France Football, the organizers of the Ballon d’Or award, has revealed the final voting numbers of the 2024 awards.
This has confirmed the margin by which Manchester City midfielder Rodri controversially beat Real Madrid’s Vinícius Júnior to the prize.
It has now emerged that Rodri came top of the voting with 1170 points, 41 more than Vinícius (1129).
Vinícius and Madrid players, coaches and executives refused to attend the ceremony in Paris on October 28, after they found out that Rodri had won.
The voting report released on Friday, details that each of the 99 judges for the men’s award listed a top 10 for the Ballon d’Or, with each first-place vote worth 15 points, followed by 12, 10, eight, seven, five, four, three, two and one point for the 10th-place slot.
That means there were 6,633 points voted for in total.
