Ballon d'Or: Every previous winner of the prestigious award including Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo

By Matt Law | 20 Oct 2026 09:44, Last updated: 20 Oct 2026 09:44

Either Lamine Yamal oregon Harry Kane are expected to beryllium crowned the victor of the 2026 Ballon d'Or successful London, England connected October 26.

There are different names successful the running, including Real Madrid's Kylian Mbappe, but the anticipation is that it volition beryllium Yamal oregon Kane to person the grant astatine the extremity of the month.

Ousmane Dembele is the holder of the Ballon d'Or, with the Frenchman being recognised for his caller publication to Paris Saint-Germain.

However, Dembele is an outsider for the main prize successful 2026.

The play betwixt August 3, 2025 and July 19, 2026 is considered erstwhile picking a winner, with the last determination based connected the results of the season.

Kane is aiming to go the archetypal Englishman to unafraid the grant since Michael Owen successful 2001; helium was Europe's apical goalscorer past season, scoring 61 goals successful 51 matches, portion the striker netted six times arsenic England finished 3rd astatine the 2026 World Cup.

Yamal had an outstanding 2025-26 run astatine Barcelona, playing a captious relation successful their La Liga success, earlier helping Spain to triumph the 2026 World Cup.

Here, Sports Mole provides a database of each victor from the 2025 Ballon d'Or ceremony, arsenic good arsenic each men's champion since the award's inception each the mode backmost successful 1956. 

Ballon d'Or 2025 Winners' list

Ballon d'Or

Ousmane Dembele (PSG/France)

Ballon d'Or Feminin

Aitana Bonmati (Barcelona/Spain)

Men's Kopa Trophy

Lamine Yamal (Barcelona/Spain)

Women's Kopa Trophy 

Vicky Lopez (Barcelona/Spain)

Women's Johan Cruyff Trophy

Sarina Wiegman (England Women/Netherlands)

Men's Johan Cruyff Trophy 

Luis Enrique (PSG/Spain)

Men's Yashin Trophy

Gianluigi Donnarumma (PSG and Manchester City\Italy)

Women's Yashin Trophy

Hannah Hampton (Chelsea/England)

Men's Club of the Year

PSG

Women's Club of the Year

Arsenal

Men's Gerd Muller Trophy

Viktor Gyokeres (Sporting Lisbon and Arsenal/Sweden)

Women's Gerd Muller Trophy

Ewa Pajor (Barcelona/Poland)

Socrates Award

Xana Foundation

All erstwhile Ballon d'Or winners year-by-year

1956: Stanley Matthews

1957: Alfredo Di Stefano

1958: Raymond Kopa

1959: Alfredo Di Stefano

1960: Luis Suarez

1961: Omar Sivori

1962: Josef Masopust

1963 Lev Yashin

1964: Denis Law

1965: Eusebio

1966: Bobby Charlton

1967: Florian Albert

1968: George Best

1969: Gianni Rivera

1970: Gerd Muller

1971: Johan Cruyff

1972: Franz Beckenbauer

1973: Johan Cruyff

1974: Johan Cruyff

1975: Oleh Blokhin

1976: Franz Beckenbauer

1977: Allan Simonsen

1978: Kevin Keegan

1979: Kevin Keegan

1980:Karl-Heinz Rummenigge

1981: Karl-Heinz Rummenigge

1982: Paolo Rossi

1983: Michel Platini

1984: Michel Platini

1985: Michel Platini

1986: Igor Belanov

1987: Ruud Gullit

1988: Marco van Basten

1989: Marco van Basten

1990: Lothar Matthaus

1991: Jean-Pierre Papin

1992: Marco van Basten

1993: Roberto Baggio

1994: Hristo Stoichkov

1995: George Weah

1996: Matthias Sammer

1997: Ronaldo

1998: Zinedine Zidane

1999: Rivaldo

2000: Luis Figo

2001: Michael Owen

2002: Ronaldo

2003: Pavel Nedved

2004: Andriy Shevchenko

2005: Ronaldinho

2006: Fabio Cannavaro

2007: Kaka

2008: Cristiano Ronaldo

2009: Lionel Messi

2010: Lionel Messi

2011: Lionel Messi

2012: Lionel Messi

2013: Cristiano Ronaldo

2014: Cristiano Ronaldo

2015: Lionel Messi

2016: Cristiano Ronaldo

2017: Cristiano Ronaldo

2018: Luka Modric

2019: Lionel Messi

2020: Cancelled

2021: Lionel Messi

2022: Karim Benzema

2023: Lionel Messi

2024: Rodri

2025: Ousmane Dembele