| 1982. Rossi | 1983. Zico | 1984. Platini | 1985. Platini | 1986. Maradona | 1987. Gullit | 1988. van Basten | 1989. Gullit | 1990. Matthäus | 1991. Papin | 1992. van Basten | 1993. Baggio | 1994. Maldini | 1995. Vialli | 1996. Ronaldo | 1997. Ronaldo | 1998. Zidane | 1999. Rivaldo | 2000. Figo | 2001. Owen | 2002. Ronaldo | 2003. Nedvěd | 2004. Ronaldinho | 2005. Ronaldinho | 2006. Cannavaro | 2007. Kaká | 2008. C. Ronaldo | 2009. Messi | 2010. Xavi | 2011. Messi | 2012. Messi | 2013. C. Ronaldo | 2014. C. Ronaldo | 2015. Messi | 2016. C. Ronaldo | 2017. C. Ronaldo | 2018. Modrić | 2019. Messi | 2020. Lewandowski | 2021. Lewandowski | 2022. Messi | 2023. Haaland |
