Hombres
1956_Stanley Matthews, Blackpool
1957_Alfredo Di Stéfano, Real Madrid
1958_Raymond Kopa, Real Madrid
1959_Alfredo Di Stéfano, Real Madrid
1960_Luis Suarez, Barcelona
1961_Omar Sívori, Juventus
1962_Josef Masopust, Dukla Praga
1963_Lev Yashin, Dínamo Moscú
1964_Denis Law, Manchester United
1965_Eusebio, Benfica
1966_Bobby Charlton, Manchester United
1967_Florian Albert, Ferencvaros
1968_George Best, Manchester United
1969_Gianni Rivera, Milan
1970_Gerd Muller, Bayern Múnich
1971_Johan Cruyff, Ajax
1972_Franz Beckenbauer, Bayern Múnich
1973_Johan Cruyff, Barcelona
1974_Johan Cruyff, Barcelona
1975_Oleg Blokhin, Dínamo Kiev
1976_Franz Beckenbauer, Bayern Múnich
1977_Allan Simonsen, Borussia Moenchengladbach
1978_Kevin Keegan, Hamburgo
1979_Kevin Keegan, Hamburgo
1980_Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Bayern Múnich
1981_Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Bayern Múnich
1982_Paolo Rossi, Juventus
1983_Michel Platini, Juventus
1984_Michel Platini, Juventus
1985_Michel Platini, Juventus
1986_Igor Belanov, Dínamo Kiev
1987_Ruud Gullit, Milan
1988_Marco van Basten, Milan
1989_Marco van Basten, Milan
1990_Lothar Matthaeus, Inter de Milán
1991_Jean-Pierre Papin, Marsella
1992_Marco van Basten, Milan
1993_Roberto Baggio, Juventus
1994_Hristo Stoichkov, Barcelona
1995_George Weah, Milan
1996_Matthias Sammer, Borussia Dortmund
1997_Ronaldo, Inter de Milán
1998_Zinedine Zidane, Juventus
1999_Rivaldo, Barcelona
2000_Luis Figo, Real Madrid
2001_Michael Owen, Liverpool
2002_Ronaldo, Real Madrid
2003_Pavel Nedved, Juventus
2004_Andriy Shevchenko, Milan
2005_Ronaldinho, Barcelona
2006_Fabio Cannavaro, Juventus-Real Madrid
2007_Kaka, Milan
2008_Cristiano Ronaldo, Manchester United
2009_Lionel Messi, Barcelona
2010_Lionel Messi, Barcelona
2011_Lionel Messi, Barcelona
2012_Lionel Messi, Barcelona
2013_Cristiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid
2014_Cristiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid
2015_Lionel Messi, Barcelona
2016_Cristiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid
2017_Cristiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid
2018_Luka Modric, Real Madrid
2019_Lionel Messi, Barcelona
2020_Cancelado
2021_Lionel Messi, Barcelona-Paris Saint-Germain
2022_Karim Benzema, Real Madrid
Mujeres
2018_Ada Hegerberg, Lyon
2019_Megan Rapinoe, Reign
2020_Cancelado
2021_Alexia Putellas, Barcelona
2022_Alexia Putellas, Barcelona