I vincitori del Pallone d'Oro, riconoscimento di France Football, dal 1956 al 2003:

1956 Stanley MATTHEWS (Ing, Blackpool)
1957 Alfredo DI STEFANO (Spa-Arg, Real Madrid)
1958 Raymond KOPA (Fra, Real Madrid)
1959 Alfredo DI STEFANO (Spa-Arg, Real Madrid)
1960 Luis SUAREZ (Spa, Barcellona)
1961 Omar SIVORI (ITA-Arg, Juventus)
1962 Josef MASOPUST (Cec, Dukla Praga)
1963 Lev JASCIN (Urss, Dinamo Mosca)
1964 Denis LAW (Sco, Manchester United)
1965 EUSEBIO (Por, Benfica)
1966 Bobby CHARLTON (Ing, Manchester United)
1967 Florian ALBERT (Ung, Ferencvaros)
1968 George BEST (Irl, Manchester United)
1969 Gianni RIVERA (ITA, Milan)
1970 Gerd MULLER (Ger, Bayern Monaco)
1971 Johan CRUYFF (Ola, Ajax)
1972 Franz BECKENBAUER (Ger, Bayern Monaco)
1973 Johan CRUYFF (Ola, Ajax-Barcellona)
1974 Johan CRUYFF (Ola, Barcellona)
1975 Oleg BLOCHIN (Urss, Dinamo Kiev)
1976 Franz BECKENBAUER (Ger, Bayern Monaco)
1977 Allan SIMONSEN (Dan, Borussia Moenchgladbak)
1978 Kevin KEEGAN (Ing, Amburgo)
1979 Kevin KEEGAN (Ing, Amburgo)
1980 Karl-Heinz RUMMENIGGE (Ger, Bayern Monaco)
1981 Karl-Heinz RUMMENIGGE (Ger, Bayern Monaco)
1982 Paolo ROSSI (ITA, Juventus)
1983 Michel PLATINI (Fra, Juventus)
1984 Michel PLATINI (Fra, Juventus)
1985 Michel PLATINI (Fra, Juventus)
1986 Igor BELANOV (Urss, Dinamo Kiev)
1987 Ruud GULLIT (Ola, PSV-Milan)
1988 Marco VAN BASTEN (Ola, Milan)
1989 Marco VAN BASTEN (Ola, Milan)
1990 Lothar MATTHAEUS (Ger, Inter)
1991 Jean-Pierre PAPIN (Fra, Olimpique Marsiglia)
1992 Marco VAN BASTEN (Ola, Milan)
1993 Roberto BAGGIO (ITA, Juventus)
1994 Hristo STOICHKOV (Bul, Barcellona)
1995 George WEAH (Lib, Milan)
1996 Mattias SAMMER (Ger, Borussia Dortmund)
1997 RONALDO (Bra, Barcellona-Inter)
1998 Zinedine ZIDANE (Fra, Juventus)
1999 RIVALDO (Bra, Barcellona)
2000 Luis Filipe Madeira FIGO (Por, Barcellona-Real Madrid)
2001 Michael OWEN (Ing, Liverpool).
2002 RONALDO (Bra, Inter-Real Madrid)
2003 Pavel NEDVED (Rep. Ceca- Juventus)
2004 Andriy SHEVCHENKO (Ucraina - Milan)