1974 Ballon d'Or Results
The Ballon d'Or award is an annual football award for the best player from the previous year. Up until 1995 it was awarded only to football players from Europe and was generally known as the European Footballer of the Year award.
Johan Cruyff being presented with one of his three Ballon d'Or awardsBelow are the nominees in the final order after voting for the 1974 award. The winner was Johan Cruyff of Ajax. Cruyff also won in 1971 and 1973. The Dutch master was the first player to win the award three times. See the list of all Ballon d'Or winners.
Final order for the men's 1974 Ballon d'Or
| Order | Player | Club | Nationality | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johan Cruyff | Barcelona | Netherlands | 116 |
| 2 | Franz Beckenbauer | Bayern Munich | West Germany | 105 |
| 3 | Kazimierz Deyna | Legia Warsaw | Poland | 35 |
| 4 | Paul Breitner | Bayern Munich | West Germany | 32 |
| 5 | Johan Neeskens | Barcelona | Netherlands | 21 |
| 6 | Grzegorz Lato | Stal Mielec | Poland | 16 |
| 7 | Gerd Müller | Bayern Munich | West Germany | 14 |
| 8 | Robert Gadocha | Legia Warsaw | Poland | 11 |
| 9 | Billy Bremner | Leeds United | Scotland | 9 |
| 10 | Ralf Edström | PSV Eindhoven | Sweden | 4 |
| Jürgen Sparwasser | 1. FC Magdeburg | East Germany | 4 | |
| Berti Vogts | Borussia Mönchengladbach | West Germany | 4 | |
| 13 | Ronnie Hellström | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | Sweden | 3 |
| Jan Tomaszewski | ŁKS Łódź | Poland | 3 | |
| 15 | José Altafini | Juventus | Italy | 2 |
| Hristo Bonev | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | Bulgaria | 2 | |
| Jerzy Gorgoń | Górnik Zabrze | Poland | 2 | |
| Sepp Maier | Bayern Munich | West Germany | 2 | |
| 19 | Oleg Blokhin | Dynamo Kyiv | Soviet Union | 1 |
| Rainer Bonhof | Borussia Mönchengladbach | West Germany | 1 | |
| Jean-Marc Guillou | Angers | France | 1 | |
| Uli Hoeneß | Bayern Munich | West Germany | 1 | |
| Branko Oblak | Hajduk Split | Yugoslavia | 1 |
Related Pages
- Ballon d'Or Home
- Men's Ballon d'Or Winner's List
- Football Awards Lists
- List of the FIFA male player of the year and FIFA female player of the year.
- History of the Ballon d'Or
- Profile of Johan Cruyff
- The Year in Sport: 1974
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