- The 2017 Ballon d’Or awards ceremony were held in Paris this year with Cristiano Ronaldo crowned as the champion.
- Ronaldo drew level with Lionel Messi with both now having clinched five Ballon d’Or titles.
- Harry Kane placed 10th on the list with the Tottenham star earning the incredible recognition of being in the top ten footballers in world football.
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Cristiano Ronaldo beat Lionel Messi to the 2017 Ballon d’Or title with Tottenham’s Harry Kane placing tenth on the list.
Ronaldo sealed his fifth title drawing level with Messi as the the joint all-time top Ballon d’Or winners.
The story of the night however was perhaps seeing England and Tottenham’s Harry Kane place so high on the list.
With the golden generation of Wayne Rooney, Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard, David Beckham and more now far behind us many have feared it would be a while before an English star emerged to compete with the world’s elite.
However, Harry Kane has stepped forward and his prolific strike rate was rewarded tonight with the star given a place in the top ten.
Despite this, La Liga once again dominated the awards ceremony with Real Madrid alone having three players in the top ten. Both Luka Modric and Sergio Ramos joined Cristiano Ronaldo with the Croatian Modric placing 5th and the Spaniard Ramos placing 6th.
The full list of the top 30 can be seen below.
29th: Coutinho/Mertens
28th: Dzeko
27th: Hummels
26th: Oblak
25th: Benzema
24th: Falcão
23rd: Mané
21st: Bonucci/Aubameyang
20th: De Gea
19th: Hazard
18th: Griezmann
17th: Kroos
16th: Marcelo
15th: Dybala
14th: KDB
13rd: Suarez
12th: Isco
11th: Edinson Cavani
10th: Harry Kane
9th: Robert Lewandowski
8th: N’Golo Kante
7th: Kylian Mbappe
6th: Sergio Ramos
5th: Luka Modric
4th: Gianluigi Buffon
2nd: Neymar
2nd: Lionel Messi
1st: Cristiano Ronaldo