| Rank |
Player |
Winner |
Second place |
Third Place |
Winner Year |
Total |
|
1 |
 Lionel Messi
Argentina
|
8 |
5 |
1 |
2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019, 2021, 2023 |
14 |
|
2 |
 Cristiano Ronaldo
Portugal
|
5 |
6 |
1 |
2008, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017 |
12 |
|
3 |
 Michel Platini
France
|
3 |
- |
2 |
1983, 1984, 1985 |
5 |
|
4 |
 Johan Cruyff
Netherlands
|
3 |
- |
1 |
1971, 1973, 1974 |
4 |
|
5 |
Marco van Basten
Netherlands
|
3 |
- |
- |
1988, 1989, 1992 |
3 |
|
6 |
 Franz Beckenbauer
West Germany
|
2 |
2 |
1 |
1972, 1976 |
5 |
|
7 |
 Ronaldo Nazario
Brazil
|
2 |
1 |
1 |
1997, 2002 |
4 |
|
8 |
 Alfredo Di Stéfano
Spain
|
2 |
1 |
- |
1957, 1959 |
3 |
|
8 |
 Kevin Keegan
England
|
2 |
1 |
- |
1978, 1979 |
3 |
|
8 |
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
West Germany
|
2 |
1 |
- |
1980, 1981 |
3 |
|
11 |
Luis Suárez
Spain
|
1 |
2 |
1 |
1960 |
4 |
|
12 |
Eusébio
Portugal
|
1 |
2 |
- |
1965 |
3 |
|
12 |
Bobby Charlton
England
|
1 |
2 |
- |
1966 |
3 |
|
14 |
Raymond Kopa
France
|
1 |
1 |
2 |
1958 |
4 |
|
14 |
Gerd Müller
West Germany
|
1 |
1 |
2 |
1970 |
4 |
|
16 |
Zinédine Zidane
France
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
1998 |
3 |
|
17 |
 Gianni Rivera
Italy
|
1 |
1 |
- |
1969 |
2 |
|
17 |
Ruud Gullit
Netherlands
|
1 |
1 |
- |
1987 |
2 |
|
17 |
Lothar Matthäus
Germany
|
1 |
1 |
- |
1990 |
2 |
|
17 |
Roberto Baggio
Italy
|
1 |
1 |
- |
1993 |
2 |
|
17 |
 Hristo Stoichkov
Bulgaria
|
1 |
1 |
- |
1994 |
2 |
|
22 |
 Andriy Shevchenko
Ukraine
|
1 |
- |
2 |
2004 |
3 |
|
23 |
 George Best
Northern Ireland
|
1 |
- |
1 |
1968 |
2 |
|
24 |
 Allan Simonsen
Denmark
|
1 |
- |
1 |
1977 |
2 |
|
24 |
Ronaldinho
Brazil
|
1 |
- |
1 |
2005 |
2 |
|
26 |
Stanley Matthews
England
|
1 |
- |
- |
1956 |
1 |
|
26 |
Omar Sívori
Italy
|
1 |
- |
- |
1961 |
1 |
|
26 |
 Josef Masopust
Czech
|
1 |
- |
- |
1962 |
1 |
|
26 |
 Lev Yashin
Soviet Union
|
1 |
- |
- |
1963 |
1 |
|
26 |
 Denis Law
Scotland
|
1 |
- |
- |
1964 |
1 |
|
26 |
 Flórián Albert
Hungary
|
1 |
- |
- |
1967 |
1 |
|
26 |
Oleg Blokhin
Ukraine
|
1 |
- |
- |
1975 |
1 |
|
26 |
Paolo Rossi
Italy
|
1 |
- |
- |
1982 |
1 |
|
26 |
Igor Belanov
Soviet Union
|
1 |
- |
- |
1986 |
1 |
|
26 |
Jean-Pierre Papin
France
|
1 |
- |
- |
1991 |
1 |
|
26 |
 George Weah
Liberia
|
1 |
- |
- |
1995 |
1 |
|
26 |
Matthias Sammer
Germany
|
1 |
- |
- |
1996 |
1 |
|
26 |
Rivaldo
Brazil
|
1 |
- |
- |
1999 |
1 |
|
26 |
Luís Figo
Portugal
|
1 |
- |
- |
2000 |
1 |
|
26 |
Michael Owen
England
|
1 |
- |
- |
2001 |
1 |
|
26 |
Pavel Nedvěd
Czech
|
1 |
- |
- |
2003 |
1 |
|
26 |
Fabio Cannavaro
Italy
|
1 |
- |
- |
2006 |
1 |
|
26 |
Kaká
Brazil
|
1 |
- |
- |
2007 |
1 |
|
26 |
 Luka Modrić
Croatia
|
1 |
- |
- |
2018 |
1 |
|
26 |
Karim Benzema
France
|
1 |
- |
- |
2022 |
1 |
|
26 |
Rodri
Spain
|
1 |
- |
- |
2024 |
1 |
|
26 |
Ousmane Dembélé
France
|
1 |
- |
- |
2025 |
1 |
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