Cristiano Ronaldo has five Ballon d'Or honours to his name, while Lionel Messi has seven.
have won a staggering 12 Ballon d'Or titles between them, with the Argentine boasting an impressive SEVEN awards, having won it in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019, 2021.
The Portuguese, on the other hand, has five Ballon d'Or awards to his name, winning the prestigious prize in 2008, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017. They've held a stranglehold on the Ballon d'Or since 2008, with Luka Modric the only player to break up their dominance.But who would've won the award if Messi and Ronaldo weren't around? Well, France Football have put together a list of the winners if the pair of football superstars didn't exist.In 2008, Liverpool's Fernandes Torres would've won the award.
Bayern Munich pair Franck Ribery and Manuel Neuer would've won the Ballon d'Or in 2013 and 2014 respectively.
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