penghargaan pemain terbaik

Daftar pemenang pria

Tahun	Peringkat	Pemain	Negara	Klub
1991 Detail	1	Lothar Matthäus	Jerman	Internazionale
	2	Jean-Pierre Papin	Perancis	Marseille
	3	Gary Lineker	Inggris	Tottenham Hotspur
1992 Detail	1	Marco van Basten	Belanda	Milan
	2	Hristo Stoichkov	Bulgaria	Barcelona
	3	Thomas Häßler	Jerman	Roma
1993 Detail	1	Roberto Baggio	Italia	Juventus
	2	Romário	Brasil	Barcelona PSV Eindhoven
	3	Dennis Bergkamp	Belanda	Internazionale Ajax
1994 Detail	1	Romário	Brasil	Barcelona
	2	Hristo Stoichkov	Bulgaria	Barcelona
	3	Roberto Baggio	Italia	Juventus
1995 Detail	1	George Weah	Liberia	Milan Paris Saint-Germain
	2	Paolo Maldini	Italia	Milan
	3	Jürgen Klinsmann	Jerman	Bayern Munich Tottenham Hotspur
1996 Detail	1	Ronaldo	Brasil	Barcelona PSV Eindhoven
	2	George Weah	Liberia	Milan
	3	Alan Shearer	Inggris	Newcastle United Blackburn Rovers
1997 Detail	1	Ronaldo	Brasil	Internazionale Barcelona
	2	Roberto Carlos	Brasil	Real Madrid
	3	Dennis Bergkamp	Belanda	Arsenal
		Zinedine Zidane	Perancis	Juventus
1998 Detail	1	Zinedine Zidane	Perancis	Juventus
	2	Ronaldo	Brasil	Internazionale
	3	Davor Šuker	Kroasia	Real Madrid
1999 Detail	1	Rivaldo	Brasil	Barcelona
	2	David Beckham	Inggris	Manchester United
	3	Gabriel Batistuta	Argentina	Fiorentina
2000 Detail	1	Zinedine Zidane	Perancis	Juventus
	2	Luís Figo	Portugal	Real Madrid Barcelona
	3	Rivaldo	Brasil	Barcelona
2001 Detail	1	Luís Figo	Portugal	Real Madrid
	2	David Beckham	Inggris	Manchester United
	3	Raúl González	Spanyol	Real Madrid
2002 Detail	1	Ronaldo	Brasil	Real Madrid Internazionale
	2	Oliver Kahn	Jerman	Bayern Munich
	3	Zinedine Zidane	Perancis	Real Madrid
2003 Detail	1	Zinedine Zidane	Perancis	Real Madrid
	2	Thierry Henry	Perancis	Arsenal
	3	Ronaldo	Brasil	Real Madrid
2004 Detail	1	Ronaldinho	Brasil	Barcelona
	2	Thierry Henry	Perancis	Arsenal
	3	Andriy Shevchenko	Ukraina	Milan
2005 Detail	1	Ronaldinho	Brasil	Barcelona
	2	Frank Lampard	Inggris	Chelsea
	3	Samuel Eto'o	Kamerun	Barcelona
2006 Detail	1	Fabio Cannavaro	Italia	Real Madrid Juventus
	2	Zinedine Zidane	Perancis	Real Madrid
	3	Ronaldinho	Brasil	Barcelona
2007 Detail	1	Kaká	Brasil	Milan
	2	Lionel Messi	Argentina	Barcelona
	3	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	Manchester United
2008 Detail	1	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	Manchester United
	2	Lionel Messi	Argentina	Barcelona
	3	Fernando Torres	Spanyol	Liverpool
2009 Detail	1	Lionel Messi	Argentina	Barcelona
	2	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	Manchester United
	3	Xavi	Spanyol	Barcelona
Sejak 2010, pemain terbaik dunia dianugerahi FIFA Ballon d'Or.