2022 Ballon d'Or

2022 Ballon d'Or
2022 Ballon d'Or
	2022 Ballon d'Or winner Karim Benzema
Date	17 October 2022
Location	Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris
Presented by	France Football
Hosted by	Sandy Heribert; Didier Drogba
Highlights
Ballon d'Or	Karim Benzema; (1st award)
Ballon d'Or Féminin	Alexia Putellas; (2nd award)
Kopa Trophy	Gavi; (1st award)
Yashin Trophy	Thibaut Courtois; (1st award)
Gerd Müller Trophy	Robert Lewandowski; (2nd award)
Website	www.francefootball.fr
	← 2021; Ballon d'Or; 2023 →;

The 2022 Ballon d'Or (French: 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.^[1] For the first time in the history of the award, it was given based on the results of the season instead of the calendar year.^[2]^[3] The nominees for the ceremony were announced on 12 August 2022.^[2]

Ballon d'Or

The nominees for the award were announced on 12 August 2022.^[4] Seven-time and reigning winner Lionel Messi was not nominated for the award for the first time since 2005.^[5]

For the first time since 2007, all three players who reached the podium did it for the first time.

Rank	Player	Club(s) 2021–22	Points
1	Karim Benzema	Real Madrid	549
2	Sadio Mané	Liverpool	193
3	Kevin De Bruyne	Manchester City	175
4	Robert Lewandowski	Bayern Munich	170
5	Mohamed Salah	Liverpool	116
6	Kylian Mbappé	Paris Saint-Germain	85
7	Thibaut Courtois	Real Madrid	82
8	Vinícius Júnior	Real Madrid	61
9	Luka Modrić	Real Madrid	20
10	Erling Haaland	Borussia Dortmund	18
11	Son Heung-min	Tottenham Hotspur	5
12	Riyad Mahrez	Manchester City	4
13	Sébastien Haller	Ajax	2
14	Rafael Leão	AC Milan	2
14	Fabinho	Liverpool	2
16	Virgil van Dijk	Liverpool	1
17	Casemiro	Real Madrid	1
	Dušan Vlahović	Fiorentina Juventus
	Luis Díaz	Porto Liverpool
20	Cristiano Ronaldo	Manchester United	0
21	Harry Kane	Tottenham Hotspur	0
22	Bernardo Silva	Manchester City	0
	Trent Alexander-Arnold	Liverpool
	Phil Foden	Manchester City
25	Joshua Kimmich	Bayern Munich	0
	Mike Maignan	AC Milan
	Antonio Rüdiger	Chelsea
	João Cancelo	Manchester City
	Christopher Nkunku	RB Leipzig
	Darwin Núñez	Benfica

Ballon d'Or Féminin

The nominees for the award were announced on 12 August 2022.^[6]

Rank	Player	Club(s) 2021–22	Points
1	Alexia Putellas	Barcelona	178
2	Beth Mead	Arsenal	152
3	Sam Kerr	Chelsea	74
4	Lena Oberdorf	Wolfsburg	44
5	Aitana Bonmatí	Barcelona	43
6	Alexandra Popp	Wolfsburg	37
7	Ada Hegerberg	Lyon	29
8	Wendie Renard	Lyon	26
9	Catarina Macario	Lyon	21
10	Lucy Bronze	Manchester City	20
11	Vivianne Miedema	Arsenal
12	Christiane Endler	Lyon
13	Alex Morgan	Orlando Pride San Diego Wave
14	Selma Bacha	Lyon
15	Millie Bright	Chelsea
16	Asisat Oshoala	Barcelona
17	Marie-Antoinette Katoto	Paris Saint-Germain
18	Trinity Rodman	Washington Spirit
19	Fridolina Rolfö	Barcelona
20	Kadidiatou Diani	Paris Saint-Germain

Kopa Trophy

The nominees for the award were announced on 12 August 2022.^[7]

Rank	Player	Club(s) 2021–22	Points
1	Gavi	Barcelona	59
2	Eduardo Camavinga	Rennes Real Madrid	51
3	Jamal Musiala	Bayern Munich	47
4	Jude Bellingham	Borussia Dortmund	31
5	Nuno Mendes	Paris Saint-Germain	9
6	Ryan Gravenberch	Ajax	3
6	Joško Gvardiol	RB Leipzig	3
8	Bukayo Saka	Arsenal	3
9	Karim Adeyemi	Red Bull Salzburg	1
10	Florian Wirtz	Bayer Leverkusen	0

Yashin Trophy

The nominees for the award were announced on 12 August 2022.^[8]

Rank	Player	Club(s) 2021–22
1	Thibaut Courtois	Real Madrid
2	Alisson	Liverpool
3	Ederson	Manchester City
4	Édouard Mendy	Chelsea
5	Mike Maignan	AC Milan
6	Kevin Trapp	Eintracht Frankfurt
7	Manuel Neuer	Bayern Munich
8	Jan Oblak	Atlético Madrid
9	Yassine Bounou	Sevilla
10	Hugo Lloris	Tottenham Hotspur

Socrates Award


Rank	Player	Club(s) 2021–22
1	Sadio Mané	Liverpool

Gerd Müller Trophy

The award was previously known as the Striker of the Year. It was renamed as the Gerd Müller Trophy after German striker Gerd Müller died in August 2021.^[9]

Rank	Player	Club(s) 2021–22	Total goals
1	Robert Lewandowski	Bayern Munich	57

Club of the Year

Rank	Club	Total players	Men	Women
1	Manchester City	6	5	1
2	Liverpool	6	6	0
3	Real Madrid	5	5	0

References

^ "Le Ballon d'Or 2022 remis le 17 octobre prochain" (in French). L'Équipe. 25 May 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Le Ballon d'Or 2022 remis le 17 october prochain" [The 2022 Ballon d'Or will be awarded on December 17th] (in French). L'Équipe. 25 May 2022. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
^ "Alexia Putellas and Karim Benzema are crowned 2022 Ballon d'Or winners". Guardian. 17 October 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
^ "Ballon d'Or 2022 : la liste complète des nommés avec quatre Français, sans Messi" [Ballon d'Or 2022: the complete list of nominees with four Frenchmen, without Messi] (in French). L'Équipe. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
^ "Lionel Messi not nominated for Ballon d'Or for first time in 17 years". 90min. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
^ "La liste complète des 20 nommées pour le Ballon d'Or féminin 2022" [The full list of 20 nominees for the 2022 Women's Ballon d'Or] (in French). L'Équipe. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
^ "Ballon d'Or 2022 : la liste complète des nommés pour le Trophée Kopa du meilleur jeune" [Ballon d'Or 2022: the full list of nominees for the Kopa Trophy for best young player] (in French). L'Équipe. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
^ "Ballon d'Or 2022 : la liste complète des nommés pour le Trophée Yachine de meilleur gardien" [Ballon d'Or 2022: full list of nominees for the Yashin Trophy for best goalkeeper] (in French). L'Équipe. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
^ "Le trophée Gerd Müller 2022 attribué à Robert Lewandowski" [The 2022 Gerd Müller Trophy awarded to Robert Lewandowski]. L'Équipe (in French). 17 October 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022.

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[1] "Le Ballon d'Or 2022 remis le 17 octobre prochain" (in French). L'Équipe. 25 May 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2022.

[info-2] "Le Ballon d'Or 2022 remis le 17 october prochain" [The 2022 Ballon d'Or will be awarded on December 17th] (in French). L'Équipe. 25 May 2022. Retrieved 5 June 2022.

[3] "Alexia Putellas and Karim Benzema are crowned 2022 Ballon d'Or winners". Guardian. 17 October 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2022.

[4] "Ballon d'Or 2022 : la liste complète des nommés avec quatre Français, sans Messi" [Ballon d'Or 2022: the complete list of nominees with four Frenchmen, without Messi] (in French). L'Équipe. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.

[5] "Lionel Messi not nominated for Ballon d'Or for first time in 17 years". 90min. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.

[6] "La liste complète des 20 nommées pour le Ballon d'Or féminin 2022" [The full list of 20 nominees for the 2022 Women's Ballon d'Or] (in French). L'Équipe. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.

[7] "Ballon d'Or 2022 : la liste complète des nommés pour le Trophée Kopa du meilleur jeune" [Ballon d'Or 2022: the full list of nominees for the Kopa Trophy for best young player] (in French). L'Équipe. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.

[8] "Ballon d'Or 2022 : la liste complète des nommés pour le Trophée Yachine de meilleur gardien" [Ballon d'Or 2022: full list of nominees for the Yashin Trophy for best goalkeeper] (in French). L'Équipe. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.

[9] "Le trophée Gerd Müller 2022 attribué à Robert Lewandowski" [The 2022 Gerd Müller Trophy awarded to Robert Lewandowski]. L'Équipe (in French). 17 October 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022.

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v t e Ballon d'Or
France Football magazine award
Ballon d'Or (1956–2009)	1956: Matthews 1957: Di Stéfano 1958: Kopa 1959: Di Stéfano 1960: Suárez 1961: Sívori 1962: Masopust 1963: Yashin 1964: Law 1965: Eusébio 1966: Charlton 1967: Albert 1968: Best 1969: Rivera 1970: Müller 1971: Cruyff 1972: Beckenbauer 1973: Cruyff 1974: Cruyff 1975: Blokhin 1976: Beckenbauer 1977: Simonsen 1978: Keegan 1979: Keegan 1980: Rummenigge 1981: Rummenigge 1982: Rossi 1983: Platini 1984: Platini 1985: Platini 1986: Belanov 1987: Gullit 1988: Van Basten 1989: Van Basten 1990: Matthäus 1991: Papin 1992: Van Basten 1993: Baggio 1994: Stoichkov 1995: Weah 1996: Sammer 1997: Ronaldo 1998: Zidane 1999: Rivaldo 2000: Figo 2001: Owen 2002: Ronaldo 2003: Nedvěd 2004: Shevchenko 2005: Ronaldinho 2006: Cannavaro 2007: Kaká 2008: C. Ronaldo 2009: Messi
FIFA Ballon d'Or (2010–2015)	2010: Messi 2011: Messi 2012: Messi 2013: C. Ronaldo 2014: C. Ronaldo 2015: Messi
Ballon d'Or (2016–present)	2016: C. Ronaldo 2017: C. Ronaldo 2018: Modrić 2019: Messi 2020: not awarded 2021: Messi 2022: Benzema
Internationalized Reevaluation	1958: Pelé 1959: Pelé 1960: Pelé 1961: Pelé 1962: Garrincha 1963: Pelé 1964: Pelé 1970: Pelé 1978: Mario Kempes 1986: Diego Maradona 1990: Diego Maradona 1994: Romário
FIFA World Player of the Year (1991–2009) FIFA Ballon d'Or (2010–2015) The Best FIFA Men's Player (2016–present) Ballon d'Or Féminin (2018–present) Yashin Trophy (2019–present)

v t e Ballon d'Or Féminin
France Football magazine award
Ballon d'Or (2018–present)	2018: Hegerberg 2019: Rapinoe 2020: Not awarded 2021: Putellas 2022: Putellas
FIFA Women's World Player of the Year (2001–2015) The Best FIFA Women's Player (2016–present)

v t e Ballon d'Or Striker of the Year / Gerd Müller Trophy
Striker of the Year (2021)	2021: Lewandowski (64)
Gerd Müller Trophy (2022–present)	2022: Lewandowski (57)
Numbers in brackets show the amount of goals scored by the player over a designated period.

2022 Ballon d'Or

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