Predicted 2023 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.
In the lead up to the Ballon d'Or in 2023 there was much speculation about who would win.
Men's Ballon d'Or
How do the top football websites rank the contenders for the men's Ballon d'Or in 2023? We have collated the opinions of a few of the top football websites to compare. It was another win for Argentinian Lionel Messi giving him an outstanding record eighth award. Messi was the clear favorite to win the men's award, predicted by everyone. Also, Erling Haaland finished as the runner-up, also as predicted by all.
| Actual | goal.com | fourfourtwo.com | onefootball.com | football365.com | gambling.com | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lionel Messi | Lionel Messi | Lionel Messi | Lionel Messi | Lionel Messi | Lionel Messi |
| 2 | Erling Haaland | Erling Haaland | Erling Haaland | Erling Haaland | Erling Haaland | Erling Haaland |
| 3 | Kylian Mbappe | Kylian Mbappe | Vinicius Jr. | Karim Benzema | Kevin De Bruyne | Vinicius Jr. |
| 4 | Kevin de Bruyne | Vinicius Jr. | Kevin De Bruyne | Vinicius Jr. | Rodri | Kevin De Bruyne |
| 5 | Rodri | Kevin De Bruyne | Kylian Mbappe | Kylian Mbappe | Ilkay Gundogan | Rodri |
Women's Ballon d'Or
Predictions for the women's Ballon d'Or 2023 award were much harder to find, and the predictions we found were in much less agreement than in the men's category. Two-time winner, and the winner from 2022, Alexia Putellas was not on the list. The eventual winner, Aitana Bonmati, was predicted to win by three out of the four predictions found.
| Actual | goal.com | sportsbrief.com | New York Times | gambling.com | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aitana Bonmati | Aitana Bonmati | Fridolina Rolfo | Aitana Bonmati. | Aitana Bonmati |
| 2 | Sam Kerr | Alex Popp | Alex Popp | Olga Carmona | |
| 3 | Salma Paralluelo | Kadidiatou Diani | Kadidiatou Diani | Mary Earps | |
| 4 | Fridolina Rolfö | Fridolina Rolfo | Aitana Bonmati | Sam Kerr | |
| 5 | Mary Earps | Patri Guijarro |
Related Pages
- Men's Ballon d'Or in 2023.
- Women's Ballon d'Or in 2023.
- 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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