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Ballon d'Or 2024

Ballon d'or 2024 ranking

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30contenders high-voltage

2.4kvotes

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0commentsUpdated on 08/24/2026 at 12:00 AM

Vinicius Jr1520

The worldwide ranking generated by 2.4k votes

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Vinicius Jr1520

Jude Bellingham1428

Toni Kroos1417

Dani Carvajal1377

Rodri1354

Florian Wirtz1322

Lamine Yamal1305

Lautaro Martinez1295

Kylian Mbappé1284

#10

Federico Valverde1241

#11

Phil Foden1217

#12

Erling Haaland1206

#13

Vitinha1204

#14

Alejandro Grimaldo1193

#15

Antonio Rudiger1193

#16

William Saliba1164

#17

Dani Olmo1162

#18

Bukayo Saka1157

#19

Harry Kane1157

#20

Ademola Lookman1148

#21

Nico Williams1143

#22

Cole Palmer1125

#23

Martin Ødegaard1106

#24

Ruben Dias1095

#25

Mats Hummels1086

#26

Declan Rice1073

#27

Granit Xhaka1053

#28

Hakan Calhanoglu1023

#29

Emiliano Martinez1018

#30

Artem Dovbyk934

What the community says

Vinicius Jr leads with an ELO of 1,520, ahead of Jude Bellingham (1,428) and Toni Kroos (1,417). Ranked over 2,372 duels between 30 contenders, last updated August 24, 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.