2016 Ballon d'Or - wikipedia 2016 Ballon d'Or 2016 Ballon d'Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo The 2016 Ballon d'Or is an award given to the best - performing football player around the world in 2016. In September 2016, France Football announced that their partnership with FIFA for the FIFA Ballon d'Or award had come to an end and that they would revive the Ballon d'Or award, treating the 2016 edition as the 61st award. France Football announced that they would publish a shortlist of 30 players across six announcements with two hour intervals on 24 October 2016. On 12 December 2016, Cristiano Ronaldo won the award by a record margin of 429 points ahead of second placed Lionel Messi and Antoine Griezmann, who came third. There were 173 voters. All were journalists, in a change from previous years, and each voter was from a different country. Each voter voted for three players who received 5 points, 3 points and one point respectively. Ronaldo scored 745 points out of a maximum possible of 865. It was his fourth Ballon d'Or, the most of any European player in the history of the award. Rankings Sources : Rank Player Club ( s ) Points Ronaldo, Cristiano Cristiano Ronaldo ( POR ) Real Madrid 745 Messi, Lionel Lionel Messi ( ARG ) Barcelona 316 Griezmann, Antoine Antoine Griezmann ( FRA ) Atlético Madrid 198 Suárez, Luis Luis Suárez ( URU ) Barcelona 91 5 Neymar ( BRA ) Barcelona 68 6 Bale, Gareth Gareth Bale ( WAL ) Real Madrid 60 7 Mahrez, Riyad Riyad Mahrez ( ALG ) Leicester City 20 8 Vardy, Jamie Jamie Vardy ( ENG ) Leicester City 11 9 Buffon, Gianluigi Gianluigi Buffon ( ITA ) Juventus 8 Pepe ( POR ) Real Madrid 8 11 Aubameyang, Pierre - Emerick Pierre - Emerick Aubameyang ( GAB ) Borussia Dortmund 7 12 Patrício, Rui Rui Patrício ( POR ) Sporting CP 6 13 Ibrahimović, Zlatan Zlatan Ibrahimović ( SWE ) Paris Saint - Germain Manchester United 5 14 Pogba, Paul Paul Pogba ( FRA ) Juventus Manchester United Vidal, Arturo Arturo Vidal ( CHI ) Bayern Munich 16 Lewandowski, Robert Robert Lewandowski ( POL ) Bayern Munich 17 Kroos, Toni Toni Kroos ( GER ) Real Madrid Modrić, Luka Luka Modrić ( CRO ) Real Madrid Payet, Dimitri Dimitri Payet ( FRA ) West Ham United 20 Agüero, Sergio Sergio Agüero ( ARG ) Manchester City 0 De Bruyne, Kevin Kevin De Bruyne ( BEL ) Manchester City 0 Dybala, Paulo Paulo Dybala ( ARG ) Juventus 0 Godín, Diego Diego Godín ( URU ) Atlético Madrid 0 Higuaín, Gonzalo Gonzalo Higuaín ( ARG ) Napoli Juventus 0 Iniesta, Andrés Andrés Iniesta ( ESP ) Barcelona 0 Koke ( ESP ) Atlético Madrid 0 Lloris, Hugo Hugo Lloris ( FRA ) Tottenham Hotspur 0 Müller, Thomas Thomas Müller ( GER ) Bayern Munich 0 Neuer, Manuel Manuel Neuer ( GER ) Bayern Munich 0 Ramos, Sergio Sergio Ramos ( ESP ) Real Madrid 0 References Jump up ^ `` Nouvelle donne pour le Ballon d'Or '' ( in French ). France Football. 16 September 2016. Jump up ^ `` Ballon d'Or France Football 2016 : rendez - vous à partir de lundi matin à 8 heures sur FF.fr et dès mardi dans FF pour découvrir la liste des 30 nommés '' ( in French ). France Football. 24 October 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2016. Jump up ^ `` Cristiano Ronaldo wins Ballon d'Or for the fourth time ''. Guardian. 12 December 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016. Jump up ^ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2016/12/12/ballon-dor-2016-results-final-rankings-cristiano-ronaldo-swoops/ Jump up ^ `` Ballon d'Or France Football : de Sergio Agüero à Cristiano Ronaldo, voici les cinq premiers nommés de la liste des 30 ''. France Football ( in French ). 24 October 2016. Jump up ^ `` Ballon d'Or France Football 2016 : De Kevin De Bruyne à Gonzalo Higuain ( 2 / 6 ) ''. France Football ( in French ). 24 October 2016. Jump up ^ `` Ballon d'Or France Football : voici la troisième partie de la liste des 30 ''. France Football ( in French ). 24 October 2016. Jump up ^ `` Ballon d'Or France Football 2016, : Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi, Griezmann, Pogba... Le classement complet ''. France Football ( in French ). Retrieved 2016 - 12 - 12. 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Question: who won the ballon d or in 2016
Answer: Cristiano Ronaldo