France Football have announced the final Ballon d’Or ranking, with Cristiano Ronaldo not among the final nominees for the first time since 2004.
All roads for this year’s Golden Ball were leading to the battle between Erling Haaland and Lionel Messi, who both had incredible campaigns.
In September, France Football had announced 30 nominees, which included four players, namely: Victor Osimhen, Mohamed Salah, Andre Onana and Yassine Bounou.
Later on Monday, the prestigious Ballon d’Or gala took place in Paris, and Messi eventually walked away with the award.
Below are the final spots that have been revealed so far:
- 1: Lionel Messi
- 2: Erling Haaland
- 3: Kylian Mbappe
- 4: Kevin de Bruyne
- 5: Rodri
- 6: Vinicius Junior
- 7: Julian Alvarez
- 8: Victor Osimhen
- 9: Bernardo Silva
- 10: Luka Modric
- 11: Mohamed Salah
- 12: Robert Lewandowski
- 13: Yassine Bounou
- 14: Ilkay Gundogan
- 15: Emiliano Martinez
- 16: Karim Benzema
- 17: Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
- 18: Jude Bellingham
- 19: Harry Kane
- 20: Lautaro Martinez
- 21: Antoine Griezmann
- 22: Kim Min-Jae
- 23: Andre Onana
- 24: Buyako Saka
- 25: Josko Gvardiol
- 26: Jamal Musiala
- 27: Nicola Barella
- 28: Martin Odegaard
- 28: Randal Kolo Muani
- 30: Ruben Dias
The Women’s Ballon d’Or ranking:
