European Player of the Year
From Football Legends
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| year | Winner | Nation | Club | notes |
| 1901 | Steve Bloomer | Template:ENG | winner of British Home Championship | |
| 1902 | Jimmy Millar | Template:ENG | ||
| 1903 | Vivian Woodward | Template:ENG | winner of British Home Championship | |
| 1904 | Steve Bloomer | Template:ENG | winner of British Home Championship; English League top scorer | |
| 1905 | Alf Common | Template:ENG | winner of British Home Championship; New transfer record: £1.000 | |
| 1906 | Albert Shepherd | Template:ENG | English League top scorer | |
| 1907 | Billy Meredith | Template:WAL | winner of British Home Championship | |
| 1908 | Vivian Woodward | Template:ENG | Olympic Champion; winner of British Home Championship; English League Player of the Year | |
| 1909 | Imre Schlosser | Template:HUN | Hungarian champion; Hungarian League top scorer | |
| 1910 | Harry Hampton | Template:ENG | English champion and all-time best scorer club | |
| 1911 | Sophus Nielsen | Template:DEN | winner of Baneklubberne Cup winner; Danish League top scorer | |
| 1912 | Gottfried Fuchs | Template:GER | Olympic Games Top Scorer; 10 goals (record) in a international game; winner of Südkreis-Liga winner | |
| 1913 | Imre Schlosser | Template:HUN | Hungarian champion; Hungarian League top scorer (42 goals) | |
| 1914 | Billy Gillespie | Template:IRE | winner of British Home Championship; British Home Championship Top Scorer | |
| 1915 | Bobby Parker | Template:SCO | English champion; English League top scorer | |
| 1916 | Jimmy McColl | Template:SCO | Scottish champion; Scottish League top scorer (34 goals) | |
| 1917 | Bert Yarnall | Template:SCO | European and Scottish League top scorer (39 goals) | |
| 1918 | Ricardo Zamora | Template:SPA | Catalan champion; Best goalkeeper of his generation | |
| 1919 | Alfréd Schaffer | Template:HUN | European and Hungarian League top scorer (39 goals); Hungarian champion | |
| 1920 | Robert Coppée | Template:BEL | Olympic Champion and Best player of the Belgian team | |
| 1921 | Lucien Gamblin | Template:FRA | winner of French Cup; the most prominent French footballer of his era | |
| 1922 | Elisha Scott | Template:IRE | English champion; the most prominent goalkeeper of British Islands in the 1920s | |
| 1923 | Charlie Buchan | Template:ENG | English League top scorer (30 goals); the most prominent player in the British Isles of his era | |
| 1924 | Sven Rydell | Template:SWE | Olympic Games Bronze Medal; he scored for his country 49 goals in 43 matches! | |
| 1925 | Hughie Gallacher | Template:SCO | winner of British Home Championship; British Home Championship Top Scorer; Scottish champion | |
| 1926 | Giampiero Combi | Template:ITA | Italasn champion | |
| 1927 | Max Abegglen | Template:SWI | ||
| 1928 | Dixie Dean | Template:ENG | ||
| 1929 | Angelo Schiavio | Template:ITA | ||
| 1930 | Milutin Ivković | Template:YOU | ||
| 1931 | Raimundo Orsi |  Argentina |
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| 1932 | František Plánicka | Template:CZE | ||
| 1933 | Franz Binder | Template:AUT | ||
| 1934 | Giuseppe Meazza | Template:ITA | ||
| 1935 | Oldrich Nejedlý | Template:CZE | ||
| 1936 | Matthias Sindelar | Template:AUT | ||
| 1937 | György Sárosi | Template:HUN | ||
| 1938 | Silvio Piola | Template:ITA | ||
| 1939 | Gyula Zsengellér | Template:HUN | ||
| 1940 | Josef Bican | Template:CZE | ||
| 1941 | Fernando Peyroteo |  Portugal |
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| 1942 | Ernst Wilimowski | Template:POL | ||
| 1943 | Valentino Mazzola | Template:ITA | ||
| 1944 | Edmundo Suárez 'Mundo' | Template:SPA | ||
| 1945 | Faas Wilkes | Template:NED | ||
| 1946 | Gunnar Gren | Template:SWE | ||
| 1947 | József Bozsik | Template:HUN | ||
| 1948 | Gunnar Nordahl | Template:SWE | ||
| 1949 | Estanislao Basora | Template:SPA | ||
| 1950 | Telmo Zarra | Template:SPA | ||
| 1951 | Fritz Walter | Template:GER | ||
| 1952 | Billy Wright | Template:ENG | ||
| 1953 | László Kubala | Template:HUN | ||
| 1954 | Sándor Kocsis | Template:HUN | ||
| 1955 | Ferenc Puskás | Template:HUN | ||
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| year | Winner | Nation | Club | notes |
| 1998 | Ronaldo | Template:BRA | ||
| 1999 | David Beckham | Template:ENG | ||
| 2000 | Fernando Redondo | Argentina |
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| 2001 | Stefan Effenberg | Template:GER | ||
| 2002 | Zinedine Zidane | Template:FRA | ||
| 2003 | Gianluigi Buffon | Template:ITA | ||
| 2004 | Deco | Portugal |
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| 2005 | Steven Gerrard | Template:ENG | ||
| 2006 | Ronaldinho | Template:BRA | ||
| 2007 | Kaká | Template:BRA | ||
| 2008 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal |
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| 2009 | Lionel Messi | Argentina |
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| 2010 | Diego Milito | Argentina |
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| 2011 | Lionel Messi | Argentina |
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| 2012 | Andrés Iniesta | Template:SPA | ||
| 2013 | Franck Ribéry | Template:FRA | ||
| 2014 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal |
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| 2015 | Lionel Messi | Argentina |
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| 2016 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal |
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| 2017 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal |
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| 2018 | Luka Modric | Template:CRO | ||
| 2019 | Virgil van Dijk | Template:NED | ||
| 2020 | Robert Lewandowski | Template:POL | ||
| 2021 | Jorginho | Template:ITA | ||
