Rarest Winner of the Ballon D'or — All 48 Answers Ranked by Rarity
48 answers are accepted for “Name a winner of the Ballon d'Or”. Luis Suárez is the rarest winner of the Ballon d'or in this ranking, with 17,434 monthly Wikipedia views (rarity 1.000, Legendary). Josef Masopust is the second-rarest with 52,148 monthly Wikipedia views, 2.99× the figure for Luis Suárez. Cristiano Ronaldo is the most common winner of the Ballon d'or in this ranking, with 14,910,758 monthly Wikipedia views, 855.3× the figure for the rarest. Combined monthly Wikipedia views across the 48 answers: 73,640,154. Luis Suárez is under 0.1% of that total. 10 answers are Epic or Legendary: Luis Suárez (Legendary), Josef Masopust (Legendary), Flórián Albert (Legendary), and 7 more.
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Monthly English Wikipedia pageviews. Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia pageviews (2026-10).
Ranked answers
| Rank | Answer | Tier | Rarity | Monthly Wikipedia views |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luis Suárez on Wikipedia | Legendary | 1.000 | 17,434 |
| 2 | Josef Masopust on Wikipedia | Legendary | 0.979 | 52,148 |
| 3 | Flórián Albert on Wikipedia | Legendary | 0.957 | 57,058 |
| 4 | Omar Sívori on Wikipedia | Legendary | 0.936 | 66,437 |
| 5 | Allan Simonsen on Wikipedia | Epic | 0.915 | 75,409 |
| 6 | Igor Belanov on Wikipedia | Epic | 0.894 | 78,816 |
| 7 | Gianni Rivera on Wikipedia | Epic | 0.872 | 93,409 |
| 8 | Oleg Blokhin on Wikipedia | Epic | 0.851 | 102,392 |
| 9 | Raymond Kopa on Wikipedia | Epic | 0.830 | 118,141 |
| 10 | Matthias Sammer on Wikipedia | Epic | 0.809 | 150,715 |
| 11 | Jean-Pierre Papin on Wikipedia | Rare | 0.787 | 193,532 |
| 12 | Denis Law on Wikipedia | Rare | 0.766 | 242,490 |
| 13 | Stanley Matthews on Wikipedia | Rare | 0.745 | 248,632 |
| 14 | Karl-Heinz Rummenigge on Wikipedia | Rare | 0.723 | 270,767 |
| 15 | Paolo Rossi on Wikipedia | Rare | 0.702 | 297,237 |
| 16 | Pavel Nedvěd on Wikipedia | Rare | 0.681 | 306,456 |
| 17 | Hristo Stoichkov on Wikipedia | Rare | 0.660 | 362,786 |
| 18 | Lothar Matthäus on Wikipedia | Rare | 0.638 | 467,072 |
| 19 | Eusébio on Wikipedia | Rare | 0.617 | 489,827 |
| 20 | Andriy Shevchenko on Wikipedia | Uncommon | 0.596 | 505,941 |
| 21 | Gerd Müller on Wikipedia | Uncommon | 0.574 | 514,393 |
| 22 | Lev Yashin on Wikipedia | Uncommon | 0.553 | 537,106 |
| 23 | Alfredo Di Stéfano on Wikipedia | Uncommon | 0.532 | 545,992 |
| 24 | Michel Platini on Wikipedia | Uncommon | 0.511 | 549,971 |
| 25 | Ruud Gullit on Wikipedia | Uncommon | 0.489 | 558,597 |
| 26 | Marco van Basten on Wikipedia | Uncommon | 0.468 | 571,275 |
| 27 | Bobby Charlton on Wikipedia | Uncommon | 0.447 | 625,834 |
| 28 | Franz Beckenbauer on Wikipedia | Uncommon | 0.426 | 672,193 |
| 29 | Rodri on Wikipedia | Uncommon | 0.404 | 676,985 |
| 30 | Rivaldo on Wikipedia | Familiar | 0.383 | 680,865 |
| 31 | Luís Figo on Wikipedia | Familiar | 0.362 | 719,700 |
| 32 | Fabio Cannavaro on Wikipedia | Familiar | 0.340 | 725,395 |
| 33 | Roberto Baggio on Wikipedia | Familiar | 0.319 | 742,060 |
| 34 | George Weah on Wikipedia | Familiar | 0.298 | 826,137 |
| 35 | George Best on Wikipedia | Familiar | 0.277 | 863,410 |
| 36 | Johan Cruyff on Wikipedia | Familiar | 0.255 | 1,139,896 |
| 37 | Michael Owen on Wikipedia | Familiar | 0.234 | 1,164,059 |
| 38 | Kaká on Wikipedia | Familiar | 0.213 | 1,332,994 |
| 39 | Karim Benzema on Wikipedia | Common | 0.191 | 1,601,318 |
| 40 | Kevin Keegan on Wikipedia | Common | 0.170 | 2,354,330 |
| 41 | Luka Modrić on Wikipedia | Common | 0.149 | 2,530,538 |
| 42 | Ousmane Dembélé on Wikipedia | Common | 0.128 | 2,987,998 |
| 43 | Ronaldinho on Wikipedia | Common | 0.106 | 3,218,779 |
| 44 | Zinedine Zidane on Wikipedia | Common | 0.085 | 3,471,785 |
| 45 | Ronaldo on Wikipedia | Common | 0.064 | 3,474,513 |
| 46 | Harry Kane on Wikipedia | Common | 0.043 | 6,627,321 |
| 47 | Lionel Messi on Wikipedia | Common | 0.021 | 14,819,253 |
| 48 | Cristiano Ronaldo on Wikipedia | Common | 0.000 | 14,910,758 |
FAQ
What is the rarest winner of the Ballon d'or?
Luis Suárez is the rarest winner of the Ballon d'or in this ranking, with 17,434 monthly Wikipedia views (rarity 1.000, Legendary).
How many winner of the Ballon d'ors are there?
There are 48 winner of the Ballon d'ors in this ranking, from Luis Suárez (rarest) to Cristiano Ronaldo (most common).
What is the most common winner of the Ballon d'or?
Cristiano Ronaldo is the most common winner of the Ballon d'or in this ranking, with 14,910,758 monthly Wikipedia views (Common).
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Sources
Recorded source: Wikidata + Wikipedia pageviews (2026-10). The answer list is compiled from Wikidata (CC0), and the view counts are monthly English Wikipedia pageviews. Rarity is the percentile of the popularity figure inside this prompt: 1 is the rarest and 0 is the most common. Linked names open the English Wikipedia article stored on that answer.