N’Golo Kante is the highest ranked Premier League player in this year’s Ballon d’Or

Cristiano Ronaldo has retained the Ballon d'Or title, named the 2017 winner at Thursday's ceremony in Paris.

https://twitter.com/francefootball/status/938847082668011520 The former Manchester United star was instrumental in helping Real Madrid seal their third Champions League title in four seasons, also helping them become Spanish champions for the first time since 2012. Lionel Messi (as you probably guessed) was named in second, just ahead of his former Barcelona teammate, Neymar, who became the most expensive player in the world when he joined Paris Saint-Germain in summer. The Premier League was well represented in the top 30, with players from Liverpool, Manchester United, Chelsea, Manchester City and Tottenham all featuring. Perhaps unsurprisingly, PFA Player of the Year N'Golo Kante was the highest-ranked English-based player, ranked eight. https://twitter.com/francefootball/status/938838914361692160 Harry Kane was the highest-ranked British player, taking tenth place. https://twitter.com/francefootball/status/938829457284091905 Here's the Ballon d'Or 2017 Top 30 =29 Dries Mertens - Napoli =29 Philippe Coutinho - Liverpool 28 Edin Dzeko - Roma 27 Mats Hummels - Bayern Munich 26 Jan Oblak - Atletico Madrid 25 Karim Benzema - Real Madrid 24 Radamel Falcao - Monaco 23 Sadio Mane - Liverpool =21 Leonardo Bonucci - AC Milan =21 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang - Borussia Dortmund 20 David De Gea -Manchester United 19 Eden Hazard - Chelsea 18 Antoine Griezmann - Antoine Griezmann 17 Toni Kroos - Real Madrid 16 Marcelo - Real Madrid 15 Paulo Dybala - Juventus 14 Kevin De Bruyne -Manchester City 13 Luis Suarez - Barcelona 12 Isco - Real Madrid 11 Edinson Cavani - Paris Saint-Germain 10 Harry Kane - Tottenham Hotspur 9 Robert Lewandowski - Bayern Munich 8 N'Golo Kante - Chelsea 7 Kylian Mbappe - Paris Saint-Germain 6 Sergio Ramos - Real Madrid 5 Luka Modric - Real Madrid 4 Gianluigi Buffon - Juventus 3 Neymar - Paris Saint-Germain 2 Lionel Messi - Barcelona 1 Cristiano Ronaldo - Real Madrid https://twitter.com/francefootball/status/938847082668011520