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 68 players received votes) 1.Cristiano RONALDO 842 Portugal Real Madrid (Spa) 2.Lionel MESSI 712 Argentina FC Barcelona (Spa) 3.Antoine GRIEZMANN 559 France Atletico Madrid (Spa) 4.Luis SUÁREZ 498 Uruguay FC Barcelona (Spa) 5.Gareth BALE 497 Wales Real Madrid (Spa) 6.NEYMAR da Silva Santos 405 Brazil FC Barcelona (Spa) 7.Riyad MAHREZ 134 Algeria Leicester City (Eng) 8.Robert LEWANDOWSKI 117 Poland Bayern Munich (GER) 9.N’Golo KANTE 93 France Leicester City (Eng) / Chelsea (Eng) 10.Jamie VARDY 87 England Leicester City (Eng) 11.Manuel NEUER 75 Germany Bayern Munich (Ger) 12.PEPE Képler Laveran Lima Ferreira 73 Portugal Real Madrid (Spa) 13.Andres INIESTA 69 Spain FC Barcelona (Spa) 13.Toni KROOS 69 Germany Real Madrid (Spa) 15.Kevin DE BRUYNE 67 Belgium Manchester City (Eng) 15.Alexis SANCHEZ 67 Chile Arsenal (Eng) 17.Luka MODRIC 59 Croatia Real Madrid (Spa) 18.Pierre-Emerick AUBAMEYANG 58 Gabon Borussia Dortmund (Ger) 19.Gianluigi BUFFON 56 Italy Juventus (Ita) 19.Paul POGBA 56 France Juventus (Ita) / Manchester United (Eng)
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Last updated: 21 Dec 2017
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