After a pause in 2020, one of football’s most coveted trophies will be presented this evening when the winners of the 2021 Ballon d’Or are announced.
At tonight’s ceremony in Paris, both the men’s and women’s winners will be announced, as well as the Kopa and Yashin awards for the top U21 players and goalkeepers, respectively.
OFFICIAL: The 2021 Men’s Ballon d’Or ranking 29-26:
César Azpilicueta
Luka Modrić
Nicoló Barella
Rúben Dias
Gerard Moreno
Harry Kane scored the most goals (23) and provided the most assists (14) during the 2020/21 Premier League season and scored in all-but-one of England’s 2022 World Cup qualifiers.
No.23 in the Ballon d’Or
I am rooting for Lewandowski and Messi (the all-time favorite). 
Who are you backing? 
OFFICIAL: The 2021 Men’s Ballon d’Or ranking 25-21:
🏴 Phil Foden
Pedri
🏴 Harry Kane
Lautaro Martínez
Bruno Fernandes
Two years after the last Ballon d’Or was awarded to Lionel Messi, the ceremony has returned to recognise exceptional individual talent in football
The Ballon d’Or returns this year after being cancelled in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and excitement is ramping up about who will be presented with one of the highest individual honours in European football.
2021 Countdown begins…
Cesar Azpilicueta (Chelsea)
Nicolo Barella (Inter Milan)
Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)
Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus)
Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City)
Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)
Ruben Dias (Manchester City)
Gianluigi Donnarumma (Paris Saint-Germain)
Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United)
Phil Foden (Manchester City)
Erling Haaland (Borussia Dortmund)
Jorginho (Chelsea)
Harry Kane (Tottenham)
N’Golo Kante (Chelsea)
Simon Kjaer (AC Milan)
Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich)
Romelu Lukaku (Chelsea)
Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City)
Lautaro Martinez (Inter Milan)
Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain)
Lionel Messi (Paris Saint-Germain)
Luka Modric (Real Madrid)
Gerard Moreno (Villarreal)
Mason Mount (Chelsea)
Neymar (Paris Saint-Germain)
Pedri (Barcelona)
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
Raheem Sterling (Manchester City)
Luis Suarez (Atletico Madrid)
OFFICIAL: The 2021 Men’s Ballon d’Or ranking 15-11:
🏴 Raheem Sterling
Leonardo Bonucci
Giorgio Chiellini
Romelu Lukaku
Erling Haaland
OFFICIAL: The 2021 Men’s Ballon d’Or ranking 20-16:
Riyad Mahrez
🏴 Mason Mount
Simon Kjær
Luis Suárez
Neymar
Four English players were nominated for the 2021 Men’s Ballon d’Or:
◉ 15th - Raheem Sterling
◉ 19th - Mason Mount
◉ 23rd - Harry Kane
◉ 25th - Phil Foden
Raheem places highest. 🏴
Leonardo Bonucci and Giorgio Chiellini both completed the entire EURO2020 tournament without being successfully dribbled past by an opposition player or making an error leading to a shot.
◉ 14th - LEO
◉ 13th - GIO
Even inseparable in the BallondOr rankings.
Neymar moved to PSG with dreams of winning the Ballon d’Or 
2017: 3rd
2018: 12th
2019: Not ranked
2021: 16th
Romelu Lukaku was directly involved in more goals (35) than any other player during the 2020/21 Serie A season and was also named MVP:
◎ 36 games
◉ 24 goals
◉ 11 assists
No.12 in the BallondOr
OFFICIAL: The 2021 Men’s Ballon d’Or ranking 15-11:
🏴 Raheem Sterling
Leonardo Bonucci
Giorgio Chiellini
Romelu Lukaku
Erling Haaland
Erling Haaland was directly involved in a goal once every 70 minutes on average for BVB in 2021:
◉ 38 games
◉ 38 goals
◉ 10 assists
No.11 in the BallondOr
Erling Haaland comes 11th in Ballon d’Or voting after his first nomination for the award.
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙈𝘼𝙉𝙔 
Cristiano Ronaldo response to France Football editor’s claim that his only ambition is to retire with more Ballon d’Or’s than Messi.
