Balón de Oro (Mexico)

This article is about the Mexican award. For the France Football award, see Ballon d'Or.

Balón de Oro, also referred to as Mexican Golden Ball (Spanish: Balón de Oro del fútbol mexicano), is an annual awards ceremony held by the Mexican Federation of Association Football to recognize outstanding association football players, head coaches, and referees of the Liga MX each season. Since 1997, the ceremony has been held at the end of the football season. Since the 1996–1997 season, the league championship has been split into two single-round tournaments, giving rise to the current Apertura and Clausura arrangement, and Balón de Oro followed them. In 2001–2002, no awards were handed out as the officials forgot to organize an election.^[1] The ceremony entered a 4-year hiatus following the 2012 Clausura until the 2015–16 Liga MX season.

Balón de Oro

Awarded for	Best footballers of Liga MX
Country	Mexico
Presented by	Mexican Football Federation
History
First award	1975
Most recent	Juan Brunetta (2023–24)

Winners

Season	Player	Club	Notes
1974–75	Ítalo Estupiñán	Toluca
1975–76	Rafael Chávez	León
1976–77	Cabinho (1)	UNAM
1977–78	Cabinho (2)	UNAM
1978–79	Hugo Sánchez	UNAM
1979–80	Miguel Marín	Cruz Azul
1980–81	Cabinho (3)	Atlante
1981–82	Gerónimo Barbadillo	UANL
1982–83	Cristóbal Ortega	América
1983–84	Héctor Zelada	América
1984–85	Manuel Negrete	UNAM
1985–86	no awards
1986–87	Benjamín Galindo	Guadalajara
1987–88	Antônio Carlos Santos	América
1988–89	Patricio Hernández	Cruz Azul
1989–90	Jorge Aravena	Puebla
1990–91	Luis García (1)	UNAM
1991–92	Luis García (2)	UNAM
1992–93	Ivo Basay	Necaxa
1993–94	Osmar Donizette	UAG
1994–95	Carlos Hermosillo	Cruz Azul
1995–96	Álex Aguinaga	Necaxa
1996–97	Alberto Coyote	Guadalajara	[1]
Winter 1997	Fabián Estay (1)	Toluca	[1]
Summer 1998	Fabián Estay (2)	Toluca	[1]
Winter 1998	Cuauhtémoc Blanco (1)	América	[1]
Summer 1999	Fabián Estay (3)	Toluca	[1]
Winter 1999	Jesús Olalde	UNAM	[1]
Summer 2000	Víctor Ruiz	Toluca	[1]
Winter 2000	Jared Borgetti (1)	Santos Laguna	[1]
Summer 2001	Jared Borgetti (2)	Santos Laguna	[1]
Winter 2001	no awards
Summer 2002	no awards		[1]
Apertura 2002	José Cardozo	Toluca	[1]
Clausura 2003	Guillermo Franco	Monterrey	[1]
2003–04	Oswaldo Sánchez (1)	Guadalajara
2004–05	Cuauhtémoc Blanco (2)	América
Apertura 2005	Oswaldo Sánchez (2)	Guadalajara
Clausura 2006	Walter Gaitán	UANL
Apertura 2006	Vicente Sánchez	Toluca	[2]
Clausura 2007	Cuauhtémoc Blanco (3)	América	[2]
Apertura 2007	Daniel Ludueña	Santos Laguna	[3]
Clausura 2008	Christian Benítez	Santos Laguna	[3]
Apertura 2008	Sinha (1)	Toluca	[4]
Clausura 2009	Christian Giménez	Pachuca	[4]
Apertura 2009	Humberto Suazo (1)	Monterrey	[5][6]
Bicentenario 2010	Sinha (2)	Toluca	[7]
Apertura 2010	Humberto Suazo (2)	Monterrey	[8]
Clausura 2011	Lucas Lobos (1)	UANL	[9]
Apertura 2011	Lucas Lobos (2)	UANL	[10]
Clausura 2012	Oribe Peralta	Santos Laguna	[11][12]
2015–16	André-Pierre Gignac	UANL	[13]
2016–17	Raúl Ruidíaz	Morelia	[14]
2017–18	Rubens Sambueza	Toluca	[15]
2018–19	Guido Rodríguez	América	[16]
2019–20	No awards
2020–21	Jonathan Rodríguez	Cruz Azul	[17]
2021–22	Camilo Vargas	Atlas	[18]
2022–23	Henry Martín	América	[19]
2023–24	Juan Brunetta	Santos Laguna–UANL	[20]

2024–25 Liga MX season Balón de Oro awards Category Recipient Club Ref. Best Attacking Midfielder Alexis Vega Toluca [21] Best Goalkeeper Kevin Mier Cruz Azul [21] Best Center-back Willer Ditta Cruz Azul [21] Best Full-back Jesús Gallardo Toluca [21] Best Defensive Midfielder Agustín Palavecino Necaxa [21] Best Liga de Expansión MX Player Jesús Ocejo UdeG [21] Best Rookie Hugo Camberos Guadalajara [21] Best Forward Paulinho Toluca [21] Best Manager André Jardine América [21] Balón de Oro Paulinho Toluca [21] Goal of the Year Alexis Vega Toluca [21] By player Player Total Year(s) Cabinho 3 1976–77, 1977–78, 1980–81 Fabián Estay Winter 1997, Verano 1998, Verano 1999 Cuauhtémoc Blanco Winter 1998, 2004–05, Clausura 2007 Luis García 2 1990–91, 1991–92 Jared Borgetti Winter 2000, Verano 2001 Oswaldo Sánchez 2003–04, Apertura 2005 Sinha Apertura 2008, Bicentenario 2010 Humberto Suazo Apertura 2009, Apertura 2010 Lucas Lobos Clausura 2011, Apertura 2011 Ítalo Estupiñán 1 1974–75 Rafael Chávez 1975–76 Hugo Sánchez 1978–79 Miguel Marín 1979–80 Gerónimo Barbadillo 1981–82 Cristóbal Ortega 1982–83 Héctor Zelada 1983–84 Manuel Negrete 1984–85 Benjamín Galindo 1986–87 Antônio Carlos Santos 1987–88 Patricio Hernández 1988–89 Jorge Aravena 1989–90 Ivo Basay 1992–93 Osmar Donizete 1993–94 Carlos Hermosillo 1994–95 Álex Aguinaga 1995–96 Alberto Coyote 1996–97 Jesús Olalde Winter 1999 Víctor Ruiz Summer 2000 José Cardozo Apertura 2002 Guillermo Franco Clausura 2003 Walter Gaitán Clausura 2006 Vicente Sánchez Apertura 2006 Daniel Ludueña Apertura 2007 Christian Benítez Clausura 2008 Christian Giménez Clausura 2009 Oribe Peralta Clausura 2012 André-Pierre Gignac 2015–16 Raúl Ruidíaz 2016–17 Rubens Sambueza 2017–18 Guido Rodríguez 2018–19 Jonathan Rodríguez 2020–21 Camilo Vargas 2021–22 Henry Martín 2022–23 Juan Brunetta 2023–24

By country Nationality Total Player(s)  Mexico 22 16  Argentina 12 11  Chile 7 4  Brazil 5 3  Ecuador 3 3  Peru 2 2  Uruguay  Colombia 1 1  France  Paraguay By club Club Total Player(s) Toluca 10 7 América 8 6 UNAM 7 5 Santos Laguna 6 5 UANL 5 Cruz Azul 4 4 Guadalajara 3 Monterrey 3 2 Necaxa 2 2 León 1 1 Atlante Atlas Morelia Pachuca Puebla UAG