2011: Lionel Messi (Argentina)
2010: Lionel Messi (Argentina)
2009: Lionel Messi (Argentina)
2008: Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
2007: Kaka (Brazil)
2006: Fabio Cannavaro (Italy)
2005: Ronaldinho (Brazil)
2004: Andre Shevchenko (Ukraine)
2003: Pavel Nedved(Czech Republic)
2002: Ronaldo (Brazil)
2001: Michael Owen (England)
2000: Luis Figo (Portugal)
1999: Rivaldo (Brazil)
1998: Zidane (France)
1997: Ronaldo (Brazil)
1996: Matthias Sammer (Germany)
1995: George Weah (Liberia)
1994: Stoitchkov (Bulgaria)
1993: Roberto. Baggio (Italy)
1992: Marco. Van Basten (Netherland)
1991: Jean Pierre Papin (France)
1990: Lothar Matthaeus (Germany)
1989: Marco Van Basten (Netherland)
1988: Marco Van Basten (Netherland)
1987: Ruud Gullit (Netherland)
1986: Igor Belanov (Soviet Union)
1985: Michel Platini (France)
1984: Michel Platini (France)
1983: Michel Platini (France)
1982: Paolo Rossi (Italy)
1981: Rummenigge (Germany)
1980: Rummenigge (Germany)
1979: Kevin Keegan (England)
1978: Kevin Keegan (England)
1977: Allan Simonsen (Denmark)
1976: Franz Beckenbauer (Germany)
1975: Oleg Blokhin (Soviet Union)
1974: Johan Cruyff (Netherland)
1973: Johan Cruyff (Netherland)
1972: Franz Beckenbauer (Germany)
1971: Johan Cruyff (Netherland)
1970: Gerd Müller (Germany)
1969: Gianni Rivera (Italy)
1968: George Best (Ireland)
1967: Florian Albert (Hungary)
1966: Bobby Charlton (England)
1965: Eusebio (Portugal)
1964: Denis Law (Scotland)
1963: Lev Yashin (Soviet Union)
1962: Joseph Masopust (Czechoslovakia)
1961: Omar Sivor (Italy)
1960: Luis Suarez (Spain)
1959: Alfredo Di Stefano (Spain)
1958: Raymond Kopa (France)
1957: Alfredo Di Stefano (Spain)
1956: Stanley Matthews (England)
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