FIFA The Best awards: Who the best voted for

Cristiano Ronaldo won his second FIFA Best men’s player of the year award in a star-studded ceremony in London. The Portuguese was the clear winner in the voting as he won 43.16 percent of the votes while Lionel Messi came in second with 19.25 percent. Neymar was third with 6.97 percent votes.

? The Best FIFA Men's Player 2017 ?? @Cristiano#TheBest #HalaMadrid pic.twitter.com/FTpotNi4Cr

— Real Madrid C.F. (@realmadrid) October 23, 2017

One of the intriguing aspect of the award ceremony is to find out who the stars voted for themselves for and it turns out that Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo did not vote for each other. Cristiano had scored 44 goals in 48 appearances for both club and country in 2017 on his way to a double with Real Madrid but he was not good enough for Leo Messi. The diminutive Argentine himself played in 52 games and scored a whopping 50 times in 2017 for both club and country. What gave Ronaldo the edge was the La Liga and UCL double - especially the Champions League victory where Real made history by becoming the first club to retain the coveted title.

The Best Fifa Football Awards were announced last night...

Here's a round up of what happened. ➡️ https://t.co/JpgZQoNaH7 pic.twitter.com/136IWH82z0— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) October 24, 2017

Messi voted for Luis Suarez , Andres Iniesta and Neymar. Ronaldo voted Luka Modric, Sergio Ramos and Marcelo. Thus it turns out both picked their teammates instead of voting for each other. The voting contingent consisted of the national team captain, the national team coach and a journalist from every territory that fields a team on the international level. England captain Jordan Henderson voted for Ronaldo then Messi and then former team-mate Suarez. Three Lions manager Gareth Southgate, meanwhile, opted for Ronaldo, Modric and Toni Kroos. Tottenham striker Kane also picked up nominations from British Virgin Islands captain Troy Ceasar Kavon, France skipper Hugo Lloris, Motserrat's Anthony Griffith and Dio Godet of the Bahamas. Bangladesh captain Md Mamunul voted for Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi and Gianluigi Buffon. Coach Andrew Ord voted for Luis Suarez, Antoine Griezman and Gianluigi Buffon.

So who voted for who at the Best Fifa Football Awards?

Try our quiz here. You might be surprised...https://t.co/yVnZrgutUf pic.twitter.com/5X15HHS2Kx— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) October 24, 2017