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“They could make a Ballon d’Or only for Cristiano and Messi” - Sergio RamosA thread on how a head-to-head award between the GOATs would look:
2006: Ronaldo• Ronaldo’s ranking: 14th
• Messi’s ranking: 20th
Achievements: PL TOTY, League Cup, 3rd best winger ITW by Bdor ranking
2007: Ronaldo (2)• Ronaldo’s ranking: 2nd
• Messi’s ranking: 3rd
Achievements: Premier League, Community Shield, PFA POTY, FIFPro World XI, UEFA TOTY
2008: Ronaldo (3)• Ronaldo’s ranking: 1st
• Messi’s ranking: 2nd
Achievements: UCL, Premier League, CWC, Community Shield, European Golden Shoe, UCL Top Scorer, PFA POTY
2009: Messi• Ronaldo’s ranking: 2nd
• Messi’s ranking: 1st
Achievements: UCL, La Liga, Copa Del Rey, Supercopa, UEFA Supercup, CWC. La Liga Best Player, UCL Top Scorer
2010: Messi (2)• Ronaldo’s ranking: 5th
• Messi’s ranking: 1st
Achievements: La Liga, Supercopa. European Golden Shoe, La Liga Best Player, UCL Top Scorer
2011: Messi (3)• Ronaldo’s ranking: 2nd
• Messi’s ranking: 1st
Achievements: UCL, La Liga, Supercopa, UEFA Supercup, CWC. UCL Top Scorer, La Liga POTY
2012: Messi (4)• Ronaldo’s ranking: 2nd
• Messi’s ranking: 1st
Achievements: Copa Del Rey. Calendar year goal record, UCL Top Scorer, European Golden Shoe (Highest ever), La Liga Best Player
2013: Ronaldo (4)• Ronaldo’s ranking: 1st
• Messi’s ranking: 2nd
Achievements: UCL Top Scorer. Calendar year top scorer. La Liga Best Player
2014: Ronaldo (5)• Ronaldo’s ranking: 1st
• Messi’s ranking: 2nd
Achievements: UCL, Copa Del Rey, UEFA Supercup, CWC. Most goals in a UCL campaign ever. European Golden Shoe. La Liga Best Player
2015: Messi (5)• Ronaldo’s ranking: 2nd
• Messi’s ranking: 1st
Achievements: UCL, La Liga, Copa De Rey, UEFA Supercup, CWC. Copa Final. UCL Top Scorer, La Liga Best Player
2016: Ronaldo (6)• Ronaldo’s ranking: 1st
• Messi’s ranking: 2nd
Achievements: EURO, UCL, CWC, UEFA Supercup. More UCL goals in a campaign than anyone else in history. EURO Silver Boot. Highest Bdor winning margin ever
2017: Ronaldo (7)• Ronaldo’s ranking: 1st
• Messi’s ranking: 2nd
Achievements: UCL, La Liga, UEFA Supercup, CWC. UCL Top Scorer, most KO goals in a campaign in history.
2018: Ronaldo (8)• Ronaldo’s ranking: 2nd
• Messi’s ranking: 3rd
Achievements: UCL, UEFA Supercup, Supercopa. More UCL goals in a campaign than anyone in history. 2nd Top Scorer of the WC (Joined). Calendar year top scorer.
2019: Messi (6)• Ronaldo’s ranking: 3rd
• Messi’s ranking: 1st
Achievements: La Liga. European Golden Shoe, La Liga Best Player.
2020: Ronaldo (9)• Ronaldo’s ranking: 2nd
• Messi’s ranking: 3rd
*FIFA The Best used as the Ballondor was cancelled this year*
Achievements: Serie A, Supercup. Most match winning goals in Europe, most top 5 league goals, 2nd top scorer overall.
Overall years with a higher Bdor ranking:
Ronaldo: 9
Messi: 6
This is beginning from 2006 after they were both nominated for the first time.
Ronaldo: 9 Messi: 6This is beginning from 2006 after they were both nominated for the first time.
Who would win the regular Ballondor now they are out of the way?
2008: Torres
2009: Xavi
2010: Iniesta
2011: Xavi (2)
2012: Iniesta (2)
2013: Ribery
2014: Neuer
2015: Neymar
2016: Griezmann
2017: Neymar (2)
2019: Van Dijk
2008: Torres 2009: Xavi 2010: Iniesta 2011: Xavi (2) 2012: Iniesta (2) 2013: Ribery 2014: Neuer 2015: Neymar 2016: Griezmann 2017: Neymar (2) 2019: Van Dijk
