Five Clubs With The Most Ballon d’Or Winners

As we edge closer to discovering the winner of the 2026 Ballon d’Or, we take a look at which clubs have the most individual winners in history.

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The race for the 2026 Ballon d’Or is proving to be a tightly contested affair, with Lamine Yamal emerging as the frontrunner, but faces stiff competition from the likes of Kylian Mbappe, Harry Kane and Michael Olise.

Reigning winner Ousmane Dembele, 2024 winner Rodri, and eight-time winner Lionel Messi are also among the leading contenders.

The winner will not only add their name to the history books of football’s greatest individual prize, but will also see their club added to the list of Ballon d’Or winners.

According to GiveMeSport, 22 clubs have the prestigious honour of crowning a Ballon d’Or winner.

European heavyweights such as Liverpool, Borussia Dortmund and Ajax and minnow sides such as Ferencvaros of Hungary, Dukla Prague of Czechia and English League One side Blackpool each have the distinction of a singular Ballon d’Or winner.

Multi-Club Winners

10 clubs have the honour of multiple Ballon d’Or winners. Some of these include Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) following Dembele’s win last year and Messi’s win in 2021, and Inter Milan (Lothar Matthaus in 1990 and Ronaldo Nazario in 1997).

Bayern Munich are the first club in the top 5 with five winners coming from three different players. Gerd Muller won the award in 1970, followed by Franz Beckenbauer (1972 and 1976) and Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (1979 and 1980).

Juventus and AC Milan each have eight wins to their name, with Michel Platini leading the way for the Old Lady with three consecutive wins (1983, 1984 and 1985), while Marco Van Basten leads the way for the Rossoneri with three wins in 1988, 1989 and 1992.

El Clásico Rivals Lead the Way

El Clásico rivals FC Barcelona and Real Madrid lead the way with 12 winners apiece, with Cristiano Ronaldo winning four of his five awards as a Los Blancos star, while Lionel Messi won six of his eight playing for the Blaugrana.

Other notable winners for Real Madrid include Karim Benzema (2022), Luka Modric (2018) and Fabio Cannavaro (2006), who was the last defender to do so.

Former Mamelodi Sundowns coach Hristo Stoichkov (1994), Rivaldo (1999), and Ronaldinho (2005) are among Barca’s previous winners.

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We take a look at the gallery above at the five clubs with the most Ballon d’Or wins, according to GiveMeSport.

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