He is ahead of Lamine Yamal (321 points ahead) and Vitinha and thus became the 6th French player to glean the trophy after Raymond Kopa, Michel Platini, Jean-Pierre Papin, Zinedine Zidane and Karim Benzema.
The Paris Saint-Germain striker was placed 73 times at the top of the ranking, against 11 times for Lamine Yamal. However, other players have managed to have the favors of certain journalists, such as Achraf Hakimi, Vitinha, Scott Mctuminay or Kylian Mbappé.
Author of a white season on the collective level, the Real Madrid striker was placed in the lead by the journalist of Mozambique Almiro Santos. Its top 10 is composed of: Mbappé, Salah, Yamal, Vinicius, Dembélé, Nuno Mendes, Haaland, Kane, Vitinha and Donnarumma.
The surprise presences of Vinicius and Haaland
Journalists decided in favor of Ousmane Dembélé who largely dominated his competitors to obtain his first Ballon d'Or. However, for some journalists, the Frenchman was not essential. For Almiro Santos, the Mozambique journalist, Dembélé only appears in 5th position.
Players like Vinicius Junior are ahead of him. Erling Haaland also appears in the journalist's 10. Two choices quite surprising for players who have not really shone on an individual and collective level.
