All Golden Boy Award winners since 2003: who has won the Ballon d'Or?
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Liam Carter
Dailysports's expert
Translated by the editors
17-year-old Barcelona and Spain prodigy Lamine Yamal was crowned the best young player of 2024 at the Golden Boy Awards.
Established by Tuttosport in 2003, the Golden Boy Award honors the best player under 21 years old. Over 22 editions, only one recipient has gone on to win the Ballon d’Or: the legendary Lionel Messi.
Here is the complete list of Golden Boy Award winners:
- 2003: Rafael van der Vaart (Ajax)
- 2004: Wayne Rooney (Everton / Manchester United)
- 2005: Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
- 2006: Cesc Fàbregas (Arsenal)
- 2007: Sergio Agüero (Atlético Madrid)
- 2008: Anderson (Manchester United)
- 2009: Alexandre Pato (Milan)
- 2010: Mario Balotelli (Inter)
- 2011: Mario Götze (Borussia Dortmund)
- 2012: Isco (Málaga)
- 2013: Paul Pogba (Juventus)
- 2014: Raheem Sterling (Liverpool)
- 2015: Anthony Martial (Monaco / Manchester United)
- 2016: Renato Sanches (Benfica / Bayern Munich)
- 2017: Kylian Mbappé (Monaco / PSG)
- 2018: Matthijs de Ligt (Ajax)
- 2019: João Félix (Benfica / Atlético Madrid)
- 2020: Erling Haaland (Borussia Dortmund)
- 2021: Pedri (Barcelona)
- 2022: Gavi (Barcelona)
- 2023: Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid)
- 2024: Lamine Yamal (Barcelona)
