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Ballon d'Or: Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo headlined the awards for implicit a decennary since 2008. (Reuters)
Ballon d’Or 2024: The 68th variation of the iconic Ballon d’Or grant volition beryllium presented by France Football astatine the Theatre du Chatelet successful Paris connected Monday evening.
Started successful the twelvemonth 1956, the Ballon d’Or represents the highest idiosyncratic prize successful satellite shot and is being conducted by France Football successful collaboration with the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for the archetypal clip this season.
Argentine superstar Lionel Messi has won the grant a grounds 8 times. Messi is followed by his long-time European nine shot rival, Cristiano Ronaldo, who bagged the grant 5 times betwixt 2008 and 2017 portion receiving a grounds 18 nominations since 2003.
Prior to the Messi-Ronaldo domination, lone 3 other players – Michel Platini, Johan Cruyff and Marco van Basten – had lifted the Ballon d’Or thrice successful their careers.
While Ronaldo and Messi person missed the chopped for the 2024 Ballon d’Or for the archetypal clip successful implicit 2 decades, Real Madrid and Brazil winger Vinicus Jr. has been marked arsenic the blistery favourite to assertion the grant for the 2023-24 season.
Ballon d’Or winners list
| Year | Player | Nationality | Club |
| 1956 | Stanley Matthews | England | Blackpool |
| 1957 | Alfredo Di Stefano | Argentina/Spain | Real Madrid |
| 1958 | Raymond Kopa | France | Real Madrid |
| 1959 | Alfredo Di Stefano | Argentina/Spain | Real Madrid |
| 1960 | Luis Suárez | Spain | Barcelona |
| 1961 | Omar Sivori | Italy | Juventus |
| 1962 | Josef Masopust | Czechoslovakia | Dukla Prague |
| 1963 | Lev Yashin | Soviet Union | Dynamo Moscow |
| 1964 | Denis Law | England | Manchester United |
| 1965 | Eusébio | Portugal | Benfica |
| 1966 | Bobby Charlton | England | Manchester United |
| 1967 | Flórián Albert | Hungary | Ferencváros |
| 1968 | George Best | Northern Ireland | Manchester United |
| 1969 | Gianni Rivera | Italy | Milan |
| 1970 | Gerd Müller | West Germany | Bayern Munich |
| 1971 | Johan Cruyff | Netherlands | Ajax |
| 1972 | Franz Beckenbauer | West Germany | Bayern Munich |
| 1973 | Johan Cruyff | Netherlands | Barcelona |
| 1974 | Johan Cruyff | Netherlands | Barcelona |
| 1975 | Oleg Blokhin | Soviet Union | Dynamo Kyiv |
| 1976 | Franz Beckenbauer | West Germany | Bayern Munich |
| 1977 | Allan Simonsen | Denmark | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
| 1978 | Kevin Keegan | England | Hamburger SV |
| 1979 | Kevin Keegan | England | Hamburger SV |
| 1980 | Karl-Heinz Rummenigge | West Germany | Bayern Munich |
| 1981 | Karl-Heinz Rummenigge | West Germany | Bayern Munich |
| 1982 | Paolo Rossi | Italy | Juventus |
| 1983 | Michel Platini | France | Juventus |
| 1984 | Michel Platini | France | Juventus |
| 1985 | Michel Platini | France | Juventus |
| 1986 | Igor Belanov | Soviet Union | Dynamo Kyiv |
| 1987 | Ruud Gullit | Netherlands | Milan |
| 1988 | Marco van Basten | Netherlands | Milan |
| 1989 | Marco van Basten | Netherlands | Inter Milan |
| 1990 | Lothar Matthäus | Germany | Inter Milan |
| 1991 | Jean-Pierre Papin | France | Marselle |
| 1992 | Marco van Basten | Netherlands | Inter Milan |
| 1993 | Roberto Baggio | Italy | Juventus |
| 1994 | Hristo Stoichkov | Bulgaria | Barcelona |
| 1995 | George Weah | Liberia | Milan |
| 1996 | Matthias Sammer | Germany | Borussia Dortmund |
| 1997 | Ronaldo | Brazil | Inter Milan |
| 1998 | Zinedine Zidane | France | Juventus |
| 1999 | Rivaldo | Brazil | Barcelona |
| 2000 | Luís Figo | Portugal | Real Madrid |
| 2001 | Michael Owen | England | Liverpool |
| 2002 | Ronaldo | Brazil | Real Madrid |
| 2003 | Pavel Nedvěd | Czechia | Juventus |
| 2004 | Andriy Shevchenko | Ukraine | Milan |
| 2005 | Ronaldinho | Brazil | Barcelona |
| 2006 | Fabio Cannavaro | Italy | Real Madrid |
| 2007 | Kaká | Brazil | Milan |
| 2008 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | Manchester United |
| 2009 | Lionel Messi | Argentina | Barcelona |
| 2010 | Lionel Messi | Argentina | Barcelona |
| 2011 | Lionel Messi | Argentina | Barcelona |
| 2012 | Lionel Messi | Argentina | Barcelona |
| 2013 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | Real Madrid |
| 2014 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | Real Madrid |
| 2015 | Lionel Messi | Argentina | Barcelona |
| 2016 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | Real Madrid |
| 2017 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | Real Madrid |
| 2018 | Luka Modric | Croatia | Real Madrid |
| 2019 | Lionel Messi | Argentina | Barcelona |
| 2020 | Not awarded | —— | |
| 2021 | Lionel Messi | Argentina | Paris-Saint Germain |
| 2022 | Karim Benzema | France | Real Madrid |
| 2023 | Lionel Messi | Argentina | Inter Miami |
| 2024 | TBA |
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