Two days after the Ballon d'Or ceremony, France Football presented the new "Sira" award; An award created by this French magazine to select the best Ballon d'Or in history. The winner of this award is Cristiano Ronaldo and obviously his Ballon d'Or 2008 won this title. France Football chose a different voting method for the special award of the best Ballon d'Or of all time; This time, instead of journalists, the users of the magazine were responsible for choosing the winner of the best Ballon d'Or in history, and each vote cost one euro. In this poll, Ronaldo's 2008 Ballon d'Or was ranked higher than Lionel Messi's 2012 Ballon d'Or in the competition to choose the best Ballon d'Or in history, and he won the "Boat" award. In this competition, different versions of the Ballon d'Or were nominated by players who won this award at least twice;.
- Lionel Messi.
- Cristiano Ronaldo.
- Ronaldo Nazario.
- Marco Van Basten.
- Michel Palatin.
- Karl Heinz Rummenigge Kevin Keegan.
- Franz Beckenbauer.
- Johan Cruyff.
- Alfredo di Stefano.