Karim Benzema wins Ballon d'Or: Where did Ronaldo, Mane, Salah & Haaland finish? | OneFootball

Karim Benzema has been crowned the 2022 Men’s Ballon d’Or winner.

The awards ceremony took place in Paris on Monday evening and it was Benzema who won the top prize.

Benzema enjoyed an incredible season, scoring 44 times in 46 games for Real Madrid.

He helped Los Blancos to three trophies: The La Liga title, Champions League trophy and the Supercopa de España.

He was handed the trophy by the legendary Zinedine Zidane. Benzema became the fifth Frenchman to win the award and the first since Zidane in 1998.

Full 2022 Men's Ballon d'Or results

=25. Darwin Nunez, Christopher Nkunku, Joao Cancelo, Antonio Rudiger, Mike Maignan, Joshua Kimmich

=22. Bernardo Silva, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Phil Foden

21. Harry Kane

20. Cristiano Ronaldo

=17. Luis Diaz, Dusan Vlahovic, Casemiro

16. Virgil van Dijk

=14. Rafael Leao, Fabinho

13. Sebastien Haller

12. Riyad Mahrez

11. Son Heung-min

10. Erling Haaland

9. Luka Modric

8. Vinicius Jr

7. Thibaut Courtois

6. Kylian Mbappe

5. Mohamed Salah

4. Robert Lewandowski

3. Kevin De Bruyne

2. Sadio Mane

1. Karim Benzema

Who won the Ballon d'Or Femeni?

Alexia Putellas was crowned the 2022 Women's Ballon d'Or winner, winning the award for the second straight season.

The Barcelona and Spain star finished as Europe's highest scoring midfielder last season with 34 goals in all competitions.

Arsenal's Beth Mead and Chelsea's Sam Kerr finished second and third respectively.

Who were the other winners at 2022 Ballon d'Or awards?

Thibaut Courtois won the Yashin Trophy, given to the world's best goalkeeper, while Gavi won was named the Kopa Trophy winner, given to the best player under the age of 21.

Sadio Mane won the first ever Socrates award in recognition for his humanitarian achievements in football.

Mané has donated thousands of dollars in his native Senegal to build hospitals and schools.

Robert Lewandowski won the Gerd Muller trophy, given to the best striker in the world.

While Manchester City beat Liverpool and Real Madrid to win the Club of the Year award.