Summary of the Ballon d'Or 2024 ceremony: Rodri, Bonmatí, Vinícius Júnior, winners

Messi versus Ronaldo: a fight for the ages

We start this list from 2008 when Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi started their careers Dominating the world stagewhich involved a fight that lasted The Meaning of “best player in the world” taken to a new level.

If you're like me, then you Expect the Ballon d'Or winner to score 50 goals and got 50 assists while saving the world in a cape and pants on the outside of their pants.

However, there is no star in football today who has put up such numbers (yet). two whims of nature did it for over a decade. It could happen in the futurebut at the moment we are not close.

Anyway, here's how this sensational fight ended:

2008 – Cristiano Ronaldo -Manchester United (1)

2009 -Lionel Messi – Barcelona (1)

2010 -Lionel Messi – Barcelona (2)

2011 -Lionel Messi – Barcelona (3)

2012 -Lionel Messi – Barcelona (4)

2013 – Cristiano Ronaldo – Real Madrid (2)

2014 – Cristiano Ronaldo – Real Madrid (3)

2015 -Lionel Messi -Barcelona (5)

2016 – Cristiano Ronaldo – Real Madrid (4)

2017 – Cristiano Ronaldo -Real Madrid (5)

2018 – Luke Modric – Real Madrid (1)

2019 -Lionel Messi – Barcelona (6)

2020 – Not awarded due to COVID-19

2021 -Lionel Messi – Paris-Saint Germain (7)

2022 – Karim Benzema – Real Madrid (1)

2023 -Lionel Messi -Inter Miami (8)