Topics: Ballon D'Or, Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Luis Suárez, Antoine Griezmann, Neymar
The panel of experts, which included national team coaches and captains, decided to hand out the award to Cristiano Ronaldo.

In what turned out to be an eventful evening, Cristiano Ronaldo ended up bagging his fifth Ballon D'Or trophy, matching Lionel Messi's tally in the process. The Argentine's former team-mate Neymar completed the top three spots, confirming themselves as the most dominant players of our time.

French magazine France Football replicated their model to reveal the final ranking, giving away names one at a time. That list was full of surprises, and in case you missed it, we provide you with the full list published today.

1. Cristiano Ronaldo

2. Lionel Messi

3. Neymar

4. Gianluigi Buffon

5. Luka Modric

6. Sergio Ramos

7. Kylian Mbappé

8. N'Golo Kanté

9. Robert Lewandowski

10. Harry Kane

11. Edinson Cavani

12. Isco

13. Luis Suárez

14. Kevin de Bruyne

15. Paulo Dybala

16. Marcelo

17. Toni Kroos

18. Antoine Griezmann

19. Eden Hazard

20. David De Gea

21. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

21. Leonardo Bonucci

23. Sadio Mané

24. Radamel Falcao

25. Karim Benzema

26. Jan Oblak

27. Mats Hummels

28. Edin Dzeko

29. Philippe Coutinho

29. Dries Mertens