All the winners of the Ballon d'Or since 1956

The Ballon d'Or is the most important individual award in football. This video looks back at the winners of the Ballon d'Or from its inception in 1956 to the present day.

1956: Stanley Matthews,

1957: Alfredo Di Stéfano,

1958: Raymond Kopa,

1959: Alfredo Di Stéfano,

1960: Luis Suárez,

1961: Omar Sívori,

1962: Josef Masopust,

1963: Lev Yashin,

1964: Denis Law,

1965: Eusébio,

1966: Bobby Charlton,

1967: Flórian Albert,

1968: George Best,

1969: Gianni Rivera,

1970: Gerd Müller, 1971:

Johan Cruyff,

1972: Franz Beckenbauer,

1973: Johan Cruyff,

1974: Johan Cruyff,

1975: Oleg Blokhine,

1976: Franz Beckenbauer,

1977: Allan Simonsen,

1978: Kevin Keegan,

1979: Kevin Keegan,

1980: Karl-Heinz Rummenigge,

1981: Karl-Heinz Rummenigge,

1982: Paolo Rossi,

1983: Michel Platini,

1984: Michel Platini,

1985: Michel Platini,

1986: Igor Belanov,

1987: Ruud Gullit,

1988: Marco van Basten,

1989: Marco van Basten,

1990: Lotthar Matthäus,

1991: Jean-Pierre Papin,

1992: Marco van Basten,

1993: Roberto Baggio,

1994: Hristo Stoichkov,

1995: George Weah,

1996: Matthias Sammer,

1997: Ronaldo,

1998: Zinedine Zidane,

1999: Rivaldo,

2000: Luis Figo,

2001: Michael Owen,

2002: Ronaldo,

2003: Pavel Nedvěd,

2004: Andriy Shevchenko,

2005: Ronaldinho,

2006: Fabio Cannavaro,

2007: Kaká,

2008: Cristiano Ronaldo,

2009: Lionel Messi,

2010: Lionel Messi,

2011: Lionel Messi,

2012: Lionel Messi,

2013: Cristiano Ronaldo,

2014: Cristiano Ronaldo,

2015: Lionel Messi,

2016: Cristiano Ronaldo,

2017: Cristiano Ronaldo,

2018: Luka Modrić,

2019: Lionel Messi,

2021: Lionel Messi,

2022: Karim Benzema,

2023: Lionel Messi,

2024: Rodri.