-Lionel Messi has won this trophy 8 times, 4 times in a row.
-The rival of Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, has won the Golden Ball 5 times
-The first African to win this trophy is George Weah from Liberia in 1995, playing for the Italian team Milan AC
- Michel Platini was the first French football player to win it three times in a row, 1983, 1984, 1985.
- Barcelona has twelve Ballon d'Or, likewise for Real Madrid; Juventus like, AC Milan has eight titles, as for Bayern Munich five times.,
- Argentina 10 Ballon d'Or; France 8 Ballon d'Or; Germany has 7; Netherlands 7; Portugal7; Italy 5; England 5; Brazil 5; Spain 4 two by Alfredo Di Stéfano; the Soviet Union 3 times and the first time for a keeper Lev Yashin.
2025 -->Ousmane Dembélé -->France -->Paris Saint-Germain F.C.
2024 -->Rodri -->Spain -->Manchester City
2023 -->Lionel Messi -->Argentina -->Inter Miami
2022 -->Karim Benzema -->France -->Real Madrid
2021 -->Lionel Messi -->Argentina -->Paris Saint-Germain F.C.
2020 -->not awarded
2019 -->Lionel Messi -->Argentina -->Barcelona
2018 -->Luka Modric -->Croatia -->Real Madrid
2017 -->Cristiano Ronaldo -->Portugal -->Real Madrid
2016 -->Cristiano Ronaldo -->Portugal -->Real Madrid
2015 -->Lionel Messi -->Argentina -->Barcelona
2014 -->Cristiano Ronaldo -->Portugal -->Real Madrid
2013 -->Cristiano Ronaldo -->Portugal -->Real Madrid
2012 -->Lionel Messi -->Argentina -->Barcelona
2011 -->Lionel Messi -->Argentina -->Barcelona
2010 -->Lionel Messi -->Argentina -->Barcelona
2009 -->Lionel Messi -->Argentina -->Barcelona
2008 -->Cristiano Ronaldo -->Portugal -->Manchester United
2007 -->Kaká -->Brazil -->Milan
2006 -->Fabio Cannavaro -->Italy -->Real Madrid
2005 -->Ronaldinho -->Brazil -->Barcelona
2004 -->Andriy Shevchenko -->Ukraine -->Milan
2003 -->Pavel Nedvěd -->Czechia -->Juventus
2002 -->Ronaldo -->Brazil -->Real Madrid
2001 -->Michael Owen -->England -->Liverpool
2000 -->Luís Figo -->Portugal -->Real Madrid
1999 -->Rivaldo -->Brazil -->Barcelona
1998 -->Zinedine Zidane -->France -->Juventus
1997 -->Ronaldo -->Brazil -->Internazionale
1996 -->Matthias Sammer -->Germany -->Borussia Dortmund
1995 -->George Weah -->Liberia -->Milan
1994 -->Hristo Stoichkov -->Bulgaria -->Barcelona
1993 -->Roberto Baggio -->Italy -->Juventus
1992 -->Marco van Basten -->Netherlands -->Milan
1991 -->Jean-Pierre Papin -->France -->Marseille
1990 -->Lothar Matthäus -->Germany -->Internazionale
1989 -->Marco van Basten -->Netherlands -->Milan
1988 -->Marco van Basten -->Netherlands -->Milan
1987 -->Ruud Gullit -->Netherlands -->Milan
1986 -->Igor Belanov -->Soviet Union -->Dynamo Kyiv
1985 -->Michel Platini -->France -->Juventus
1984 -->Michel Platini -->France -->Juventus
1983 -->Michel Platini -->France -->Juventus
1982 -->Paolo Rossi -->Italy -->Juventus
1981 -->Karl-Heinz Rummenigge -->West Germany -->Bayern Munich
1980 -->Karl-Heinz Rummenigge -->West Germany -->Bayern Munich
1979 -->Kevin Keegan -->England -->Hamburg
1978 -->Kevin Keegan -->England -->Hamburg
1977 -->Allan Simonsen -->Denmark -->Borussia Mönchengladbach
1976 -->Franz Beckenbauer -->West Germany -->Bayern Munich
1975 -->Oleg Blokhin -->Soviet Union -->Dynamo Kyiv
1974 -->Johan Cruyff -->Netherlands -->Barcelona
1973 -->Johan Cruyff -->Netherlands -->Barcelona
1972 -->Franz Beckenbauer -->West Germany -->Bayern Munich
1971 -->Johan Cruyff -->Netherlands -->Ajax
1970 -->Gerd Müller -->West Germany -->Bayern Munich
1969 -->Gianni Rivera -->Italy -->Milan
1968 -->George Best -->Northern Ireland -->Manchester United
1967 -->Flórián Albert -->Hungary -->Ferencv rosi TC
1966 -->Bobby Charlton -->England -->Manchester United
1965 -->Eusébio -->Portugal -->Benfica
1964 -->Denis Law -->Scotland -->Manchester United
1963 -->Lev Yashin -->Soviet Union -->Dynamo Moscow
1962 -->Josef Masopust -->Czechoslovakia -->Dukla Prague
1961 -->Omar Sívori -->Italy -->Juventus
1960 -->Luis Suárez -->Spain -->Barcelona
1959 -->Alfredo Di Stéfano -->Argentina / Spain -->Real Madrid
1958 -->Raymond Kopa -->France -->Real Madrid
1957 -->Alfredo Di Stéfano -->Argentina / Spain -->Real Madrid
1956 -->Stanley Matthews -->England -->Blackpool