Real Madrid, and French striker Karim Benzema is in a comfortable lead as he was awarded as the winner of the 2022 Ballon d’Or awards.
The 2022 Ballon d’Or award came off on Monday, October 17, in Paris, France.
Winning the most coveted individual accolade in football is the ultimate acknowledgement for Karim Benzema’s outstanding performances with Real Madrid last season, as well as evidence that he is a player and a man transformed since his exile from the French national team due to a sextape scandal.
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Benzemanow becomes the fifth French winner of the individual award since France football legend Zinedine Zidane won it for the first time in 1998.
Benzema beats the likes of Sadio Mane who came second, Kevin De Bruyne at the third position, Liverpool star, Mohamed Salah was voted fifth followed by Kylian Mbappe who came sixth,
2022 Ballon d’Or winners: check out the ranking below
The full men’s Ballon D’Or award rankings
1st – Karim Benzema (Real Madrid and France)
2nd – Sadio Mane (Liverpool, Bayern Munich and Senegal)
3rd – Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City and Belgium)
4th – Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich, Barcelona and Poland)
5th – Mohamed Salah (Liverpool and Egypt)
6th – Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain and France)
7th – Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid and Belgium)
8th – Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid and Brazil)
9th – Luka Modric (Real Madrid and Croatia)
10th – Erling Haaland (Borussia Dortmund, Manchester City and Norway)
11th – Heung-Min Son (Tottenham and South Korea)
12th – Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City and Algeria)
13th – Sebastian Haller (Ajax, Borussia Dortmund and Ivory Coast)
Joint 14th – Fabinho (Liverpool and Brazil), Rafael Leao (AC Milan and Portugal)
16th – Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool and Netherlands)
Joint 17th – Luis Diaz (FC Porto, Liverpool, and Colombia), Casemiro (Real Madrid, Manchester United and Brazil), Dusan Vlahovic (Fiorentina, Juventus and Serbia)
20th – Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United and Portugal)
Joint 22nd – Bernardo Silva (Manchester City and Portugal), Phil Foden (Manchester City and England), Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool and England)
Joint 25th – Darwin Nunez (Benfica, Liverpool and Uruguay), Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig and France), Joao Cancelo (Manchester City and Portugal), Mike Maignan (AC Milan and France), Antonio Rudiger (Chelsea, Real Madrid and Germany), Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich and Germany)
The list of Women Ballon d’Or 2022 Ranking
1st – Alexia Putellas (Barcelona and Spain)
2nd – Beth Mead (Arsenal and England)
3rd – Sam Kerr (Chelsea and Australia)
4th – Lena Oberdorf (Wolfsburg and Germany)
5th – Aitana Bonmati (Barcelona and Spain)
6th – Alexandra Popp (Wolfsburg and Germany)
7th – Ada Hegerberg (Lyon and Norway)
8th – Wendie Renard (Lyon and France)
9th – Catarina Macario (Lyon and USA)
10th – Lucy Bronze (Man City – now Barcelona and England)
11th – Vivianne Miedema (Arsenal and Netherlands)
12th – Christiane Endler (Lyon and Chile)
13th – Alex Morgan (Orlando Pride, San Diego Wave and USA)
14th – Selma Bacha (Lyon and France)
15th – Millie Bright (Chelsea and England)
16th – Marie-Antoinette Katoto (PSG and France)
17th – Asisat Oshoala (Barcelona and Nigeria)
18th – Trinity Rodman (Washington Spirit and USA)
19th – Fridolina Rolfo (Barcelona and Sweden)
20th – Kadidiatou Diani (PSG and France)
Kopa Trophy (Best Under-21 men’s player)
Gavi (Barcelona) Winner
Yashin Trophy (Best men’s goalkeeper)
Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid) Winner
Gerd Muller Trophy (best striker)
Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona) Winner
Socrates Award (recognizing player acts of solidarity)
Sadio Mane (Bayern Munich) Winner
Club of the Year (club with most Ballon d’Or nominees)
Manchester City Winner
