Ballon d'Or

The Ballon d'Or is an annual football award presented by France Football since 1956 to honour the player deemed to have performed the best over the previous season. Lionel Messi holds the record for most Ballon d'Or wins with eight titles, and he is also the current holder of the award, having won it in 2023. The award was originally based exclusively on voting by football journalists, but has since expanded to include all professional footballers from around the world, with coaches and captains of national teams also allowed to vote until 2016.learn more on wikipedia