Ballon d'Or
Ballon d'Or 2021: How many votes did Messi get? Full voting ranking
Messi picked up his seventh Ballon D’Or in Paris on Monday night – an achievement that may never be surpassed. We look at how many votes each candidate received.
Lionel Messi now has the task of finding space on his mantelpiece for yet another Ballon d'Or – he picked up his seventh award at Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris on Monday night, a record and a feat we may never see the likes of again. Joining Messi on the podium were Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski and Chelsea’s Jorginho – all three were streets ahead of the rest in voting as we can see in the results below.
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
23. Harry Kane (Tottenham) 4 points
24. Pedri (Barcelona) 3 points
25. Phil Foden (Manchester City) 2 points