2012 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.
Below are the nominees in the final order after voting for the 2012 award. The winner was Argentinian Lionel Messi, his fourth consecutive Ballon d'Or award. The first six places were for players playing in Spain. See the list of all Ballon d'Or winners.
Final order for the men's 2012 Ballon d'Or
| Order | Player | Club | Nationality | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lionel Messi | Barcelona | Argentina | 41.6 |
| 2 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Real Madrid | Portugal | 23.68 |
| 3 | Andrés Iniesta | Barcelona | Spain | 10.91 |
| 4 | Xavi | Barcelona | Spain | 4.08 |
| 5 | Radamel Falcao | Atlético Madrid | Colombia | 3.67 |
| 6 | Iker Casillas | Real Madrid | Spain | 3.18 |
| 7 | Andrea Pirlo | Juventus | Italy | 2.66 |
| 8 | Didier Drogba | Chelsea / Shanghai Shenhua | Ivory Coast | 2.6 |
| 9 | Robin van Persie | Arsenal / Manchester United | Netherlands | 1.45 |
| 10 | Zlatan Ibrahimović | Milan / Paris Saint-Germain | Sweden | 1.24 |
| 11 | Xabi Alonso | Real Madrid | Spain | 1.09 |
| 12 | Yaya Touré | Manchester City | Ivory Coast | 0.76 |
| 13 | Neymar | Santos | Brazil | 0.61 |
| 14 | Mesut Özil | Real Madrid | Germany | 0.41 |
| 15 | Wayne Rooney | Manchester United | England | 0.39 |
| 16 | Gianluigi Buffon | Juventus | Italy | 0.35 |
| 17 | Sergio Agüero | Manchester City | Argentina | 0.3 |
| 18 | Sergio Ramos | Real Madrid | Spain | 0.22 |
| 19 | Manuel Neuer | Bayern Munich | Germany | 0.21 |
| 20 | Sergio Busquets | Barcelona | Spain | 0.2 |
| 21 | Gerard Piqué | Barcelona | Spain | 0.11 |
| 22 | Karim Benzema | Real Madrid | France | 0.11 |
| 23 | Mario Balotelli | Manchester City | Italy | 0.07 |
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
- The Year in Sport: 2012
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