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The Ballon d'Or ceremony is reaching its climax and France Football and L'Equipe are announcing the top 10 players now. There have already been some surprising inclusions in the rankings so far.
Karim Benzema has been ranked 25th ahead of the likes of Coutinho, Mertens and Jan Oblak. However, what is most surprising is the fact that Toni Kroos, who was arguably the best midfielder in world football last year was ranked as low as 17.
Here is the full list of rankings so far:
The players ranked 30 to 21 were announced first.
29) Philippe Coutinho and Dries Mertens
28) Edin Dzeko
27) Mats Hummels
26) Jan Oblak
25) Karim Benzema
24) Radamel Falcao
23) Sadio Mane
21) Leonardo Bonucci and Pierre Emerick-Aubameyang
The players ranked 20-11 were:
20) David De Gea
19) Eden Hazard
18) Antoine Griezmann
17) Toni Kroos
16) Marcelo
15) Paulo Dybala
14) Kevin De Bruyne
13) Luis Suarez
12) Isco
11) Edinson Cavani
And finally, the 10-6 ranks are:
10) Harry Kane
9) Robert Lewandowski
8) N'golo Kante
7) Kylian Mbappe
6) Sergio Ramos
Premier League boys Harry Kane and N'golo Kante make it in very respectable positions while Bayern Munich sensation Robert Lewandowski is 9th. Mbappe has been ranked ahead of Cavani, but below the world's most expensive player and his club team-mate, Neymar.
Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos is ranked 6th! Which means midfield maestro Luka Modric makes it to the top5. The players left now are Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Neymar, Buffon and Modric.
You can follow the top 5 rankings LIVE here
