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Premier League, Bundesliga or LaLiga - Which league has produced most Ballon d'Or winners?

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Ligue 1

Lionel Messi has won the Ballon d'Or a record seven times...

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✅ Streams roughly 175 exclusive live matches per season that are completely blacked out on traditional TV.

✅ Acts as the league's US archive, providing full on-demand match replays shortly after every live broadcast concludes.

✅ Streams the popular "Goal Rush" whip-around show, which jumps between live highlights during the packed Saturday 10:00 a.m. ET window.

Monthly from$12.99
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Sling Blue Promo Panel logo

Sling TV

✅ Provides nationwide access to USA Network, securing the primary cable home for the league's linear broadcasts.

✅ Includes access to live, local NBC affiliates for the marquee weekend matches in designated major media markets. 

✅ Serves as the cheapest way to access live cable TV sports channels without paying for a bloated traditional bundle.

Monthly from$45.99
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DirecTV

✅ Carries both USA Network and your local NBC station, ensuring you get every nationally televised match.

✅ Includes unlimited cloud DVR storage so you can easily record and save early morning fixtures.

✅ Replicates the classic set-top box feel with a familiar channel guide, making it easy to channel-surf on weekend mornings.

Over 28 months$79.99
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peacock logo image for promo

Peacock Premium

✅ Streams roughly 175 exclusive live matches per season that are completely blacked out on traditional TV.

✅ Acts as the league's US archive, providing full on-demand match replays shortly after every live broadcast concludes.

✅ Streams the popular "Goal Rush" whip-around show, which jumps between live highlights during the packed Saturday 10:00 a.m. ET window.

Monthly from$12.99

Ballon d'Or is perhaps the greatest individual award in football, with the winner considered the best player in the world at the time.

The annual award by French weekly magazine named France Football is given to the best footballer of the year. While it was started exclusively for men, currently the award is presented to both men and women.

England's Stanley Mathews was the first recipient of this award in 1956 while Argentina's Lionel Messi has received the award on the most number of occasions, a record seven times.

Between 2010 and 2015, France Football had entered into an agreement with FIFA to merge the Ballon D'or temporarily with the FIFA World Player of the Year award which was started in 1991. In those six years, the new award was called FIFA Ballon d'Or. 

While LaLiga has produced the most Ballon d'Or winners, only two clubs from Spain have had their players win the coveted award.

LaLiga has also had the most number of awards courtesy of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Let's take a look at which league has produced most Ballon d'Or winners.

  • Lionel Messi Ballon d'Or 2021Getty

    Ligue 1

    Clubs: PSG, Marseille

    No. of players: 2

    No. of wins: 2

    Players: Lionel Messi (1), Jean-Pierre Papin (1).

  • Denis Law, Cristiano Ronaldo, Bobby Charlton, Ballon d'Or winnersGetty Images

    Premier League

    Clubs: Manchester United, Blackpool, Liverpool

    No. of players: 6

    No. of wins: 6

    Players: Cristiano Ronaldo (1), Denis Law (1), Bobby Charlton (1), George Best (1), Michael Owen (1), Stanley Mathews (1).

  • Franz Beckenbauer Germany Netherlands World Cup 07071974Getty

    Bundesliga

    Clubs: Bayern Munich, Hamburger SV, Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Monchengladbach

    No. of players: 6

    No. of wins: 9

    Players: Franz Beckenbauer (2), Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (2), Gerd Muller (1), Kevin Keegan (2), Matthias Sammer (1), Allan Simonsen (1).

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    Serie A

    Clubs: Juventus, AC Milan, Inter Milan

    No. of players: 14

    No. of wins: 18

    Players: Omar Sivori (1), Paolo Rossi (1), Michel Platini (3), Roberto Baggio (1), Zinedine Zidane (1), Pavel Nedved (1), Gianni Rivera (1), Ruud Gullit (1), Marco van Basten (3), George Weah (1), Andriy Shevchenko (1), Kaka (1), Ronaldo (1).

  • Lionel Messi Cristiano Ronaldo Ballon d'Or 2015Getty Images

    LaLiga

    Clubs: FC Barcelona, Real Madrid

    No. of players: 13

    No. of wins: 24

    Players: Lionel Messi (6), Johan Cruyff (2), Luis Suarez (1), Rivaldo (1), Ronaldinho (1), Hristo Stoichkov (1), Cristiano Ronaldo (5), Alfredo Di Stefano (2), Raymond Kopa (1), Luis Figo (1), Fabio Cannavaro (1), Luka Modric (1)