The ballon d’or is an award ceremony organized by the French football Magazine since 1956. The event is held annually and it was between 2010-2015 that an agreement was reached and it was temporarily merged with FiFa and was known as the FiFA Ballon d’or.
Lionel Messi has won it for a record seven times. Following closely is Christiano Ronaldo who has won it on five occasions.
Here are all the Ballon d’or winners from 1992-2022.
1992- Marco Van Vasten; Netherlands(Milan)
1993- Roberto Baggio; Italy(Juventus)
1994- Hristo Stoickov; Bulgaria(Barcelona)
1995- George Weah; Liberia(Milan)
1996- Mathias Sammer; Germany(Dortmund)
1997- Ronaldo; Brazil(Internazionale)
1998- Zinedine Zidane; France(Juventus)
1999- Rivaldo; Brazil(Barcelona)
2000- Luis Figo; Portugal( Real Madrid)
2001- Micheal Owen; England(Liverpool)
2002- Ronaldo; Brazil(Real Madrid)
2003- Pavel Nedved; Czech Republic(Juventus)
2004- Shevchenko; Ukraine(Milan)
2005- Ronaldinho; Brazil(Barcelona)
2006- Kaka; Brazil(Milan)
2007- Fabio Cannavaro; Italy(Real Madrid)
2008- Christiano Ronaldo; Portugal(Real Madrid)
2009- Lionel Messi; Argentina(Barcelona)
2010- Lionel Messi; Argentina(Barcelona)
2011- Lionel Messi; Argentina(Barcelona)
2012- Lionel Messi; Argentina(Barcelona)
2013- Christiano Ronaldo; Portugal(Real Madrid)
2014- Christiano Ronaldo; Portugal(Real Madrid)
2015- Lionel Messi; Argentina(Barcelona)
2016- Christiano Ronaldo; Portugal(Real Madrid)
2017- Christiano Ronaldo; Portugal(Real Madrid)
2018- Luka Modric; Croatia(Real Madrid)
2019- Lionel Messi; Argentina(Barcelona)
2020- N/A
2021- Lionel Messi; Argentina(Barcelona)
2022- Yet to be announced
*N/A-Not Awarded
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