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The Ballon d'Or award is an annual football award for the best player over the previous year. It was first awarded in 1956. The most recent winner was Real Madrid's Karim Benzemais in 2022. Messi has won the men's Ballon d'Or award a record seven times, Cristiano Ronaldo has won the award five times.

Many visitors to this page are looking for the results of the FIFA player of the year, which was merged with the Ballon d'Or between 2009 and 2015 to create the FIFA Ballon d'Or.

Since 2018, there has also been a women's Ballon d'Or award (called the Ballon d'Or Féminin).

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2022 Award

The 30 nominees for the 2022 Ballon d'Or award were announced in August. Seven-time winner Lionel Messi was not on the list (for the first time since 2005), though Ronaldo did make the cut. The ceremony announcing the winners was held on October 17 at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris. The winner was favorite Real Madrid's Karim Benzema.

List of Men's Ballon d'Or award winners

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Related Pages

• Ballon d'Or Home
• Women's Ballon d'Or award
• Ballon d'Or history and trivia
• Football Awards Lists
• Comparison of the three player of the year awards
• See also the list of the FIFA male player of the year and FIFA female player of the year.
• More Soccer Lists
• Annual Sporting Awards