History of Ballon d'Or winners -

The Argentine duo Lionel Messi and Portuguese Cristiano are the most crowned players with the award, as the first won five balls with Barcelona, and the second was crowned with four balls with Real Madrid and one with Manchester United.

The nominations indicate that Lionel Messi won the sixth Ballon d’Or in his football career at the expense of Virgil van Dijk, the Liverpool star.

The winners recorded the Ballon d’Or from 1957 to 2021

2021:Lionel Messi(Barcelona)

2020:No award was given for the year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2019:Lionel Messi(Barcelona)

2018: Luka Modric (Real Madrid).

2017: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid).

2016: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid).

2015: Lionel Messi (Barcelona).

2014: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid).

2013: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid).

2012: Lionel Messi (Barcelona).

2011: Lionel Messi (Barcelona).

2010: Lionel Messi (Barcelona).

2009: Lionel Messi (Barcelona).

2008: Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United).

2007: Brazilian Ricardo Kaka (AC Milan).

2006: Italian Fabio Cannavaro (Real Madrid).

2005: Brazilian Ronaldinho (Barcelona).

2004: Ukrainian Andriy Shevchiko (AC Milan).

2003: Czech Pavel Nedved (Juventus).

2002: Brazilian Ronaldo (Real Madrid).

2001: England’s Michael Owen (Liverpool).

2000: Portuguese Luis Figo (Real Madrid).

1999: Brazilian Rivaldo (Barcelona).

1998: Zinedine Zidane (Juventus).

1997: Brazilian Ronaldo (Inter Milan).

1996: Matthias Sammer (Borussia Dortmund).

1995: Liberian George Weah (AC Milan).

1994: Hristo Stoichkov (Barcelona).

1993: Italian Roberto Baggio (Juventus).

1992: Marco van Basten (AC Milan).

1991: Jean-Pierre Papin, French (Marseille).

1990: German Lothar Matthaus (Inter Milan).

1989: Dutchman Marco van Basten (AC Milan).

1988: Marco van Basten (AC Milan).

1987: Dutchman Ruud Gullit (AC Milan).

1986: Soviet Igor Belanov (Dynamo Kyiv).

1985: Michel Platini (Juventus).

1984: Michel Platini (Juventus).

1983: Michel Platini (Juventus).

1982: Italian Paolo Rossi (Juventus).

1981: Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (Bayern Munich).

1980: Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (Bayern Munich).

1979: England’s Kevin Keegan (Hamburg).

1978: England’s Kevin Keegan (Hamburg).

1977: Denmark’s Allen Simonsen (Borussia Mönchengladbach).

1976: Frank Beckenbauer (Bayern Munich).

1975: Soviet Oleg Blokhin (Dynamo Kyiv).

1974: Johan Cruyff (Barcelona).

1973: Johan Cruyff (Barcelona).

1972: German Franz Benbauer (Bayern Munich).

1971: Johan Cruyff (Barcelona).

1970: Gerd Müllerd (Bayern Munich).

1969: Italian Gianni Rivera (AC Milan).

1968: George Best (Manchester United)

1967: Hungarian Florian Albert (Ferenkvaros).

1966: Bobby Charlton (Manchester United)

1965: Portugal’s Eusebio (Benfica).

1964: Denis Law (Manchester United) Scotsman.

1963: Polish Lev Yashin (Dynamo Moscow).

1962: Czech Josef Masopust (Dukla Bragg).

1961: Italian Omar Sivori (Juventus).

1960: Luis Suarez (Barcelona).

1959: Argentine Alfredo Di Stefano (Real Madrid).