List Of The FIFA Best Men's Player Of The Year Awards Winners, Voting And Who Has Won The Most Time

The Best FIFA Men's Player 2021 award was awarded to Bayern Munich's 33-year-old striker Robert Lewandowski, know the list of the winners of the awards till date
The Best FIFA Men's Player Award was awarded to FC Bayern Munich's Robert Lewandowski on Monday, January 17, 2022, at the FIFA headquarters in Zürich, Switzerland. The 33-year-old Polish striker is having the best seasons of his football career while playing for Bayern Munich as he is an absolute goal-scoring machine.
From 1991 to 2009, the Best FIFA Men's Player award was known as the FIFA World Player of the Year, later as the Ballon d'Or from 2010 to 2015.
Now let us take a look at the all-time winners right from 1991 to 2021.

FIFA The Best Awards Men's Player Of The Year In The World Previous Winners List

FIFA World Player of the Year (1991-2009)
Year

Rank

Player

Team

Points
1991

1st

 Lothar Matthäus

 Inter Milan

128
2nd

 Jean-Pierre Papin

 Marseille

113
3rd

 Gary Lineker

 Tottenham Hotspur

40
1992

1st

 Marco van Basten

 Milan

166
2nd

 Hristo Stoichkov

 Barcelona

88
3rd

 Thomas Häßler

 Roma

61
1993

1st

 Roberto Baggio

 Juventus

152
2nd

 Romário

 Barcelona

84
3rd

 Dennis Bergkamp

 Inter Milan

58
1994

1st

 Romário

 Barcelona

346
2nd

 Hristo Stoichkov

 Barcelona

100
3rd

 Roberto Baggio

 Juventus

80
1995

1st

 George Weah

 Milan

170
2nd

 Paolo Maldini

 Milan

80
3rd

 Jürgen Klinsmann

 Bayern Munich

58
1996

1st

 Ronaldo

 Barcelona

329
2nd

 George Weah

 Milan

140
3rd

 Alan Shearer

 Newcastle United

123
1997

1st

 Ronaldo

 Inter Milan

480
2nd

 Roberto Carlos

 Real Madrid

85
3rd

 Dennis Bergkamp

 Arsenal

62
 Zinedine Zidane

 Juventus
1998

1st

 Zinedine Zidane

 Juventus

518
2nd

 Ronaldo

 Inter Milan

164
3rd

 Davor Šuker

 Real Madrid

108
1999

1st

 Rivaldo

 Barcelona

543
2nd

 David Beckham

 Manchester United

194
3rd

 Gabriel Batistuta

 Fiorentina

79
2000

1st

 Zinedine Zidane

 Juventus

370
2nd

 Luís Figo

 Real Madrid

329
3rd

 Rivaldo

 Barcelona

263
2001

1st

 Luís Figo

 Real Madrid

250
2nd

 David Beckham

 Manchester United

238
3rd

 Raúl

 Real Madrid

96
2002

1st

 Ronaldo

 Real Madrid

387
2nd

 Oliver Kahn

Bayern Munich

171
3rd

Zinedine Zidane

Real Madrid

148
2003

1st

Zinedine Zidane

Real Madrid

264
2nd

Thierry Henry

Arsenal

200
3rd

Ronaldo

Real Madrid

176
2004

1st

Ronaldinho

Barcelona

620
2nd

Thierry Henry

Arsenal

552
3rd

Andriy Shevchenko

Milan

253
2005

1st

Ronaldinho

Barcelona

956
2nd

Frank Lampard

Chelsea

306
3rd

 Samuel Eto'o

Barcelona

190
2006

1st

Fabio Cannavaro

Real Madrid

498
2nd

Zinedine Zidane

Real Madrid

454
3rd

Ronaldinho

Barcelona

380
2007

1st

Kaká

Milan

1,047
2nd

Lionel Messi

Barcelona

504
3rd

Cristiano Ronaldo

Manchester United

426
2008

1st

Cristiano Ronaldo

Manchester United

935
2nd

Lionel Messi

Barcelona

678
3rd

Fernando Torres

Liverpool

203
2009

1st

Lionel Messi

Barcelona

1,073
2nd

Cristiano Ronaldo

Real Madrid

352
3rd

Xavi

Barcelona

196
FIFA Ballon d'Or (2010-2015)
Year

Rank

Player

Team

Vote Percentage
2010

1st

 Lionel Messi

 Barcelona

22.65%
2nd

 Andrés Iniesta

 Barcelona

17.36%
3rd

 Xavi

 Barcelona

16.48%
2011

1st

 Lionel Messi

 Barcelona

47.88%
2nd

 Cristiano Ronaldo

 Real Madrid

21.60%
3rd

 Xavi

 Barcelona

9.23%
2012

1st

 Lionel Messi

 Barcelona

41.60%
2nd

 Cristiano Ronaldo

 Real Madrid

23.68%
3rd

 Andrés Iniesta

 Barcelona

10.91%
2013

1st

 Cristiano Ronaldo

 Real Madrid

27.99%
2nd

 Lionel Messi

 Barcelona

24.72%
3rd

 Franck Ribéry

 Bayern Munich

23.36%
2014

1st

 Cristiano Ronaldo

 Real Madrid

37.66%
2nd

 Lionel Messi

 Barcelona

15.76%
3rd

 Manuel Neuer

 Bayern Munich

15.72%
2015

1st

 Lionel Messi

 Barcelona

41.33%
2nd

 Cristiano Ronaldo

 Real Madrid

27.76%
3rd

 Neymar

 Barcelona

7.86%
Best FIFA Men's Player Of The Year Award Winners List, Who Has Won The Most Times And Votes(2016- Present)
Year

Rank

Player

Team

Vote Percentage
2016

1st

 Cristiano Ronaldo

 Real Madrid

34.54%
2nd

 Lionel Messi

 Barcelona

26.42%
3rd

 Antoine Griezmann

 Atlético Madrid

7.53%
2017

1st

 Cristiano Ronaldo

 Real Madrid

43.16%
2nd

 Lionel Messi

 Barcelona

19.25%
3rd

 Neymar

 Paris Saint-Germain

6.97%
2018

1st

 Luka Modrić

 Real Madrid

29.05%
2nd

 Cristiano Ronaldo

 Juventus

19.08%
3rd

 Mohamed Salah

 Liverpool

11.23%
2019

1st

 Lionel Messi

 Barcelona

46
2nd

 Virgil van Dijk

 Liverpool

38
3rd

 Cristiano Ronaldo

 Juventus

36
2020

1st

 Robert Lewandowski

 Bayern Munich

52
2nd

 Cristiano Ronaldo

 Juventus

38
3rd

 Lionel Messi

 Barcelona

35
2021

1st

 Robert Lewandowski

 Bayern Munich

48
2nd

 Lionel Messi

 Paris Saint-Germain

44
3rd

 Mohamed Salah

 Liverpool

39
Cristiano Ronaldo and Robert Lewandowski have won the award on the most occasions with both having the two wins apiece.
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