Check out the full player power rankings for the Ballon d’Or 2022 awards that saw Karim Benzema receive the prestigious award for the first time.
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The 66th edition of the Ballon d’Or 2022 ceremony, which was held today, Monday, October 17, 2022, saw Real Madrid and France forward Karim Benzema pick up the prestigious award; the organizers released the full player power rankings.
Benzema became the fourth french man to win the award after delivering a stellar performance in the 2012/2022 season that saw his side Real Madrid win the Champions League and also the La Liga in the same season.
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Sadio Mane came in second place, while Kevin De Bruyne of Manchester City was ranked third.
Top 20 full Ballon D’Or 2022 player power rankings
| Final Rank | Name | Position | Club | National Team |
| 1. | Karim Benzema | FW | Real Madrid | France |
| 2. | Sadio Mane | FW | Liverpool / Bayern Munich | Senegal |
| 3. | Kevin De Bruyne | MF | Man City | Belgium |
| 4. | Robert Lewandowski | FW | Bayern Munich / Barcelona | Poland |
| 5. | Mohamed Salah | FW | Liverpool | Egypt |
| 6. | Kylian Mbappe | FW | PSG | France |
| 7. | Thibaut Courtois | GK | Real Madrid | Belgium |
| 8. | Vinicius Jr. | FW | Real Madrid | Brazil |
| 9. | Luka Modric | MF | Real Madrid | Croatia |
| 10. | Erling Haaland | FW | Man City | Norway |
| 11. | Son Heung-min | FW | Tottenham | South Korea |
| 12. | Riyad Mahrez | FW | Man City | Algeria |
| 13. | Sebastien Haller | FW | Ajax / B. Dortmund | Ivory Coast |
| 14. | Fabinho | MF | Liverpool | Brazil |
| Rafael Leao | FW | AC Milan | Portugal | |
| 16. | Virgil van Dijk | DF | Liverpool | Netherlands |
| 17. | Casemiro | MF | Real Madrid | Brazil |
| Dusan Vlahovic | FW | Juventus | Serbia | |
| Luis Diaz | FW | Liverpool | Colombia | |
| 20. | Cristiano Ronaldo | FW | Man United | Portugal |
| 21. | Harry Kane | FW | Tottenham | England |
| 22. | Trent Alexander-Arnold | DF | Liverpool | England |
| Phil Foden | FW | Man City | England | |
| Bernardo Silva | MF | Man City | Portugal | |
| 25. | Joshua Kimmich | MF | Bayern Munich | Germany |
| Mike Maignan | GK | AC Milan | France | |
| Antonio Rudiger | DF | Chelsea / Real Madrid | Germany | |
| Joao Cancelo | DF | Man City | Portugal | |
| Christopher Nkunku | FW | RB Leipzig | France | |
| Darwin Nunez | FW | Benfica / Liverpool | Uruguay |
