Leo Messi: seven consecutive Ballon d'Or top three finishes

Iniesta, Messi and Xavi, top three finishers in the 2010 Ballon d'Or. PHOTO: MIGUEL RUIZ-FCB.
Last year he became the first footballer to win the award four times

Barça’s Ballon d’Or winners

1960 Luis Suárez
1973 Johan Cruyff
1974 Johan Cruyff
1994 Hristo Stoitxkov
1999 Rivaldo
2005 Ronaldinho

Leo Messi won’t miss the 2013 FIFA Ballon d’Or gala on Monday, seeing that the Argentinian has attended the event continually since 2007. Since then, Messi has always finished in the top three for the award.

In 2007 he finished third, behind Kaká and Cristiano Ronaldo. The following year the award was won by the Portuguese player; Messi finished second. From 2009 until 2012, Messi won the Ballon d’Or four consecutive times, a feat that no players has ever achieved.

This Monday, Leo Messi might win his fifth Ballon d’Or. Regardless of the outcome on Monday, no one can take away Messi’s seven consecutive top three finishes.

 

Ballon d‘Or
2007
1st 2nd 3rd
Kaká
(AC Milan)
Cristiano Ronaldo
(Manchester Utd)
Leo Messi
(FC Barcelona)

 

 Ballon d‘Or
2008
1st 2nd 3rd
Cristiano Ronaldo
(Manchester Utd)
Leo Messi
(FC Barcelona)
Fernando Torres
(Liverpool)

 

 Ballon d‘Or
2009
1st 2nd 3rd
Leo Messi
(FC Barcelona)
Cristiano Ronaldo
(R. Madrid)
Xavi Hernández
(FC Barcelona)

 

 FIFA Ballon d‘Or
2010
1st 2nd 3rd
Leo Messi
(FC Barcelona)
Andrés Iniesta
(FC Barcelona)
Xavi Hernández
(FC Barcelona)

 

 FIFA Ballon d‘Or
2011
1st 2nd 3rd
Leo Messi
(FC Barcelona)
Cristiano Ronaldo
(R.Madrid)
Xavi Hernández
(FC Barcelona)

 

 FIFA Ballon d‘Or
2012
1st 2nd 3rd
Leo Messi
(FC Barcelona)
Cristiano Ronaldo
(R. Madrid)
Andrés Iniesta
(FC Barcelona)