The 1987 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in Europe as judged by a panel of sports journalists from UEFA member countries, was awarded to Ruud Gullit on 29 December 1987.^[1]

Rank	Name	Club(s)	Nationality	Points
1	Ruud Gullit	Milan	Netherlands	106
2	Paulo Futre	Porto Atlético Madrid	Portugal	91
3	Emilio Butragueño	Real Madrid	Spain	61
4	Míchel	Real Madrid	Spain	29
5	Gary Lineker	Barcelona	England	13
6	John Barnes	Liverpool	England	10
	Marco van Basten	Milan	Netherlands	10
8	Gianluca Vialli	Sampdoria	Italy	9
9	Bryan Robson	Manchester United	England	7
10	Klaus Allofs	Marseille	West Germany	6
	Glenn Hysén	Fiorentina	Sweden	6
12	Manuel Amoros	Monaco	France	5
	Lothar Matthäus	Bayern Munich	West Germany	5
14	Mark Hateley	Monaco	England	4
	Toni Polster	Torino	Austria	4
	Ian Rush	Juventus	Wales	4
17	Pierre Littbarski	1. FC Köln	West Germany	3
	Paul McGrath	Manchester United	Republic of Ireland	3
	Jean-Marie Pfaff	Bayern Munich	Belgium	3
	Oleksandr Zavarov	Dynamo Kyiv	Soviet Union	3
21	Peter Beardsley	Liverpool	England	2
	Józef Młynarczyk	Porto	Poland	2
	Rinat Dasayev	Spartak Moscow	Soviet Union	2
	Preben Elkjær	Hellas Verona	Denmark	2
	Gheorghe Hagi	Steaua București	Romania	2
	Heinz Hermann	Neuchâtel Xamax	Switzerland	2
	Ally McCoist	Rangers	Scotland	2
	Rodion Cămătaru	Dinamo București	Romania	2
	Peter Shilton	Derby County	England	2
30	Alessandro Altobelli	Internazionale	Italy	1
	Glenn Hoddle	Monaco	England	1
	Sokol Kushta	Flamurtari	Albania	1
	Dimitris Saravakos	Panathinaikos	Greece	1
	Rudi Völler	Roma	West Germany	1

Source: http://www.francefootball.fr/Ballon Or 1987

• France Football Official Ballon d'Or page