Ronaldo, Benzema, Salah, Mane: 2022 Ballon d'Or nominees ranked

The 30 nominees for the 2022 Ballon d’Or were revealed by France Football on Friday evening.

Among those on the shortlist include Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, Mohamed Salah and Kylian Mbappe.

But who will be crowned champion when the result is announced on October 17?

We’ve attempted to predict the full standings after the 30 nominees were revealed.

It was a superb season for Maignan as he helped AC Milan win the Serie A title.

Haller scored 34 goals in 43 games for Ajax in 2021/22.

Rudiger earned a move to Real Madrid this summer after another brilliant season with Chelsea.

It was another superb season for Kimmich as he helped FC Bayern to the Bundesliga title.

Fabinho has cemented himself as one of the best defensive midfielders in the world in the past few years.

Vlahovic scored a total of 29 goals at club level in 2021/22: 20 for Fiorentina and a further nine at Juventus after making the January move.

Leao was instrumental as AC Milan won their first Scudetto since 2011.

Mahrez scored 24 goals for Man City last campaign.

Nunez earned an £85m move to Liverpool after scoring 34 goals for Benfica in 2022/23.

Silva was named in the PFA Team of the Year after helping City win the Premier League title.

Diaz tore it up for FC Porto in the first half of the season. He was a revelation for Liverpool after signing in January.

Cancelo, despite being a full-back, has become one of Man City’s most important players.

Casemiro should make the top 20 after being an integral part of a dominant Real Madrid team in 2021/22.

Foden continues to go from strength-to-strength as every year goes by. He could well win the Ballon d’Or in the future.

Ronaldo has now made the Ballon d’Or shortlist in every season since 2004. That is insane.