| Index | ||||||
| Football | ||||||
| Player Awards | ||||||
| European Footballer of the Year | FIFA World Player of the Year | |||||
| 1956 | Stanley Matthews | ENG | Blackpool | |||
| 1957 | Alfredo Di Stefano | ESP | Real Madrid | |||
| 1958 | Raymond Kopa | FRA | Real Madrid | |||
| 1959 | Alfredo Di Stefano | ESP | Real Madrid | |||
| 1960 | Luis Suarez | ESP | Barcelona | |||
| 1961 | Omar Sivori | ARG | Juventus | |||
| 1962 | Josef Masopust | CZE | Dukla Prague | |||
| 1963 | Lev Yashin | URS | Dynamo Moscow | |||
| 1964 | Dennis Law | SCO | Manchester United | |||
| 1965 | Eusebio | POR | Benfica | |||
| 1966 | Bobby Charlton | ENG | Manchester United | |||
| 1967 | Florian Albert | HUN | Ferencvaros | |||
| 1968 | George Best | NIR | Manchester United | |||
| 1969 | Gianni Rivera | ITA | AC Milan | |||
| 1970 | Gerd Muller | FDR | Bayern Munich | |||
| 1971 | Johan Cruyff | NED | Ajax | |||
| 1972 | Franz Beckenbauer | FDR | Bayern Munich | |||
| 1973 | Johan Cruyff | NED | Barcelona | |||
| 1974 | Johan Cruyff | NED | Barcelona | |||
| 1975 | Oleg Blokhin | URS | Dynamo Kiev | |||
| 1976 | Franz Beckenbauer | FDR | Bayern Munich | |||
| 1977 | Alan Simonsen | DEN | B. Moenchengladbach | |||
| 1978 | Kevin Keegan | ENG | Hamburg SV | |||
| 1979 | Kevin Keegan | ENG | Hamburg SV | |||
| 1980 | Karl-Heinz Rummenige | FDR | Bayern Munich | |||
| 1981 | Karl-Heinz Rummenige | FDR | Bayern Munich | |||
| 1982 | Paolo Rossi | ITA | Juventus | |||
| 1983 | Michel Platini | FRA | Juventus | |||
| 1984 | Michel Platini | FRA | Juventus | |||
| 1985 | Michel Platini | FRA | Juventus | |||
| 1986 | Yuri Belanov | URS | Dynamo Kiev | |||
| 1987 | Ruud Gullitt | NED | PSV Eindhoven | |||
| 1988 | Marco Van Basten | NED | AC Milan | |||
| 1989 | Marco Van Basten | NED | AC Milan | |||
| 1990 | Lothar Matthaus | GER | Inter Milan | |||
| 1991 | Jean-Pierre Papin | FRA | Marseille | Lothar Matthaus | GER | Inter Milan |
| 1992 | Marco Van Basten | NED | AC Milan | Marco Van Basten | NED | AC Milan |
| 1993 | Roberto Baggio | ITA | Juventus | Roberto Baggio | ITA | Juventus |
| 1994 | Hristo Stoichkov | BUL | Barcelona | Romario | BRA | Barcelona |
| 1995 | George Weah | LIB | AC Milan | George Weah | LIB | AC Milan |
| 1996 | Matthias Sammer | GER | Borussia Dortmund | Ronaldo | BRA | Barcelona |
| 1997 | Ronaldo | BRA | Barcelona | Ronaldo | BRA | Barcelona |
| 1998 | Zinedine Zidane | FRA | Juventus | Zinedine Zidane | FRA | Juventus |
| 1999 | Rivaldo | BRA | Barcelona | Rivaldo | BRA | Barcelona |
| 2000 | Luis Figo | POR | Barcelona | Zinedine Zidane | FRA | Juventus |
| 2001 | Michael Owen | ENG | Liverpool | Luis Figo | POR | Real Madrid |
| 2002 | Ronaldo | BRA | Inter Milan | Ronaldo | BRA | Inter Milan |
| 2003 | Pavel Nedved | CZE | Juventus | Zinedine Zidane | FRA | Real Madrid |
| 2004 | Andriy Shevchenko | UKR | AC Milan | Ronaldinho | BRA | Barcelona |
| 2005 | Ronaldinho | BRA | Barcelona | Ronaldinho | BRA | Barcelona |
| 2006 | Fabio Cannavaro | ITA | Juventus | Fabio Cannavaro | ITA | Juventus |
| 2007 | Kaka | BRA | AC Milan | Kaka | BRA | AC Milan |
| 2008 | Cristiano Ronaldo | POR | Manchester United | Cristiano Ronaldo | POR | Manchester United |
| 2009 | Lionel Messi | ARG | Barcelona | Lionel Messi | ARG | Barcelona |
| 2010 | Lionel Messi | ARG | Barcelona | Lionel Messi | ARG | Barcelona |
| 2011 | Lionel Messi | ARG | Barcelona | Lionel Messi | ARG | Barcelona |