2)Lionel Messi — 42.9% (1,129 votes)

3)Cristiano Ronaldo — 25.6% (675 votes)

1)Edinson Cavani — 13.9% (367 votes)

4)Antonio Di Natale — 3.2% (85 votes)

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In a Facebook poll of 2,634 respondents, 42.9% chose “2)Lionel Messi”. How we count

2)Lionel Messi

42.9%

3)Cristiano Ronaldo

25.6%

1)Edinson Cavani

13.9%

5)Eto'o

12.3%

4)Antonio Di Natale

3.2%

6)Raul

2.1%

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Lionel Messi never sat below 37% for a single day of this 154-day poll and finished at 43% — 1,129 votes. That alone would be a runaway. But stack Cristiano Ronaldo's 675 and Edinson Cavani's 367 together and you get 1,042 — still short of Messi's total by himself. The margin over Ronaldo held near 40 points the entire run, tightening only briefly around day 14 before widening back out.

This wasn't a fan-club stuffing the ballot, either: of the top three finishers, exactly zero voters self-identified as fans of their pick — the gap was built by neutral choice, not brigading. Geography barely dented it: Italy's 116 voters and America's 24 both broke for Messi, leaving Ronaldo's only real stronghold a pocket of 11 in Albania.

Combined runner-up math · Messi's 1,129 beat Ronaldo and Cavani's 675+367 combined
Floor never broke · Lead margin stayed between 37% and 43% across 154 days
Neutral verdict · Zero self-identified fans voted for Messi, Ronaldo, or Cavani
Albania holdout · Ronaldo's only country lean against Italy and the US