Top 30 nominees for 2017 Ballon d’Or

The final rankings of the 30 nominees for the 2017 Ballon d’Or, which was won by Cristiano Ronaldo on Thursday:

1. Cristiano Ronaldo (POR/Real Madrid)

2. Lionel Messi (ARG/Barcelona)

3. Neymar (BRA/Paris SG)

4. Gianluigi Buffon (ITA/Juventus)

5. Luka Modric (CRO/Real Madrid)

6. Sergio Ramos (ESP/Real Madrid)

7. Kylian Mbappe (FRA/Paris SG)

8. N’Golo Kante (FRA/Chelsea)

9. Robert Lewandowski (POL/Bayern Munich)

10. Harry Kane (ENG/Tottenham)

11. Edinson Cavani (URU/Paris SG)

12. Isco (ESP/Real Madrid)

13. Luis Suarez (URU/Barcelona)

14. Kevin De Bruyne (BEL/Manchester City)

15. Paulo Dybala (ARG/Juventus)

16. Marcelo (BRA/Real Madrid)

17. Toni Kroos (GER/Real Madrid)

18. Antoine Griezmann (FRA/Atletico Madrid)

19. Eden Hazard (BEL/Chelsea)

20. David De Gea (ESP/Manchester United)

21. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (GAB/Dortmund)

= Leonardo Bonucci (ITA/Juventus, AC Milan)

23. Sadio Mane (SEN/Liverpool)

24. Radamel Falcao (COL/Monaco)

25. Karim Benzema (FRA/Real Madrid)

26. Jan Oblak (SLO/Atletico Madrid)

27. Mats Hummels (GER/Bayern Munich)

28. Edin Dzeko (BIH/Roma)

29. Philippe Coutinho (BRA/Liverpool)

= Dries Mertens (BEL/Napoli)

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