The Ballon d'Or award is an annual football award for the best player from the previous year. Up until 1995 it was awarded only to football players from Europe and was generally known as the European Footballer of the Year award.

One of Marco van Basten's Ballon d'Or, on display at the Mondo Milan MuseumOne of Marco van Basten's Ballon d'Or, on display at the Mondo Milan Museum

Below are the nominees in the final order after voting for the 1992 award. The winner was Dutch player Marco van Basten, the last of his three awards. He also won in 1988 and 1989. See the list of all Ballon d'Or winners.

Final order for the men's 1992 Ballon d'Or

Order Player Club Nationality Points
1 Marco van Basten Milan Netherlands 98
2 Hristo Stoichkov Barcelona Bulgaria 80
3 Dennis Bergkamp Ajax Netherlands 53
4 Thomas Häßler Roma Germany 42
5 Peter Schmeichel Manchester United Denmark 41
6 Brian Laudrup Fiorentina Denmark 32
7 Michael Laudrup Barcelona Denmark 22
8 Ronald Koeman Barcelona Netherlands 14
9 Stéphane Chapuisat Borussia Dortmund Switzerland 10
10 Frank Rijkaard Milan Netherlands 8
  Enzo Scifo Torino Belgium 8
12 Flemming Povlsen Borussia Dortmund Denmark 6
13 Henrik Larsen Pisa Denmark 4
14 John Jensen Arsenal Denmark 3
  Paolo Maldini Milan Italy 3
16 Henrik Andersen 1. FC Köln Denmark 2
  David Platt Juventus England 2
  Tomas Brolin Parma Sweden 2
  Jean-Pierre Papin Milan France 2
20 Franco Baresi Milan Italy 1
  Rune Bratseth Werder Bremen Norway 1