The GREATEST Players to NEVER Win the Ballon d'Or 

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Frank Lampard

Frank Ribery 2013/14 season

Ribery 2013

Ribery

1. Atletico madrid 2. Arsenal 3. Valencia

Big Chungus There’s no way Athletico was as great as some of the Arsenal teams.

There was 15 minutes left

Atletico Madrid Valencia Arsenal Manchester City PSG

@@jasonhughes6896 The year Atlético got to the final they had a beast of a team

I'm a United fan and I couldn't agree more.

@Marco Pasini But Henry won the Champions league in 2009

@Marco Pasini Henry Scored big games yo clown he scored against Juventus, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Chelsea, Manchester United, Liverpool and Inter Milan but that Champions league he had an off day and even Ronaldinho is nowhere to seen that game.

I've always liked Thierry Henry but when he lost Ballon D'or again Pavel Nedved I was more than satisfied with it. Both Henry and Nedved are really great players from the past. People you love to watch on the pitch.

@@-RunninNGunnin- Yh but Henry just deserved it you can’t be satisfied with a man watching an achievement he deserved so clearly being taken from him nedved was great but wasn’t as good as Henry

halim kamaruzaman Haha 😂 Zlatan z boss of player and manager. Noone can stop himb to saying anything

Zlatan agreez

Cuz he’s not good enough to win Ballon Dor period.

@@tbggaming8977 Ballon d'or is a joke nowadays.

@@tbggaming8977 Footbal isn't for you

Defenders should get their own inidvidual award just like Goalkeepers have

He couldn't win when Messi and Ronaldo are around.

@@howardlam6181 it’s very unfortunate for all the best players of the last decade that they’re playing at the same time as Messi and Ronaldo. Lots of players good enough to win never did purely because of their extraordinary talent

@@edconway8599 I mean Suarez did deserve it in 2016 tho, most assists in Europe most goals in Europe most G+A in Europe combined most G+A against Europes top 6, European golden boot, La liga title, cops del rey title so I do think he deserved it in 2016

@@c-town4573 that’s very true but Ronaldo played a massive part in the champions league win and the euros win for Portugal where they weren’t favored by anyone

He was not one of the best he was the best

Too many good players in the world, although he was deserving of a win, there were just players who were having better individual seasons than him. The likes of Ronaldinho, Ronaldo Nazario, Shevchenko, etc, etc. But he had a better career overall than a lot of the players that won over him, the most notable one being Michael Owen. He was like a 2 season wonder then declined to nothing

Rusty nedvid over henry that year was really dumb dumb

sloppy treatz only the best win the ballon Dor Henry is only in the top 5 but never the best

@@germanischerkrieger6018 Shut up you just didnt see him play

Riaz Montana because he played in a generation where there were players that were pure class

XxAquaFreshGxX Though there was no way he shouldn’t have won it in the year that Arsenal had an invincible season.

@@christiandeleon813 True. Nedved was not at his level of importance. For Ribéry or even Iniesta, the problem is Messi (91 goals in one year!) or CR7 were, unfortunately for them, even better than them on the individual plan. While Modric had the ballon d'or instead of CR7... But regarding Henry, this is for me, just unfair.

@@hexz_0334 he was the best player in the world that year

Even more disgusting when u realize how much Henry did that Year, Vs How Messi Bottled 3-0 lead vs Liverpool, had a Sad Copa America, and Lost Copa del rey, but Because he scored vs the Farmers in His Domestic League ( real betis, Leganes, Osasuna etc) he won't balon dor over VVD who won UCL , managed 90+ points mid year end of the 18/19season, and ended 2019/20 first half of the season UNBEATEN 😂😂😂

This time no one can stop lewandoski

It is because of covid but he might win this year

@@Gramsciii euro can lmao

@@hester5014 Is Kante playing exceptional? Is Messi exceptional? Lewa is favourite for this year, those two names need to put exceptional performances in euro and copa to surpass him this year.

@@daynight6860 kante already won the ucl, there should be 2 ballon d'ors given away this year, for lewa last year, and someone like kante this year

I support United and completely agree

No

The balón glove

@@yaboicisky7483 Very creative

we got Lev Yashin trophy

Yeah, for the most clean sheets

Pirlo is miles ahead of Xavi only iniesta is better

@@dynamicinc3438 xavi is better than pirlo , iniesta, zidan ,scholes, and( modric and kroos combined)... u dont know what u talking about!!

@@sanadov1 Xavi better than Zidane? haha stop playing fifa you are football illiterate my friend.

@@sanadov1 Xavi aint better than zidane mate.

@@dynamicinc3438 hah. What a Delusional. Tell me one thing in any aspect of football zidane is better than xavi other than some flashy dribbles that zidane occasionally have done?

N F la Liga domination 👍🏿

For real though all the very best players were in la liga so it's understandable

It should be the Messi Ronaldo modric o'dor award

@@ezraprzytyk only because of ream madrid and Barcelona

@@LonerNomad no not modric

Smeichel

Probably not casillas. Neuer played when Ronaldo and Messi were at they’re peak so there was nothing he could do but he was unbelievable

@@edconway8599 Casillas stepped up when he was young and performed for Spain and at his peak he had a higher goal saving percentage than Buffon so why not him?

@@liampowell5014 well maybe him but was there any year where he outperformed basically every other player like neuer did in 2014 he was a freak that year just unfortunate to be at his peak the same time as Ronaldo and Messi so he never really had a chance like everyone else

@@edconway8599 casillas is the greatest keeper of this generation possibly of all time if keepers had there own ballon Dor which they should iker would have 5 or 6

+ Ribery

Sneijder never got too 3

As a Dutchman and generally just the opponents of Germany, were scared of Kahn. Even fans watching from the sofa were scared of him.

Without Kahn, Germany would have never reached the final in the 2002 World Cup

Sorry for Pep but no way laudrup won the ballon d’or over Van Basten and Guulit

@@yvans. facts

@@yvans. Laudrup is one of the most underrated players of all time, but I agree. Those players were just better. But doesn't make him any less deserving though

@@yvans. well there was enough years for giving it

@@rusty111fire I think he was better than Gullit, Gullit was lethal, but for a shorter period

Someone literally try to argue with me and try say nedved played better 😪

Neither did I. But it was surely something political back in the days. I remember that in 1996 Ronaldo lost it by one vote to Matthias Sammer who did nothing special. Fans will come and talk about Champions League victory but he wasnt in squad 6 games of 11 games like he missed 17 games in the league. While that season Ronaldo scored 52 goals in 53 games including national team. Which was one of the best seasons in history. And moreover he scored a sensational goal against Compostela. Even his assists was outstanding.

@@sholito9 Nedved performance against Barcelona and Madrid in Ucl quarter and semi was out of the world . U never Watched him play, so stop crying .Henry was a big flop in Ucl knockout and International tournament, thats why he never won .

Henry truly deserved it in 02-03. He had like 24 goals and 20 assists in the league and he was absolutely sensational that year. In 06, he was also unbelievable. I don't think Buffon or Cannavaro deserved it over him in total body of work. He was robbed twice, in my opinion. And when people say but Europe or Champions League, I always defer to Modric who was good and at times great but better than Messi? Gtfoh. Clearly, the voters don't do so with consistency. Henry was robbed.

@@omarhasan03 Yes Buffon and Cannavaro deserved it more.

• I love Nothing but Peace yeah has won every thing in three different leagues....a shame

The only reason y Xavi would have won was cuz of Messi

@@erictapia1772 yes, Messi was totally the reason for Spain's unprecedented success...

• I love Nothing but Peace iniesta > xavi

Cuz of David villa spain, yes Xavi is amazing,

That season is given way too much praise. Average points total and drew 12 games. Henry was class though

Kevin McGee and 0 losses no club has ever done it stop hating am sure whatever club u supporting has never gone a season without loosing

@@a.k.aemperor2365 Ehhhhhhh before you go throwing around retarded statements you might want to fact check. Preston North end were the first club to go a season unbeaten in the top flight and they did it winning the FA cup also. Loser

@@kevinmcgee373 You can't be serious? Preston done it back in 1889 And only played 22 games for the whole season. Comparing the two is a joke.

Because Ballon dor focuses more on UCL and International tournament, anf thats where he always came short .Henry was a major flop in Ucl throughout his career until Barca and Messi helped him win in 2009

LMAO

Modric is a football legend

But he didn't deserve it

@@smallshaq8062 I did tbh, He carried Croatia to the world Cup with many other achievements, But now he's terrible in form

@@anonymousboiii_6934 Croatia got the easiest route to the final and lost to their first channel

He could of been like Messi or ronaldo he just simply didn’t feel like it

Messi was better

@@lewis5645 could have, not could of

Even Ribery bruh

@@wandilebartman Ribery wasn't even Bayerns best player that season

100% he was better than iniesta but not better than xavi and messi

@@c-town4573 We could argue about Xavi and Iniesta but Sneijder definitely had a much better year than Messi.

Totally agree

@@jonathanandrianavalona5384 better year on a collective perspective but not individual. Milito was the best player at inter and the best player in the UCL. Messi was Europe's top scorer, UCL top scorer had two trophies. Xavi had a better claim to that award.

@@danieljakes5949 No, he was better overall, he was Netherland's main man and single-handedly eliminated Brazil in the quarter finals being behind on the Score. He was Inter's playmaker, Milito was the best scorer and was fantastic but Sneijder arguably contributed more to Inter's success that year than Milito. In fact, journalists and critics pretty much all favored Sneijder, Messi got it from Team Captains and National Team Coaches who mostly votes for who their favorite players are, disregarding what they did during the year or what the players achievements are during the period. That's why you'll see ridiculous claims like voting Benzema as the winner in a year where he has nothing to claim for, the same can be told for a lot of players...

@@chrishowls7545, In general, you are correct, Ronaldo is a better player, but for that one year...for that one year, I think Ribery was a better player and had a greater impact on his team and the sport.

Anthony Hogan he's good but his generation has some of the best talent ever seen in football history, take Sheva for an example he was just too good he destroyed every teams in Europe

If you check the stats you will see he scored only 2 goals and assists in that champions league. On the other hand ronaldo was a beast

Ronaldo scored 55 goals in 55 games with 12 assists that year, compare that to Ribery who scored 11 (with 23 assists), while both playing left wing. Pretty sure Ronaldo deserved it.

If your team wins the treble does that mean you have to win the Ballon'Dor ? No that's an individual award based on performances mainly aswell as amount of goals you have scored that season and it's also based on popularity. If Messi ends season with 1 trophy but scores 50 + goals and 20 + but Mane for Example won the cl and league will Messi get less votings than Mane ?

Ribery did'nt deserve it.

Henry is a better footballer

Cristiano 63 goals , 18 assists Messi 36 goals , 18 assists Ribery 24 goals , 18 assists. See the difference, not of 10 goals , no of 20 goals but of fucking 40 goals . LOL.

Cristiano was a beast in 2013

@@Warloxhater Messi scored more

And he wasn’t golden boot in 2003 it was Van Nistelrooy

Oh hell Naw🤣

One of the most overrated players in football history

Krum Angelov and sneijder in 09/10

i mean seeing your pfp then he probably wasn’t robbed

Ribery 20 goals , Cristiano 63 goals Lol

Bias

Ronaldo was better, stop denying the obvious truth

You hear Beckhams rather mild yet true story about how he wasn't perfectly focused on his career but a rapist should really have won the trophy?

Yeah but unfortunate Henry never showed up in Ucl and international tournament ,thats what Ballon dor focuses on more. He was never the best player of any UCL or International tournament campaign 😂

@@Username-mn7pc He was way better than the dudes he lost to in 2003.

Ruud van nistelrooy won the golden boot in 2002 03 with 25 goals and henry had 24 goals that season

So what? Was he better than Iniesta or Xavi?

Sobrevalorado yh

defeated by Inesta in both Tier in finals 🤣🤣

Inter won 2010 Champions league dude,, beating Barca in Semis and Bayern in Final

@@AlmaTorran97 iniesta won world cup and man of the match in final.. is champions league bigger thn World cup

It wasn’t a normal season

No

i don't think he deserves the ballon d'or tbh

@@Suren2122 who then? this year he won everything and was the top scorer in almost every competition he played. no other player has come close

@@bigCharizard hes definitely one of them messi or ronaldo fans who is completely biased against any other player besides one of them 2

messi and Ronaldo shouldnt have 11 together..

@@viggoulander9671 yes they should look at there ballon for winning stats no one else comes close to them

LAUDRUP

Cheats never prosper.

You mean how _Zlatan_ is Zlatan Ibrahimovic really? 😁

@@oslonorway547 you might be on to something 🤔lmao

Raymar Football so you doing a giveaway and maybe giving me something “away”?

No because Zlatan isn’t good. Good is Zlatan

@@mdodzz great is zlatan

Strikers win fans, goalkeepers win games.

@@fmotlgreen6814 buffon neur Casillas they have so many fans dude even i love buffon

*OLIVE*

Ribery was robbed in 2013

Zlatan

@I nort Drogba 2012 and Villa 2010 FOR SURE.

@I nort it's greatest players to never win. Not who deserves it the most. All these players are great

@@maxerpro792 no

M. Fahim Won the CL and led Croatia to the World cup final.

Alex Alex that’s it? Lol

@@AJ-ew7kr wym thats it thats huge

@@AlexAlex-wm7xt ummmm he missed pens that could have knocked out his country

@@hasandadoush3268 That doesn't undo he's overall accomplishment.

As an Italian,even though I felt like Pirlo deserved to win at least one Ballon d'or,I still felt proud when Modric won it in 2018.I wouldn't have noticed all this before I saw your comment.I guess we can all agree that Ballon d'or is just won by goalscorer and not by players who contributed the most for their team and carry them to the very top.

Modric didn't carry Croatia at all. He captained then. But it's absolutely delusional to think he carried them. That team has Rakitic, Mandzukic, all great players. He didn't carry them.

He did carry minnows Croatia with well know League One players such as prime Rakitic, Perisic, Kovacic, Brozovic, Madzukic, Kramaric, Subasic, Vrsaljko etc.. I have no idea why that League One team sounds like it could've been a potential world class and solid team tho 🤔, hmm.. maybe I'm just making things up

Fuck off with suàrez

@@8dab305 Luis Suarez in 2013/2014 season was the best in the world

@@srenpetersen1681 in 2013-2014 ballon dor voting suarez was 19th in voting 🙂

Dennis Bergkamp

Frank Lampard as well

Yeah, now its just Messi and Ronaldo. I'm glad Modrić won it, at least someone who isn't those 2

I was born in the 70s, but you're just spewing nostalgia. "Too competitive", get off your high horse, please.

2010 Sneijder was robbed

@@arunashamal Agreed, Sneijder or Xavi in 2010.

Roy Keane, con dos cojones.

@@arunashamal just remember these three names Gerd Müller, Mario Alberto Kempes, Andrés Iniesta. A mamarla a Parla

Ribery was robbed in 2013

When should Piro have won it? He was at his peak 2005-2007 something. Whould say Ronaldinho and Kaka was at their own level those years. Cannavaro had a hell of a WC 2006 aswell

Greedseeker you are right. My point is that Pirlo was a better player than Modric and the gap between him and the best during his time was smaller than the gap between Modric and CR7 or Messi. I go even further: for me, Modric win of the Ballon D’Or killed the last chance CR7 could win his 6th award and thus losing the race to Messi for the Player with the most Ballon D’Ors in football history. That was the last year CR7 could have won that trophy again.

@@Terminator6364 Cannavaro? LMFAO 💀 can tell you don't know shit about 2006. Everyone and their mom agreed Henry should've won in 2006. Real Madrid was ass in 2006

Slice Of Life 1985 don’t talk shit cannavaro was a absolute beast and lead Italy to a WC You Know that to that Time the Italian and spanish League was the best and English league was nothing

@@sabus1265 Henry? Not when ronaldinho was around

How the fuck was Maldini skipped over?

It's a series it will probably be in part 2

@@alessiodelcastillo1613 and baresi

Hall Mall 😂

Michael owen was a legend player but because of injuries he become shit.

How about Modshit

@@seytannavukat9205 Modric is a legend, nice childish nickname

Who is Michael Owen?

Ronaldo's prime was in the 90's not the same time Henry's, so 04, 05 and 06 Henry was better. Just watch what happened in Arsenal x Real in 06 Shev never scored more than him Nistelrooy was a great scorer but Henry was way more better overall player Ronaldinho was the only true competition but in 04 he didn't win nothing and Henry won golden boot, and a premier league without losing one game. He should have won

Messi and Ronaldo stand above others during their era, not because of lack of competition. Zlatan is a beast and yet I can't think of an year when he managed to beat them. Neymar, Mbappe, Ribery, Robben, Suarez, Levandowski, Aguero, Etoo. There are plenty of great forwards in this generation. Messi and Ronaldo are just too good.

What are you talking about lewa, aguero, zlatan are just as good as shevchenko, and vannistelrooy so your statement is pointless. Name one premier league player that has won ballon in the past 20 years? Even gerrald couldn’t win it and he won the champions league for Liverpool pretty much

@@Al-oe7md Michael Owen.

Ronaldo won World Cup 2002 with 8 goals while Henry scored 0 and France did shit. 2003 Arsenal did not win the League while Van Nistelrooy scored more. At the same time Nedved carried Juventus to a Championship and a CL final. 2004 Schevchenko was the best goalscorer in Italy which was a stronger league then PL at that time. Henry did not prove anything in Euro 2004 and another fail in CL. Deco did carry Porto to victory. 2005 Chelsea took over in England and Liverpool won CL. Lampard and Gerrard was their key players. At the same time Ronaldinho was inhuman and dominated in spain. 2006 Ronaldinho was still having a show and his team won against Arsenal aswell. In World Cup Henry did good but Zidane was even better. Cannavaro did a fantastic tournament and his team won, while he also won the Italian League as a keyplayer. Shevchenko actually had a better goalration then Henry in CL. Van Nistelrooy had alot better and so Raul. Even Inzaghi had better. It's clear that people dosn't care about Premier League only, it was the third best leauge back then and if Henry and Arsenal did not succeed in Champions League or he did something special in WC or Euro-tournaments he would not win the price.

Which season? If you are talking about 2002-2003, i don't think so

Kamaludin Khoir you are delusional

@@amarakanneh6628 im not

@@amarakanneh6628 dude, that season henry was only an epl runner up and failed to pass the ucl group stage, meanwhile nedved was a ucl runner up and a scudetto. Note that serie a was more competitive than epl that season.

Kamaludin Khoir like I said you are delusional. You do not know football

Maldini is one of the best players of all time, regardless of position.

Because Owen at his peak was the best English footballer ever and made an unimaginable impact on the game

Individual award.

Owen won Ballon D'Or in 2001, when Liverpool won UEFA Cup and Bayern won Champions League. Real madrid didn't win everything in 2001, turd. Go and learn history first before yapping.

LOL RAUL!!! where back den RONALDO was the best striker in the world plus he won the world cup :)

@@oskarlisinski8807 Unimaginable impact? LMAO he's just another footballer. Most people don't even know who TF he is. When you think about football legends the amount of people who mention Michael Owen I can count with one ✋

Kahn*

TheGrandChieftain lmao

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Watch David seamans fa cup save

Ireland hv the same population as Old Trafford

BADDA-CAS MEDIA false

Irish guy?

Juan Martinez yes 😂

Patriotic MEDIA Who cares tho

Just passing. Are you a lady

@@emmanuelugwunne321 no i am not.

why

I think owen won the league cup fa cup and UEFA cup treble when he won it?

@@chrisspellman8545 that true

@@chrisspellman8545losers cups

Yeah all the mickey mouse cups

Robbed 2. Flipping times

Who won the ballon d'or in 1986 despite maradona winning the world cup?

Sohail Shaikh Igor Belanov

Maradonna did'nt win because of something that stopped non-Europeans from winning the ballon dor

Only European players can win the award back then. If anyone could win he would have at least 3

@@Trackrace29582 Maradona could have won 1 maybe 2. 1 in without any doubt in 1986; the other maybe in 1987, but Gullit was very strong in that year.

none of them had a better season in 1999. Most of them developed later.

how can Beckham have won ahead of Rivaldo? this is not a popularity contest. Rivaldo was lethal that year. remember his hat trick crowned of with that over head kick?

Beckham was the best midfielder in the world at 1999. All the names you mentioned except Maldini wasn't as good or better than him during those years

Beckham is the best long passer to ever play at least in recent times

He should of won one, so surprised that he didn’t.

Lol? Henry was better than him, he wasn't even the best player on his team, how can we win Ballon D'or

@@rusty111fire I find Bergkamp better than Henry. I find his contribution of technical playmaking more valuable to a team than dribble, strike etc. of Henry

@@thenavigateur8460 It's an individual award, not how influential he was for the team. In that way Ribery should have won it in 2013

@@NoPerspective4231 I should have been clearer. I think Bergkamp had contributed more positively towards the results than did Henry, thus being the better player

@@thenavigateur8460 bergkamp has never been the best in the world