1960 – Luis Suarez – Barcelona
1961 – Omar Sivori – Juventus
1962 – Josef Masopust – Dukla Prague
1963 – Lev Yashin – Dynamo Moscow
1964 – Denis Law – Manchester United
1965 – Eusebio – Benfica
1966 – Bobby Charlton – Manchester United
1967 – Florian Albert – Ferencvaros
1968 – George Best – Manchester United
1969 – Gianni Rivera – AC Milan
1970 – Gerd Muller – Bayern Munich
1971 – Johan Cruyff – Ajax
1972 – Franz Beckenbauer – Bayern Munich
1973 – Johan Cruyff – Barcelona
1974 – Johan Cruyff – Barcelona
1975 – Oleg Blokhin – Dynamo Kyiv
1976 – Franz Beckenbauer – Bayern Munich
1977 – Allan Simonsen – Borussia Monchengladbach
1978 – Kevin Keegan – Hamburg
1979 – Kevin Keegan – Hamburg
1980 – Karl-Heinz Rummenigge – Bayern Munich
1981 – Karl-Heinz Rummenigge – Bayern Munich
1982 – Paolo Rossi – Juventus
1983 – Michel Platini – Juventus
1984 – Michel Platini – Juventus
1985 – Michel Platini – Juventus
1986 – Igor Belanov – Dynamo Kyiv
1987 – Ruud Gullit – AC Milan
1988 – Marco van Basten – AC Milan
1989 – Marco van Basten – AC Milan
1990 – Lothar Matthaus – Inter Milan
1991 – Jean-Pierre Papin – Marseille
1992 – Marco van Basten – AC Milan
1993 – Roberto Baggio – Juventus
1994 – Hristo Stoichkov – Barcelona
1995 – George Weah – AC Milan
1996 – Matthias Sammer – Borussia Dortmund
1997 – Ronaldo – Inter Milan
1998 – Zinedine Zidane – Juventus
1999 – Rivaldo – Barcelona
2000 – Luis Figo – Real Madrid
2001 – Michael Owen – Liverpool
2002 – Ronaldo – Real Madrid
2003 – Pavel Nedved – Juventus
2004 – Andriy Shevchenko – AC Milan
