Some of us do not fully understand this that With the likes of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo running out of space for awards, it can be difficult to tell the difference between what they are lifting every year, and this is reason.

The Best Fifa Football Awards ceremony was held at the London Palladium in October, and was the second since the Fifa award split from France Football's Ballon d'Or prize.

Cristiano Ronaldo - the current Ballon d'Or holder - defended his Fifa Men's World Player of the Year crown in London, winning ahead of Lionel Messi and Neymar.

The Fifa World Player of the Year award was merged in a partnership with France Football's Ballon d'Or in 2010 and became known as the Fifa Ballon d'Or for the next six years.

Fifa agreed to pay £13million to merge the two awards, with Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo the big winners as the two La Liga stars dominated throughout the six-year deal.

Fifa decided not to renew the deal in 2016, meaning the Ballon d'Or lost its 'Fifa' tag and reverted back to being voted for by journalists as a separate award as Fifa's The Best awards were created.
The Best Fifa Men's Player award is voted for by a collection of journalists, national team coaches, national team captains and the general public - each with a 25 per cent weighting towards the overall vote.

The Ballon d'Or winner will be announced on December 7 in Paris, with Ronaldo and Messi again the leading candidates for the prize.

The Real Madrid man is favourite to defend his crown after helping Real to La Liga and Champions League glory last term.

From the Premier League, N'Golo Kante, Harry Kane, David de Gea, Kevin De Bruyne, Philippe Coutinho, Sadio Mane and Eden Hazard are nominated.

Balon d Or is for Luka Modric.

No Ronaldo, No Messi.

The difference is...... I don't really know

Ballon D' or is from UEFA
the other one is from FIFA