Predicted 2021 Ballon d'Or Winners
The Ballon d'Or Award is an annual award for the best international football player, awarded by a panel of selected journalists from the top football playing countries.
Who was predicted to win the Ballon d'Or in 2021? Leading up to the ceremony, this was a hotly debated topic, and there was a lot of speculation. We published lists of which players were predicted to win, and now we know the answer we can compare the predicted with the actual results.
Men's Ballon d'Or 2021
How did the top football websites rank the contenders? We collated the opinions of a few of the top football websites to compare. The favorite in 2021 was Lionel Messi to win his seventh award. Robert Lewandowski was also predicted to be up there too. Both predictions were found to be correct.
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACTUAL | Lionel Messi | Robert Lewandowski | Jorginho | Karim Benzema | N'Golo Kanté |
| goal.com | Lionel Messi | Robert Lewandowski | Jorginho | N'Golo Kanté | Kylian Mbappé |
| fourfourtwo.com | Lionel Messi | Robert Lewandowski | Mo Salah | Jorginho | N'Golo Kanté |
| footballgroundguide.com | Robert Lewandowski | Lionel Messi | Mo Salah | Jorginho | Karim Benzema |
| BeMyBet | Lionel Messi | Robert Lewandowski | Mo Salah | Karim Benzema | Jorginho |
| footyaccumulators.com | Kylian Mbappé | Robert Lewandowski | Cristiano Ronaldo | Bruno Fernandes | Kevin De Bruyne |
Related Pages
- Men's Ballon d'Or in 2021.
- Women's Ballon d'Or in 2021.
- Predictions for the Ballon d'Or
- Ballon d'Or Home
- Men's all-time 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.
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