After being cancelled in 2020, the Ballon d'Or is back, with
the great and good of the football world again eyeing the
biggest individual honour the game has to offer.
Although the prize will not be handed out until December,
performances over the coming weeks will go a long way to
deciding who will and won't be in contention to succeed 2019
winner Lionel Messi.
With the European season now well behind us and both Euro
2020 and the Copa America also in the books, the world's
best players are beginning to come to the force.



so by using their performances so far, as well as predictions
of what is likely still to come in 2021, who holds the most
power in this year's race?
Goal ranks the runners and riders....

https://www.goal.com/en/lists/ballon-dor-2021-power-rankings/1l03egk461k3a1em4lb6gh8mhu

#5Romelu Lukaku (Inter)
Last time: 4th
In 2021: 22 goals, seven assists. Won Serie A.
Lukaku does have a realistic shot at the Ballon d'Or
podium, particularly if he can lead Belgium to glory at the
Nations League finals in October, but the ultimate
individual award now seems beyond the Inter striker for
another year.



#4N'Golo Kante (Chelsea)
Last time: 3rd
In 2021: One assist. Won Champions League.
Kante's Man-of-the-Match-winning displays in the latter
stages of the Champions League might be enough to
secure him a place in the top three, but right now it feels
as if the Chelsea man is on the outside looking in at the
Ballon d'Or podium.




#3Jorginho (Chelsea)
Last time: 15th
In 2021: Five goals, two assists. Won Euro 2020 &
Champions League.
Was Jorginho the best player in Chelsea's run to winning
the Champions League? No.
Was Jorginho the best player in Italy's run to winning Euro
2020? Also no.
But did he play a key role in both triumphs? Absolutely.
It's 'Modric's Law' working in full effect, and though it might
not be enough for the Azzurri star to replicate the 2018
winner in claiming the ultimate individual prize, he has a
real shot now of making the podium.





#2Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich)
Last time: 2nd
In 2021: 34 goals, four assists. Won Bundesliga & Club
World Cup.
Undoubtedly the player who enjoyed the best individual
season in Europe's top leagues, the Golden Shoe winner
should now be secure in earning himself a place on the
Ballon d'Or podium after a host of other challengers failed
to make up the distance at the summer tournaments.






#1Lionel Messi (Unattached)
Last time: 1st
In 2021: 33 goals, 14 assists. Won Copa America & Copa del
Rey.
It was the moment millions of football fans have been
waiting the best part of 15 years for, as Messi finally got his
hands on a major international trophy.
The Player of the Tournament and Golden Boot winner at
the Copa America, Messi's supreme club form in 2021
carried through into the international arena, and now Ballon
d'Or number seven is surely going to be on its way this
December.
https://www.goal.com/en/lists/ballon-dor-2021-power-rankings/1l03egk461k3a1em4lb6gh8mhu

Kante or Jorginho

All this delusional dwarf fans self....tell me one thing messi take pass lewa for am to win balor d hor.

Is his fathers name Ballon D'or ?

ojaysam25:
All this delusional dwarf fans self....tell me one thing messi take pass lewa for am to win balor d hor.

hahaha here we go.

Lionel Messi
goals 33 goals
assists 14
total goal contribution = 47
trophies Copa America, Copa de rey

Lewandowski
goals 34
assists 4
total goal contribution = 38
trophies Bundesliga, Club world cup.

the joke is on you, pained Penaldo fan, your master is not even in the picture, lmao.

LukasPodolski:


hahaha here we go.

Lionel Messi
goals 33 goals
assists 14
total goal contribution = 47
trophies Copa America, Copa de rey

Lewandowski
goals 34
assists 4
total goal contribution = 38
trophies Bundesliga, Club world cup.

the joke is on you, pained Penaldo fan, your master is not even in the picture, lmao.

. Lewa won more trophies and had more goals than him....
Lewa scored 55 goals....won
European super cup
Bundasliga
Club world cup and german cup.....
Pessi and ronaldo had similar stats but cr7 fans are not so delusional like all those midget puppies....clearly lewy bossed every single player for the past two years in a row..

na sure award naa

ojaysam25:

. Lewa won more trophies and had more goals than him....
Lewa scored 55 goals....won
European super cup
Bundasliga
Club world cup and german cup.....
Pessi and ronaldo had similar stats but cr7 fans are not so delusional like all those midget puppies....clearly lewy bossed every single player for the past two years in a row..

both had almost d same club performance bt messi have d edge with country performance bcoz lewa won nothing n did nothing with poland unlike leo dt won a trophy after so many years..
Leo gat d edge n even lewa knows

Great100000:
Kante or Jorginho

none was even nominated for common EPL player of d season, na ballon d or dem wan kum win??

Messi no cap

ojaysam25:

. Lewa won more trophies and had more goals than him....
Lewa scored 55 goals....won
European super cup
Bundasliga
Club world cup and german cup.....
Pessi and ronaldo had similar stats but cr7 fans are not so delusional like all those midget puppies....clearly lewy bossed every single player for the past two years in a row..

Oga rest
Lewandowski only get mouth for Club
Baba na wash for country

peppermint7:

Oga rest
Lewandowski only get mouth for Club
Baba na wash for country

haba!! Will you compare European tournament to Copa America? Or how do you compare Poland squad to Argentina team?

sevenhundred:
haba!! Will you compare European tournament to Copa America? Or how do you compare Poland squad to Argentina team?

No de yarn dust copa America get better teams with good players
Leave all these your sentiments and acknowledge de goat.
E pain you sey ronaldo no de sha
I understand

peppermint7:

Oga rest
Lewandowski only get mouth for Club
Baba na wash for country

Lewadoski had similar goal for poland as lionel messi for argentina despite messi playing 3years more than him for their respective national team....he is the one pratically carrying poland with no supportive casts.....where did you get your assumptions from?
In my opinion he has done more for his national team than messi, who just won a trophy for a big country like argentina after 16+years..do you think he would have been criticize had he played for poland...

LukasPodolski:
#5Romelu Lukaku (Inter)
Last time: 4th
In 2021: 22 goals, seven assists. Won Serie A.
Lukaku does have a realistic shot at the Ballon d'Or
podium, particularly if he can lead Belgium to glory at the
Nations League finals in October, but the ultimate
individual award now seems beyond the Inter striker for
another year.



#4N'Golo Kante (Chelsea)
Last time: 3rd
In 2021: One assist. Won Champions League.
Kante's Man-of-the-Match-winning displays in the latter
stages of the Champions League might be enough to
secure him a place in the top three, but right now it feels
as if the Chelsea man is on the outside looking in at the
Ballon d'Or podium.




#3Jorginho (Chelsea)
Last time: 15th
In 2021: Five goals, two assists. Won Euro 2020 &
Champions League.
Was Jorginho the best player in Chelsea's run to winning
the Champions League? No.
Was Jorginho the best player in Italy's run to winning Euro
2020? Also no.
But did he play a key role in both triumphs? Absolutely.
It's 'Modric's Law' working in full effect, and though it might
not be enough for the Azzurri star to replicate the 2018
winner in claiming the ultimate individual prize, he has a
real shot now of making the podium.





#2Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich)
Last time: 2nd
In 2021: 34 goals, four assists. Won Bundesliga & Club
World Cup.
Undoubtedly the player who enjoyed the best individual
season in Europe's top leagues, the Golden Shoe winner
should now be secure in earning himself a place on the
Ballon d'Or podium after a host of other challengers failed
to make up the distance at the summer tournaments.






#1Lionel Messi (Unattached)
Last time: 1st
In 2021: 33 goals, 14 assists. Won Copa America & Copa del
Rey.
It was the moment millions of football fans have been
waiting the best part of 15 years for, as Messi finally got his
hands on a major international trophy.
The Player of the Tournament and Golden Boot winner at
the Copa America, Messi's supreme club form in 2021
carried through into the international arena, and now Ballon
d'Or number seven is surely going to be on its way this
December.
https://www.goal.com/en/lists/ballon-dor-2021-power-rankings/1l03egk461k3a1em4lb6gh8mhu

YES MESSI WILL WIN COPAD'OR

ojaysam25:

Lewadoski had similar goal for poland as lionel messi for argentina despite messi playing 3years more than him for their respective national team....he is the one pratically carrying poland with no supportive casts.....where did you get your assumptions from?
In my opinion he has done more for his national team than messi, who just won a trophy for a big country like argentina after 16+years..do you think he would have been criticize had he played for poland...

He won that trophy after losing in a world cup final and 3 copa finals and winning gold for argentina in beijing. Please stop making me laugh calling lewandowski that couldn't even help his team out of the group stage in both the world cup and this euros. You think if messi agreed to play for Spain he wouldn't have over a 100 goals too playing weak countries?

ojaysam25:

Lewadoski had similar goal for poland as lionel messi for argentina despite messi playing 3years more than him for their respective national team....he is the one pratically carrying poland with no supportive casts.....where did you get your assumptions from?
In my opinion he has done more for his national team than messi, who just won a trophy for a big country like argentina after 16+years..do you think he would have been criticize had he played for poland...

Boss rest

peppermint7:

Boss rest

Another day them go tell you say lukaku do more for his country pass am. Mtchew.

sevenhundred:
haba!! Will you compare European tournament to Copa America? Or how do you compare Poland squad to Argentina team?

haba! stop dey yarn dust, imagine comparing Poland and Argentina, they are not mates

WhoDeyHause:

He won that trophy after losing in a world cup final and 3 copa finals and winning gold for argentina in beijing. Please stop making me laugh calling lewandowski that couldn't even help his team out of the group stage in both the world cup and this euros. You think if messi agreed to play for Spain he wouldn't have over a 100 goals too playing weak countries?

Messi is even playing for a bigger country than spain....you make me laugh with your silly excuse...lewa has overachieve with poland he scored 70 goals for his national team almost same with messi despite making his debut in 2008...did you watch the world class goals he scored this euros....my brother no body will criticize messi had he played for poland without winning a trophy as they did with argentina.
Ronaldo and lewadoski has overachieve with their respective national team....argentina is a powerhouse in football and should be winning the world cup and coppas...

WhoDeyHause:

Another day them go tell you say lukaku do more for his country pass am. Mtchew.

No, na Jorginho dey reign now, he win euros

ojaysam25:

Messi is even playing for a bigger country than spain....you make me laugh with your silly excuse...

Is maradona still playing for them? Is Kempes still playing for them? Are batistuta and Ortega still playing for them? Abi it's messi that would also defend and be in the goalposts for them? Pls tell me the players in argentina that could rival spain's dominant side under del Bosque

ojaysam25:

Messi is even playing for a bigger country than spain....you make me laugh with your silly excuse...

Bigger country with bigger opponents.

He doesn't get to play Montenegro or Solomon Islands or Azerbaijan

OJay360:
No, na Jorginho dey reign now, he win euros

Who go give am

WhoDeyHause:
Who go give am

Penaldo fans

WhoDeyHause:

Another day them go tell you say lukaku do more for his country pass am. Mtchew.

E de pepper dem na
Excuse don finish wetin you expect

WhoDeyHause:

Is maradona still playing for them? Is Kempes still playing for them? Are batistuta and Ortega still playing for them? Abi it's messi that would also defend and be in the goalposts for them? Pls tell me the players in argNentina that could rival spain's dominant side under del Bosque

Argentina is bigger than spain in every wise...the likes of aguero, dybala, di maria, higuain are all world class players who played for some of the biggest club in the world.

ojaysam25:

Argentina is bigger than spain in every wise...the likes of aguero, dybala, di maria, higuain are all world class players who played for some of the biggest club in the world.

The same higuian that missed golden opportunities in both the world cup final and the Copa America final the next year for argentina? Why do you think he retired early after the heavy backlash from the media? Ok pls can you call the midfielders, defenders and goalkeeper that Messi had that was better than Spain?

OJay360:
Bigger country with bigger opponents.

He doesn't get to play Montenegro or Solomon Islands or Azerbaijan

It may interest you to know that 90% of his goals came in friendly matches....ronaldo had more goals against the current top20 rank team in world football than any player dead or alive... Ojay my name sake you should know better

WhoDeyHause:

The same higuian that missed golden opportunities in both the world cup final and the Copa America final the next year for argentina? Why do you think he retired early after the heavy backlash from the media? Ok pls can you call the midfielders, defenders and goalkeeper that Messi had that was better than Spain?

My guy dont compare spain to argentina...currently spain cant match argentina in squad....and historically argentina is better than spain....that is undebatable... Just because Argentina has underachieve for years dosnt make them a lesser team...some of your delusional folks are even comparing argentina to portugal just because ronaldo excelled there.

ojaysam25:

My guy dont compare spain to argentina...currently spain cant match argentina in squad....and historically argentina is better than spain....that is undebatable... Just because Argentina has underachieve for years dosnt make them a lesser team...some of your delusional folks are even comparing argentina to portugal just because ronaldo excelled there.

I know Argentina has a better history than Spain having won two world cups and numerous copa America titles. What I asked you was how is the argentine team that played with Messi better than Spain that dominated the world? You were just mentioning only attackers. Argentina had a deadly attack for a long time but when it comes to games of high pedigree especially the world cup you too know you have to have a balanced squad. Apart from say Mascherano I don't really think they had a top midfield like that. Can someone like otamendi or paredes slot into the Spanish side? Even the weaker Portugal side that won euro 2016 was firstly a defensively great side while ronaldo and Nani did the finishing upfront