World Player of Year

European Player of Year

European Golden Boot

2007	Kaka AC Milan
2006	Fabio Cannavaro Juventus FC / Real Madrid		2005	Ronaldinho FC Barcelona
2004	Andriy Shevchenko AC Milan		2003	Pavel Nedved Juventus FC
2002	Ronaldo Inter Milan		2001	Michael Owen FC Liverpool
2000	Luís Figo FC Barcelona / Real Madrid		1999	Rivaldo FC Barcelona
1998	Zinedine Zidane Juventus FC		1997	Ronaldo FC Barcelona / Inter Milan
1996	Matthias Sammer Borussia Dortmund		1995	George Weah Paris Saint-Germain / AC Milan
1994	Hristo Stoichkov FC Barcelona		1993	Roberto Baggio Juventus FC
1992	Marco van Basten AC Milan		1991	Jean-Pierre Papin Olympique Marseille
1990	Lothar Matthäus Inter Milan		1989	Marco van Basten AC Milan
1988	Marco van Basten AC Milan		1987	Ruud Gullit PSV Eindhoven / AC Milan
1986	Igor Belanov FC Dynamo Kyiv		1985	Michel Platini Juventus FC
1984	Michel Platini Juventus FC		1983	Michel Platini Juventus FC
1982	Paolo Rossi Juventus FC		1981	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge FC Bayern Munich
1980	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge FC Bayern Munich		1979	Kevin Keegan Hamburger SV
1978	Kevin Keegan Hamburger SV		1977	Allan Simonsen Borussia Mönchengladbach
1976	Franz Beckenbauer FC Bayern Munich		1975	Oleh Blokhin FC Dynamo Kyiv
1974	Johan Cruyff FC Barcelona		1973	Johan Cruyff AFC Ajax / FC Barcelona
1972	Franz Beckenbauer FC Bayern Munich		1971	Johan Cruyff AFC Ajax
1970	Gerd Müller FC Bayern Munich		1969	Gianni Rivera AC Milan
1968	George Best Manchester United FC		1967	Florian Albert Ferencvárosi TC
1966	Bobby Charlton Manchester United FC		1965	Eusébio SL Benfica
1964	Denis Law Manchester United FC		1963	Lev Yashin FC Dynamo Moscow
1962	Josef Masopust Dukla Praha		1961	Omar Sivori Juventus FC
1960	Luis Suárez FC Barcelona		1959	Alfredo Di Stéfano Real Madrid
1958	Raymond Kopa Real Madrid		1957	Alfredo Di Stéfano Real Madrid
1956	Stanley Matthews Blackpool FC
The Ballon d'Or or European Footballer of the Year award has been awarded by France Football magazine since 1995. The award is given annually to the player considered to have performed the best over the previous year. In order to qualify for selection, the player must have been playing for a club based within UEFA's jurisdiction. Until 1995, a player also had to be of European nationality to be eligible. Voting for the award is undertaken by a group of European football journalists.