Ballon d'Or 2023 results released in full

  • Lionel Messi won 2023 Ballon d'Or
  • Erling Haaland finished in second and Kylian Mbappe in third
  • Full list of votes have been released to the public
Messi won his eighth Ballon d'Or
Messi won his eighth Ballon d'Or / FRANCK FIFE/GettyImages
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The full list of votes for the 2023 Ballon d'Or have been released to the public by France Football.

Lionel Messi took home this year's award on Monday night following a ceremony in Paris, becoming the first player to ever win the Ballon d'Or on eight occasions.

He fought off the challenge of Erling Haaland, who scored a staggering 52 goals on Manchester City's way to the treble last season.

The Ballon d'Or is voted on by 100 journalists from FIFA's top 100 ranked nations. They select five players, with first place receiving six points, second receiving four, third taking three, fourth gaining two and fifth accumulating one.


Lionel Messi
Messi was honoured on Monday / Pascal Le Segretain/GettyImages

Voting selections have now been released in full, revealing that Messi finished ahead of Haaland by 105 points, racking up 462 in total. This represents Messi's largest margin of victory since the Ballon d'Or fell back under France Football's sole jurisdiction in 2016 after splitting with UEFA - he won by a mere seven points from Virgil van Dijk in 2019 and recorded 33 points ahead of Robert Lewandowski in 2021.

The result was hardly a landslide however, particularly when compared to Karim Benzema's triumph in 2022 when he accumulated 549 points and second-placed Sadio Mane finished with only 193.

Messi received first-placed votes from 65 journalists, with Haaland finishing first on 20 ballots. The other players to receive the full six points were Kylian Mbappe and Bernardo Silva.

Of the 30 finalists for the award, only five failed to gain any points in voting whatsoever - Jamal Musiala, Nicolo Barella, Randal Kolo Muani, Martin Odegaard and Ruben Dias.


Ballon d'Or 2023 full results

Rank

Player

Nationality

Club

Points

1

Lionel Messi

Argentina

PSG/Inter Miami

462

2

Erling Haaland

Norway

Man City

357

3

Kylian Mbappe

France

PSG

270

4

Kevin De Bruyne

Belgium

Man City

100

5

Rodri

Spain

Man City

57

6

Vinicius Junior

Brazil

Real Madrid

49

7

Julian Alvarez

Argentina

Man City

28

8

Victor Osimhen

Nigeria

Napoli

24

9

Bernardo Silva

Portugal

Man City

20

10

Luka Modric

Croatia

Real Madrid

19

11

Mohamed Salah

Egypt

Liverpool

13

12

Robert Lewandowski

Poland

Barcelona

12

13

Yassine Bounou

Morocco

Sevilla/Al Hilal

10

14

Ilkay Gundogan

Germany

Man City/Barcelona

8

15

Emiliano Martinez

Argentina

Aston Villa

7

16

Karim Benzema

France

Real Madrid/Al Ittihad

6

17

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia

Georgia

Napoli

6

18

Jude Bellingham

England

Borussia Dortmund/Real Madrid

5

19

Harry Kane

England

Tottenham/Bayern Munich

4

20

Lautaro Martinez

Argentina

Inter

4

21

Antoine Griezmann

France

Atletico Madrid

4

22

Kim Min-jae

South Korea

Napoli/Bayern Munich

3

23

Andre Onana

Cameroon

Inter/Man Utd

2

24

Bukayo Saka

England

Arsenal

1

25

Josko Gvardiol

Croatia

RB Leipzig/Man City

1

26

Jamal Musiala

Germany

Bayern Munich

0

27

Nicolo Barella

Italy

Inter

0

28

Randal Kolo Muani

France

Eintracht Frankfurt/PSG

0

29

Martin Odegaard

Norway

Arsenal

0

30

Ruben Dias

Portugal

Man City

0


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