Leo Messi and Erling Haaland tied for first place with 48 points in The Best Men’s Player voting. Messi won because of more ‘five-point’ scores from national team captains. 107 captains voted for Lionel Messi, 64 captains voted for Erling Haaland.
FIFA officially revealed the players who voted for Lionel Messi as the FIFA 2023 Best Player (not full list):
🇫🇷 Kylian Mbappe：
1. Lionel Messi
2. Erling Haaland
3. Kevin De Bruyne
🇵🇱 Robert Lewandowski:
1. Lionel Messi
2. Ilkay Gundogan
3. Erling Haaland.
🇺🇾 Federico Valverde:
1. Messi
2. Mbappe
3. Haaland
🇭🇷 Luka Modric:
1. Messi
2. Rodri
3. Brozovic
🇪🇬 Mohamed Salah:
1. Messi
2. De Bruyne
3. Haaland
🇳🇱 Virgil Van Dijk:
1. Messi
2. Haaland
3. De Bruyne
🏴 Harry Kane:
1. Messi
2. Haaland
3. Bernardo Silva
🇧🇪 Romelu Lukaku:
1. Lionel Messi
2. Kylian Mbappé
3. Erling Haaland
🇮🇹 Donnarumma
1. Lionel Messi
2. Kylian Mbappé
3. Erling Haaland
🇰🇷 Heung Min Son
1. Lionel Messi
2. Erling Haaland
3. Kylian Mbappe
🏴 Andrew Robertson
1. Lionel Messi
2. Erling Haaland
3. Kylian Mbappé
🇸🇮 Jan Oblak
1. Lionel Messi
2. Rodri
3. Erling Haaland
🇨🇭 Granit Xhaka
1. Lionel Messi
2. Erling Haaland
3. Kylian Mbappé
🇹🇷 Hakan Calhanoglu
1. Lionel Messi
2. Erling Haaland
3. Kylian Mbappé
🇺🇸 Pulisic
1. Lionel Messi
2. Kylian Mbappé
3. Erling Haaland