2022 Ballon d'Or

2022 Ballon d'Or
Date	17 October 2022
Location	Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris
Country	France
Host	Sandy Heribert Didier Drogba
Ballon d'Or	Karim Benzema (1st award)
Ballon d'Or Féminin	Alexia Putellas (2nd award)
Kopa Trophy	Gavi (1st award)
Yashin Trophy	Thibaut Courtois (1st award)
Gerd Müller Trophy	Robert Lewandowski (2nd award)
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The 2022 Ballon d'Or (French: Ballon d'Or) was the 66th annual ceremony of the Ballon d'Or, presented by France Football, recognising the best footballers in the world in the 2021–22 season. For the first time in the history of the award, it was given based on the results of the season instead of the calendar year. The nominees for the ceremony were announced on 12 August 2022.

Ballon d'Or

The nominees for the award were announced on 12 August 2022. Seven-time and reigning winner Lionel Messi was not nominated for the award for the first time since 2005. For the first time since 2007, all three players who reached the podium did it for the first time.

Rank	Player	Club(s) 2021–22	Points
1	Karim Benzema	Real Madrid	549
2	Sadio Mané	Liverpool Bayern Munich	193
3	Kevin De Bruyne	Manchester City	175
4	Robert Lewandowski	Bayern Munich Barcelona	171
5	Mohamed Salah	Liverpool	116
6	Kylian Mbappé	Paris Saint-Germain	85
7	Thibaut Courtois	Real Madrid	82
8	Vinícius Júnior	Real Madrid	61
9	Luka Modrić	Real Madrid	20
10	Erling Haaland	Borussia Dortmund Manchester City	18
11	Son Heung-min	Tottenham Hotspur	5
12	Riyad Mahrez	Manchester City	4
13	Sébastien Haller	Ajax Borussia Dortmund	2
14	Rafael Leão	AC Milan	2
	Fabinho	Liverpool
16	Virgil van Dijk	Liverpool	1
17	Casemiro	Real Madrid Manchester United	1
	Dušan Vlahović	Fiorentina Juventus
	Luis Díaz	Porto Liverpool
20	Cristiano Ronaldo	Manchester United	0
21	Harry Kane	Tottenham Hotspur	0
22	Bernardo Silva	Manchester City	0
	Trent Alexander-Arnold	Liverpool
	Phil Foden	Manchester City
25	Joshua Kimmich	Bayern Munich	0
	Mike Maignan	AC Milan
	Antonio Rüdiger	Chelsea Real Madrid
	João Cancelo	Manchester City
	Christopher Nkunku	RB Leipzig
	Darwin Núñez	Benfica Liverpool

Ballon d'Or Féminin

Main article: Ballon d'Or Féminin

The nominees for the award were announced on 12 August 2022.

Rank	Player	Club(s) 2021–22	Points
1	Alexia Putellas	Barcelona	178
2	Beth Mead	Arsenal	152
3	Sam Kerr	Chelsea	74
4	Lena Oberdorf	Wolfsburg	44
5	Aitana Bonmatí	Barcelona	43
6	Alexandra Popp	Wolfsburg	37
7	Ada Hegerberg	Lyon	29
8	Wendie Renard	Lyon	26
9	Catarina Macario	Lyon	21
10	Lucy Bronze	Manchester City	20
11	Vivianne Miedema	Arsenal
12	Christiane Endler	Lyon
13	Alex Morgan	Orlando Pride San Diego Wave
14	Selma Bacha	Lyon
15	Millie Bright	Chelsea
16	Asisat Oshoala	Barcelona
17	Marie-Antoinette Katoto	Paris Saint-Germain
18	Trinity Rodman	Washington Spirit
19	Fridolina Rolfö	Barcelona
20	Kadidiatou Diani	Paris Saint-Germain

Kopa Trophy

Main article: Kopa Trophy

The nominees for the award were announced on 12 August 2022.

Rank	Player	Club(s) 2021–22	Points
1	Gavi	Barcelona	59
2	Eduardo Camavinga	Rennes Real Madrid	51
3	Jamal Musiala	Bayern Munich	47
4	Jude Bellingham	Borussia Dortmund	31
5	Nuno Mendes	Paris Saint-Germain	9
6	Ryan Gravenberch	Ajax	3
	Joško Gvardiol	RB Leipzig
8	Bukayo Saka	Arsenal	3
9	Karim Adeyemi	Red Bull Salzburg	1
10	Florian Wirtz	Bayer Leverkusen	0

Yashin Trophy

Main article: Yashin Trophy

The nominees for the award were announced on 12 August 2022.

Rank	Player	Club(s) 2021–22	Points
1	Thibaut Courtois	Real Madrid
2	Alisson	Liverpool
3	Ederson	Manchester City
4	Édouard Mendy	Chelsea
5	Mike Maignan	AC Milan
6	Kevin Trapp	Eintracht Frankfurt
7	Manuel Neuer	Bayern Munich
8	Jan Oblak	Atlético Madrid
9	Yassine Bounou	Sevilla
10	Hugo Lloris	Tottenham Hotspur

Socrates Award

Rank	Player	Club(s) 2021–22
1	Sadio Mané	Liverpool

Gerd Müller Trophy

Main article: Gerd Müller Trophy

The award was previously known as the Striker of the Year. It was renamed as the Gerd Müller Trophy after German striker Gerd Müller died in August 2021.

Rank	Player	Club(s) 2021–22	Total goals
1	Robert Lewandowski	Bayern Munich	57

Club of the Year

Rank	Club	Total players	Men	Women
1	Manchester City	6	5	1
2	Liverpool	6	6	0
3	Real Madrid	5	5	0