1991-2009
- 1991 Lothar Matthäus
- 1992 Marco van Basten
- 1993 Roberto Baggio
- 1994 Romário
- 1995 George Weah
- 1996 Ronaldo
- 1997 Ronaldo
- 1998 Zinedine Zidane
- 1999 Rivaldo
- 2000 Zinedine Zidane
- 2001 Luís Figo
- 2002 Ronaldo
- 2003 Zinedine Zidane
- 2004 Ronaldinho
- 2005 Ronaldinho
- 2006 Fabio Cannavaro
- 2007 Kaká
- 2008 Cristiano Ronaldo
- 2009 Lionel Messi
2010-2015
- 2010 Lionel Messi
- 2011 Lionel Messi
- 2012 Lionel Messi
- 2013 Cristiano Ronaldo
- 2014 Cristiano Ronaldo
- 2015 Cristiano Ronaldo
2016-Present
- 2016 Cristiano Ronaldo
- 2017 Cristiano Ronaldo
- 2018 Luka Modrić
- 2019 Lionel Messi
- 2020 Robert Lewandowski
- 2021 Robert Lewandowski
- 2022 Lionel Messi
- 2023 Lionel Messi
- 2024 Vinícius Júnior
Women's World Player of the Year
2001-2015
- 2003,2004 Birgit Prinz
- 2005 Birgit Prinz
- 2014 Nadine Keßler
Best Women's Player
2016-Present
- 2017 Lieke Martens
- 2020 Lucy Bronze
- 2021,2022 Alexia Putellas
- 2023, 2024 Aitana Bonmatí
1970-1994
- 1988 Kalusha Bwalya
- 1989 George Weah
- 1990 Roger Milla
- 1991,1992, 1993 Abedi Pele
- 1994 George Weah
Afrique Football Award
1991-2003
- 1991,1992 Abedi Pele
- 1994 Emmanuel Amunike
- 1995 George Weah
- 1996,1999 Nwankwo Kanu
- 1997 Victor Ikpeba
- 1998 Mustapha Hadji
- 2000 Patrick M'Boma
- 2001,2002 El Hadji Diouf
- 2003 Samuel Eto'o
CAF Award
1992-Present
- 2004 Samuel Eto'o
- 2005 Samuel Eto'o
- 2006 Didier Drogba
- 2007 Frédéric Kanouté
- 2008 Emmanuel Adebayor
- 2009 Didier Drogba
- 2010 Samuel Eto'o
- 2011 Yaya Touré
- 2012 Yaya Touré
- 2013 Yaya Touré
- 2014 Yaya Touré
- 2015 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
- 2016 Riyad Mahrez
- 2017 Mohamed Salah
- 2018 Mohamed Salah
- 2019 Sadio Mané
- 2022 Sadio Mané
- 2024 Ademola Lookman
1988-1992
- 1989,1990,1991 Kim Joo-sung
- 1992 Kazuyoshi Miura
AFC Award
1991-2003
- 1997 Hidetoshi Nakata
- 1998 Hidetoshi Nakata
- 1999 Ali Daei
- 2001 Fan Zhiyi
- 2002 Shinji Ono
- 2003 Mehdi Mahdavikia
- 2004 Ali Karimi
- 2009 Yasuhito Endō
- 2012 Shinji Kagawa
- 2013 Yuto Nagatomo
- 2015 Son Heung-min
- 2016 Shinji Okazaki
- 2017 Son Heung-min
- 2018 Makoto Hasebe
- 2019 Son Heung-min
- 2022 Kim Min-jae
- 2023 Son Heung-min
- 2014 Keylor Navas
- 2015 Javier Hernández
- 2017 Keylor Navas
- 2021 Alphonso Davies
- 2022 Alphonso Davies
1971-1985
- 1973 Pelé
- 1974,1975,1976 Elías Figueroa
- 1977,1981,1982 Zico
- 1978 Mario Kempes
- 1979,1980 Diego Maradona
- 1983 Sócrates
- 1984 Enzo Francescoli
- 1985 Julio César Romero
1986-Present
- 1987,1993 Carlos Valderrama
- 1989 Bebeto
- 1994 Cafu
- 1995 Enzo Francescoli
- 1999 Javier Saviola
- 2000 Romário
- 2001 Román Riquelme
- 2008,2009 Juan Sebastián Verón
- 2011,2012 Neymar
- 2013 Ronaldinho
- 2021 Julián Álvarez
1997-2010
- 1997 Ronaldo
- 1999 David Beckham
- 2000 Fernando Redondo
- 2001 Stefan Effenberg
- 2002 Zinedine Zidane
- 2003 Gianluigi Buffon
- 2004 Deco
- 2005 Steven Gerrard
- 2006 Ronaldinho
- 2007 Kaká
- 2008 Cristiano Ronaldo
- 2009 Lionel Messi
- 2010 Diego Milito
2010-Present
- 2010 Lionel Messi
- 2011 Andrés Iniesta
- 2012 Franck Ribéry
- 2013 Cristiano Ronaldo
- 2014 Lionel Messi
- 2015 Cristiano Ronaldo
- 2016 Cristiano Ronaldo
- 2017 Luka Modrić
- 2018 Virgil van Dijk
- 2019 Robert Lewandowski
- 2021 Karim Benzema
- 2022 Erling Haaland
2010-Present
- 2017 Lieke Martens
- 2018 Lucy Bronze
- 2020,2021 Alexia Putellas