Football awards
Ballon d'Or (since 1956), FIFA Best Men's Player (since 1991) and European Golden Shoe (since 1996).
Most decorated players
| # | Player | Ballon d'Or | FIFA Best | Golden Shoe | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lionel Messi | 8 | 8 | 6 | 25 |
| 2 | Cristiano Ronaldo | 5 | 5 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | Ronaldo | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | Unknown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | Robert Lewandowski | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Marco van Basten | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | Michel Platini | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Zinedine Zidane | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Alfredo Di Stéfano | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | François Omam-Biyik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Johan Cruyff | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Karim Benzema | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Luis Suárez | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | Luka Modrić | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 15 | Michael Owen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 16 | Ronaldinho | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | Ruud van Nistelrooy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 18 | Son Heung-min | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 19 | Thierry Henry | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 20 | Alan Shearer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 21 | Andriy Shevchenko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 22 | Christian Vieri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 23 | Ciro Immobile | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 24 | Diego Forlán | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 25 | Diego Maradona | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 26 | Ederson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 27 | Erling Haaland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 28 | Fabio Cannavaro | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 29 | Francesco Totti | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 30 | Franz Beckenbauer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Year | Winner | Country | Club |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Daniel Amokachi |  Nigeria |
Everton |
| 1993 | Rashidi Yekini | Nigeria |
Vitória de Setúbal |
| 1992 | Tony Yeboah |  Ghana |
Eintracht Frankfurt |
| 1991 | François Omam-Biyik |  Cameroon |
Cannes |
| 1990 | François Omam-Biyik | Cameroon |
Rennes |
| 1989 | Kalusha Bwalya |  Zambia |
PSV |
| 1988 | Youssouf Falikou Fofana |  Ivory Coast |
Monaco |
| 1987 | François Omam-Biyik | Cameroon |
Laval |
| 1986 | Roger Milla | Cameroon |
Montpellier |
| 1985 | Ibrahim Youssef |  Egypt |
Zamalek |
| 1984 | Ibrahim Youssef | Egypt |
Zamalek |
| 1983 | Rafiou Moutairou |  Togo |
OC Agaza |
| 1982 | Lakhdar Belloumi |  Algeria |
GC Mascara |
| 1981 | Ali Fergani | Algeria |
JS Kabylie |
| 1980 | Théophile Abega | Cameroon |
Canon Yaoundé |
| 1979 | Kerfalla Bangoura |  Guinea |
Horoya |
| 1978 | Thomas N'Kono | Cameroon |
Canon Yaoundé |
| 1977 | Segun Odegbami | Nigeria |
Shooting Stars |
| 1976 | Ali Bencheikh | Algeria |
MC Alger |
| 1975 | Mamadou Aliou Kéïta | Guinea |
Hafia |
| 1974 | Hassan Shehata | Egypt |
Zamalek |
| 1973 | Laurent Pokou | Ivory Coast |
ASEC Abidjan |
| 1972 | Petit Sory | Guinea |
Hafia |
| 1971 | François Ndoumbé | Cameroon |
Canon Yaoundé |
| 1970 | Ali Abo Greisha | Egypt |
Ismaily |
| Year | Winner | Country | Club |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Son Heung-min |  South Korea |
Tottenham Hotspur |
| 2021 | Son Heung-min | South Korea |
Tottenham Hotspur |
| 2020 | Takumi Minamino |  Japan |
Liverpool |
| 1992 | Mehdi Fonounizadeh |  Iran |
Esteghlal |
| 1991 | Samad Marfavi | Iran |
Esteghlal |
| 1990 | Adnan Al-Talyani |  United Arab Emirates |
Al-Shaab |
| 1989 | Ahmed Radhi |  Iraq |
Al-Rasheed |
| 1988 | Majed Abdullah |  Saudi Arabia |
Al Nassr |
| Year | Winner | Country | Club | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Ousmane Dembélé |  France |
Paris Saint-Germain | Lamine Yamal |
| 2024 | Rodri |  Spain |
Manchester City | Vinícius Júnior |
| 2023 | Lionel Messi |  Argentina |
Paris Saint-Germain / Inter Miami | Erling Haaland |
| 2022 | Karim Benzema | France |
Real Madrid | Sadio Mané |
| 2021 | Lionel Messi | Argentina |
Barcelona / Paris Saint-Germain | Robert Lewandowski |
| 2019 | Lionel Messi | Argentina |
Barcelona | Virgil van Dijk |
| 2018 | Luka Modrić |  Croatia |
Real Madrid | Cristiano Ronaldo |
| 2017 | Cristiano Ronaldo |  Portugal |
Real Madrid | Lionel Messi |
| 2016 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal |
Real Madrid | Lionel Messi |
| 2015 | Lionel Messi | Argentina |
Barcelona | Cristiano Ronaldo |
| 2014 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal |
Real Madrid | Lionel Messi |
| 2013 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal |
Real Madrid | Lionel Messi |
| 2012 | Lionel Messi | Argentina |
Barcelona | Cristiano Ronaldo |
| 2011 | Lionel Messi | Argentina |
Barcelona | Cristiano Ronaldo |
| 2010 | Lionel Messi | Argentina |
Barcelona | Andrés Iniesta |
| 2009 | Lionel Messi | Argentina |
Barcelona | Cristiano Ronaldo |
| 2008 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal |
Manchester United | Lionel Messi |
| 2007 | Kaká |  Brazil |
Milan | Cristiano Ronaldo |
| 2006 | Fabio Cannavaro |  Italy |
Real Madrid | Gianluigi Buffon |
| 2005 | Ronaldinho | Brazil |
Barcelona | Frank Lampard |
| 2004 | Andriy Shevchenko |  Ukraine |
Milan | Deco |
| 2003 | Pavel Nedvěd |  Czech Republic |
Juventus | Thierry Henry |
| 2002 | Ronaldo | Brazil |
Real Madrid | Roberto Carlos |
| 2001 | Michael Owen |  England |
Liverpool | Raúl |
| 2000 | Luís Figo | Portugal |
Real Madrid | Zinedine Zidane |
| 1999 | Rivaldo | Brazil |
Barcelona | David Beckham |
| 1998 | Zinedine Zidane | France |
Juventus | Davor Šuker |
| 1997 | Ronaldo | Brazil |
Inter Milan | Predrag Mijatović |
| 1996 | Matthias Sammer |  Germany |
Borussia Dortmund | Ronaldo |
| 1995 | George Weah |  Liberia |
Milan | Jürgen Klinsmann |
| 1994 | Hristo Stoichkov |  Bulgaria |
Barcelona | Roberto Baggio |
| 1993 | Roberto Baggio | Italy |
Juventus | Dennis Bergkamp |
| 1992 | Marco van Basten |  Netherlands |
Milan | Hristo Stoichkov |
| 1991 | Jean-Pierre Papin | France |
Marseille | Dejan Savićević |
| 1990 | Lothar Matthäus | Germany |
Inter Milan | Salvatore Schillaci |
| 1989 | Marco van Basten | Netherlands |
Milan | Franco Baresi |
| 1988 | Marco van Basten | Netherlands |
Milan | Ruud Gullit |
| 1987 | Ruud Gullit | Netherlands |
Milan | Paulo Futre |
| 1986 | Igor Belanov |  Soviet Union |
Dynamo Kyiv | Gary Lineker |
| 1985 | Michel Platini | France |
Juventus | Preben Elkjær |
| 1984 | Michel Platini | France |
Juventus | Jean Tigana |
| 1983 | Michel Platini | France |
Juventus | Kenny Dalglish |
| 1982 | Paolo Rossi | Italy |
Juventus | Alain Giresse |
| 1981 | Karl-Heinz Rummenigge | West Germany |
Bayern Munich | Paul Breitner |
| 1980 | Karl-Heinz Rummenigge | West Germany |
Bayern Munich | Bernd Schuster |
| 1979 | Kevin Keegan | England |
Hamburger SV | Karl-Heinz Rummenigge |
| 1978 | Kevin Keegan | England |
Hamburger SV | Hans Krankl |
| 1977 | Allan Simonsen |  Denmark |
Borussia Mönchengladbach | Kevin Keegan |
| 1976 | Franz Beckenbauer | West Germany |
Bayern Munich | Rob Rensenbrink |
| 1975 | Oleg Blokhin | Soviet Union |
Dynamo Kyiv | Franz Beckenbauer |
| 1974 | Johan Cruyff | Netherlands |
Barcelona | Franz Beckenbauer |
| 1973 | Johan Cruyff | Netherlands |
Barcelona | Dino Zoff |
| 1972 | Franz Beckenbauer | West Germany |
Bayern Munich | Gerd Müller |
| 1971 | Johan Cruyff | Netherlands |
Ajax | Sandro Mazzola |
| 1970 | Gerd Müller | West Germany |
Bayern Munich | Bobby Moore |
| 1969 | Gianni Rivera | Italy |
Milan | Gigi Riva |
| 1968 | George Best |  Northern Ireland |
Manchester United | Bobby Charlton |
| 1967 | Flórián Albert |  Hungary |
Ferencváros | Bobby Charlton |
| 1966 | Bobby Charlton | England |
Manchester United | Eusébio |
| 1965 | Eusébio | Portugal |
Benfica | Giacinto Facchetti |
| 1964 | Denis Law |  Scotland |
Manchester United | Luis Suárez |
| 1963 | Lev Yashin | Soviet Union |
Dynamo Moscow | Gianni Rivera |
| 1962 | Josef Masopust | Czechoslovakia |
Dukla Prague | Eusébio |
| 1961 | Omar Sívori | Italy |
Juventus | Luis Suárez |
| 1960 | Luis Suárez | Spain |
Barcelona | Ferenc Puskás |
| 1959 | Alfredo Di Stéfano | Spain |
Real Madrid | Raymond Kopa |
| 1958 | Raymond Kopa | France |
Real Madrid | Helmut Rahn |
| 1957 | Alfredo Di Stéfano | Spain |
Real Madrid | Billy Wright |
| 1956 | Stanley Matthews | England |
Blackpool | Alfredo Di Stéfano |
| Year | Winner | Country | Club | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Mateo Retegui | Italy[b] | Atalanta | 25 |
| 2023 | Lautaro Martínez | Argentina | Inter Milan | 24 |
| 2022 | Victor Osimhen | Nigeria | Napoli | 26 |
| 2021 | Ciro Immobile (4) | Italy | Lazio | 27 |
| 2020 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | Juventus | 29 |
| 2019 | Ciro Immobile (3) | Italy | Lazio | 36 |
| 2018 | Fabio Quagliarella | Italy | Sampdoria | 26 |
| 2017 | Mauro Icardi (2)Ciro Immobile (2) | Argentina Italy | Inter MilanLazio | 29 |
| 2016 | Edin Džeko | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Roma | 29 |
| 2015 | Gonzalo Higuaín | Argentina | Napoli | 36 |
| 2014 | Mauro IcardiLuca Toni (2) | Argentina Italy | Inter MilanHellas Verona | 22 |
| 2013 | Ciro Immobile | Italy | Torino | 22 |
| 2012 | Edinson Cavani | Uruguay | Napoli | 29 |
| 2011 | Zlatan Ibrahimović (2) | Sweden | AC Milan | 28 |
| 2010 | Antonio Di Natale (2) | Italy | Udinese | 28 |
| 2009 | Antonio Di Natale | Italy | Udinese | 29 |
| 2008 | Zlatan Ibrahimović | Sweden | Inter Milan | 25 |
| 2007 | Alessandro Del Piero | Italy | Juventus | 21 |
| 2006 | Francesco Totti | Italy | Roma | 26 |
| 2005 | Luca Toni | Italy | Fiorentina | 31 |
| 2004 | Cristiano Lucarelli | Italy | Livorno | 24 |
| 2003 | Andriy Shevchenko (2) | Ukraine | AC Milan | 24 |
| 2002 | Christian Vieri | Italy | Inter Milan | 24 |
| 2001 | David TrezeguetDario Hübner | France Italy | JuventusPiacenza | 24 |
| 2000 | Hernán Crespo | Argentina | Lazio | 26 |
| 1999 | Andriy Shevchenko | Ukraine | AC Milan | 24 |
| 1998 | Márcio Amoroso | Brazil | Udinese | 22 |
| 1997 | Oliver Bierhoff | Germany | Udinese | 27 |
| 1996 | Filippo Inzaghi | Italy | Atalanta | 24 |
| 1995 | Igor ProttiGiuseppe Signori (3) | Italy Italy | BariLazio | 24 |
| 1994 | Gabriel Batistuta | Argentina | Fiorentina | 26 |
| 1993 | Giuseppe Signori (2) | Italy | Lazio | 23 |
| 1992 | Giuseppe Signori | Italy | Lazio | 26 |
| 1991 | Marco van Basten (2) | Netherlands | AC Milan | 25 |
| 1990 | Gianluca Vialli | Italy | Sampdoria | 19 |
| 1989 | Marco van Basten | Netherlands | AC Milan | 19 |
| 1988 | Aldo Serena | Italy | Inter Milan | 22 |
| 1987 | Diego Maradona | Argentina | Napoli | 15 |
| 1986 | Pietro Paolo Virdis | Italy | AC Milan | 17 |
| 1985 | Roberto Pruzzo (3) | Italy | Roma | 19 |
| 1984 | Michel Platini (3) | France | Juventus | 18 |
| 1983 | Michel Platini (2) | France | Juventus | 20 |
| 1982 | Michel Platini | France | Juventus | 16 |
| 1981 | Roberto Pruzzo (2) | Italy | Roma | 15 |
| 1980 | Roberto Pruzzo | Italy | Roma | 18 |
| 1979 | Roberto Bettega | Italy | Juventus | 16 |
| 1978 | Bruno Giordano | Italy | Lazio | 19 |
| 1977 | Paolo Rossi | Italy | Vicenza | 24 |
| 1976 | Francesco Graziani | Italy | Torino | 21 |
| 1975 | Paolino Pulici (3) | Italy | Torino | 21 |
| 1974 | Paolino Pulici (2) | Italy | Torino | 18 |
| 1973 | Giorgio Chinaglia | Italy | Lazio | 24 |
| 1972 | Giuseppe SavoldiPaolino PuliciGianni Rivera | Italy Italy Italy | BolognaTorinoAC Milan | 17 |
| 1971 | Roberto Boninsegna (2) | Italy | Inter Milan | 22 |
| 1970 | Roberto Boninsegna | Italy | Inter Milan | 24 |
| 1969 | Gigi Riva (3) | Italy | Cagliari | 21 |
| 1968 | Gigi Riva (2) | Italy | Cagliari | 21 |
| 1967 | Pierino Prati | Italy | AC Milan | 15 |
| 1966 | Gigi Riva | Italy | Cagliari | 18 |
| 1965 | Luís Vinício | Brazil | Vicenza | 25 |
| 1964 | Sandro MazzolaAlberto Orlando | Italy Italy | Inter MilanFiorentina | 17 |
| 1963 | Harald Nielsen (2) | Denmark | Bologna | 21 |
| 1962 | Harald NielsenPedro Manfredini | Denmark Argentina | BolognaRoma | 19 |
| 1961 | José AltafiniAurelio Milani | Italy[b] Italy | AC MilanFiorentina | 22 |
| 1960 | Sergio Brighenti | Italy | Sampdoria | 27 |
| 1959 | Omar Sívori | Argentina | Juventus | 28 |
| 1958 | Antonio Valentín Angelillo | Argentina | Inter Milan | 33 |
| 1957 | John Charles | Wales | Juventus | 28 |
| 1956 | Dino da Costa | Brazil | Roma | 22 |
| 1955 | Gino Pivatelli | Italy | Bologna | 29 |
| 1954 | Gunnar Nordahl (5) | Sweden | AC Milan | 27 |
| 1953 | Gunnar Nordahl (4) | Sweden | AC Milan | 23 |
| 1952 | Gunnar Nordahl (3) | Sweden | AC Milan | 26 |
| 1951 | John Hansen | Denmark | Juventus | 30 |
| 1950 | Gunnar Nordahl (2) | Sweden | AC Milan | 34 |
| 1949 | Gunnar Nordahl | Sweden | AC Milan | 35 |
| 1948 | István Nyers | Hungary |
Inter Milan | 26 |
| 1947 | Giampiero Boniperti | Italy | Juventus | 27 |
| 1946 | Valentino Mazzola | Italy | Torino | 29 |
| 1945 | Guglielmo Gabetto | Italy |
Torino | 22 |
| 1943 | Not awarded | — | — | |
| 1942 | Silvio Piola (2) | Italy |
Lazio | 21 |
| 1941 | Aldo Boffi (3) | Italy |
AC Milan | 22 |
| 1940 | Ettore Puricelli (2) | Italy[b] | Bologna | 22 |
| 1939 | Aldo Boffi (2) | Italy |
AC Milan | 24 |
| 1938 | Ettore PuricelliAldo Boffi | Uruguay Italy | BolognaAC Milan | 19 |
| 1937 | Giuseppe Meazza (3) | Italy |
Ambrosiana-Inter | 20 |
| 1936 | Silvio Piola | Italy |
Lazio | 21 |
| 1935 | Giuseppe Meazza (2) | Italy |
Ambrosiana-Inter | 25 |
| 1934 | Enrique Guaita | Italy[b] | Roma | 28 |
| 1933 | Felice Borel (2) | Italy |
Juventus | 32 |
| 1932 | Felice Borel | Italy |
Juventus | 29 |
| 1931 | Angelo SchiavioPedro Petrone | Italy Uruguay | BolognaFiorentina | 25 |
| 1930 | Rodolfo Volk | Italy |
Roma | 28 |
| 1929 | Giuseppe Meazza | Italy |
Ambrosiana-Inter | 31 |
| 1928 | Gino Rossetti | Italy |
Torino | 36 |
| 1927 | Julio Libonatti | Italy[b] | Torino | 36 |
| 1926 | Anton Powolny | Austria | Inter Milan | 22 |
| 1925 | Ferenc Hirzer | Hungary |
Juventus | 35 |
| 1924 | Mario Magnozzi | Italy |
Livorno | 19 |
| 1923 | Heinrich Schönfeld | Austria | Torino | 22 |
| 1922 | Fulvio Bernardini | Italy |
Lazio | 24 |
| 1921 | Unknown | — | — | |
| 1920 | Luigi Cevenini (3) | Italy |
Inter Milan | 31 |
| 1919 | Luigi Cevenini (2) | Italy |
Inter Milan | 23 |
| 1915 | Not awarded | — | — | |
| 1914 | Unknown | — | — | |
| 1913 | Luigi Cevenini | Italy |
Inter Milan | 37 |
| 1912 | Unknown | — | — | |
| 1911 | Carlo Rampini | Italy |
Pro Vercelli | 28 |
| 1910 | Unknown | — | — | |
| 1909 | Ernest Peterly | Switzerland | Inter Milan | 22 |
| 1908 | Mario Cagliani | Italy |
US Milanese | 4 |
| 1907 | Hans Kämpfer | Switzerland | Torino | 7 |
| 1906 | Guido Pedroni | Italy |
AC Milan | 3 |
| 1905 | Unknown | — | — | |
| 1904 | Unknown[a] | Juventus | ||
| 1903 | Umberto Malvano (2) | Italy |
Juventus | 4 |
| 1902 | Unknown | — | — | |
| 1901 | Umberto Malvano | Italy |
Juventus | 4 |
| 1900 | Unknown | — | — |
| Year | Winner | Country | Club | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Kylian Mbappé | France |
Real Madrid | 31 goals |
| 2024 | Harry Kane | England |
Bayern Munich | 36 goals |
| 2023 | Erling Haaland |  Norway |
Manchester City | 36 goals |
| 2022 | Robert Lewandowski |  Poland |
Bayern Munich | 35 goals |
| 2021 | Robert Lewandowski | Poland |
Bayern Munich | 41 goals |
| 2020 | Ciro Immobile | Italy |
Lazio | 36 goals |
| 2019 | Lionel Messi | Argentina |
Barcelona | 36 goals |
| 2018 | Lionel Messi | Argentina |
Barcelona | 34 goals |
| 2017 | Lionel Messi | Argentina |
Barcelona | 37 goals |
| 2016 | Luis Suárez |  Uruguay |
Barcelona | 40 goals |
| 2015 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal |
Real Madrid | 48 goals |
| 2014 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal |
Real Madrid | 31 goals |
| 2013 | Lionel Messi | Argentina |
Barcelona | 46 goals |
| 2012 | Lionel Messi | Argentina |
Barcelona | 50 goals |
| 2011 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal |
Real Madrid | 40 goals |
| 2010 | Lionel Messi | Argentina |
Barcelona | 34 goals |
| 2009 | Diego Forlán | Uruguay |
Atlético Madrid | 32 goals |
| 2008 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal |
Manchester United | 31 goals |
| 2007 | Francesco Totti | Italy |
Roma | 26 goals |
| 2006 | Luca Toni | Italy |
Fiorentina | 31 goals |
| 2005 | Thierry Henry | France |
Arsenal | 25 goals |
| 2004 | Thierry Henry | France |
Arsenal | 30 goals |
| 2003 | Roy Makaay | Netherlands |
Deportivo La Coruña | 29 goals |
| 2002 | Mário Jardel | Brazil |
Sporting CP | 42 goals |
| 2001 | Henrik Larsson |  Sweden |
Celtic | 35 goals |
| 2000 | Kevin Phillips | England |
Sunderland | 30 goals |
| 1999 | Mário Jardel | Brazil |
Porto | 36 goals |
| 1998 | Nikos Machlas |  Greece |
Vitesse | 34 goals |
| 1997 | Ronaldo | Brazil |
Barcelona | 34 goals |
| 1996 | Zviad Endeladze |  Georgia |
Margveti Zestafoni | 40 goals |
| Year | Winner | Country | Club |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Vinícius Júnior | Brazil |
Real Madrid |
| 2023 | Lionel Messi | Argentina |
Inter Miami |
| 2022 | Lionel Messi | Argentina |
Paris Saint-Germain |
| 2021 | Robert Lewandowski | Poland |
Bayern Munich |
| 2020 | Robert Lewandowski | Poland |
Bayern Munich |
| 2019 | Lionel Messi | Argentina |
Barcelona |
| 2018 | Luka Modrić | 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 | Ronaldinho | Brazil |
Barcelona |
| 2003 | Zinedine Zidane | France |
Real Madrid |
| 2002 | Ronaldo | Brazil |
Real Madrid |
| 2001 | Luís Figo | Portugal |
Real Madrid |
| 2000 | Zinedine Zidane | France |
Juventus |
| 1999 | Rivaldo | Brazil |
Barcelona |
| 1998 | Zinedine Zidane | France |
Juventus |
| 1997 | Ronaldo | Brazil |
Inter Milan |
| 1996 | Ronaldo | Brazil |
Barcelona |
| 1995 | George Weah | Liberia |
Milan |
| 1994 | Romário | Brazil |
Barcelona |
| 1993 | Roberto Baggio | Italy |
Juventus |
| 1992 | Marco van Basten | Netherlands |
Milan |
| 1991 | Lothar Matthäus | Germany |
Inter Milan |
| Year | Winner | Country | Club |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Caroline Weir | Scotland |
— |
| 2018 | Giorgian de Arrascaeta | Uruguay |
— |
| 2016 | Hlompho Kekana |  South Africa |
— |
| 2013 | Nemanja Matić |  Serbia |
— |
| 2011 | Zlatan Ibrahimović | Sweden |
— |
| 2010 | Neymar | Brazil |
— |
| 2009 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal |
— |
| Year | Winner | Country | Club | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Kylian Mbappé | France |
Real Madrid | 31 |
| 2023 | Artem Dovbyk | Ukraine |
Girona | 24 |
| 2022 | Robert Lewandowski | Poland |
Barcelona | 23 |
| 2021 | Karim Benzema | France |
Real Madrid | 27 |
| 2020 | Lionel Messi (8) | Argentina |
Barcelona | 30 |
| 2019 | Lionel Messi (7) | Argentina |
Barcelona | 25 |
| 2018 | Lionel Messi (6) | Argentina |
Barcelona | 36 |
| 2017 | Lionel Messi (5) | Argentina |
Barcelona | 34 |
| 2016 | Lionel Messi (4) | Argentina |
Barcelona | 37 |
| 2015 | Luis Suárez | Uruguay |
Barcelona | 40 |
| 2014 | Cristiano Ronaldo (3) | Portugal |
Real Madrid | 48 |
| 2013 | Cristiano Ronaldo (2) | Portugal |
Real Madrid | 31 |
| 2012 | Lionel Messi (3) | Argentina |
Barcelona | 46 |
| 2011 | Lionel Messi (2) | Argentina |
Barcelona | 50 |
| 2010 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal |
Real Madrid | 40[5][y] |
| 2009 | Lionel Messi | Argentina |
Barcelona | 34 |
| 2008 | Diego Forlán (2) | Uruguay |
Atlético Madrid | 32 |
| 2007 | Dani Güiza | Spain |
Mallorca | 27 |
| 2006 | Ruud van Nistelrooy | Netherlands |
Real Madrid | 25 |
| 2005 | Samuel Eto'o | Cameroon |
Barcelona | 26 |
| 2004 | Diego Forlán | Uruguay |
Villarreal | 25[x] |
| 2003 | Ronaldo (2) | Brazil |
Real Madrid | 25 |
| 2002 | Roy Makaay | Netherlands |
Deportivo La Coruña | 29 |
| 2001 | Diego Tristán | Spain |
Deportivo La Coruña | 21[w] |
| 2000 | Raúl (2) | Spain |
Real Madrid | 24 |
| 1999 | Salva | Spain |
Racing Santander | 27 |
| 1998 | Raúl | Spain |
Real Madrid | 25 |
| 1997 | Christian Vieri | Italy |
Atlético Madrid | 24 |
| 1996 | Ronaldo | Brazil |
Barcelona | 34 |
| 1995 | Juan Antonio Pizzi | Spain |
Tenerife | 31 |
| 1994 | Iván Zamorano |  Chile |
Real Madrid | 28 |
| 1993 | Romário | Brazil |
Barcelona | 30 |
| 1992 | Bebeto | Brazil |
Deportivo La Coruña | 29 |
| 1991 | Manolo | Spain |
Atlético Madrid | 27 |
| 1990 | Emilio Butragueño | Spain |
Real Madrid | 19 |
| 1989 | Hugo Sánchez (5) |  Mexico |
Real Madrid | 38 |
| 1988 | Baltazar | Brazil |
Atlético Madrid | 35 |
| 1987 | Hugo Sánchez (4) | Mexico |
Real Madrid | 29 |
| 1986 | Hugo Sánchez (3) | Mexico |
Real Madrid | 34 |
| 1985 | Hugo Sánchez (2) | Mexico |
Real Madrid | 22 |
| 1984 | Hugo Sánchez | Mexico |
Atlético Madrid | 19 |
| 1983 | Juanito | Spain |
Real Madrid | 17 |
| 1982 | Poli Rincón | Spain |
Real Betis | 20 |
| 1981 | Quini (5) | Spain |
Barcelona | 26[v] |
| 1980 | Quini (4) | Spain |
Barcelona | 20 |
| 1979 | Quini (3) | Spain |
Sporting Gijón | 24 |
| 1978 | Hans Krankl |  Austria |
Barcelona | 29 |
| 1977 | Mario Kempes (2) | Argentina |
Valencia | 28 |
| 1976 | Mario Kempes | Argentina |
Valencia | 24 |
| 1975 | Quini (2) | Francoist Spain | Sporting Gijón | 18[u] |
| 1974 | Carlos | Francoist Spain | Athletic Bilbao | 19 |
| 1973 | Quini | Francoist Spain | Sporting Gijón | 20 |
| 1972 | Marianín | Francoist Spain | Oviedo | 19 |
| 1971 | Enrique Porta | Francoist Spain | Granada | 20 |
| 1970 | Carles Rexach | Francoist Spain | Barcelona | 17 |
| 1969 | José Eulogio Gárate (2) | Francoist Spain | Atlético Madrid | 16 |
| 1968 | José Eulogio Gárate | Francoist Spain | Atlético Madrid | 14 |
| 1967 | Fidel Uriarte | Francoist Spain | Athletic Bilbao | 22 |
| 1966 | Waldo | Brazil |
Valencia | 24 |
| 1965 | Vavá II | Francoist Spain | Elche | 19[t] |
| 1964 | Cayetano Ré |  Paraguay |
Barcelona | 25[s] |
| 1963 | Ferenc Puskás (4) | Hungary |
Real Madrid | 20[r] |
| 1962 | Ferenc Puskás (3) | Hungary |
Real Madrid | 26 |
| 1961 | Juan Seminario |  Peru |
Zaragoza | 25 |
| 1960 | Ferenc Puskás (2) | Hungary |
Real Madrid | 27[q] |
| 1959 | Ferenc Puskás | Hungary |
Real Madrid | 26[p] |
| 1958 | Alfredo Di Stéfano (5) | Francoist Spain | Real Madrid | 23 |
| 1957 | Alfredo Di Stéfano (4) | Francoist Spain | Real Madrid | 19 |
| 1956 | Alfredo Di Stéfano (3) | Francoist Spain | Real Madrid | 31 |
| 1955 | Alfredo Di Stéfano (2) | Argentina |
Real Madrid | 24 |
| 1954 | Juan Arza | Francoist Spain | Sevilla | 28 |
| 1953 | Alfredo Di Stéfano | Argentina |
Real Madrid | 27 |
| 1952 | Telmo Zarra (6) | Francoist Spain | Athletic Bilbao | 24 |
| 1951 | Pahiño (2) | Francoist Spain | Real Madrid | 28 |
| 1950 | Telmo Zarra (5) | Francoist Spain | Athletic Bilbao | 38 |
| 1949 | Telmo Zarra (4) | Francoist Spain | Athletic Bilbao | 25[o] |
| 1948 | César | Francoist Spain | Barcelona | 28[n] |
| 1947 | Pahiño | Francoist Spain | Celta Vigo | 23[m] |
| 1946 | Telmo Zarra (3) | Francoist Spain | Athletic Bilbao | 34[l] |
| 1945 | Telmo Zarra (2) | Francoist Spain | Athletic Bilbao | 24 |
| 1944 | Telmo Zarra | Francoist Spain | Athletic Bilbao | 19[k] |
| 1943 | Mundo (2) | Francoist Spain | Valencia | 27[j] |
| 1942 | Mariano Martín | Francoist Spain | Barcelona | 32[i] |
| 1941 | Mundo | Francoist Spain | Valencia | 27 |
| 1940 | Pruden | Francoist Spain | Atlético Madrid | 30[h] |
| 1939 | Victorio Unamuno | Francoist Spain | Athletic Bilbao | 20 |
| 1935 | Isidro Lángara (3) | Second Spanish Republic | Oviedo | 28[g] |
| 1934 | Isidro Lángara (2) | Second Spanish Republic | Oviedo | 26[f] |
| 1933 | Isidro Lángara | Second Spanish Republic | Oviedo | 27[e] |
| 1932 | Manuel Olivares | Second Spanish Republic | Real Madrid | 16 |
| 1931 | Guillermo Gorostiza (2) | Second Spanish Republic | Athletic Bilbao | 12[d] |
| 1930 | Bata | Spain |
Athletic Bilbao | 27 |
| 1929 | Guillermo Gorostiza | Spain |
Athletic Bilbao | 19[c] |
| Year | Winner | Country | Club | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Mohamed Salah (4) | Egypt | Liverpool§ | 29 |
| 2023 | Erling Haaland (2) | Norway | Manchester City§ | 27 |
| 2022 | Erling Haaland‡ | Norway | Manchester City§ | 36# |
| 2021 | Son Heung-min | South Korea | Tottenham Hotspur | 23 |
| 2020 | Harry Kane (3) | England | Tottenham Hotspur | 23 |
| 2019 | Jamie Vardy | England | Leicester City | 23 |
| 2018 | Mohamed Salah (2) | Egypt | Liverpool | 22 |
| 2017 | Mohamed Salah | Egypt | Liverpool | 32 |
| 2016 | Harry Kane (2) | England | Tottenham Hotspur | 29 |
| 2015 | Harry Kane | England | Tottenham Hotspur | 25 |
| 2014 | Sergio Agüero | Argentina | Manchester City | 26 |
| 2013 | Luis Suárez‡ | Uruguay | Liverpool | 31 |
| 2012 | Robin van Persie (2) | Netherlands | Manchester United§ | 26 |
| 2011 | Robin van Persie | Netherlands | Arsenal | 30 |
| 2010 | Dimitar Berbatov | Bulgaria | Manchester United§ | 20 |
| 2009 | Didier Drogba (2) | Ivory Coast | Chelsea§ | 29 |
| 2008 | Nicolas Anelka | France | Chelsea | 19 |
| 2007 | Cristiano Ronaldo‡ | Portugal | Manchester United§ | 31 |
| 2006 | Didier Drogba | Ivory Coast | Chelsea | 20 |
| 2005 | Thierry Henry (4) | France | Arsenal | 27 |
| 2004 | Thierry Henry‡ (3) | France | Arsenal | 25 |
| 2003 | Thierry Henry‡ (2) | France | Arsenal§ | 30 |
| 2002 | Ruud van Nistelrooy | Netherlands | Manchester United§ | 25 |
| 2001 | Thierry Henry | France | Arsenal§ | 24 |
| 2000 | Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (2) | Netherlands | Chelsea | 23 |
| 1999 | Kevin Phillips‡ | England | Sunderland | 30 |
| 1998 | Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink | Netherlands | Leeds United | 18 |
| 1997 | Michael Owen | England | Liverpool | 18 |
| 1996 | Alan Shearer (3) | England | Newcastle United | 25 |
| 1995 | Alan Shearer (2) | England | Blackburn Rovers | 31 |
| 1994 | Alan Shearer | England | Blackburn Rovers§ | 34 |
| 1993 | Andy Cole | England | Newcastle United | 34 |
| 1992 | Teddy Sheringham | England | Tottenham Hotspur[C] | 22 |
| Year | Winner | Country | Club |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Mohamed Salah (2) | Egypt |
Liverpool§ |
| 2023 | Phil Foden | England |
Manchester City§ |
| 2022 | Erling Haaland# | Norway |
Manchester City§ |
| 2021 | Kevin De Bruyne (2) |  Belgium |
Manchester City§ |
| 2020 | Rúben Dias | Portugal |
Manchester City§ |
| 2019 | Kevin De Bruyne (1) | Belgium |
Manchester City |
| 2018 | Virgil van Dijk | Netherlands |
Liverpool |
| 2017 | Mohamed Salah (1) | Egypt |
Liverpool |
| 2016 | N'Golo Kanté | France |
Chelsea§ |
| 2015 | Jamie Vardy | England |
Leicester City§ |
| 2014 | Eden Hazard | Belgium |
Chelsea§ |
| 2013 | Luis Suárez† | Uruguay |
Liverpool |
| 2012 | Gareth Bale |  Wales |
Tottenham Hotspur |
| 2011 | Vincent Kompany | Belgium |
Manchester City§ |
| 2010 | Nemanja Vidić (2) | Serbia |
Manchester United§ |
| 2009 | Wayne Rooney | England |
Manchester United |
| 2008 | Nemanja Vidić (1) | Serbia |
Manchester United§ |
| 2007 | Cristiano Ronaldo‡(2) | Portugal |
Manchester United§ |
| 2006 | Cristiano Ronaldo (1) | Portugal |
Manchester United§ |
| 2005 | Thierry Henry (2) | France |
Arsenal |
| 2004 | Frank Lampard | England |
Chelsea§ |
| 2003 | Thierry Henry† (1) | France |
Arsenal§ |
| 2002 | Ruud van Nistelrooy | Netherlands |
Manchester United§ |
| 2001 | Freddie Ljungberg | Sweden |
Arsenal§ |
| 2000 | Patrick Vieira | France |
Arsenal |
| 1999 | Kevin Phillips† | England |
Sunderland |
| 1998 | Dwight Yorke |  Trinidad and Tobago |
Manchester United§ |
| 1997 | Michael Owen | England |
Liverpool |
| 1996 | Juninho Paulista | Brazil |
Middlesbrough |
| 1995 | Peter Schmeichel | Denmark |
Manchester United§ |
| 1994 | Alan Shearer | England |
Blackburn Rovers§ |
| Year | Winner | Country | Club |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Claudio Borghi | Argentina |
Argentinos Juniors |
| 1984 | Ricardo Bochini | Argentina |
Independiente |
| 1983 | Éder | Brazil |
Atlético Mineiro |
| 1982 | Diego Maradona | Argentina |
Barcelona |
| 1981 | Júnior | Brazil |
Flamengo |
| 1980 | Waldemar Victorino | Uruguay |
Nacional |
| 1979 | Falcão | Brazil |
Internacional |
| 1978 | Dirceu | Brazil |
América |
| 1977 | Elías Figueroa | Chile |
Palestino |
| 1976 | Rivellino | Brazil |
Fluminense |
| 1975 | Fernando Morena | Uruguay |
Peñarol |
| 1974 | Carlos Babington | Argentina |
SG Wattenscheid 09 |
| 1973 | Rivellino | Brazil |
Corinthians |
| 1972 | Jairzinho | Brazil |
Botafogo |
| 1971 | Luis Artime | Argentina |
Nacional |
| Year | Winner | Country | Club |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Erling Haaland | Norway |
Manchester City |
| 2021 | Karim Benzema | France |
Real Madrid |
| 2020 | Jorginho | Italy |
Chelsea |
| 2019 | Robert Lewandowski | Poland |
Bayern Munich |
| 2018 | Virgil van Dijk | Netherlands |
Liverpool |
| 2017 | Luka Modrić | Croatia |
Real Madrid |
| 2016 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal |
Real Madrid |
| 2015 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal |
Real Madrid |
| 2014 | Lionel Messi | Argentina |
Barcelona |
| 2013 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal |
Real Madrid |
| 2012 | Franck Ribéry | France |
Bayern Munich |
| 2011 | Andrés Iniesta | Spain |
Barcelona |
| 2010 | Lionel Messi | Argentina |
Barcelona |
| Year | Winner | Country | Club |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Yann Sommer |  Switzerland |
Inter Milan |
| 2024 | Andriy Lunin | Ukraine |
Real Madrid |
| 2023 | Yassine Bounou |  Morocco |
Sevilla |
| 2022 | Ederson | Brazil |
Manchester City |
| 2021 | Jan Oblak |  Slovenia |
Atlético Madrid |
| 2019 | Ederson | Brazil |
Manchester City |