Journalists from around the world have exclusively decided the winner of the Ballon d'Or awards, with the exception of the 2010-2015 period, which saw a collaboration alongside FIFA (see below).

There was a brief partnership with FIFA between 2010 and 2015 which saw France Football's Ballon d'Or merge with FIFA's World Player of the Year award, but FIFA went their own way and created The ...

For 2010 to 2015 inclusive, FIFA had a cooperation agreement with the Amaury Group, which ran the Ballon d'Or though its France Football magazine. During this time the awards merged into one ...

The Ballon d'Or will have a 30-man shortlist, with no announcement of three finalists before the presentation under Football France's rules. On Friday, FIFA ended its six-year association with ...

Voting for the Ballon d’Or is done by national team captains and coaches, along with members of the international media selected by France Football magazine. The FIFA Women’s Player of the ...

FIFA president Gianni Infantino apparently took a dig at the Ballon d'Or during the 2024 FIFA The Best Awards. He claimed that FIFA should be the body that decides the best player in the world ...