5 world records jointly shared by Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi 

#3 Most FIFA Ballons d’Or

The Real Madrid and Barcelona superstars have won the Ballon d'Or award five times each

No two players have dominated the prestigious Ballon d’Or award more than Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. The Real Madrid and Barcelona superstars have been nominated together for the prestigious individual award in 10 out of the last 11 editions.

Since 2007, both players have mounted the podium together, barring 2010 when Andres Iniesta and Xaxi Hernandez were nominated alongside Messi, with Ronaldo being left out of the final three.

The Portuguese and his Argentine rival have, however, both won the Ballon d’Or award on five separate occasions – the most by any players since the inception of the award in 1956.

The pair were first nominated for the prestigious award in 2007 but they both lost out to AC Milan’s Ricardo Kaka. However, Messi and Ronaldo have since won each of the following editions of the Ballon d’Or, making it 10 straight years of dominance by the duo.

Ronaldo won it in 2008, 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017, whilst Messi reigned supreme in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2015.