If the Ballon d'Or from 2008 to 2023 had been awarded based only on goals and assists, the winners list would look like this: 📊 Winners based purely on offensive stats (goals + assists): ▫️ 2008: Cristiano Ronaldo ▫️ 2009: Lionel Messi ▫️ 2010: Lionel Messi ▫️ 2011: Lionel Messi ▫️ 2012: Lionel Messi (113 goal contributions 😱) ▫️ 2013: Cristiano Ronaldo ▫️ 2014: Cristiano Ronaldo ▫️ 2015: Lionel Messi ▫️ 2016: Lionel Messi ▫️ 2017: Lionel Messi ▫️ 2018: Lionel Messi ▫️ 2019: Lionel Messi ▫️ 2020: Lionel Messi (Ballon d'Or not awarded that year) ▫️ 2021: Robert Lewandowski ▫️ 2022: Karim Benzema ▫️ 2023: Lionel Messi 🔟 Messi would have won 11 Ballon d'Ors based on stats alone. 🥈 Cristiano Ronaldo: 3 ⚽ Lewandowski and Benzema: 1 each 👉 Fun fact: Messi would have won 7 Ballon d'Ors in a row from 2015 to 2023 (including 2020). A domination not only technical, but statistical too. 🤯 > Forbs