Ballon d’Or 2022 : Rankings | Nominees | Who won

Karim Benzema has won the 2022 Ballon D’Or no less than 13 years after signing for Real Madrid. Check out Ballon d or 2022 rankings.

Ballon d’Or 2022 : Rankings | Nominees | Who won

Karim Benzema has won the Ballon d’Or, becoming only the fifth Frenchman to do so and at 34 years old is the oldest winner since Stanley Matthews in 1956.

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo had won 12 of the last 13 Ballon d’Ors – with Real Madrid’s Luka Modric winning as the sole outlier in 2018 – but Messi was not even nominated for the 2022 award. Ronaldo finished 20th this year.

Barcelona midfielder Alexia Putellas has won the Ballon d’Or Feminin for the second year in a row.

Arsenal strike Beth Mead finished in second while Chelsea’s Sam Kerr came in third. Mead’s Lionesses team-mates Millie Bright and Lucy Bronze finished 15th and 10th respectively.

Ballon d or 2022 Rankings 

The wait is over. Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema won his first career Ballon d’Or on Monday, October 17, becoming the second oldest player to win the award at age 34 and the oldest since Englishman Stanley Matthews who won the very first Ballon d’Or in 1956 at age 41. Here’s the list of Ballon d or 2022 rankings :

Men’s Rankings 

Final Rank	Name	Position	Club	National Team
1.	Karim Benzema	FW	Real Madrid	France
2.	Sadio Mane	FW	Liverpool / Bayern Munich	Senegal
3.	Kevin De Bruyne	MF	Man City	Belgium
4.	Robert Lewandowski	FW	Bayern Munich / Barcelona	Poland
5.	Mohamed Salah	FW	Liverpool	Egypt
6.	Kylian Mbappe	FW	PSG	France
7.	Thibaut Courtois	GK	Real Madrid	Belgium
8.	Vinicius Jr.	FW	Real Madrid	Brazil
9.	Luka Modric	MF	Real Madrid	Croatia
10.	Erling Haaland	FW	Man City	Norway
11.	Son Heung-min	FW	Tottenham	South Korea
12.	Riyad Mahrez	FW	Man City	Algeria
13.	Sebastien Haller	FW	Ajax / B. Dortmund	Ivory Coast
14.	Fabinho	MF	Liverpool	Brazil
	Rafael Leao	FW	AC Milan	Portugal
16.	Virgil van Dijk	DF	Liverpool	Netherlands
17.	Casemiro	MF	Real Madrid / Man United	Brazil
	Dusan Vlahovic	FW	Fiorentina / Juventus	Serbia
	Luis Diaz	FW	Porto / Liverpool	Colombia
20.	Cristiano Ronaldo	FW	Man United	Portugal
21.	Harry Kane	FW	Tottenham	England
22.	Trent Alexander-Arnold	DF	Liverpool	England
	Phil Foden	FW	Man City	England
	Bernardo Silva	MF	Man City	Portugal
25.	Joshua Kimmich	MF	Bayern Munich	Germany
	Mike Maignan	GK	AC Milan	France
	Antonio Rudiger	DF	Chelsea / Real Madrid	Germany
	Joao Cancelo	DF	Man City	Portugal
	Christopher Nkunku	FW	RB Leipzig	France
	Darwin Nunez	FW	Benfica / Liverpool

The Frenchman was rewarded for a magical 2021/22 season in which his team won both Spain’s La Liga and the UEFA Champions League and he finished as the top scorer in both competitions. He also won the UEFA Nations League with France.

Women’s Rankings 

Final Rank	Name	Position	Club	National Team
1.	Alexia Putellas	MF	Barcelona	Spain
2.	Beth Mead	FW	Arsenal	England
3.	Sam Kerr	FW	Chelsea	Australia
4.	Lena Oberdorf	MF	VfL Wolfsburg	Germany
5.	Aitana Bonmati	MF	Barcelona	Spain
6.	Alexandra Popp	FW	VfL Wolfsburg	Germany
7.	Ada Hegerberg	FW	Lyon	Norway
8.	Wendie Renard	DF	Lyon	France
9.	Catarina Macario	MF/FW	Lyon	USA
10.	Lucy Bronze	DF	Manchester City (now Barcelona)	England
11.	Vivianne Miedema	FW	Arsenal	Netherlands
12.	Christiane Endler	GK	Lyon	Chile
13.	Alex Morgan	FW	Orlando Pride / San Diego Wave	USA
14.	Selma Bacha	DF	Lyon	France
15.	Millie Bright	DF	Chelsea	England
16.	Marie-Antoinette Katoto	FW	PSG	France
17.	Asisat Oshoala	FW	Barcelona	Nigeria
18.	Trinity Rodman	FW	Washington Spirit	USA
19.	Fridolina Rolfo	FW	Barcelona	Sweden
20.	Kadidiatou Diani	FW	PSG	France

That’s the end of the show. It was a night full of emotion, beginning with the Andrea Bocelli performance to start the night.

Nominees 

The 66th Ballon d’Or award ceremony will see the awarding of seven prestigious awards with both men’s and women’s players of the years to be recognised along with the Kopa Trophy (for the best performing player under the age of 21) and the Yashin Trophy (for the best goalkeeper).

• Thibaut Courtois – Real Madrid
• Rafael Leao – AC Milan
• Christopher Nkunku – RB Leipzig
• Mohamed Salah – Liverpool
• Joshua Kimmich – Bayern Munich
• Trent Alexander-Arnold – Liverpool
• Vinicius Junior – Real Madrid
• Bernardo Silva – Manchester City
• Luis Diaz – Porto/Liverpool
• Robert Lewandowski – Bayern Munich/Barcelona
• Riyad Mahrez – Manchester City
• Casemiro – Real Madrid/Manchester United
• Son Heung-min – Tottenham Hotspur
• Fabinho – Liverpool
• Karim Benzema – Real Madrid
• Mike Maignan – AC Milan
• Harry Kane – Tottenham Hotspur
• Darwin Nunez – Benfica/Liverpool
• Phil Foden – Manchester City
• Sadio Mane – Liverpool/Bayern Munich
• Sebastien Haller – Ajax/Borussia Dortmund
• Luka Modric – Real Madrid
• Antonio Rudiger – Chelsea/Real Madrid
• Cristiano Ronaldo – Manchester United
• Kevin De Bruyne – Manchester City
• Dusan Vlahovic – Fiorentina/Juventus
• Virgil van Dijk – Liverpool
• Joao Cancelo – Manchester City
• Kylian Mbappe – Paris Saint-Germain
• Erling Haaland – Borussia Dortmund/Manchester City

The newly named Muller Award (after legendary German striker Gerd Muller) will also be confirmed for the best striker, along with the Socrates Award marking the best social initiatives within the game along with the club of the year prize.

Who won Ballon d’Or 2022

Karim Benzema has won the 2022 Ballon D’Or no less than 13 years after signing for Real Madrid. It has not been an easy path for Benzema as he had to change his style of play and prove many of his doubters wrong along the way. 

• Men’s Ballon d’Or award winner: Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)
• Women’s Ballon d’Or award winner: Alexia Putellas (FC Barcelona Femeni)
• Club of the Year award: Manchester City
• Gerd Muller Award: Robert Lewandowski (at Bayern Munich in 21-22 season; now at FC Barcelona)
• Yachine Award: Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid)
• Kopa Award: Gavi (FC Barcelona)
• Socrates Award: Sadio Mane (Bayern Munich)

Spanish international Putellas won the women’s Ballon d’Or for a second straight year, beating England’s European Championship winner Beth Mead and Australia’s Sam Kerr.