| 1956 |
Stanley Matthews |
England / Blackpool
|
| 1957 |
Alfredo Di Stéfano |
Spain / Real Madrid
|
| 1958 |
Raymond Kopa |
France / Real Madrid
|
| 1959 |
Alfredo Di Stéfano |
Spain / Real Madrid
|
| 1960 |
Luis Suárez |
Spain / F.C. Barcelona
|
| 1961 |
Omar Sivori |
Italy / Juventus
|
| 1962 |
Josef Masopust |
Czechoslovakia / Dukla Prague
|
| 1963 |
Lev Yashin |
USSR / Dynamo Moscow
|
| 1964 |
Denis Law |
Scotland / Manchester United
|
| 1965 |
Eusebio Ferreira da Silva |
Portugal / Benfica
|
| 1966 |
Bobby Charlton |
England / Manchester United
|
| 1967 |
Florian Albert |
Hungary / Ferencvaros
|
| 1968 |
George Best |
Northern Ireland / Manchester United
|
| 1969 |
Gianni Rivera |
Italy / A.C. Milan
|
| 1970 |
Gerd Müller |
Germany / Bayern Munich
|
| 1971 |
Johan Cruijff |
Netherlands / Ajax Amsterdam
|
| 1972 |
Franz Beckenbauer |
Germany / Bayern Munich
|
| 1973 |
Johan Cruijff |
Netherlands / F.C. Barcelona
|
| 1974 |
Johan Cruijff |
Netherlands / F.C. Barcelona
|
| 1975 |
Oleg Blokhin |
USSR / Dynamo Kiev
|
| 1976 |
Franz Beckenbauer |
Germany / Bayern Munich
|
| 1977 |
Allan Simonsen |
Denmark / Borussia Mönchengladbach
|
| 1978 |
Kevin Keegan |
England / Hamburger SV
|
| 1979 |
Kevin Keegan |
England / Hamburger SV
|
| 1980 |
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge |
Germany / Bayern Munich
|
| 1981 |
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge |
Germany / Bayern Munich
|
| 1982 |
Paolo Rossi |
Italy / Juventus
|
| 1983 |
Michel Platini |
France / Juventus
|
| 1984 |
Michel Platini |
France / Juventus
|
| 1985 |
Michel Platini |
France / Juventus
|
| 1986 |
Igor Belanov |
USSR / Dynamo Kiev
|
| 1987 |
Ruud Gullit |
Netherlands / A.C. Milan
|
| 1988 |
Marco van Basten |
Netherlands / A.C. Milan
|
| 1989 |
Marco van Basten |
Netherlands / A.C. Milan
|
| 1990 |
Lothar Matthäus |
Germany / Inter Milan
|
| 1991 |
Jean-Pierre Papin |
France / Olympique Marseille
|
| 1992 |
Marco van Basten |
Netherlands / A.C. Milan
|
| 1993 |
Roberto Baggio |
Italy / Juventus
|
| 1994 |
Hristo Stoitchkov |
Bulgaria / F.C. Barcelona
|
| 1995 |
George Weah |
Liberia / A.C. Milan
|
| 1996 |
Matthias Sammer |
Germany / Borussia Dortmund
|
| 1997 |
Ronaldo |
Brazil / Inter Milan
|
| 1998 |
Zinédine Zidane |
France / Juventus
|
| 1999 |
Rivaldo |
Brazil / F.C. Barcelona
|
| 2000 |
Luís Figo |
Portugal / Real Madrid
|
| 2001 |
Michael Owen |
England / Liverpool
|
| 2002 |
Ronaldo |
Brazil / Real Madrid
|
| 2003 |
Pavel Nedved |
Czech Republic / Juventus
|
| 2004 |
Andriy Shevchenko |
Ukraine / A.C. Milan
|
| 2005 |
Ronaldinho |
Brazil / F.C. Barcelona
|
| 2006 |
Fabio Cannavaro |
Italy / Juventus and Real Madrid
|
| 2007 |
Kaká |
Brazil / Milan
|
| 2008 |
Cristiano Ronaldo |
Portugal / Manchester United
|
| 2009 |
Lionel Messi |
Argentina / Barcelona |
