Ballon d'Or 2017: Players ranked 10-6 announced

The Ballon d'Or ceremony is reaching its climax and France Football and L'Equipe are announcing the top 10 players now. There have already been some surprising inclusions in the rankings so far.

Karim Benzema has been ranked 25th ahead of the likes of Coutinho, Mertens and Jan Oblak. However, what is most surprising is the fact that Toni Kroos, who was arguably the best midfielder in world football last year was ranked as low as 17.

Here is the full list of rankings so far:

The players ranked 30 to 21 were announced first.

29) Philippe Coutinho and Dries Mertens

28) Edin Dzeko

27) Mats Hummels

26) Jan Oblak

25) Karim Benzema

24) Radamel Falcao

23) Sadio Mane

21) Leonardo Bonucci and Pierre Emerick-Aubameyang

The players ranked 20-11 were:

20) David De Gea

19) Eden Hazard

18) Antoine Griezmann

17) Toni Kroos

16) Marcelo

15) Paulo Dybala

14) Kevin De Bruyne

13) Luis Suarez

12) Isco

11) Edinson Cavani

And finally, the 10-6 ranks are:

10) Harry Kane

9) Robert Lewandowski

8) N'golo Kante

7) Kylian Mbappe

6) Sergio Ramos

Premier League boys Harry Kane and N'golo Kante make it in very respectable positions while Bayern Munich sensation Robert Lewandowski is 9th. Mbappe has been ranked ahead of Cavani, but below the world's most expensive player and his club team-mate, Neymar.

Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos is ranked 6th! Which means midfield maestro Luka Modric makes it to the top5. The players left now are Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Neymar, Buffon and Modric.

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