Ballon d'Or 2022

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, who have dominated the award for the last one and a half decades, are not in the race for the coveted prize this year. Let's ...

The Kopa Trophy has been given to a player who is under the age of 21 since 2018. Therefore, the main attraction would be to see who made the podium (top 3). Ten players have been nominated for this year’s award, where Real Madrid’s Thibaut Courtois is a strong favourite to win it. Beth Mead, the champion of the EURO 2022 tournament for England; Sam Kerr, an Australian forward for Chelsea; Wendie Reynard, a French defender for Lyon; and Ada Hegerberg, a Norwegian forward, are all among the favourites to win the award. Karim is likely to become the first Frenchman to win the award since the great Zinedine Zidane won it in 1998. Apart from the Ballon d'Or for men, the French Football magazine also gives awards for other categories. Real Madrid's Thibaut Courtois was brilliant under the goalpost and was one of their main star players in the 2021–2022 season. Real Madrid’s French forward Karim Benzema is overwhelmingly favourite to win the Ballon d'Or 2022 after an illuminating season with Real Madrid. Twenty female footballers have been nominated for the prestigious award. The 66th edition of the prestigious Ballon d'Or 2022 is all set to take place on Monday (October 17) at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, who have dominated the award for the last one and a half decades, are not in the race for the coveted prize this year. Argentine superstar Lionel Andres Messi, who has won the award a record seven times, didn't make the top 30 nominees.