Ballon d'Or Power Rankings: June 2018

#7 Marc-Andre ter Stegen

Ter Stegen stops Karim Benzema in his tracks

Barcelona almost finished the domestic season unbeaten and while a lot of the focus has been on Lionel Messi (further up this list, much, much further) during this immense period a large part of their success has been due to ter Stegen's excellence in the Blaugrana goal

He's kept an incredible 18 clean sheets in 33 appearances, making an average of 2.36 saves a match, and conceding just 0.58 goals per match. While his distribution was never under question, it has improved regularly, but what's stood out most is that he's cut down on the silly mistakes that has often plagued his game.

With him slated to be Germany's no.1 (Manuel Neuer's still not 100% after recovering from long-term injury), he could well rise up these rankings next month!