The recipients of the joint FIFA Ballon d'Or are considered as winners by both award organisations. That partnership ended in 2016, and the award reverted to the Ballon d'Or, while FIFA also reverted to its own separate annual award The Best FIFA Men's Player.
Between 20, in an agreement with FIFA, the award was temporarily merged with the FIFA World Player of the Year (founded in 1991) and known as the FIFA Ballon d'Or. ' Golden Ball ') is an annual football award presented by French news magazine France Football since 1956 and co-organized alongside UEFA since 2024.
The Ballon d'Or ( French pronunciation: ⓘ lit.
