Ballon d'Or Power Rankings: June 2018

#4 Antoine Griezmann

Griezmann celebrates after destroying Marseille in the Europa League final

Out of the blue, and right into the top 4... Antoine Griezmann had a fairly forgettable first half to this season, but he's been unstoppable ever since 2018 ticked over - and isn't that what matters for the purposes of this award?

In fact of the 29 goals he's scored for Atletico Madrid, 22 have come since January 2018 - a remarkable statistic indicating just how much he upped his game for the big occasions (including the solitary goal across two legs of Atleti vs Arsenal and a brace against Marseille in the final of the Europa League)

All this has come at zero cost to his defensive discipline and tireless commitment to press acros the park and that's a commendable achievement.