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1956: Matthews  | 1957: Di Stéfano  | 1958: Kopa  | 1959: Di Stéfano  | 1960: Suárez  | 1961: Sívori  | 1962: Masopust  | 1963: Yashin  | 1964: Law  | 1965: Eusébio  | 1966: Charlton  | 1967: Albert  | 1968: Best  | 1969: Rivera  | 1970: Müller  | 1971: Cruyff  | 1972: Beckenbauer  | 1973: Cruyff  | 1974: Cruyff  | 1975: Blokhin  | 1976: Beckenbauer  | 1977: Simonsen  | 1978: Keegan  | 1979: Keegan  | 1980: Rummenigge  | 1981: Rummenigge  | 1982: Rossi  | 1983: Platini  | 1984: Platini  | 1985: Platini  | 1986: Belanov  | 1987: Gullit  | 1988: van Basten  | 1989: van Basten  | 1990: Matthäus  | 1991: Papin  | 1992: van Basten  | 1993: Baggio  | 1994: Stoichkov  | 1995: Weah  | 1996: Sammer  | 1997: Ronaldo  | 1998: Zidane  | 1999: Rivaldo  | 2000: Figo  | 2001: Owen  | 2002: Ronaldo  | 2003: Nedvěd  | 2004: Shevchenko  | 2005: Ronaldinho  | 2006: Cannavaro  | 2007: Kaká  | 2008: C. Ronaldo  | 2009: Messi  | 2010–15: Sáp nhập vào Quả bóng vàng FIFA  | 2016: C. Ronaldo  | 2017: C. Ronaldo  | 2018: Modrić  | 2019: Messi

• 1955–56: Milutinović
• 1956–57: Viollet
• 1957–58: Di Stéfano
• 1958–59: Fontaine
• 1959–60: Puskás
• 1960–61: J. Águas
• 1961–62: Di Stéfano & Løfqvist & Puskás & Strehl & Tejada
• 1962–63: Altafini
• 1963–64: Kovačević & Mazzola & Puskás
• 1964–65: Eusébio & Torres
• 1965–66: Albert & Eusébio
• 1966–67: Piepenburg & Van Himst
• 1967–68: Eusébio
• 1968–69: Law
• 1969–70: Jones
• 1970–71: Antoniadis
• 1971–72: Dunai & Macari & Takač
• 1972–73: Müller
• 1973–74: Müller
• 1974–75: Müller & Markarov
• 1975–76: Heynckes
• 1976–77: Cucinotta & Müller
• 1977–78: Simonsen
• 1978–79: Sulser
• 1979–80: Lerby
• 1980–81: McDermott & Rummenigge & Souness
• 1981–82: Hoeneß
• 1982–83: Rossi
• 1983–84: Sokol
• 1984–85: Nilsson & Platini
• 1985–86: Nilsson
• 1986–87: Cvetković
• 1987–88: R. Águas & Ferreri & Hagi & Madjer & McCoist & Míchel & Novák
• 1988–89: van Basten
• 1989–90: Papin & Romário
• 1990–91: Pacult & Papin
• 1991–92: Papin & Yuran
• 1992–93: Romário
• 1993–94: Koeman & Rufer
• 1994–95: Weah
• 1995–96: Litmanen
• 1996–97: Pantić
• 1997–98: Del Piero
• 1998–99: Shevchenko & Yorke
• 1999–00: Jardel & Raúl & Rivaldo
• 2000–01: Raúl
• 2001–02: van Nistelrooy
• 2002–03: van Nistelrooy
• 2003–04: Morientes
• 2004–05: van Nistelrooy
• 2005–06: Shevchenko
• 2006–07: Kaká
• 2007–08: C. Ronaldo
• 2008–09: Messi
• 2009–10: Messi
• 2010–11: Messi
• 2011–12: Messi
• 2012–13: C. Ronaldo
• 2013–14: C. Ronaldo
• 2014–15: Neymar, C. Ronaldo & Messi
• 2015–16: C. Ronaldo