The 69th Ballon d’Or ceremony took place tonight, 22 September 2025, at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, where football‘s biggest stars gathered for the sport’s most prestigious awards.
First presented in 1956, the Ballon d’Or has grown into a global celebration of football’s finest achievements, honouring standout players, teams and coaches across the past season’s major competitions worldwide.
All awards are now confirmed: Ousmane Dembélé and Aitana Bonmatí take the Men’s and Women’s Ballon d’Or; the Kopa Trophies go to Lamine Yamal (men) and Vicky López (women); the Yashin Trophies to Gianluigi Donnarumma (men) and Hannah Hampton (women); Luis Enrique and Sarina Wiegman win the Johan Cruyff coaching awards; Viktor Gyökeres and c claim the Gerd Müller top-scorer honours; Paris Saint-Germain and Arsenal are named Clubs of the Year; and the Socrates Award goes to the Xana Foundation.
Scroll on for the complete winners list, key moments and reaction from Paris.
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Ousmane Dembélé wins Men’s Ballon d’Or
Ousmane Dembélé is crowned the Men’s Ballon d’Or winner after a career-best season. The Paris Saint-Germain and France forward was electric throughout the campaign, driving PSG to a historic first UEFA Champions League, a domestic double (Ligue 1 and Coupe de France), and the UEFA Super Cup, with marquee performances in the biggest knockout nights.
A gold ball to cap a year of game-breaking brilliance.
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Aitana Bonmatí wins Women’s Ballon d’Or
Three in a row for Aitana Bonmatí! The Barcelona and Spain midfielder completes a historic hat-trick after a season driving Barça to a domestic treble (Liga F, Copa de la Reina, Supercopa) and the UEFA Women’s Champions League final, where she was named UWCL Player of the Season for the third year running. She also helped Spain reach the EURO 2025 final, and is a World Cup winner and three-time Champions League winner.
Another year, another gold ball for one of the game’s defining players.
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Socrates Award: Xana Foundation
The Socrates Award is presented to the Xana Foundation, which supports children and young people living with life-threatening illnesses. The charity was created by PSG coach Luis Enrique in memory of his daughter Xana, who died aged nine in 2019 after a battle with a rare form of bone cancer.
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PSG named Men’s Club of the Year
Paris Saint-Germain are crowned Men’s Club of the Year after a historic season that delivered their first UEFA Champions League and a domestic double in France (Ligue 1 and Coupe de France).
They also added the UEFA Super Cup, capping a clean sweep at home and in Europe.
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Arsenal named Women’s Club of the Year
Arsenal are crowned Women’s Club of the Year after lifting the UEFA Women’s Champions League. The Gunners also finished WSL runners-up and broke the league attendance record at the Emirates.
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Pajor & Gyökeres win the Gerd Müller Trophies
The Gerd Müller Trophy recognises the most prolific scorers across club and national team over the season—and this year’s honours go to Ewa Pajor and Viktor Gyökeres.
- Ewa Pajor (Barcelona/Poland)
Barcelona’s No. 9 powered through 2024/25 with 43 goals in 46 club appearances, a club-record haul that delivered a domestic treble push and cemented her as Barça’s season top-scorer. - Viktor Gyökeres (Sporting CP/Sweden, now Arsenal)
An outrageous year: 54 goals in 52 games for Sporting, including 39 in the league as they retained the Portuguese title.
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Hannah Hampton & Gianluigi Donnarumma win Yashin Trophies
England and Chelsea’s Hannah Hampton claims the inaugural women’s Yashin Trophy, crowned after a landmark year: UEFA Women’s EURO 2025 champion with two saves in the final shootout (Player of the Match), plus an unbeaten WSL title with Chelsea and a joint-leading 13 clean sheets.
For the men, Gianluigi Donnarumma takes the Yashin Trophy following a title-stacking season with PSG: Ligue 1, Coupe de France, the club’s first-ever UEFA Champions League, and the UEFA Super Cup.
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Luis Enrique wins men’s Johan Cruyff Trophy
Paris Saint-Germain head coach Luis Enrique takes the men’s Johan Cruyff Trophy (coach of the year). He isn’t at the Théâtre du Châtelet to collect it— he’s on the touchline for PSG’s league trip to Marseille this evening.
Enrique led PSG to a domestic double in France and the club’s first-ever UEFA Champions League title, before adding the UEFA Super Cup in August.
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Yamal thanks Barça and Spain after Kopa Trophy win
Fresh from lifting the Kopa Trophy, Lamine Yamal kept it humble on stage, crediting the organisers, his club and his country.
“Firstly, thank you to France Football for the award. It’s an honour to be here again. I would also like to thank my club Barcelona, as well as the national team, because without them I would not be here.”
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Sarina Wiegman wins women’s Johan Cruyff Trophy
England head coach Sarina Wiegman claims the women’s Johan Cruyff Trophy, which recognises the standout coach in the women’s game. Wiegman’s Lionesses successfully defended their European crown this summer with a thrilling penalty shoot-out victory over Spain in the final.
“What an honour to get this award after an insane summer,” she says on stage.
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Vicky López wins women’s Kopa Trophy
Barcelona make it a double as 19-year-old forward Vicky López collects the first-ever women’s Kopa Trophy.
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Lamine Yamal wins men’s Kopa Trophy
Barcelona’s Lamine Yamal opens the night by claiming the Kopa Trophy, awarded to the world’s best men’s player aged 21 or under.
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Ballon d’Or 2025 — men’s rankings update
For the men, 11–30 are in — the remaining ten follow underneath.
11. Pedri — Barcelona, Spain
12. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia — Napoli/Paris St-Germain, Georgia
13. Harry Kane — Bayern Munich, England
14. Désiré Doué — Paris St-Germain, France
15. Viktor Gyökeres — Sporting/Arsenal, Sweden
16. Vinícius Júnior — Real Madrid, Brazil
17. Robert Lewandowski — Barcelona, Poland
18. Scott McTominay — Napoli, Scotland
19. João Neves — Paris St-Germain, Portugal
20. Lautaro Martínez — Inter Milan, Argentina
21. Serhou Guirassy — Borussia Dortmund, Guinea
22. Alexis Mac Allister — Liverpool, Argentina
23. Jude Bellingham — Real Madrid, England
24. Fabián Ruiz — Paris St-Germain, Spain
25. Denzel Dumfries — Inter Milan, Netherlands
26. Erling Haaland — Manchester City, Norway
27. Declan Rice — Arsenal, England
28. Virgil van Dijk — Liverpool, Netherlands
29. Florian Wirtz — Bayer Leverkusen/Liverpool, Germany
30. Michael Olise — Bayern Munich, France
Still in contention for the main prize:
Ousmane Dembélé (Paris St-Germain, France)
Gianluigi Donnarumma (Paris St-Germain/Manchester City, Italy)
Achraf Hakimi (Paris St-Germain, Morocco)
Kylian Mbappé (Real Madrid, France)
Cole Palmer (Chelsea, England)
Nuno Mendes (Paris St-Germain, Portugal)
Raphinha (Barcelona, Brazil)
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool, Egypt)
Vitinha (Paris St-Germain, Portugal)
Lamine Yamal (Barcelona, Spain)
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Ballon d’Or 2025 — women’s rankings update
Earlier this evening, organisers released the first batch of results for the women’s award. Here are the players who finished 11th–30th in the women’s vote:
- Claudia Pina (Barcelona, Spain)
- Marta (Orlando Pride, Brazil)
- Caroline Graham Hansen (Barcelona, Norway)
- Barbra Banda (Orlando Pride, Zambia)
- Sandy Baltimore (Chelsea, France)
- Cristiana Girelli (Juventus, Italy)
- Temwa Chawinga (Kansas City, Malawi)
- Melchie Dumornay (Lyon, Haiti)
- Klara Buhl (Bayern Munich, Germany)
- Pernille Harder (Bayern Munich, Denmark)
- Amanda Gutierres (Palmeiras, Brazil)
- Esther Gonzalez (Gotham FC, Spain)
- Johanna Rytting Kaneryd (Chelsea, Sweden)
- Sofia Cantore (Juventus/Washington Spirit, Italy)
- Emily Fox (Arsenal, USA)
- Lindsey Horan Heaps (Lyon, USA)
- Clara Mateo (Paris FC, France)
- Frida Leonhardsen Maanum (Arsenal, Norway)
- Steph Catley (Arsenal, Australia)
- Caroline Weir (Real Madrid, Scotland)
That leaves ten still in the running for the top prize:
Lucy Bronze (Chelsea, England)
Aitana Bonmati (Barcelona, Spain)
Mariona Caldentey (Arsenal, Spain)
Patricia Guijarro (Barcelona, Spain)
Hannah Hampton (Chelsea, England)
Chloe Kelly (Arsenal, England)
Ewa Pajor (Barcelona, Poland)
Alexia Putellas (Barcelona, Spain)
Alessia Russo (Arsenal, England)
Leah Williamson (Arsenal, England)
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2024-25 club continental champions (men & women)
- UEFA (Europe, 2024–25)
- Champions League: Paris Saint-Germain
- Europa League: Tottenham Hotspur
- Europa Conference League: Chelsea
- Women’s Champions League: Arsenal
- CONMEBOL (South America, 2024)
- Copa Libertadores: Botafogo
- Copa Sudamericana: Racing Club
- Libertadores Femenina: Corinthians
- CONCACAF (North & Central America/Caribbean)
- Champions Cup (2025): Cruz Azul
- W Champions Cup (2024–25): NJ/NY Gotham FC
- AFC (Asia, 2024–25)
- Champions League Elite: Al-Ahli (Saudi Arabia)
- Champions League Two: Sharjah (UAE)
- Women’s Champions League: Wuhan Jiangda
- CAF (Africa)
- Champions League (2024–25): Pyramids FC
- Confederation Cup (2024–25): RS Berkane
- Women’s Champions League (2024): TP Mazembe
- OFC (Oceania, 2025)
- Men’s Champions League: Auckland City
- Women’s Champions League: Auckland United
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Women’s Ballon d’Or (Ballon d’Or Féminin) winners (2018–2024)
2018 — Ada Hegerberg (Norway)
2019 — Megan Rapinoe (USA)
2020 — Not awarded
2021 — Alexia Putellas (Spain)
2022 — Alexia Putellas (Spain)
2023 — Aitana Bonmatí (Spain)
2024 — Aitana Bonmatí (Spain)
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Men’s Ballon d’Or winners (1956–2024)
Have a look at all Ballon d’Or winners from the past .
1956 — Stanley Matthews (England)
1957 — Alfredo Di Stéfano (Spain)
1958 — Raymond Kopa (France)
1959 — Alfredo Di Stéfano (Spain)
1960 — Luis Suárez (Spain)
1961 — Omar Sívori (Italy)
1962 — Josef Masopust (Czechoslovakia)
1963 — Lev Yashin (Soviet Union)
1964 — Denis Law (Scotland)
1965 — Eusébio (Portugal)
1966 — Bobby Charlton (England)
1967 — Flórián Albert (Hungary)
1968 — George Best (Northern Ireland)
1969 — Gianni Rivera (Italy)
1970 — Gerd Müller (West Germany)
1971 — Johan Cruyff (Netherlands)
1972 — Franz Beckenbauer (West Germany)
1973 — Johan Cruyff (Netherlands)
1974 — Johan Cruyff (Netherlands)
1975 — Oleg/Oleh Blokhin (Soviet Union)
1976 — Franz Beckenbauer (West Germany)
1977 — Allan Simonsen (Denmark)
1978 — Kevin Keegan (England)
1979 — Kevin Keegan (England)
1980 — Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (West Germany)
1981 — Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (West Germany)
1982 — Paolo Rossi (Italy)
1983 — Michel Platini (France)
1984 — Michel Platini (France)
1985 — Michel Platini (France)
1986 — Igor/Ihor Belanov (Soviet Union)
1987 — Ruud Gullit (Netherlands)
1988 — Marco van Basten (Netherlands)
1989 — Marco van Basten (Netherlands)
1990 — Lothar Matthäus (Germany)
1991 — Jean-Pierre Papin (France)
1992 — Marco van Basten (Netherlands)
1993 — Roberto Baggio (Italy)
1994 — Hristo Stoichkov (Bulgaria)
1995 — George Weah (Liberia)
1996 — Matthias Sammer (Germany)
1997 — Ronaldo (Brazil)
1998 — Zinedine Zidane (France)
1999 — Rivaldo (Brazil)
2000 — Luís Figo (Portugal)
2001 — Michael Owen (England)
2002 — Ronaldo (Brazil)
2003 — Pavel Nedvěd (Czech Republic)
2004 — Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine)
2005 — Ronaldinho (Brazil)
2006 — Fabio Cannavaro (Italy)
2007 — Kaká (Brazil)
2008 — Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
2009 — Lionel Messi (Argentina)
2010 — Lionel Messi (Argentina)
2011 — Lionel Messi (Argentina)
2012 — Lionel Messi (Argentina)
2013 — Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
2014 — Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
2015 — Lionel Messi (Argentina)
2016 — Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
2017 — Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
2018 — Luka Modrić (Croatia)
2019 — Lionel Messi (Argentina)
2020 — Not awarded
2021 — Lionel Messi (Argentina)
2022 — Karim Benzema (France)
2023 — Lionel Messi (Argentina)
2024 — Rodri (Spain)
