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Final Ballon d'Or rankings in full as Karim Benzema takes top prize

Final Ballon d'Or rankings in full as Karim Benzema takes top prize
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Sports Mole rounds up the final standings in the 2022 men's Ballon d'Or voting, with Real Madrid's Karim Benzema taking the top prize.

Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema has won his first Ballon d'Or courtesy of his stunning performances during the 2021-22 campaign.

The 34-year-old helped Los Blancos to the league and Champions League double, scoring 44 goals and setting up 15 more in just 46 games across all competitions.

Fifteen of those goals came in only 12 Champions League games, while he directly contributed to 39 goals from his 32 La Liga outings.

Those tallies were enough to see him hold off competition from the likes of Sadio Mane, Kevin De Bruyne and Robert Lewandowski to claim top spot, succeeding seven-time Lionel Messi as the world's best player.

Here, Sports Mole takes a look at the final rankings from the full 25-man shortlist.



Final Ballon d'Or 2022 rankings

25. Darwin Nunez (Benfica, Liverpool & Uruguay)
= Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig & France)
= Joao Cancelo (Manchester City & Portugal)
= Antonio Rudiger (Chelsea, Real Madrid & Germany)
= Mike Maignan (AC Milan & France)
= Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich & Germany)
22. Bernardo Silva (Manchester City & Portugal)
= Phil Foden (Manchester City & England)
= Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool & England)
21. Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur & England)
20. Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United & Portugal)
17. Luis Diaz (Liverpool & Colombia)
= Dusan Vlahovic (Juventus & Serbia)
= Casemiro (Real Madrid & Brazil)
16. Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool & Netherlands)
14. Rafael Leao (AC Milan & Portugal)
= Fabinho (Liverpool & Brazil)
13. Sebastien Haller (Ajax, Borussia Dortmund & Ivory Coast)
12. Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City & Algeria)
11. Son Heung-min (Tottenham Hotspur & South Korea)
10. Erling Braut Haaland (Borussia Dortmund, Manchester City & Norway)
9. Luka Modric (Real Madrid & Croatia)
8. Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid & Brazil)
7. Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid & Belgium)
6. Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain & France)
5. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool & Egypt)
4. Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich, Barcelona & Poland)
3. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City & Belgium)
2. Sadio Mane (Liverpool, Bayern Munich & Senegal)
1. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid & France)

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