2021 Ballon d'Or

The **2021 Ballon d'Or** was the 65th annual ceremony of the Ballon d'Or, which was presented by _France Football_ Along with the Ballon d'Or, Ballon d'Or Féminin, Kopa Trophy, and Yashin Trophy two new awards were given for the first time: Club of the Year and Best Striker of the Year (later renamed to the Gerd Müller Trophy).

Lionel Messi won the Ballon d'Or for the seventh time.

## Ballon d'Or

The nominees were announced on 8 October 2021.

|Rank|Player|Club(s)|Points|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Lionel Messi|Barcelona Paris Saint-Germain|613|||
|2|Robert Lewandowski|Bayern Munich|580|||
|3|Jorginho|Chelsea|460|||
|4|Karim Benzema|Real Madrid|239|||
|5|N'Golo Kanté|Chelsea|186|||
|6|Cristiano Ronaldo|Juventus Manchester United|178|||
|7|Mohamed Salah|Liverpool|121|||
|8|Kevin De Bruyne|Manchester City|73|||
|9|Kylian Mbappé|Paris Saint-Germain|58|||
|10|Gianluigi Donnarumma|Milan Paris Saint-Germain|36|||
|11|Erling Haaland|Borussia Dortmund|33|||
|rowspan=2|12|Romelu Lukaku|Inter Milan Chelsea|rowspan=2|26|
|Giorgio Chiellini|Juventus|||||
|14|Leonardo Bonucci|Juventus|18|||
|15|Raheem Sterling|Manchester City|10|||
|16|Neymar|Paris Saint-Germain|9|||
|rowspan=2|17|Luis Suárez|Atlético Madrid|rowspan=2|8|
|Simon Kjær|Milan|||||
|rowspan=2|19|Mason Mount|Chelsea|rowspan=2|7|
|Riyad Mahrez|Manchester City|||||
|rowspan=2|21|Bruno Fernandes|Manchester United|rowspan=2|6|
|Lautaro Martínez|Inter Milan|||||
|23|Harry Kane|Tottenham Hotspur|4|||
|24|Pedri|Barcelona|3|||
|25|Phil Foden|Manchester City|2|||
|rowspan=3|26|Gerard Moreno|Villarreal|rowspan=3|1|
|Nicolò Barella|Inter Milan|||||
|Rúben Dias|Manchester City|||||
|rowspan=2|29|Luka Modrić|Real Madrid|rowspan=2|0|
|Cesar Azpilicueta|Chelsea|||||

## Ballon d'Or Féminin

The nominees were announced on 8 October 2021.

|Rank|Player|Club(s)|Points|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Alexia Putellas|Barcelona|186|
|2|Jennifer Hermoso|Barcelona|84|
|3|Sam Kerr|Chelsea|46|
|4|Vivianne Miedema|Arsenal|46|
|5|Lieke Martens|Barcelona|40|
|6|Christine Sinclair|Portland Thorns|36|
|7|Pernille Harder|Chelsea|33|
|8|Ashley Lawrence|Paris Saint-Germain|26|
|9|Jessie Fleming|Chelsea|25|
|10|Fran Kirby|Chelsea|22|
|11|Magdalena Eriksson|Chelsea|20|
|12|Christiane Endler|Paris Saint-Germain Lyon|19|
|13|Stina Blackstenius|BK Häcken|10|
|14|Sam Mewis|Manchester City North Carolina Courage|8|
|15|Irene Paredes|Paris Saint-Germain Barcelona|8|
|16|Ellen White|Manchester City|4|
|17|Kadidiatou Diani|Paris Saint-Germain|3|
|18|Marie-Antoinette Katoto|Paris Saint-Germain|3|
|19|Sandra Paños|Barcelona|3|
|20|Wendie Renard|Lyon|2|

## Kopa Trophy

The nominees were announced on 8 October 2021.

|Rank|Player|Club(s)|Points|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Pedri|Barcelona|89|||
|2|Jude Bellingham|Borussia Dortmund|39|||
|3|Jamal Musiala|Bayern Munich|38|||
|4|Nuno Mendes|Sporting CP Paris Saint-Germain|23|||
|5|Mason Greenwood|Manchester United|15|||
|6|Bukayo Saka|Arsenal|8|||
|7|Florian Wirtz|Bayer Leverkusen|8|||
|8|Ryan Gravenberch|Ajax|3|||
|rowspan=2|9|Giovanni Reyna|Borussia Dortmund|rowspan=2|1|
|Jérémy Doku|Rennes|||||

## Yashin Trophy

The nominees were announced on 8 October 2021.

|Rank|Player|Club(s)|Points|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Gianluigi Donnarumma|Milan Paris Saint-Germain|594|||
|2|Édouard Mendy|Chelsea|404|||
|3|Jan Oblak|Atlético Madrid|155|||
|4|Ederson|Manchester City|93|||
|5|Manuel Neuer|Bayern Munich|91|||
|6|Emiliano Martínez|Aston Villa|90|||
|7|Kasper Schmeichel|Leicester City|76|||
|rowspan=2|8|Thibaut Courtois|Real Madrid|rowspan=2|29|
|Keylor Navas|Paris Saint-Germain|||||
|10|Samir Handanović|Inter Milan|8|||

## Striker of the Year

|Rank|Player|Club(s)|Total goals|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Robert Lewandowski|Bayern Munich|64|

## Club of the Year

|Rank|Club|Total players|Men|Women|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Chelsea|10|5|5|

## Infobox (award)

- **name**: 2021 Ballon d'Or
- **image**: Lionel Messi PSG (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: 2021 Ballon d'Or winner Lionel Messi
- **date**: 29 November 2021
- **location**: Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris
- **presenter**: _France Football_
- **host**: Sandy Heribert
Didier Drogba
- **award1 type**: Ballon d'Or
- **award1 winner**: Lionel Messi
(7th award)
- **award2 type**: Ballon d'Or Féminin
- **award2 winner**: Alexia Putellas
(1st award)
- **award3 type**: Kopa Trophy
- **award3 winner**: Pedri
(1st award)
- **award4 type**: Yashin Trophy
- **award4 winner**: Gianluigi Donnarumma
(1st award)
- **award5 type**: Gerd Müller Trophy, Best Striker
- **award5 winner**: Robert Lewandowski
(1st award)
- **previous**: 2019 Ballon d'Or, 2019
- **main**: Ballon d'Or
- **next**: 2022 Ballon d'Or, 2022