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1971 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.

Johan Cruyff being presented with one of his three Ballon d'Or awardsJohan Cruyff being presented with one of his three Ballon d'Or awards

Below are the nominees in the final order after voting for the 1971 award. The winner was the Dutch player Johan Cruyff, his first of three Ballon d'Or awards. Cruyff also won in 1973 and 1974. Cruyff was the first player from the Netherlands to win the award. See the list of all Ballon d'Or winners.

Final order for the men's 1971 Ballon d'Or

Order Player Club Nationality Points
1 Johan Cruyff Ajax Netherlands 116
2 Sandro Mazzola Internazionale Italy 57
3 George Best Manchester United Northern Ireland 56
4 Günter Netzer Borussia Mönchengladbach West Germany 30
5 Franz Beckenbauer Bayern Munich West Germany 27
6 Gerd Müller Bayern Munich West Germany 18
  Josip Skoblar Marseille Yugoslavia 18
8 Martin Chivers[notes 1] Tottenham Hotspur England 12
9 Piet Keizer Ajax Netherlands 9
10 Bobby Moore West Ham United England 7
  Ferenc Bene Újpest Hungary 7
12 Yevhen Rudakov Dynamo Kyiv Soviet Union 6
13 Giacinto Facchetti Internazionale Italy 4
  Mimis Domazos Panathinaikos Greece 4
15 Pirri Real Madrid Spain 3
  Dragan Džajić Red Star Belgrade Yugoslavia 3
  Berti Vogts Borussia Mönchengladbach West Germany 3
18 Terry Cooper Leeds United England 2
  Francis Lee Manchester City England 2
  Wolfgang Overath 1. FC Köln West Germany 2
  Wilfried Van Moer Standard Liège Belgium 2
22 Bobby Charlton Manchester United England 1
  Albert Shesternyov CSKA Moscow Soviet Union 1


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