Messi picked up his seventh Ballon D’Or in Paris on Monday night – an achievement that may never be surpassed. We look at how many votes each candidate received.
Lionel Messi now has the task of finding space on his mantelpiece for yet another Ballon d'Or – he picked up his seventh award at Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris on Monday night, a record and a feat we may never see the likes of again. Joining Messi on the podium were Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski and Chelsea’s Jorginho – all three were streets ahead of the rest in voting as we can see in the results below.
Here is a full breakdown of the voting
1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona/PSG) 613 points
2. Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich) 580 points
3. Jorginho (Chelsea) 460 points
4. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) 239 points
5. N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea) 186 points
6. Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus/Manchester United) 178 points
7. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) 121 points
8. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) 73 points
9. Kylian Mbappé (PSG) 58 points
10. Gianluigi Donnarumma (AC Milan, PSG) 36 points
11. Erling Haaland (Borussia Dortmund) 33 points
12. Romelu Lukaku (AC Milan, Chelsea) 26 points
13. Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus) 26 points.
14. Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus) 18 points
15. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) 10 points
16. Neymar (PSG) 9 points
17. Luis Suárez (Atlético Madrid) 8 points
18. Simon Kjaer (AC Milan) 8 points
19. Mason Mount (Chelsea) 7 points
20. Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City) 7 points
21. Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) 6 points
Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) 6 points
23. Harry Kane (Tottenham) 4 points
24. Pedri (Barcelona) 3 points
25. Phil Foden (Manchester City) 2 points
26. Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan) 1 point
Ruben Dias (Manchester City) 1 point
Gerard Moreno (Villarreal) 1 point
29. César Azpilicueta (Chelsea) 0 points
Luka Modric (Real Madrid) 0 points
ponaclsuz
301
cry clowns cry....🤣🤣🤣
Bobacpty
273
It will never change follows
Iron_man_FCB_Liv
203
Prophecy at it's peak!! congrats Leo Lewy you deserved 2020 but 2021 was special it was the year Messi with his team won his first international trophy for which he was ready to swap his all Ballond'or for a trophy for his national team. #GOA7 ❤
ponaclsuz
187
Respect!
Fuobklmotu
159
People who don't know football always say Messi didn't deserve, buh learn to watch football without that hatred, u will see that the guy did alot in 2021 not only scoring goals buh being a pivot of the team. some of u don't know what it means to carry a country and make it win. some of u are young in football despite yo real age. lewy scores well buh u can't compare him with Messi of 2021 season unless u never watch football. Ronaldo is good buh now aged and trying to use his experience to stay in the game. People who voted for Messi may even be supporting Ronaldo, buh they watched and testified so let's learn to appreciate. u can't say that something is useless coz the one u wanted didn't win. wat if it were given to Ronaldo, would still say someone were robbed? Let's grow and love the game as it is. We all watch football buh few of us understand it
mahadotuz
60
messi won Ballon D'or because of media support only....
Fauzisma
41
when Legend said Messi will win 6 or 7 maney fans didn't believe it
Tomain
33
His mistake was when he showed his T.surt to Messi
Agraj_30
31
Leo Messi The GOAT👏👏🔥🔥
Pukeprs
8
messi won Ballon D'or because of media support only....
ya. where is ronaldo? he had highest IG followers. actually cr won balloon dr for euro cup without even playing final 🤣🤣🤣