Lionel Messi has been one of the names that we are seeing on the list of Ballon d’Or. Messi is the only player to win this award for a record 6 times. He has been one of the players who won it back to back 4 times. Messi with FC Barcelona has achieved a lot of numerous records and accolades to his name and is one of the greatest players ever to grace on the football ground. In 2021 Messi is in the nominations but the final rankings are yet to be out.

So let us have a look at all the rankings of Messi throughout the years:

2007 – 3rd Place

2008 – 2nd Place

2009 – 1st Place (Winner)

2010 – 1st Place (Winner)

2011 – 1st Place (Winner)

2012 – 1st Place (Winner)

2013 – 2nd Place

2014 – 2nd Place

2015 – 1st Place (Winner)

2016 – 2nd Place

2017 – 2nd Place

2018 – 5th Place

2019 – 1st Place (Winner)

2020 – No Awards due to Covid-19 Pandemic

2021 – In Nomination ( Rankings yet to be shown)