Balón de Oro, also referred to as Mexican Golden Ball (), is an annual awards ceremony held by the Mexican Federation of Association Football to recognize outstanding association football players, head coaches, and referees of the Liga MX each season. Since 1997, the ceremony has been held at the end of the football season. Since the 1996–1997 season, the league championship has been split into two single-round tournaments, giving rise to the current Apertura and Clausura arrangement, and Balón de Oro followed them. In 2001–2002, no awards were handed out as the officials forgot to organize an election. The ceremony entered a 4-year hiatus following the 2012 Clausura until the 2015–16 Liga MX season.

Winners SeasonPlayerClubNotes1974–75 Ítalo EstupiñánToluca1975–76 Rafael ChávezLeón1976–77 Cabinho (1)UNAM1977–78 Cabinho (2)UNAM1978–79 Hugo SánchezUNAM1979–80 Miguel MarínCruz Azul1980–81 Cabinho (3)Atlante1981–82 Gerónimo BarbadilloUANL1982–83 Cristóbal OrtegaAmérica1983–84 Héctor ZeladaAmérica1984–85 Manuel NegreteUNAM1985–86no awards1986–87 Benjamín GalindoGuadalajara1987–88 Antônio Carlos SantosAmérica1988–89 Patricio HernándezCruz Azul1989–90 Jorge AravenaPuebla1990–91 Luis García (1)UNAM1991–92 Luis García (2)UNAM1992–93 Ivo BasayNecaxa1993–94 Osmar DonizetteUAG1994–95 Carlos HermosilloCruz Azul1995–96 Álex AguinagaNecaxa1996–97 Alberto CoyoteGuadalajaraWinter 1997 Fabián Estay (1)TolucaSummer 1998 Fabián Estay (2)TolucaWinter 1998 Cuauhtémoc Blanco (1)AméricaSummer 1999 Fabián Estay (3)TolucaWinter 1999 Jesús OlaldeUNAMSummer 2000 Víctor RuizTolucaWinter 2000 Jared Borgetti (1)Santos LagunaSummer 2001 Jared Borgetti (2)Santos LagunaWinter 2001no awardsSummer 2002no awardsApertura 2002 José CardozoTolucaClausura 2003 Guillermo FrancoMonterrey2003–04 Oswaldo Sánchez (1)Guadalajara2004–05 Cuauhtémoc Blanco (2)AméricaApertura 2005 Oswaldo Sánchez (2)GuadalajaraClausura 2006 Walter GaitánUANLApertura 2006 Vicente SánchezTolucaClausura 2007 Cuauhtémoc Blanco (3)AméricaApertura 2007 Daniel LudueñaSantos LagunaClausura 2008 Christian BenítezSantos LagunaApertura 2008 Sinha (1)TolucaClausura 2009 Christian GiménezPachucaApertura 2009 Humberto Suazo (1)MonterreyBicentenario 2010 Sinha (2)TolucaApertura 2010 Humberto Suazo (2)MonterreyClausura 2011 Lucas Lobos (1)UANLApertura 2011 Lucas Lobos (2)UANLClausura 2012 Oribe PeraltaSantos Laguna2015–16 André-Pierre GignacUANL2016–17 Raúl RuidíazMorelia2017–18 Rubens SambuezaToluca2018–19 Guido RodríguezAmérica2019–20No awards2020–21 Jonathan RodríguezCruz Azul2021–22 Camilo VargasAtlas2022–23 Henry MartínAmérica2023–24 Juan BrunettaSantos Laguna–UANL

+2024–25 Liga MX season Balón de Oro awardsCategory Recipient Club Best Attacking Midfielder Alexis Vega TolucaBest Goalkeeper Kevin Mier Cruz AzulBest Center-back Willer Ditta Cruz AzulBest Full-back Jesús Gallardo TolucaBest Defensive Midfielder Agustín Palavecino NecaxaBest Liga de Expansión MX Player Jesús Ocejo UdeGBest Rookie Hugo Camberos GuadalajaraBest Forward Paulinho TolucaBest Manager André Jardine AméricaBalón de Oro Paulinho TolucaGoal of the Year Alexis Vega Toluca

+2025–26 Liga MX season Balón de Oro awardsCategory Recipient Club Best Goalkeeper Nahuel Guzmán UANLBest Full-back Bryan González GuadalajaraBest Center-back Erik Lira Cruz AzulBest Defensive Midfielder Marcel Ruiz TolucaBest Offensive Midfielder Nicolás Castro TolucaBest Forward João Pedro Atlético San LuisBest Manager Antonio Mohamed TolucaBest Rookie Brian Gutiérrez GuadalajaraBalón de Oro João Pedro Atlético San LuisBest Liga de Expansión MX Player Gerardo Ruiz Jaiba BravaGoal of the Year Efraín Álvarez Guadalajara

By player

PlayerTotalYear(s) Cabinho31976–77, 1977–78, 1980–81 Fabián EstayWinter 1997, Verano 1998, Verano 1999 Cuauhtémoc BlancoWinter 1998, 2004–05, Clausura 2007 Luis García21990–91, 1991–92 Jared BorgettiWinter 2000, Verano 2001 Oswaldo Sánchez2003–04, Apertura 2005 SinhaApertura 2008, Bicentenario 2010 Humberto SuazoApertura 2009, Apertura 2010 Lucas LobosClausura 2011, Apertura 2011 Ítalo Estupiñán11974–75 Rafael Chávez1975–76 Hugo Sánchez1978–79 Miguel Marín1979–80 Gerónimo Barbadillo1981–82 Cristóbal Ortega1982–83 Héctor Zelada1983–84 Manuel Negrete1984–85 Benjamín Galindo1986–87 Antônio Carlos Santos1987–88 Patricio Hernández1988–89 Jorge Aravena1989–90 Ivo Basay1992–93 Osmar Donizete1993–94 Carlos Hermosillo1994–95 Álex Aguinaga1995–96 Alberto Coyote1996–97 Jesús OlaldeWinter 1999 Víctor RuizSummer 2000 José CardozoApertura 2002 Guillermo FrancoClausura 2003 Walter GaitánClausura 2006 Vicente SánchezApertura 2006 Daniel LudueñaApertura 2007 Christian BenítezClausura 2008 Christian GiménezClausura 2009 Oribe PeraltaClausura 2012 André-Pierre Gignac2015–16 Raúl Ruidíaz2016–17 Rubens Sambueza2017–18 Guido Rodríguez2018–19 Jonathan Rodríguez2020–21 Camilo Vargas2021–22 Henry Martín2022–23 Juan Brunetta2023–24

By country

NationalityTotalPlayer(s)22161211745333 2 2 1 1

By club

ClubTotalPlayer(s)Toluca107América86UNAM75Santos Laguna65UANL5Cruz Azul44Guadalajara3Monterrey32Necaxa22León11AtlanteAtlasMoreliaPachucaPueblaUAG

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