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The Ballon D'Or is the individual trophy given every year to the best player in the world. From 2008-2017 the trophy has gone back and forth between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. This is the most dominant stretch ever recorded by two footballers during the same time period and for them to share this generation has been unprecedented even with the vast history of legendary players. This page could use some updated pictures of more recent winners and how much different and more polished the award has become. There are now fancy trophy presentations and ceremonies at the stadium that have evolved drastically over the years from decades ago where social media and television could where the trophy couldn't be as commercialized.