Final votes revealed: Just how close Real Madrid's Kylian Mbappé came to winning the Ballon d'Or

The final voting tallies for the top-10 finishers in this year's Ballon d'Or have been revealed by France Football. And they serve to showcase just how close Real Madrid star Kylian Mbappé came to topping the pile… Frontman Mbappé was of course left disappointed for the latest occasion at the 'Golden Ball' ceremony earlier this week.

Considered amongst the very frontrunners to be named world football's standout performer for the prior 12 months, the Frenchman was ultimately forced to make do without the runner-up spot. Instead, the Ballon d'Or went the way of prolific Bayern Munich and England striker Harry Kane.

Barcelona prodigy Lamine Yamal, meanwhile, rounded out the podium places. And as alluded to above, on Friday, the final number of votes cast for each has been revealed.

Winner Kane triumphed with a total of 1,055 points, just 28 points clear of Mbappé in 2nd (1,027). Lamine was then a further 146 points back with 881 in third.

🗳️ 🥇 Harry KANE: 1.055 points 🥈 Kylian MBAPPÉ: 1.027 points 🥉 Lamine YAMAL: 881 points 4️⃣ RODRI: 726 points 5️⃣ Lionel MESSI: 612 points 6️⃣ Khvicha KVARATSKHELIA: 541 points 7️⃣ Ousmane DEMBÉLÉ: 418 points 8️⃣ Erling HAALAND: 378 points 9️⃣…pic.