Ballon d'Or Top 3 Players

The Ballon d'Or is an annual football award presented by French news magazine France Football since 1956.

Source: Ballon d'Or

2020 not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic

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1956
1st	England	Stanley Matthews
2nd	Spain	Alfredo Di Stéfano
3rd	France	Raymond Kopa

1957
1st	Spain	Alfredo Di Stéfano
2nd	England	Billy Wright
3rd	England	Duncan Edwards
3rd	France	Raymond Kopa

1958
1st	France	Raymond Kopa
2nd	West Germany	Helmut Rahn
3rd	France	Just Fontaine

1959
1st	Spain	Alfredo Di Stéfano
2nd	France	Raymond Kopa
3rd	Wales	John Charles

1960
1st	Spain	Luis Suárez
2nd	Hungary	Ferenc Puskás
3rd	West Germany	Uwe Seeler

1961
1st	Italy	Omar Sívori
2nd	Spain	Luis Suárez
3rd	England	Johnny Haynes

1962
1st	Czechoslovakia	Josef Masopust
2nd	Portugal	Eusébio
3rd	West Germany	Karl-Heinz Schnellinger

1963
1st	Soviet Union	Lev Yashin
2nd	Italy	Gianni Rivera
3rd	England	Jimmy Greaves

1964
1st	Scotland	Denis Law
2nd	Spain	Luis Suárez
3rd	Spain	Amancio

1965
1st	Portugal	Eusébio
2nd	Italy	Giacinto Facchetti
3rd	Spain	Luis Suárez

1966
1st	England	Bobby Charlton
2nd	Portugal	Eusébio
3rd	West Germany	Franz Beckenbauer

1967
1st	Hungary	Flórián Albert
2nd	England	Bobby Charlton
3rd	Scotland	Jimmy Johnstone

1968
1st	Northern Ireland	George Best
2nd	England	Bobby Charlton
3rd	Yugoslavia	Dragan Džajić

1969
1st	Italy	Gianni Rivera
2nd	Italy	Gigi Riva
3rd	West Germany	Gerd Müller

1970
1st	West Germany	Gerd Müller
2nd	England	Bobby Moore
3rd	Italy	Gigi Riva

1971
1st	Netherlands	Johan Cruyff
2nd	Italy	Sandro Mazzola
3rd	Northern Ireland	George Best

1972
1st	West Germany	Franz Beckenbauer
2nd	West Germany	Gerd Müller
2nd	West Germany	Günter Netzer

1973
1st	Netherlands	Johan Cruyff
2nd	Italy	Dino Zoff
3rd	West Germany	Gerd Müller

1974
1st	Netherlands	Johan Cruyff
2nd	West Germany	Franz Beckenbauer
3rd	Poland	Kazimierz Deyna

1975
1st	Soviet Union	Oleg Blokhin
2nd	West Germany	Franz Beckenbauer
3rd	Netherlands	Johan Cruyff

1976
1st	West Germany	Franz Beckenbauer
2nd	Netherlands	Rob Rensenbrink
3rd	Czechoslovakia	Ivo Viktor

1977
1st	Denmark	Allan Simonsen
2nd	England	Kevin Keegan
3rd	France	Michel Platini

1978
1st	England	Kevin Keegan
2nd	Austria	Hans Krankl
3rd	Netherlands	Rob Rensenbrink

1979
1st	England	Kevin Keegan
2nd	West Germany	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
3rd	Netherlands	Ruud Krol

1980
1st	West Germany	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
2nd	West Germany	Bernd Schuster
3rd	France	Michel Platini

1981
1st	West Germany	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
2nd	West Germany	Paul Breitner
3rd	West Germany	Bernd Schuster

1982
1st	Italy	Paolo Rossi
2nd	France	Alain Giresse
3rd	Poland	Zbigniew Boniek

1983
1st	France	Michel Platini
2nd	Scotland	Kenny Dalglish
3rd	Denmark	Allan Simonsen

1984
1st	France	Michel Platini
2nd	France	Jean Tigana
3rd	Denmark	Preben Elkjær

1985
1st	France	Michel Platini
2nd	Denmark	Preben Elkjær
3rd	West Germany	Bernd Schuster

1986
1st	Soviet Union	Igor Belanov
2nd	England	Gary Lineker
3rd	Spain	Emilio Butragueño

1987
1st	Netherlands	Ruud Gullit
2nd	Portugal	Paulo Futre
3rd	Spain	Emilio Butragueño

1988
1st	Netherlands	Marco van Basten
2nd	Netherlands	Ruud Gullit
3rd	Netherlands	Frank Rijkaard

1989
1st	Netherlands	Marco van Basten
2nd	Italy	Franco Baresi
3rd	Netherlands	Frank Rijkaard

1990
1st	Germany	Lothar Matthäus
2nd	Italy	Salvatore Schillaci
3rd	Germany	Andreas Brehme

1991
1st	France	Jean-Pierre Papin
2nd	Germany	Lothar Matthäus
	Yugoslavia	Dejan Savićević
	Yugoslavia	Darko Pančev

1992
1st	Netherlands	Marco van Basten
2nd	Bulgaria	Hristo Stoichkov
3rd	Netherlands	Dennis Bergkamp

1993
1st	Italy	Roberto Baggio
2nd	Netherlands	Dennis Bergkamp
3rd	France	Eric Cantona

1994
1st	Bulgaria	Hristo Stoichkov
2nd	Italy	Roberto Baggio
3rd	Italy	Paolo Maldini

1995
1st	Liberia	George Weah
2nd	Germany	Jürgen Klinsmann
3rd	Finland	Jari Litmanen

1996
1st	Germany	Matthias Sammer
2nd	Brazil	Ronaldo
3rd	England	Alan Shearer

1997
1st	Brazil	Ronaldo
2nd	Yugoslavia	Predrag Mijatović
3rd	France	Zinedine Zidane

1998
1st	France	Zinedine Zidane
2nd	Croatia	Davor Šuker
3rd	Brazil	Ronaldo

1999
1st	Brazil	Rivaldo
2nd	England	David Beckham
3rd	Ukraine	Andriy Shevchenko

2000
1st	Portugal	Luís Figo
2nd	France	Zinedine Zidane
3rd	Ukraine	Andriy Shevchenko

2001
1st	England	Michael Owen
2nd	Spain	Raúl
3rd	Germany	Oliver Kahn

2002
1st	Brazil	Ronaldo
2nd	Brazil	Roberto Carlos
3rd	Germany	Oliver Kahn

2003
1st	Czech Republic	Pavel Nedvěd
2nd	France	Thierry Henry
3rd	Italy	Paolo Maldini

2004
1st	Ukraine	Andriy Shevchenko
2nd	Portugal	Deco
3rd	Brazil	Ronaldinho

2005
1st	Brazil	Ronaldinho
2nd	England	Frank Lampard
3rd	England	Steven Gerrard

2006
1st	Italy	Fabio Cannavaro
2nd	Italy	Gianluigi Buffon
3rd	France	Thierry Henry

2007
1st	Brazil	Kaká
2nd	Portugal	Cristiano Ronaldo
3rd	Argentina	Lionel Messi

2008
1st	Portugal	Cristiano Ronaldo
2nd	Argentina	Lionel Messi
3rd	Spain	Fernando Torres

2009
1st	Argentina	Lionel Messi
2nd	Portugal	Cristiano Ronaldo
3rd	Spain	Xavi

2010
1st	Argentina	Lionel Messi
2nd	Spain	Andrés Iniesta
3rd	Spain	Xavi

2011
1st	Argentina	Lionel Messi
2nd	Portugal	Cristiano Ronaldo
3rd	Spain	Xavi

2012
1st	Argentina	Lionel Messi
2nd	Portugal	Cristiano Ronaldo
3rd	Spain	Andrés Iniesta

2013
1st	Portugal	Cristiano Ronaldo
2nd	Argentina	Lionel Messi
3rd	France	Franck Ribéry

2014
1st	Portugal	Cristiano Ronaldo
2nd	Argentina	Lionel Messi
3rd	Germany	Manuel Neuer

2015
1st	Argentina	Lionel Messi
2nd	Portugal	Cristiano Ronaldo
3rd	Brazil	Neymar

2016
1st	Portugal	Cristiano Ronaldo
2nd	Argentina	Lionel Messi
3rd	France	Antoine Griezmann

2017
1st	Portugal	Cristiano Ronaldo
2nd	Argentina	Lionel Messi
3rd	Brazil	Neymar

2018
1st	Croatia	Luka Modrić
2nd	Portugal	Cristiano Ronaldo
3rd	France	Antoine Griezmann

2019
1st	Argentina	Lionel Messi
2nd	Netherlands	Virgil van Dijk
3rd	Portugal	Cristiano Ronaldo

2021
1st	Argentina	Lionel Messi
2nd	Poland	Robert Lewandowski
3rd	Italy	Jorginho

2022
1st	France	Karim Benzema
2nd	Senegal	Sadio Mané
3rd	Belgium	Kevin De Bruyne

2023
1st	Argentina	Lionel Messi
2nd	Norway	Erling Haaland
3rd	France	Kylian Mbappe

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