List Of All The Ballon d’Or, Kopa Trophy And Yashin Trophy Awards Winners By Year

List Of All The Ballon d’Or, Kopa Trophy And Yashin Trophy Awards Winners By Year

Here is the list of all the winners of the Ballon d’or, Kopa and Yashin trophy winners segregated by the year of the awards

Ballon D’or is one of the most prestigious awards as it is given to the best player of the year on the basis of voting. The voting is indirect and some prominent football journalists along with national team captains and head coaches vote for the award.

The award is given by France football on the basis voting. Stanley Matthews was the first winner of the award held in 1956. Whereas, Lionel Messi has received the award for a record six times.

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So, here is a list of all the winners of Ballon D’or, Kopa and Yashin trophy

Ballon D’or, Kopa Trophy And Yashin Trophy Winners List By Year

Ballon d’Or Winners

  • 1956: Stanley Matthews (Blackpool)
  • 1957: Alfredo Di Stefano (Real Madrid)
  • 1958: Raymond Kopa (Real Madrid)
  • 1959: Alfredo Di Stefano (Real Madrid)
  • 1960: Luis Suarez (Barcelona)
  • 1961: Omar Sivori (Juventus)
  • 1962: Josef Masopust (Dukla Prague)
  • 1963: Lev Yashin (Dynamo Moscow)
  • 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 (AC Milan)
  • 1970: Gerd Muller (Bayern Munich)
  • 1971: Johan Cruyff (Ajax)
  • 1972: Franz Beckenbauer (Bayern Munich)
  • 1973: Johan Cruyff (Barcelona)
  • 1974: Johan Cruyff (Barcelona)
  • 1975: Oleg Blokhin (Dynamo Kyiv)
  • 1976: Franz Beckenbauer (Bayern Munich)
  • 1977: Allan Simonsen (Borussia Monchengladbach)
  • 1978: Kevin Keegan (Hamburg)
  • 1979: Kevin Keegan (Hamburg)
  • 1980: Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (Bayern Munich)
  • 1981: Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (Bayern Munich)
  • 1982: Paolo Rossi (Juventus)
  • 1983: Michel Platini (Juventus)
  • 1984: Michel Platini (Juventus)
  • 1985: Michel Platini (Juventus)
  • 1986: Igor Belanov (Dynamo Kyiv)
  • 1987: Ruud Gullit (AC Milan)
  • 1988: Marco van Basten (AC Milan)
  • 1989: Marco van Basten (AC Milan)
  • 1990: Lothar Matthaus (Internazionale)
  • 1991: Jean-Pierre Papin (Marseille)
  • 1992: Marco van Basten (AC Milan)
  • 1993: Roberto Baggio (Juventus)
  • 1994: Hristo Stoichkov (Barcelona)
  • 1995: George Weah (AC Milan)
  • 1996: Matthias Sammer (Borussia Dortmund)
  • 1997: Ronaldo (Internazionale)
  • 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 (AC Milan)
  • 2005: Ronaldinho (Barcelona)
  • 2006: Fabio Cannavaro (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: Not awarded due to COVID outbreak

Yashin Trophy Winners

The award is given to the best goalkeeper of the year. It started in 2019 and Alisson Becker is the only winner.

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  • 2019: Alisson Becker (Liverpool)
  • 2020: Not awarded due to COVID outbreak

Kopa Trophy Winners

The award is given to the best youngster of the year. Moreover, the player’s age should be under 21 to be eligible for the award. It was started in 2018.

  • 2018: Kylian Mbappe (PSG)
  • 2019: Matthijs de Ligt (Juventus)
  • 2020: Not awarded due to COVID outbreak

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