Winners of the Golden Ball since 1956
Year	Player	Country/Club
1956	Stanley Matthews	England/Blackpool
1957	Alfredo Di Stefano	Spain/Real Madrid
1958	Raymond Kopa	France/Real Madrid
1959	Alfredo Di Stefano	Spain/Real Madrid
1960	Luis Suarez	Spain/Barcelona
1961	Omar Sivori	Italy/Juventus
1962	Josef Masopust	Czech./Dukla Prague
1963	Lev Yashin	USSR/Dynamo Moscow
1964	Denis Law	Scotland/Man Utd
1965	Eusebio	Portugal/Benfica Lisbon
1966	Bobby Charlton	England/Man Utd
1967	Florian Albert	Hungary/Fer. Budapest
1968	George Best	Northern Ireland/Man Utd
1969	Gianni Rivera	Italy/AC Milan
1970	Gerd Mueller	Germany/Bay. Munich
1971	Johan Cruyff	Netherlands/Ajax
1972	Franz Beckenbauer	Germany/Bay. Munich
1973	Johan Cruyff	Netherlands/Barcelona
1974	Johan Cruyff	Netherlands/Barcelona
1975	Oleg Blochin	USSR/Dynamo Kiev
1976	Franz Beckenbauer	Germany/Bay. Munich
1977	Allan Simonsen	Den./B. Moenchengladbach
1978	Kevin Keegan	England/SV Hamburg
1979	Kevin Keegan	England/SV Hamburg
1980	K.-H. Rummenigge	Germany/Bay. Munich
1981	K.-H. Rummenigge	Germany/Bay. Munich
1982	Paolo Rossi	Italy/Juventus
1983	Michel Platini	France/Juventus
1984	Michel Platini	France/Juventus
1985	Michel Platini	France/Juventus
1986	Igor Belanov	USSR/Dynamo Kiev
1987	Ruud Gullit	Netherlands/AC Milan
1988	Marco van Basten	Netherlands/AC Milan
1989	Marco van Basten	Netherlands/AC Milan
1990	Lothar Matthaeus	Germany/Inter Milan
1991	Jean-Pierre Papin	France/O. Marseille
1992	Marco van Basten	Netherlands/AC Milan
1993	Roberto Baggio	Italy/Juventus
1994	Hristo Stoichkov	Bulgaria/Barcelona
1995	George Weah	Liberia/AC Milan
1996	Matthias Sammer	Germany/B. Dortmund
1997	Ronaldo	Brazil/Inter Milan
1998	Zinedine Zidane	France/Juventus
1999	Rivaldo	Brazil/Barcelona
2000	Luis Figo	Portugal/Real Madrid
2001	Michael Owen	England/Liverpool
2002	Ronaldo	Brazil/Real Madrid