Ultimate Ballon d’Or rich list – from Ronaldo’s eye-watering net worth to star who splashed £435k on a watch

The Ballon d'Or is football's most prestigious award, given to the best player in the world - and Erling Haaland and Lionel Messi are this year's hot favourites.

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Previous winner Cristiano Ronaldo tops our Ballon d'Or rich list, with an eye-watering estimated wealth of £363million.

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Messi is second with an estimated net worth of £105m at the start of 2023 - which has no doubt increased since his move to Inter Miami.

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Brazilian legend Kaka, reportedly worth £74m, won in 2007, the same year he set up the winning goal for AC Milan in the Champions League final against Liverpool.

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Former Real Madrid player Karim Benzema won the Ballon d’Or in 2022 and is believed to be worth around £62m.

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Michael Owen, who took home the award in 2001, has a reported £54.4m fortune and now works as a pundit for BT Sport.

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French star Zinedine Zidane, worth an estimated £52m, inspired his side to their World Cup victory in 1998, the same year he won the Ballon d’Or.

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