Top 10 Clubs With the Most Ballon d’Or Winners in History
Discover the top 10 clubs with the most Ballon d'Or winners, from Barcelona and Real Madrid to Juventus, AC Milan, Bayern Munich and more.
The Ballon d’Or has been awarded to some of the greatest football players since 1956, with several historic clubs producing or hosting multiple winners over the decades. Based on the men’s Ballon d’Or winners listed by UEFA through 2025, here are the top 10 clubs with the most awards won by their players.
1. Barcelona — 12 Ballon d’Or awards
Barcelona tops the list alongside Real Madrid with 12 awards each. Lionel Andres Messi accounts for 8 of the club’s total, while Johan Cruyff, Ronaldinho and Rivaldo also won while representing Barcelona.
= Real Madrid — 12 Ballon d’Or awards
Real Madrid also has 12 Ballon d’Or awards in the club history. Alfredo Di Stéfano, Cristiano Ronaldo, Luka Modrić, Karim Benzema and others have contributed to the club’s total, with Ronaldo winning 4 during his Madrid spell.
3. Juventus — 8 Ballon d’Or awards
Juventus has collected 8 awards through players including Omar Sívori, Michel Platini, Roberto Baggio, Zinedine Zidane and Pavel Nedvěd.
= AC Milan — 8 Ballon d’Or awards
AC Milan also has 8 awards, with its winners including Gianni Rivera, Ruud Gullit, Marco van Basten, George Weah, Andriy Shevchenko and Kaká.
5. Bayern Munich — 5 Ballon d’Or awards
Bayern Munich’s five awards include Gerd Müller and Franz Beckenbauer, who won twice while representing the German club.
6. Manchester United — 4 Ballon d’Or awards
Manchester United has 4 ballon d’Ors awards, with Denis Law, Bobby Charlton and George Best winning during the club’s historic period in the 1960s, before Cristiano Ronaldo added another in 2008.
7. Dynamo Kyiv — 2 Ballon d’Or awards
Dynamo Kyiv has 2 winners. Oleg Blokhin won in 1975 before Igor Belanov claimed the award at the club in 1986.
= Hamburg — 2 Ballon d’Or awards
Hamburg’s 2 awards came through Kevin Keegan, who won back-to-back Ballon d’Ors in 1978 and 1979.
= Inter Milan — 2 Ballon d’Or awards
Inter Milan has 2 awards, with Lothar Matthäus winning in 1990 and Ronaldo also claiming the honour in 1997.
= Paris Saint-Germain — 2 Ballon d’Or awards
Paris Saint-Germain has 2 awards after Lionel Messi won in 2021 and Ousmane Dembélé followed in 2025.
This list reflects where the winning players were registered when they received the award, rather than the clubs where they spent the majority of their careers. The 2026 Ballon d’Or is scheduled for October 26, 2026, meaning these totals could change after this year’s ceremony.
