Ballon d'Or Winners Quiz

Ronaldo and Messi. Pretty much sums up what I know of FIFA.

You mean CRISTIANO Ronaldo

I second that, the newer generation may not know about that, but what I like to call the "true" Ronaldo was a legend among men in its time.

Seems that the "Player of the Year" voters don't know anything else about FIFA, either.

How could less people get Cristiano Ronaldo than Ronaldo??

They appear to have the same percentage right now.

Typing R9

Great quiz. Could probably have got a few more bit of extra time.

Man, i did Zinedine instead of Zidane, i feel so stupid.

Don't feel like that, Zinedine is quite an uncommon first name and it's more impressive to know it than its last name if you're not from France or Spain.

Cristiano Ronaldo should be on for 2016 winner

Jari Olavi Litmanen, a f***ing legend for Ajax fans. I loved football because of that team and Celtic, and this guy is part of the lore. Some guys would say it's a shame that he is Finnish and didn't have the chance to be seen at international level, but he put Finland in the football map, and if you look at the resume of that country in qualifications, you can tell that it was no easy feat. The guy played into its 40s just for kicks. To have the honor of typing its name in the 3rd place of a Ballon d'Or ranking tell that football was something else before Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo were in the topic of all conversations about this sport.

Besides that, I'm glad that France Football retook the rights for the trophy, because in my mind,albeit the fact that they created the trophy, they are more able at electing the soccer MVP of any given year than FIFA.

I'd tend to agree but, they did give the award to Michael Owen in 2001 and he wasn't even the best player at Liverpool at the time.

HOW DID NEUER COME (GOALKEEPER)

Or Oliver Khan...

Amazing goalkeepers.

Sneijder got robbed 2010

and robben got sneijdered

Please add 2017 winners (Ronaldo, Messi, Neymar)

Please update for 2018. Thanks!

I still don't think Modric was the best this year

It was more a honoring of his career, than of this particular year. Still good, that no Ronaldos or Messis won.

Never heard of it. Prize for balls of gold?

can't believe zlatan isn't on here

and somehow sammer is, bleedin' disgrace that is.

Would just like to point out that gold is an incredibly silly material to make balloons out of.

Oars made of balloons don't dip down in the water easily.

I was shocked to not see Romario on here, only to discover that the Ballon d'Or was limited to European players until 1995.

I clicked on this quiz just to find out what the Ballon d'Or was.

Okay, I said "Hernandez," can this be fixed so this would mark "Xavi Hernandez?" Thanks

You think that Gyan should be there? Over the likes of Messi, Ronaldo, Xavi, Iniesta, Ribéry...?

No Robbens, Van Persie, or Sneijder? That generation of Dutch players should have at least one first, second or third

corrupt fifa, Lewandowski should have received it in 2021.

Agree completely.

To be fair, I think they've got the winner right almost all of the time, even if they've made some odd calls for the lower placings.

Not the last two years though. Lewandowski has been better than anyone, even with Messi winning the Copa, for the last two seasons. Creating a new category: Best Striker, really smacks of an organisation scrambling to make up for glaring mistakes.

For once, I don't think FIFA corruption can be blamed. Both the vote and the ceremony take place at the wrong time. This might explain how Jorginho got 3rd and why Salah was actually lucky to get 6th in 2021 despite being the best in the world at the time of the ceremony. However, Salah must be the favourite to win in 2022, even if his current terrific form deserts him later on.

Secondly, some voters have had their bias, or idiocy, exposed. Messi and Ronaldo famously refuse to vote for each other. Apparently, many Portuguese and Argentine, Real Madrid and Barcelona voters do the same. Roy Hodgson voted Mascherano the best player in the world in 2014, perhaps explaining why he was such a failure as England manager. I even remember Paulo Wanchope(!) getting votes one year. Paulo Wanchope...

First place has gone to the correct player almost every year. Maybe, maaaaybe, Beckham should have won in 1999, and I remember people complaining that Figo won when Romario had scored more goals than the rest of the world combined, but was Romario even eligible? Then Modric: great player, but did he have the personal stats to win?

Can you accept Lewangoalski

I came here just to put Ronaldo and Messi lol

it's an individual award, not collective

Jorginho didn't get near deserving the third place for ballon d'or.