The 1974 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 the Dutch striker Johan Cruyff on 31 December 1974. There were 26 voters, from Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Germany, England, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Soviet Union, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, West Germany and Yugoslavia. Cruyff became the first footballer to earn the award three times, following up from his wins in 1971 and 1973. French playmaker Michel Platini and Dutch compatriot Marco van Basten also won the Ballon d'Or three times after him.
Rankings RankNameClub(s)NationalityPoints 1 Johan Cruyff Barcelona 116 2 Franz Beckenbauer Bayern Munich 105 3 Kazimierz Deyna Legia Warsaw 35 4 Paul Breitner Bayern Munich 32 5 Johan Neeskens Barcelona 21 6 Grzegorz Lato Stal Mielec 16 7 Gerd Müller Bayern Munich 14 8 Robert Gadocha Legia Warsaw 11 9 Billy Bremner Leeds United 9 10 Ralf Edström PSV Eindhoven 4 Jürgen Sparwasser 1. FC Magdeburg Berti Vogts Borussia Mönchengladbach 13 Ronnie Hellström 1. FC Kaiserslautern 3 Jan Tomaszewski ŁKS Łódź 15 José Altafini Juventus 2 Hristo Bonev Lokomotiv Plovdiv Jerzy Gorgoń Górnik Zabrze Sepp Maier Bayern Munich 19 Oleg Blokhin Dynamo Kyiv 1 Rainer Bonhof Borussia Mönchengladbach Jean-Marc Guillou Angers Uli Hoeneß Bayern Munich Branko Oblak Hajduk Split
References
External links France Football Official Ballon d'Or page