![It Is What It Is: Why goalkeepers, No 1s and custodians (almost) never win the Ballon d'Or - The Athletic It Is What It Is: Why goalkeepers, No 1s and custodians (almost) never win the Ballon d'Or - The Athletic](https://cdn.theathletic.com/app/uploads/2022/10/20070303/Frame-1-2-1024x683.png)
It Is What It Is: Why goalkeepers, No 1s and custodians (almost) never win the Ballon d'Or - The Athletic
![Ballon d'Or: Seven things you didn't know about the famous award with Cristiano Ronaldo set to equal Lionel Messi's record of five gongs | The Sun Ballon d'Or: Seven things you didn't know about the famous award with Cristiano Ronaldo set to equal Lionel Messi's record of five gongs | The Sun](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/sport-preview-ballon-dor1.jpg?strip=all&w=620&h=413&crop=1)
Ballon d'Or: Seven things you didn't know about the famous award with Cristiano Ronaldo set to equal Lionel Messi's record of five gongs | The Sun
![PSG Chief on Twitter: "Ballon D'or 2023 race MIND THE GAP 😂🐐 #BallonDor https://t.co/DUD6RH5yNS" / Twitter PSG Chief on Twitter: "Ballon D'or 2023 race MIND THE GAP 😂🐐 #BallonDor https://t.co/DUD6RH5yNS" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ft55y8fWcAEnTuX.jpg:large)
PSG Chief on Twitter: "Ballon D'or 2023 race MIND THE GAP 😂🐐 #BallonDor https://t.co/DUD6RH5yNS" / Twitter
![Mason Mount backed to beat Kylian Mbappe, Karim Benzema and Erling Haaland to Ballon d'Or - Daily Star Mason Mount backed to beat Kylian Mbappe, Karim Benzema and Erling Haaland to Ballon d'Or - Daily Star](https://i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk/article27173010.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200/0_gettyimages-1241163934-594x594.jpg)
Mason Mount backed to beat Kylian Mbappe, Karim Benzema and Erling Haaland to Ballon d'Or - Daily Star
![TIL France Football have retroactively acknowledged that had Pele been eligible, he would have won 7 Ballon d'Ors over the course of his career : r/soccer TIL France Football have retroactively acknowledged that had Pele been eligible, he would have won 7 Ballon d'Ors over the course of his career : r/soccer](https://external-preview.redd.it/EZWAMD74e66dGVq8cPWF15CLe68ps-ITBtKrtC7srJk.jpg?auto=webp&s=701cbfbeef691b48aaab770fa5833f1323366faf)
TIL France Football have retroactively acknowledged that had Pele been eligible, he would have won 7 Ballon d'Ors over the course of his career : r/soccer
![2004 Ballon D'or. Andriy Shevchenko wins ahead of Deco who won the Champions League with Porto and Ronahldinho who just completed his first season with Barcelona (Awarded Dec. 13 2004) : r/classicsoccer 2004 Ballon D'or. Andriy Shevchenko wins ahead of Deco who won the Champions League with Porto and Ronahldinho who just completed his first season with Barcelona (Awarded Dec. 13 2004) : r/classicsoccer](https://i.redd.it/m8t6athrfpt71.jpg)