Ballon d’Or Winners Men & Women (Féminin) Award Listed Till Date

Ballon d’Or winners are often the happiest footballers on planet earth, go ask anybody!

The coveted award is an annual football award for the best player over the previous year and the first time it was awarded was back in 1956.

Yes, the most recent winner is Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema in 2022 which makes him the first Frenchman to claim the most prestigious individual prize in football since Zinedine Zidane almost a quarter of a century ago.

Lionel Messi was the winner in 2021 which made him the most decorated men’s Ballon d’Or award winner with a record seven times, followed by Cristiano Ronaldo who has won the award five times.

But all that changed as Benzema emerged winner of the 2022 Ballon d’Or.

The FIFA player of the year was merged with the Ballon d’Or between 2009 and 2015 to create the FIFA Ballon d’Or.

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List of Ballon d’Or Winners

Ballon d’Or Winners List

Who has won the Ballon d’Or the most times

Obviously, it’s like begging the question. Of course, Messi remains the most decorated player in the history of the Ballon d’Or award.

Just 10 players have won the trophy more than once and Messi tops the chart with seven.

Cristiano Ronaldo closely follows him in the second position, having won it five times.

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Women’s Segment of The Award

The women’s Ballon d’Or award AKA the Ballon d’Or Féminin started in 2018 and so the number of winners are expectedly not much.

Ballon d’Or Féminin award winners

This article was updated 1 month ago