2005 Ballon d'Or Results
The Ballon d'Or award is an annual football award for the best player from the previous year. From 1995 until 2007 the award was open to all players from around the world, as long as they had been been active at European clubs during that year.
Below are the nominees in the final order after voting for the 2005 award. The clear winner was Brazilian midfielder Ronaldinho. Ronaldinho was the third Brazilian to win the award after Rivaldo (1999) and Ronaldo (1997, 2002). See the list of all Ballon d'Or winners.
Final order for the men's 2005 Ballon d'Or
| Order | Player | Club | Nationality | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ronaldinho | Barcelona | Brazil | 225 |
| 2 | Frank Lampard | Chelsea | England | 148 |
| 3 | Steven Gerrard | Liverpool | England | 142 |
| 4 | Thierry Henry | Arsenal | France | 41 |
| 5 | Andriy Shevchenko | Milan | Ukraine | 33 |
| 6 | Paolo Maldini | Milan | Italy | 23 |
| 7 | Adriano | Internazionale | Brazil | 22 |
| 8 | Zlatan Ibrahimović | Juventus | Sweden | 21 |
| 9 | Kaká | Milan | Brazil | 19 |
| 10 | Samuel Eto'o | Barcelona | Cameroon | 18 |
| 11 | John Terry | Chelsea | England | 18 |
| 12 | Juninho | Lyon | Brazil | 15 |
| 13 | Claude Makélélé | Chelsea | France | 8 |
| 14 | Juan Román Riquelme | Villarreal | Argentina | 7 |
| 15 | Petr Čech | Chelsea | Czech Republic | 7 |
| 16 | Didier Drogba | Chelsea | Ivory Coast | 7 |
| 17 | Michael Ballack | Bayern Munich | Germany | 7 |
| 18 | Zinedine Zidane | Real Madrid | France | 5 |
| 19 | Gianluigi Buffon | Juventus | Italy | 4 |
| 20 | Jamie Carragher | Liverpool | England | 3 |
| 21 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Manchester United | Portugal | 3 |
| 22 | Michael Essien | Lyon / Chelsea | Ghana | 2 |
| 23 | Luis García | Liverpool | Spain | 1 |
| 24 | Pavel Nedvěd | Juventus | Czech Republic | 1 |
Related Pages
- Ballon d'Or Home
- Men's Ballon d'Or Winner's List
- Football Awards Lists
- List of the FIFA male player of the year and FIFA female player of the year.
- History of the Ballon d'Or
- Profile of Ronaldinho
- The Year in Sport: 2005
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