Rodri won the Ballon d'Or over Vini by 41 points

The Ballon d'Or 2024 is now water under the bridge. Spain's Rodri Hernandez was crowned the world's best player and won the individual award ahead of Vinicius, who was the overwhelming favourite, and Jude Bellingham, who came third.
This Saturday, November 9, is the day chosen for ‘France Football’, the French magazine that is part of the organisation of the award, to unveil the final votes for the event. However, this Friday, ‘L'Equipe’ gave a small preview.
Rodri beat Vinicius by just 41 points. The Spanish midfielder scored a total of 1,170 points, while the Brazilian star scored 1,129. Finally, Jude Bellingham finished third.
This media outlet digs deeper into the data and reveals that up to 5 jurors did not include Rodri in their ‘top 10’, while Vinicius was left out by 3. Furthermore, there were not 100 journalists who cast their vote, but 99, as Syria did not cast their vote. It should be remembered that the 100 journalists chosen to vote correspond to the top 100 countries according to the FIFA ranking.
Moreover, with the exception of Rodri and Vinicius, up to 7 other players were nominated in first place by the different countries to win the award: Bellingham (5), Carvajal (4), Kroos (2), Mbappe, Haaland, Lautaro Martínez and Lookman.
1. Rodri (Spain, Manchester City) 2. Vinicius Jr. (Brazil, Real Madrid) 3. Jude Bellingham (England, Real Madrid) 4. Dani Carvajal (Spain, Real Madrid) 5. Erling Haaland (Norway, Manchester City) 6. Kylian Mbappe (France, París-SG) 7. Lautaro Martinez (Argentina, Inter Milan) 8. Lamine Yamal (Spain, FC Barcelona) 9. Toni Kroos (Germany, Real Madrid) 10. Harry Kane (England, Bayern Munich) 11. Phil Foden (England, Manchester City) 12. Florian Wirtz (Germany, Leverkusen) 13. Dani Olmo (Spain, RB Leipzig) 14. Ademola Lookman (Nigeria, Atalanta) 15. Nico Williams (Spain, Athletic Bilbao) 16. Granit Xhaka (Switzerland, Leverkusen) 17. Federico Valverde (Uruguay, Real Madrid). 18. Emiliano Martínez (Argentina, Aston Villa) 19. Martin Ödegaard (Norway, Arsenal) 20. Hakan Çalhanoglu (Turkey, Inter Milan) 21. Bukayo Saka (England, Arsenal) 22. Antonio Rüdiger (Germany, Real Madrid) 23. Rúben Dias (Portugal, Manchester City) 24. William Saliba (France, Arsenal) 25. Cole Palmer (England, Manchester City, Chelsea) 26. Declan Rice (England, Arsenal) 27. Vitinha (Portugal, Paris-SG) 28. Alejandro Grimaldo (Spain, Leverkusen) 29. Artem Dovbyk (Ucraine, SK-Dnipro 1, Girona) 30. Mats Hummels (Germany, Dortmund)