Ballon d’Or 2024: The 68th edition of the prestigious Ballon d’Or, presented by France Football, will take place at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris on Monday evening.
First introduced in 1956, the Ballon d’Or is the highest individual honor in football. This year, the award ceremony marks a new chapter as it is being organized in collaboration with UEFA for the first time.
Argentine legend Lionel Messi holds the record with eight Ballon d'Or titles. His closest competitor, Cristiano Ronaldo, has claimed the award five times between 2008 and 2017 and received an impressive 18 nominations since 2003.
Before Messi and Ronaldo's era of dominance, only three players—Michel Platini, Johan Cruyff, and Marco van Basten—had won the Ballon d’Or three times each.
For the first time in over two decades, neither Messi nor Ronaldo is in the running for this year’s award. Instead, Real Madrid’s Brazilian forward Vinícius Jr. has emerged as the leading contender to win the 2023-24 Ballon d'Or.
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Ballon d’Or Winners List
Year | Player | Nationality | Club |
1956 | Stanley Matthews | England | Blackpool |
1957 | Alfredo Di Stefano | Argentina/Spain | Real Madrid |
1958 | Raymond Kopa | France | Real Madrid |
1959 | Alfredo Di Stefano | Argentina/Spain | Real Madrid |
1960 | Luis Suárez | Spain | Barcelona |
1961 | Omar Sivori | Italy | Juventus |
1962 | Josef Masopust | Czechoslovakia | Dukla Prague |
1963 | Lev Yashin | Soviet Union | Dynamo Moscow |
1964 | Denis Law | England | Manchester United |
1965 | Eusébio | Portugal | Benfica |
1966 | Bobby Charlton | England | Manchester United |
1967 | Flórián Albert | Hungary | Ferencváros |
1968 | George Best | Northern Ireland | Manchester United |
1969 | Gianni Rivera | Italy | Milan |
1970 | Gerd Müller | West Germany | Bayern Munich |
1971 | Johan Cruyff | Netherlands | Ajax |
1972 | Franz Beckenbauer | West Germany | Bayern Munich |
1973 | Johan Cruyff | Netherlands | Barcelona |
1974 | Johan Cruyff | Netherlands | Barcelona |
1975 | Oleg Blokhin | Soviet Union | Dynamo Kyiv |
1976 | Franz Beckenbauer | West 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 | West Germany | Bayern Munich |
1981 | Karl-Heinz Rummenigge | West 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 | Soviet Union | Dynamo Kyiv |
1987 | Ruud Gullit | Netherlands | Milan |
1988 | Marco van Basten | Netherlands | Milan |
1989 | Marco van Basten | Netherlands | Inter Milan |
1990 | Lothar Matthäus | Germany | Inter Milan |
1991 | Jean-Pierre Papin | France | Marselle |
1992 | Marco van Basten | Netherlands | Inter Milan |
1993 | Roberto Baggio | Italy | Juventus |
1994 | Hristo Stoichkov | Bulgaria | Barcelona |
1995 | George Weah | Liberia | Milan |
1996 | Matthias Sammer | Germany | Borussia Dortmund |
1997 | Ronaldo | Brazil | Inter Milan |
1998 | Zinedine Zidane | France | Juventus |
1999 | Rivaldo | Brazil | Barcelona |
2000 | Luís Figo | Portugal | Real Madrid |
2001 | Michael Owen | England | Liverpool |
2002 | Ronaldo | Brazil | Real Madrid |
2003 | Pavel Nedvěd | Czechia | Juventus |
2004 | Andriy Shevchenko | Ukraine | Milan |
2005 | Ronaldinho | Brazil | Barcelona |
2006 | Fabio Cannavaro | Italy | Real Madrid |
2007 | Kaká | Brazil | Milan |
2008 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | Manchester United |
2009 | Lionel Messi | Argentina | Barcelona |
2010 | Lionel Messi | Argentina | Barcelona |
2011 | Lionel Messi | Argentina | Barcelona |
2012 | Lionel Messi | Argentina | Barcelona |
2013 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | Real Madrid |
2014 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | Real Madrid |
2015 | Lionel Messi | Argentina | Barcelona |
2016 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | Real Madrid |
2017 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | Real Madrid |
2018 | Luka Modric | Croatia | Real Madrid |
2019 | Lionel Messi | Argentina | Barcelona |
2020 | Not awarded | —— |
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2021 | Lionel Messi | Argentina | Paris-Saint Germain |
2022 | Karim Benzema | France | Real Madrid |
2023 | Lionel Messi | Argentina | Inter Miami |
2024 | TBA |
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