2026 Ballon d'Or: Players who Nigeria voted to win award revealed

Nigeria’s representative in the 2026 Men’s Ballon d’Or voting ranked Manchester City’s Rodri as the best player in the world.

This was revealed in the voting breakdown released by France Football on Friday.

Nigeria was among 10 countries whose journalists placed Rodri first in their ballots.

The other countries were the United States, Guatemala, South Korea, the Czech Republic, Serbia, Thailand, Vietnam, Croatia and Iceland.

Rodri finished fourth overall with 726 points, behind Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane, who won the award with 1,055 points.

Real Madrid forward Kylian Mbappé, who had 1,027 points, and Barcelona youngster Lamine Yamal, who scored 881 points, both finished second and third, respectively.

Nigeria’s voter also ranked Paris Saint-Germain forward Ousmane Dembélé second in the ballot.