List Of The FIFA Best Men’s Player Of The Year Awards Winners, Voting And Who Has Won The Most Time

List Of The FIFA Best Men’s Player Of The Year Awards Winners, Voting And Who Has Won The Most Time

The Best FIFA Men’s Player 2021 award was awarded to Bayern Munich’s 33-year-old striker Robert Lewandowski, know the list of the winners of the awards till date

The Best FIFA Men’s Player Award was awarded to FC Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski on Monday, January 17, 2022, at the FIFA headquarters in Zürich, Switzerland. The 33-year-old Polish striker is having the best seasons of his football career while playing for Bayern Munich as he is an absolute goal-scoring machine.

From 1991 to 2009, the Best FIFA Men’s Player award was known as the FIFA World Player of the Year, later as the Ballon d’Or from 2010 to 2015.

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Now let us take a look at the all-time winners right from 1991 to 2021.

FIFA The Best Awards Men’s Player Of The Year In The World Previous Winners List

FIFA World Player of the Year (1991-2009)

Year Rank Player Team Points
1991 1st  Lothar Matthäus  Inter Milan 128
2nd  Jean-Pierre Papin  Marseille 113
3rd  Gary Lineker  Tottenham Hotspur 40
1992 1st  Marco van Basten  Milan 166
2nd  Hristo Stoichkov  Barcelona 88
3rd  Thomas Häßler  Roma 61
1993 1st  Roberto Baggio  Juventus 152
2nd  Romário  Barcelona 84
3rd  Dennis Bergkamp  Inter Milan 58
1994 1st  Romário  Barcelona 346
2nd  Hristo Stoichkov  Barcelona 100
3rd  Roberto Baggio  Juventus 80
1995 1st  George Weah  Milan 170
2nd  Paolo Maldini  Milan 80
3rd  Jürgen Klinsmann  Bayern Munich 58
1996 1st  Ronaldo  Barcelona 329
2nd  George Weah  Milan 140
3rd  Alan Shearer  Newcastle United 123
1997 1st  Ronaldo  Inter Milan 480
2nd  Roberto Carlos  Real Madrid 85
3rd  Dennis Bergkamp  Arsenal 62
 Zinedine Zidane  Juventus
1998 1st  Zinedine Zidane  Juventus 518
2nd  Ronaldo  Inter Milan 164
3rd  Davor Šuker  Real Madrid 108
1999 1st  Rivaldo  Barcelona 543
2nd  David Beckham  Manchester United 194
3rd  Gabriel Batistuta  Fiorentina 79
2000 1st  Zinedine Zidane  Juventus 370
2nd  Luís Figo  Real Madrid 329
3rd  Rivaldo  Barcelona 263
2001 1st  Luís Figo  Real Madrid 250
2nd  David Beckham  Manchester United 238
3rd  Raúl  Real Madrid 96
2002 1st  Ronaldo  Real Madrid 387
2nd  Oliver Kahn Bayern Munich 171
3rd Zinedine Zidane Real Madrid 148
2003 1st Zinedine Zidane Real Madrid 264
2nd Thierry Henry Arsenal 200
3rd Ronaldo Real Madrid 176
2004 1st Ronaldinho Barcelona 620
2nd Thierry Henry Arsenal 552
3rd Andriy Shevchenko Milan 253
2005 1st Ronaldinho Barcelona 956
2nd Frank Lampard Chelsea 306
3rd  Samuel Eto’o Barcelona 190
2006 1st Fabio Cannavaro Real Madrid 498
2nd Zinedine Zidane Real Madrid 454
3rd Ronaldinho Barcelona 380
2007 1st Kaká Milan 1,047
2nd Lionel Messi Barcelona 504
3rd Cristiano Ronaldo Manchester United 426
2008 1st Cristiano Ronaldo Manchester United 935
2nd Lionel Messi Barcelona 678
3rd Fernando Torres Liverpool 203
2009 1st Lionel Messi Barcelona 1,073
2nd Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid 352
3rd Xavi Barcelona 196

FIFA Ballon d’Or (2010-2015)

Year Rank Player Team Vote Percentage
2010 1st  Lionel Messi  Barcelona 22.65%
2nd  Andrés Iniesta  Barcelona 17.36%
3rd  Xavi  Barcelona 16.48%
2011 1st  Lionel Messi  Barcelona 47.88%
2nd  Cristiano Ronaldo  Real Madrid 21.60%
3rd  Xavi  Barcelona 9.23%
2012 1st  Lionel Messi  Barcelona 41.60%
2nd  Cristiano Ronaldo  Real Madrid 23.68%
3rd  Andrés Iniesta  Barcelona 10.91%
2013 1st  Cristiano Ronaldo  Real Madrid 27.99%
2nd  Lionel Messi  Barcelona 24.72%
3rd  Franck Ribéry  Bayern Munich 23.36%
2014 1st  Cristiano Ronaldo  Real Madrid 37.66%
2nd  Lionel Messi  Barcelona 15.76%
3rd  Manuel Neuer  Bayern Munich 15.72%
2015 1st  Lionel Messi  Barcelona 41.33%
2nd  Cristiano Ronaldo  Real Madrid 27.76%
3rd  Neymar  Barcelona 7.86%

Best FIFA Men’s Player Of The Year Award Winners List, Who Has Won The Most Times And Votes(2016- Present)

Year Rank Player Team Vote Percentage
2016 1st  Cristiano Ronaldo  Real Madrid 34.54%
2nd  Lionel Messi  Barcelona 26.42%
3rd  Antoine Griezmann  Atlético Madrid 7.53%
2017 1st  Cristiano Ronaldo  Real Madrid 43.16%
2nd  Lionel Messi  Barcelona 19.25%
3rd  Neymar  Paris Saint-Germain 6.97%
2018 1st  Luka Modrić  Real Madrid 29.05%
2nd  Cristiano Ronaldo  Juventus 19.08%
3rd  Mohamed Salah  Liverpool 11.23%
2019 1st  Lionel Messi  Barcelona 46
2nd  Virgil van Dijk  Liverpool 38
3rd  Cristiano Ronaldo  Juventus 36
2020 1st  Robert Lewandowski  Bayern Munich 52
2nd  Cristiano Ronaldo  Juventus 38
3rd  Lionel Messi  Barcelona 35
2021 1st  Robert Lewandowski  Bayern Munich 48
2nd  Lionel Messi  Paris Saint-Germain 44
3rd  Mohamed Salah  Liverpool 39

Cristiano Ronaldo and Robert Lewandowski have won the award on the most occasions with both having the two wins apiece.

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