Autor PALMARÉS DEL PREMIO BALÓN DE ORO
| AÑO | GANADOR | SEGUNDO | TERCERO |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Lionel Messi (Barcelona) | Cristiano | Xavi |
| 2010 | Lionel Messi (Barcelona) | Iniesta | Xavi |
| 2009 | Lionel Messi (Barcelona) | Cristiano | Xavi |
| 2008 | Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) | Messi | Torres |
| 2007 | Kaká (AC Milan) | Cristiano Ronaldo Messi (FIFA) | Messi Cristiano (FIFA) |
| 2006 | Fabio Cannavaro (Juventus / Real Madrid) | Buffon Zidane (FIFA) | Henry Ronaldinho (FIFA) |
| 2005 | Ronaldinho (Barcelona) | Lampard | Gerrard Etoo (FIFA) |
| 2004 | Andrei Shevchenko (Ac Milan) Ronaldinho (FIFA World Player) | Deco Henry (FIFA) | Ronaldinho Shevchenko (FIFA) |
| 2003 | Pavel Nedved (Juventus) Zinedine Zidane (FIFA World Player) | Henry | Maldini Ronaldo (FIFA) |
| 2002 | Ronaldo (Inter / Real Madrid) | Roberto Carlos Kahn (FIFA) | Kahn Zidane (FIFA) |
| 2001 | Michael Owen (Liverpool) Luis Figo (FIFA World Player) | Raúl Beckham (FIFA) | Kahn Raúl (FIFA) |
| 2000 | Luis Figo (Barcelona / Real Madrid) Zinedine Zidane (FIFA World Player) | Zidane Figo (FIFA) | Shevchenko Rivaldo (FIFA) |
| 1999 | Rivaldo (Barcelona) | Beckham | Shevchenko Batistuta (FIFA) |
| 1998 | Zinedine Zidane (Juventus) | Suker Ronaldo (FIFA) | Ronaldo Suker (FIFA) |
| 1997 | Ronaldo (Barcelona / Inter) | Mijatovic Roberto Carlos (FIFA) | Zidane Beckham / Zidane (FIFA) |
| 1996 | Mathias Sammer (Borussia Dortmund) Ronaldo (FIFA World Player) | Ronaldo Weah (FIFA) | Shearer Sammer (FIFA) |
| 1995 | George Weah (PSG / AC Milan) | Klinsmann Maldini (FIFA) | Sammer Klinsmann (FIFA) |
| 1994 | Hristo Stoitchkov (Barcelona) Romario (FIFA World Player) | Baggio Stoitchkov | Maldini Baggio |
| 1993 | Roberto Baggio (Juventus) | Bergkamp Romario (FIFA) | Cantona Bergkamp (FIFA) |
| 1992 | Marco Van Basten (AC Milan) | Stoitchkov | Bergkamp Hässler (FIFA) |
| 1991 | Jean Pierre Papin (Olympique Marsella) Lothar Matthaus (FIFA World Player) | Matthaus/Pancev/Savicevic Papin (FIFA) | Matthaus/Pancev/Savicevic Lineker (FIFA) |
| 1990 | Lothar Matthaus (Inter) | Squillachi | Brehme |
| 1989 | Marco Van Basten (AC Milan) | Baresi | Rijkaard |
| 1988 | Marco Van Basten (AC MilaI) | Güllit | Rijkaard |
| 1987 | Ruud Gullit (PSV / AC Milan) | Futre | Butragueño |
| 1986 | Igor Belanov (Dinamo de Kiev) | Lineker | Butragueño |
| 1985 | Michel Platini (Juventus) | Elkjaer-Larssen | Schuster |
| 1984 | Michel Platini (Juventus) | Tigana | Elkjaer-Larssen |
| 1983 | Michel Platini (Juventus) | Dalglish | Simonsen |
| 1982 | Paolo Rossi (Juventus) | Giresse | Boniek |
| 1981 | Karl Heinz Rummenigge (Bayern Munich) | Breitner | Schuster |
| 1980 | Karl Heinz Rummenigge (Bayern Munich) | Schuster | Platini |
| 1979 | Kevin Keagan (Hamburgo) | Rummenigge | Krol |
| 1978 | Kevin Keagan (Hamburgo) | Krankl | Rensembrink |
| 1977 | Alan Simonsen (Borussia Monchengladbach) | Keagan | Platini |
| 1976 | Franz Beckenbauer (Bayern Munich) | Rensembrink | Víktor |
| 1975 | Oleg Blokhin (Dinamo de Kiev) | Beckenbauer | Cruyff |
| 1974 | Johan Cruyff (Barcelona) | Beckenbauer | Deyna |
| 1973 | Johan Cruyff (Ajax / Barcelona) | Zoff | Müller |
| 1972 | Franz Beckenbauer (Bayern Munich) | Müller | Netzer |
| 1971 | Johan Cruyff (Ajax) | Mazzola | Best |
| 1970 | Gerd Müller (Bayern Munich) | Moore | Riva |
| 1969 | Gianni Rivera (AC Milan) | Riva | Müller |
| 1968 | George Best (Manchester United) | Charlton | Dzajic |
| 1967 | Florian Albert (Ferencvaros) | Charlton | Johnstone |
| 1966 | Bobby Charlton (Manchester United) | Eusebio | Beckenbauer |
| 1965 | Eusebio (Benfica) | Facchetti | Luis Suárez |
| 1964 | Dennis Law (Manchester United) | Luis Suárez | Amancio |
| 1963 | Lev Yashin (Dinamo Moscú) | Rivera | Greaves |
| 1962 | Josef Masopust (Dukla Praga) | Eusebio | Schnellinger |
| 1961 | Omar Sívori (Juventus) | Luis Suárez | Heynes |
| 1960 | Luis Suárez (Barcelona) | Puskas | Seeler |
| 1959 | Alfredo Di Stéfano (Real Madrid) | Kopa | Charles |
| 1958 | Raymond Kopa (Real Madrid) | Rahn | Fontaine |
| 1957 | Alfredo Di Stéfano (Real Madrid) | Wright | Kopa |
| 1956 | Stanley Matthews (Blackpool) | Di Stéfano | Kopa |