Question: has pele won the ballon d'or?
Answer: Let's start off by saying Diego Maradona and Pele have never won the Ballon d'Or because they were never eligible. They were too late for the FIFA World Player of the Year, which was devised in 1991, while between 1956 when the Ballon d'Or was created and 1995, only European players playing in Europe could win.