Bola de Ouro

The Bola de Ouro (Golden Ball) is an annual award given each year, since 1973, by Brazilian sports magazine Placar to the best player in the Campeonato Brasileiro. A group of sports journalists watch every match of the competition and rate players 1 to 10 based on their performance. At the end of the season, the players with the best average rating in each position are awarded the Bola de Prata (Silver Ball), and the player with the best overall average rating is the recipient of the Bola de Ouro.

The awards were first given in 1973, but since the 1970 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A the magazine had started to evaluate players. The 1971 winner, Dirceu Lopes, received the award in the 2013 edition. Since the 1975 edition Placar also started to award a Bola de Prata to the top goalscorer of the competition. The players with most Bola de Ouro wins are Falcão, Toninho Cerezo, Zico, Roberto Costa and César Sampaio, each of them having won the award twice.

Both Pelé and Neymar were declared hors concours, not being allowed to participate due to being unrivaled by any other player. Pelé was declared as such in 1970, receiving then a Golden Ball in a year with no other Golden Ball awarded, although Francisco Reyes would have been that years recipient. Neymar was awarded his first Golden Ball in 2011 but later declared unrivaled, not being able to repeat his feat. They remain the only players with such honor.

From 2016 onwards, the award was organized by ESPN.

Winners

^	Denotes players who are still active
*	Hors concours
†	Denotes player whose team won the Campeonato Brasileiro that year
Player (X)	Denotes the number of times the player had been named Bola de Ouro at that time
Player (in bold text)	Indicates the player who won the Prêmio Craque do Brasileirão in the same year[a]

Season	Player	Position	Nationality	Club
1970	Pelé*	Attacking midfielder		Santos
1971	Dirceu Lopes	Attacking midfielder		Cruzeiro
1973	Agustín Cejas	Goalkeeper		Santos
	Atilio Ancheta	Centre-back		Grêmio
1974	Zico	Attacking midfielder		Flamengo
1975	Waldir Peres	Goalkeeper		São Paulo
1976 †	Elías Figueroa	Centre-back		Internacional
1977	Toninho Cerezo	Central midfielder		Atlético Mineiro
1978	Falcão	Central midfielder		Internacional
1979 †	Falcão (2)	Central midfielder		Internacional
1980	Toninho Cerezo (2)	Central midfielder		Atlético Mineiro
1981 †	Paulo Isidoro	Attacking midfielder		Grêmio
1982 †	Zico (2)	Attacking midfielder		Flamengo
1983	Roberto Costa	Goalkeeper		Athletico Paranaense
1984	Roberto Costa (2)	Goalkeeper		Vasco da Gama
1985	Marinho	Right winger		Bangu
1986 †	Careca	Striker		São Paulo
1987	Renato Gaúcho	Right winger		Flamengo
1988	Cláudio Taffarel	Goalkeeper		Internacional
1989	Ricardo Rocha	Centre-back		São Paulo
1990	César Sampaio	Defensive midfielder		Santos
1991	Mauro Silva	Defensive midfielder		Bragantino
1992 †	Júnior	Central midfielder		Flamengo
1993 †	César Sampaio (2)	Defensive midfielder		Palmeiras
1994	Amoroso	Second striker		Guarani
1995	Giovanni	Second striker		Santos
1996	Djalminha	Attacking midfielder		Palmeiras
1997 †	Edmundo	Second striker		Vasco da Gama
1998 †	Edílson	Second striker		Corinthians
1999 †	Marcelinho Carioca	Attacking midfielder		Corinthians
2000 †	Romário	Striker		Vasco da Gama
2001 †	Alex Mineiro	Striker		Athletico Paranaense
2002	Kaká	Attacking midfielder		São Paulo
2003 †	Alex	Attacking midfielder		Cruzeiro
2004 †	Robinho	Second striker		Santos
2005 †	Carlos Tevez	Second striker		Corinthians
2006	Lucas Leiva^	Defensive midfielder		Grêmio
2007	Thiago Neves^	Attacking midfielder		Fluminense
2008 †	Rogério Ceni	Goalkeeper		São Paulo
2009 †	Adriano	Striker		Flamengo
2010 †	Darío Conca	Attacking midfielder		Fluminense
2011	Neymar^	Second striker		Santos
2012	Neymar*^ (2)	Second striker		Santos
	Ronaldinho	Attacking midfielder		Flamengo, Atlético Mineiro
2013 †	Éverton Ribeiro^	Right midfielder		Cruzeiro
2014 †	Ricardo Goulart^	Attacking midfielder		Cruzeiro
2015 †	Renato Augusto^	Central midfielder		Corinthians
2016 †	Gabriel Jesus^	Striker		Palmeiras
2017 †	Jô^	Striker		Corinthians
2018 †	Dudu^	Winger		Palmeiras
2019 †	Gabriel Barbosa^	Striker		Flamengo
2020	Claudinho^	Attacking midfielder		Red Bull Bragantino
2021 †	Hulk^	Forward		Atlético Mineiro
2022 †	Gustavo Scarpa^	Attacking midfielder		Palmeiras
2023	Luis Suárez^	Forward		Grêmio

The award was not originally given from 1970 to 1972, but the following players had the best evaluation:

Season	Player	Position	Nationality	Club	Note
1970	Francisco Reyes	Defensive midfielder		Flamengo
1971	Dirceu Lopes	Attacking midfielder		Cruzeiro	Award given in 2013
1972	Elías Figueroa	Centre-back		Internacional

Players with multiple awards

^	Denotes players who are still active
*	Includes one Hors concours award

Awards	Player	Team(s)	Years
2	Zico	Flamengo	1974, 1982
	Toninho Cerezo	Atlético Mineiro	1977, 1980
	Falcão	Internacional	1978, 1979
	Roberto Costa	Athletico Paranaense, Vasco da Gama	1983, 1984
	César Sampaio	Santos, Palmeiras	1990, 1993
	Neymar*^	Santos	2011, 2012

Wins by club

Club	Wins
Flamengo	6
Corinthians	5
Palmeiras	5
Santos	5
São Paulo	5
Atlético Mineiro	4
Cruzeiro	4
Grêmio	4
Internacional	4
Vasco da Gama	3
Athletico Paranaense	2
Fluminense	2
Bangu	1
Bragantino	1
Guarani	1
Red Bull Bragantino	1

Bola de Prata

Bola de Prata (Silver Ball) is given to the best players in their respective position (forward, defender, etc.) on the same points system. Therefore, the Brazilian team of the year is created. In 1973, Placar introduced the "Bola de Ouro", given to the best player of the league, according to Placar itself. In this year, two players shared the Bola de Ouro, this situation never occurred again. Players marked bold won the "Bola de Ouro" in that respective year.

Season	Category
	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
1970	Picasso (Bahia)	Humberto (Atlético Mineiro) Brito (Cruzeiro) Francisco Reyes (Flamengo) Everaldo (Grêmio)	Zanata (Flamengo) Dirceu Lopes (Cruzeiro) Samarone (Fluminense)	Vaguinho (Atlético Mineiro) Tostão (Cruzeiro) Caju (Botafogo)
1971	Edgardo Andrada (Vasco da Gama)	Humberto (Atlético Mineiro) Nélson Pescuma (Coritiba) Vantuir (Atlético Mineiro) Carlindo (Ceará)	Wanderley (Atlético Mineiro) Dirceu Lopes (Palmeiras) Roberto Rivellino (Corinthians)	Antonio Carlos (America-RJ) Tião Abatiá (Coritiba) Edu (Santos)
1972	Émerson Leão (Palmeiras)	Aranha (Remo) Elías Figueroa (Internacional) Beto Bacamarte (Grêmio) Marinho Chagas (Botafogo)	Piazza (Cruzeiro) Ademir da Guia (Palmeiras) Zé Roberto (Coritiba)	Osni (Vitória) Caju (Flamengo) Alberi (ABC)
1973	Agustín Cejas (Santos)	Zé Maria (Corinthians) Atilio Ancheta (Grêmio) Alfredo (Palmeiras) Marinho Chagas (Botafogo)	Pedro Omar (América-MG) Dirceu Lopes (Cruzeiro) Pedro Rocha (São Paulo)	Zequinha (Botafogo) Mirandinha (São Paulo) Mário Sérgio (Vitória)
1974	Joel Mendes (Vitória)	Louro (Fortaleza) Elías Figueroa (Internacional) Miguel (Vasco da Gama) Wladimir (Corinthians)	Dudu (Palmeiras) Zico (Flamengo) Mário Sérgio (Vitória)	Osni (Vitória) Luisinho Lemos (America-RJ) Lula (Internacional)
1975	Waldir Peres (São Paulo)	Nelinho (Cruzeiro) Elías Figueroa (Internacional) Amaral (Guarani) Marco Antônio (Fluminense)	Paulo César Carpegiani (Internacional) Paulo Roberto Falcão (Internacional) Zico (Flamengo)	Gil (Fluminense) Palhinha (Cruzeiro) Ziza (Guarani)
1976	Manga (Internacional)	Perivaldo (Bahia) Elías Figueroa (Internacional) Beto Fuscão (Grêmio) Wladimir (Corinthians)	Toninho Cerezo (Atlético Mineiro) Paulo Isidoro (Atlético Mineiro) Caju (Fluminense)	Valdomiro (Internacional) Narciso Doval (Flamengo) Lula (Fluminense)
1977	Edson (Remo)	Zé Maria (Corinthians) Oscar (Ponte Preta) Polozzi (Ponte Preta) Marco Antônio (Vasco da Gama)	Toninho Cerezo (Atlético Mineiro) Adílio (Flamengo) Zico (Flamengo)	Tarciso (Grêmio) Reinaldo (Atlético Mineiro) Caju (Botafogo)
1978	Manga (Operário-MS)	Rosemiro (Palmeiras) Rondinelli (Flamengo) Deodoro (Coritiba) Odirlei (Ponte Preta)	Caçapava (Internacional) Adílio (Flamengo) Paulo Roberto Falcão (Internacional)	Tarciso (Grêmio) Paulinho (Vasco da Gama) Jésum (Bahia)
1979	João Leite (Atlético Mineiro)	Nelinho (Cruzeiro) Osmar (Atlético Mineiro) Mauro Galvão (Internacional) Pedrinho (Palmeiras)	Pires (Palmeiras) Jorge Mendonça (Palmeiras) Paulo Roberto Falcão (Internacional)	Jorginho (Palmeiras) Joãozinho (Cruzeiro) Roberto Dinamite (Vasco da Gama)
1980	Carlos (Ponte Preta)	Nelinho (Cruzeiro) Joãozinho (Santos) Luizinho (Atlético Mineiro) Júnior (Flamengo)	Batista (Internacional) Toninho Cerezo (Atlético Mineiro) Sócrates (Corinthians)	Botelho (Desportiva-ES) Baltazar (Grêmio) Mário Sérgio (Internacional)
1981	José de La Cruz Benítez (Internacional)	Perivaldo (Botafogo) Moisés (Bangu) Darío Pereyra (São Paulo) Marinho Chagas (São Paulo)	Zé Mário (Ponte Preta) Paulo Isidoro (Grêmio) Eloi (Inter de Limeira) Mário Sérgio (Internacional)	Paulo César (São Paulo) Roberto Dinamite (Vasco da Gama)
1982	Carlos (Ponte Preta)	Leandro (Flamengo) Juninho Fonseca (Ponte Preta) Edinho (Fluminense) Wladimir (Corinthians)	Batista (Grêmio) Biro-Biro (Corinthians) Pita (Santos) Zico (Flamengo)	Lúcio (Guarani) Careca (Guarani)
1983	Roberto Costa (Atlético Paranaense)	Nelinho (Atlético Mineiro) Márcio Rossini (Santos) Darío Pereyra (São Paulo) Júnior (Flamengo)	Dema (Santos) Paulo Isidoro (Santos) Pita (Santos)	Jorginho Putinatti (Palmeiras) Reinaldo (Atlético Mineiro) Éder (Atlético Mineiro)
1984	Roberto Costa (Vasco da Gama)	Édson (Corinthians) Ivan (Vasco da Gama) Hugo de León (Grêmio) Júnior (Flamengo)	Pires (Vasco da Gama) Julio César Romero (Fluminense) Assis (Fluminense)	Renato Gaúcho (Grêmio) Tato (Fluminense) Roberto Dinamite (Vasco da Gama)
1985	Rafael (Coritiba)	Luís Carlos Winck (Internacional) Leandro (Flamengo) Mauro Galvão (Internacional) Baby (Bangu)	Alemão (Botafogo) Dema (Santos) Rubén Paz (Internacional)	Marinho (Bangu) Careca (São Paulo) Ado (Bangu)
1986	Gilmar (São Paulo)	Alfinete (Joinville) Darío Pereyra (São Paulo) Ricardo Rocha (Guarani) Nelsinho (São Paulo)	Bernardo (São Paulo) Pita (São Paulo) Jorginho (Portuguesa)	Sérgio Araújo (Atlético Mineiro) Careca (São Paulo) João Paulo (Guarani)
1987	Cláudio Taffarel (Internacional)	Luís Carlos Winck (Internacional) Aloísio (Internacional) Luizinho (Atlético Mineiro) Mazinho (Vasco da Gama)	Norberto (Internacional) Milton (Coritiba) Zico (Flamengo)	Renato (Atlético Mineiro) Berg (Botafogo) Renato Gaúcho (Flamengo)
1988	Cláudio Taffarel (Internacional)	Alfinete (Grêmio) Óscar Aguirregaray (Internacional) Pereira (Bahia) Mazinho (Vasco da Gama)	Paulo Rodrigues (Bahia) Adílson Heleno (Criciúma) Zinho (Flamengo)	Bobô (Bahia) Vivinho (Vasco da Gama) Nílson (Internacional)
1989	Gilmar (São Paulo)	Balu (Cruzeiro) Paulo Sérgio (Atlético Mineiro) Ricardo Rocha (São Paulo) Mazinho (Vasco da Gama)	Elzo (Palmeiras) Raí (São Paulo) Bismarck (Vasco da Gama)	Bobô (São Paulo) Túlio (Goiás) Bizu (Náutico)
1990	Ronaldo (Corinthians)	Gil Baiano (Bragantino) Marcelo Djian (Corinthians) Adílson (Cruzeiro) Biro-Biro (Bragantino)	César Sampaio (Santos) Mazinho Oliveira (Bragantino) Luiz Fernando (Internacional)	Renato Gaúcho (Flamengo) Careca Bianchesi (Palmeiras) Tiba (Bragantino)
1991	Marcelo (Bragantino)	Gil Baiano (Bragantino) Márcio Santos (Internacional) Ricardo Rocha (São Paulo) Leonardo (São Paulo)	Mauro Silva (Bragantino) Júnior (Flamengo) Mazinho Oliveira (Bragantino) Neto (Corinthians)	Careca Bianchesi (Palmeiras) Túlio (Goiás)
1992	Gilberto (Sport do Recife)	Cafu (São Paulo) Aílton (Sport do Recife) Alexandre Torres (Vasco da Gama) Válber (Botafogo)	Mauro Silva (Bragantino) Júnior (Flamengo) Nélio (Flamengo) Zinho (Flamengo)	Renato Gaúcho (Botafogo) Bebeto (Vasco da Gama)
1993	Dida (Vitória)	Cafu (São Paulo) Antônio Carlos (Palmeiras) Ricardo Rocha (Santos) Roberto Carlos (Palmeiras)	César Sampaio (Palmeiras) Roberto Cavalo (Vitória) Djalminha (Palmeiras) Rivaldo (Corinthians)	Edmundo (Palmeiras) Alex Alves (Vitória)
1994	Ronaldo (Corinthians)	Pavão (São Paulo) Jorge Luiz (Guarani) Cléber (Palmeiras) Roberto Carlos (Palmeiras)	Zé Elias (Corinthians) Marcelinho Carioca (Corinthians) Zinho (Palmeiras) Rivaldo (Palmeiras)	Luizão (Guarani) Amoroso (Guarani)
1995	Wágner (Botafogo)	Zé Maria (Portuguesa) Andrei (Juventude) Carlos Gamarra (Internacional) Marcos Adriano (Santos)	Leandro Ávila (Santos) Jamelli (Santos) Giovanni (Santos)	Renato Gaúcho (Fluminense) Túlio (Botafogo) Donizete (Botafogo)
1996	Dida (Cruzeiro)	Alberto (Atlético Paranaense) Adílson (Grêmio) Carlos Gamarra (Internacional) Zé Roberto (Portuguesa)	Ricardinho (Cruzeiro) Luís Carlos Goiano (Grêmio) Rodrigo Fabri (Portuguesa) Djalminha (Palmeiras)	Paulo Nunes (Grêmio) Renaldo (Atlético Mineiro)
1997	Carlos Germano (Vasco da Gama)	Zé Carlos (São Paulo) Júnior Baiano (Flamengo) Mauro Galvão (Vasco da Gama) Dedê (Atlético Mineiro)	Fernando (Internacional) Doriva (Atlético Mineiro) Rodrigo Fabri (Portuguesa) Zinho (Palmeiras)	Edmundo (Vasco da Gama) Müller (Santos)
1998	Dida (Cruzeiro)	Francisco Arce (Palmeiras) Marcelo Djian (Cruzeiro) Carlos Gamarra (Corinthians) Júnior (Palmeiras)	Vampeta (Corinthians) Narciso (Santos) Jackson (Sport do Recife) Valdo (Cruzeiro)	Fábio Júnior (Cruzeiro) Edílson (Corinthians)
1999	Dida (Corinthians)	Bruno (Atlético Mineiro) Cláudio Caçapa (Atlético Mineiro) Roque Júnior (Palmeiras) Leandro (Vitória)	Vampeta (Corinthians) Freddy Rincón (Corinthians) Juliano Belletti (Atlético Mineiro) Marcelinho Carioca (Corinthians)	Guilherme (Atlético Mineiro) Marques (Atlético Mineiro)
2000	Rogério Ceni (São Paulo)	Francisco Arce (Palmeiras) Lúcio (Internacional) Cris (Cruzeiro) Juan Pablo Sorín (Cruzeiro)	Mineiro (Ponte Preta) Ricardinho (Cruzeiro) Juninho Pernambucano (Vasco da Gama) Juninho Paulista (Vasco da Gama)	Ronaldinho (Grêmio) Romário (Vasco da Gama)
2001	Emerson (Bahia)	Francisco Arce (Palmeiras) Daniel (São Caetano) Gustavo (Atlético Paranaense) Léo (Santos)	Simão (São Caetano) Preto Casagrande (Bahia) Kléberson (Atlético Paranaense) Roger (Fluminense)	Marques (Atlético Mineiro) Alex Mineiro (Atlético Paranaense)
2002	Diego (Juventude)	Mancini (Atlético Mineiro) Alex (Santos) Fábio Luciano (Corinthians) Athirson (Flamengo)	Tinga (Grêmio) Fábio Simplício (São Paulo) Ramon (Vasco da Gama) Kaká (São Paulo)	Robinho (Santos) Gil (Corinthians)
2003	Rogério Ceni (São Paulo)	Maurinho (Cruzeiro) Fabão (Goiás) Alex (Santos) Léo (Santos)	Renato (Santos) Claudio Maldonado (Cruzeiro) Marcelinho Carioca (Vasco da Gama) Alex (Cruzeiro)	Luís Fabiano (São Paulo) Grafite (Goiás)
2004	Rogério Ceni (São Paulo)	Paulo Baier (Goiás) Rodrigo (São Paulo) Diego Lugano (São Paulo) Léo (Santos)	Mineiro (São Caetano) Magrão (Palmeiras) Dejan Petković (Vasco da Gama) Ricardinho (Santos)	Washington (Atlético Paranaense) Robinho (Santos)
2005	Fábio Costa (Corinthians)	Cicinho (São Paulo) Carlos Gamarra (Palmeiras) Diego Lugano (São Paulo) Jadílson (Goiás)	Mineiro (São Paulo) Marcelo Mattos (Corinthians) Dejan Petković (Fluminense) Juninho Paulista (Palmeiras)	Carlos Tevez (Corinthians) Rafael Sóbis (Internacional)
2006	Rogério Ceni (São Paulo)	Ilsinho (Palmeiras, São Paulo) Fabão (São Paulo) Índio (Internacional) Kléber (Santos)	Mineiro (São Paulo) Lucas Leiva (Grêmio) Zé Roberto (Botafogo) Wágner (Cruzeiro)	Aloísio (São Paulo) Fernandão (Internacional)
2007	Rogério Ceni (São Paulo)	Léo Moura (Flamengo) Breno (São Paulo) Thiago Silva (Fluminense) Kléber (Santos)	Hernanes (São Paulo) Richarlyson (São Paulo) Thiago Neves (Fluminense) Jorge Valdivia (Palmeiras)	Leandro Amaral (Vasco da Gama) Alberto Acosta (Náutico)
2008	Rogério Ceni (São Paulo)	Vítor (Goiás) André Dias (São Paulo) Miranda (São Paulo) Juan (Flamengo)	Ramires (Cruzeiro) Hernanes (São Paulo) Tcheco (Grêmio) Wágner (Cruzeiro)	Borges (São Paulo) Nilmar (Internacional)
2009	Victor (Grêmio)	Jonathan (Cruzeiro) André Dias (São Paulo) Miranda (São Paulo) Kléber (Internacional)	Pierre (Palmeiras) Pablo Guiñazú (Internacional) Dejan Petković (Flamengo) Marcelinho Paraíba (Coritiba)	Diego Tardelli (Atlético Mineiro) Adriano (Flamengo)
2010	Fábio (Cruzeiro)	Mariano (Fluminense) Chicão (Corinthians) Alex Silva (São Paulo) Roberto Carlos (Corinthians)	Elias (Corinthians) Jucilei (Corinthians) Walter Montillo (Cruzeiro) Darío Conca (Fluminense)	Jonas (Grêmio) Neymar (Santos)
2011	Fernando Prass (Vasco da Gama)	Mário Fernandes (Grêmio) Dedé (Vasco da Gama) Paulo André (Corinthians) Juninho (Figueirense)	Paulinho (Corinthians) Marcos Assunção (Palmeiras) Walter Montillo (Cruzeiro) Ronaldinho (Flamengo)	Fred (Fluminense) Neymar (Santos)
2012	Diego Cavalieri (Fluminense)	Marcos Rocha (Atlético Mineiro) Leonardo Silva (Atlético Mineiro) Réver (Atlético Mineiro) Carlinhos (Fluminense)	Paulinho (Corinthians) Ralf (Corinthians) Ronaldinho (Flamengo, Atlético Mineiro) Zé Roberto (Grêmio)	Fred (Fluminense) Lucas (São Paulo)
2013	Fábio (Cruzeiro)	Mayke (Cruzeiro) Dedé (Cruzeiro) Rodrigo (Goiás) Alex Telles (Grêmio)	Elias (Flamengo) Nílton (Cruzeiro) Éverton Ribeiro (Cruzeiro) Clarence Seedorf (Botafogo)	Diego Tardelli (Atlético Mineiro) Walter (Goiás)
2014	Marcelo Grohe (Grêmio)	Marcos Rocha (Atlético Mineiro) Rafael Toloi (São Paulo) Gil (Corinthians) Zé Roberto (Grêmio)	Charles Aránguiz (Internacional) Lucas Silva (Cruzeiro) Ricardo Goulart (Cruzeiro) Paulo Henrique Ganso (São Paulo)	Diego Tardelli (Atlético Mineiro) Paolo Guerrero (Corinthians)
2015	Marcelo Grohe (Grêmio)	Rafael Galhardo (Grêmio) Pedro Geromel (Grêmio) Gil (Corinthians) Douglas Santos (Atlético Mineiro)	Elias (Corinthians) Rafael Carioca (Atlético Mineiro) Jádson (Corinthians) Renato Augusto (Corinthians)	Lucas Pratto (Atlético Mineiro) Luan (Grêmio)
2016	Jailson (Palmeiras)	Jean (Palmeiras) Pedro Geromel (Grêmio) Réver (Flamengo) Fábio Santos (Atlético Mineiro)	Willian Arão (Flamengo) Tchê Tchê (Palmeiras) Moisés (Palmeiras)	Robinho (Atlético Mineiro) Gabriel Jesus (Palmeiras) Dudu (Palmeiras)
2017	Vanderlei (Santos)	Fagner (Corinthians) Pedro Geromel (Grêmio) Fabián Balbuena (Corinthians) Thiago Carleto (Coritiba)	Michel (Grêmio) Hernanes (São Paulo) Thiago Neves (Cruzeiro)	Luan (Grêmio) Jô (Corinthians) Dudu (Palmeiras)
2018	Weverton (Palmeiras)	Mayke (Palmeiras) Pedro Geromel (Grêmio) Víctor Cuesta (Internacional) Renê (Flamengo)	Rodrigo Dourado (Internacional) Bruno Henrique (Palmeiras) Lucas Paquetá (Flamengo)	Everton (Grêmio) Gabriel Barbosa (Santos) Dudu (Palmeiras)
2019	Diego Alves (Flamengo)	Rafinha (Flamengo) Lucas Veríssimo (Santos) Gustavo Gómez (Palmeiras) Jorge (Santos)	Willian Arão (Flamengo) Gerson (Flamengo) Giorgian De Arrascaeta (Flamengo)	Bruno Henrique (Flamengo) Gabriel Barbosa (Flamengo) Dudu (Palmeiras)
2020	Weverton (Palmeiras)	Mauricio Isla (Flamengo) Gustavo Gómez (Palmeiras) Júnior Alonso (Atlético Mineiro) Guilherme Arana (Atlético Mineiro)	Edenílson (Internacional) Gerson (Flamengo) Claudinho (Red Bull Bragantino) Giorgian De Arrascaeta (Flamengo)	Marinho (Santos) Luciano (São Paulo)
2021	Everson (Atlético Mineiro)	Mariano (Atlético Mineiro) Júnior Alonso (Atlético Mineiro) Léo Ortiz (Red Bull Bragantino) Guilherme Arana (Atlético Mineiro)	Edenílson (Internacional) Jair (Atlético Mineiro) Nacho Fernández (Atlético Mineiro) Raphael Veiga (Palmeiras)	Hulk (Atlético Mineiro) Artur (Red Bull Bragantino)
2022	Cássio (Corinthians)	Marcos Rocha (Palmeiras) Gustavo Gómez (Palmeiras) Murilo (Palmeiras) Joaquín Piquerez (Palmeiras)	André (Fluminense) Zé Rafael (Palmeiras) Gustavo Scarpa (Palmeiras) Giorgian de Arrascaeta (Flamengo)	Dudu (Palmeiras) Germán Cano (Fluminense)
2023	Weverton (Palmeiras)	Mayke (Palmeiras) Murilo (Palmeiras) Adryelson (Botafogo) Joaquín Piquerez (Palmeiras)	Mathías Villasanti (Grêmio) Erick Pulgar (Flamengo) Raphael Veiga (Palmeiras) Giorgian de Arrascaeta (Flamengo)	Luis Suárez (Grêmio) Hulk (Atlético Mineiro)

Most appearances

	Player	Apps	Years	Club(s)
1	Rogério Ceni	6	2000, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008	São Paulo
2	Zico	5	1974, 1975, 1977, 1982, 1987	Flamengo
	Júnior	5	1980, 1983, 1984, 1991, 1992	Flamengo
	Renato Gaúcho	5	1984, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1995	Grêmio, Flamengo, Botafogo, Fluminense
	Dudu	5	2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022	Palmeiras
5	Caju	4	1970, 1972, 1976, 1977	Botafogo, Flamengo, Fluminense
	Elías Figueroa	4	1972, 1974, 1975, 1976	Internacional
	Mário Sérgio	4	1973, 1974, 1980, 1981	Vitória, Internacional
	Nelinho	4	1975, 1979, 1980, 1983	Cruzeiro, Atlético Mineiro
	Ricardo Rocha	4	1986, 1989, 1991, 1993	Guarani, São Paulo, Santos
	Zinho	4	1988, 1992, 1994, 1997	Flamengo, Palmeiras
	Dida	4	1993, 1996, 1998, 1999	Vitória, Cruzeiro, Corinthians
	Carlos Gamarra	4	1995, 1996, 1998, 2005	Internacional, Corinthians, Palmeiras
	Mineiro	4	2000, 2004, 2005, 2006	Ponte Preta, São Caetano, São Paulo
	Pedro Geromel	4	2015, 2016, 2017, 2018	Grêmio
	Giorgian de Arrascaeta	4	2019, 2020, 2022, 2023	Flamengo
16	Marinho Chagas	3	1972, 1973, 1981	Botafogo, São Paulo
	Wladimir	3	1974, 1976, 1982	Corinthians
	Paulo Roberto Falcão	3	1975, 1978, 1979	Internacional
	Toninho Cerezo	3	1976, 1977, 1980	Atlético Mineiro
	Paulo Isidoro	3	1976, 1981, 1983	Atlético Mineiro, Grêmio, Santos
	Roberto Dinamite	3	1979, 1981, 1984	Vasco da Gama
	Mauro Galvão	3	1979, 1985, 1997	Internacional, Vasco da Gama
	Darío Pereyra	3	1981, 1983, 1986	São Paulo
	Pita	3	1982, 1983, 1986	Santos, São Paulo
	Careca	3	1982, 1985, 1986	Guarani, São Paulo
	Mazinho	3	1987, 1988, 1989	Vasco da Gama
	Túlio	3	1989, 1991, 1995	Goiás, Botafogo
	Roberto Carlos	3	1993, 1994, 2010	Palmeiras, Corinthians
	Marcelinho Carioca	3	1994, 1999, 2003	Corinthians, Vasco da Gama
	Francisco Arce	3	1998, 2000, 2001	Palmeiras
	Ronaldinho	3	2000, 2011, 2012	Grêmio, Flamengo, Atlético Mineiro
	Léo	3	2001, 2003, 2004	Santos
	Robinho	3	2002, 2004, 2016	Santos, Atlético Mineiro
	Dejan Petković	3	2004, 2005, 2009	Vasco da Gama, Fluminense, Flamengo
	Kléber	3	2006, 2007, 2009	Santos, Internacional
	Hernanes	3	2007, 2008, 2017	São Paulo
	Diego Tardelli	3	2009, 2013, 2014	Atlético Mineiro
	Elias	3	2010, 2013, 2015	Corinthians, Flamengo
	Marcos Rocha	3	2012, 2014, 2022	Atlético Mineiro, Palmeiras
	Gustavo Gómez	3	2019, 2020, 2022	Palmeiras
	Mayke	3	2013, 2018, 2023	Cruzeiro, Palmeiras
	Weverton	3	2018, 2020, 2023	Palmeiras

Additional categories

In 1975, Placar started giving the Bola de Prata to the league's top scorer.

Season	Category
	O Artilheiro (Top Goalscorer)	A Revelação (Breakthrough Player)	Most Beautiful Goal Author	Best Coach	A Tribute to
1970	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded	Pelé (Santos) (hors concours)
1971	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded
1972	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded
1973	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded
1974	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded
1975	Flávio (Internacional)	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded
1976	Dario (Internacional)	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded
1977	Reinaldo (Atlético Mineiro)	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded
1978	Paulinho (Vasco da Gama)	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded
1979	César (America) Roberto César (Cruzeiro)	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded
1980	Zico (Flamengo)	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded
1981	Nunes (Flamengo)	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded
1982	Zico (Flamengo)	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded
1983	Serginho (Santos)	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded
1984	Roberto Dinamite (Vasco da Gama)	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded
1985	Edmar (Guarani)	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded
1986	Careca (São Paulo)	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded
1987	Müller (São Paulo)	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded
1988	Nílson (Internacional)	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded
1989	Túlio (Goiás)	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded
1990	Charles (Bahia)	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded
1991	Paulinho McLaren (Santos)	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded
1992	Bebeto (Vasco da Gama)	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded
1993	Guga (Santos)	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded
1994	Amoroso (Guarani) Túlio (Botafogo)	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded
1995	Túlio (Botafogo)	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded
1996	Paulo Nunes (Grêmio) Renaldo (Atlético Mineiro)	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded
1997	Edmundo (Vasco da Gama)	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded
1998	Viola (Santos)	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded
1999	Guilherme (Atlético Mineiro)	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded
2000	Dill (Goiás) Magno Alves (Fluminense) Romário (Vasco da Gama)	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded
2001	Romário (Vasco da Gama)	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded
2002	Luís Fabiano (São Paulo) Rodrigo Fabri (Grêmio)	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded
2003	Dimba (Goiás)	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded
2004	Washington (Athletico Paranaense)	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded
2005	Romário (Vasco da Gama)	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded
2006	Souza (Goiás)	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded
2007	Josiel (Paraná)	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded
2008	Keirrison (Coritiba) Kléber Pereira (Santos) Washington (Fluminense)	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded
2009	Adriano (Flamengo) Diego Tardelli (Atlético Mineiro)	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded
2010	Jonas (Grêmio)	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded
2011	Borges (Santos)	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded	Sócrates
2012	Fred (Fluminense)	Bernard (Atlético Mineiro)	Not awarded	Not awarded	Neymar (Santos) (hors concours)
2013	Éderson (Athletico Paranaense)	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded
2014	Fred (Fluminense)	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded	Not awarded
2015	Ricardo Oliveira (Santos)	Gabriel Barbosa (Santos)	Not awarded	Not awarded	Rogério Ceni (São Paulo) (Conjunto da Obra)
2016	Diego Souza (Sport do Recife) Fred (Atlético Mineiro) William Pottker (Ponte Preta)	Not awarded	Camilo (Botafogo)	Cuca (Palmeiras)	2016 Chapecoense Copa Sudamericana team Formiga (São José)
2017	Jô (Corinthians) Henrique Dourado (Fluminense)	Not awarded	Rómulo Otero (Atlético Mineiro)	Fábio Carille (Corinthians)	1982 Brazil FIFA World Cup team Soledad Jaimes (Santos)
2018	Gabriel Barbosa (Santos)	Not awarded	Wescley (Ceará)	Luiz Felipe Scolari (Palmeiras)	Pelé Marta (Bola de Ouro)
2019	Gabriel Barbosa (Flamengo)	Michael (Goiás)	Giorgian De Arrascaeta (Flamengo)	Jorge Jesus (Flamengo)	Millene (Corinthians)
2020	Claudinho (Red Bull Bragantino) Luciano (São Paulo)	Claudinho (Red Bull Bragantino)	Martín Benítez (Vasco da Gama)	Rogério Ceni (Flamengo)	Not awarded
2021	Hulk (Atlético Mineiro)	Matías Zaracho (Atlético Mineiro)	Andreas Pereira (Flamengo)	Cuca (Atlético Mineiro)	Not awarded
2022	Germán Cano (Fluminense)	Du Queiroz (Corinthians)	Róger Guedes (Corinthians)	Abel Ferreira (Palmeiras)	Not awarded
2023	Paulinho (Atlético Mineiro)	Endrick (Palmeiras)	Endrick (Palmeiras)	Abel Ferreira (Palmeiras)	Not awarded

Foreign players awarded

Player	Nationality	Bola de Ouro	Bola de Prata	Top scorer	Total
Elías Figueroa	Chile	1	4	0	5
Francisco Arce	Paraguay	0	4	0	4
Giorgian De Arrascaeta	Uruguay	0	4	0	4
Carlos Gamarra	Paraguay	0	4	0	4
Darío Pereyra	Uruguay	0	3	0	3
Dejan Petković	Serbia	0	3	0	3
Gustavo Gómez	Paraguay	0	3	0	3
Atilio Ancheta	Uruguay	1	1	0	2
Agustín Cejas	Argentina	1	1	0	2
Darío Conca	Argentina	1	1	0	2
Carlos Tevez	Argentina	1	1	0	2
Diego Lugano	Uruguay	0	2	0	2
Walter Montillo	Argentina	0	2	0	2
Júnior Alonso	Paraguay	0	2	0	2
Germán Cano	Argentina	0	1	1	2
Joaquín Piquerez	Uruguay	0	2	0	2
Luis Suárez	Uruguay	1	1	0	2
Beto Acosta	Uruguay	0	1	0	1
Óscar Aguirregaray	Uruguay	0	1	0	1
Edgardo Andrada	Argentina	0	1	0	1
Charles Aránguiz	Chile	0	1	0	1
Hugo de León	Uruguay	0	1	0	1
Narciso Horacio Doval	Argentina	0	1	0	1
Paolo Guerrero	Peru	0	1	0	1
Pablo Guiñazú	Argentina	0	1	0	1
Claudio Maldonado	Chile	0	1	0	1
Rubén Paz	Uruguay	0	1	0	1
Lucas Pratto	Argentina	0	1	0	1
Francisco Reyes	Paraguay	0	1	0	1
Freddy Rincón	Colombia	0	1	0	1
Pedro Rocha	Uruguay	0	1	0	1
Romerito	Paraguay	0	1	0	1
Clarence Seedorf	Netherlands	0	1	0	1
Juan Pablo Sorín	Argentina	0	1	0	1
Jorge Valdivia	Chile	0	1	0	1
Fabián Balbuena	Paraguay	0	1	0	1
Víctor Cuesta	Argentina	0	1	0	1
Mauricio Isla	Chile	0	1	0	1
Nacho Fernández	Argentina	0	1	0	1
Mathías Villasanti	Paraguay	0	1	0	1
Erick Pulgar	Chile	0	1	0	1

Notes

• ^a The Prêmio Craque do Brasileirão was first established in 2005.

Women's football

From the 2021 season onwards, the Bola de Ouro (Golden Ball) and Bola de Prata (Silver Ball) awards were given for the best players of the Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino Série A1, using the same criteria as of for male players.

Bola de Ouro

Season	Player	Position	Nationality	Club
2021	Bia Zaneratto	Forward		Palmeiras
2022	Adriana	Forward