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#T3 Juventus - 8
Juventus, the most successful Italian club team in history, have had six players winning eight Ballon d'Or awards, most of them coming in the 1980s.
Paolo Rossi was the first Juventus player to win the Ballon d'Or award in 1982 before Michel Platini set a record with three consecutive wins (from 1983 to 1985); the Frenchman's feat was later surpassed by Lionel Messi, who won four in a row more than two decades later.
In the next decade, Roberto Baggio and Zinedine Zidane won the Ballon d'Or award. In the latter's case, it was mainly due to his performances in France's triumphant 1998 FIFA World Cup campaign.
Pavel Nedved (2003) is the only Juventus player to have won the award in the 21st century.
The Bianconeri currently have the second-most successful Ballon d'Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo (5) in their ranks. But their poor performances in Europe and declining league results have severely hampered Ronaldo's chances of winning another Ballon d'Or award.
#2 Real Madrid - 11
Many Ballon d'Or award winners have graced the fabled white colours of Real Madrid. But only seven have won the award while playing for the club, starting with Ferenc Puskas in 1957.
It was only the second Ballon d'Or award ever awarded, with the Hungarian making up for his second-place finish to Blackpool's Stanley Matthews the year before.
For the next two years, the award was won by Madrid players, with Raymond Kopa laying his hands on the coveted award before Puskas reclaimed it in 1959.
The club had to wait until the turn of the 21st century for the Ballon d'Or award to return to the Santiago Bernabeu again. That happened when Luis Figo won the award in 2000, with Ronaldo Nazario, Fabio Cannavaro, Cristiano Ronaldo and Luka Modric later claiming it too.
In fact, Cristiano Ronaldo, a five-time Ballon d'Or winner, has won the award four times as a Real Madrid player.
#1 Barcelona - 12
Six Barcelona players have combined to win 12 Ballon d'Or awards while playing for the club, with one of them accounting for half of the tally.
Lionel Messi, Barcelona's most iconic player, won a record sixth Ballon d'Or award in 2019. After his heroics in Argentina's Copa America 2021 triumph, he is widely tipped to land another this year.
The first Barcelona player to win the Ballon d'Or award was Luis Suarez in 1960, who beat Ferenc Puskas and Uwe Seeler, before Johan Cryuff followed suit three years later with back-to-back wins.
In the 1990s, Bulgarian legend Hristo Stoichkov and his Brazilian counterpart Rivaldo both won one Ballon d'Or award apiece, while another Brazilian, Ronaldinho, collected the prestigious honour in 2006.
It's a testament to the club's ability to churn out world-beaters, and it looks like they're set to keep first place in this category for a while.
