The 1998 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in Europe as judged by a panel of sports journalists from UEFA member countries, was awarded to Zinedine Zidane on 22 December 1998. On 10 November 1998, the shortlist of 50 male players compiled by a group of experts from France Football was announced.
Rankings Source: RankPlayerClub(s)NationalityPoints 1 Zinedine Zidane Juventus 244 2 Davor Šuker Real Madrid 68 3 Ronaldo Internazionale 66 4 Michael Owen Liverpool 51 5 Rivaldo Barcelona 45 6 Gabriel Batistuta Fiorentina 43 7 Lilian Thuram Parma 36 8 Edgar Davids Juventus 28 Dennis Bergkamp Arsenal 28 10 Marcel Desailly Chelsea 19 11 Frank de Boer Ajax 17 12 Emmanuel Petit Arsenal 16 13 Roberto Carlos Real Madrid 13 14 Laurent Blanc Marseille 11 Fabien Barthez Monaco 11 16 Alessandro Del Piero Juventus 10 Predrag Mijatović Real Madrid 10 18 Didier Deschamps Juventus 9 Oliver Bierhoff Milan 9 20 Michael Laudrup Ajax 6 21 Ronald de Boer Ajax 4 Raúl Real Madrid 4 23 Brian Laudrup Chelsea 3 Clarence Seedorf Real Madrid 3 Marc Overmars Arsenal 3 26 Christian Vieri Lazio 2 Fernando Hierro Real Madrid 2 28 David Beckham Manchester United 1 Luis Enrique Barcelona 1 Bixente Lizarazu Bayern Munich 1 Nikos Machlas Vitesse 1
Additionally, nineteen players were nominated but received no votes: Tony Adams (Arsenal & England), Roberto Baggio (Bologna/Inter Milan & Italy), Zvonimir Boban (AC Milan & Croatia), Fabio Cannavaro (Parma & Italy), Denílson (São Paulo/Real Betis & Brazil), Tore André Flo (Chelsea & Norway), Adrian Ilie (Valencia & Romania), Filippo Inzaghi (Juventus & Italy), Robert Jarni (Real Betis/Real Madrid & Croatia), Hidetoshi Nakata (Bellmare Hiratsuka/Perugia & Japan), Pavel Nedvěd (Lazio & Czech Republic), Sunday Oliseh (Ajax & Nigeria), Ariel Ortega (Valencia/Sampdoria & Argentina), Gianluca Pagliuca (Inter Milan & Italy), Marcelo Salas (River Plate/Lazio & Chile), David Seaman (Arsenal & England), Andriy Shevchenko (Dynamo Kyiv & Ukraine), Juan Sebastián Verón (Sampdoria/Parma & Argentina) and Iván Zamorano (Inter Milan & Chile).
References
External links France Football Official Ballon d'Or page