Ballon d’Or 2022: France Football unveils award power rankings [Top 30]

France Football have unveiled the 30-man rankings for the 2022 Ballon d’ Or award on Monday night.

Real Madrid’s Karim Benzema won the Ballon d’Or this year and occupies the first position.

Benzema is ahead of Bayern Munich’s Sadio Mane (second position) and Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne, who is in third position.

Meanwhile, Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah made it to fifth place on the rankings following his excellent performance last season.

Full list of 2022 Ballon d’Or power rankings:

1. Karim Benzema – Real Madrid
2. Sadio Mane – Bayern Munich
3. Kevin De Bruyne – Man City
4. Robert Lewandowski – Barcelona
5. Mohamed Salah – Liverpool
6. Kylian Mbappe – PSG
7. Thibaut Courtois – Real Madrid
8. Vinicius Jr. – Real Madrid
9. Luka Modric – Real Madrid
10. Erling Haaland – Man City
11. Son Heung-min – Tottenham
12. Riyad Mahrez – Man City
13. Sebastien Haller – Dortmund
14. Fabinho – Liverpool
15. Rafael Leao – AC Milan
16. Virgil van Dijk – Liverpool
17. Casemiro – Man United
18. Dusan Vlahovic – Juventus
19. Luis Diaz – Liverpool
20. Cristiano Ronaldo – Man United
21. Harry Kane – Tottenham
22. Trent Alexander-Arnold – Liverpool
23.  Phil Foden – Man City
24. Bernardo Silva – Man City
25. Joshua Kimmich – Bayern Munich
26. Mike Maignan – AC Milan
27. Antonio Rudiger – Real Madrid
28. Joao Cancelo – Man City
29. Christopher Nkunku – RB Leipzig
30. Darwin Nunez – Liverpool