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Ballon d'Or: Messi bends football to his will like no one in history | The Independent | The Independent
![Ballon d'Or winners and the top 10 players from 2000 to 2021 as Lionel Messi beats Robert Lewandowski, Jorginho and Cristiano Ronaldo to top award Ballon d'Or winners and the top 10 players from 2000 to 2021 as Lionel Messi beats Robert Lewandowski, Jorginho and Cristiano Ronaldo to top award](https://talksport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/11/NINTCHDBPICT000696949924.jpg?strip=all&w=960&quality=40)
Ballon d'Or winners and the top 10 players from 2000 to 2021 as Lionel Messi beats Robert Lewandowski, Jorginho and Cristiano Ronaldo to top award
![Ballon d'Or #ballondor on Twitter: "WHAT AN IMAGE! 👀 When Luka Modric gives the Ballon d'Or to Lionel Messi 🤝 #ballondor https://t.co/R4EzajHEu9" / Twitter Ballon d'Or #ballondor on Twitter: "WHAT AN IMAGE! 👀 When Luka Modric gives the Ballon d'Or to Lionel Messi 🤝 #ballondor https://t.co/R4EzajHEu9" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EKzyiReWkAA5VuR.jpg:large)
Ballon d'Or #ballondor on Twitter: "WHAT AN IMAGE! 👀 When Luka Modric gives the Ballon d'Or to Lionel Messi 🤝 #ballondor https://t.co/R4EzajHEu9" / Twitter
![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 #ballondor on Twitter: "Can you believe this?! Six #ballondor for Lionel Messi 👀 How much more to come? https://t.co/Rvse0XLWNh" / Twitter Ballon d'Or #ballondor on Twitter: "Can you believe this?! Six #ballondor for Lionel Messi 👀 How much more to come? https://t.co/Rvse0XLWNh" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EKz0P0iXUAAG1tZ.jpg:large)
Ballon d'Or #ballondor on Twitter: "Can you believe this?! Six #ballondor for Lionel Messi 👀 How much more to come? https://t.co/Rvse0XLWNh" / Twitter
![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
![Ballon d'Or #ballondor on Twitter: "Lionel Messi from @FCBarcelona is the 2019 Ballon d'Or winner! THAT'S HIS SIXTH ONE! #ballondor https://t.co/dLndTZNeeW" / Twitter Ballon d'Or #ballondor on Twitter: "Lionel Messi from @FCBarcelona is the 2019 Ballon d'Or winner! THAT'S HIS SIXTH ONE! #ballondor https://t.co/dLndTZNeeW" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EKzwlVrX0AMLROa.jpg)