Anyone who won the Ballon d’Or 2025, awarded this Monday, September 22, on the occasion of a ceremony organized in Paris, will join a prestigious club.
Delivered since 1956 by France Football magazine, the most prestigious of the individual football trophies has so far experienced 46 male owners, and 4 women’s players (since 2018). The complete prize list.
Men’s Balloon
- 2024: Rodri (Spain)
- 2023 : Lionel Messi (8) (Argentine)
- 2022 : My wife (France)
- 2021 : Lionel Messi (7) (Argentine)
- 2020: not attributed
- 2019 : Lionel Messi (6) (Argentine)
- 2018 : Luka Modric (Croatie)
- 2017: Cristiano Ronaldo (5) (Portugal)
- 2016: Cristiano Ronaldo (4) (Portugal)
- 2015 : Lionel Messi (5) (Argentine)
- 2014: Cristiano Ronaldo (3) (Portugal)
- 2013: Cristiano Ronaldo (2) (Portugal)
- 2012 : Lionel Messi (4) (Argentine)
- 2011 : Lionel Messi (3) (Argentine)
- 2010 : Lionel Messi (2) (Argentine)
- 2009 : Lionel Messi (Argentine)
- 2008: Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
- 2007: Kakà (Brazil)
- 2006: Fabio Cannavaro (Italie)
- 2005: Ronaldinho (Brazil)
- 2004: Andriy Chevtchenko (Ukraine)
- 2003: Pavel Nedved (Czech Rep.)
- 2002: Ronaldo (2) (Brazil)
- 2001: Michael Owen (England)
- 2000: Luis Figo (Portugal)
- 1999: Rivaldo (Brazil)
- 1998 : Zinedine Zidane (France)
- 1997: Ronaldo (Brazil)
- 1996: Matthias Sammer (Allteragne)
- 1995: George Weah (Liberia)
- 1994: Hristo Stoitchkov (Bulgaria)
- 1993: Roberto Baggio (Italie)
- 1992: Marco van Basten (3) (Pays-Bas)
- 1991: Jean-Pierre Papin (France)
- 1990: Lothar Matthäus (Allteragne)
- 1989: Marco van Basten (2) (Pays-Bas)
- 1988: Marco van Basten (Pays-Bas)
- 1987: Ruud Gullit (Netherlands)
- 1986: Igor Belanov (URSS)
- 1985: Michel Platini (3) (France)
- 1984: Michel Platini (2) (France)
- 1983: Michel Platini (France)
- 1982: Paolo Rossi (Italie)
- 1981: Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (2) (Allteragne)
- 1980: Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (Allteragne)
- 1979: Kevin Keegan (2) (Angleterre)
- 1978: Kevin Keegan (Angleterre)
- 1977: Allan Simonsen (Danemark)
- 1976: Franz Beckenbauer (2) (Allteragne)
- 1975 : Blonkhine (URSS)
- 1974 : Johan Cruyff (3) (Pays-Bas)
- 1973 : Johan Cruyff (2) (Pays-Bas)
- 1972: Franz Beckenbauer (Allteragne)
- 1971 : Johan Cruyff (Pays-Bas)
- 1970: Gerd Müller (Allteragne)
- 1969: Gianni Rivera (Italie)
- 1968: George Best (Northern Ireland)
- 1967: Florian Albert (Hungary)
- 1966: Bobby Charlton (England)
- 1965: Eusébio (Portugal)
- 1964: Denis Law (Scotland)
- 1963 : Lev Yachine (URSS)
- 1962: Josef Masopust (Czech Rep.)
- 1961: Omar Sivori (Italie)
- 1960: Luis Suarez (Spain)
- 1959: Alfredo Di Stefano (2) (Espagne)
- 1958: Raymond Copy (France)
- 1957: Alfredo Di Stefano (Espagne)
- 1956 : Stanley Matthews (Angleterre)
Female
- 2024: Aitana Bonmati (2) (Spain)
- 2023: Aitana Bonmati (Spain)
- 2022 : Alexia Sluts (2) (Spain)
- 2021 : Alexia Whores (Spain)
- 2020: not attributed
- 2019: Megan Rapinoe (United States)
- 2018: Ada Hegerberg (Norvège)
