100% the rightful winner, but I don't think public disapproval is unwarrented in general just because the award is given for an NT accomplishment. It is not mandatory to be that way, fx Messi 2010.
Yeah, I remember Vegan10 (I think) posted that Gazzetta poll result before, although arguably the IFFHS Player of the Year could provide a better guide I guess (where Van Basten came 1st and Maradona 2nd), or even the World Soccer poll (but it's a reader's poll, and mostly with British voters who had less exposure to Serie A at that time and some anti-Maradona feelings might have influenced that vote too even maybe - I know there were overseas readers too though and I saw a report about the Player of the Century voting in 1999 that referred to some of them casting votes in that for example) IFFHS THE WORLD’S BEST FOOTBALLER 1988 (by IFFHS) 1 – Marco VAN BASTEN (Netherlands/Milan AC) 101 points 2 – Diego Armando MARADONA (Argentina/SSC Napoli) 92 points 3 – Ruud GULLIT (Netherlands/Milan AC) 71 points "World Soccer" Football of the Year 1988 1. Marco VAN BASTEN 43 % Holland AC Milan (Ita) 2. Ruud GULLIT 21 % Holland AC Milan (Ita) 3. Frank RIJKAARD 7 % Holland Real Zaragoza (Spa) / AC Milan (Ita) 4. Ronald KOEMAN 6 % Holland PSV Eindhoven (Hol) 5. Alexei MIKHAILICHENKO 5 % Soviet Union Dynamo Kiev (USSR) 6. Diego MARADONA 2 % Argentina Napoli (Ita) 7. Gianluca VIALLI 2 % Italy Sampdoria (Ita) 8. Alexander ZAVAROV 2 % Soviet Union Dynamo Kiev (USSR) / Juventus (Ita) 9. John BARNES 2 % England Liverpool (Eng) 10. ROMÁRIO de Souza Faria 1 % Brazil Vasco da Gama (Bra) / PSV Eindhoven (Hol) I noticed a piece in the Daily Record (Scotland) in early 1989 where Cruyff is cited as having the opinion that Van Basten is the best player in the world (albeit that's different to player of the year - in both cases I guess Maradona would be a prime contender in various opinions though at the time and another newspaper piece I spotted referred to his Serie A form causing a big offer from Saudi Arabia). I think Cruyff always rated Van Basten very highly though, and did put him 3rd in his own Player of the Century top 5 (for France Football's poll), also including Beckenbauer, Platini, himself and Pele (so no Maradona there either).
... .. "World Soccer" Football of the Year 1988 Every year the English magazine World Soccer has its readers select winners for its World Footballer of the Year award. The election is open to any player worldwide. Top 10 1. Marco VAN BASTEN 43 % Holland AC Milan (Ita) 2. Ruud GULLIT 21 % Holland AC Milan (Ita) 3. Frank RIJKAARD 7 % Holland Real Zaragoza (Spa) / AC Milan (Ita) 4. Ronald KOEMAN 6 % Holland PSV Eindhoven (Hol) 5. Alexei MIKHAILICHENKO 5 % Soviet Union Dynamo Kiev (USSR) 6. Diego MARADONA 2 % Argentina Napoli (Ita) 7. Gianluca VIALLI 2 % Italy Sampdoria (Ita) 8. Alexander ZAVAROV 2 % Soviet Union Dynamo Kiev (USSR) / Juventus (Ita) 9. John BARNES 2 % England Liverpool (Eng) 10. ROMÁRIO de Souza Faria 1 % Brazil Vasco da Gama (Bra) / PSV Eindhoven (Hol) .. ... Onze d'Or .. 1988 Marco van Basten Ruud Gullit Diego Maradona (2) ... .. .. Super Onze d'Or [edit] At the 20th anniversary of the magazine in 1995, a Super Onze d'Or was chosen among the previous winners (1976–1995); the top five players selected were:[1][5] Michel Platini (74%) Marco van Basten (10%) Diego Maradona (5%) Roberto Baggio (4%) Romário (3%)
"World Soccer" Football of the Year 1987 Every year the English magazine World Soccer has its readers select winners for its World Footballer of the Year award. The election is open to any player worldwide. Top 10 1. Ruud GULLIT 38 % Holland PSV Eindhoven (Hol) / AC Milan (Ita) 2. Diego MARADONA 13 % Argentina Napoli (Ita) 3. Marco VAN BASTEN 8 % Holland Ajax (Hol) / AC Milan (Ita) 4. Emilio BUTRAGUEÑO 6 % Spain Real Madrid (Spa) 5. Paulo FUTRE 5 % Portugal FC Porto (Por) / Atlético Madrid (Spa) 6. Ian RUSH 3 % Wales Liverpool (Eng) / Juventus (Ita) 7. Gary LINEKER 3 % England FC Barcelona (Spa) 8. Hugo SÁNCHEZ 2 % Mexico Real Madrid (Spa) 9. Michel PLATINI 1 % France Juventus (Ita) 10. Rabah MADJER 1 % Algeria FC Porto (Por)
... . "World Soccer" Football of the Year 1989 Every year the English magazine World Soccer has its readers select winners for its World Footballer of the Year award. The election is open to any player worldwide. Top 10 1. Ruud GULLIT 24 % Holland AC Milan (Ita) 2. Marco VAN BASTEN 18 % Holland AC Milan (Ita) 3. José Gama Oliveira BEBETO 10 % Brazil Vasco da Gama (Bra) 4. Diego MARADONA 7 % Argentina Napoli (Ita) 5. Franco BARESI 6 % Italy AC Milan (Ita) 6. Peter SHILTON 6 % England Derby County (Eng) 7. ROMÁRIO de Souza Faria 5 % Brazil PSV Eindhoven (Hol) 8. Michael LAUDRUP 4 % Denmark FC Barcelona (Spa) 9. Lothar MATTHÄUS 3 % West Germany Inter Milan (Ita) 10. Ruben SOSA 2 % Uruguay Lazio (Ita) Bebeto was the Best Player of the Tournament from Copa America 1989 .. Romário was the Second best player .. of the tournament ... ..they destroying with Maradona in 1989 ... .. Ruud Gullit and Van Basten in 1989 ...won C1 .... and Maradona won C3 .... Uefa Cup 1989 .. 1989 Marco van Basten (2) Ruud Gullit (2) Jean-Pierre Papin
.. .. 1983 (4-4-2) Rinat Dasayev (USSR) - Eric Gerets (Bel), Karl-Heinz Förster (Ger), Maxime Bossis (Fra), Antonio Cabrini (Ita) - Søren Lerby (Den), Paulo Roberto Falcão (Bra), Michel Platini (Fra), Alain Giresse (Fra) - Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (Ger), Horst Hrubesch (Ger) 1984 (4-4-2) Harald Schumacher (Ger) - Patrick Battiston (Fra), Karl-Heinz Förster (Ger), Maxime Bossis (Fra), Hans-Peter Briegel (Ger) - Jean Tigana (Fra), Paulo Roberto Falcão (Bra), Michel Platini (Fra), Alain Giresse (Fra) - Preben Elkjær-Larsen (Den), Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (Ger) 1985 (4-4-2) Joël Bats (Fra) - Phil Neal (Eng), Karl-Heinz Förster (Ger), Maxime Bossis (Fra), Antonio Cabrini (Ita) - Hans-Peter Briegel (Ger), Jean Tigana (Fra), Michel Platini (Fra), Diego Maradona (Arg) - Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (Ger), Preben Elkjær-Larsen (Den) 1986 (4-4-2) Joël Bats (Fra) - Thomas Berthold (Ger), Karl-Heinz Förster (Ger), Patrick Battiston (Fra), Manuel Amoros (Fra) - Luis Fernández (Fra), Jean Tigana (Fra), Diego Maradona (Arg), Michel Platini (Fra) - Gary Lineker (Eng), Yannick Stopyra (Fra) 1987 (4-4-2) Jean-Marie Pfaff (Bel) - Thomas Berthold (Ger), Oleg Kuznetsov (USSR), Julio César (Bra), Manuel Amoros (Fra) - Andreas Brehme (Ger), Jean Tigana (Fra), Diego Maradona (Arg), Ruud Gullit (Hol) - Marco van Basten (Hol), Gary Lineker (Eng) 1988 (4-4-2) Rinat Dasayev (USSR) - Eric Gerets (Bel), Oleg Kuznetsov (USSR), Ronald Koeman (Hol), Manuel Amoros (Fra) - Frank Rijkaard (Hol), Lothar Matthäus (Ger), Ruud Gullit (Hol), Diego Maradona (Arg) - Marco van Basten (Hol), Gianluca Vialli (Ita) 1989 (4-4-2) Joël Bats (Fra) - Giuseppe Bergomi (Ita), Manuel Sanchís (Esp), Carlos Mozer (Bra), Paolo Maldini (Ita) - Frank Rijkaard (Hol), Lothar Matthäus (Ger), Ruud Gullit (Hol), Diego Maradona (Arg) - Marco van Basten (Hol), Jean-Pierre Papin (Fra) 1990 (4-4-2) Bruno Martini (Fra) - Giuseppe Bergomi (Ita), Franco Baresi (Ita), Carlos Mozer (Bra), Andreas Brehme (Ger) - Frank Rijkaard (Hol), Thomas Hässler (Ger), Lothar Matthäus (Ger), Chris Waddle (Eng) - Salvatore Schillaci (Ita), Jean-Pierre Papin (Fra) 1991 (4-4-2) Bruno Martini (Fra) - Giuseppe Bergomi (Ita), Laurent Blanc (Fra), Franco Baresi (Ita), Paolo Maldini (Ita) - Franck Sauzée (Fra), Robert Prosinecki (Yug), Chris Waddle (Eng), Lothar Matthäus (Ger) - Jean-Pierre Papin (Fra), Marco van Basten (Hol)
.... I will make one research between Diego Armando Maradona ... vs Ruud Gullit ... 1986/87 + 1987/88 until january ..5 ... Ac Milan 4 x 1 Napoli ... Home Game ... What a Show was by Ruud Gullit ... ... for example .... Ruud Gullit played very very well .. Euro-Cup qualifiers ..is reported for FRance Football .. in 1987 .... Ballon D'or 1987 ... against Cyprus .. 3 Assists ( 2 Opta ) + ( 1 Non-Opta ) ...and 1 Header Goal ... at replay match .... one penalty suffered + 1 Pre-Assist ( Opta) Ruud Gullit was champion ...for Eredivisie twice in a row 1985/86.. Silver Boot in the World behind Marco van Basten with ...37 goals . and .. 1986/87 ... is reported for FRance Football also ... While Maradona .... in Copa America ...1987 not won this competition ... Semifinal 8 de julho 21:30 Chile .... 2 – 1 (pro) ...... Colômbia Estádio Mario Alberto Kempes, Córdoba Astengo 106' Vera 108' Relatório Redín 103' (pen) Público: 10 000 Árbitro:BRA Romualdo Arppi Filho 9 de julho 15:00 Argentina 0 – 1 Uruguai Estádio Monumental de Núñez, Buenos Aires Resumo Alzamendi 43' Público: 75 000 Árbitro: ...........ECU Elias Jacome Terceiro lugar 11 de julho 15:00 Colômbia..... 2 – 1...... Argentina Estádio Monumental de Núñez, Buenos Aires Gómez 8' Galeano 27' Relatório Caniggia 86' Público: 15 000 Árbitro:.....VEN Bernardo Corujo Final 12 de julho 15:00 https://www.google.com/search?q=Mar...ate=ive&vld=cid:1f66016f,vid:epQQjC7XXhM,st:0 Uruguai .... 1 – 0 ...... Chile Estádio Monumental de Núñez, Buenos Aires Bengoechea 56' Relatório Público: 35 000 ÁrbitroBRA Romualdo Arppi Filho in the first phase Diego played very very well ... mainly ...that game against Equador ...1987 he dribbles ..5 players ..almost did a great goal there ...on this match ..
Ruud Gullit 1986/87 34 ..Matches ... 22 goals .... 21 Assists .... 10.. Pre-Assists ... The King of the Triple Doubles at Soccer ... like Basketball Metrics ... vs Diego Maradona ... 1986/87 ... 1986–87 29 Matches 10 ;... Goals .. 6.... Assists ... 7.... Pre-Assists ... .. .. ..Gullit won the Ballon d'Or in 1987 and was named the World Soccer Player of the Year in 1987 and 1989. Normally an attacking midfielder, he was a versatile player, playing in numerous positions during his career. .. .. .. . "World Soccer" Football of the Year 1987 Every year the English magazine World Soccer has its readers select winners for its World Footballer of the Year award. The election is open to any player worldwide. Top 10 1. Ruud GULLIT 38 % Holland PSV Eindhoven (Hol) / AC Milan (Ita) 2. Diego MARADONA 13 % Argentina Napoli (Ita) 3. Marco VAN BASTEN 8 % Holland Ajax (Hol) / AC Milan (Ita) 4. Emilio BUTRAGUEÑO 6 % Spain Real Madrid (Spa) 5. Paulo FUTRE 5 % Portugal FC Porto (Por) / Atlético Madrid (Spa) 6. Ian RUSH 3 % Wales Liverpool (Eng) / Juventus (Ita) 7. Gary LINEKER 3 % England FC Barcelona (Spa) 8. Hugo SÁNCHEZ 2 % Mexico Real Madrid (Spa) 9. Michel PLATINI 1 % France Juventus (Ita) 10. Rabah MADJER 1 % Algeria FC Porto (Por) .... .. . 1986 .....Igor Belanov Diego Maradona 1990 Lothar Matthäus Diego Maradona Le nouveau palmarès To coincide with the 60th anniversary of the Ballon d'Or in 2016, France Football published an internationalized reevaluation of the awards presented before 1995, when only European players were eligible to win the award.[17][58] 12 out of the 39 Ballons d'Or presented during this time period would have been awarded to South American players; in addition to Pelé—seven times—and Diego Maradona—twice—Garrincha, Mario Kempes, and Romário were retrospectively recognized as worthy winners.[58][61] The original recipients, however, remain unchanged.[3] 1987 .....Ballon D'or ...World ( Official Award's ) Golden Ball ....Ruud Gullit Silver Ball .. ... Diego Maradona...... Bronze Ball ..Paulo Futre UNICEF World's Voetballer van het Seizoen: 1987/88 ...Right now ... some Awards ..won by Diego Armando Maradona ...in 1987 .. .. .19871st Diego Maradona Napoli.....5 610... Points ..............2nd Ruud Gullit AC Milan.........5 577 .......Points Guerin Sportivo .... Guerin D'or ..1987 ... ...Onze D'or ..1987 .. 1987 Diego Maradona (2)..... Marco van Basten ......Jean Tigana ... ... both together ... at Dream Team of the Year 1986/87 + 1987 until 1988 january ... Onze Mondial Awards ...elected .. .. ..1987 (4-4-2) Jean-Marie Pfaff (Bel) - Thomas Berthold (Ger), Oleg Kuznetsov (USSR), Julio César (Bra), Manuel Amoros (Fra) - Andreas Brehme (Ger), Jean Tigana (Fra), Diego Maradona (Arg), Ruud Gullit (Hol) - Marco van Basten (Hol), Gary Lineker (Eng)
To clarify, I am not insisting that Maradona was the WPotY in 88. I'm saying that it is not mandatory for the WPotY to go to a player who shined at an NT tournament.