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 12  Romelu Lukaku  Inter Milan Chelsea 26  Giorgio Chiellini  Juventus 14  Leonardo Bonucci  Juventus 18 15  Raheem Sterling  Manchester City 10 16  Neymar  Paris Saint-Germain 9 17  Luis Suárez  Atlético Madrid 8  Simon Kjær  Milan 19  Mason Mount  Chelsea 7  Riyad Mahrez  Manchester City 21  Bruno Fernandes  Manchester United 6  Lautaro Martínez  Inter Milan 23  Harry Kane  Tottenham Hotspur 4 24  Pedri  Barcelona 3 25  Phil Foden  Manchester City 2 26  Gerard Moreno  Villarreal 1  Nicolò Barella  Inter Milan  Rúben Dias  Manchester City 29  Luka Modrić  Real Madrid 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 9  Giovanni Reyna  Borussia Dortmund 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 8  Thibaut Courtois  Real Madrid 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 playersMenWomen 1  Chelsea 10 5 5

References

Category:Ballon d'Or by year
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