Ballon d’Or winners: every winner since 1995
Every Ballon d’Or winner since the award opened to players of all nationalities in 1995.
| Year | Player | Nationality |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Ousmane Dembélé | France |
| 2024 | Rodri | Spain |
| 2023 | Lionel Messi | Argentina |
| 2022 | Karim Benzema | France |
| 2021 | Lionel Messi | Argentina |
| 2020 | – | |
| 2019 | Lionel Messi | Argentina |
| 2018 | Luka Modrić | Croatia |
| 2017 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal |
| 2016 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal |
| 2015 | Lionel Messi | Argentina |
| 2014 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal |
| 2013 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal |
| 2012 | Lionel Messi | Argentina |
| 2011 | Lionel Messi | Argentina |
| 2010 | Lionel Messi | Argentina |
| 2009 | Lionel Messi | Argentina |
| 2008 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal |
| 2007 | Kaká | Brazil |
| 2006 | Fabio Cannavaro | Italy |
| 2005 | Ronaldinho | Brazil |
| 2004 | Andriy Shevchenko | Ukraine |
| 2003 | Pavel Nedvěd | Czech Republic |
| 2002 | Ronaldo | Brazil |
| 2001 | Michael Owen | England |
| 2000 | Luís Figo | Portugal |
| 1999 | Rivaldo | Brazil |
| 1998 | Zinedine Zidane | France |
| 1997 | Ronaldo | Brazil |
| 1996 | Matthias Sammer | Germany |
| 1995 | George Weah | Liberia |
Most titles
- Lionel Messi8
- Cristiano Ronaldo5
- Ronaldo2
- Andriy Shevchenko1
- Fabio Cannavaro1
- George Weah1
- Kaká1
- Karim Benzema1
- Luís Figo1
- Luka Modrić1
- Matthias Sammer1
- Michael Owen1