![Ballon d'Or winners and the top 10 players from 2000 to 2021 as Lionel Messi beats Robert Lewandowski, Jorginho and Cristiano Ronaldo to top award Ballon d'Or winners and the top 10 players from 2000 to 2021 as Lionel Messi beats Robert Lewandowski, Jorginho and Cristiano Ronaldo to top award](https://talksport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/10/real-madrids-french-forward-karim-768835812.jpg?strip=all&w=960&quality=40)
Ballon d'Or winners and the top 10 players from 2000 to 2021 as Lionel Messi beats Robert Lewandowski, Jorginho and Cristiano Ronaldo to top award
Cristiano Ronaldo tops Ballon d'Or shortlist with Lionel Messi and Gareth Bale and Luis Suarez also named - Mirror Online
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Ballon d'Or 2016: Cristiano Ronaldo favourite to beat Lionel Messi – as it happened | Ballon d'Or | The Guardian
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Ballon d'Or 2016 shortlist revealed live as Manchester United and Manchester City players among nominees for the world's best player - Manchester Evening News
![Nominee for the 2015 FIFA World Player of the Year Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal attends a news conference prior to the Ballon d'Or 2015 awards ceremony in Zurich, Switzerland, January Nominee for the 2015 FIFA World Player of the Year Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal attends a news conference prior to the Ballon d'Or 2015 awards ceremony in Zurich, Switzerland, January](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2CMF0Y2/nominee-for-the-2015-fifa-world-player-of-the-year-real-madrids-cristiano-ronaldo-of-portugal-attends-a-news-conference-prior-to-the-ballon-dor-2015-awards-ceremony-in-zurich-switzerland-january-11-2016-reutersarnd-wiegmann-2CMF0Y2.jpg)
Nominee for the 2015 FIFA World Player of the Year Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal attends a news conference prior to the Ballon d'Or 2015 awards ceremony in Zurich, Switzerland, January
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