The 1991 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 Jean-Pierre Papin on 24 December 1991.
Papin was the third French national to win the award after Raymond Kopa (1958) and Michel Platini (1983, 1984 and 1985). He was also the first player from the French League to win the trophy.
Rankings RankNameClub(s)NationalityPoints1Jean-Pierre Papin Marseille1412Dejan Savićević Red Star Belgrade42Darko Pančev Red Star Belgrade42Lothar Matthäus Internazionale425Robert Prosinečki Red Star Belgrade Real Madrid346Gary Lineker Tottenham Hotspur337Gianluca Vialli Sampdoria188Miodrag Belodedici Red Star Belgrade159Mark Hughes Manchester United1210Chris Waddle Marseille1111Michael Laudrup Barcelona712Rudi Völler Roma513Txiki Begiristain Barcelona3Stéphane Chapuisat Borussia Dortmund3Bruno Martini Auxerre3Paul McGrath Aston Villa3Dean Saunders Derby County Liverpool3Hristo Stoichkov Barcelona319Roberto Mancini Sampdoria2Marco van Basten Milan221Guido Buchwald VfB Stuttgart1Thomas Doll Lazio1Stefan Effenberg Bayern Munich1Ruud Gullit Milan1Gheorghe Hagi Real Madrid1Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko Rangers1Gary Pallister Manchester United1Dimitris Saravakos Panathinaikos1Gianluca Pagliuca Sampdoria1Guy Hellers Standard Liège1Laurent Blanc Napoli1
References
External links France Football Official Ballon d'Or page