- Albania
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Bosnia-Herzegovina
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Cook Islands
- Croatia
- CSSR
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- England
- Estonia
- Faroe Islands
- Finland
- France
- GDR
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Ivory Coast
- Japan
- Kazakhstan
- Latvia
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macedonia
- Malta
- Mexico
- Moldova
- Montenegro
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Paraguay
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Russia
- Scotland
- Serbia
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Togo
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- USA
- USSR
- Uzbekistan
- Yugoslavia
Player of the year .:. France
| Year | Player |
| 2012 | Eden Hazard |
| 2011 | Karim Benzema |
| 2010 | Samir Nasri |
| 2009 | Yoann Gourcuff |
| 2008 | Franck Ribéry |
| 2007 | Franck Ribéry |
| 2006 | Thierry Henry |
| 2005 | Thierry Henry |
| 2004 | Thierry Henry |
| 2003 | Thierry Henry |
| 2002 | Zinedine Zidane |
| 2001 | Patrick Vieira |
| 2000 | Thierry Henry |
| 1999 | Sylvain Wiltord |
| 1998 | Zinedine Zidane |
| 1997 | Lilian Thuram |
| 1996 | Didier Deschamps |
| 1995 | Vincent Guérin |
| 1994 | Bernard Lama |
| 1993 | David Ginola |
| 1992 | Alain Roche |
| 1991 | Jean-Pierre Papin |
| 1990 | Laurent Blanc |
| 1989 | Jean-Pierre Papin |
| 1988 | Stéphane Paille |
| 1987 | Alain Giresse |
| 1986 | Manuel Amoros |
| 1985 | Luis Fernández |
| 1984 | Jean Tigana |
| 1983 | Alain Giresse |
| 1982 | Alain Giresse |
| 1981 | Maxime Bossis |
| 1980 | Jean-François Larios |
| 1979 | Maxime Bossis |
| 1978 | Jean Petit |
| 1977 | Michel Platini |
| 1976 | Michel Platini |
| 1975 | Jean-Marc Guillou |
| 1974 | Georges Bereta |
| 1973 | Georges Bereta |
| 1972 | Marius Trésor |
| 1971 | Georges Carnus |
| 1970 | Georges Carnus |
| 1969 | Hervé Revelli |
| 1968 | Bernard Bosquier |
| 1967 | Bernard Bosquier |
| 1966 | Philippe Gondet |
| 1965 | Philippe Gondet |
| 1964 | Marcel Artelesa |
| 1963 | Yvon Douis |
