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Appearances
in ESM teams
that year
Is award
deserved?
Who was the best that year?
1996
Matthias Sammer
Borussia Dortmund
1
NO
Eric Cantona
Jocelyn Angloma
Laurent Blanc
Paolo Maldini
Philippe Albert
Ronaldo
Vítor Baía
3
1997
Ronaldo
FC Barcelona
Inter Milan
6
ALMOST
Roberto Carlos
7
1998
Zinedine Zidane
Juventus F.C.
4
ALMOST
Roberto Carlos
5
1999
Rivaldo
FC Barcelona
6
YES
Rivaldo
Siniša Mihajlović
6
2000
Luís Figo
FC Barcelona
Real Madrid CF
4
NO
Roberto Carlos
8
2001
Michael Owen
Liverpool F.C.
3
YES
Hernán Crespo
Jocelyn Angloma
Michael Owen
Oliver Kahn
Pavel Nedvěd
Raúl
Rio Ferdinand
Sami Hyypiä
Walter Samuel
Zinedine Zidane
3
2002
Ronaldo
Inter Milan
1
NO
Michael Ballack
5
2003
Pavel Nedvěd
Juventus F.C.
6
YES
Pavel Nedvěd
6
2004
Andriy Shevchenko
A.C. Milan
4
NO
Ronaldinho
8
2005
Ronaldinho
FC Barcelona
6
ALMOST
Frank Lampard
7
2006
Fabio Cannavaro
Juventus F.C.
1
NO
Ronaldinho
5
2007
Kaká
A.C. Milan
4
NO
Cristiano Ronaldo
Sergio Ramos
6
2008
Cristiano Ronaldo
Manchester United F.C.
5
YES
Cristiano Ronaldo
Rio Ferdinand
5
2009
Lionel Messi
FC Barcelona
6
YES
Lionel Messi
6
2010
Lionel Messi
FC Barcelona
8
YES
Lionel Messi
8
2011
Lionel Messi
FC Barcelona
8
YES
Lionel Messi
8
2012
Lionel Messi
FC Barcelona
9
YES
Lionel Messi
9
2013
Cristiano Ronaldo
Real Madrid CF
4
NO
Philipp Lahm
6
2014
Cristiano Ronaldo
Real Madrid CF
8
YES
Cristiano Ronaldo
8
2015
Lionel Messi
FC Barcelona
5
NO
Luis Suárez
7
2016
Cristiano Ronaldo
Real Madrid CF
2
NO
N'Golo Kanté
5
2017
Cristiano Ronaldo
Real Madrid CF
2
NO
Lionel Messi
6
2018
Luka Modrić
Real Madrid CF
1
NO
Lionel Messi
8
2019
Lionel Messi
FC Barcelona
8
YES
Lionel Messi
Virgil van Dijk
8
2020
not awarded
Kevin De Bruyne
Robert Lewandowski
5
2021
Lionel Messi
FC Barcelona
3
NO
Robert Lewandowski
Rúben Dias
7
2023
to be announced later
Erling Haaland
4