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2016 Ballon d'Or Results

The Ballon d'Or award is an annual football award for the best international player from the previous year. Between 2010 and 2015 the Ballon d'Or and the FIFA Player of the Year awards were merged to create the FIFA Ballon d'Or. In 2016, France Football announced that their partnership with FIFA had come to an end and that they would revive the Ballon d'Or award, the 2016 edition became the 61st award.

Below are the nominees in the final order after voting for the 2016 award. The winner was Portuguese playerCristiano Ronaldo. This was the fourth of his five Ballon d'Or awards. See the list of all Ballon d'Or winners.

Final order for the men's 2016 Ballon d'Or

Order Player Club Nationality Points
1 Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid Portugal 745
2 Lionel Messi Barcelona Argentina 316
3 Antoine Griezmann Atlético Madrid France 198
4 Luis Suárez Barcelona Uruguay 91
5 Neymar Barcelona Brazil 68
6 Gareth Bale Real Madrid Wales 60
7 Riyad Mahrez Leicester City Algeria 20
8 Jamie Vardy Leicester City England 11
9 Gianluigi Buffon Juventus Italy 8
10 Pepe Real Madrid Portugal 8
11 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Borussia Dortmund Gabon 7
12 Rui Patrício Sporting CP Portugal 6
13 Zlatan Ibrahimović Paris Saint-Germain /  Manchester United Sweden 5
14 Paul Pogba Juventus /  Manchester United France 4
15 Arturo Vidal Bayern Munich Chile 4
16 Robert Lewandowski Bayern Munich Poland 3
17 Toni Kroos Real Madrid Germany 1
18 Luka Modrić Real Madrid Croatia 1
19 Dimitri Payet West Ham United France 1
20 Sergio Agüero Manchester City Argentina 0
21 Kevin De Bruyne Manchester City Belgium 0
22 Paulo Dybala Juventus Argentina 0
23 Diego Godín Atlético Madrid Uruguay 0
24 Gonzalo Higuaín Napoli / Juventus Argentina 0
25 Andrés Iniesta Barcelona Spain 0
26 Koke Atlético Madrid Spain 0
27 Hugo Lloris Tottenham Hotspur France 0
28 Thomas Müller Bayern Munich Germany 0
29 Manuel Neuer Bayern Munich Germany 0
30 Sergio Ramos Real Madrid Spain 0


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