Ballon d’Or: points difference between Vinicius and Rodri revealed
The French press revealed some details of the “secrets” of voting for the Ballon d’Or
Midfielder Rodri from Manchester Citywon Golden ball from the magazine France Football October 28 at the Chatelet Theater in Paris, leaving Vinicius Jr. in second position. This topic continues to give rise to conversation in the world of football.
Because this Friday, November 8, the newspaper L’Equipe revealed some secrets of voting. Without revealing the names that will be published this weekend, the media detail the points difference between the Spaniard and the Brazilian and even reveal who took the Real Madrid forward out of the top 10.
During the voting, each jury (100 journalists from the top 100 teams in the FIFA rankings) selects ten players in descending order, who receive 15, 12, 10, 8, 7, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point respectively. , in accordance with the selected position. A total of 41 points separated them. Rhodri from Vinicius Jr.
Apart from the Spanish midfielder and former Flamengo striker, only seven different names were initially chosen.
They were: Jude Bellingham (5 first places), Dani Carvajal (4) and Toni Kroos (2). Kylian Mbappe, Erling Haaland, Lautaro Martinez and Ademola Lookman Each of them was mentioned once at number one.
On the other hand, only five jurors were unseated. Rhodri in the top 10, and three excluded Vinicius Jr. from the top ten.
Moreover, in the Class of 2024, not a single one of the 100 journalists made it into the top ten or top five. However, seven names still took the first 4 places (Rodri, Vini, Bellingham and Carvajal).
Below is the full list of the top 30 players in 2024:
1. Rodri (Manchester City, Spain) – 1170 points.
2. Vinicius Jr. (Real Madrid, Brazil) – 1129 points.
3. Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid, England) – 917 points.
4. Dani Carvajal (Real Madrid, Spain) – 550 points.
5. Erling Haaland (Manchester City, Norway) – 432 points.
6. Kylian Mbappe (PSG, France) – 420 points.
7. Lautaro Martinez (Inter, Argentina) – 402 points.
8. Lamin Yamal (Barcelona, Spain) – 383 points.
9. Toni Kroos (Real Madrid, Germany) – 291 points.
10. Harry Kane (Bayern, England) – 201 points.
11. Phil Foden (Manchester City, England) – 157 points.
12. Florian Wirtz (Leverkusen, Germany) – 101 points.
13. Dani Olmo (RB Leipzig, Spain) – 86 points.
14. Ademola Lookman (Atalanta Bergamo, Nigeria) – 82 points.
15. Nico Williams (Athletic Bilbao, Spain) – 73 points.
16. Granit Xhaka (Leverkusen, Switzerland) – 60 points.
17. Federico Valverde (Real Madrid, Uruguay) – 58 points.
18. Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa, Argentina) – 28 points.
19. Martin Odegaard (Arsenal, Norway) – 16 points.
20. Hakan Calhanoglu (Inter, Türkiye) – 15 points.
21. Bukayo Saka (Arsenal, England) – 14 points.
22. Antonio Rudiger (Real Madrid, Germany) – 13 points.
23. Ruben Dias (Manchester City, Portugal) – 8 points.
24. William Saliba (Arsenal, France) – 8 points.
25. Cole Palmer (Manchester City/Chelsea, England) – 7 points.
26. Declan Rice (Arsenal, England) – 5 points.
27. Vitinha (Paris, Portugal) – 5 points.
28. Alejandro Grimaldo (Leverkusen, Spain) – 2 points.
29. Artem Dovbik (SK Dnepr-1/Girona, Ukraine) – 0 points. -. Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund, Germany) – 0 points.