Benzema managed to beat Bayern Munich striker Sadio Mane who was ranked second in the final standings.
This is the first Ballon d'Or title for Benzema. The 34-year-old striker became the first Frenchman to win the Ballon d'Or since Zinedine Zidane in 1998.
So, how do the other top players rank? The following is the final standings for the 2022 Ballon d'Or.
Rank 25 - 21
25: Joao Cancelo (Manchester City)
25: Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich)
25: Mike Maignan (AC Milan)
25: Antonio Rudiger (Chelsea/Real Madrid)
25: Darwin Nunez (Benfica/Liverpool)
25: Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig)
22: Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool)
22: Phil Foden (Manchester City)
22: Bernardo Silva (Manchester City)
21: Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur)
20 - 11
20: Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)
17: Luis Diaz (Porto/Liverpool)
17: Dusan Vlahovic (Fiorentina/Juventus)
17: Casemiro (Real Madrid/Manchester United)
16: Virgil Van Dijk (Liverpool)
14: Rafael Leao (AC Milan)
14: Fabinho (Liverpool)
13: Sebastien Haller (Ajax/Dortmund)
12: Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City)
11: Son Heung-Min (Tottenham Hotspur)
10 - 1
10. Erling Haaland (Manchester City)
9. Luka Modric (Real Madrid)
8. Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid)
7. Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid)
6. Kylian Mbappe (PSG)
5. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
4. Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich/Barcelona)
3. Kevin de Bruyne (Manchester City)
2. Sadio Mane (Liverpool/Bayern Munich)
1. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)
Source: France Football