The Bayern Munich striker, Karry Kane won the 2026 Ballon d’Orhowever for this year the magazine France Football I had a prize reserved for him ‘BOAT’ (Best Of All Time).
The fans had the power, according to their opinion and judgment, to choose the best winner of the Ballon d’Or. The only detail is that each vote had a value of one euro. In addition to this, only players who won a Ballon d’Or two or more times were on the voting list.
In 2008, Cristiano finished as the leader in the voting with 446 points to win the distinction that placed him as the best player of the season. Lionel Messi finished in second place with 281, Fernando Torres finished in third place with 179 units, below Iker Casillas with 133 and finally Xavi Hernández with 97.
The current top scorer of the Portugal national team, Even wearing the colors of Manchester United, he went on to win the UEFA Champions League and the Premier League. At an individual level, he scored up to 31 goals in the league tournament alone, numbers that allowed him to obtain the Golden Boot over the legendary Spanish footballer Dani Güiza, who finished with 27 goals in LaLiga that year.
It is important to point out that this is an unofficial award from the magazine, however this year they wanted to give fans a space to choose for themselves the best player in history based on the votes they cast.
The Ballon d’Or that Lionel Messi won in 2012 finished in second place on the shortlist, while third place went to Cristiano Ronaldo in 2017. In the fourth place was Messi in 2023 and Cristiano Ronaldo in 2016 closed the top-5.
