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Published 21:06 12 Jan 2015 GMT
Updated 22:29 12 Jan 2015 GMT
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The ranking tallies up all three nominations from each voter. A first place vote earned five points, a second earned three, and a third earned one.
Eden Hazard and Yaya Toure were the only two players not to receive a first choice vote of any kind.
Mario Gotze, despite placing 15th overall, came in joint seventh in terms of first choice votes. The breakdown for first choice votes outside the Ronaldo, Messi, Neuer stanglehold was as follows:
Arjen Robben - 17
Philip Lahm - 12
James Rodriguez - 6
Thomas Muller - 5
Toni Kroos - 5
Mario Gotze - 5
Neymar - 5
Gareth Bale - 5
Thibaut Courtois - 4
Angel Di Maria - 4
Zlatan Ibrahimovic - 3
Andres Iniesta - 3
Bastian Schweinsteiger - 2
Javier Mascherano - 2
Diego Costa - 2
Sergio Ramos - 1
Paul Pogba - 1
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