Year	Rank	Player	Nationality	Club
1991  Details	1st	Lothar Matthäus	Germany	Internazionale
	2nd	Jean-Pierre Papin	France	Marseille
	3rd	Gary Lineker	England	Tottenham Hotspur
1992  Details	1st	Marco van Basten	Netherlands	Milan
	2nd	Hristo Stoichkov	Bulgaria	Barcelona
	3rd	Thomas Häßler	Germany	Roma
1993  Details	1st	Roberto Baggio	Italy	Juventus
	2nd	Romário	Brazil	Barcelona  PSV Eindhoven
	3rd	Dennis Bergkamp	Netherlands	Internazionale  Ajax
1994  Details	1st	Romário	Brazil	Barcelona
	2nd	Hristo Stoichkov	Bulgaria	Barcelona
	3rd	Roberto Baggio	Italy	Juventus
1995  Details	1st	George Weah	Liberia	Milan  Paris Saint-Germain
	2nd	Paolo Maldini	Italy	Milan
	3rd	Jürgen Klinsmann	Germany	Bayern Munich  Tottenham Hotspur
1996  Details	1st	Ronaldo	Brazil	Barcelona  PSV Eindhoven
	2nd	George Weah	Liberia	Milan
	3rd	Alan Shearer	England	Newcastle United  Blackburn Rovers
1997  Details	1st	Ronaldo	Brazil	Internazionale  Barcelona
	2nd	Roberto Carlos	Brazil	Real Madrid
	3rd  (tie)	Dennis Bergkamp	Netherlands	Arsenal
		Zinedine Zidane	France	Juventus
1998  Details	1st	Zinedine Zidane	France	Juventus
	2nd	Ronaldo	Brazil	Internazionale
	3rd	Davor Šuker	Croatia	Real Madrid
1999  Details	1st	Rivaldo	Brazil	Barcelona
	2nd	David Beckham	England	Manchester United
	3rd	Gabriel Batistuta	Argentina	Fiorentina
2000  Details	1st	Zinedine Zidane	France	Juventus
	2nd	Luís Figo	Portugal	Real Madrid  Barcelona
	3rd	Rivaldo	Brazil	Barcelona
2001  Details	1st	Luís Figo	Portugal	Real Madrid
	2nd	David Beckham	England	Manchester United
	3rd	Raúl	Spain	Real Madrid
2002  Details	1st	Ronaldo	Brazil	Real Madrid  Internazionale
	2nd	Oliver Kahn	Germany	Bayern Munich
	3rd	Zinedine Zidane	France	Real Madrid
2003  Details	1st	Zinedine Zidane	France	Real Madrid
	2nd	Thierry Henry	France	Arsenal
	3rd	Ronaldo	Brazil	Real Madrid
2004  Details	1st	Ronaldinho	Brazil	Barcelona
	2nd	Thierry Henry	France	Arsenal
	3rd	Andriy Shevchenko	Ukraine	Milan
2005  Details	1st	Ronaldinho	Brazil	Barcelona
	2nd	Frank Lampard	England	Chelsea
	3rd	Samuel Eto'o	Cameroon	Barcelona
2006  Details	1st	Fabio Cannavaro	Italy	Real Madrid  Juventus
	2nd	Zinedine Zidane	France	Real Madrid
	3rd	Ronaldinho	Brazil	Barcelona
2007  Details	1st	Kaká	Brazil	Milan
	2nd	Lionel Messi	Argentina	Barcelona
	3rd	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	Manchester United
2008  Details	1st	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	Manchester United
	2nd	Lionel Messi	Argentina	Barcelona
	3rd	Fernando Torres	Spain	Liverpool
2009  Details	1st	Lionel Messi	Argentina	Barcelona
	2nd	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	Manchester United
	3rd	Xavi	Spain	Barcelona