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| Year | Winners |
| 1956 | 1st Stanley Matthews (English, Blackpool)2nd Alfredo Di Stefano (Argentinean, Real Madrid ) 3rd Raymond Kopa (French, Real Madrid) |
| 1957 | 1st Alfredo Di Stefano (Argentinean, Real Madrid)2nd Billy Wright (English, Wolverhampton Wanderers)3rd= Duncan Edwards (English, Manchester United)3rd= Raymond Kopa (French, Real Madrid) |
| 1958 | 1st Raymond Kopa (French, Real Madrid)2nd Helmut Rahn (West German, Rot-Weiss Essen)3rd Just Fontaine (French, Stade Reims) |
| 1959 | 1st Alfredo Di Stefano (Argentinean, Real Madrid)2nd Raymond Kopa (French, Real Madrid)3rd John Charles (Welsh, Juventus) |
| 1960 | 1st Luis Suarez (Spanish, Barcelona)2nd Ferenc Puskas (Hungarian, Real Madrid)3rd Uwe Seeler (West German, Hamburg) |
| 1961 | 1st Omar Sivori (Argentinean,Juventus)2nd Luis Suarez (Spanish, Inter Milan)3rd Johnny Haynes (English, Fulham) |
| 1962 | 1st Josef Masopust (Czechoslovakian, Dukla Prague)2nd Eusebio (Portuguese, Benfica)3rd Karl-Heinz Schnellinger (West German, Koln) |
| 1963 | 1st Lev Yashin (Soviet Union, Dynamo Moscow)2nd Gianni Rivera (Italian, AC Milan)3rd Jimmy Greaves (English, Tottenham Hotspur) |
| 1964 | 1st Denis Law (Scottish, Man Utd)2nd Luis Suarez (Spanish, Inter Milan)3rd Amancio (Spanish, Real Madrid) |
| 1965 | 1st Eusebio (Portuguese, Benfica)2nd Giacinto Facchetti (Italian, Inter Milan)3rd Luis Suarez (Spanish, Real Madrid) |
| 1966 | 1st Bobby Charlton (English, Manchester United)2nd Eusebio (Portuguese, Benfica)3rd Franz Beckenbauer (West German, Bayern Munich) |
| 1967 | 1st Florian Albert (Hungarian, Ferencváros)2nd Bobby Charlton (English, Manchester United)3rd Jimmy Johnstone (Scottish, Celtic) |
| 1968 | 1st George Best (Irish, Manchester United)2nd Bobby Charlton (English, Manchester United)3rd Dragan Džaji? (Yugoslavian, Red Star Belgrade) |
| 1969 | 1st Gianni Rivera (Italian, AC Milan)2nd Luigi Riva (Italian, Cagliari)3rd Gerd Muller (West German, Bayern Munich) |
| 1970 | 1st Gerd Muller (West German, Bayern Munich)2nd Bobby Moore (English, West Ham United)3rd Luigi Riva (Italian, Cagliari) |
| 1971 | 1st Johan Cruyff (Dutch, Ajax)2nd Sandro Mazzola (Italian, Inter Milan)3rd George Best (Irish, Manchester United) |
| 1972 | 1st Franz Beckenbauer (West German, Bayern Munich)2nd Gerd Muller (West German, Bayern Munich)3rd Gunter Netzer (West German, Borussia Monchengladbach) |
| 1973 | 1st Johan Cruyff (Dutch, Barcelona)2nd Dino Zoff (Italian, Juventus)3rd Gerd Muller (West German, Bayern Munic) |
| 1974 | 1st Johan Cruyff (Dutch, Barcelona)2nd Franz Beckenbauer (West German, Bayern Munich)3rd Kazimierz Deyna (Polish, Legia Warsaw) |
| 1975 | 1st Oleg Blokhin (Soviet Union, Dynamo Kiev)2nd Franz Beckenbauer (West German, Bayern Munich)3rd Johan Cruyff (Dutch, Barcelona) |
| 1976 | 1st Franz Beckenbauer (West German, Bayern Munich)2nd Rob Rensenbrink (Dutch, Anderlecht)3rd Ivo Viktor (Czechoslovakian, Dukla Prague) |
| 1977 | 1st Allan Simonsen (Danish, Borussia Monchengladbach)2nd Kevin Keegan (English, Hamburg)3rd Michel Platini (French, Nancy) |
| 1978 | 1st Kevin Keegan (English, Hamburg)2nd Hans Krankl (Austrian, Barcelona)3rd Rob Rensenbrink (Dutch, Anderlecht) |
| 1979 | 1st Kevin Keegan (English, Hamburg)2nd Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (West German, Bayern Munich)3rd Ruud Krol (Dutch, Ajax) |
| 1980 | 1st Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (West German, Bayern Munich)2nd Bernd Schuster (West German, Real Madrid)3rd Michel Platini (French, Saint-Etienne) |
| 1981 | 1st Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (West German, Bayern Munich)2nd Paul Breitner (West German, Bayern Munich)3rd Bernd Schuster (West German, Barcelona) |
| 1982 | 1st Paolo Rossi (Italian, Juventus)2nd Alain Giresse (French, Bordeaux)3rd Zbigniew Boniek (Polish, Juventus) |
| 1983 | 1st Michel Platini (French, Juventus)2nd Kenny Dalglish (Scottish, Liverpool)3rd Allan Simonsen (Danish, Vejle) |
| 1984 | 1st Michel Platini (French, Juventus)2nd Jean Tigana (French, Bordeaux)3rd Preben Elkjær (Danish, Verona) |
| 1985 | 1st Michel Platini (French, Juventus)2nd Preben Elkjær (Danish, Verona)3rd Bernd Schuster (West German, Barcelona) |
| 1986 | 1st Igor Belanov (Soviet Union, Dynamo Kyiv)2nd Gary Lineker (English, Barcelona)3rd Emilio Butragueño (Spanish, Real Madrid) |
| 1987 | 1st Ruud Gullit (Dutch, AC Milan)2nd Paulo Futre (Portuguese, Atletico Madrid)3rd Emilio Butragueño (Spanish, Real Madrid) |
| 1988 | 1st Marco van Basten (Dutch, AC Milan)2nd Ruud Gullit (Dutch, AC Milan)3rd Frank Rijkaard (Dutch, AC Milan) |
| 1989 | 1st Marco van Basten (Dutch, AC Milan)2nd Franco Baresi (Italian, Milan)3rd Frank Rijkaard (Dutch, Milan) |
| 1990 | 1st Lothar Matthaus (German, Inter Milan)2nd Salvatore Schillaci (Italian, Juventus)3rd Andreas Brehme (German, Inter Milan) |
| 1991 | 1st Jean-Pierre Papin (French, Marseille)2nd= Dejan Savicevic (Yugoslavian, Red Star Belgrade)2nd= Darko Pancev (Yugoslavian, Red Star Belgrade)2nd= Lothar Matthaus (German, Bayern Munich) |
| 1992 | 1st Marco van Basten (Dutch, AC Milan)2nd Hristo Stoichkov (Bulgarian, Barcelona)3rd Dennis Bergkamp (Dutch, Ajax) |
| 1993 | 1st Roberto Baggio (Italian, Juventus)2nd Dennis Bergkamp (Dutch, Inter Milan)3rd Eric Cantona (French, Manchester United) |
| 1994 | 1st Hristo Stoichkov (Bulgarian, Barcelona)2nd Roberto Baggio (Italian, Juventus)3rd Paolo Maldini (Italian, AC Milan) |
| 1995 | 1st George Weah (Liberian, AC Milan)2nd Jurgen Klinsmann (German, Bayern Munich)3rd Jari Litmanen (Finnish, Ajax) |
| 1996 | 1st Matthias Sammer (German, Borussia Dortmund)2nd Ronaldo (Brazilian, Barcelona)3rd Alan Shearer (English, Newcastle United) |
| 1997 | 1st Ronaldo (Brazilian, Inter Milan)2nd Predrag Mijatovi? (Yugoslavian, Real Madrid)3rd Zinedine Zidane (French, Juventus) |
| 1998 | 1st Zinedine Zidane (French, Juventus)2nd Davor Suker (Croatian, Real Madrid)3rd Ronaldo (Brazilian, Inter Milan) |
| 1999 | 1st Rivaldo (Brazilian, Barcelona)2nd David Beckham (English, Manchester United)3rd Andriy Shevchenko (Ukrainian, AC Milan) |
| 2000 | 1st Luis Figo (Portuguese, Real Madrid)2nd Zinedine Zidane (French, Real Madrid)3rd Andriy Shevchenko (Ukrainian, AC Milan) |
| 2001 | 1st Michael Owen (English, Liverpool)2nd Raul (Spanish, Real Madrid)3rd Oliver Kahn (German, Bayern Munich) |
| 2002 | 1st Ronaldo (Brazilian, Real Madrid)2nd Roberto Carlos (Brazilian, Real Madrid)3rd Oliver Kahn (German, Bayern Munich) |
| 2003 | 1st Pavel Nedved (Czech, Juventus)2nd Thierry Henry (French, Arsenal)3rd Paolo Maldini (Italian, AC Milan) |
| 2004 | 1st Andriy Shevchenko (Ukrainian, AC Milan)2nd Deco (Portuguese, Barcelona)3rd Ronaldinho (Brazilian, Barcelona) |
| 2005 | 1st Ronaldinho (Brazilian, Barcelona)2nd Frank Lampard (English, Chelsea)3rd Steven Gerrard (English, Liverpool) |
| 2006 | 1st Fabio Cannavaro (Italian, Real Madrid)2nd Gianluigi Buffon (Italian, Juventus)3rd Thierry Henry (French, Arsenal) |
| 2007 | 1st Kaka (Brazilian, AC Milan)2nd Cristiano Ronaldo (Portuguese, Manchester United)3rd Lionel Messi (Argentinean, Barcelona) |
| 2008 | 1st Cristiano Ronaldo (Portuguese, Manchester United)2nd Lionel Messi (Argentinean, Barcelona)3rd Fernando Torres (Spanish, Liverpool) |
| 2009 | 1st Lionel Messi (Argentinean, Barcelona)2nd Cristiano Ronaldo (Portuguese, Real Madrid)3rd Xavi Hernandez (Spanish, Barcelona) |
| ~~~~~~ | FIFA Ballon d’Or |
| 2010 | 1st Lionel Messi (Argentinean, Barcelona)2nd Andres Iniesta (Spanish, Barcelona)3rd Xavi Hernandez (Spanish, Barcelona) |
| 2011 | 1st Lionel Messi (Argentinean, Barcelona)2nd Cristiano Ronaldo (Portuguese, Real Madrid)3rd Xavi Hernandez (Spanish, Barcelona) |
| 2012 | 1st Lionel Messi (Argentinean, Barcelona)2nd Cristiano Ronaldo (Portuguese, Real Madrid) 3rd Andres Iniesta (Spanish, Barcelona) |
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