Ballon d’Or winners and the top 10 players from 2000 to 2018, including Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Michael Owen

The Ballon d’Or is probably the most prestigious particular person award in world soccer.

Previous to Luka Modric successful final yr’s gong, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo’s world dominance noticed the pair win the earlier 10 between them (5 every).

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Waiting for this yr’s awards ceremony, Messi is primed to choose up a sixth title forward of Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk.

The Dutchman has change into an integral a part of Jurgen Klopp’s aspect since his transfer from Southampton in January 2018, serving to them to win a sixth Champions League crown.

He was, nevertheless, pipped to the FIFA Best Men’s Player accolade by the Barcelona star in September, with the identical outcome anticipated once more this time round.

Judged by a panel of journalists, the Ballon d’Or ran along side FIFA from 2010 till 2015, when the governing physique cut up to create its personal – and far much less prestigious – Greatest Participant award.

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However what was the soccer world like earlier than Ronaldo and Messi took over? That’s what talkSPORT.com is , stretching again to 2000.

It’s additionally attention-grabbing to see who made it into voters’ lists of the highest ten footballers on the earth from yearly for the reason that flip of the millennium.

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Ballon d’Or 2000

1. Luis Figo (Barcelona and Actual Madrid)

2. Zinedine Zidane (Juventus)

3. Andriy Shevchenko (AC Milan)

4. Thierry Henry (Arsenal)

5. Alessandro Nesta (Lazio)

6. Rivaldo (Barcelona)

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7. Gabriel Batistuta (Roma)

8. Gaizka Mendieta (Valencia)

9. Raul (Actual Madrid)

10: Paolo Maldini (AC Milan)

10: David Beckham (Manchester United)

Ballon d’Or 2001

1. Michael Owen (Liverpool)

2. Raul (Actual Madrid)

3. Oliver Kahn (Bayern Munich)

4. David Beckham (Manchester United)

5. Francesco Totti (Roma)

6. Luis Figo (Actual Madrid)

7. Rivaldo (Barcelona)

8. Andriy Shevchenko (AC Milan)

9. Thierry Henry (Arsenal)

10. Zinedine Zidane (Actual Madrid)

Ballon d’Or 2002

1. Ronaldo (Inter Milan and Actual Madrid)

2. Roberto Carlos (Actual Madrid)

3. Oliver Kahn (Bayern Munich)

4. Zinedine Zidane (Actual Madrid)

5. Michael Ballack (Bayer Leverkusen and Bayern Munich)

6. Thierry Henry (Arsenal)

7. Raul (Actual Madrid)

8. Rivaldo (Barcelona and AC Milan)

9. Yildiray Basturk (Bayer Leverkusen)

10. Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus)

Ballon d’Or 2003

1. Pavel Nedved (Juventus)

2. Thierry Henry (Arsenal)

3. Paolo Maldini (AC Milan)

4. Andriy Shevchenko (AC Milan)

5. Zinedine Zidane (Actual Madrid)

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6. Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United)

7. Raul (Actual Madrid)

8. Roberto Carlos (Actual Madrid)

9. Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus)

10. David Beckham (Manchester United and Actual Madrid)

Ballon d’Or 2004

1. Andriy Shevchenko (AC Milan)

2. Deco (Porto and Barcelona)

3. Ronaldinho (Barcelona)

4. Thierry Henry (Arsenal)

5. Theodoros Zagorakis (AEK Athens and Bologna)

6. Adriano (Parma and Inter Milan)

7. Pavel Naved (Juventus)

8. Wayne Rooney (Everton and Manchester United)

9. Ricardo Carvalho (Porto and Chelsea)

10. Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United)

Ballon d’Or 2005

1. Ronaldinho (Barcelona)

2. Frank Lampard (Chelsea)

3. Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)

4. Thierry Henry (Arsenal)

5. Andriy Shevchenko (AC Milan)

6. Paolo Maldini (AC Milan)

7. Adriano (Inter Milan)

8. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Juventus)

9. Kaka (AC Milan)

10: Samuel Eto’o (Barcelona)

10: John Terry (Chelsea)

Ballon d’Or 2006

1. Fabio Cannavaro (Juventus and Actual Madrid)

2. Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus)

3. Thierry Henry (Arsenal)

4. Ronaldinho (Barcelona)

5. Zinedine Zidane (Actual Madrid)

6. Samuel Eto’o (Barcelona)

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7. Miroslav Klose (Werder Bremen)

8. Didier Drogba (Chelsea)

9. Andrea Pirlo (AC Milan)

10. Jens Lehmann (Arsenal)

Ballon d’Or 2007

1. Kaka (AC Milan)

2. Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)

3. Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

4. Didier Drogba (Chelsea)

5. Andrea Pirlo (AC Milan)

6. Ruud van Nistelrooy (Actual Madrid)

7. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Inter Milan)

8. Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal)

9. Robinho (Actual Madrid)

10. Francesco Totti (Roma)

Ballon d’Or 2008

1. Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)

2. Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

3. Fernando Torres (Liverpool)

4. Iker Casillas (Actual Madrid)

5. Xavi (Barcelona)

6. Andrey Arshavin (Zenit Saint Petersburg)

7. David Villa (Valencia)

8. Kaka (AC Milan)

9. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Inter Milan)

10. Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)

Ballon d’Or 2009

1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

2. Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United and Actual Madrid)

3. Xavi (Barcelona)

4. Andres Iniesta (Barcelona)

5. Samuel Eto’o (Barcelona)

6. Kaka (AC Milan and Actual Madrid)

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7. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Inter Milan and Barcelona)

8. Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)

9. Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)

10. Didier Drogba (Chelsea)

Ballon d’Or 2010

1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

2. Andres Iniesta (Barcelona)

3. Xavi (Barcelona)

4. Wesley Sneijder (Inter Milan)

5. Diego Forlan (Atletico Madrid)

6. Cristiano Ronaldo (Actual Madrid)

7. Iker Casillas (Actual Madrid)

8. David Villa (Valencia and Barcelona)

9. Didier Drogba (Chelsea)

10. Xabi Alonso (Liverpool)

Ballon d’Or 2011

1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

2. Cristiano Ronaldo (Actual Madrid)

3. Xavi (Barcelona)

4. Andres Iniesta (Barcelona)

5. Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)

6. Luis Suarez (Ajax and Liverpool)

7. Diego Forlan (Atletico Madrid and Inter Milan)

8. Samuel Eto’o (Inter Milan and Anzhi Makhachkala)

9. Iker Casillas (Actual Madrid)

10. Neymar (Santos)

Ballon d’Or 2012

1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

2. Cristiano Ronaldo (Actual Madrid)

3. Xavi (Barcelona)

4. Andres Iniesta (Barcelona)

5. Radamel Falcao (Atletico Madrid)

6. Iker Casillas (Actual Madrid)

7. Andrea Pirlo (Juventus)

8. Didier Drogba (Chelsea and Atletico Madrid)

9. Robin van Persie (Arsenal and Manchester United)

10. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan and Paris Saint-Germain)

Ballon d’Or 2013

1. Cristiano Ronaldo (Actual Madrid)

2. Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

3. Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich)

4. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Paris Saint-Germain)

5. Neymar (Santos and Barcelona)

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6. Andres Iniesta (Barcelona)

7. Robin van Persie (Manchester United)

8. Arjen Robben (Bayern Munich)

9. Gareth Bale (Tottenham and Actual Madrid)

10. Andrea Pirlo (Juventus)

Ballon d’Or 2014

1. Cristiano Ronaldo (Actual Madrid)

2. Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

3. Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich)

4. Arjen Robben (Bayern Munich)

5. Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich)

6. Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich)

7. Neymar (Barcelona)

8. James Rodriguez (Monaco and Actual Madrid)

9. Toni Kroos (Bayern Munich and Actual Madrid)

10. Angel di Maria (Actual Madrid and Manchester United)

Ballon d’Or 2015

1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

2. Cristiano Ronaldo (Actual Madrid)

3. Neymar (Barcelona)

4. Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich)

5. Paul Pogba (Juventus)

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6. Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich)

7. Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich)

8. Eden Hazard (Chelsea)

9. Andres Iniesta (Barcelona)

10. Alexis Sanchez (Arsenal)

Ballon d’Or 2016

1. Cristiano Ronaldo (Actual Madrid)

2. Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

3. Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid)

4. Luis Suarez (Barcelona)

5. Neymar (Barcelona)

6. Gareth Bale (Actual Madrid)

7. Riyad Mahrez (Leicester)

8. Jamie Vardy (Leicester)

9: Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus)

9: Pepe (Actual Madrid)

Ballon d’Or 2017

1. Cristiano Ronaldo (Actual Madrid)

2. Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

3. Neymar (Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain)

4. Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus)

5. Luka Modric (Actual Madrid)

6. Sergio Ramos (Actual Madrid)

7. Kylian Mbappe (Monaco and Paris Saint-Germain)

8. N’Golo Kante (Chelsea)

9. Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich)

10. Harry Kane (Tottenham)

Ballon d’Or 2018

1. Luka Modric (Actual Madrid)

2. Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus)

3. Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid)

4. Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain)

5. Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

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6. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)

7. Raphael Varane (Actual Madrid)

8. Eden Hazard (Chelsea)

9. Kevin de Bruyne (Manchester Metropolis)

10. Harry Kane (Tottenham)

And 2019?

In October, the 30-man shortlist was revealed by France Soccer and L’Equipe.

Sergio Aguero (Man Metropolis and Argentina)

Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool and England)

Alisson Becker (Liverpool and Brazil)

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal and Gabon)

Karim Benzema (Actual Madrid and France)

Bernardo Silva (Man Metropolis and Portugal)

Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus and Portugal)

Kevin De Bruyne (Man Metropolis and Belgium)

Frenkie De Jong (Barcelona and Holland)

Matthijs De Ligt (Juventus and Holland)

Roberto Firmino (Liverpool and Brazil)

Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona and France)

Eden Hazard (Actual Madrid and Belgium)

Joao Felix (Atletico Madrid and Portugal)

Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli and Senegal)

Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich and Poland)

Hugo Lloris (Tottenham and France)

Sadio Mane (Liverpool and Senegal)

Riyad Mahrez (Man Metropolis and Algeria)

Marquinhos (Paris St Germain and Brazil)

Kylian Mbappe (Paris St Germain and France)

Lionel Messi (Barcelona and Argentina)

Mohamed Salah (Liverpool and Egypt)

Heung-min Son (Tottenham and South Korea)

Raheem Sterling (Man Metropolis and England)

Dusan Tadic (Ajax and Serbia)

Marc-Andre ter Stegen (Barcelona and Germany)

Donny van de Beek (Ajax and Holland)

Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool and Holland)

Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool and Holland)