World Golden Ball

Year	Winner	Club	Second	Third
2063	Billy Laing	Chelsea	Davide Vitagliano	Nacho Valera
2062	Marcelo	FC Internazionale Milano	Júnior	Billy Laing
2061	Júnior	Chelsea	Marcelo	Davide Vitagliano
2060	Júnior	Chelsea	Marcelo	Pedro Gomes
2059	Niccolò De Giglio	FC Bayern München	Júnior	Zain Whatmough
2058	Scott Crichton	Real Madrid FC	Pedro Gomes	Nacho Valera
2057	Nacho Valera	Chelsea	Pedro Gomes	None
2056	Nacho Valera	Chelsea	Jonathan Levy	Zain Whatmough
2055	Paul Malcolm	Real Madrid FC	Joseph Haigh	Pedro Gomes
2054	Jonathan Levy	Olympique Lyonnais	Fabrizio Longhi	Scott Crichton
2053	Paul Malcolm	Real Madrid FC	Eduardo Angione	Pedro Gomes
2052	Pedro Gomes	Juventus	Eduardo Angione	Logan Granger
2051	Paul Malcolm	Chelsea	Jonathan Levy	Logan Granger
2050	Paul Malcolm	Chelsea	Logan Granger	Jonathan Levy
2049	Paul Malcolm	Chelsea	Edon Chafer	Logan Granger
2048	Paul Malcolm	Chelsea	Eneko Pereda	Peter Mutiu
2047	Paul Malcolm	Chelsea	Peter Mutiu	Success Adebayo
2046	Paul Malcolm	Chelsea	Carl Pritchard	Vardan Asatryan
2045	Carl Pritchard	Chelsea	Peter Mutiu	Jamal Juma
2044	Paul Malcolm	Chelsea	Peter Mutiu	Joachim Clausen
2043	Paul Malcolm	Chelsea	Jiří Pudil	Joachim Clausen
2042	Paul Malcolm	Chelsea	Chus Ortega	Peter Mutiu
2041	Paul Malcolm	Chelsea	Lazăr Gaica	Diogo Sousa
2040	Paul Malcolm	Chelsea	Joachim Clausen	Peter Mutiu
2039	Lazăr Gaica	Real Madrid FC	Chus Ortega	Joachim Clausen
2038	Eugen Opriş	FC Bayern München	Lazăr Gaica	Peter Mutiu
2037	Lazăr Gaica	Real Madrid FC	Eugen Opriş	Paul Zumbeel
2036	Eugen Opriş	FC Bayern München	Joe Haigh	Lazăr Gaica
2035	Eugen Opriş	FC Bayern München	Joe Haigh	Franco Maradona
2034	Joe Haigh	Arsenal	Roony Bardghji	Erling Haaland
2033	Joe Haigh	Chelsea	Jude Soonsup-Bell	Noël de Ruiter
2032	Joe Haigh	Chelsea	Louis Flower	Erling Haaland
2031	Joe Haigh	Chelsea	Franco Maradona	Erling Haaland
2030	Joe Haigh	Chelsea	Jude Soonsup-Bell	Ronnie Stutter
2029	Joe Haigh	Chelsea	Erling Haaland	Jude Soonsup-Bell
2028	Joe Haigh	Chelsea	Kylian Mbappé	Jude Soonsup-Bell
2027	Joe Haigh	Chelsea	Erling Haaland	Jude Soonsup-Bell
2026	Joe Haigh	Chelsea	Erling Haaland	Jude Soonsup-Bell
2025	Joe Haigh	Chelsea	Jude Soonsup-Bell	Kylian Mbappé
2024	Joe Haigh	Chelsea	Jude Soonsup-Bell	Mohamed Salah
2023	Joe Haigh	Chelsea	Erling Haaland	Kylian Mbappé
2022	Karim Benzema	Real Madrid FC	Sadio Mané	Kevin De Bruyne
2021	Lionel Messi	Paris Saint-Germain	Robert Lewandowski	Jorginho
2019	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	Virgil van Dijk	Cristiano Ronaldo
2018	Luka Modrić	Real Madrid FC	Cristiano Ronaldo	Antoine Griezmann
2017	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid FC	Lionel Messi	Neymar
2016	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid FC	Lionel Messi	Antoine Griezmann
2015	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	Cristiano Ronaldo	Neymar
2014	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid FC	Lionel Messi	Manuel Neuer
2013	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid FC	Lionel Messi	Franck Ribéry
2012	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	Cristiano Ronaldo	Andrés Iniesta
2011	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	Cristiano Ronaldo	Xavi
2010	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	Andrés Iniesta	Xavi
2009	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	Cristiano Ronaldo	Xavi
2008	Cristiano Ronaldo	Manchester United	Lionel Messi	Fernando Torres
2007	Kaká	AC Milan	Cristiano Ronaldo	Lionel Messi
2006	Fabio Cannavaro	Real Madrid FC	Gianluigi Buffon	Thierry Henry
2005	Ronaldinho	Barcelona	Frank Lampard	Steven Gerrard
2004	Andriy Shevchenko	AC Milan	Deco	Ronaldinho
2003	Pavel Nedvěd	Juventus	Thierry Henry	None
2002	Ronaldo	Real Madrid FC	Roberto Carlos	Oliver Kahn
2001	Michael Owen	Liverpool	Raúl	Oliver Kahn
2000	Luis Figo	Real Madrid FC	Zinedine Zidane	Andriy Shevchenko
1999	Rivaldo	Barcelona	David Beckham	Andriy Shevchenko
1998	Zinedine Zidane	Juventus	Davor Suker	Ronaldo
1997	Ronaldo	FC Internazionale Milano	Predrag Mijatovic	Zinedine Zidane
1996	Matthias Sammer	Borussia Dortmund	Ronaldo	Alan Shearer
1995	George Weah	AC Milan	Jürgen Klinsmann	None
1994	Hristo Stoichkov	Barcelona	Roberto Baggio	None
1993	Roberto Baggio	Juventus	Dennis Bergkamp	Eric Cantona
1992	Marco van Basten	AC Milan	Hristo Stoichkov	Dennis Bergkamp
1991	Jean-Pierre Papin	Olympique de Marseille	Darko Pancev	Dejan Savicevic
1990	Lothar Matthäus	FC Internazionale Milano	Salvatore Schillaci	Andreas Brehme
1989	Marco van Basten	AC Milan	None	Frank Rijkaard
1988	Marco van Basten	AC Milan	Ruud Gullit	Frank Rijkaard
1987	Ruud Gullit	PSV Eindhoven	Paolo Futre	Emilio Butragueño
1986	Igor Belanov	Dynamo Kyiv	Gary Lineker	Emilio Butragueño
1985	Michel Platini	Juventus	Preben Elkjær	Bernd Schuster
1984	Michel Platini	Juventus	Jean Tigana	Preben Elkjær
1983	Michel Platini	Juventus	Kenny Dalglish	Allan Simonsen
1982	Paolo Rossi	Juventus	Alain Giresse	Zbigniew Boniek
1981	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	FC Bayern München	Paul Breitner	Bernd Schuster
1980	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	FC Bayern München	Bernd Schuster	Michel Platini
1979	Kevin Keegan	Hamburger SV	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	Ruud Krol
1978	Kevin Keegan	Hamburger SV	Hans Krankl	Rob Rensenbrink
1977	Allan Simonsen	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Kevin Keegan	Michel Platini
1976	Franz Beckenbauer	FC Bayern München	Rob Rensenbrink	Ivo Viktor
1975	Oleg Blokhin	Dynamo Kyiv	Franz Beckenbauer	Johan Cruyff
1974	Johan Cruyff	Barcelona	Franz Beckenbauer	Kazimierz Deyna
1973	Johan Cruyff	Barcelona	Dino Zoff	Gerd Müller
1972	Franz Beckenbauer	FC Bayern München	Gerd Müller	Günter Netzer
1971	Johan Cruyff	AFC Ajax	Sandro Mazzola	George Best
1970	Gerd Müller	FC Bayern München	Bobby Moore	Gigi Riva
1969	Gianni Rivera	AC Milan	Gigi Riva	Gerd Müller
1968	George Best	Manchester United	Bobby Charlton	Dragan Dzajic
1967	Florian Albert	Ferencvárosi Torna Club	Bobby Charlton	Jimmy Johnstone
1966	Bobby Charlton	Manchester United	Eusébio	Franz Beckenbauer
1965	Eusébio	SL Benfica	Giacinto Facchetti	Luis Suárez
1964	Denis Law	Manchester United	Luis Suárez	Amancio
1963	Lev Yashin	Dinamo Moscow	Gianni Rivera	Jimmy Greaves
1962	Josef Masopust	Dukla Prague	Eusébio	Karl-Heinz Schnellinger
1961	Omar Sivori	Juventus	Luis Suarez	Johnny Haynes
1960	Luis Suárez	Barcelona	Ferenc Puskas	Uwe Seeler
1959	Alfredo Di Stéfano	Real Madrid FC	Raymond Kopa	John Charles
1958	Raymond Kopa	Real Madrid FC	Helmut Rahn	Just Fontaine
1957	Alfredo Di Stéfano	Real Madrid FC	Billy Wright	Duncan Edwards
1956	Stanley Matthews	Blackpool	Alfredo Di Stéfano	Raymond Kopa

Most wins

Paul Malcolm	13
Joe Haigh	12
Lionel Messi	7
Cristiano Ronaldo	5
Eugen Opriş	3
Marco van Basten	3
Júnior	2
Nacho Valera	2
Lazăr Gaica	2
Ronaldo	2