Wondering about who won the France Football Ballon d’Or award and who make the top 10 players list? Then you are in the right spot to know everything. We are here with the full Ballon d’Or 2022 Rankings and will also discuss what unfolded in last night’s award ceremony.
The Ballon d’Or ceremony was held last night as the world witnessed Real Madrid and France player Karim Benzema winning the biggest award in football. He had a fantastic season with Real Madrid winning champions and Laliga.
The female Ballon d’Or was awarded to the Barcelona captain and forward Alexia Putellas. She has now won this prestigious award back to back making history. No one before her has won two in a row in women’s football, she was part of the Barcelona team who won Laliga and lost in the UCL final.
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Ballon d’Or 2022 Rankings
Every year there is so much debate about this award with everyone rooting for their favorite players to win it. But this year it was obvious to all the fans why Karim won the men’s France Football Ballon d’Or. He has been prolific in the last few years for Madrid leading the line and scoring big goals.
The 34-year-old striker from France scored 44 goals for Real Madrid including some significant ones which turn the tie towards them in the champion league. It’s Real Madrid and France striker Karim Benzema’s first best player award of his career.
He was the highest goal scorer in the Spanish league and in the UEFA Champions League last season. A richly deserved award for him after the amazing season he had. As is the case for Alexia Putellas who scored some important goals and also turned provider many a time in the record-breaking season last year.
The most surprising thing that happened this year is that neither Lionel Messi nor Cristiano Ronaldo made it top three. Bayern Munich’s Sadio Mane came in second and Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne came in third in the Ballon d’Or Top 3 ranking.
Ballon d’Or 2022 Rankings – Award Winners
The following details will reveal the award winners from last night’s event in France.
- Barcelona Gavi was announced as the Kopa Trophy 2022 winner (The award is for the best young player)
- Real Madrid’s Thibaut Courtois was awarded the Yashin Trophy (The award is for the best goalkeeper)
- Robert Lewandowski won the Gerd Muller Award for a consecutive year (The award is for the best striker in the world)
- Manchester City claimed the Club of the Year award (The award is for the best team in the world)
- Sadio Mane was recognized with the first Socrates Award (The Award to honor gestures of solidarity by players)
Men’s Ballon d’Or 2022 Rankings – Top 25 Players
- =25. Darwin Nunez (Liverpool and Uruguay)
- =25. Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig and France)
- =25. Joao Cancelo (Manchester City and Portugal)
- =25. Antonio Rudiger (Real Madrid and Germany)
- =25. Mike Maignan (AC Milan and France)
- =25. Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich and Germany)
- =22. Bernardo Silva (Manchester City and Portugal)
- =22. Phil Foden (Manchester City and England)
- =22. Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool and England)
- 21. Harry Kane (Tottenham and England)
- 20. Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United and Portugal)
- =17. Luis Diaz (Liverpool and Colombia)
- =17. Casemiro (Manchester United and Brazil)
- 16. Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool and Netherlands)
- =14. Rafael Leao (AC Milan and Portugal)
- =14. Fabinho (Liverpool and Brazil)
- 13. Sebastien Haller (Borussia Dortmund and Ivory Coast)
- 12. Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City and Algeria)
- 11. Son Heung-min (Tottenham and South Korea)
- 10. Erling Haaland (Manchester City and Norway)
- 9. Luka Modric (Real Madrid and Croatia)
- 8. Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid and Brazil)
- 7. Thibaut Courtis (Real Madrid and Belgium)
- 6. Kylian Mbappe (PSG and France)
- 5. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool and Egypt)
- 4. Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona and Poland)
- 3. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City and Belgium)
- 2. Sadio Mane (Bayern Munich and Senegal)
- 1. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid and France)
Women Ballon d’Or 2022 Rankings – Top 20
- 20. Kadidiatou Diani (Paris Saint-Germain)
- 19. Fridolina Rolfo (Barcelona)
- 18. Trinity Rodman (Washington Spirit)
- 17. Marie-Antoinette Katoto (PSG)
- 16. Asisat Oshoala (Barcelona)
- 15. Millie Bright (Chelsea)
- 14. Selma Bacha (Lyon)
- 13. Alex Morgan (San Diego Wave)
- 12. Christiane Endler (Lyon)
- 11. Vivianne Miedema (Arsenal)
- 10. Lucy Bronze (Barcelona)
- 9. Catarina Macario (Lyon)
- 8. Wendie Renard (Lyon)
- 7. Ada Hegerberg (Lyon)
- 6. Alexandra Popp (Wolfsburg)
- 5. Aitana Bonmati (Barcelona)
- 4. Lena Oberdorf (Wolfsburg)
- 3. Sam Kerr (Chelsea)
- 2. Beth Mead (Arsenal)
- Alexia Putellas (Barcelona)
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FAQs
Who are the top 3 Ballon d’Or 2022?
The following players are the Top 3 of the Ballon d’Or 2022 Rankings.
1 – Karim Benzema
2 – Sadio Mane
3 – Kevin De Bruyne
Did Messi win the Ballon d’Or 2022?
No, Messi didn’t win this year Ballon d’Or. In fact he is not in the Ballon d’Or 2022 Rankings Top 25 List revealed by France Football.
Conclusion
Well, we have provided Ballon d’Or 2022 Rankings as revealed by France football last night and given you details regarding the awards & their winners. That’s all for this post don forget your thoughts on winners via the comment section given below.