France Football have revealed the exact number of votes earned by each nominee for the 2019 Ballon D’Or. Messi won this year’s title by just 7 points.
1st – Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona) – 686 points
2nd – Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) – 679
3rd – Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) – 476
4th – Sadio Mané (Liverpool) – 347
5th – Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) – 176
6th – Kylian Mbappé (PSG) – 89
7th – Alisson (Liverpool) – 67
8th – Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich) – 44
9th – Bernardo Silva (Manchester City) – 41
10th – Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City) – 33
11th – Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona) – 31
12th – Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) – 30
13th – Eden Hazard (Real Madrid) – 25
14th – Kevin de Bruyne (Manchester City) – 14
15th – Matthijs de Ligt (Juventus) – 13
16th – Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) – 12
17th – Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) – 11
18th – Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona) – 9
19th – Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) – 8
20th – Pierre Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal) – 5
20th – Dusan Tadic (Ajax) – 5
22nd – Son Heung-min (Tottenham) – 4
23rd – Hugo Lloris (Tottenham) – 3
24th – Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli) – 2
24th – Marc-André ter Stegen (Barcelona) – 2
26th – Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) – 1
26th – Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool) – 1
28th – João Felix (Atletico Madrid) – 0
28th – Marquinhos (PSG) – 0
28th – Donny van de Beek (Ajax) – 0