The top 3 likely winners of the 2022 Ballorn D’or has been shortlisted. Pepsi won the award last year after he led Argentina to their first international trophy in over a decade. Lewandoski missed out on the award for the second time after the 2020 award was cancelled due to Covid. Here are the top 3 likely winners of the FIFA award this year
The Egyptian King Mohamed Salah is number three (Liverpool)
30 goals and 14 assists in 2021-22. Carabao Cup was won.
Given his heroics this season, it may seem cruel to place Salah in third place, but in a race this close, judges will be searching for defining moments on the grandest stage to sway their decision.
Salah has had an incredible season, but the two players ahead of him have as well. The only distinction? Both of the remaining teams scored tie-breaking hat-tricks to ensure passage to the knockout stages of the Champions League.
2nd : Benzema, Karim (Real Madrid)
Previously: 5th
35 goals and 13 assists in 2021-22. The UEFA Nations League and the Supercopa de Espana were both won.
Given that Benzema’s hat-trick against PSG was the defining moment of this season’s Champions League thus far, it was difficult not to place him at the top of these rankings.
In the end, it came down to the total number of goals scored throughout the course of the season, and while 35 isn’t bad in mid-March, it falls far short of our current leader…
Robert Lewandowski, No. 1 (Bayern Munich)
He was 2nd last year
In 2021-22, he scored 48 goals and added eight assists. DFL-Supercup was won.
Lewandowski’s hat-trick in the first half against Red Bull Salzburg demonstrated yet again how difficult he is for opponents, with both penalties won after he was fouled in positions where defenders would not normally worry.
With 50 goals on the board, it’s tough to imagine the Bayern Munich striker not winning the Ballon d’Or this season.