On October 28, Manchester City midfielder Rodrigo Hernández made history in Paris and won the Ballon d’Or. It was a gala that was also marked by the absence of Real Madrid and another of the main contenders for the award given by the magazine France FootballVinicius Junior. This Saturday the complete votes of the 99 journalists who participated in the election of the winner will be known, but L’Equipe Some data has already been advanced this Friday. Specifically, the Spaniard won the award with 1,170 votes, 41 more than Vinicius (1,129).
It should be remembered that the voting system works as follows. Each of the 99 journalists from the best 99 countries in the FIFA ranking gave 15, 12, 10, 8, 7, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point to those they considered to have been the ten best players of the season. There were five of the ‘judges’ who did not include Rodri in their ‘top 10’, while there were three others who did not include Vinicius either.
Beyond the first two positions -Rodri and Vinicius-, the next three places went to Jude Bellingham, Dani Carvajal and Erling Haaland. Another piece of information provided by the French newspaper is that there were seven players who were voted to occupy the first place in the ranking. Bellingham was the best for five of the journalists, Carvajal for four of them, Kroos for another two and they were chosen in the first position by a journalist Kylian Mbappé, Erling Haaland, Lautaro Martínez and Ademola Lookman.
The Ballon d’Or 2024 classification
1. Rodrigo Hernandez (Manchester City)
2. Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid)
3. Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid)
4. Dani Carvajal (Real Madrid)
5. Erling Haaland (Manchester City)
6. Kylian Mbappé (Real Madrid)
7. Lautaro Martinez (Inter Milan)
8. Lamine Yamal (Barça)
9. Toni Kroos (Real Madrid)
10. Harry Kane (Bayern Munich)
11. Phil Foden (Manchester City)
12. Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen)
13. Dani Olmo (Barça)
14. Ademola Lookman (Atalanta)
15. Nico Williams (Athletic Bilbao)
16. Granit Xhaka (Bayer Leverkusen)
17. Fede Valverde (Real Madrid)
18. Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa)
19. Martin Ödegaard (Arsenal)
20. Hakan Calhanoglu (Inter Milan)
21. Buyako Saka (Arsenal)
22. Antonio Rüdiger (Real Madrid)
23. Ruben Dias (Manchester City)
24. William Saliba (Arsenal)
25. Cole Palmer (Chelsea)
26. Declan Rice (Arsenal)
27. Vitinha (PSG)
28. Alejandro Grimaldo (Bayer Leverkusen)
29. Artem Dovbyk (Rome)
30. Mats Hummels (Rome)
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