Ballon d'Or 2017 - wikipedia Ballon d'Or 2017 Ballon d'Or 2017 Date 7 December 2017 ( 2017 - 12 - 07 ) Hosted by David Ginola Winner Cristiano Ronaldo Television / radio coverage Network L'Équipe Directed by Jérôme Revon ← 2016 Ballon d'Or 2018 → The 2017 Ballon d'Or was the 52nd annual award recognising the best male footballer in the world for 2017. History The Ballon d'Or is an annual football award presented by France Football. It has been awarded since 1956, although between 2010 and 2015, an agreement was made with FIFA and the award was temporarily merged with the FIFA World Player of the Year, and known as the FIFA Ballon d'Or, but the partnership was ended in 2016 and the award been reversed back to Ballon d'Or while FIFA also renamed its traditional award. Conceived by sports writer Gabriel Hanot, the Ballon d'Or award honours the male player deemed to have performed the best over the previous year, based on voting by football journalists. Originally, only European players were in contention for the Ballon d'Or : in 1995 the award was expanded to include all players at European clubs and in 2007 to all players from around the world. Shortlist The 30 nominees for the award were announced on 9 October 2017. The winner was announced on 7 December 2017. 2017 Ballon d'Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo. Rank Player Club ( s ) Points Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid 946 Lionel Messi Barcelona 670 Neymar Barcelona Paris Saint - Germain 361 Gianluigi Buffon Juventus 221 Luka Modrić Real Madrid 84 6 Sergio Ramos Real Madrid 71 7 Kylian Mbappé Monaco Paris Saint - Germain 48 8 N'Golo Kanté Chelsea 47 9 Robert Lewandowski Bayern Munich 45 10 Harry Kane Tottenham Hotspur 36 11 Edinson Cavani Paris Saint - Germain 32 12 Isco Real Madrid 28 13 Luis Suárez Barcelona 27 14 Kevin De Bruyne Manchester City 25 15 Paulo Dybala Juventus 23 16 Marcelo Real Madrid 21 17 Toni Kroos Real Madrid 20 18 Antoine Griezmann Atlético Madrid 17 19 Eden Hazard Chelsea 16 20 David de Gea Manchester United 15 21 Pierre - Emerick Aubameyang Borussia Dortmund 14 Leonardo Bonucci Juventus Milan 14 23 Sadio Mané Liverpool 10 24 Radamel Falcao Monaco 9 25 Karim Benzema Real Madrid 7 26 Jan Oblak Atlético Madrid 27 Mats Hummels Bayern Munich 28 Edin Džeko Roma 30 Philippe Coutinho Liverpool 0 Dries Mertens Napoli 0 References Jump up ^ `` Revivez le fil rouge de la liste des 30 nommés pour le Ballon d'Or France Football 2017 ''. France Football ( in French ). 9 October 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2017. Jump up ^ `` Le Ballon d'Or France Football sera dévoilé le jeudi 7 décembre sur la chaîne L'Équipe ''. France Football ( in French ). 10 November 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2017. Jump up ^ `` Cristiano Ronaldo wins fifth Ballon d'Or to equal Lionel Messi 's record ''. Guardian. 7 December 2017. Retrieved 8 December 2017. Jump up ^ `` Le classement complet du Ballon d'Or 2017 '' ( in French ). France Football. 7 December 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2017. Ballon d'Or France Football magazine award Ballon d'Or ( 1956 -- 2009 ) 1956 : Matthews 1957 : Di Stéfano 1958 : Kopa 1959 : Di Stéfano 1960 : Suárez 1961 : Sívori 1962 : Masopust 1963 : Yashin 1964 : Law 1965 : Eusébio 1966 : Charlton 1967 : Albert 1968 : Best 1969 : Rivera 1970 : Müller 1971 : Cruyff 1972 : Beckenbauer 1973 : Cruyff 1974 : Cruyff 1975 : Blokhin 1976 : Beckenbauer 1977 : Simonsen 1978 : Keegan 1979 : Keegan 1980 : Rummenigge 1981 : Rummenigge 1982 : Rossi 1983 : Platini 1984 : Platini 1985 : Platini 1986 : Belanov 1987 : Gullit 1988 : Van Basten 1989 : Van Basten 1990 : Matthäus 1991 : Papin 1992 : Van Basten 1993 : Baggio 1994 : Stoichkov 1995 : Weah 1996 : Sammer 1997 : Ronaldo 1998 : Zidane 1999 : Rivaldo 2000 : Figo 2001 : Owen 2002 : Ronaldo 2003 : Nedvěd 2004 : Shevchenko 2005 : Ronaldinho 2006 : Cannavaro 2007 : Kaká 2008 : C. Ronaldo 2009 : Messi FIFA Ballon d'Or ( 2010 -- 2015 ) 2010 : Messi 2011 : Messi 2012 : Messi 2013 : C. Ronaldo 2014 : C. Ronaldo 2015 : Messi Ballon d'Or ( 2016 -- present ) 2016 : C. Ronaldo 2017 : C. Ronaldo FIFA World Player of the Year ( 1991 -- 2009 ) FIFA Ballon d'Or ( 2010 -- 2015 ) The Best FIFA Men 's Player ( 2016 -- present ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ballon_d%27Or_2017&oldid=816444167 '' Categories : Ballon d'Or 2017 in association football 2017 sports awards Hidden categories : CS1 French - language sources ( fr ) Talk About Wikipedia Deutsch Español فارسی Français Հայերեն Italiano 日本 語 Português Русский Tiếng Việt Edit links This page was last edited on 21 December 2017, at 11 : 16. About Wikipedia

Question: when will the ballon d'or 2017 winner be announced
Answer: 7 December 2017