Rodri Wins 2024 Ballon d’Or: Full List of Recipients

Spain’s Rodri has been announced as the 2024 Ballon d’Or winner. Here’s a detailed list of all recipients since the award began in 1956. It’s notable that the award was merged with FIFA’s World Player of the Year from 2010 to 2015.

• 1956: Stanley Matthews (England)
• 1957: Alfredo Di Stefano (Spain)
• 1958: Raymond Kopa (France)
• 1959: Alfredo Di Stefano (Spain)
• 1960: Luis Suarez (Spain)
• 1961: Omar Sivori (Italy)
• 1962: Josef Masopust (Czechoslovakia)
• 1963: Lev Yashin (Soviet Union)
• 1964: Denis Law (Scotland)
• 1965: Eusebio (Portugal)
• 1966: Bobby Charlton (England)
• 1967: Florian Albert (Hungary)
• 1968: George Best (Northern Ireland)
• 1969: Gianni Rivera (Italy)
• 1970: Gerd Mueller (West Germany)
• 1971-1974: Johan Cruyff (Netherlands)
• 1975: Oleg Blokhin (Soviet Union)
• 1976: Franz Beckenbauer (West Germany)
• 1977: Allan Simonsen (Denmark)
• 1978-1979: Kevin Keegan (England)
• 1980-1981: Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (West Germany)
• 1982: Paolo Rossi (Italy)
• 1983-1985: Michel Platini (France)
• 1986: Igor Belanov (Soviet Union)
• 1987: Ruud Gullit (Netherlands)
• 1988-1989: Marco van Basten (Netherlands)
• 1990: Lothar Matthaus (Germany)
• 1991: Jean-Pierre Papin (France)
• 1992: Marco van Basten (Netherlands)
• 1993: Roberto Baggio (Italy)
• 1994: Hristo Stoichkov (Bulgaria)
• 1995: George Weah (Liberia)
• 1996: Matthias Sammer (Germany)
• 1997: Ronaldo (Brazil)
• 1998: Zinedine Zidane (France)
• 1999: Rivaldo (Brazil)
• 2000: Luis Figo (Portugal)
• 2001: Michael Owen (England)
• 2002: Ronaldo (Brazil)
• 2003: Pavel Nedved (Czech Republic)
• 2004: Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine)
• 2005: Ronaldinho (Brazil)
• 2006: Fabio Cannavaro (Italy)
• 2007: Kaka (Brazil)
• 2008: Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
• 2009: Lionel Messi (Argentina)
• 2010-2012: Lionel Messi (Argentina)
• 2013-2014: Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
• 2015: Lionel Messi (Argentina)
• 2016-2017: Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
• 2018: Luka Modric (Croatia)
• 2019: Lionel Messi (Argentina)
• 2020: Award Cancelled due to COVID-19 Pandemic
• 2021: Lionel Messi (Argentina)
• 2022: Karim Benzema (France)
• 2023: Lionel Messi (Argentina)
• 2024: Rodri (Spain)