Ballon d’or 2022: Winners, Rankings, Final Results

The 2022 Ballon d’Or was the 66th annual ceremony of the Ballon d’Or, presented by France Football, recognising the best footballers in the world in the 2021-22 season.

The nominees for the ceremony were announced on August 12, 2022. For the first time in the history of the award, it will be given based on the result of the season (2021-2022) instead of the calendar year.

Ballon d’Or Winners

Ballon d’Or: Karim Benzema (France, Real Madrid)

Women’s Ballon d’Or: Alexia Putellas (Spain, FC Barcelona)

Yashin Trophy: Thibaut Courtois (Belgium, Real Madrid)

Kopa Trophy: Gavi (Spain, FC Barcelona)

Gerd Müller award: Robert Lewandowski (Poland, Bayern Munich/FC Barcelona)

Socrates Prize: Sadio Mané (Senegal, Liverpool/Bayern Munich)

Club of the Year: Manchester City (England)

Ballon d’Or Rankings

• 25: Joao Cancelo (Manchester City)
• 25: Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich)
• 25: Mike Maignan (AC Milan)
• 25: Antonio Rudiger (Chelsea / Real Madrid)
• 25: Darwin Nunez (Benfica – moved to Liverpool)
• 25: Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig)
• 22: Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool)
• 22: Phil Foden (Manchester City)
• 22: Bernardo Silva (Manchester City)
• 21: Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur)
• 20: Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus / Manchester United)
• 17: Luis Diaz (Porto / Liverpool)
• 17: Dusan Vlahovic (Fiorentina / Juventus)
• 17: Casemiro (Real Madrid – moved to Manchester United)
• 16: Virgil Van Dijk (Liverpool)
• 14: Rafael Leao (AC Milan)
• 14: Fabinho (Liverpool)
• 13: Sebastien Haller (Ajax / Dortmund)
• 12: Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City)
• 11: Son Heung-Min (Tottenham Hotspur)
• 10. Erling Haaland (Manchester City)
• 9. Luka Modric (Real Madrid)
• 8. Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid)
• 7. Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid)
• 6. Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain)
• 5. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
• 4. Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich – moved to Barcelona)
• 3. Kevin de Bruyne (Manchester City)
• 2. Sadio Mane (Liverpool – moved to Bayern Munich)
• 1. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)