Ballon d'or 2024 ranking

Vinicius Jr leads the Ballon d'Or 2024 ranking with 1584 ELO points over 141 duels, ahead of Jude Bellingham and Toni Kroos.

The Brazilian winger opens a commanding 104 ELO points gap over his Real Madrid teammate Jude Bellingham in second place, the sharpest divide in the entire ranking. Vinicius Jr wins 79% of his duels, cementing his position as the community's overwhelming choice. Bellingham holds 1480 points after 137 duels, while Toni Kroos completes the podium with 1450 points from 175 duels. The top five is rounded out by Dani Carvajal at 1412 points and Rodri at 1395 points, both with strong win rates but unable to challenge the frontrunners. At the bottom, Artem Dovbyk ranks 30th with 901 points and a 25% win rate, suggesting voters drew a clear line between genuine contenders and peripheral candidates.

The ranking draws from 2470 duels involving 25 players across 30 nominated contenders, updated on 12 October 2026. The weight of the vote reflects the intensity of the debate and the community's desire to settle it through direct confrontation. Cast your own duels on VAINKEURZ to shape this ranking and determine who truly deserved the prize.

Updated on October 12, 2026

How this ranking is computed

Every duel won lifts a contender and every loss drops them, by an amount that depends on the opponent's strength: beating the leader is worth more than beating the last. It is an ELO, the same principle as in chess. Duels are not drawn at random — an adaptive entropy sort puts the least predictable match-ups first, which settles the ranking far faster than a full round robin. A worldwide ranking is only published past 30 completed plays. Known limit: a contender who has faced few opponents keeps an approximate score, and the bottom of the table moves more than the podium.

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