he Ballon d'Or (French pronunciation: [balɔ̃ dɔʁ] (listen); lit.

 'Golden Ball') is an annual football award

presented by French news magazine France Football since 1956. Between 2010 and 2015, in an
agreement with FIFA, the award was temporarily merged with the FIFA World Player of the Year
(founded in 1991) and known as the FIFA Ballon d'Or. That partnership ended in 2016, and the
award reverted to the Ballon d'Or, while FIFA also reverted to its own separate annual award The
Best FIFA Men's Player. The recipients of the joint FIFA Ballon d'Or are considered as winners by
both award organisations.

Conceived by sports writers Gabriel Hanot and Jacques Ferran, the Ballon d'Or award honours the
male player deemed to have performed the best over the previous year, based on voting by football
journalists, from 1956 to 2006.[2] After 2007, coaches and captains of national teams were also
given the right to vote.[2] Originally, it was awarded only to players from Europe and widely known
as the European Footballer of the Year award. In 1995, the Ballon d'Or was expanded to include all
players from any origin that have been active at European clubs.[3][4] The award became a global
prize in 2007 with all professional footballers from around the world being eligible.[5]

Contents

1 History

2 Winners

2.1 Wins by player

2.2 Wins by country

2.3 Wins by club

3 Additional awards

4 Ballon d'Or Dream Team

5 See also

6 Notes

7 References

8 External links

History

Stanley Matthews of England was the inaugural winner of the Ballon d'Or.[6] Prior to 2007, the
award was generally known as the continental European Footballer of the Year award in English
language and much international media. Even after 2007, it was usually identified with and referred
to by that name because of its origin as a European award, until it was merged with FIFA's World
Player award cementing its new worldwide claim.[7][8][9][10] Liberia's George Weah, the only
African recipient, became the first non-European to win the award in 1995, the year that rules of
eligibility were changed for the first time.[4] Ronaldo of Brazil became the first South American
winner two years later.[4] The second rule change in 2007 to include players from all continents did
not bring up new winners, as all recipients since then have still exclusively been active in Europe
during their win.

Lionel Messi has won the award a record seven times, followed by Cristiano Ronaldo with five. Three
players have won the award three times each: Johan Cruyff, Michel Platini, and Marco van Basten.
With seven awards each, Dutch, German, Argentine and Portuguese players have won the most
Ballons d'Or. Players from Germany (1972, 1981) and the Netherlands (1988) were the only to take
all three top spots in one year, with German (1972) and especially Italian clubs (1988–1990)
achieving the same feat, including two years solely made up of AC Milan players (1988, 1989), a
unique record until Spanish clubs experienced an unforeseen dominance (2009–2012, 2015, 2016)
and Barcelona (2010) became the second club with three top players. Two Spanish clubs, Barcelona
and Real Madrid, also lead the ranking for employing the most winners, with twelve and eleven
wins.[11]

Between 2010 and 2015 inclusive, the award was merged with a similar one, the FIFA World Player
of the Year award, to create the FIFA Ballon d'Or, which was awarded to the world's best male player
before FIFA and France Football decided not to continue the merging agreement.[12] After 2011,
UEFA created the UEFA Best Player in Europe Award to maintain the tradition of the original Ballon
d'Or of specifically honouring a football player from Europe.[13]

Eight players (Bobby Charlton, Franz Beckenbauer, Gerd Müller, Paolo Rossi, Zinedine Zidane,
Rivaldo, Ronaldinho, and Kaká) have won the FIFA World Cup, the European Cup/UEFA Champions
League, and the Ballon d'Or during their careers.[14]

The award shows a bias in favor of attacking players, which has increased in recent decades.[2] Over
time, the award has gone to a more exclusive set of leagues and clubs.[2] Prior to 1995, 10 leagues
supplied Ballon d'Or winners, whereas only England, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain have supplied
winners since 1995.[2] Spain's La Liga has the most Ballon d'Or winners.[2] Barcelona and Real
Madrid have supplied the most Ballon d'Or winners since 1995.[2]

In 2020, the Group L'Équipe, to which France Football belongs, decided that no award would be
given for the year due to the COVID-19 pandemic cutting short the seasons of football clubs
worldwide.[15]

Winners

Key

double-dagger This indicates the Ballon d'Or winning player also won the FIFA World Player
of the Year or

The Best FIFA Men's Player award in the same year (available in 1991–2009 and from 2016)
Lionel Messi with seven awards has won the most Ballons d'Or in history.

George Weah was the first non-European and first African national team player to win the award.

Lev Yashin is the only goalkeeper to win the award.

Year Rank Player Team Points

Ballon d'Or (1956–2009)

1956 1st England Stanley Matthews England Blackpool 47

2nd Spain Alfredo Di Stéfano Spain Real Madrid 44

3rd France Raymond Kopa[note 1] Spain Real Madrid 33

1957 1st Spain Alfredo Di Stéfano[note 2] Spain Real Madrid 72

2nd England Billy Wright England Wolverhampton Wanderers 19

3rd England Duncan Edwards England Manchester United 16

France Raymond Kopa Spain Real Madrid

1958 1st France Raymond Kopa Spain Real Madrid 71

2nd West Germany Helmut Rahn West Germany Rot-Weiss Essen 40

3rd France Just Fontaine France Reims 23

1959 1st Spain Alfredo Di Stéfano Spain Real Madrid 80

2nd France Raymond Kopa[note 3] France Reims 42

3rd Wales John Charles Italy Juventus 24

1960 1st Spain Luis Suárez Spain Barcelona54

2nd Hungary Ferenc Puskás Spain Real Madrid 37

3rd West Germany Uwe Seeler West Germany Hamburger SV 33

1961 1st Italy Omar Sívori[note 4] Italy Juventus 46

2nd Spain Luis Suárez[note 5] Italy Internazionale 40

3rd England Johnny Haynes England Fulham22

1962 1st Czechoslovakia Josef Masopust Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague 65

2nd Portugal Eusébio Portugal Benfica 53

3rd West Germany Karl-Heinz Schnellinger West Germany 1. FC Köln 33

1963 1st Soviet Union Lev Yashin Soviet Union Dynamo Moscow 73
2nd Italy Gianni Rivera Italy Milan 55

3rd England Jimmy Greaves England Tottenham Hotspur 50

1964 1st Scotland Denis Law England Manchester United 61

2nd Spain Luis Suárez Italy Internazionale 43

3rd Spain Amancio Spain Real Madrid 38

1965 1st Portugal Eusébio Portugal Benfica 67

2nd Italy Giacinto Facchetti Italy Internazionale 59

3rd Spain Luis Suárez Italy Internazionale 45

1966 1st England Bobby CharltonEngland Manchester United 81

2nd Portugal Eusébio Portugal Benfica 80

3rd West Germany Franz Beckenbauer West Germany Bayern Munich 59

1967 1st Hungary Flórián Albert Hungary Ferencváros 68

2nd England Bobby CharltonEngland Manchester United 40

3rd Scotland Jimmy Johnstone Scotland Celtic 39

1968 1st Northern Ireland George Best England Manchester United 61

2nd England Bobby CharltonEngland Manchester United 53

3rd Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragan Džajić Socialist Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 46

1969 1st Italy Gianni Rivera Italy Milan 83

2nd Italy Gigi Riva Italy Cagliari 79

3rd West Germany Gerd Müller West Germany Bayern Munich 38

1970 1st West Germany Gerd Müller West Germany Bayern Munich 77

2nd England Bobby Moore England West Ham United 70

3rd Italy Gigi Riva Italy Cagliari 65

1971 1st Netherlands Johan Cruyff Netherlands Ajax 116

2nd Italy Sandro Mazzola Italy Internazionale 57

3rd Northern Ireland George Best England Manchester United 56

1972 1st West Germany Franz Beckenbauer West Germany Bayern Munich 81

2nd West Germany Gerd Müller West Germany Bayern Munich 79

West Germany Günter Netzer West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach

1973 1st Netherlands Johan Cruyff[note 6] Spain Barcelona96

2nd Italy Dino Zoff Italy Juventus 47

3rd West Germany Gerd Müller West Germany Bayern Munich 44

1974 1st Netherlands Johan Cruyff Spain Barcelona116

2nd West Germany Franz Beckenbauer West Germany Bayern Munich 105

3rd Poland Kazimierz Deyna Poland Legia Warsaw 35

1975 1st Soviet Union Oleg Blokhin Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv 122

2nd West Germany Franz Beckenbauer West Germany Bayern Munich 42

3rd Netherlands Johan Cruyff Spain Barcelona27

1976 1st West Germany Franz Beckenbauer West Germany Bayern Munich 91

2nd Netherlands Rob Rensenbrink Belgium Anderlecht 75

3rd Czechoslovakia Ivo Viktor Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague 52

1977 1st Denmark Allan Simonsen West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach 74

2nd England Kevin Keegan[note 7] West Germany Hamburger SV 71

3rd France Michel Platini France Nancy 70

1978 1st England Kevin Keegan West Germany Hamburger SV 87

2nd Austria Hans Krankl[note 8] Spain Barcelona81

3rd Netherlands Rob Rensenbrink Belgium Anderlecht 50

1979 1st England Kevin Keegan West Germany Hamburger SV 118

2nd West Germany Karl-Heinz Rummenigge West Germany Bayern Munich 52

3rd Netherlands Ruud Krol Netherlands Ajax 41

1980 1st West Germany Karl-Heinz Rummenigge West Germany Bayern Munich 122

2nd West Germany Bernd Schuster[note 9] Spain Barcelona34

3rd France Michel Platini France Saint-Étienne 33

1981 1st West Germany Karl-Heinz Rummenigge West Germany Bayern Munich 106

2nd West Germany Paul Breitner West Germany Bayern Munich 64

3rd West Germany Bernd Schuster Spain Barcelona39

1982 1st Italy Paolo Rossi Italy Juventus 115

2nd France Alain Giresse France Girondins de Bordeaux 64

3rd Poland Zbigniew Boniek[note 10] Italy Juventus 39

1983 1st France Michel Platini Italy Juventus 110

2nd Scotland Kenny Dalglish England Liverpool 26

3rd Denmark Allan Simonsen[note 11] Denmark Vejle BK 25

1984 1st France Michel Platini Italy Juventus 110

2nd France Jean Tigana France Girondins de Bordeaux 57

3rd Denmark Preben Elkjær[note 12] Italy Hellas Verona 48

1985 1st France Michel Platini Italy Juventus 127

2nd Denmark Preben Elkjær Italy Hellas Verona 71

3rd West Germany Bernd Schuster Spain Barcelona46

1986 1st Soviet Union Igor Belanov Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv 84

2nd England Gary Lineker[note 13] Spain Barcelona62

3rd Spain Emilio Butragueño Spain Real Madrid 59

1987 1st Netherlands Ruud Gullit[note 14] Italy Milan 106

2nd Portugal Paulo Futre[note 15] Spain Atlético Madrid 91

3rd Spain Emilio Butragueño Spain Real Madrid 61

1988 1st Netherlands Marco van Basten Italy Milan 129

2nd Netherlands Ruud GullitItaly Milan 88

3rd Netherlands Frank Rijkaard[note 16] Italy Milan 45

1989 1st Netherlands Marco van Basten Italy Milan 129

2nd Italy Franco Baresi Italy Milan 80

3rd Netherlands Frank Rijkaard Italy Milan 43

1990 1st Germany Lothar Matthäus Italy Internazionale 137

2nd Italy Salvatore Schillaci Italy Juventus 84

3rd Germany Andreas Brehme Italy Internazionale 68

1991 1st France Jean-Pierre Papin France Marseille 141

2nd Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dejan Savićević Socialist Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 42

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Darko Pančev Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red
Star Belgrade

Germany Lothar Matthäus Italy Internazionale

1992 1st Netherlands Marco van Basten double-dagger Italy Milan 98

2nd Bulgaria Hristo Stoichkov Spain Barcelona80

3rd Netherlands Dennis Bergkamp Netherlands Ajax 53

1993 1st Italy Roberto Baggio double-dagger Italy Juventus 142

2nd Netherlands Dennis Bergkamp[note 17] Italy Internazionale 83

3rd France Eric Cantona England Manchester United 34

1994 1st Bulgaria Hristo Stoichkov Spain Barcelona210

2nd Italy Roberto Baggio Italy Juventus 136

3rd Italy Paolo Maldini Italy Milan 109

1995 1st Liberia George Weah double-dagger[note 18] Italy Milan 144

2nd Germany Jürgen Klinsmann[note 19] Germany Bayern Munich 108

3rd Finland Jari Litmanen Netherlands Ajax 67

1996 1st Germany Matthias Sammer Germany Borussia Dortmund 144

2nd Brazil Ronaldo[note 20] Spain Barcelona143

3rd England Alan Shearer[note 21] England Newcastle United 107

1997 1st Brazil Ronaldo double-dagger[note 22] Italy Internazionale 222

2nd Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Predrag Mijatović Spain Real Madrid 68

3rd France Zinedine Zidane Italy Juventus 63

1998 1st France Zinedine Zidane double-dagger Italy Juventus 244

2nd Croatia Davor Šuker Spain Real Madrid 68

3rd Brazil Ronaldo Italy Internazionale 66

1999 1st Brazil Rivaldo double-dagger Spain Barcelona219

2nd England David Beckham England Manchester United 154

3rd Ukraine Andriy Shevchenko[note 23] Italy Milan 64

2000 1st Portugal Luís Figo[note 24] Spain Real Madrid 197

2nd France Zinedine Zidane Italy Juventus 181

3rd Ukraine Andriy Shevchenko Italy Milan 85

2001 1st England Michael Owen England Liverpool 176

2nd Spain Raúl Spain Real Madrid 140

3rd Germany Oliver Kahn Germany Bayern Munich 114

2002 1st Brazil Ronaldo double-dagger[note 25] Spain Real Madrid 169

2nd Brazil Roberto Carlos Spain Real Madrid 145

3rd Germany Oliver Kahn Germany Bayern Munich 110

2003 1st Czech Republic Pavel Nedvěd Italy Juventus 190

2nd France Thierry Henry England Arsenal128

3rd Italy Paolo Maldini Italy Milan 123

2004 1st Ukraine Andriy Shevchenko Italy Milan 175

2nd Portugal Deco[note 26] Spain Barcelona139

3rd Brazil Ronaldinho Spain Barcelona133

2005 1st Brazil Ronaldinho double-dagger Spain Barcelona225

2nd England Frank Lampard England Chelsea 148

3rd England Steven Gerrard England Liverpool 142

2006 1st Italy Fabio Cannavaro double-dagger[note 27] Spain Real Madrid 173

2nd Italy Gianluigi Buffon Italy Juventus 124

3rd France Thierry Henry England Arsenal121

2007 1st Brazil Kaká double-dagger Italy Milan 444

2nd Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo England Manchester United 277

3rd Argentina Lionel Messi Spain Barcelona255

2008 1st Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo double-dagger England Manchester United 446

2nd Argentina Lionel Messi Spain Barcelona281

3rd Spain Fernando Torres England Liverpool 179

2009 1st Argentina Lionel Messi double-dagger Spain Barcelona473

2nd Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo[note 28] Spain Real Madrid 233

3rd Spain Xavi Spain Barcelona170

FIFA Ballon d'Or (2010–2015)

2010 1st Argentina Lionel Messi Spain Barcelona22.65%

2nd Spain Andrés Iniesta Spain Barcelona17.36%

3rd Spain Xavi Spain Barcelona16.48%

2011 1st Argentina Lionel Messi Spain Barcelona47.88%

2nd Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Spain Real Madrid 21.60%

3rd Spain Xavi Spain Barcelona9.23%

2012 1st Argentina Lionel Messi Spain Barcelona41.60%

2nd Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Spain Real Madrid 23.68%

3rd Spain Andrés Iniesta Spain Barcelona10.91%

2013 1st Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Spain Real Madrid 27.99%

2nd Argentina Lionel Messi Spain Barcelona24.72%

3rd France Franck Ribéry Germany Bayern Munich 23.36%

2014 1st Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Spain Real Madrid 37.66%

2nd Argentina Lionel Messi Spain Barcelona15.76%

3rd Germany Manuel NeuerGermany Bayern Munich 15.72%

2015 1st Argentina Lionel Messi Spain Barcelona41.33%

2nd Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Spain Real Madrid 27.76%

3rd Brazil Neymar Spain Barcelona7.86%

Ballon d'Or (2016–present)

2016 1st Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo double-dagger Spain Real Madrid 745

2nd Argentina Lionel Messi Spain Barcelona316

3rd France Antoine Griezmann Spain Atlético Madrid 198

2017 1st Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo double-dagger Spain Real Madrid 946

2nd Argentina Lionel Messi Spain Barcelona670

3rd Brazil Neymar[note 29] France Paris Saint-Germain 361

2018 1st Croatia Luka Modrić double-dagger Spain Real Madrid 753

2nd Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo[note 30] Italy Juventus 476

3rd France Antoine Griezmann Spain Atlético Madrid 414

2019 1st Argentina Lionel Messi double-dagger Spain Barcelona686

2nd Netherlands Virgil van Dijk England Liverpool 679

3rd Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Italy Juventus 476

2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[15]

2021 1st Argentina Lionel Messi[note 31] France Paris Saint-Germain 613

2nd Poland Robert Lewandowski Germany Bayern Munich 580

3rd Italy Jorginho England Chelsea 460

2022 1st France Karim Benzema Spain Real Madrid TBA

2nd Senegal Sadio Mané England Liverpool TBA

3rd Belgium Kevin De Bruyne England Manchester City TBA

Wins by player

Cristiano Ronaldo (left) and Lionel Messi won the award a combined 12 out of 13 times between
2008 and 2021.
Michel Platini won three years running (1983–85).

Johan Cruyff (left) and Marco van Basten, both of the Netherlands, each won three times.

Note: One-time winners are only included if they have also finished second or third in another year.

Player Winner Second place Third place

Argentina Lionel Messi[note 32] 7 (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019, 2021) 5 (2008, 2013,
2014, 2016, 2017) 1 (2007)

Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo[note 33] 5 (2008, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017) 6 (2007, 2009,
2011, 2012, 2015, 2018) 1 (2019)

France Michel Platini 3 (1983, 1984, 1985) — 2 (1977, 1980)

Netherlands Johan Cruyff 3 (1971, 1973, 1974) — 1 (1975)

Netherlands Marco van Basten 3 (1988, 1989, 1992) — —

West Germany Franz Beckenbauer 2 (1972, 1976) 2 (1974, 1975) 1 (1966)

Brazil Ronaldo 2 (1997, 2002) 1 (1996) 1 (1998)

Spain Alfredo Di Stéfano 2 (1957, 1959) 1 (1956) —

England Kevin Keegan 2 (1978, 1979) 1 (1977) —

West Germany Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 2 (1980, 1981) 1 (1979) —

Spain Luis Suárez 1 (1960) 2 (1961, 1964) 1 (1965)

Portugal Eusébio 1 (1965) 2 (1962, 1966) —

England Bobby Charlton1 (1966) 2 (1967, 1968) —

France Raymond Kopa 1 (1958) 1 (1959) 2 (1956, 1957)

West Germany Gerd Müller 1 (1970) 1 (1972) 2 (1969, 1973)

France Zinedine Zidane 1 (1998) 1 (2000) 1 (1997)

Italy Gianni Rivera 1 (1969) 1 (1963) —

Netherlands Ruud Gullit1 (1987) 1 (1988) —

Germany Lothar Matthäus 1 (1990) 1 (1991) —

Italy Roberto Baggio 1 (1993) 1 (1994) —

Bulgaria Hristo Stoichkov 1 (1994) 1 (1992) —

Ukraine Andriy Shevchenko 1 (2004) — 2 (1999, 2000)

Northern Ireland George Best 1 (1968) — 1 (1971)

Denmark Allan Simonsen 1 (1977) — 1 (1983)

Brazil Ronaldinho 1 (2005) — 1 (2004)

Wins by country

Three Ukrainian players have won the Ballon d'Or: Andriy Shevchenko, Oleh Blokhin, and Ihor
Belanov.

Marco van Basten (left) and Ruud Gullitt, teammates for AC Milan and the Netherlands, won in
consecutive years from 1987 to 1989.

CountryPlayers Wins

Germany 5 7

France 5 7

Netherlands 3 7

Portugal 3 7

Argentina 1 7

Italy 5 5

Brazil 4 5

England 4 5

Soviet Union 3 3

Spain 2 3

Bulgaria 1 1

Croatia 1 1

Czech Republic 1 1

Czechoslovakia 1 1

Denmark 1 1

Hungary 1 1

Liberia 1 1

Northern Ireland 1 1

Scotland 1 1

Ukraine 1 1

Wins by club

Club Players Wins

Spain Real Madrid 8 12

Spain Barcelona6 12

Italy Juventus 6 8

Italy Milan 6 8

Germany Bayern Munich 3 5

England Manchester United 4 4

Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 2 2

Italy Internazionale 2 2

Germany Hamburger SV 1 2

Netherlands Ajax 1 1

Portugal Benfica 1 1

England Blackpool 1 1

Germany Borussia Dortmund 1 1

Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach 1 1

Czech Republic Dukla Prague 1 1

Russia Dynamo Moscow 1 1

Hungary Ferencváros 1 1

England Liverpool 1 1

France Marseille 1 1

France Paris Saint-Germain 1 1

Additional awards

An honorary award, under the name Super Ballon d'Or, was awarded to Alfredo Di Stéfano in 1989,
after he surpassed Johan Cruyff and Michel Platini in France Football's voting.[18]

A decade later, France Football elected Pelé the Football Player of the Century after consulting their
former Ballon d'Or recipients. Among the 34 previous winners, 30 cast their votes, while Stanley
Matthews, Omar Sívori and George Best abstained, and Lev Yashin had died. Each voter was allotted
five votes worth up to five points; however, Di Stéfano only chose a first place, Platini a first and
second place, and George Weah two players for fifth place. Pelé was named the greatest by 17
voters, receiving almost double the number of points earned by the runner-up, Diego Maradona.[19]

Football Player of the Century

Player Pts 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

Brazil Pelé 122 17 5 4 2 1

Argentina Diego Maradona 65 3 6 5 5 1

Netherlands Johan Cruyff 62 1 4 7 9 2

Spain Alfredo Di Stéfano 44 4 3 3 1 1

France Michel Platini 40 1 5 1 3 6

To coincide with the 60th anniversary of the Ballon d'Or in 2016, France Football published a
reevaluation of the awards presented before 1995, when only European players were eligible to win
the award. 12 out of the 39 Ballons d'Or presented during this time period would have been
awarded to South American players; in addition to Pelé and Diego Maradona, Garrincha, Mario
Kempes, and Romário were retrospectively recognized as worthy winners. The original recipients,
however, remain unchanged.[20]

Maradona and Pelé also received honorary Ballons d'Ors for their services to football in 1995 and
2013, respectively.[21][22]

Le nouveau palmarès (internationalized reevaluation)

Year Original winner Alternative

1958 France Raymond Kopa Brazil Pelé

1959 Spain Alfredo Di Stéfano Brazil Pelé

1960 Spain Luis Suárez Brazil Pelé

1961 Italy Omar Sívori Brazil Pelé

1962 Czechoslovakia Josef Masopust Brazil Garrincha

1963 Soviet Union Lev Yashin Brazil Pelé

1964 Scotland Denis Law Brazil Pelé

1970 West Germany Gerd Müller Brazil Pelé

1978 England Kevin Keegan Argentina Mario Kempes

1986 Soviet Union Igor Belanov Argentina Diego Maradona

1990 Germany Lothar Matthäus Argentina Diego Maradona

1994 Bulgaria Hristo Stoichkov Brazil Romário

In 1978, France Football published an article about that year's South American Footballer of the Year
award in which they hypothesised a match between a South American All-Star Team and a European
All-Star team, featuring the players who had performed the best in the award rankings.[23]

Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards

Sweden Ronnie Hellström

France Marius Trésor

Netherlands Ruud Krol

West Germany Rainer Bonhof

Italy Antonio Cabrini

Netherlands Willy van de Kerkhof

Netherlands Arie Haan

Scotland Graeme Souness

England Kevin Keegan

Austria Hans Krankl

Netherlands Rob Rensenbrink

Since 2021, France Football has given the "Goalscorer of the Year" award, which was won in its first
edition by Robert Lewandowski in recognition of the record-breaking 41 league goals he scored that
year.[24] The "Best Club of the Year" award is also given from the same year onward, with Chelsea
having been the inaugural winner. Since 2022, an additional award, the "Socrates Trophy", has been
given, with Sadio Mané becoming the first recipient. The "Goalscorer of the Year" award was
renamed into the "Gerd Müller Trophy" in honour of Gerd Müller the same year.