The personal award with the highest gold content in the entire football world is the Golden Globe Award. Since the selection in 1956, the Golden Globe Award has become the award pursued by all players. In the nearly 70-year history of the Golden Globe Awards, a total of 40 players have won the Golden Globe Awards. Among them, 30 people have won the Golden Globe Award once, and another 10 people have won multiple awards, and these 5 people have won the most.
Barcelona superstar Messi has won the Golden Globe the most times. Messi has won 6 Golden Globe Awards in his career. He won this award for the first time in 2009. Won the Golden Globe Award for 4 consecutive years, setting a new record in the history of the Golden Globe Award. In 2015 and 2019, Messi won the Ballon d'Or twice again, which allowed him to surpass Ronaldo's exclusive Golden Globe award.
Messi’s old opponent Cristiano Ronaldo has won the Ballon d'Or a total of 5 times, and he ranks second among all players. Cristiano Ronaldo won the Golden Globe Award for the first time in 2008. After that, Cristiano Ronaldo won the second time in 2013. In 2014, 2016 and 2017, Cristiano Ronaldo won the award three times. In 2018, Ronaldo unfortunately lost to Modric and missed his sixth Golden Globe award. But this year Ronaldo's momentum is very strong, he still hopes to catch up with Messi.
After Messi and Ronaldo, there are 3 players who have won the Ballon d'Or 3 times. Cruyff won the Golden Globes three times in 1971, 1973 and 1974. Cruyff led an era in the 1970s. Whether in Ajax, Barcelona or the Dutch national team, Cruyff was definitely the number one star at the time.
Platini has won the Ballon d'Or for three consecutive years from 1983 to 1985. Platini is the first player to win the Ballon d'Or for three consecutive years. However, Platini was able to win three times at the time, thanks to the limitations of the Golden Globe selection rules, which prevented Maradona from participating in the election. Another one who has won three times is Van Basten, one of the three Dutch swordsmen. He has won this award three times in 1988, 1989 and 1992.
