1996 Ballon d'Or Results
The Ballon d'Or award is an annual football award for the best player from the previous year. From 1995 until 2007 the award was open to all players from around the world, as long as they had been been active at European clubs during that year.
Below are the nominees in the final order after voting for the 1996 award. The winner was Matthias Sammer. See the list of all Ballon d'Or winners.
Final order for the men's 1996 Ballon d'Or
| Order | Player | Club | Nationality | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matthias Sammer | Borussia Dortmund | Germany | 144 |
| 2 | Ronaldo | PSV Eindhoven / Barcelona | Brazil | 143 |
| 3 | Alan Shearer | Blackburn Rovers / Newcastle United | England | 107 |
| 4 | Alessandro Del Piero | Juventus | Italy | 69 |
| 5 | Jürgen Klinsmann | Bayern Munich | Germany | 60 |
| 6 | Davor Šuker | Real Madrid | Croatia | 38 |
| 7 | Eric Cantona | Manchester United | France | 24 |
| 8 | Marcel Desailly | Milan | France | 22 |
| 9 | Youri Djorkaeff | Internazionale | France | 20 |
| 10 | Karel Poborský | Slavia Prague / Manchester United | Czech Republic | 15 |
| 11 | Nwankwo Kanu | Internazionale | Nigeria | 14 |
| 12 | George Weah | Milan | Liberia | 13 |
| 13 | Alen Bokšić | Juventus | Croatia | 12 |
| Gabriel Batistuta | Fiorentina | Argentina | 12 | |
| Andreas Köpke | Marseille | Germany | 12 | |
| 16 | Fabrizio Ravanelli | Middlesbrough | Italy | 9 |
| Predrag Mijatović | Real Madrid | Yugoslavia | 9 | |
| 18 | Didier Deschamps | Juventus | France | 8 |
| 19 | Kubilay Türkyilmaz | Grasshopper | Switzerland | 5 |
| 20 | David Seaman | Arsenal | England | 4 |
| Raúl | Real Madrid | Spain | 4 | |
| 22 | Paolo Maldini | Milan | Italy | 3 |
| Christian Ziege | Bayern Munich | Germany | 3 | |
| Patrik Berger | Borussia Dortmund / Liverpool | Czech Republic | 3 | |
| Trifon Ivanov | Rapid Wien | Bulgaria | 3 | |
| 26 | Radek Bejbl | Slavia Prague / Atlético Madrid | Czech Republic | 2 |
| Rui Costa | Fiorentina | Portugal | 2 | |
| 28 | Ronald de Boer | Ajax | Netherlands | 1 |
| Luís Figo | Barcelona | Portugal | 1 | |
| Brian Laudrup | Rangers | Denmark | 1 | |
| Sergi | Barcelona | Spain | 1 | |
| Zinedine Zidane | Juventus | France | 1 |
Related Pages
- Ballon d'Or Home
- Men's Ballon d'Or Winner's List
- Football Awards Lists
- List of the FIFA male player of the year and FIFA female player of the year.
- History of the Ballon d'Or
- The Year in Sport: 1996
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