Top 10 Ballon d'Or winners of all time

#1 Lionel Messi (2015)

Messi has won the Ballon d'Or for a record five times in the history of football

Messi does not need his right foot. He only uses the left and he’s still the best in the world. Imagine if he also used his right foot, Then we would have serious problems.— Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Who else than him? He might look diminutive, but Lionel Messi's achievements are equal to the zenith. The Argentine has won a record five Ballon d'Ors and a Fifa World Player of the Year award in his career.

The day Carles Rexach signed Leo, little did he know that he was safeguarding Barca's future for more than a decade. Years later, the Nou Camp thanked him as Messi claimed the crown of the undisputed king of the game.

You can bring a team of eleven defenders, but Messi's wand of a left foot always finds ways to score goals. And not just handful, but a plethora of them. In so many ways, the Argentine magician reminds us what a great sport football is. His dribbling will never ever be matched in the future. In the pantheon of the greatest ever to grace the game, Messi rightly occupies the throne to himself.

2015 saw the Barca forward reach his pinnacle again as he won the second treble of his career, with the Champions League, La Liga and the Copa Del Rey all in his basket of titles. His goal-scoring feats were jaw-dropping as usual, scoring 58 goals in 57 appearances in all competitions. He beat Cristiano Ronaldo to reclaim the title of Ballon d'Or after securing 41.33% votes.

It is almost a decade and Messi and Ronaldo have been winning the famous accolade as if it was their personal property. Around the globe, people are still waiting to see the player who beats both these titans to the title.

One thing is meant for sure, the whole world will weep like never before when Leo Messi calls it a day in the beautiful game.