<P> The 2017 Ballon d'Or was the 52nd annual award recognising the best male footballer in the world for 2017 . </P> <P> The Ballon d'Or is an annual football award presented by France Football . It has been awarded since 1956, although between 2010 and 2015, an agreement was made with FIFA and the award was temporarily merged with the FIFA World Player of the Year, and known as the FIFA Ballon d'Or, but the partnership was ended in 2016 and the award been reversed back to Ballon d'Or while FIFA also renamed its traditional award . Conceived by sports writer Gabriel Hanot, the Ballon d'Or award honours the male player deemed to have performed the best over the previous year, based on voting by football journalists . Originally, only European players were in contention for the Ballon d'Or: in 1995 the award was expanded to include all players at European clubs and in 2007 to all players from around the world . </P> <P> The 30 nominees for the award were announced on 9 October 2017 . The winner was announced on 7 December 2017 . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Rank </Th> <Th> Player </Th> <Th> Club (s) </Th> <Th> Points </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Cristiano Ronaldo </Td> <Td> Real Madrid </Td> <Td> 946 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Lionel Messi </Td> <Td> Barcelona </Td> <Td> 670 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Neymar </Td> <Td> Barcelona Paris Saint - Germain </Td> <Td> 361 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Gianluigi Buffon </Td> <Td> Juventus </Td> <Td> 221 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Luka Modrić </Td> <Td> Real Madrid </Td> <Td> 84 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> Sergio Ramos </Td> <Td> Real Madrid </Td> <Td> 71 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> Kylian Mbappé </Td> <Td> Monaco Paris Saint - Germain </Td> <Td> 48 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> N'Golo Kanté </Td> <Td> Chelsea </Td> <Td> 47 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> Robert Lewandowski </Td> <Td> Bayern Munich </Td> <Td> 45 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> Harry Kane </Td> <Td> Tottenham Hotspur </Td> <Td> 36 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> Edinson Cavani </Td> <Td> Paris Saint - Germain </Td> <Td> 32 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 12 </Td> <Td> Isco </Td> <Td> Real Madrid </Td> <Td> 28 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 13 </Td> <Td> Luis Suárez </Td> <Td> Barcelona </Td> <Td> 27 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 14 </Td> <Td> Kevin De Bruyne </Td> <Td> Manchester City </Td> <Td> 25 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 15 </Td> <Td> Paulo Dybala </Td> <Td> Juventus </Td> <Td> 23 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 16 </Td> <Td> Marcelo </Td> <Td> Real Madrid </Td> <Td> 21 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 17 </Td> <Td> Toni Kroos </Td> <Td> Real Madrid </Td> <Td> 20 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 18 </Td> <Td> Antoine Griezmann </Td> <Td> Atlético Madrid </Td> <Td> 17 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 19 </Td> <Td> Eden Hazard </Td> <Td> Chelsea </Td> <Td> 16 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 20 </Td> <Td> David de Gea </Td> <Td> Manchester United </Td> <Td> 15 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 21 </Td> <Td> Pierre - Emerick Aubameyang </Td> <Td> Borussia Dortmund </Td> <Td> 14 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Leonardo Bonucci </Td> <Td> Juventus Milan </Td> <Td> 14 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 23 </Td> <Td> Sadio Mané </Td> <Td> Liverpool </Td> <Td> 10 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 24 </Td> <Td> Radamel Falcao </Td> <Td> Monaco </Td> <Td> 9 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 25 </Td> <Td> Karim Benzema </Td> <Td> Real Madrid </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 26 </Td> <Td> Jan Oblak </Td> <Td> Atlético Madrid </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 27 </Td> <Td> Mats Hummels </Td> <Td> Bayern Munich </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 28 </Td> <Td> Edin Džeko </Td> <Td> Roma </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 30 </Td> <Td> Philippe Coutinho </Td> <Td> Liverpool </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Dries Mertens </Td> <Td> Napoli </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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