# Balón de Oro (Mexico)

Balón de Oro, also referred to as Mexican Golden Ball (Spanish: Balón de Oro del fútbol mexicano), is an annual awards ceremony held by the Mexican Federation of Association Football to recognize outstanding association football players, head coaches, and referees of the Liga MX each season. Since 1997, the ceremony has been held at the end of the football season. Since the 1996–1997 season, the league championship has been split into two single-round tournaments, giving rise to the current Apertura and Clausura arrangement, and Balón de Oro followed them. In 2001–2002, no awards were handed out as the officials forgot to organize an election. The ceremony entered a 4-year hiatus following the 2012 Clausura until the 2015–16 Liga MX season.
The Mexican Best Footballer (Spanish: Balón de Oro al mejor jugador, literally "Golden Ball to the Best Football Player") is a semi-annual award given by the Mexican Federation of Association Football as one of the Balón de Oro Awards.

## Winners

| Season | Player | Club |
| 1974–75 | Ítalo Estupiñán | Toluca |
| 1975–76 | Rafael Chávez | León |
| 1976–77 | Cabinho (1) | UNAM |
| 1977–78 | Cabinho (2) | UNAM |
| 1978–79 | Hugo Sánchez | UNAM |
| 1979–80 | Miguel Marín | Cruz Azul |
| 1980–81 | Cabinho (3) | Atlante |
| 1981–82 | Gerónimo Barbadillo | UANL |
| 1982–83 | Cristóbal Ortega | América |
| 1983–84 | Héctor Zelada | América |
| 1984–85 | Manuel Negrete | UNAM |
| 1985–86 | no awards | no awards |
| 1986–87 | Benjamín Galindo | Guadalajara |
| 1987–88 | Antônio Carlos Santos | América |
| 1988–89 | Patricio Hernández | Cruz Azul |
| 1989–90 | Jorge Aravena | Puebla |
| 1990–91 | Luis García (1) | UNAM |
| 1991–92 | Luis García (2) | UNAM |
| 1992–93 | Ivo Basay | Necaxa |
| 1993–94 | Osmar Donizette | UAG |
| 1994–95 | Carlos Hermosillo | Cruz Azul |
| 1995–96 | Álex Aguinaga | Necaxa |
| 1996–97 | Alberto Coyote | Guadalajara |
| Winter 1997 | Fabián Estay (1) | Toluca |
| Summer 1998 | Fabián Estay (2) | Toluca |
| Winter 1998 | Cuauhtémoc Blanco (1) | América |
| Summer 1999 | Fabián Estay (3) | Toluca |
| Winter 1999 | Jesús Olalde | UNAM |
| Summer 2000 | Víctor Ruiz | Toluca |
| Winter 2000 | Jared Borgetti (1) | Santos Laguna |
| Summer 2001 | Jared Borgetti (2) | Santos Laguna |
| Winter 2001 | no awards | no awards |
| Summer 2002 | no awards | no awards |
| Apertura 2002 | José Cardozo | Toluca |
| Clausura 2003 | Guillermo Franco | Monterrey |
| 2003–04 | Oswaldo Sánchez (1) | Guadalajara |
| 2004–05 | Cuauhtémoc Blanco (2) | América |
| Apertura 2005 | Oswaldo Sánchez (2) | Guadalajara |
| Clausura 2006 | Walter Gaitán | UANL |
| Apertura 2006 | Vicente Sánchez | Toluca |
| Clausura 2007 | Cuauhtémoc Blanco (3) | América |
| Apertura 2007 | Daniel Ludueña | Santos Laguna |
| Clausura 2008 | Christian Benítez | Santos Laguna |
| Apertura 2008 | Sinha (1) | Toluca |
| Clausura 2009 | Christian Giménez | Pachuca |
| Apertura 2009 | Humberto Suazo (1) | Monterrey |
| Bicentenario 2010 | Sinha (2) | Toluca |
| Apertura 2010 | Humberto Suazo (2) | Monterrey |
| Clausura 2011 | Lucas Lobos (1) | UANL |
| Apertura 2011 | Lucas Lobos (2) | UANL |
| Clausura 2012 | Oribe Peralta | Santos Laguna |
| 2015–16 | André-Pierre Gignac | UANL |
| 2016–17 | Raúl Ruidíaz | Morelia |
| 2017–18 | Rubens Sambueza | Toluca |
| 2018–19 | Guido Rodríguez | América |
| 2019–20 | No awards | No awards |
| 2020–21 | Jonathan Rodríguez | Cruz Azul |
| 2021–22 | Camilo Vargas | Atlas |
| 2022–23 | Henry Martín | América |
| 2023–24 | Juan Brunetta | Santos Laguna–UANL |