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Ballon d'Or

annual association football award
Intangible sports_award Q166177
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Summary

Ballon d'Or is a sports award[1]. It ranks in the top 0.19% of sports award entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (123,745 views/month, #1 of 536).[2]

Key Facts

  • Winner: Lev Yashin[3], Cristiano Ronaldo[4], Franz Beckenbauer[5], Roberto Baggio[6], Gerd Müller[7], Josef Masopust[8], Matthias Sammer[9], Luis Suárez[10], Denis Law[11], Ronaldinho[12], Lothar Matthäus[13], Michel Platini[14], Igor Belanov[15], Andriy Shevchenko[16]
  • Country: France[17]
  • Subclass of: trophy[18], recurring event[19]
  • Commons category: Ballon d'Or[20]
  • Inception: 1956[21]
  • Sport: association football[22]
  • Official website: https://www.francefootball.fr/ballon-d-or/[23]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Ballon d'Or[24]
  • Conferred by: France Football[25]
  • Topic has template: Template:Ballon d'Or Additional Awards[26], Template:Ballon d'Or recipients[27]
  • Official name: Ballon d'Or[28]
  • Native label: Ballon d'Or[29]
  • Different from: FIFA Ballon d'Or[30], Guldbollen[31], The Best FIFA Football Awards[32], Golden Ball[33], Golden Globe Awards[34]
  • Category for recipients of this award: Category:Ballon d'Or winners[35]
  • Hashtag: BallondOr[36]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: concrete/abstract disjunction anomalies[37]

Why It Matters

Ballon d'Or has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

FAQs

What awards did Ballon d'Or receive?

Honors received include Lev Yashin[3], Cristiano Ronaldo[4], Franz Beckenbauer[5], and Roberto Baggio[6].

Related Entities

Aitana Bonmatí Alfredo Di Stéfano Allan Simonsen Andriy Shevchenko Bobby Charlton Cristiano Ronaldo Denis Law Eusébio Fabio Cannavaro Flórián Albert France Franz Beckenbauer George Best George Weah Gerd Müller Gianni Rivera Hristo Stoichkov Igor Belanov Jean-Pierre Papin Johan Cruyff Josef Masopust Kaká Karim Benzema Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Kevin Keegan Lev Yashin Lionel Messi Lothar Matthäus Luís Figo Luis Suárez

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 25d ago · CorsoLD9 · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Winner → Lev Yashin, Cristiano Ronaldo, Franz Beckenbauer +43
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Winner: Pope Francis"
  2. 17w ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → —
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    Country → France
    On focus list of wikimedia project → concrete/abstract disjunction anomalies
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/36807|batch #36807]]: tag for concrete/abstract disjunction anomaly"
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