France Football: "The Ballon d'Or is Messi," even without being nominated for the first time since 2005 | Marca
![Breaking | Lionel Messi clinches world-record sixth Ballon d'Or, Megan Rapinoe receives top women's honour - The Statesman Breaking | Lionel Messi clinches world-record sixth Ballon d'Or, Megan Rapinoe receives top women's honour - The Statesman](https://www.thestatesman.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Messi-2.jpg)
Breaking | Lionel Messi clinches world-record sixth Ballon d'Or, Megan Rapinoe receives top women's honour - The Statesman
![Ballon d'Or 2021 as it happened - Lionel Messi beats Robert Lewandowski and Jorginho to win prize for seventh time - Eurosport Ballon d'Or 2021 as it happened - Lionel Messi beats Robert Lewandowski and Jorginho to win prize for seventh time - Eurosport](https://i.eurosport.com/2021/11/29/3263195-66781168-2560-1440.jpg)
Ballon d'Or 2021 as it happened - Lionel Messi beats Robert Lewandowski and Jorginho to win prize for seventh time - Eurosport
Ballon d'Or 2021: Lionel Messi wins, full leaderboard, results, points, reaction, Robert Lewandowski, Cristiano Ronaldo, Pascal Ferre
![Ballon d'Or 2019: How Messi beat Ronaldo and Van Dijk to top prize | The Independent | The Independent Ballon d'Or 2019: How Messi beat Ronaldo and Van Dijk to top prize | The Independent | The Independent](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2019/12/02/15/messi-wins-ballon-dor.jpg?width=1200)
Ballon d'Or 2019: How Messi beat Ronaldo and Van Dijk to top prize | The Independent | The Independent
![Lionel Messi wins Ballon d'Or 2021: Seventh trophy settles Cristiano Ronaldo debate once and for all - Eurosport Lionel Messi wins Ballon d'Or 2021: Seventh trophy settles Cristiano Ronaldo debate once and for all - Eurosport](https://imgresizer.eurosport.com/unsafe/1280x960/smart/filters:format(jpeg)/origin-imgresizer.eurosport.com/2021/11/29/3263220-66781668-2560-1440.jpg)
Lionel Messi wins Ballon d'Or 2021: Seventh trophy settles Cristiano Ronaldo debate once and for all - Eurosport
![Ballon d'Or #ballondor on Twitter: "Lionel Messi ranking year after year! #ballondor https://t.co/MbyjWM1TtK" / Twitter Ballon d'Or #ballondor on Twitter: "Lionel Messi ranking year after year! #ballondor https://t.co/MbyjWM1TtK" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FbpGa6eXgAINp6u.jpg:large)