1956
Stanley Matthews
Blackpool

1957
Alfredo Di Stefano
Real Madrid

1958
Raymond Kopa
Real Madrid

1959
Alfredo Di Stefano
Real Madrid

1960
Luis Suarez
Barcellona

1961
Omar Sivori
Juventus

1962
Josef Masopust
Dukla Praga

1963
Lev Yashin
Dynamo Mosca

1964
Denis Law
Manchester United

1965
Eusebio
Benfica Lisbona

1966
Bobby Charlton
Manchester United

1967
Florian Albert
Ferencvaros

1968
George Best
Manchester United

1969
Gianni Rivera
AC Milan

1970
Gerd Muller
Bayern Monaco

1971
Johan Cruyff
Ajax

1972
Franz Beckenbauer
Bayern Monaco

1973-74
Johan Cruyff
Barcellona

1975
Oleg Blokhin
Dynamo Kiev

1976
Franz Beckenbauer
Bayern Monaco

1977
Allan Simonsen
Borussia Moenchen.

1978-79
Kevin Keegan
Amburgo SV

1980-81
Karl-H. Rummenigge
Bayern Monaco

1982
Paolo Rossi
Juventus

1983-85
Michel Platini
Juventus

1986
Igor Belanov
Dinamo Kiev

1987
Ruud Gullit
AC Milan

1988-89
Marco Van Basten
AC Milan

1990
Lothar Matthaus
Inter

1991
Jean-Pierre Papin
Olympique Marsiglia

1992
Marco Van Basten
AC Milan

1993
Roberto Baggio
Juventus

1994
Hristo Stoichkov
Barcellona

1995
George Weah
AC Milan

1996
Matthias Sammer
Borussia Dortmund

1997
Ronaldo
Inter

1998
Zinedine Zidane
Juventus

1999
Rivaldo
Barcellona

2000
Luis Figo
Barcellona

2001
Michael Owen
Liverpool

2002
Ronaldo
Real Madrid

2003
Pavel Nedved
Juventus

2004
Andriy Shevchenko
AC Milan

2005
Ronaldinho
Barcellona

2006
Fabio Cannavaro
Real Madrid

2007
Kakà
AC Milan

2008
Cristiano Ronaldo
Manchester United

2009-10
Lionel Messi
Barcellona