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Ballon D'or Snubs

Always the bridesmaid never the bride
Name these players who were snubbed from the Ballon D’or
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Last updated: April 19, 2025
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The year they should have won it
Why they should have won it
Why it was a snub
Player
2003
24 goals & 20 assists in the league

32 goals in all competitions & 23 assists in all comps

PFA Players' Player of the Year

FWA Footballer of the Year

Runner-up 2003 FIFA World Player of the Year

Set the record for most assists in a single Premier League season

First player in History to record 20 goals and 20 assists in one of Europe's top-five leagues
Winner scored 9 league goals

14 in all competitions
Thierry Henry
1986
The Ballon d'Or was only awarded to European players at the time- Stupid

FIFA World Cup winner 1986

FIFA World Cup Golden Ball 1986

FIFA World Cup Most Assists 1986

Scored the best goal of all time in 1986 world cup
Winner's team went out at round of 16

Snubbed player scored more World Cup goals than winner

Not even top 10 in golden ball
Diego Maradona
1970
FIFA World Cup winner 1970
FIFA World Cup Golden Ball 1970
Most assists in a FIFA World Cup (1970- 6)
Most assists in a FIFA World Cup final (1970- 2)
His team came 3rd in the world cup
Pele
2004
Won UEFA Champions League with an underdog

25 assists

Won three trophies

UEFA Champions League Final goalscorer and MOTM
His team only reached quarter finals of the UCL
Deco
2019
Won the UEFA Champions League
97 points in the Premier League
21 Premier League clean sheets
PFA players player
UEFA mens player of the year
Premier League player of the season
Winner lost 4-3 on aggregate in UCL semi finals to snubbed’s team
Virgil Van Dijk
2020
UEFA Champions league winner
DFL Supercup winner
Club World Cup winner
Bundesliga winner
DFB Pokal winner

34 league goals
15 champions league goals
Cancelled due to COVID
Robert Lewandowski
2013
UEFA Champions League winner
Bundesliga winner
DfB Pokal winner


15 Bundesliga assists
5 UCL assists
Winner won 0 major trophies
Franck Ribery
2023
Premier League winner
UEFA Champions League winner
FA Cup winner
Premier League golden boot winner
European golden shoe winner
FWA footballer of the year
Premier League player of the season
UEFA Mens player of the year
PFA players player of the year
Gerd muller trophy
IFFHS worlds best player
36 league goals
52 goals in 53 games all comps
12 goals in 11 UCL games
First season with new club
Winner Only won one trophy and limited individual awards
Erling Haaland
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Level 55
Apr 20, 2025
Owen instead of Raúl is by a large margin the biggest snub ever in terms of trophies and stats