The 2024 Ballon d’Or awards gala is taking place on Monday evening in Paris, and a large part of the ranking has been released already.
There are still minor question marks as to who will win the main award, after early reports by Marca stated Vinicius Junior would win this year’s Golden Ball.
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However, later in the day reports emerged that the whole Real Madrid delegation cancelled their travel to Spain after being informed by Manchester City that Rodri will win the Ballon d’Or and not Vinicius.
While the spots 11 to 30 were revealed in the early evening, the winner as well as the top 10 were announced during today’s gala. Rodri walked away with the main award after a stellar year for Manchester City and Spain.
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Final ranking:
- 1. Rodri (ESP, 28, Manchester City)
- 2. Vinicius Junior (BRA, 24, Real Madrid)
- 3. Jude Bellingham (ENG, 21, Real Madrid)
- 4. Dani Carvajal (ESP, 32, Real Madrid)
- 5. Erling Haaland (NOR, 24, Manchester City)
- 6. Kylian Mbappe (FRA, 25, Real Madrid)
- 7. Lautaro Martinez (27, ARG, Inter)
- 8. Lamine Yamal (ESP, 17, FC Barcelona)
- 9. Toni Kroos (GER, 34, retired)
- 10. Harry Kane (ENG, 31, Bayern Munich)
- 11. Phil Foden (ENG, 24, Manchester City)
- 12. Florian Wirtz (GER, 21, Bayer Leverkusen)
- 13. Dani Olmo (ESP, 26, RB Leipzig / FC Barcelona)
- 14. Ademola Lookman (NGA, 27 years, Atalanta Bergamo)
- 15. Nico Williams (ESP, 22 years, Athletic Bilbao)
- 16. Granit Xhaka (SWI, 32 years, Bayer Leverkusen)
- 17. Federico Valverde (URU, 26, Real Madrid)
- 18. Emiliano Martinez (ARG, 32, Aston Villa)
- 19. Martin Ödegaard (NOR, 25, Arsenal)
- 20. Hakan Çalhanoglu (TUR, 30, Inter Milan)
- 21. Bukayo Saka (ANG, 23, Arsenal)
- 22. Antonio Rüdiger (GER, 31 years old, Real Madrid)
- 23. Ruben Dias (POR, 27 years old, Manchester City)
- 24. William Saliba (FRA, 23 years old, Arsenal)
- 25. Cole Palmer (ENG, 22 years old, Manchester City / Chelsea)
- 26. Declan Rice (ANG, 25 years old, Arsenal)
- 27. Vitinha (POR, 24 years old, Paris-SG)
- 28. Alejandro Grimaldo (ESP, 29 years old, Bayer Leverkusen)
- 29. Mats Hummels (ALL, 35 years old , Borussia Dortmund)
- 29. Artem Dovbik (UKR, 27 years old, SK Dnipro-1 / Girona / AS Roma)
