Lionel Messi is a Ballon d’Or winner. Last Monday, he once again became the highest recipient in the history of the award with his eighth trophy. Devastating, yes.This is even more true in this ceremony because The gap between him in the overall standings is more than 100! His greatest rival even took away Cristiano Ronaldo’s record…
The fact is that of the 100 journalists who voted for the Ballon d’Or, Messi has scored no less than 462 points. Second place Erling Haaland scored 357 points, 105 less than Leo. The third place on the podium is of course Kylian Mbappé with a total of 270 points.
A big win for Leo. But as expected, 462 points not only helped him sweep this year’s Ballon d’Or: They also increased their all-time cumulative number of units earning the award.
To be precise, through these 462, he reached a total of With 4,036 points, this number made him the first player to break the 4,000-point mark, and the first to surpass Cristiano Ronaldo’s 3,781 points. To date, he is the footballer with the most points in the history of the Ballon d’Or.
Messi has received yet another all-encompassing award as he once again stamps his name on another historic milestone in football. “I thought this would be my last Ballon d’Or and I’m happy to have achieved everything I’ve achieved and to be a player who has won eight Ballon d’Ors.” Leo told L’Equipe after winning his eighth trophy. Whether or not this is his last time on this ballot, he has certainly set the bar high for his future rivals…
This is how the total points table of the 2023 Golden Globe Awards is left
- Lionel Messi (Paris Saint-Germain) – 462 points;
- Erling Haaland (Manchester City) – 357 points;
- Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain) – 270 points;
- Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) – 100 points;
- Rodri (Manchester City) – 57 points;
- Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid) – 49 points;
- Julian Alvarez (Manchester City) – 28 points;
- Victor Osimhen (Naples) – 24 points;
- Bernardo Silva (Manchester City) – 20 points;
- Luka Modric (Real Madrid) – 19 points;
- Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) – 13 points;
- Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona) – 12 points;
- Yassine Bounou (Sevilla–Al Hilal) – 10 points;
- Ilkay Gundogan (Man City-Barcelona) – 8 points;
- Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa) – 7 points;
- Karim Benzema (Real Madrid-Al Etihad) – 6 points;
- Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Naples) – 6 points;
- Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund-Real Madrid) – 5 points;
- Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur-Bayern Munich) – 4 points;
- Lautaro Martinez (Inter Milan) – 4 points;
- Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid) – 4 points;
- Kim Min-Jae (Napoli-Bayern Munich) – 3 points;
- Andre Onana (Inter Milan-Manchester United) – 2 points;
- Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) – 1 point;
- Josko Gvardiol (Leipzig-Manchester City) – 1 point;
- Jamal Musiala (Bayer Munich) – 0 points;
- Nicolo Barrera (Inter Milan) – 0 points;
- Randall Kolo Mouani (Eintracht Frankfurt-Paris Saint-Germain) – 0 points;
- Martin Odegaard (Arsenal) – 0 points;
- Ruben Dias (Manchester City) – 0 points.