Spoiler alert: Karim Benzema will win the Ballon d’Or. It isn’t official, but it’s looking pretty obvious, so ahead of tomorrow’s shortlist unveiling our focus is on who will join him on the podium – and in what order.
Since starting our power rankings, Benzema’s place at the top of the billing has not shifted, so scroll down you may to No. 1, but there you will find no surprises.
Ad The Real Madrid forward is deemed a shoo-in to win his first Ballon d’Or, and over the past few months he has been backed to claim the golden ball by – breathe in — Eden Hazard, Zinedine Zidane, Louis Saha, Vinicius Jr, Rio Ferdinand, Florentino Perez, Dani Alves and some bloke called Lionel Messi.
UEFA Super CupSuper Cup victory shows that Real Madrid are inevitable — The Warm-Up2 HOURS AGO But with the top-30 shortlist being slowly released tomorrow – you can follow the updates live right here on Eurosport – our concern here is how the top five might look, and which names may just miss out.