Stanley Matthews (1956)

Club: Blackpool

Nationality: England

Alfredo Di Stéfano (1957,1959)

Club:Real Madrid

Nationality: Spain, Argentina

Raymond Kopa (1958)

Club: Real Madrid

Nationality: France

Luis Suarez (1960)

Club: Barcelona

Nationality: Spain

Omar Sivori (1961)

Club: Juventus

Nationality: Italy

Josef Masopust (1962)

Club: Dukla Prague

Nationality: Czech

Lev Yashin (1963)

Club: Moscow Dynamo

Nationality: CCCP

Denis Law (1964)

Club: Manchester United

Nationality: England

Eusebio (1965)

Club: Benfica

Nationality: Portugal

Bobby Charlton (1966)

Club: Manchester United

Nationality: England

Florian Albert (1967)

Club: Ferencvaros TC

Nationality: Hungary

George Best (1968)

Club: Manchester United

Nationality: North Ireland

Gianni Rivera (1969)

Club: AC Milan

Nationality: Italy

Gerd Muller (1970)

Club: Bayern Munchen

Nationality: Deutschland

Johan Cruyff (1971)

Club: Ajax

Nationality: Netherlands

Franz Beckenbauer (1972, 1976)

Club: Bayern Munchen

Nationality: Deutschland

Johan Cruyff (1973, 1974)

Club: Barcelona

Nationality: Netherlands

Oleg Blochin (1975)

Club: Kyiv Dynamo

Nationality: CCCP

Allan Simonsen (1977)

Club: Borussia

Monchengladb.

Nationality: Denmark

Kevin Keegan (1978, 1979)

Club: Hamburg

Nationality: England

Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (1980,1981)

Club: Bayern Munchen

Nationality: Deutschland

Paolo Rossi (1982)

Club: Juventus

Nationality: Italy

Michel Platini (1983, 1984, 1985)

Club: Juventus

Nationality: France

Igor Belanov (1986)

Club: Kyiv Dynamo

Nationality: CCCP

Ruud Gullit (1987)

Club: AC Milan

Nationality: Netherlands

Marco van Basten (1988, 1989, 1992)

Club: AC Milan

Nationality: Netherlands

Lothar Matthaus (1990)

Club: Internazionale

Nationality: Deutschland

Jean-Pierre Papin (1991)

Club: Marseille

Nationality: France

Roberto Baggio (1993)

Club: Juventus

Nationality: Italy

Hristo Stoichkov (1994)

Club: Barcelona

Nationality: Bulgaria

George Weah (1995)

Club: AC Milan

Nationality: Liberia

Matthias Sammer (1996)

Club: Borussia Dortmund

Nationality: Deutschland

Ronaldo (1997)

Club: Barcelona

Nationality: Brazil

Zinedine Zidane (1998)

Club: Juventus

Nationality: France

Rivaldo (1999)

Club: Barcelona

Nationality: Brazil

Luis Figo (2000)

Club: Real Madrid

Nationality: Portugal

Michael Owen (2001)

Club: Liverpool

Nationality: England

Ronaldo (2002)

Club: Real Madrid

Nationality: Brazil

Pavel Nedved (2003)

Club: Juventus

Nationality: Czech Republic

Andriy Shevchenko (2004)

Club: AC Milan

Nationality: Ukraine

Ronaldinho (2005)

Club: Barcelona

Nationality: Brazil

Fabio Cannavaro (2006)

Club: Real Madrid

Nationality: Italy

Ricardo Kaká (2007)

Club: AC Milan

Nationality: Brazil

Cristiano Ronaldo (2008)

Club: Manchester United

Nationality: Portugal

Lionel Messi (2009)

Club: Barcelona

Nationality: Argentina

Lionel Messi (2010)

Club: Barcelona

Nationality: Argentina

Lionel Messi (2011)

Club: Barcelona

Nationality: Argentina

Lionel Messi (2012)

Club: Barcelona

Nationality: Argentina

Cristiano Ronaldo (2013)

Club: Real Madrid

Nationality: Portugal

Cristiano Ronaldo (2014)

Club: Real Madrid

Nationality: Portugal

Lionel Messi (2015)

Club: Barcelona

Nationality: Argentina

Cristiano Ronaldo (2016)

Club: Real Madrid

Nationality: Portugal

Cristiano Ronaldo (2017)

Club: Real Madrid

Nationality: Portugal

Luka Modrić (2018)

Club: Real Madrid

Nationality: Croatia

Lionel Messi (2019)

Club: Barcelona

Nationality: Argentina

Lionel Messi (2021)

Club: Paris Saint-German

Nationality: Argentina

Karim Benzema (2022)

Club: Real Madrid

Nationality: France

Lionel Messi (2023)

Club: Miami Inter

Nationality: Argentina