On Monday, February 27 in Paris, FIFA held the ceremony rewarding The Best of 2022. A gala to reward the best footballers during the past calendar year. Best player of the World Cup 2022, Lionel Messi (52 pts) won the trophy. He is ahead of his teammate and opponent in the World Cup final, Kylian Mbappé (44 pts) and Karim Benzema (34 pts), Golden Ball 2022.
First African in the ranking, Sadio Mané even with his absence in Qatar, finishes at the 6th place. The Senegalese winger of Bayern Munich obtained 19 points. His former teammate at Liverpool, Mohamed Salah is outside the top 10 with two points. Achraf Hakimi, on the other hand, is ranked 8th with 15 points.
The Best 2022 ranking
1st Lionel Messi (52 pts)
2nd Kylian Mbappé (44 pts)
3rd Karim Benzema (34 pts)
4th Luka Modric (28 pts)
5th Erling Halaand (24 pts)
6th Sadio Mané (19 pts)
7th Julian Alvarez (17 pts)
8th Achraf Hakimi (15 pts)
9th Neymar (13 pts)
10th Kevin De Bruyne (10 pts) and Vinicius Jr (10 pts)
12th Robert Lewandowski (7 pts)
13th Jude Bellingham (3 pts)
14th Mohamed Salah (2 pts)
