2007 Ballon d'Or
The 2007 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in the world as judged by an international panel of sports journalists, was awarded to Kaká. This was the first year in which players from clubs outside the UEFA federation were eligible for nomination; this change also led to an increase in the voting pool to include journalists from outside UEFA countries.
Kaká was the fourth Brazilian national to win the award after Ronaldo, Rivaldo, and Ronaldinho. He was the sixth Milan player to win the trophy after Gianni Rivera, Ruud Gullit, Marco van Basten, George Weah, and Andriy Shevchenko.
He was the last person to win the Ballon D'or outside of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo until it was won in 2018 by Luka Modrić.
Rankings
Additionally, the following 15 players were nominated but received no votes:| Player | Nationality | Club |
| Eric Abidal |  Lyon Barcelona | |
| David Beckham | Real Madrid LA Galaxy | |
| Deco | Barcelona | |
| Mahamadou Diarra | Real Madrid | |
| Diego |  Werder Bremen | |
| Miroslav Klose | Werder Bremen Bayern Munich | |
| Florent Malouda | Lyon Chelsea | |
| Shunsuke Nakamura |  Celtic | |
| Ricardo Quaresma |  Porto | |
| Raúl | Real Madrid | |
| Paul Scholes | Manchester United | |
| Luca Toni | Bayern Munich | |
| Kolo Touré | Arsenal | |
| Fernando Torres | Atlético Madrid Liverpool | |
| David Villa | Valencia |