The factors obtained by each participant in competition for the Ballon d’Or 2024 has been revealed, exhibiting simply how shut Rodri got here to being defeated by Vinicius Junior.
The Spaniard grew to become the first defensive midfielder in historical past to win the coveted particular person prize, overcoming Vinicius when many anticipated the electrifying Brazil to gather the award after a stellar 12 months with Actual Madrid that noticed him win the Champions League and La Liga.
Such was the dismay that Vinicius was not going to win the award, Actual Madrid opted to boycott the ceremony in protest, failing to ship any participant or membership consultant to the awards ceremony held on the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris.
Vincius’ Actual Madrid teammates Jude Bellingham and Dani Carvajal got here third and fourth, with French publication L’Equipe detailing the votes obtained by each participant.
Rodri topped the charts with 1,170 factors, 41 forward of Vinicius, whereas Bellingham was a distant third on 917 factors. The Englishman, who has endured a harder begin to the 2024/25 season, was a conisiderable margin forward of Carvajal and Erling Haaland in fifth.
Kylian Mbappe and Lautaro Martinez each earned over 400 voting factors as they completed inside the highest seven, simply forward of Barcelona wonderkid Lamine Yamal, who scooped 393 factors after being named the Kopa Trophy winner – an award handed out to the finest younger participant on the earth.
England’s Harry Kane picked up 201 factors as he got here tenth, 44 forward of teammate Phil Foden, who loved a terrific yr with Premier League champions Manchester Metropolis.
Germany star Florian Wirtz, who performed a starring function to assist Bayer Leverkusen go unbeaten en path to an unfathomable Bundesliga title, was the one different participant to earn over 100 voting factors.
Artem Dovbyk and Mats Hummels, nominated for his or her spectacular 12 month stints in Spain and Germany respectively, did not decide up a single voting level.
