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).
Between 2010 and 2015 FIFA and France Football reached an agreement to merge forces, and name it the FIFA Ballon d'Or. That partnership ended in 2016, however, with the Ballon d'Or reverting back ...