The Ballon d'Or Dream Team is an all-time all-star team published by ''

France Football ''France Football'' is a French weekly magazine containing football news from all over the world. It is considered to be one of the most reputable sports publications in Europe, mostly because of its photographic reports, in-depth and exclusiv ...

'' on 14 December 2020 after conducting an internet poll of fans to select a football dream team starting from October 2020. The final team was selected by 140 ''France Football'' correspondents around the world. A second and a third team were also published.

Nominations

The nominations were announced from 5 October 2020 through 19 October 2020. The winners were revealed in 14 December 2020 and lined up in a 3–4–3 formation.

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

was the country with the highest number of nominated players (20 athletes), ahead of

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(16),

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(13),

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(12),

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(8),

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and

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(7).

Goalkeepers

The nominations for the goalkeepers were announced on 5 October 2020.

Right-backs

The nominations for the right-backs were announced on 5 October 2020.

Centre-backs

The nominations for the centre-backs were announced on 5 October 2020.

Left-backs

The nominations for the left-backs were announced on 5 October 2020.

Defensive midfielders/Centre midfielders

The nominations for the defensive midfielders were announced on 12 October 2020.

Offensive midfielders

The nominations for the offensive midfielders were announced on 12 October 2020.

Nominations

Goalkeepers

Right-backs

Centre-backs

Left-backs

Defensive midfielders/Centre midfielders

Offensive midfielders

Right wingers

Centre-forwards

Left wingers

Selected teams

First team

Second Team

Third Team

Notes

References