1982 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.
Below are the nominees in the final order after voting for the 1982 award. The winner was Paolo Rossi. See the list of all Ballon d'Or winners.
Final order for the men's 1982 Ballon d'Or
| Order | Player | Club | Nationality | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paolo Rossi | Juventus | Italy | 115 |
| 2 | Alain Giresse[notes 1] | Bordeaux | France | 64 |
| 3 | Zbigniew Boniek | Juventus | Poland | 53 |
| 4 | Karl-Heinz Rummenigge[notes 2] | Bayern Munich | West Germany | 51 |
| 5 | Bruno Conti | Roma | Italy | 48 |
| 6 | Rinat Dasayev | Spartak Moscow | Soviet Union | 17 |
| 7 | Pierre Littbarski | 1. FC Köln | West Germany | 10 |
| 8 | Dino Zoff | Juventus | Italy | 9 |
| 9 | Michel Platini | Juventus | France | 5 |
| 10 | Bernd Schuster | Barcelona | West Germany | 4 |
| 11 | Giancarlo Antognoni | Fiorentina | Italy | 3 |
| 12 | Bruno Pezzey | Eintracht Frankfurt | Austria | 2 |
| Gaetano Scirea | Juventus | Italy | 2 | |
| Eric Gerets | Standard Liège | Belgium | 2 | |
| 15 | Paul Breitner | Bayern Munich | West Germany | 1 |
| Torbjörn Nilsson | IFK Göteborg | Sweden | 1 | |
| Walter Schachner | Cesena | Austria | 1 | |
| Marco Tardelli | Juventus | Italy | 1 | |
| Marius Trésor | Bordeaux | France | 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
- The Year in Sport: 1982
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