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Top 3 Non-European Ballon d’Or Nominees per Season

Can you name the top 3 nominees from outside Europe for each year of the Ballon d’Or?
NB: 1st, 2nd and 3rd relates to their rank among the non-European nominees and not the overall award
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1995
1st
George Weah
2nd
Gabriel Batistuta
3rd
Finidi George
 
 
 
1998
1st
Ronaldo
2nd
Rivaldo
3rd
Gabriel Batistuta
 
 
 
2001
1st
Rivaldo
2nd
Hernán Crespo
Juan Sebastián Verón
3rd
Giovane Élber
Roberto Carlos
 
2004
1st
Ronaldinho
2nd
Adriano
3rd
Samuel Eto'o
Kaká
 
 
 
2007
1st
Kaká
2nd
Lionel Messi
3rd
Didier Drogba
 
 
 
2010
1st
Lionel Messi
2nd
Diego Forlán
3rd
Didier Drogba
 
 
 
2013
1st
Lionel Messi
2nd
Neymar
2nd
Radamel Falcao
Colombia
 
 
 
2016
1st
Lionel Messi
2nd
Luis Suárez
3rd
Neymar
 
 
 
2019
1st
Lionel Messi
2nd
Sadio Mané
3rd
Mohamed Salah
 
 
 
2022
1st
Sadio Mané
2nd
Mohamed Salah
3rd
Vinícius Júnior
1996
1st
Ronaldo
2nd
Nwankwo Kanu
3rd
George Weah
 
 
 
1999
1st
Rivaldo
2nd
Gabriel Batistuta
3rd
Juan Sebastián Verón
 
 
 
2002
1st
Ronaldo
2nd
Roberto Carlos
3rd
Rivaldo
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2005
1st
Ronaldinho
2nd
Adriano
3rd
Kaká
 
 
 
 
 
2008
1st
Lionel Messi
2nd
Kaká
3rd
Emmanuel Adebayor
 
 
 
2011
1st
Lionel Messi
2nd
Luis Suárez
3rd
Diego Forlán
 
 
 
2014
1st
Lionel Messi
2nd
Neymar
3rd
James Rodríguez
Colombia
 
 
 
2017
1st
Lionel Messi
2nd
Neymar
3rd
Edinson Cavani
 
 
 
2020
Ballon d'or not awarded
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2023
1st
Lionel Messi
2nd
Vinícius Júnior
3rd
Julián Álvarez
1997
1st
Ronaldo
2nd
Roberto Carlos
3rd
Gabriel Batistuta
 
 
 
2000
1st
Rivaldo
2nd
Gabriel Batistuta
3rd
Roberto Carlos
 
 
 
2003
1st
Roberto Carlos
2nd
Ronaldo
3rd
Dida
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2006
1st
Ronaldinho
2nd
Samuel Eto'o
3rd
Didier Drogba
 
 
 
 
 
2009
1st
Lionel Messi
2nd
Samuel Eto'o
3rd
Kaká
 
 
 
2012
1st
Lionel Messi
2nd
Radamel Falcao
Colombia
3rd
Didier Drogba
 
 
 
2015
1st
Lionel Messi
2nd
Neymar
3rd
Luis Suárez
 
 
 
2018
1st
Lionel Messi
2nd
Mohamed Salah
3rd
Neymar
 
 
 
2021
1st
Lionel Messi
2nd
Mohamed Salah
3rd
Neymar
 
 
 
2024
1st
Vinícius Júnior
2nd
Lautaro Martínez
3rd
Ademola Lookman
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Level 64
Aug 18, 2022
Adebayor is Togo