Ballon d’Or 2022 top 30 final ranking – full list | OneFootball

France Football’s award for the best men’s player during the 2021/22 season, the Ballon d’Or, was presented to Real Madrid’s French striker Karim Benzema yesterday evening during a prize-giving ceremony in Paris. His first Ballon d’Or trophy, Benzema succeeds Lionel Messi who won his seventh title last season as the award switches from an annual cycle to a seasonal one. Bayern Munich’s Sadio Mané, who moved to Germany from Liverpool this summer, and Kevin De Bruyne of Manchester City completed to podium.

After votes from football journalists around the world, here’s how the full ranking of the 30-man shortlist looked:

1. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)

2. Sadio Mané (Liverpool/Bayern Munich)

3. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City)

4. Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich/Barcelona)

5. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)

6. Kylian Mbappé (PSG)

7. Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid)

8. Vinícius Jr. (Real Madrid)

9. Luka Modrić (Real Madrid)

10. Erling Haaland (Borussia Dortmund/Manchester City)

11. Heung-min Son (Tottenham)

12. Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City)

13. Sébastien Haller (Ajax/Borussia Dortmund)

=14. Rafael Leão (AC Milan)

=14. Fabinho (Liverpool)

16. Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool)

=17. Casemiro (Real Madrid/Manchester United)

=17. Dušan Vlahović (Fiorentina/Juventus)

=17. Luis Diaz (Porto/Liverpool)

20. Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus/Manchester United)

21. Harry Kane (Tottenham)

=22. Bernardo Silva (Manchester City)

=22. Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool)

=22. Phil Foden (Manchester City)

=25. Darwin Nunez (Benfica/Liverpool)

=25. Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig)

=25. Joao Cancelo (Manchester City)

=25. Antonio Rüdiger (Chelsea/Real Madrid)

=25. Mike Maignan AC Milan)

=25. Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich)

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