Oct 26 (Reuters) - List of Ballon d'Or winners since its inception in 1956 after Harry Kane won the 2026 award on Monday.
1956 - Stanley Matthews (England)
1957 - Alfredo DiStefano (Spain)
1958 - RaymondKopa (France)
1959 - Alfredo DiStefano (Spain)
1960 - Luis Suarez (Spain)
1961 - OmarSivori (Italy)
1962 - JosefMasopust (Czechoslovakia)
1963 - LevYashin (Soviet Union)
1964 - Denis Law (Scotland)
1965 -Eusebio (Portugal)
1966 - Bobby Charlton (England)
1967 -Florian Albert (Hungary)
1968 - George Best (Northern Ireland)
1969 -Gianni Rivera (Italy)
1970 -Gerd Mueller (West Germany)
1971 - JohanCruyff (Netherlands)
1972 - FranzBeckenbauer (West Germany)
1973 - JohanCruyff (Netherlands)
1974 - JohanCruyff (Netherlands)
1975 -Oleg Blokhin (Soviet Union)
1976 - FranzBeckenbauer (West Germany)
1977 - AllanSimonsen (Denmark)
1978 - KevinKeegan (England)
1979 - KevinKeegan (England)
1980 - Karl-HeinzRummenigge (West Germany)
1981 - Karl-HeinzRummenigge (West Germany)
1982 - Paolo Rossi (Italy)
1983 - MichelPlatini (France)
1984 - MichelPlatini (France)
1985 - MichelPlatini (France)
1986 - IgorBelanov (Soviet Union)
1987 -Ruud Gullit (Netherlands)
1988 - Marco vanBasten (Netherlands)
1989 - Marco vanBasten (Netherlands)
1990 -Lothar Matthaus (Germany)
1991 - Jean-PierrePapin (France)
1992 - Marco vanBasten (Netherlands)
1993 - RobertoBaggio (Italy)
1994 -Hristo Stoichkov (Bulgaria)
1995 - GeorgeWeah (Liberia)
1996 - MatthiasSammer (Germany)
1997 -Ronaldo (Brazil)
1998 -Zinedine Zidane (France)
1999 -Rivaldo (Brazil)
2000 - LuisFigo (Portugal)
2001 - Michael Owen (England)
2002 -Ronaldo (Brazil)
2003 -Pavel Nedved (Czech Republic)
2004 -Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine) 2005 - Ronaldinho (Brazil)
2006 -Fabio Cannavaro (Italy)
2007 - Kaka (Brazil)
2008 -Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
2009 - LionelMessi (Argentina)
2010 - LionelMessi (Argentina)
* 2011 - Lionel Messi (Argentina)
* 2012 - Lionel Messi (Argentina)
* 2013 - Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
* 2014 - Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
* 2015 - Lionel Messi (Argentina)
* 2016 - Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
2017 -Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
2018 - Luka Modric (Croatia)
2019 - LionelMessi (Argentina)
2020 - AwardCancelled (COVID-19 pandemic)
2021 - LionelMessi (Argentina)
2022 -Karim Benzema (France)
2023 - LionelMessi (Argentina)
2024 -Rodri (Spain)
2025 - Ousmane Dembele (France)
2026 - Harry Kane (England)
• From 2010-2015 the Ballon d'Or was merged with the FIFA World Player of the Year to create the FIFA Ballon d'Or award.
(Compiled by Trevor Stynes)
