Artificial intelligence predicts the next 15 Golden Ball winners, in which surprisingly the name Messi is predicted to return to the top at the age of 39.
Artificial intelligence has been used to predict the next 15 winners of the Golden Ball, the most notable names have all appeared, but fans will not be surprised when Messi appears once again. .
The Ballon d’Or award has grown significantly since its inception in 1956, with Lionel Messi being the star who has won the award the most times with eight wins, and Cristiano Ronaldo being the player with the most nominations for the award. this noble reward (18).
After a difficult season, fans are always eager to see the owner of the golden ball. Below is a list of 15 names that will win the France Football award predicted by AI from the X Football account. Archive implementation.
Notably Real Madrid star Jude Bellingham has been predicted to win the top prize in 2024 – and would be the first Briton to win the main award since Michael Owen in 2001.
Kylian Mbappé, who is third on the 2023 list, is expected to win the top prize in 2025, before Messi wins his ninth award next year, when he will be 39 years old.
Victory for Messi would further demonstrate the Argentine’s dominance over Portuguese rival Cristiano Ronaldo, who is not expected to win the top prize again.
In the future, young talents Phil Foden, currently at Man City, and Gavi, currently at Barcelona, are expected to top the poll in 2027 and 2028 respectively.Colleagues at the club Foden set, Erling Haaland, who finished second in 2023 while also winning the Gerd Muller Trophy, is predicted to have the main Golden Ball in 2029.
Real Madrid’s Vinicius Jnr is tipped to win the first award of the 2030s, after winning the Socrates Award for his humanitarian work last October.
Brighton and Ireland star Evan Ferguson is a surprise choice for the 2031 award, although to date, no Republic of Ireland player has made it into the top three for the Ballon d’Or.
Bayer Leverkusen’s Florian Wirtz, now 21, is expected to win the top prize in 2032, with Bellingham’s close friend Jamal Musiala of Bayern Munich set to win the major title in 2033.
The first name to appear twice on the list is none other than Mbappe, the French player who just left PSG, and is expected to continue the 2025 award nine years later, when he is 35 years old.
According to AI data, Ferguson will then win his second Ballon d’Or in 2035, to continue his success four years earlier.
Lamine Yamal, currently only 16 years old but working hard at Barcelona, is expected to become the Messi or Ronaldo who will consecutively win the Ballon d’Or awards in 2036 and 2037.
Türkiye’s Arda Guler, now playing for Real Madrid at the age of 19, is predicted to be the 2038 winner.
The 2023 Ballon d’Or awards ceremony took place last October, with the next awards ceremony expected to be held at some point this fall. Football fans still have a decade and a half to see how many of these predictions are correct and how many don’t come true.
