# 2019 Ballon d'Or

The 2019 Ballon d'Or (French: Ballon d'Or) was the 64th annual ceremony of the Ballon d'Or, presented by France Football, and recognising the best footballers in the world for 2019. Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi won his record-breaking sixth award and broke the tie with Cristiano Ronaldo for most Ballon d'Or awards. Virgil van Dijk came in a very close second after a stellar year with Liverpool and Netherlands national team while Cristiano Ronaldo came in third with Juventus.

## Ballon d'Or

The nominees for the awards were announced on 21 October 2019.
| Rank | Player | Club(s) | Points |
| 1 | Lionel Messi | Barcelona | 686 |
| 2 | Virgil van Dijk | Liverpool | 679 |
| 3 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Juventus | 476 |
| 4 | Sadio Mané | Liverpool | 347 |
| 5 | Mohamed Salah | Liverpool | 178 |
| 6 | Kylian Mbappé | Paris Saint-Germain | 89 |
| 7 | Alisson | Liverpool | 67 |
| 8 | Robert Lewandowski | Bayern Munich | 44 |
| 9 | Bernardo Silva | Manchester City | 41 |
| 10 | Riyad Mahrez | Manchester City | 33 |
| 11 | Frenkie de Jong | Ajax Barcelona | 31 |
| 12 | Raheem Sterling | Manchester City | 30 |
| 13 | Eden Hazard | Chelsea Real Madrid | 25 |
| 14 | Kevin De Bruyne | Manchester City | 14 |
| 15 | Matthijs de Ligt | Ajax Juventus | 13 |
| 16 | Sergio Agüero | Manchester City | 12 |
| 17 | Roberto Firmino | Liverpool | 11 |
| 18 | Antoine Griezmann | Atlético Madrid Barcelona | 9 |
| 19 | Trent Alexander-Arnold | Liverpool | 8 |
| 20 | Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | Arsenal | 5 |
| 20 | Dušan Tadić | Ajax | 5 |
| 22 | Son Heung-min | Tottenham Hotspur | 4 |
| 23 | Hugo Lloris | Tottenham Hotspur | 3 |
| 24 | Kalidou Koulibaly | Napoli | 2 |
| 24 | Marc-André ter Stegen | Barcelona | 2 |
| 26 | Karim Benzema | Real Madrid | 1 |
| 26 | Georginio Wijnaldum | Liverpool | 1 |
| 28 | João Félix | Benfica Atlético Madrid | 0 |
| 28 | Marquinhos | Paris Saint-Germain | 0 |
| 28 | Donny van de Beek | Ajax | 0 |

## Ballon d'Or Féminin

Megan Rapinoe won the 2019 Ballon d'Or Féminin for best female player in the world.
| Rank | Player | Club(s) | Points |
| 1 | Megan Rapinoe | Reign FC | 230 |
| 2 | Lucy Bronze | Lyon | 94 |
| 3 | Alex Morgan | Orlando Pride | 68 |
| 4 | Ada Hegerberg | Lyon | 67 |
| 5 | Vivianne Miedema | Arsenal | 38 |
| 6 | Wendie Renard | Lyon | 32 |
| 7 | Sam Kerr | Chicago Red Stars Chelsea | 27 |
| 8 | Rose Lavelle | Washington Spirit | 19 |
| 9 | Ellen White | Manchester City | 18 |
| 10 | Dzsenifer Marozsán | Lyon | 16 |
| 11 | Amandine Henry | Lyon | 13 |
| 12 | Sari van Veenendaal | Atlético Madrid | 13 |
| 13 | Tobin Heath | Portland Thorns | 11 |
| 14 | Pernille Harder | VfL Wolfsburg | 10 |
| 14 | Lieke Martens | Barcelona | 10 |
| 16 | Kosovare Asllani | Tacón | 6 |
| 16 | Nilla Fischer | Linköping | 6 |
| 16 | Marta | Orlando Pride | 6 |
| 19 | Sofia Jakobsson | Tacón | 4 |
| 20 | Sarah Bouhaddi | Lyon | 0 |

## Kopa Trophy

Matthijs de Ligt won the 2019 Kopa Trophy for the best player in the world under the age of 21.
| Rank | Player | Club(s) | Points |
| 1 | Matthijs de Ligt | Ajax Juventus | 58 |
| 2 | Jadon Sancho | Borussia Dortmund | 49 |
| 3 | João Félix | Benfica Atlético Madrid | 41 |
| 4 | Vinícius Júnior | Real Madrid | 17 |
| 5 | Andriy Lunin | Leganés Valladolid | 9 |
| 6 | Matteo Guendouzi | Arsenal | 5 |
| 6 | Kai Havertz | Bayer Leverkusen | 5 |
| 8 | Moise Kean | Juventus Everton | 3 |
| 9 | Samuel Chukwueze | Villarreal | 1 |
| 9 | Lee Kang-in | Valencia | 1 |

## Yashin Trophy

Alisson won the inaugural Yashin Trophy as the best goalkeeper in the world in 2019.
| Rank | Player | Club(s) | Points |
| 1 | Alisson | Liverpool | 795 |
| 2 | Marc-André ter Stegen | Barcelona | 284 |
| 3 | Ederson | Manchester City | 142 |
| 4 | Jan Oblak | Atlético Madrid | 131 |
| 5 | Hugo Lloris | Tottenham Hotspur | 80 |
| 6 | Manuel Neuer | Bayern Munich | 52 |
| 7 | André Onana | Ajax | 41 |
| 8 | Kepa Arrizabalaga | Chelsea | 29 |
| 9 | Wojciech Szczęsny | Juventus | 24 |
| 10 | Samir Handanović | Internazionale | 6 |