Ballon d’Or power rankings: Karim Benzema favourite as Euro 2022 looks pivotal for women’s award

Welcome to our Ballon d’Or power rankings. It is a couple of months before we will learn the shortlists, and while Karim Benzema is widely expected to win the men’s award, the women’s winner could be determined by the outcome of Euro 2022.

Here, we present our Ballon d’Or power rankings, where we’ve opted for a top-five for the sake of making for some difficult omissions. Sorry, Lionel and Cristiano… Ad/> Women’s Ballon d’Or rankings TransfersIn signing Nunez, Liverpool have created the next great player rivalry13/06/2022 AT 07:47 5 – Wendie Renard (Lyon & France) Defenders and individual awards.

This is not typically a match made in heaven, and so Wendie Renard will need a wave of support behind her to beat the flurry of attacking stars we’ve selected below. As captain of the side who won the French league and Champions League, her case is a strong one, and the Lyon centre-back has at least made the top 10 twice already – coming joint-seventh in 2018 and sixth a year later.

If she can lead France to Euros glory as well, she’ll unquestionably get bumped up this list. 4 – Marie-Antoinette Katoto (PSG & France) Not only do France boast Renard at the back, but they also have the clinical Marie-Antoinette Katoto up front, and it is why the nation are deemed third favourites – narrowly behind Spain and England – to win the Euros.

In Katoto, France have a striker who beat Lyon’s star-studded list of players to win the domestic player of the year award, with 18 goals seeing her top the Division 1 scoring charts for the third time in four campaigns. She also made UEFA’s Champions League Team of the Season, and with almost a goal a game for France, expect her to lead the charge for her side – starting with their opening group