Lionel Messi of Argentina and Paris Saint-Germain won the Ballon d’Or in 2021, becoming the only player in history to win the award seven times (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015 and 2019). He defeated Bayern Munich’s and Poland’s Robert Lewandowski, who was the other leading contender for the award this year. The final points margin was tight: 613-580.
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Messi won the last Ballon d’Or award presented in 2019. The 2020 edition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but Lewandowski was widely believed to be the likely winner before it was controversially scratched.
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
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