2019 Ballon d’Or Odds Tracker

• Look back to the odds to win the 2019 Ballon d’Or award
• Lionel Messi won the 2019 Ballon d’Or award; see how his odds changed throughout the 2019 year
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Lionel Messi won the 2019 Ballon d’Or award for best soccer player in the world. We tracked the odds to win the 2019 Ballon d’Or award from the time they opened right through to the award being handed out. Look back at Messi’s odds, along with all other top contenders, and see how they changed leading up to the ceremony below.

2019 Ballon d’Or Top Contenders

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• [Nov 4] We’re about a month away from the trophy being awarded and while Virgil van Dijk is still favored at -250, odds are shortening on both Messi and Ronaldo.
• [Sept 4] Virgil van Dijk recently won the UEFA Player of the Year Award, and bookmakers seem to have taken notice as his Ballon d’Or odds have shortened from -230 to -400
• [July 17] Money continues to come in on van Dijk, as the Liverpool defender has seen his odds shorten to an average of -230. However, you can still find him at odds of -150
• [June 13] With Virgil van Dijk now a Champions League and Nations League winner, he’s now overtaken Messi as the odds-on favorite
• [Mar 2] With van Dijk’s season-long success, his odds were heavily shortened from +8000 to +2500
• [Jan 10 ] Lionel Messi opened as an even-money favorite

Closing 2019 Ballon d’Or Odds

Odds taken Nov. 4 

The Ballon d’Or award has been dominated by two players over the past decade. Luka Modric may have won the honor in 2018, but Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo won in each of the previous ten seasons.