As France Football revealed 2023 Ballon d'Or voting result, Messi has won his 8th Ballon d'Or by 105 points.
Full Ballon d'Or voting points (Top 10)
🇦🇷 Leo Messi - 462 points
🇳🇴 Haaland - 357 points
🇫🇷 Mbappe - 270 points
🇧🇪 De Bruyne - 100 points
🇪🇸 Rodri - 57 points
🇧🇷 Vinicius - 49 points
🇦🇷 Alvarez - 28 points
🇳🇬 Osimhen - 24 points
🇵🇹 Bernardo Silva - 20 points
🇭🇷 Modric - 19 points
Messi becomes the first player in history to achieve 4000+ points in the Ballon d'Or
How are votes counted?
A jury of 100 journalists were appointed to a jury and presented with a shortlist of 30 players.
The journalists are picked based on FIFA’s rankings, meaning one journalist from each of the top 100 ranked nations get a vote. This can often be confused with the voting process for FIFA’s own award, The Best, which is decided by the managers and captains of national teams.
Each journalist ranks their top five players with the first-choice getting six points, second awarded four, third three, fourth two and fifth one. Whoever gets the most points wins.