The 1961 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 Omar Sívori on 12 December 1961.
Rankings RankNameClub(s)NationalityPoints 1 Omar Sívori Juventus 46 2 Luis Suárez Barcelona Internazionale 40 3 Johnny Haynes Fulham 22 4 Lev Yashin Dynamo Moscow 21 5 Ferenc Puskás Real Madrid 16 6 Alfredo Di Stéfano Real Madrid 13 Uwe Seeler Hamburger SV 13 8 John Charles Juventus 10 9 Paco Gento Real Madrid 8 10 José Águas Benfica 5 Bobby Charlton Manchester United Gyula Grosics Tatabánya Gerhard Hanappi Rapid Wien Josef Masopust Dukla Prague José Santamaría Real Madrid Dragoslav Šekularac Red Star Belgrade 17 Danny Blanchflower Tottenham Hotspur 4 Germano Benfica Kurt Hamrin Fiorentina Mikheil Meskhi Dinamo Tbilisi Viktor Ponedelnik SKA Rostov-on-Don Horst Szymaniak Karlsruher SC Catania 23 José Augusto Benfica 3 Denis Law Manchester City Torino Slava Metreveli Torpedo Moscow Max Morlock 1. FC Nürnberg Horst Nemec Austria Wien 28 Pierre Bernard Sedan Nîmes 2 Gert Dörfel Hamburger SV Norbert Eschmann Stade Français Jimmy Greaves Chelsea Milan Tottenham Hotspur Lucien Muller Reims Costa Pereira Benfica Lajos Tichy Budapest Honvéd 35 Charles Antenen La Chaux-de-Fonds 1 Mário Coluna Benfica Eusébio Benfica Gernot Fraydl Austria Wien Karl Koller First Vienna Rudolf Kučera Dukla Prague Dumitru Macri Rapid București Jimmy McIlroy Burnley Karl Stotz Austria Wien
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External links France Football Official Ballon d'Or page