Ballon d'Or: Full List of Winners, Most Wins of All Time

The most coveted individual prize in world soccer—and perhaps in world sport as a whole—is the Ballon d’Or.

First awarded in 1956, the Ballon d'Or award is given to the sport's top player, voted by a panel of soccer journalists representing the top 100 countries in the FIFA Men's rankings and the top 50 countries in the FIFA Women’s rankings.