The Ballon d’Or 2023 will be held on 30 October 2023 at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris, France. Ballon d’Or, a distinguished annual football accolade, has been presented by the esteemed French news magazine, France Football, since its inception in 1956. Notably, from 2010 to 2015, a historic collaboration with FIFA led to the temporary amalgamation of this prestigious award with the FIFA World Player of the Year, established in 1991, resulting in the creation of the FIFA Ballon d’Or.
However, in 2016, this partnership concluded, prompting the award’s reversion to its original title, the Ballon d’Or, while FIFA resumed its independent presentation of the annual award known as The Best FIFA Men’s Player. It’s important to note that those who received the joint FIFA Ballon d’Or are universally acknowledged as victors by both awarding bodies. The Ballon d’Or is widely esteemed as the paramount individual recognition in the realm of football. Nonetheless, critics have voiced concerns, characterizing the award as a “popularity contest.” These critics take issue with its voting process, highlighting the challenge of singling out an individual in a sport that inherently thrives on teamwork and collective effort.
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Ballon d’Or 2023 Winners
The Ballon d’Or 2023 winners haven’t been announced yet. Here is the list of nominees for the 2023 iteration:
|
Player |
Nationality |
Position |
Club |
|
Bernardo Silva |
Portugal |
Midfielder |
Manchester City |
|
Mohamed Salah |
Egypt |
Forward |
Liverpool |
|
Bukayo Saka |
England |
Forward |
Arsenal |
|
Rodri |
Spain |
Midfielder |
Manchester City |
|
Victor Osimhen |
Nigeria |
Forward |
Napoli |
|
André Onana |
Cameroon |
Goalkeeper |
Manchester United[j] |
|
Martin Ødegaard |
Norway |
Midfielder |
Arsenal |
|
Jamal Musiala |
Germany |
Midfielder |
Bayern Munich |
|
Luka Modrić |
Croatia |
Midfielder |
Real Madrid |
|
Kim Min-jae |
South Korea |
Defender |
Manchester United |
|
Lionel Messi |
Argentina |
Forward |
Inter Miami |
|
Kylian Mbappé |
France |
Forward |
Paris Saint-Germain |
|
Lautaro Martínez |
Argentina |
Forward |
Inter Milan |
|
Emiliano Martínez |
Argentina |
Goalkeeper |
Aston Villa |
|
Robert Lewandowski |
Poland |
Forward |
Barcelona |
|
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia |
Georgia |
Forward |
Napoli |
|
Randal Kolo Muani |
France |
Forward |
Paris Saint-Germain |
|
Harry Kane |
England |
Forward |
Manchester United |
|
Vinícius Júnior |
Brazil |
Forward |
Real Madrid |
|
Erling Haaland |
Norway |
Forward |
Manchester City |
|
Joško Gvardiol |
Croatia |
Defender |
Manchester City |
|
İlkay Gündoğan |
Germany |
Midfielder |
Barcelona[d] |
|
Antoine Griezmann |
France |
Forward |
Atlético Madrid |
|
Rúben Dias |
Portugal |
Defender |
Manchester City |
|
Kevin De Bruyne |
Belgium |
Midfielder |
Manchester City |
|
Yassine Bounou |
Morocco |
Goalkeeper |
Al-Hilal |
|
Karim Benzema |
France |
Forward |
Al-Ittihad |
|
Jude Bellingham |
England |
Midfielder |
Real Madrid |
|
Nicolò Barella |
Italy |
Midfielder |
Inter Milan |
|
Julián Álvarez |
Argentina |
Forward |
Manchester City |
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Complete List of Ballon d’Or Winners List from 1956 to 2023
In 2022, France Football overhauled the Ballon d’Or regulations, implementing substantial alterations to its framework. The pivotal change resided in the temporal criterion, as the accolades shifted from being based on achievements within a conventional calendar year to being hinged on the performance throughout a football season.
A momentous decision was made to restrict the privilege of casting votes to only those nations residing within the upper echelons of the FIFA World Ranking, specifically, the top 100. A marked departure from the prior practice, where all nations had the opportunity to partake in the plebiscite, which had persisted since 2007.
|
Year |
Rank |
Player |
Team |
Points |
|
Ballon d’Or (1956–2009) |
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|
1956 |
1st |
Stanley Matthews |
Blackpool |
47 |
|
2nd |
Alfredo Di Stéfano |
Real Madrid |
44 |
|
|
3rd |
Raymond Kopa |
Real Madrid |
33 |
|
|
1957 |
1st |
Alfredo Di Stéfano |
Real Madrid |
72 |
|
2nd |
Billy Wright |
Wolverhampton Wanderers |
19 |
|
|
3rd |
Duncan Edwards |
Manchester United |
16 |
|
|
Raymond Kopa |
Real Madrid |
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|
1958 |
1st |
Raymond Kopa |
Real Madrid |
71 |
|
2nd |
Helmut Rahn |
Rot-Weiss Essen |
40 |
|
|
3rd |
Just Fontaine |
Reims |
23 |
|
|
1959 |
1st |
Alfredo Di Stéfano |
Real Madrid |
80 |
|
2nd |
Raymond Kopa |
Reims |
42 |
|
|
3rd |
John Charles |
Juventus |
24 |
|
|
1960 |
1st |
Luis Suárez |
Barcelona |
54 |
|
2nd |
Ferenc Puskás |
Real Madrid |
37 |
|
|
3rd |
Uwe Seeler |
Hamburger SV |
33 |
|
|
1961 |
1st |
Omar Sívori |
Juventus |
46 |
|
2nd |
Luis Suárez |
Inter Milan |
40 |
|
|
3rd |
Johnny Haynes |
Fulham |
22 |
|
|
1962 |
1st |
Josef Masopust |
Dukla Prague |
65 |
|
2nd |
Eusébio |
Benfica |
53 |
|
|
3rd |
Karl-Heinz Schnellinger |
1. FC Köln |
33 |
|
|
1963 |
1st |
Lev Yashin |
Dynamo Moscow |
73 |
|
2nd |
Gianni Rivera |
Milan |
55 |
|
|
3rd |
Jimmy Greaves |
Tottenham Hotspur |
50 |
|
|
1964 |
1st |
Denis Law |
Manchester United |
61 |
|
2nd |
Luis Suárez |
Inter Milan |
43 |
|
|
3rd |
Amancio |
Real Madrid |
38 |
|
|
1965 |
1st |
Eusébio |
Benfica |
67 |
|
2nd |
Giacinto Facchetti |
Inter Milan |
59 |
|
|
3rd |
Luis Suárez |
Inter Milan |
45 |
|
|
1966 |
1st |
Bobby Charlton |
Manchester United |
81 |
|
2nd |
Eusébio |
Benfica |
80 |
|
|
3rd |
Franz Beckenbauer |
Bayern Munich |
59 |
|
|
1967 |
1st |
Flórián Albert |
Ferencváros |
68 |
|
2nd |
Bobby Charlton |
Manchester United |
40 |
|
|
3rd |
Jimmy Johnstone |
Celtic |
39 |
|
|
1968 |
1st |
George Best |
Manchester United |
61 |
|
2nd |
Bobby Charlton |
Manchester United |
53 |
|
|
3rd |
Dragan Džajić |
Red Star Belgrade |
46 |
|
|
1969 |
1st |
Gianni Rivera |
Milan |
83 |
|
2nd |
Gigi Riva |
Cagliari |
79 |
|
|
3rd |
Gerd Müller |
Bayern Munich |
38 |
|
|
1970 |
1st |
Gerd Müller |
Bayern Munich |
77 |
|
2nd |
Bobby Moore |
West Ham United |
70 |
|
|
3rd |
Gigi Riva |
Cagliari |
65 |
|
|
2nd |
Sandro Mazzola |
Inter Milan |
57 |
|
|
3rd |
George Best |
Manchester United |
56 |
|
|
1972 |
1st |
Franz Beckenbauer |
Bayern Munich |
81 |
|
2nd |
Gerd Müller |
Bayern Munich |
79 |
|
|
Günter Netzer |
Borussia Mönchengladbach |
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|
1973 |
1st |
Johan Cruyff[note 6] |
Barcelona |
96 |
|
2nd |
Dino Zoff |
Juventus |
47 |
|
|
3rd |
Gerd Müller |
Bayern Munich |
44 |
|
|
1974 |
1st |
Johan Cruyff |
Barcelona |
116 |
|
2nd |
Franz Beckenbauer |
Bayern Munich |
105 |
|
|
3rd |
Kazimierz Deyna |
Legia Warsaw |
35 |
|
|
1975 |
1st |
Oleg Blokhin |
Dynamo Kyiv |
122 |
|
2nd |
Franz Beckenbauer |
Bayern Munich |
42 |
|
|
3rd |
Johan Cruyff |
Barcelona |
27 |
|
|
1976 |
1st |
Franz Beckenbauer |
Bayern Munich |
91 |
|
2nd |
Rob Rensenbrink |
Anderlecht |
75 |
|
|
3rd |
Ivo Viktor |
Dukla Prague |
52 |
|
|
1977 |
1st |
Allan Simonsen |
Borussia Mönchengladbach |
74 |
|
2nd |
Kevin Keegan |
Hamburger SV |
71 |
|
|
3rd |
Michel Platini |
Nancy |
70 |
|
|
1978 |
1st |
Kevin Keegan |
Hamburger SV |
87 |
|
2nd |
Hans Krankl |
Barcelona |
81 |
|
|
3rd |
Rob Rensenbrink |
Anderlecht |
50 |
|
|
1979 |
1st |
Kevin Keegan |
Hamburger SV |
118 |
|
2nd |
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge |
Bayern Munich |
52 |
|
|
3rd |
Ruud Krol |
Ajax |
41 |
|
|
2nd |
Bernd Schuster |
Barcelona |
34 |
|
|
3rd |
Michel Platini |
Saint-Étienne |
33 |
|
|
1981 |
1st |
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge |
Bayern Munich |
106 |
|
3rd |
Bernd Schuster |
Barcelona |
39 |
|
|
1982 |
1st |
Paolo Rossi |
Juventus |
115 |
|
2nd |
Alain Giresse |
Bordeaux |
64 |
|
|
1983 |
1st |
Michel Platini |
Juventus |
110 |
|
2nd |
Kenny Dalglish |
Liverpool |
26 |
|
|
3rd |
Allan Simonsen |
Vejle |
25 |
|
|
2nd |
Jean Tigana |
Bordeaux |
57 |
|
|
3rd |
Preben Elkjær[note 12] |
Hellas Verona |
48 |
|
|
1985 |
1st |
Michel Platini |
Juventus |
127 |
|
3rd |
Bernd Schuster |
Barcelona |
46 |
|
|
1986 |
1st |
Igor Belanov |
Dynamo Kyiv |
84 |
|
2nd |
Gary Lineker |
Barcelona |
62 |
|
|
1987 |
1st |
Ruud Gullit |
Milan |
106 |
|
2nd |
Paulo Futre |
Atlético Madrid |
91 |
|
|
3rd |
Emilio Butragueño |
Real Madrid |
61 |
|
|
2nd |
Ruud Gullit |
Milan |
88 |
|
|
3rd |
Frank Rijkaard |
Milan |
45 |
|
|
1989 |
1st |
Marco van Basten |
Milan |
129 |
|
3rd |
Frank Rijkaard |
Milan |
43 |
|
|
1990 |
1st |
Lothar Matthäus |
Inter Milan |
137 |
|
2nd |
Salvatore Schillaci |
Juventus |
84 |
|
|
1991 |
1st |
Jean-Pierre Papin |
Marseille |
141 |
|
2nd |
Dejan Savićević |
Red Star Belgrade |
42 |
|
|
3rd |
Darko Pančev |
Red Star Belgrade |
||
|
1992 |
1st |
Marco van Basten ‡ |
Milan |
98 |
|
2nd |
Hristo Stoichkov |
Barcelona |
80 |
|
|
3rd |
Dennis Bergkamp |
Ajax |
53 |
|
|
1993 |
1st |
Roberto Baggio ‡ |
Juventus |
142 |
|
2nd |
Dennis Bergkamp[note 17] |
Inter Milan |
83 |
|
|
3rd |
Eric Cantona |
Manchester United |
34 |
|
|
1994 |
1st |
Hristo Stoichkov |
Barcelona |
210 |
|
2nd |
Roberto Baggio |
Juventus |
136 |
|
|
3rd |
Paolo Maldini |
Milan |
109 |
|
|
1995 |
1st |
George Weah |
Milan |
144 |
|
2nd |
Jürgen Klinsmann |
Bayern Munich |
108 |
|
|
3rd |
Jari Litmanen |
Ajax |
67 |
|
|
1996 |
1st |
Matthias Sammer |
Borussia Dortmund |
144 |
|
2nd |
Ronaldo |
Barcelona |
143 |
|
|
3rd |
Alan Shearer |
Newcastle United |
107 |
|
|
1997 |
1st |
Ronaldo ‡ |
Inter Milan |
222 |
|
2nd |
Predrag Mijatović |
Real Madrid |
68 |
|
|
3rd |
Zinedine Zidane |
Juventus |
63 |
|
|
1998 |
1st |
Zinedine Zidane ‡ |
Juventus |
244 |
|
2nd |
Davor Šuker |
Real Madrid |
68 |
|
|
3rd |
Ronaldo |
Inter Milan |
66 |
|
|
1999 |
1st |
Rivaldo ‡ |
Barcelona |
219 |
|
2nd |
David Beckham |
Manchester United |
154 |
|
|
3rd |
Andriy Shevchenko |
Milan |
64 |
|
|
2000 |
1st |
Luís Figo |
Real Madrid |
197 |
|
2nd |
Zinedine Zidane |
Juventus |
181 |
|
|
3rd |
Andriy Shevchenko |
Milan |
85 |
|
|
2001 |
1st |
Michael Owen |
Liverpool |
176 |
|
2nd |
Raúl |
Real Madrid |
140 |
|
|
3rd |
Oliver Kahn |
Bayern Munich |
114 |
|
|
2002 |
1st |
Ronaldo ‡[note 25] |
Real Madrid |
169 |
|
2nd |
Roberto Carlos |
Real Madrid |
145 |
|
|
3rd |
Oliver Kahn |
Bayern Munich |
110 |
|
|
2003 |
1st |
Pavel Nedvěd |
Juventus |
190 |
|
2nd |
Thierry Henry |
Arsenal |
128 |
|
|
3rd |
Paolo Maldini |
Milan |
123 |
|
|
2004 |
1st |
Andriy Shevchenko |
Milan |
175 |
|
2nd |
Deco |
Barcelona |
139 |
|
|
3rd |
Ronaldinho |
Barcelona |
133 |
|
|
2005 |
1st |
Ronaldinho ‡ |
Barcelona |
225 |
|
2nd |
Frank Lampard |
Chelsea |
148 |
|
|
3rd |
Steven Gerrard |
Liverpool |
142 |
|
|
2006 |
1st |
Fabio Cannavaro ‡ |
Real Madrid |
173 |
|
2nd |
Gianluigi Buffon |
Juventus |
124 |
|
|
3rd |
Thierry Henry |
Arsenal |
121 |
|
|
2007 |
1st |
Kaká ‡ |
Milan |
444 |
|
2nd |
Cristiano Ronaldo |
Manchester United |
277 |
|
|
3rd |
Lionel Messi |
Barcelona |
255 |
|
|
2008 |
1st |
Cristiano Ronaldo ‡ |
Manchester United |
446 |
|
2nd |
Lionel Messi |
Barcelona |
281 |
|
|
3rd |
Fernando Torres |
Liverpool |
179 |
|
|
2009 |
1st |
Lionel Messi ‡ |
Barcelona |
473 |
|
2nd |
Cristiano Ronaldo |
Real Madrid |
233 |
|
|
3rd |
Xavi |
Barcelona |
170 |
|
|
FIFA Ballon d’Or (2010–2015) |
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|
2010 |
1st |
Lionel Messi |
Barcelona |
22.65% |
|
2nd |
Andrés Iniesta |
Barcelona |
17.36% |
|
|
3rd |
Xavi |
Barcelona |
16.48% |
|
|
2011 |
1st |
Lionel Messi |
Barcelona |
47.88% |
|
2nd |
Cristiano Ronaldo |
Real Madrid |
21.60% |
|
|
3rd |
Xavi |
Barcelona |
9.23% |
|
|
2012 |
1st |
Lionel Messi |
Barcelona |
41.60% |
|
2nd |
Cristiano Ronaldo |
Real Madrid |
23.68% |
|
|
3rd |
Andrés Iniesta |
Barcelona |
10.91% |
|
|
2013 |
1st |
Cristiano Ronaldo |
Real Madrid |
27.99% |
|
2nd |
Lionel Messi |
Barcelona |
24.72% |
|
|
3rd |
Franck Ribéry |
Bayern Munich |
23.36% |
|
|
2014 |
1st |
Cristiano Ronaldo |
Real Madrid |
37.66% |
|
2nd |
Lionel Messi |
Barcelona |
15.76% |
|
|
3rd |
Manuel Neuer |
Bayern Munich |
15.72% |
|
|
2015 |
1st |
Lionel Messi |
Barcelona |
41.33% |
|
2nd |
Cristiano Ronaldo |
Real Madrid |
27.76% |
|
|
3rd |
Neymar |
Barcelona |
7.86% |
|
|
Ballon d’Or (2016–present) |
||||
|
2016 |
1st |
Cristiano Ronaldo ‡ |
Real Madrid |
745 |
|
2nd |
Lionel Messi |
Barcelona |
316 |
|
|
3rd |
Antoine Griezmann |
Atlético Madrid |
198 |
|
|
2017 |
1st |
Cristiano Ronaldo ‡ |
Real Madrid |
946 |
|
2nd |
Lionel Messi |
Barcelona |
670 |
|
|
3rd |
Neymar |
Paris Saint-Germain |
361 |
|
|
2018 |
1st |
Luka Modrić ‡ |
Real Madrid |
753 |
|
2nd |
Cristiano Ronaldo |
Juventus |
476 |
|
|
3rd |
Antoine Griezmann |
Atlético Madrid |
414 |
|
|
2019 |
1st |
Lionel Messi ‡ |
Barcelona |
686 |
|
2nd |
Virgil van Dijk |
Liverpool |
679 |
|
|
3rd |
Cristiano Ronaldo |
Juventus |
476 |
|
|
2020 |
Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
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|
2021 |
1st |
Lionel Messi |
Paris Saint-Germain |
613 |
|
2nd |
Robert Lewandowski |
Bayern Munich |
580 |
|
|
3rd |
Jorginho |
Chelsea |
460 |
|
|
2022 |
1st |
Karim Benzema |
Real Madrid |
549 |
|
2nd |
Sadio Mané |
Liverpool |
193 |
|
|
3rd |
Kevin De Bruyne |
Manchester City |
175 |
|
|
2023 |
1st |
TBA |
– |
– |
|
2nd |
TBA |
– |
– |
|
|
3rd |
TBA |
– |
– |
|
This transformative adjustment harmonized the Ballon d’Or with the prestigious UEFA Men’s Player of the Year Award, a commendable endeavour to mitigate the dominance of exclusive leagues and, most notably, to usher in a more diversified representation, given the recent hegemony of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.
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