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Ballon d'Or 2022

Best Ballon d'or 2022 players

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Kylian Mbappé (France, Paris)1441

The worldwide ranking generated by 6.1k votes

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Kylian Mbappé (France, Paris)1441

Erling Haaland (Norway, Manchester City)1381

Robert Lewandowski (Poland, Barcelona)1366

Luka Modric (Croatia, Real Madrid)1337

Vinicius Jr (Brazil, Real Madrid)1332

Harry Kane (England, Tottenham)1319

Kevin de Bruyne (Belgium, Manchester City)1301

Mohamed Salah (Egypt, Liverpool)1299

Karim Benzema (France, Real Madrid)1294

#10

Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal, Manchester United)1286

#11

Thibaut Courtois (Belgium, Real Madrid)1248

#12

Sadio Mané (Senegal, Bayern)1241

#13

Rafael Leao (Portugal, AC Milan)1215

#14

Bernardo Silva (Portugal, Manchester City)1214

#15

Virgil van Dijk (Netherlands, Liverpool)1187

#16

Heung-min Son (South Korea, Tottenham)1183

#17

Mike Maignan (France, AC Milan)1183

#18

Joao Cancelo (Portugal, Manchester City)1174

#19

Phil Foden (England, Manchester City)1148

#20

Joshua Kimmich (Germany, Bayern)1137

#21

Casemiro (Brazil, Real Madrid)1129

#22

Antonio Rüdiger (Germany, Real Madrid)1115

#23

Trent Alexander-Arnold (England, Liverpool)1106

#24

Darwin Nunez (Uruguay, Liverpool)1104

#25

Luis Diaz (Colombia, Liverpool)1081

#26

Riyad Mahrez (Algeria, Manchester City)1071

#27

Christopher Nkunku (France, Leipzig)1069

#28

Dusan Vlahovic (Serbia, Juventus)1029

#29

Sébastien Haller (Ivory Coast, Dortmund)1016

#30

Fabinho (Brazil, Liverpool)994

What the community says

Kylian Mbappé (France, Paris) leads with an ELO of 1,441, ahead of Erling Haaland (Norway, Manchester City) (1,381) and Robert Lewandowski (Poland, Barcelona) (1,366). Ranked over 6,063 duels between 30 contenders, last updated August 25, 2026.

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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.