Every player Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo voted for in Ballon d'Or and FIFA Best awards since 2010

The 2024 Ballon d'Or ceremony takes place on Monday evening and will see the world's best player crowned at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris, France.

Manchester City midfielder and Real Madrid forward Vinicius Jr are the two favourites for the prize, which is decided by 100 leading journalists from around the world.

These journalists are from FIFA's top 100 member nations and are required to pick their top five from the 30-man shortlist which was released back in September.

For the Ballon d'Or award, there is no say from any players as that only happens with the rival FIFA: The Best awards, where national team captains vote for their top three in each category.

However there was a period where players could vote for the Ballon d'Or as the award was handled by FIFA.

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have won the Ballon d'Or 13 times between them, sharing the stage and raising one another's game.

Yet despite the incredible mutual respect, neither Messi or Ronaldo have ever picked one another as their number one selection in an individual award.

In fact there were no rival votes at all for FIFA's version of the Ballon d'Or, with Messi finally ending the spell when he put Ronaldo in his top three two years in a row in 2018 and 2019.

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A year on and Ronaldo returned the favour, putting Messi second in his top three for 'The Best', which was won by Robert Lewandowski.

Frustratingly, for Lewandowski, the Ballon d'Or was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Messi won the last FIFA Men's Best Player award ahead of Erling Haaland, who he put first in a top three also including Kylian Mbappe and Julian Alvarez.

Ronaldo, meanwhile, refrained from voting in both 2022 and 2023, with Portugal teammate Pepe taking his place instead.

Lionel Messi awards voting

Ballon d'Or:

2010: Didn't vote

2011: Xavi, Iniesta, Aguero

2012: Iniesta, Xavi, Aguero

2013: Iniesta, Xavi, Neymar

2014: Di Maria, Iniesta, Mascherano

2015: Suarez, Neymar, Iniesta

FIFA 'The Best':

2016: Suarez, Neymar, Iniesta

2017: Suarez, Iniesta, Neymar

2018: Modric, Mbappe, Ronaldo

2019: Mane, Ronaldo, De Jong

2020: Neymar, Mbappe, Lewandowski

2021: Neymar, Mbappe, Benzema

2022: Neymar, Mbappe, Benzema

2023: Haaland, Mbappe, Alvarez

Cristiano Ronaldo awards voting

Ballon d'Or:

2010: Xavi, Casillas, Sneijder

2011: Did not vote

2012: Did not vote

2013: Falcao, Bale, Ozil

2014: Ramos, Bale, Benzema

2015: Benzema, James Rodriguez, Bale

FIFA's 'The Best':

2016: Bale, Modric, Ramos

2017: Modric, Ramos, Marcelo

2018: Varane, Modric, Griezmann

2019: De Ligt, De Jong, Mbappe

2020: Lewandowski, Messi, Mbappe

2021: Lewandowski, Kante, Jorginho

2022: Did not vote

2023: Did not vote