1956 - Stanley Matthews - (Blackpool) 1957 - Alfredo Di Stefano - (Real Madrid) 1958 - Raymond Kopa - (Real Madrid) 1959 - Alfredo Di Stefano - (Real Madrid) 1960 - Luis Suarez - (F.C. Barcelona) 1961 - Omar Si…
1956 – Stanley Matthews – (Blackpool)
1957 – Alfredo Di Stefano – (Real Madrid)
1958 – Raymond Kopa – (Real Madrid)
1959 – Alfredo Di Stefano – (Real Madrid)
1960 – Luis Suarez – (F.C. Barcelona)
1961 – Omar Sivori – (Juventus)
1962 – Josef Masopust – (Dukla Prague)
1963 – Lev Yashin – (Dínamo de Moscovo)
1964 – Denis Law – (Manchester United)
1965 – Eusébio – (Benfica)
1966 – Bobby Charlton – (Manchester United)
1967 – Florian Albert – (Ferencvaros)
1968 – George Best – (Manchester United)
1969 – Gianni Rivera – (A.C. Milan)
1970 – Gerd Müller – (Bayern Munique)
1971 – Johan Cruyff – (Ajax)
1972 – Franz Beckenbauer – (Bayern Munique)
1973 – Johan Cruyff – (Ajax)
1974 – Johan Cruyff – (Ajax)
1975 – Oleg Blokhin – (Dínamo de Kiev)
1976 – Franz Beckenbauer – (Bayern Munique)
1977 – Allan Simonsen – (Borussia Mönchengladbach)
1978 – Kevin Keegan – (Hamburger SV)
1979 – Kevin Keegan – (Hamburger SV)
1980 – Karl-Heinz Rummenigge – (Bayern Munique)
1981 – Karl-Heinz Rummenigge – (Bayern Munique)
1982 – Paolo Rossi – (Juventus)
1983 – Michel Platini – (Juventus)
1984 – Michel Platini – (Juventus)
1985 – Michel Platini – (Juventus)
1986 – Igor Belanov – (Dínamo de Kiev)
1987 – Ruud Gullit – (A.C. Milan)
1988 – Marco van Basten – (A.C. Milan)
1989 – Marco van Basten – (A.C. Milan)
1990 – Lothar Matthäus – (Inter Milão)
1991 – Jean-Pierre Papin – (Marselha)
1992 – Marco van Basten – (A.C. Milan)
1993 – Roberto Baggio – (Juventus)
1994 – Hristo Stoitchkov – (F.C. Barcelona)
1995 – George Weah – (A.C. Milan)
1996 – Matthias Sammer – (Borussia Dortmund)
1997 – Ronaldo – (Inter Milão)
1998 – Zinedine Zidane – (Juventus)
1999 – Rivaldo – (F.C. Barcelona)
2000 – Luís Figo – (Real Madrid)
2001 – Michael Owen – (Liverpool)
2002 – Ronaldo – (Real Madrid)
2003 – Pavel Nedved – (Juventus)
2004 – Andriy Shevchenko – (A.C. Milan)
