1986 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 1986 award. The winner was Igor Belanov. See the list of all Ballon d'Or winners.
Final order for the men's 1986 Ballon d'Or
| Order | Player | Club | Nationality | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Igor Belanov | Dynamo Kyiv | Soviet Union | 84 |
| 2 | Gary Lineker | Everton / Barcelona | England | 62 |
| 3 | Emilio Butragueño | Real Madrid | Spain | 59 |
| 4 | Manuel Amoros | Monaco | France | 22 |
| Preben Elkjær | Hellas Verona | Denmark | 22 | |
| 6 | Ian Rush | Liverpool | Wales | 20 |
| Oleksandr Zavarov | Dynamo Kyiv | Soviet Union | 20 | |
| 8 | Helmuth Duckadam | Steaua București | Romania | 10 |
| Marco van Basten | Ajax | Netherlands | 10 | |
| 10 | Alessandro Altobelli | Internazionale | Italy | 9 |
| 11 | Jean-Marie Pfaff | Bayern Munich | Belgium | 8 |
| Michel Platini | Juventus | France | 8 | |
| 13 | Jan Ceulemans | Club Brugge | Belgium | 7 |
| Søren Lerby | Monaco | Denmark | 7 | |
| 15 | Morten Olsen | Anderlecht / 1. FC Köln | Denmark | 6 |
| 16 | Rinat Dasayev | Spartak Moscow | Soviet Union | 5 |
| 17 | Luis Fernández | Paris Saint-Germain / RC Paris | France | 4 |
| Paulo Futre | Porto | Portugal | 4 | |
| Ruud Gullit | PSV Eindhoven | Netherlands | 4 | |
| Harald Schumacher | 1. FC Köln | West Germany | 4 | |
| 21 | Kenny Dalglish | Liverpool | Scotland | 3 |
| Jean Tigana | Bordeaux | France | 3 | |
| Pavlo Yakovenko | Dynamo Kyiv | Soviet Union | 3 | |
| 24 | Karlheinz Förster | VfB Stuttgart / Marseille | West Germany | 2 |
| Lothar Matthäus | Bayern Munich | West Germany | 1 | |
| 26 | Michael Laudrup | Juventus | Denmark | 1 |
| Rudi Völler | Werder Bremen | West Germany | 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: 1986
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