UEFA releases full list of top ten players for 2017/18 season

On Thursday, Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric won the award after helping Real Madrid to their third successive European Cup against Liverpool in May, including guiding his country Croatia to the final tournament of 2018 World Cup in Russia, which saw them finish second.

The Croatian won the award with 313 points, comfortably seeing of Cristiano Ronaldo and Mohamed Salah who earned 223 and 134 respectively. While regular contender Lionel Messi could only manage fifth in the standings with 55 points.

See the full list below.

1. Luka Modric (Real Madrid & Croatia) – 313 points

2. Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus/Real Madrid & Portugal) – 223 points

3. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool & Egypt) – 134 points

4. Antoine Griezmann (Atlético & France) – 72 points

5. Lionel Messi (Barcelona & Argentina) – 55 points

6. Kylian Mbappé (Paris & France) – 43 points

7. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City & Belgium) – 28 points

8. Raphael Varane (Real Madrid & France) – 23 points

9. Eden Hazard (Chelsea & Belgium) – 15 points

10. Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid & Spain) – 12 points