Lewandowski 5 points short of top 3: full breakdown of Ballon d'Or votes

Robert Lewandowski finished fourth in the 2022 Ballon d'Or race.

The full votes have finally been revealed by L'Equipe. The Barcelona striker got 170 points and it turns out that he was just five points short of third-placed Kevin De Bruyne.

Here is the full breakdown

1. Karim Benzema - 549 pts

2. Sadio Mane - 193 pts

3. Kevin De Bruyne - 175 pts

4. Robert Lewandowski - 170 pts

5. Mohamed Salah - 118 pts

6. Kylian Mbappe - 85 pts

7. Thibaut Courtois - 82 pts

8. Vinicius Jr - 61 pts

9. Luka Modric - 20 pts

10. Erling Haaland - 18 pts

11. Heung-min Son - 5 pts

12. Riyad mahrez - 4 pts

13. Sebastien Haaler - 2 pts

14. Fabinho, Rafel Leao - 2 pts

16. Virgil van Dijk - 1 pt

17. Casemiro, Luis Diaz, Dusan Vlahovic - 1 pt

20. Cristiano Ronaldo - 0 pts

21. Harry Kane - 0 pts

22. Trent Alexander-Arnold, Phil Foden, Bernardo Silva - 0 pts

25. Joao Cancelo, Joshua Kimmich, Mike Maignan, Christopher Nkunku, Darwin Nunez, Antonio Rudiger - 0 pts

Note that if several players get the same amount of votes, those who had more previous nominations are given an advantage. This is why Cristiano Ronaldo finished in 20th with 0 points, ahead of several other players that received 0 points too.

Source: L'Equipe | Goal