Men's and women's Ballon d'Or honors
What is the list of winners of the male and female Ballon d'Or? Karim Benzema is the new Ballon d'Or 2022 in male category. The ‘Cat to hunt’ as Mourinho came to call him when he referred to him in a rather derogatory way as a striker for a top team in Europe, has been done with the award for the best European player. The Spanish Alexia Putellas repeat and win his second Ballon d'Or to the best player in Europe in the female category after the conquered in 2021.
Palmares of the Ballon d'Or in the men's category
1956 – Stanley Matthews – Inglaterra
1957 – Alfredo Di Stefano – Spain
1958 – Raymond Cup – France
1959 – Alfredo Di Stefano – Spain
1960 – Luis Suarez – Spain
1961 – Omar Sívori – Italy
1962 – Josef Masopust – Czechoslovakia
1963 – Lev Yashin – Soviet Union
1964 – Denis Law – Scotland
1965 – Eusebio – Portugal
1966 – Bobby Charlton – Inglaterra
1967 – Florian Albert – Hungary
1968 – George Best – Northern Ireland
1969 - Gianni Rivera - Italy
1970 – Gerd Muller – Germany
1971 – Johan Cruyff – Holland
1972 – Franz Beckenbauer – Germany
1973 – Johan Cruyff – Holland
1974 – Johan Cruyff – Holland
1975 – Oleg Blokhin – Soviet Union
1976 – Franz Beckenbauer – Germany
1977 – Allan Simonsen – Denmark
1978 – Kevin Keegan – England
1979 – Kevin Keegan – England
1980 – Karl-Heinz Rummenigge – Germany
1981 – Karl-Heinz Rummenigge – Germany
1982 - Paolo Rossi - Italy
1983 – Michel Platini – France
1984 – Michel Platini – France
1985 – Michel Platini – France
1986 – Igor Bélanov – Soviet Union
1987 – Ruud Gullit – Netherlands
1988 – Marco van Basten – Netherlands
1989 – Marco van Basten – Netherlands
1990 – Lothar Matthaus – Alemania
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 – Francia
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 – Lionel Messi – Argentina
2011 – Lionel Messi – Argentina
2012 – Lionel Messi – Argentina
2013- Cristiano Ronaldo- Portugal
2014-Cristiano Ronaldo-Portugal
2015-Lionel Messi-Argentina
2016-Cristiano Ronaldo- Portugal
2017-Cristiano Ronaldo-Portugal
2018-Luka Modric-Croatia
2019-Lionel Messi-Argentina
2021-Leo Messi-Argentina
2022-Karim Benzema-France
*In 2020 did not surrender due to the coronavirus crisis
Honorary Ballon d'Or
1995-Diego Armando Maradona-Argentina
2013-Pele-Brazil
Players with the most Ballon d'Ors
Leo messi 7 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019 Y 2021
Cristiano Ronaldo 5 2008, 2013, 2014, 2016 Y 2017
Johan Cruyff 3 1971, 1973, 1974
Marco van Basten 3 1988, 1989, 1992
Michael Platini 3 1983, 1984, 1985
Franz Beckenbauer 2 1972, 1976
Kevin Keegan 2 1978, 1979
Ronaldo Nazario 2 1997, 2002
Karl Heinz Rummenigge 2 1980, 1981
Alfredo Di Stéfano 2 1957, 1959
All the women's Ballon d'Or winners
Messi and Cristiano make way for the new generations
2018 Ada Hegerberg, Norway
2019 Megan Rapinoe, USA
2021: Alexia Putellas, Spain
2022: Alexia Putellas, Spain
FIFA World Player of the Year
2001 Mia Hamm, USA
2002 Mia Hamm, USA
2003 Birgit Prince, Germany
2004 Birgit Prince, Germany
2005 Birgit Prince, Germany
2006 Marta Vieira, Brazil
2007 Marta Vieira, Brazil
2008 Marta Vieira, Brazil
2009 Marta Vieira, Brazil
Messi and Cristiano make way for the new generations + FIFA World Player of the Year
2010 Marta Vieira, Brazil
2011 Homare Sawa, Japan
2012 Abby Wambach, USA
2013 Nadine Angerer, Germany
