2021 Ballon d'Or Results
The Ballon d'Or award is an annual football award for the best international player from the previous year. There was no 2020 Ballon d'Or Award, as the season was too disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic.
Below are the 30 nominees in the final order after voting for the 2021 award. The award is voted by a panel of selected journalists from the top football playing countries. A gala ceremony announcing the winners was held at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris on November 29.
The winner was Argentina's Lionel Messi, following a superb second half of the 2020/21 season at Barcelona. As predicted, he has now won the award for a record seventh time. See the list of all Ballon d'Or winners.
In 2021, it was the first time two more awards given, the Best Club and Best Striker of the Year.
Final order for the men's 2021 Ballon d'Or
| Order | Player | Club | Nationality | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lionel Messi | Paris Saint-Germain | Argentina | 613 |
| 2 | Robert Lewandowski | Bayern Munich | Poland | 580 |
| 3 | Jorginho | Chelsea | Italy | 460 |
| 4 | Karim Benzema | Real Madrid | France | 239 |
| 5 | N'Golo Kanté | Chelsea | France | 186 |
| 6 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Juventus, Manchester United | Portugal | 178 |
| 7 | Mohamed Salah | Liverpool | Egypt | 121 |
| 8 | Kevin De Bruyne | Manchester City | Belgium | 73 |
| 9 | Kylian Mbappé | Paris Saint-Germain | France | 58 |
| 10 | Gianluigi Donnarumma | Milan, Paris Saint-Germain | Italy | 36 |
| 11 | Erling Haaland | Borussia Dortmund | Norway | 33 |
| =12 | Romelu Lukaku | Inter Milan, Chelsea | Belgium | 26 |
| =12 | Giorgio Chiellini | Juventus | Italy | 26 |
| 14 | Leonardo Bonucci | Juventus | Italy | 18 |
| 15 | Raheem Sterling | Manchester City | England | 10 |
| 16 | Neymar | Paris Saint-Germain | Brazil | 9 |
| =17 | Luis Suárez | Atlético Madrid | Uruguay | 8 |
| =17 | Simon Kjær | Milan | Denmark | 8 |
| =19 | Mason Mount | Chelsea | England | 7 |
| =19 | Riyad Mahrez | Manchester City | Algeria | 7 |
| =21 | Bruno Fernandes | Manchester United | Portugal | 6 |
| =21 | Lautaro Martínez | Inter Milan | Argentina | 6 |
| 23 | Harry Kane | Tottenham Hotspur | England | 4 |
| 24 | Pedri | Barcelona | Spain | 3 |
| 25 | Phil Foden | Manchester City | England | 2 |
| =26 | Gerard Moreno | Villarreal | Spain | 1 |
| =26 | Nicolò Barella | Inter Milan | Italy | 1 |
| =26 | Rúben Dias | Manchester City | Portugal | 1 |
| =29 | Luka Modrić | Real Madrid | Croatia | 0 |
| =29 | Cesar Azpilicueta | Chelsea | Spain | 0 |
Related Pages
- Ballon d'Or Home
- Men's Ballon d'Or Winner's List
- 2021 Women's Ballon d'Or
- Predicted winners of the 2021 Ballon d'Or
- 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: 2021
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