Player of the year » FIFA
| Year | Player |
| 2022 | Lionel Messi |
| 2021 | Robert Lewandowski |
| 2020 | Robert Lewandowski |
| 2019 | Lionel Messi |
| 2018 | Luka Modrić |
| 2017 (Ballon dOr) | Cristiano Ronaldo |
| 2017 | Cristiano Ronaldo |
| 2016 (Ballon dOr) | Cristiano Ronaldo |
| 2016 | Cristiano Ronaldo |
| 2015 | Lionel Messi |
| 2014 | Cristiano Ronaldo |
| 2013 | Cristiano Ronaldo |
| 2012 | Lionel Messi |
| 2011 | Lionel Messi |
| 2010 | Lionel Messi |
| 2009 | Lionel Messi |
| 2008 | Cristiano Ronaldo |
| 2007 | Kaká |
| 2006 | Fabio Cannavaro |
| 2005 | Ronaldinho |
| 2004 | Ronaldinho |
| 2003 | Zinédine Zidane |
| 2002 | Ronaldo |
| 2001 | Luís Figo |
| 2000 | Zinédine Zidane |
| 1999 | Rivaldo |
| 1998 | Zinédine Zidane |
| 1997 | Ronaldo |
| 1996 | Ronaldo |
| 1995 | George Weah |
| 1994 | Romário |
| 1993 | Roberto Baggio |
| 1992 | Marco van Basten |
| 1991 | Lothar Matthäus |