The 2022 Ballon d'Or ceremony won't be the same this year .Me si's first season with PSG didn't quite live up to expectations with the Argentine unable to stand out regularly in a star-studded side.The 2022 Ballon d'Or was the first one in which voters were asked to look at a player's European club season (2021/22) DeMarcus Cousins Jersey and not the 2022 calendar year. And Me si only had 11 goals and 15 a sists in his first season at PSG (2021/22), which may be good enough numbers for other players, but they fall well short of the standards the Argentine has set in the past.Me si's absence in 2022 does not erase the unparalleled run he's had at the Ballon d'Or. The 35-year-old has been a regular contender for the award for more than a decade and broken a number of records in the proce s.And he could yet be back for another in 2023 should things fall right for him.MORE: Me si won his maiden Ballon d'Or in 2009 when he starred in a Barcelona team that won five trophies in a single season, including the UEFA Champions League, acro s 2008/09.This was a breakthrough year for the Argentine Hakeem Olajuwon Jersey as he scored 38 goals in all competitions more than double his best previous effort.Me si's first Ballon d'Or win came just one year after he finished runner-up behind Cristiano Ronaldo, who picked up the honour for the first time in his career in 2008.MORE: | Me si's most recent Ballon d'Or win came in 2021 .The Argentine fired home 38 goals in all competitions for Barcelona but won only one club trophy in 2021 with the Blaugrana before his move to PSG, where he had a slow start.His crowning glory that year came in the international arena where he won the Copa America and was crowned the tournament's best player having finished as top scorer with four goals alongside Colombia's Luis Diaz.Despite those achievements, many believed Lewandowski was a more worthy winner having scored DeMarre Carroll Jersey 10 more goals than Me si at club level. The Polish star was later crowned The Best FIFA Men's Player in 2021.MORE: Me si has won the Ballon d'Or seven times in his glittering career to date.The Barcelona icon is the only player to win the honour four straight times when he did so between 2009 and 2012.Along with his triumphs, Me si has also finished runner-up five times, highlighting just how often he has been in close contention for the award.Ballon d'Or wins: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019, 2022Ballon d'Or runner-up: 2008, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017 Me si currently holds the record for winning the most Ballon d'Or titles.His seven wins has put him two clear of next best Ronaldo, who hasn't won the award since 2017 and has finished runner-up a record six times.Prior to Me si and Ronaldo, Johan Cruyff, Michel Platini and Marco van Basten shared the record for most Ballon d'Or wins having each been awarded the honour three times.The Ballon d'Or Winners since 2000 Ballon d'Or #ballondor (@francefootball) MORE: Failing to make , Me si will be hoping to bounce back in 2023.The 35-year-old has shown signs of improvement in 2022/23 with PSG and will be hoping to win his first World Cup with Argentina in Qatar in Yao Ming Jersey December 2022.Should Me si guide his teams to both Champions League and World Cup glory, he would be hard to overlook for an eighth Ballon d'Or crown in 2023.The Argentine star will, however, face stiff opposition from the likes of young stars Erling Haaland and Me si's teammate Kylian Mbappe, who have both started the 2022/23 season in fine form.MORE: Sir Stanley Matthews was the first player to win the Ballon Austin Rivers Jersey d'Or in 1956 and he remains the oldest ever recipient.Matthews was 41 years and 10 months old at the time and played for Blackpool, with his career spanning more than three decades.Me si became the second oldest player to take the honour when he won it in 2021 at the age of 34 years and five months.Should favourite Karim Benzema win the Ballon d'Or in 2022 he would replace Me si on this list as he would be five months older than Me si was at the time of his 2021 triumph.PlayerAgeSir Stanley Matthews41 years and 10 monthsLionel Me si34 years and 5monthsLev Yashin34 years and 1 monthAlfredo Di Stefano33 years and 5 monthsLuka Modric33 years and 2 months