Ballon d'Or 2021 winner and final rankings list leaked: Messi or Ronaldo, who is ahead?

Ballon d'Or 2021 will see some of top footballers battle it out to lay ir hands on prestigious award, and modern-day greats of game- Cristia Ronaldo and his fierce rival Lionel Messi are expected to be frontrunners to win this award once again.

This year's Ballon d'Or awards will be held at Chatelet atre in French capital of Paris on 29 vember. While Argentine great Lionel Messi will be hoping to win a record seventh award, his Portuguese counterpart as well as long-time rival Cristia Ronaldo who already has five titles would be er to equal Messi's feat.  

Meanwhile, it has been reported that  Ballon d'Or 2021 winner and final rankings list have been leaked. 

Ballon d'Or 2021 list leaked?

As per reports, a list of what is being claimed as  final standings of Ballon d’Or 2021 has been doing rounds on social media lately and surprising thing here is that list which has been leaked online contains names of players in order of number of votes that have been garnered by m with name of France football on top. 

Going by rumours, Polish and FC Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski is winner of  Ballon d'Or 2021 awards and he has clearly outperformed Lionel Messi and French as well as Real Madrid superstar Karim Benzema comprehensively to lift trophy. Reportedly, Robert Lewandowski has won a total of 627 votes.

Coming back to erly-awaited Ballon d'Or 2021 awards, Robert Lewandowski is arguably strongest contender to win prestigious award. Polish sensation has netted an outstanding 50 goals for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich across all competitions including eight assists. Apart from that he also helped FC Bayern Munich in winning  Bundesliga, Club World Cup & DFL-Supercup titles respectively. At same time, Polish striker also won Golden Boot for being highest scorer in Europe last season.

While Lewandowski is a contender to win his first-ever Ballon d'Or, eventually, it could all come down to Lionel Messi and Cristia Ronaldo as well.  duo has already claimed 11 awards between m. 2021 Copa America winner had won award last time it was held in 2019. awards t be given away in year 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic.