Which clubs have won the most Ballon d’Or
The top five club leaders in the number of players who won the Golden Ball included Juventus, Milan and Bayern Munich
Bayern and England forward Harry Kane won the 2026 Ballon d'Or. In total, the players of 22 clubs took the individual award of the best footballer of the world in the season.
Real Madrid and Barcelona shared the first place in the number of Golden Balls won by their players. Each club has 12 awards. The top five also included Juventus, Milan and Bayern.
Which clubs have won the most Ballon d'Or:
1. Real Madrid - 12 (Cristiano Ronaldo - 4, Alfredo Di Stefano - 2, Raymond Copa - 1, Luis Figo - 1, Ronaldo - 1, Fabio Cannavaro - 1, Luca Modric - 1, Karim Benzema - 1) 2. Barcelona - 12 (Lionel Messi - 6, Johan Cruyff - 2, Luis Suarez - 1, Hristo Stoichkov - 1, Rivaldo - 1, Ronaldinho - 1) 3. Juventus – 8 (Michel Platini – 3, Omar Sivori – 1, Paolo Rossi – 1, Roberto Baggio – 1, Zinedine Zidane – 1, Pavel Nedved – 1) 4. Milan - 8 (Marco van Basten - 3, Gianni Rivera - 1, Ruud Gullit - 1, George Wea - 1, Andrei Shevchenko - 1, Kaka - 1) 5. Bayern are 6 (Franz Beckenbauer 2, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 2, Gerd Mueller 1, Harry Kane 1) 6. Manchester United 4 (Denis Lowe 1, Bobby Charlton 1, George Best 1, Cristiano Ronaldo 1) 7. "Dynamo" Kiev - 2 (Oleg Blokhin - 1, Igor Belanov - 1) 8. Inter - 2 (Lothar Matthaus - 1, Ronaldo - 1) 9. PSG - 2 (Lionel Messi - 1, Usman Dembele - 1) 10. Hamburg - 2 (Kevin Keegan - 2) 11. Ajax is 1 (Johan Cruyff) 12. Benfica - 1 (Eusebio) 13. Blackpool is 1 (Stanley Matthews) 14. Borussia Dortmund - 1 (Mattias Zammer) 15. "Borussia" Mönchengladbach - 1 (Allan Simonsen) 16. "Dukla" Prague - 1 (Joseph Masopust) 17. Dynamo Moscow – 1 (Lev Yashin) 18. "Ferenzvaros" - 1 (Florian Albert) 19. Inter Miami is 1 (Lionel Messi) 20. Liverpool are 1 (Michael Owen) 21. Manchester City are 1 (Rodry) 22. "Marseille" - 1 (Jean-Pierre Papin)
Note: Luis Figo in 2000, Ronaldo in 2002 and Fabio Cannavaro in 2006 are included in the lists of the two clubs due to the transfer, as noted by UEFA.
The Ballon d'Or has been awarded annually by France Football magazine since 1956; in 2020, the ceremony was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. From 2010 to 2015, the award was presented jointly with FIFA.
The record holder for the number of Golden Balls is Lionel Messi, who has eight awards.
