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Ballon d'Or 2022

Best Ballon d'or 2022 players

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Kylian Mbappé (France, Paris)1452

The worldwide ranking generated by 6.1k votes

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Kylian Mbappé (France, Paris)1452

Vinicius Jr (Brazil, Real Madrid)1420

Erling Haaland (Norway, Manchester City)1380

Luka Modric (Croatia, Real Madrid)1365

Robert Lewandowski (Poland, Barcelona)1346

Harry Kane (England, Tottenham)1334

Kevin de Bruyne (Belgium, Manchester City)1311

Mohamed Salah (Egypt, Liverpool)1290

Karim Benzema (France, Real Madrid)1267

#10

Thibaut Courtois (Belgium, Real Madrid)1260

#11

Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal, Manchester United)1255

#12

Rafael Leao (Portugal, AC Milan)1248

#13

Sadio Mané (Senegal, Bayern)1239

#14

Bernardo Silva (Portugal, Manchester City)1208

#15

Phil Foden (England, Manchester City)1165

#16

Virgil van Dijk (Netherlands, Liverpool)1159

#17

Antonio Rüdiger (Germany, Real Madrid)1155

#18

Heung-min Son (South Korea, Tottenham)1154

#19

Mike Maignan (France, AC Milan)1154

#20

Joao Cancelo (Portugal, Manchester City)1147

#21

Casemiro (Brazil, Real Madrid)1133

#22

Joshua Kimmich (Germany, Bayern)1131

#23

Darwin Nunez (Uruguay, Liverpool)1118

#24

Trent Alexander-Arnold (England, Liverpool)1100

#25

Christopher Nkunku (France, Leipzig)1057

#26

Luis Diaz (Colombia, Liverpool)1055

#27

Riyad Mahrez (Algeria, Manchester City)1041

#28

Sébastien Haller (Ivory Coast, Dortmund)1024

#29

Fabinho (Brazil, Liverpool)1023

#30

Dusan Vlahovic (Serbia, Juventus)1009

What the community says

Kylian Mbappé (France, Paris) leads with an ELO of 1,452, ahead of Vinicius Jr (Brazil, Real Madrid) (1,420) and Erling Haaland (Norway, Manchester City) (1,380). Ranked over 6,083 duels between 30 contenders, last updated September 26, 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.