Ballon d’Or 2022: date of the ceremony, nominees, winners and records…

Looking at the upcoming elections and the 2022 Ballon d’Or, UEFA.com brings you all the facts and curiosities about this award: when the ceremony is, the nominees, all the winners throughout history, the award winning players etc.

What is the date of the 2022 Ballon d’Or party?

The 2022 Ballon d’Or award ceremony will take place on October 17, 2022 at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris.

The nominees for the Ballon d’Or 2022

The lists of candidates to succeed Lionel Messi will be announced on August 12.

Ballon d’Or Ranking 2021

the first – Leo Messi(Paris Saint-Germain, Argentina)
Second – Robert Lewandowski (Bayern, Poland)
Third – Jorginho (Chelsea, Italy)
the fourth – Karim Benzema (Real Madrid, France)
Fifth – N’Golo Kanti (Chelsea, France)
VI – Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United, Portugal)
seventh – Mohamed Salah (Liverpool, Egypt)
VIII – Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City, Belgium)
ninth – Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain, France)
The tenth – Gianluigi Donnarumma (Paris Saint-Germain, Italy)

In parentheses the player’s current team and nationality.

Honor Roll – All Ballon d’Or winners

2021 Lionel Messi (Paris Saint-Germain, Argentina)
2020 Not delivered
2019 Lionel Messi (Barcelona, ​​Argentina)
2018 Luka Modric (Real Madrid, Croatia)
2017 Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid, Portugal)
2016 Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid, Portugal)
2015 Lionel Messi (Barcelona, ​​Argentina)
2014 Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid, Portugal)
2013 Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid, Portugal)
2012 Lionel Messi (Barcelona, ​​Argentina)
2011 Lionel Messi (Barcelona, ​​Argentina)

2010 Lionel Messi (Barcelona, ​​Argentina)
2009 Lionel Messi (Barcelona, ​​Argentina)
2008 Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United, Portugal)
2007 Kaka (Milan, Brazil)
2006 Fabio Cannavaro (Real Madrid, Italy)
2005 Ronaldinho (Barcelona, ​​Brazil)
2004 Andrey Shevchenko (Milan, Ukraine)
2003 Pavel Nedved (Juventus, Czech Republic)
2002 Ronaldo (Real Madrid, Brazil)
2001 Michael Owen (Liverpool, England)

2000 Luis Figo (Real Madrid, Portugal)
1999 Rivaldo (Barcelona, ​​Brazil)
1998 Zinedine Zidane (Juventus, France)
1997 Ronaldo (Inter, Brazil)
nineteen ninety-six Matthias Sammer (Borussia Dortmund, Germany)
ninety-five and ninety-five George Weah (Milan, Liberia)
1994 Hristo Stoichkov (Barcelona, ​​Bulgaria)
1993 Roberto Baggio (Juventus, Italy)
1992 Marco van Basten (Milan, Netherlands)
1991 Jean-Pierre Papin (Marseille, France)

Ronaldinho Winner 2005AFP via Getty Images

1990 Lothar Matthaus (Inter, Germany)
1989 Marco van Basten (Milan, Netherlands)
1988 Marco van Basten (Milan, Netherlands)
1987 Ruud Gullit (Milan, Netherlands)
1986 Igor Bilanov (Dynamo Kyiv, USSR).
1985 Michel Platini (Juventus, France)
1984 Michel Platini (Juventus, France)
1983 Michel Platini (Juventus, France)
1982 Paolo Rossi (Juventus, Italy)
1981 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (Bayern, Germany)

1980 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (Bayern, Germany)
1979 Kevin Keegan (Hamburg, England)
1978 Kevin Keegan (Hamburg, England)
1977 Alan Simonsen (Borussia Monchengladbach, Denmark)
1976 Franz Beckenbauer (Bayern Germany)
1975 Oleg Blokhin (Kyiv Dynamo, USSR)
1974 Johan Cruyff (Barcelona, ​​Netherlands)
1973 Johan Cruyff (Barcelona, ​​Netherlands)
1972 Franz Beckenbauer (Bayern Germany)
1971 Johan Cruyff (Ajax, Netherlands)

Kaka received the award in 2007AFP via Getty Images

1970 Gerd Muller (Bayern Germany)
1969 Gianni Rivera (Milan, Italy)
1968 George Best (Manchester United, Northern Ireland)
1967 Florian Albert (Ferencvaros, Hungary)
1966 Bobby Charlton (Manchester United, England)
1965 Eusebio (Benfica, Portugal)
1964 Dennis Law (Manchester United, Scotland)
1963 Lev Yashin (Dynamo Moscow, USSR)
1962 Josef Masopist (Dukla Prague, Czechoslovakia)
1961 Omar Sivori (Juventus, Italy)

1960 Luis Suarez (Barcelona, ​​Spain)
1959 Alfredo Di Stefano (Real Madrid, Spain)
1958 Raymond Kopa (Real Madrid, France)
1957 Alfredo Di Stefano (Real Madrid, Spain)
1956 Stanley Matthews (Blackpool, England)

More Ballon d’Or awards

Messi has seven golden ballsGetty Images

7 – Lionel Messi
5 – Cristiano Ronaldo
3 – Michel Platini
3 – Johan Cruyff
3 – Marco van Basten

UEFA Player of the Year Awards

2020/21: Jorginho
2019/20: Robert Lewandowski
2018/19: Virgil van Dijk
2017/18: Luka Modric
2016/17: Cristiano Ronaldo
2015/2016: Cristiano Ronaldo
2014/2015: Leo Messi
2013/2014: Cristiano Ronaldo
2012/2013: Franck Ribery
2011/12: Andres Iniesta
2010/2011: Leo Messi

* France Football has given this award every year since 1956. Between 2010 and 2015 it was called the FIFA Ballon d’Or, with four awards for Messi and two for Ronaldo, but the governing body of world football is no longer associated with the Ballon d’Or. Prize The statistics include the FIFA Ballon d’Or stage.