The Ballon d'Or award is an annual football award for the best international player from the previous year. Between 2010 and 2015 the Ballon d'Or and the FIFA Player of the Year awards were merged to create the FIFA Ballon d'Or.

Below are the nominees in the final order after voting for the 2010 award. The winner was Argentinian Lionel Messi from the Barcelona club. Actually, the top three were all from the Barcelona team. This was Messi's second Ballon d'Or. See the full list of all Ballon d'Or winners.

Final order for the men's 2010 Ballon d'Or

Order Player Club Nationality Percent
1 Lionel Messi Barcelona Argentina 22.65
2 Andrés Iniesta Barcelona Spain 17.36
3 Xavi Barcelona Spain 16.48
4 Wesley Sneijder Internazionale Netherlands 14.48
5 Diego Forlán Atlético Madrid Uruguay 7.61
6 Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid Portugal 3.92
7 Iker Casillas Real Madrid Spain 2.90
8 David Villa Valencia / Barcelona Spain 2.25
9 Didier Drogba Chelsea Ivory Coast 1.68
10 Xabi Alonso Real Madrid Spain 1.52
11 Carles Puyol Barcelona Spain 1.43
12 Samuel Eto'o Internazionale Cameroon 1.37
13 Mesut Özil Real Madrid Germany 1.21
14 Arjen Robben Bayern Munich Netherlands 1.16
15 Thomas Müller Bayern Munich Germany 0.91
16 Bastian Schweinsteiger Bayern Munich Germany 0.75
17 Maicon Internazionale Brazil 0.57
18 Asamoah Gyan Sunderland Ghana 0.46
19 Júlio César Internazionale Brazil 0.22
20 Cesc Fàbregas Arsenal Spain 0.22
21 Miroslav Klose Bayern Munich Germany 0.19
22 Philipp Lahm Bayern Munich Germany 0.05
23 Dani Alves Barcelona Brazil 0.05