Lionel Messi chose Luis Suarez for the 2016-17 Best FIFA Men's Player award, while eventual winner Cristiano Ronaldo picked Luka Modric to win the prize.
Ronaldo won the award in London on Tuesday — his second straight year being named Best FIFA Men's Player.
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Following the ceremony, FIFA released a list of the players each voter chose for the award. 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.
Each voter selected a player for first place, second place and third place, with the recipients getting five points for a first-place vote, three points for second place and one point for third. Players were not allowed to vote for themselves.
Messi, as Argentina captain, selected Suarez in first place, Andres Iniesta in second and former Barca team-mate Neymar in third.
Portugal captain Ronaldo similarly went with only Real Madrid club-mates, selecting Modric in first, Sergio Ramos in second and Marcelo in third.
Eden Hazard, Belgium's captain, interestingly selected Chelsea team-mate N'Golo Kante in first, followed by Ronaldo and Modric.
Unsurprisingly, Dani Alves picked his club and international team-mate Neymar to win the award, with Messi and then Ronaldo following.
WHO DID THE TOP PLAYERS VOTE FOR?
| Voter | First | Second | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lionel Messi | Luis Suarez | Andres Iniesta | Neymar |
| Henrikh Mkhitaryan | Cristiano Ronaldo | Gianluigi Buffon | Neymar |
| Mile Jedinak | Cristiano Ronaldo | Lionel Messi | Luka Modric |
| Eden Hazard | N'Golo Kante | Cristiano Ronaldo | Luka Modric |
| Edin Dzeko | Cristiano Ronaldo | Gianluigi Buffon | Lionel Messi |
| Dani Alves | Neymar | Lionel Messi | Cristiano Ronaldo |
| James Rodriguez | Cristiano Ronaldo | Sergio Ramos | Robert Lewandowski |
| Luka Modric | Cristiano Ronaldo | Lionel Messi | Toni Kroos |
| Jordan Henderson | Cristiano Ronaldo | Lionel Messi | Luis Suarez |
| Ragnar Klavan | Cristiano Ronaldo | Eden Hazard | Lionel Messi |
| Hugo Lloris | Cristiano Ronaldo | Sergio Ramos | Harry Kane |
| Manuel Neuer | Toni Kroos | Robert Lewandowski | Arturo Vidal |
| Gianluigi Buffon | Cristiano Ronaldo | Paulo Dybala | Luka Modric |
| Ki Sung-yueng | Cristiano Ronaldo | Luka Modric | Lionel Messi |
| Andres Guardado | Cristiano Ronaldo | Lionel Messi | Gianluigi Buffon |
| Stevan Jovetic | Lionel Messi | Neymar | Cristiano Ronaldo |
| Arjen Robben | Cristiano Ronaldo | Sergio Ramos | Marcelo |
| John Obi Mikel | Lionel Messi | Cristiano Ronaldo | Gianluigi Buffon |
| Steven Davis | Cristiano Ronaldo | Lionel Messi | Luka Modric |
| Robert Lewandowski | Manuel Neuer | Arturo Vidal | Cristiano Ronaldo |
| Cristiano Ronaldo | Luka Modric | Sergio Ramos | Marcelo |
| Seamus Coleman | Cristiano Ronaldo | Lionel Messi | Paulo Dybala |
| Vlad Chiriches | Cristiano Ronaldo | Neymar | Marcelo |
| Igor Akinfeev | Cristiano Ronaldo | Arturo Vidal | Gianluigi Buffon |
| Scott Brown | Cristiano Ronaldo | Lionel Messi | Neymar |
| Branislav Ivanovic | Cristiano Ronaldo | Lionel Messi | Neymar |
| Martin Skrtel | Cristiano Ronaldo | Luis Suarez | Sergio Ramos |
| Sergio Ramos | Cristiano Ronaldo | Lionel Messi | Luka Modric |
| Stephan Lichtsteiner | Cristiano Ronaldo | Sergio Ramos | Gianluigi Buffon |
| Emmanuel Adebayor | Cristiano Ronaldo | Neymar | Gianluigi Buffon |
| Diego Godin | Luis Suarez | Antoine Griezmann | Lionel Messi |
| Michael Bradley | Cristiano Ronaldo | Sergio Ramos | Lionel Messi |
WHO DID THE TOP COACHES VOTE FOR?
| Voter | First | Second | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jorge Sampaoli | Lionel Messi | Cristiano Ronaldo | Marcelo |
| Ange Postecoglou | Cristiano Ronaldo | Lionel Messi | Gianluigi Buffon |
| Robert Prosinecki | Lionel Messi | Cristiano Ronaldo | Luka Modric |
| Roberto Martinez | Eden Hazard | Cristiano Ronaldo | Luka Modric |
| Marcello Lippi | Cristiano Ronaldo | Luka Modric | Gianluigi Buffon |
| Jose Pekerman | Lionel Messi | Luka Modric | Robert Lewandowski |
| Ante Cacic | Cristiano Ronaldo | Luka Modric | Lionel Messi |
| Hector Cuper | Lionel Messi | Cristiano Ronaldo | Neymar |
| Gareth Southgate | Cristiano Ronaldo | Luka Modric | Toni Kroos |
| Didier Deschamps | Cristiano Ronaldo | Neymar | Gianluigi Buffon |
| Joachim Low | Toni Kroos | Manuel Neuer | Neymar |
| Carlos Queiroz | Cristiano Ronaldo | Lionel Messi | Neymar |
| Giampiero Ventura | Cristiano Ronaldo | Gianluigi Buffon | Lionel Messi |
| Juan Carlos Osorio | Cristiano Ronaldo | Arturo Vidal | Marcelo |
| Herve Renard | Cristiano Ronaldo | Lionel Messi | Neymar |
| Dick Advocaat | Lionel Messi | Cristiano Ronaldo | Neymar |
| Michael O'Neill | Cristiano Ronaldo | Eden Hazard | N'Golo Kante |
| Fernando Santos | Cristiano Ronaldo | Luka Modric | Lionel Messi |
| Martin O'Neill | Cristiano Ronaldo | Lionel Messi | Eden Hazard |
| Gordon Strachan | Luka Modric | N'Golo Kante | Lionel Messi |
| Julen Lopetegui | Sergio Ramos | Dani Carvajal | Andres Iniesta |
| Mircea Lucescu | Lionel Messi | Sergio Ramos | Luka Modric |
| Andriy Shevchenko | Cristiano Ronaldo | Lionel Messi | Gianluigi Buffon |
| Oscar Tabarez | Cristiano Ronaldo | Lionel Messi | Luis Suarez |
| Bruce Arena | Cristiano Ronaldo | Luka Modric | Eden Hazard |
| Chris Coleman | Sergio Ramos | Luka Modric | Harry Kane |
