Ballon d’Or results LIVE: Winners revealed as Karim Benzema beats Sadio Mane and Kevin De Bruyne to award
Alexia Putellas won the Ballon d’Or Feminin for the second year in a row while Thibaut Courtois, Sadio Mane, Robert Lewandowski and Gavi also won prizes
Karim Benzema has won the men’s Ballon d’Or, becoming just the second player outside of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo to be awarded the prize in the past 15 years. Benzema won the trophy after leading Real Madrid to the LaLiga and Champions League double last season and scoring a remarkable 44 goals in 46 appearances for the Spanish club.
Benzema finished ahead of Sadio Mane, Kevin De Bruyne and Robert Lewandowski at the Paris ceremony to crown a sensational year for the France international, as he followed his Real Madrid team-mate Luka Modric by breaking through Messi and Ronaldo’s dominance of football’s greatest individual prize.
Earlier, Barcelona captain Alexia Putellas became the first two-time winner of the Ballon d’Or Feminin after taking back-to-back awards. England and Arsenal forward Beth Mead, who was the top scorer at Euro 2020, finished second, ahead of the Chelsea striker Sam Kerr. Barcelona midfielder Gavi won the Kopa Trophy for best young player while Thibaut Courtois won the Yashin Trophy for best goalkeeper.
Ballon d’Or 2022: Who is nominated for the men’s award?
- Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)
- João Cancelo (Manchester City)
- Casemiro (Real Madrid)
- Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid)
- Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City)
- Luis Díaz (Porto, Liverpool)
- Fabinho (Liverpool)
- Phil Foden (Manchester City)
- Erling Haaland (Borussia Dortmund)
- Sébastien Haller (Ajax)
- Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur)
- Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich)
- Rafael Leão (Milan)
- Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich)
- Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City)
- Mike Maignan (Milan)
- Sadio Mané (Liverpool)
- Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain)
- Luka Modrić (Real Madrid)
- Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig)
- Darwin Núñez (Benfica)
- Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus, Manchester United)
- Antonio Rüdiger (Chelsea)
- Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
- Bernardo Silva (Manchester City)
- Son Heung-min (Tottenham Hotspur)
- Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool)
- Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid)
- Dušan Vlahović (Fiorentina, Juventus)
When is the Ballon d’Or
The Ballon d’Or 2022 ceremony will take place on Monday 17 October. It will begin at 7:30pm BST at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris, France.
How can I watch it?
The ceremony will be broadcast live on L’Equipe’s YouTube channel.
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Hello and welcome to The Independent’s coverage of tonight’s Ballon d’Or ceremony. Karim Benzema is the red-hot favourite to win the men’s award and the French striker comes off a fine weekend, inspiring Los Blancos to victory over Barcelona in El Clasico, and is the leading contender to win the men’s prize after also leading Real Madrid to their 14th Champions League title last season.
Poland forward Robert Lewandowski was controversially snubbed last year despite a historic year with Bayern Munich, which forced the the rules to be changed. France Football confirmed that player performances from the season and not the calendar year would be considered, while media voters would be restricted to the top 100 countries in the Fifa rankings for men and the top 50 nations from the women’s rankings.
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