Top Ten Football Players That Should Have Won the Ballon D'Or
Diego Armando Maradona (October 30, 1960 - November 25, 2020) was an Argentine professional footballer. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport, he was one of the two joint winners of the FIFA Player of the 20th Century award. Maradona was given the nickname "El Pibe de Oro" ("The Golden Boy"). He was known for the "Goal of the Century" and the "Hand of God" goal.
He died of cardiac arrest on November 25, 2020 at the age of 60 He physically couldn't have won it because up until 2007 only European club players were able to win it. If Maradona had been eligible during his time he would have indefinitely been awarded at least once.
France Football, re-evaluated the results to make all players eligible and Maradonna was announced as a 'worthy winner' in the years, 1986 and 1990.
Additionaly to those mentioned by PARASN2000 and with all the respect to 'France Football', my humble opinion is that Maradona could have been a 'worthy winner' two more years, 1979 and 1980. Both years was officially elected as best South American player and deserved the trophy more than the European winners (Keegan, Rummenigge). Especially in 1979, he lead the Youth National team of his country to the title of World Champion playing spectacular.
Best player of all time.
Paolo Cesare Maldini is a former Italian professional footballer who played as a left back and central defender. Maldini captained Italy for 8 years and AC Milan for 12, and was renowned for his leadership skills, earning him the nickname “Il Capitano”, or ‘The Captain’. 
Thierry Daniel Henry is a French professional football coach and former player. He is the second assistant coach of the Belgium national team.
Alessandro Del Piero Ufficiale is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a deep-lying forward.
Ferenc Puskás (1 April 1927 – 17 November 2006) was a Hungarian footballer and manager, widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time and the sport's first international superstar. He scored 84 goals in 85 international matches for Hungary, played four international matches for Spain and scored 514 goals in 529 matches in the Hungarian and Spanish leagues. He became an Olympic champion in 1952 and led his nation to the final of the 1954 World Cup. He won three European Cups (1959, 1960, 1966), 10 national championships (5 Hungarian and 5 Spanish Primera División) and 8 top individual scoring honors. In 1995, he was recognized as the greatest top division scorer of the 20th century ...read more. Although his best years were before 1956, he could had won in 1961(ranked 2nd).
Xavier "Xavi" Hernández Creus is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Qatari club Al Sadd SC.
Wesley Sneijder is a Dutch professional footballer who plays for Turkish club Galatasaray and the Netherlands national team.
Andrés Iniesta Luján is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for FC Barcelona and the Spain national team.
Francesco Totti is a former Italian professional footballer who plays for Serie A club Roma and Italian national team.
Manuel Peter Neuer is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bayern Munich and the Germany national team. Come on, the keeper of the best club and country in the world should have won it!
Robert Lewandowski (born 21 August 1988) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a striker for German club Bayern Munich, and captains the Poland national team.