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#7 Only thrice has the Top 3 included players from the same club
It is sometimes possible that some clubs boast squads that are made up of the best players in the world at that moment, with Real Madrid and their Galacticos being one example, while the Barcelona side that won the treble in 2009 being the other.
And in the Ballon d'Or rankings, the Top 3 had consisted of players from the same club only on three occasions, with AC Milan players dominating the awards in the 1988 and 1989 editions, while Barcelona trio of Messi, Iniesta and Xavi completed the top 3 in 2010.
#8 Only thrice has the Top 3 included players of the same nationality
The top 3 players in the Ballon d'Or voting are regarded as the top 3 players in the world at that given moment, so it is very rare to see players of the same nationality making it into the Top 3.
Thus, it has only happened on three different occasions that the top 3 has included players from the same national side, with three German players in the list in the 1972 edition of the award, again in 1981 and three players from the Netherlands comprising the top 3 in 1988.
