| |
Name |
Country |
Club |
Pts. |
1. |
Omar Sivori |
Italy [1] |
Juventus |
46 |
2. |
Luis Suárez |
Spain |
Inter Milan |
40 |
3. |
Johnny Haynes |
England |
Fulham |
22 |
4. |
Lev Yashin |
Soviet Union |
Dinamo Moscow |
21 |
5. |
Ferenc Puskas |
Hungary |
Real Madrid |
16 |
6. |
Alfredo di Stefano |
Spain [2] |
Real Madrid |
13 |
|
Uwe Seeler |
West Germany |
Hamburger SV |
13 |
8. |
John Charles |
Wales |
Juventus |
10 |
9. |
Francisco Gento |
Spain |
Real Madrid |
7 |
10. |
José Aguas |
Portugal |
Benfica |
5 |
| |
Gyula Grosics |
Hungary |
Tatabanya |
5 |
|
Gerhard Hanappi |
Austria |
Rapid Vienna |
5 |
|
Bobby Charlton |
England |
Manchester United |
5 |
|
Josef Masopust |
Czechoslovakia |
Dukla Prague |
5 |
|
José Santamaría |
Spain |
Real Madrid |
5 |
|
Dragoslav Sekularac |
Yugoslavia |
Red Star Belgrade |
5 |
17. |
Danny Blanchflower |
Northern Ireland |
Tottenham Hotspur |
4 |
|
Kurt Hamrin |
Sweden |
Fiorentina |
4 |
|
Mikhail Meskhi |
Soviet Union |
Dinamo Tbilisi |
4 |
|
Viktor Ponedelnik |
Soviet Union |
SKA Rostov-on-Don |
4 |
|
Horst Szymaniak |
West Germany |
Catania |
4 |
|
Germano da Figueiredo |
Portugal |
Benfica |
4 |
23. |
José Pinto de Almeida |
Portugal |
Benfica |
3 |
| |
Slava Metreveli |
Soviet Union |
Dinamo Moscow |
3 |
| |
Max Morlock |
West Germany |
1. FC Nürnberg |
3 |
|
Horst Nemec |
Austria |
Austria Vienna |
3 |
| |
Denis Law |
Scotland |
Torino |
3 |
28. |
Pierre Bernard |
France |
Nîmes Olympique |
2 |
| |
Alberto Costa Pereira |
Portugal |
Benfica |
2 |
| |
Gert Dörfel |
West Germany |
Hamburger SV |
2 |
| |
Norbert Eschmann |
Switzerland |
Stade Français |
2 |
| |
Jimmy Greaves |
England |
Chelsea |
2 |
| |
Lucien Muller |
France |
Stade de Reims |
2 |
| |
Lajos Tichy |
Hungary |
Honved Budapest |
2 |
35. |
Charles Antenen |
Switzerland |
La Chaux-de-Fonds |
1 |
| |
Mario Coluna |
Portugal |
Benfica |
1 |
| |
Eusebio |
Portugal |
Benfica |
1 |
| |
Gernot Fraydl |
Austria |
Austria Vienna |
1 |
| |
Karl Köller |
Austria |
First Vienna |
1 |
| |
Rudolf Kucera |
Czechoslovakia |
Dukla Prague |
1 |
| |
Dumitru Macri |
Romania |
Rapid Bucharest |
1 |
| |
Jimmy McIlroy |
Northern Ireland |
Burnley |
1 |
| |
Karl Stotz |
Austria |
Austria Vienna |
1 |
| |
Omar Sivori helped Juventus capture their second consecutive Italian league championship 1961 (the club's third Serie A title in four years), personally scoring 25 goals in 27 games along the way.
The result listed above was the outcome of a ballot held amongst a panel of football journalists organised by the magazine
France Football, with one vote coming from each of the following 19 countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, England, France, Greece, Hungary,
Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Soviet Union, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, Turkey, West Germany and Yugoslavia. The result was announced in
France Football (December 12, 1961).
#1: Omar Sivori was born in Argentina, and had previously made international appearances for Argentina, but now played for Italy.
#2: Alfredo di Stefano was born in Argentina, and had previously made international appearances for Argentina and Columbia, but now played for Spain.