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Winners of the France Football award since 1956. Until 1994 only European players were eligible; from 2010 to 2015 it was awarded jointly with FIFA.
70 editions
| Year | Player | Country | Club |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Ousmane Dembélé | France | Paris Saint-Germain |
| 2024 | Rodri | Spain | Manchester City |
| 2023 | Lionel Messi×8Awarded for the 2022-23 season, played mostly at Paris Saint-Germain; he received the trophy as an Inter Miami player. | Argentina | Inter Miami |
| 2022 | Karim Benzema | France | Real Madrid |
| 2021 | Lionel Messi×8 | Argentina | Paris Saint-Germain |
| 2020 | Not awardedNot awarded because of the COVID-19 pandemic. | — | — |
| 2019 | Lionel Messi×8 | Argentina | Barcelona |
| 2018 | Luka Modrić | Croatia | Real Madrid |
| 2017 | Cristiano Ronaldo×5 | Portugal | Real Madrid |
| 2016 | Cristiano Ronaldo×5 | Portugal | Real Madrid |
| 2015 | Lionel Messi×8 | Argentina | Barcelona |
| 2014 | Cristiano Ronaldo×5 | Portugal | Real Madrid |
| 2013 | Cristiano Ronaldo×5 | Portugal | Real Madrid |
| 2012 | Lionel Messi×8 | Argentina | Barcelona |
| 2011 | Lionel Messi×8 | Argentina | Barcelona |
| 2010 | Lionel Messi×8From 2010 to 2015 the award was merged with the FIFA World Player award (FIFA Ballon d'Or). | Argentina | Barcelona |
| 2009 | Lionel Messi×8 | Argentina | Barcelona |
| 2008 | Cristiano Ronaldo×5 | Portugal | Manchester United |
| 2007 | Kaká | Brazil | AC Milan |
| 2006 | Fabio Cannavaro | Italy | Real Madrid |
| 2005 | Ronaldinho | Brazil | Barcelona |
| 2004 | Andriy Shevchenko | Ukraine | AC Milan |
| 2003 | Pavel Nedvěd | Czech Republic | Juventus |
| 2002 | Ronaldo Nazário×2 | Brazil | Real Madrid |
| 2001 | Michael Owen | England | Liverpool |
| 2000 | Luís Figo | Portugal | Real Madrid |
| 1999 | Rivaldo | Brazil | Barcelona |
| 1998 | Zinedine Zidane | France | Juventus |
| 1997 | Ronaldo Nazário×2 | Brazil | Inter |
| 1996 | Matthias Sammer | Germany | Borussia Dortmund |
| 1995 | George WeahFirst non-European winner, after the award was opened to players of any nationality playing in Europe. | Liberia | AC Milan |
| 1994 | Hristo Stoichkov | Bulgaria | Barcelona |
| 1993 | Roberto Baggio | Italy | Juventus |
| 1992 | Marco van Basten×3 | Netherlands | AC Milan |
| 1991 | Jean-Pierre Papin | France | Olympique de Marseille |
| 1990 | Lothar Matthäus | West Germany | Inter |
| 1989 | Marco van Basten×3 | Netherlands | AC Milan |
| 1988 | Marco van Basten×3 | Netherlands | AC Milan |
| 1987 | Ruud Gullit | Netherlands | AC Milan |
| 1986 | Igor Belanov | Soviet Union | Dynamo Kyiv |
| 1985 | Michel Platini×3 | France | Juventus |
| 1984 | Michel Platini×3 | France | Juventus |
| 1983 | Michel Platini×3 | France | Juventus |
| 1982 | Paolo Rossi | Italy | Juventus |
| 1981 | Karl-Heinz Rummenigge×2 | West Germany | Bayern Munich |
| 1980 | Karl-Heinz Rummenigge×2 | West Germany | Bayern Munich |
| 1979 | Kevin Keegan×2 | England | Hamburg |
| 1978 | Kevin Keegan×2 | England | Hamburg |
| 1977 | Allan Simonsen | Denmark | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
| 1976 | Franz Beckenbauer×2 | West Germany | Bayern Munich |
| 1975 | Oleg Blokhin | Soviet Union | Dynamo Kyiv |
| 1974 | Johan Cruyff×3 | Netherlands | Barcelona |
| 1973 | Johan Cruyff×3 | Netherlands | Barcelona |
| 1972 | Franz Beckenbauer×2 | West Germany | Bayern Munich |
| 1971 | Johan Cruyff×3 | Netherlands | Ajax |
| 1970 | Gerd Müller | West Germany | Bayern Munich |
| 1969 | Gianni Rivera | Italy | AC Milan |
| 1968 | George Best | Northern Ireland | Manchester United |
| 1967 | Flórián Albert | Hungary | Ferencváros |
| 1966 | Bobby Charlton | England | Manchester United |
| 1965 | Eusébio | Portugal | Benfica |
| 1964 | Denis Law | Scotland | Manchester United |
| 1963 | Lev Yashin | Soviet Union | Dynamo Moscow |
| 1962 | Josef Masopust | Czechoslovakia | Dukla Prague |
| 1961 | Omar SívoriBorn in Argentina; naturalized Italian. | Italy | Juventus |
| 1960 | Luis Suárez | Spain | Barcelona |
| 1959 | Alfredo Di Stéfano×2Born in Argentina; won the award representing Spain. | Spain | Real Madrid |
| 1958 | Raymond Kopa | France | Real Madrid |
| 1957 | Alfredo Di Stéfano×2Born in Argentina; won the award representing Spain. | Spain | Real Madrid |
| 1956 | Stanley Matthews | England | Blackpool |