Leo Messi and Aitana Bonmati are the winners of Ballon d’Or 2023 for their great times. The Argentine, who received his eighth award, and the Catalan are part of a distinguished list of footballers who have achieved the highest individual distinction.
He FC Barcelona This is the most successful team in golden ball at club level, with 14 awards distributed among Luis Suareztwo of Johan Cruyff, Hristo Stoichkov, Rivaldoseven of Leo Messitwo of Alexia Putellas and one of the Aitana Bonmati.
1
Stanley Matthews (Blackpool)
1956

2
Alfredo Di Stefano (Real Madrid)
1957, 1959

3
Raymond Kopa (Real Madrid)
1958

4
Luis Suárez (FC Barcelona)
1960

5
Omar Sivori (Juventus)
1961

6
Josef Masopust (Dukla Prague)
1962

7
Lev Yashin (Dinamo Moscow)
1963

8
Denis Law (Manchester United)
1964

9
Eusébio (Benfica)
1965

10
Bobby Charlton (Manchester United)
1966

Eleven
Florian Albert (Ferencvaros)
1967

12
George Best (Manchester United)
1968

13
Gianni Rivera (AC Milan)
1969

14
Gerd Müller (Bayern Munich)
1970

fifteen
Johan Cruyff (Ajax, FC Barcelona)
1971, 1973, 1974

16
Franz Beckenbauer (Bayern Munich)
1972, 1976

17
Oleg Blokhin (Dynamo Kyiv)
1975

18
Allan Simonsen (Borussia Mönchengladbach)
1977

19
Kevin Keegan (Hamburg)
1978, 1979

twenty
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (Bayern Munich)
1980, 1981

twenty-one
Paolo Rossi (Juventus)
1982

22
Michel Platini (Juventus)
1983, 1984, 1985

23
Igor Belanov (Dinamo Kyiv)
1986

24
Ruud Gullit (AC Milan)
1987

25
Marco van Basten (AC Milan)
1988, 1989, 1992

26
Lothar Matthäus (Inter Milan)
1990

27
Jean-Pierre Papin (Olympique Marseille)
1991

28
Roberto Baggio (Juventus)
1993

29
Hristo Stoichkov (FC Barcelona)
1994

30
George Weah (AC Milan)
nineteen ninety five

31
Matthias Sammer (Borussia Dortmund)
nineteen ninety six

32
Ronaldo Nazário (Inter Milan, Real Madrid)
1997, 2002

33
Zinedine Zidane (Juventus)
1998

3. 4
Rivaldo (FC Barcelona)
1999

35
Luis Figo (Real Madrid)
2000

36
Michael Owen (Liverpool)
2001

37
Pavel Nedved (Juventus)
2003

38
Andriy Shevchenko (AC Milan)
2004

39
Ronaldinho Gaucho (FC Barcelona)
2005

40
Fabio Cannavaro (Real Madrid)
2006

41
Kaka (AC Milan)
2007

42
Cristiano Ronaldo (M. United, Real Madrid)
2008, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017

43
Leo Messi (FC Barcelona, PSG)
2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019, 2021, 2023

44
Luka Modric (Real Madrid)
2018

Four. Five
Ada Hegerberg (Olympique Lyon)
2018

46
Megan Rapinoe (Reign FC)
2019

47
Alexia Putellas (FC Barcelona)
2021, 2022

48
Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)
2022

49
Aitana Bonmatí (FC Barcelona)
2023
Source: La Verdad

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