The Ballon D’Or award is one of the biggest individual awards in the game of football which was first awarded in the year 1956. Originally, it was awarded based on voting by the football journalist between 1956 and 2006, to the male player who have performed the best over the previous year, but everything changed after 2007 when captains and coaches are also given the right to vote. However, in this article, we are going to be looking at all the Ballon d’Or winners from 1956 to 2022.
1. Mathews won the title in the year 1956, which makes him the first winner of the award.
2. Di Stefano won the title in the year 1957 and also in the year 1959.
3. Raymond Kopa also won the title in the year 1958.
4. L. Suarez went on to win the award in the year 1960.
5. O. Sivori also won the title in the year 1961.
6. Masopust became the winner of the award in the year 1962.
7. L. Yashin also won the title in the year 1963.
8. Dennis Law succeeded in winning the award in the year 1964.
9. Eusebio also won the title in the year 1965.
10. B. Charlton also won the title in the year 1966.
11. Florian Albert also won the title in the year 1967.
12. George Best became the winner of the award in the year 1968.
13. Rivera then went on to win the title in the year 1969.
14. G. Muller won the title in the year 1970.
15. Johan Cruyff also won the title in the year 1971.
16. Beckenbauer succeeded in becoming the winner of the award in the year 1972.
17. Johan Cruyff then went on to win the title in the year 1973 and also in 1974.
18. O. Blokhin won the title in the year 1975.
19. Beckenbauer succeeded in winning the award in the year 1976.
20. Simonsen also won the title in the year 1977.
21. Kevin Keegan then proceeded to win the title in the year 1978 and also in 1979.
22. Rummenigge also succeeded in winning the title twice in the years 1980 and 1981.
23. P. Rossi also won the title in the year 1982.
23. Michel Platini then went on to win the title in the year 1983.
24. Michel Platini then went on to win the title again in the year 1984 and 1985.
25. I. Belanov then went on to win the title in the year 1986.
26. R. Gullit won the title in the year 1987.
27. Van Basten was lucky to become the winner of the award in the year 1988 and also in the year 1989.
28. L. Matthaus also won the title in the year 1990.
29. Pierre Papin was lucky to win the title in the year 1991.
30. Van Basten succeeded in winning the award in the year 1992.
31. Roberto Baggio also won the title in the year 1993.
32. Stoichkov became the winner of the award in the year 1994.
33. George Weah also won the title in the year 1995.
34. Sammer then went on to win the title in the year 1996.
35. Ronaldo won the title in the year 1997.
36. Zidane also won the title in the year 1998.
37. Rivaldo also won the title in the year 1999.
38. Luiz Figo also won the title in the year 2000.
39. Michael Owen also won the title in the year 2001.
40. Ronaldo again won the title in the year 2002.
41. Pavel Nedved also won the title in the year 2003.
42. A. Shevchenko then went on to become the winner of the award in the year 2004.
43. Ronaldinho also succeeded in winning the award in the year 2005.
44. Cannavaro became the winner of the award in the year 2006.
45. Kaka also won the title in the year 2007.
46. Cristiano Ronaldo succeeded in winning the award for the first time in the year 2008. Though he also went on to win the title in the following years; 2013, 2014, 2016, and 2017.
47. Messi was lucky to become the winner of the Ballon D’Or award which he won in the following years; 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019, and 2021.
48. Modric also won the title in the year 2018.
49. Benzema won the award in the year 2022 which makes him the most recent winner of the title.
So friends, Which football player do you think will win the award in 2023?