The Ballon d’Or award is one of the most prestigious individual honors in football, and it has been presented annually since 1956. On Monday evening, the prestigious Ballon d’Or award will be presented at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris, marking its 68th edition. France Football will host the ceremony in collaboration with the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for the first time this season.

Vinicius Junior, the talented Brazilian forward from Real Madrid, is currently the top contender to claim the Men’s Ballon d’Or award. Meanwhile, Aitana Bonmati, the skilled midfielder from Barcelona Femeni, is poised to make history by securing her second consecutive Women’s Ballon d’Or title.

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Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are not part of the nominees list this year, marking a new era. In the previous 16 editions, Messi and Ronaldo won the award a record 13 times. Ahead of the Ballon d’Or 2024, check out the list of all winners from 1956 to 2023. 

Here is a list of all the winners of the Ballon d’Or award from 1956 to 2023:

Year

Player

Nationality

Club

1956Stanley MatthewsEnglandBlackpool1957Alfredo Di StefanoArgentina/SpainReal Madrid1958Raymond KopaFranceReal Madrid1959Alfredo Di StefanoArgentina/SpainReal Madrid1960Luis SuárezSpainBarcelona1961Omar SivoriItalyJuventus1962Josef MasopustCzechoslovakiaDukla Prague1963Lev YashinSoviet UnionDynamo Moscow1964Denis LawEnglandManchester United1965EusébioPortugalBenfica1966Bobby CharltonEnglandManchester United1967Flórián AlbertHungaryFerencváros1968George BestNorthern IrelandManchester United1969Gianni RiveraItalyMilan1970Gerd MüllerWest GermanyBayern Munich1971Johan CruyffNetherlandsAjax1972Franz BeckenbauerWest GermanyBayern Munich1973Johan CruyffNetherlandsBarcelona1974Johan CruyffNetherlandsBarcelona1975Oleg BlokhinSoviet UnionDynamo Kyiv1976Franz BeckenbauerWest GermanyBayern Munich1977Allan SimonsenDenmarkBorussia Mönchengladbach1978Kevin KeeganEnglandHamburger SV1979Kevin KeeganEnglandHamburger SV1980Karl-Heinz RummeniggeWest GermanyBayern Munich1981Karl-Heinz RummeniggeWest GermanyBayern Munich1982Paolo RossiItalyJuventus1983Michel PlatiniFranceJuventus1984Michel PlatiniFranceJuventus1985Michel PlatiniFranceJuventus1986Igor BelanovSoviet UnionDynamo Kyiv1987Ruud GullitNetherlandsMilan1988Marco van BastenNetherlandsMilan1989Marco van BastenNetherlandsInter Milan1990Lothar MatthäusGermanyInter Milan1991Jean-Pierre PapinFranceMarselle1992Marco van BastenNetherlandsInter Milan1993Roberto BaggioItalyJuventus1994Hristo StoichkovBulgariaBarcelona1995George WeahLiberiaMilan1996Matthias SammerGermanyBorussia Dortmund1997RonaldoBrazilInter Milan1998Zinedine ZidaneFranceJuventus1999RivaldoBrazilBarcelona2000Luís FigoPortugalReal Madrid2001Michael OwenEnglandLiverpool2002RonaldoBrazilReal Madrid2003Pavel NedvědCzechiaJuventus2004Andriy ShevchenkoUkraineMilan2005RonaldinhoBrazilBarcelona2006Fabio CannavaroItalyReal Madrid2007KakáBrazilMilan2008Cristiano RonaldoPortugalManchester United2009Lionel MessiArgentinaBarcelona2010Lionel MessiArgentinaBarcelona2011Lionel MessiArgentinaBarcelona2012Lionel MessiArgentinaBarcelona2013Cristiano RonaldoPortugalReal Madrid2014Cristiano RonaldoPortugalReal Madrid2015Lionel MessiArgentinaBarcelona2016Cristiano RonaldoPortugalReal Madrid2017Cristiano RonaldoPortugalReal Madrid2018Luka ModricCroatiaReal Madrid2019Lionel MessiArgentinaBarcelona2020Not awardedDue to COVID 2021Lionel MessiArgentinaParis-Saint Germain2022Karim BenzemaFranceReal Madrid2023Lionel MessiArgentinaInter Miami

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