Every year the English magazine World Soccer has its readers select winners for its World Footballer of the Year award. The election is open to any player worldwide.
Top 20 (a total of 70 players received votes) 1.Cristiano RONALDO 715 Portugal Real Madrid (Spa) 2.Lionel MESSI 663 Argentina FC Barcelona (Spa) 3.NEYMAR da Silva Santos 437 Brazil FC Barcelona (Spa) / Paris Saint-Germain (Fra) 4.Luka MODRIC 237 Croatia Real Madrid (Spa) 5.Gianluigi BUFFON 205 Italy Juventus (Ita) 6.Harry KANE 181 England Tottenham Hotspur (Eng) 7.Robert LEWANDOWSKI 162 Poland Bayern Munich (Ger) 8.Kevin DE BRUYNE 152 Belgium Manchester City (Eng) 9.Toni KROOS 146 Germany Real Madrid (Spa) 10.Sergio RAMOS 143 Spain Real Madrid (Spa) 11.Eden HAZARD 109 Belgium Chelsea (Eng) 12.N’Golo KANTE 83 France Chelsea (Eng) 13.Paulo DYBALA 76 Argentina Juventus (Ita) 14.Luis SUÁREZ 74 Uruguay FC Barcelona (Spa) 15.MARCELO Vieira da Silva Júnior 72 Brazil Real Madrid (Spa) 16.Kylian MBAPPE 66 France Monaco (Fra) / Paris Saint-Germain (Fra) 17.Francisco Roman Alarcon Suárez ISCO 52 Spain Real Madrid (Spa) 18.Andres INIESTA 42 Spain FC Barcelona (Spa) 19.David DE GEA 40 Spain Manchester United (Eng) 19.Antoine GRIEZMANN 40 France Atletico Madrid (Spa)
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Author: Roberto Di Maggio
Last updated: 18 Jan 2018
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