Inilah Daftar Pemain Terbaik: Eropa :
1956 Stanley Matthews - Inggris
1957 Alfredo Di Stefano - Argentina
1958 Raymond Kopa - Perancis
1959 Alfredo Di Stefano - Argentina
1960 Luis Suarez - Spanyol
1961 Omar Sivori - Argentina
1962 Josef Masopust - Ceko
1963 Lev Yashin - Uni Soviet
1964 Denis Law - Skotlandia
1965 Eusebio - Portugal
1966 Bobby Charlton - Inggris
1967 Florian Albert - Hongaria
1968 George Best - Irlandia Utara
1969 Gianni Rivera - Italia
1970 Gerd Muller - Jerman
1971 Johan Cruyff - Belanda
1972 Franz Beckenbauer - Jerman
1973-1974 Johan Cruyff - Belanda
1975 Oleg Blokhin - Ukraina
1976 Franz Beckenbauer - Jerman
1977 Allan Simonsen - Denmark
1978-1979 Kevin Keegan - Inggris
1980-1981 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge - Jerman
1982 Paolo Rossi - Italia
1983-1985 Michel Platini - Perancis
1986 Igor Belanov - Rusia
1987 Ruud Gullit - Belanda
1988-1989 Marco van Basten - Belanda
1990-1991 Lothar Matthaeus - Jerman
1992 Marco van Basten - Belanda
1993 Roberto Baggio - Italia
1994 Hristo Stoichkov - Bulgaria
1995 George Weah - Liberia
1996 Matthias Sammer - Jerman
1997 Ronaldo - Brasil
1998 Zinedine Zidane - Perancis
1999 Rivaldo - Brasil
2000 Luis Figo - Portugal
2001 Michael Owen - Inggris
2002 Ronaldo - Brasil
2003 Pavel Nedved - Ceko
2004 Andriy Shevchenko - Ukraina
2005 Ronaldinho - Brasil
2006 Fabio Cannavaro - Italia
2007 Kaka - Brasil
2008 Cristiano Ronaldo - Portugal
2009-2011 Lionel Messi - Argentina (UEFA dan FIFA Ballon d'or)
2012 Andres Iniesta - Spanyol (UEFA Best Player in Europe Award 2012)
