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 60 players received votes) 1.Lionel MESSI 927 pts Argentina FC Barcelona (Spa) 2.Cristiano RONALDO 702 Portugal Real Madrid (Spa) 3.NEYMAR da Silva Santos 675 Brazil FC Barcelona (Spa) 4.Luis SUÁREZ 582 Uruguay FC Barcelona (Spa) 5.Robert LEWANDOWSKI 450 Poland Bayern Munich (Ger) 6.Thomas MÜLLER 240 Germany Bayern Munich (Ger) 7.Andres INIESTA 222 Spain FC Barcelona (Spa) 8.Zlatan IBRAHIMOVIC 196 Sweden Paris Saint-Germain (Fra) 9.Paul POGBA 137 France Juventus (Ita) 10.Manuel NEUER 131 Germany Bayern Munich (Ger) 11.Alexis SANCHEZ 123 Chile Arsenal (Eng) 12.Eden HAZARD 102 Belgium Chelsea (Eng) 13.Sergio AGÜERO 98 Argentina Manchester City 14.Kevin DE BRUYNE 78 Belgium Wolfsburg (Ger) / Manchester City (Eng) 15.Arturo VIDAL 73 Chile Juventus (Ita) / Bayern Munich (Ger) 16.Gianluigi BUFFON 72 Italy Juventus (Ita) 17.Carlos TEVEZ 43 Argentina Juventus (Ita) / Boca Juniors (Arg) 18.Yaya TOURÉ 39 Ivory Coast Manchester City (Eng) 19.Gareth BALE 36 Wales Real Madrid (Spa) 19.Ivan RAKITIC 36 Croatia FC Barcelona (Spa)
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Last updated: 27 Oct 2016
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