List of recent Ballon d’Or winners after Monday’s 2022 award ceremony:

Men

2022: Karim Benzema (FRA)

2021: Lionel Messi (ARG)

2019: Lionel Messi (ARG)

2018: Luka Modric (CRO)

2017: Cristiano Ronaldo (POR)

2016: Cristiano Ronaldo (POR)

2015: Lionel Messi (ARG)

2014: Cristiano Ronaldo (POR)

2013: Cristiano Ronaldo (POR)

2012: Lionel Messi (ARG)

Women

2022: Alexia Putellas (ESP)

2021: Alexia Putellas (ESP)

2019: Megan Rapinoe (USA)

2018: Ada Hergerberg (NOR)

— 2020 Ballon d’Or cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic