1971 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 1971 award. The winner was the Dutch player Johan Cruyff, his first of three Ballon d'Or awards. Cruyff also won in 1973 and 1974. Cruyff was the first player from the Netherlands to win the award. See the list of all Ballon d'Or winners.
Final order for the men's 1971 Ballon d'Or
| Order | Player | Club | Nationality | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johan Cruyff | Ajax | Netherlands | 116 |
| 2 | Sandro Mazzola | Internazionale | Italy | 57 |
| 3 | George Best | Manchester United | Northern Ireland | 56 |
| 4 | Günter Netzer | Borussia Mönchengladbach | West Germany | 30 |
| 5 | Franz Beckenbauer | Bayern Munich | West Germany | 27 |
| 6 | Gerd Müller | Bayern Munich | West Germany | 18 |
| Josip Skoblar | Marseille | Yugoslavia | 18 | |
| 8 | Martin Chivers[notes 1] | Tottenham Hotspur | England | 12 |
| 9 | Piet Keizer | Ajax | Netherlands | 9 |
| 10 | Bobby Moore | West Ham United | England | 7 |
| Ferenc Bene | Újpest | Hungary | 7 | |
| 12 | Yevhen Rudakov | Dynamo Kyiv | Soviet Union | 6 |
| 13 | Giacinto Facchetti | Internazionale | Italy | 4 |
| Mimis Domazos | Panathinaikos | Greece | 4 | |
| 15 | Pirri | Real Madrid | Spain | 3 |
| Dragan Džajić | Red Star Belgrade | Yugoslavia | 3 | |
| Berti Vogts | Borussia Mönchengladbach | West Germany | 3 | |
| 18 | Terry Cooper | Leeds United | England | 2 |
| Francis Lee | Manchester City | England | 2 | |
| Wolfgang Overath | 1. FC Köln | West Germany | 2 | |
| Wilfried Van Moer | Standard Liège | Belgium | 2 | |
| 22 | Bobby Charlton | Manchester United | England | 1 |
| Albert Shesternyov | CSKA Moscow | Soviet Union | 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: 1971
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