The 2023 BALLON D’OR Awards:
🐐 Lionel Messi won his 8th Ballon d’Or. ⭐ Aitana Bonmatí won her first Ballon d’Or. 🦺 Emi Martinez won the Yashin Trophy. 👶 Jude Bellingham won the Kopa Trophy. ⚽ Erling Haaland won the Gerd Muller Trophy. 🫂 Manchester City retained their crown as Men’s Club of the Year. 🫂 Barcelona picking up the inaugural Women’s Club of the Year award. 🩸 Vinicius Jr won the Socrates Award.
His first Ballon d’or was in 2009, and he has picked up his latest this year.
Messi last claimed the Ballon d’Or in 2021 and wasn’t even nominated for the award last year, marking the first shortlist to exclude the Argentine since 2005.
the season preceding his professional footballing career.
Men’s Ballon d’Or final ranking
1 | LIONEL MESSI – Inter Miami / Paris St. Germain
2 | ERLING HAALAND – Manchester City
3 | KYLIAN MBAPPE – Paris St. Germain
5 | KEVIN DE BRUYNE – Manchester City
5 | RODRI – Manchester City
6 | VINICIUS JR – Real Madrid
7 | JULIAN ALVAREZ – Manchester City
8 | VICTOR OSIMHEN – Napoli
9 | BERNARDO SILVA – Manchester City
10 | LUKA MODRIC – Real Madrid
11 | MOHAMED SALAH – Liverpool
12 | ROBERT LEWANDOWSKI – Barcelona
13 | YASSINE BOUNOU – Al Hilal / Sevilla
14 | ILKAY GUNDOGAN – Barcelona / Manchester City
15 | EMILIANO MARTINEZ – Aston Villa
16 | KARIM BENZEMA – Al-Ittihad / Real Madrid
17 | KHVICHA KVARATSKHELIA – Napoli
18 | JUDE BELLINGHAM – Real Madrid / Borussia Dortmund
19 | HARRY KANE – Bayern Munich / Tottenham Hotspur
20 | LAUTARO MARTINEZ – Inter Milan
21 | ANTOINE GRIEZMANN – Atletico Madrid
22 | KIM MIN-JAE – Bayern Munich / Napoli
23 | ANDRE ONANA – Manchester United / Inter Milan
24 | BUKAYO SAKA – Arsenal
25 | JOSKO GVARDIOL – Manchester City / RB Leipzig
26 | JAMAL MUSIALA – Bayern Munich
27 | NICOLO BARELLA – Inter Milan
28 | MARTIN ODEGAARD – Arsenal
28 | RANDAL KOLO MUANI – Paris St. Germain / Eintracht Frankfurt
30 | RUBEN DIAS – Manchester City
Women’s Ballon d’Or final ranking
1 | AITANA BONMATI – Barcelona
2 | SAM KERR – Chelsea
3 | SALMA PARALLUELO – Barcelona
4 | FRIDOLINA ROLFO – Barcelona
5 | MARY EARPS – Man United
6 | OLGA RAMONA – Real Madrid
7 | ALEXANDRA POPP – Wolfsburg
8 | PATRICIA GUIJARRO – Barcelona
9 | LINDA CAICEDO – Real Madrid
10 | RACHEL DALY – Aston Villa
11 | MILLIE BRIGHT – Chelsea
12 | HINATA MIYAZAWA – Manchester United / MyNavi Sendai
13 | LENA OBERDORF – Wolfsburg
14 | KADIDIATOU DIANI – Lyon
15 | AMANDA ILESTEDT – Arsenal / Paris St. Germain
16 | MAPI LEON – Barcelona
17 | HAYLEY RASO – Real Madrid / Manchester City
18 | EWA PAJOR – Wolfsburg
19 | GURO REITEN – Chelsea
20 | ASISAT OSHOALA – Barcelona
21 | ALBA REDONDO – Levante
22 | KATIE MCCABE – Arsenal
23 | GEORGIA STANWAY – Bayern Munich
24 | KHADIJA SHAW – Manchester City
25 | SOPHIA SMITH – Portland Thorns
26 | WENDIE RENARD – Lyon
27 | YUI HASEGAWA – Manchester City
28 | DEBINHA – Kansas City
29 | DAPHNE VAN DOMSELAAR – Aston Villa / Twente
29 | JILL ROORD – Manchester City / Wolfsburg
Yashin Trophy final ranking: Best Goalkeeper
1 | EMILIANO MARTINEZ – Aston Villa
2 | EDERSON – Manchester City
3 | YASSINE BOUNOU – Al-Hilal / Sevilla
4 | THIBAUT COURTOIS – Real Madrid
5 | MARC ANDRE TER STEGEN – Barcelona
6 | ANDRE ONANA – Manchester United / Inter Milan
7 | DOMINIK LIVAKOVIC – Fenerbahce / Dinamo Zagreb
8 | AARON RAMSDALE – Arsenal
9 | MIKE MAIGNAN – AC Milan
10 | BRICE SAMBA – Lens
Kopa Trophy final ranking: Young Player
1 | JUDE BELLINGHAM – Real Madrid / Borussia Dortmund
2 | JAMAL MUSIALA – Bayern Munich
3 | PEDRI – FC Barcelona
4 | EDUARDO CAMAVINGA – Real Madrid
5 | GAVI – FC Barcelona
7 | ALEJANDRO BALDE – Barcelona
8 | ANTONIO SILVA – Benfica
9 | ELYE WAHI – RC Lens
9 | RASMUS HOJLUND – Manchester United / Atalanta
Gerd Muller trophy final ranking: Top goalscorers
1 | ERLING HAALAND – Manchester City
2 | KYLIAN MBAPPE – Paris St. Germain
3 | HARRY KANE – Bayern Munich / Tottenham Hotspur
4 | LIONEL MESSI – Inter Miami / Paris St. Germain
5 | ROBERT LEWANDOWSKI – Barcelona
2023 Socrates Award: The Socrates Award is presented to a football figure in recognition of their humanitarian efforts. Vinicius Junior won the award this year for his work with the Vini Jr Institute, which provides educational opportunities to children in difficult circumstances in his native Brazil.
