La Liga: foreign Player of the Year.

Premio Don Balón. The magazine closed in 2011 due to the economical crisis in Spain.


1976: Neeskens (Barcelona)
1977: Cruyff (Barcelona)
1978: Cruyff (Barcelona)
1979: Stielike (Real Madrid)
1980: Stielike (Real Madrid)
1981: Stielike (Real Madrid)
1982: Stielike (Real Madrid)
1983: Barbas (Zaragoza)
1984: Barbas (Zaragoza)
1985: Schuster (Barcelona)
1986: Valdano (Barcelona)
1987: H. Sánchez (Real Madrid)
1988: Alemão (Atlético)
1989: Ruggeri (Logroñés)
1990: H. Sánchez (Real Madrid)
1991: Schuster (Atlético)
1992: M. Laudrup (Barcelona)
1993: Đukić (Deportivo)
1994: Stoichkov (Barcelona)
1995: Zamorano (Real Madrid)
1996: Mijatović (Valencia)
1997: Ronaldo (Barcelona)
1998: Rivaldo (Barcelona)
1999: Figo (Barcelona)
2000: Figo (Barcelona)
2001: Figo (Real Madrid)
2002: Zidane (Real Madrid)
2003: Nihat (Real Sociedad)
2004: Ronaldinho (Barcelona)
2005: Riquelme (Villarreal)
2006: Ronaldinho (Barcelona)
2007: Messi (Barcelona)
2008: Agüero (Atlético)
2009: Messi (Barcelona)
2010: Messi (Barcelona)

4 times: Stielike
3: Figo & Messi
2: Cruyff, Barbas, H. Sánchez, Ronaldinho.


Per nation:
9: Argentina
6: (West) Germany
5: Brazil
3: Holland & Portugal
2: Mexico & Yugoslavia
1: Denmark, Bulgaria, Chile, France & Turkey.


Per club:
16: Barcelona
9: Real Madrid
3: Atlético
2: Zaragoza
1: Logroñés, Deportivo, Valencia, Real Sociedad, Villarreal.