Argentine legend Lionel Messi recently won the 2023 Ballon d’Or award, marking his record eighth Ballon d’Or trophy, and France Football have revealed the full list of winner vote by country below
Manchester City striker Erling Haaland came in behind Messi for a second-place finish following a blistering season with his club.
Ballon d’Or 2023 voting list and nominees points and who did each journalist vote for
🚨🚨 Full Ballon d’Or votes from all of the voting countries! 🌕✨ pic.twitter.com/Xpe7R02cth
— All About Argentina 🛎🇦🇷 (@AlbicelesteTalk) November 4, 2023
The amount of 1st placed votes each player got for the Ballon d’Or! ✨
🇦🇷 Lionel Messi: 65
🇳🇴 Erling Haaland: 21
🇫🇷 Kylian Mbappé: 5
🇵🇹 Bernardo Silva: 1 pic.twitter.com/2VyUBzlRzt— 𝐀𝐅𝐂 𝐀𝐉𝐀𝐗 💎 (@TheEuropeanLad) November 4, 2023
Messi’s highlight of the season was winning the Qatar 2022 World Cup campaign, where he captained his country and also won the Most Valuable Player award.
Lionel Messi wins Ballon d’Or 2023
Messi won the Ballon d’Or 2023 by a huge margin, beating Haaland and Kylian Mbappe, who came in behind him. Given below is the number of times each player won first place in the journalists’ vote:
| Player | Number of first-place votes |
| Messi | 65 |
| Haaland | 21 |
| Mbappe | 5 |
| Bernardo Silva | 1 |
Ballon d’Or voting format
The Ballon d’Or Awards feature a voting format consisting of a jury of 100 journalists. France Football appoints the jury members based on FIFA’s rankings – one journalist from each of the top 100 ranked nations get one vote each. After appointed the jury members, France Football presents them with a shortlist of 30 players. Each of the 100 journalists in the jury ranks their top five players in an order. The first-choice receives six points, while the second wins four, the third receives three, fourth receives two and fifth one. Following the end of the voting, the player with the most number of points wins.
2023 Ballon d’Or full list of winner votes by country
| Country | Player |
| South Africa | Messi |
| Albania | Messi |
| Algeria | Haaland |
| Germany | Messi |
| England | Messi |
| Saudi Arabia | Messi |
| Argentina | Messi |
| Australia | Messi |
| Armenia | Messi |
| Austria | Messi |
| Bahrein | Haaland |
| Belgium | Messi |
| Benin | Haaland |
| Bielorussia | Messi |
| Bolivia | Messi |
| Bosnia | Messi |
| Brazil | Messi |
| Bulgaria | Mbappé |
| Cameroon | Mbappé |
| Canada | Messi |
| Cabo Verde | Haaland |
| China | Messi |
| Chile | Messi |
| Colombia | Messi |
| Korea | Messi |
| Costa Rica | Messi |
| Ivory Coste | Mbappé |
| Croatia | Messi |
| Denmark | Haaland |
| Scotland | Messi |
| Egypt | Messi |
| Ireland | Messi |
| UAE | Messi |
| Ecuador | Messi |
| Spain | Messi |
| USA | Messi |
| Finland | Messi |
| France | Haaland |
| Gabon | Haaland |
| Wales | Messi |
| Georgia | Messi |
| Ghana | Haaland |
| Greece | Haaland |
| Guinea | Haaland |
| Guinea Eq | Messi |
| Honduras | Messi |
| Hungary | Messi |
| India | Messi |
| Iraq | Messi |
| Iran | Messi |
| Northern Ireland | Messi |
| Island | Haaland |
| Israel | Messi |
| Italy | Messi |
| Jamaica | Messi |
| Japan | Haaland |
| Giordania | Haaland |
| Kirghizstan | Haaland |
| Lebanon | Messi |
| Luxembourg | Messi |
| Macedonia | Haaland |
| Morocco | Messi |
| Mexico | Messi |
| Montenegro | Messi |
| Nigeria | Messi |
| Norway | Haaland |
| Oman | Messi |
| Uganda | Messi |
| Palestine | Messi |
| Panama | Messi |
| Paraguay | Messi |
| Netherlands | Messi |
| Perù | Messi |
| Polonia | Messi |
| Portugal | Bernardo Silva |
| Qatar | Messi |
| Czech Republic | Messi |
| Romania | Messi |
| Russia | Messi |
| Salvador | Haaland |
| Senegal | Haaland |
| Slovakia | Haaland |
| Slovenia | Messi |
| Sweden | Messi |
| Switzerland | Haaland |
| Tunisia | Messi |
| Turkiye | Messi |
| Ukraine | Messi |
| Uruguay | Messi |
| Venezuela | Messi |
| Vietnam | Messi |
| Zambia | Messi |
Ballon d’Or 2023 countries who didn’t vote for Messi
Given below is the list of countries who didn’t vote for Lionel Messi:
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Guinea
- Jordan
- Switzerland
- El Salvador