1971 Ballon d'Or

The 1971 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in Europe as judged by a panel of sports journalists from UEFA member countries, was awarded to Johan Cruyff on 28 December 1971.^[1]

1971 Ballon d'Or
1971 Ballon d'Or winner Johan Cruyff
Date	28 December 1971
Location	Paris, France
Presented by	France Football
Highlights
Won by	Johan Cruyff (1st award)
Website	francefootball.fr/ballon-d-or
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Cruyff was the first Dutch national to win the award, and also the first Ajax player to win the trophy.^[2]

Rankings

Rank	Player	Club(s)	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
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
12	Yevhen Rudakov	Dynamo Kyiv	Soviet Union	6
13	Giacinto Facchetti	Internazionale	Italy	4
	Mimis Domazos	Panathinaikos	Greece
15	Pirri	Real Madrid	Spain	3
	Dragan Džajić	Red Star Belgrade	Yugoslavia
	Berti Vogts	Borussia Mönchengladbach	West Germany
18	Terry Cooper	Leeds United	England	2
	Francis Lee	Manchester City	England
	Wolfgang Overath	1. FC Köln	West Germany
	Wilfried Van Moer	Standard Liège	Belgium
22	Bobby Charlton	Manchester United	England	1
	Albert Shesternyov	CSKA Moscow	Soviet Union

Notes

1. France Football reports Chivers with 13 points.