Ballon d'Or 2026: The full standings

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Men's Ballon d'Or
Women's Ballon d'Or
Kopa Trophy
Men's Yashin Trophy
Socrates Award
Strikers of the Year

The Ballon d'Or 2026 is the 70th edition of the most prestigious individual award in the football calendar.

Presented by Kate Scott and Thierry Henry live from the London Palladium, we recognise the very elite of the sport, as for just the fifth time in the history of the award, it will be given based on the results of the season instead of the calendar year.

With Harry Kane, Kylian Mbappe and Lamine Yamal leading the favourites for the gong, it's promised to be one of the closest contests we've seen in years…

Men's Ballon d'Or

The full standings for the men's Ballon d'Or 2026

Paris Saint-Germain French forward Ousmane Dembele with the Ballon d'Or award during the 2025 Ballon d'Or France Football award ceremony at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris on September 22, 2025 — Ousmane Dembele won last year's Golden Ball (Image credit: Getty Images)

The full standings/nominees for the men's Ballon d'Or 2026 are as follows:

=29. Sadio Mane
=29. William Saliba
28. Julian Quinones
27. Bruno Fernandes
26. Dayot Upamecano
25. Marquinhos
24. Luis Diaz
23. Nuno Mendes
22. Lautaro Martinez
21. Gabriel Magalhaes
20. Willian Pacho
19. Joao Neves
18. Marc Cucurella
17. Vinicius Junior
16. Ferran Torres
15. Declan Rice
14. Vitinha
13. Achraf Hakimi
12. Pau Cubarsi
11. Jude Bellingham
10. Fabian Ruiz
9. Michael Olise
8. Erling Haaland
7. Ousmane Dembele
6. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
5. Lionel Messi
4. Rodri
3. Lamine Yamal
2. Kylian Mbappe
1. Harry Kane

Three English players have been nominated for the award this year (Declan Rice, Jude Bellingham and Harry Kane), with seven Premier League players on the shortlist, in Rice, Gabriel, William Saliba (all Arsenal), Marc Cucurella (of Chelsea last season), Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United), Rodri and Erling Haaland (both of Manchester City: the former having left over the summer).

Six of Spain's World Cup winners of the summer have been given the nod, with Yamal, Cucurella and Rodri jonied by Fabian Ruiz, Pau Cubarsi and Ferran Torres, while last year's winner, Ousmane, Dembele, is one again nominated after winning another Champions League title with Paris Saint-Germain.

Women's Ballon d'Or

Aitana Bonmati and Ousmane Dembele pose for a photo — Aitana Bonmati isn't up for a fourth award (Image credit: Kristy Sparow - UEFA/UEFA via Getty Images)

The full standings/nominees for the Ballon d'Or Feminin 2026 are as follows:

=28. Vivianne Miedema
=28. Melvine Malard
=28. Lorena
27. Rose Lavelle
26. Alex Greenwood
25. Caroline Weir
24. Kerstin Casparij
23. Momoko Tanikawa
22. Manaka Matsukubo
21. Scarlett Camberos
20. Selma Bacha
19. Tessa Wullaert
18. Barbra Banda
17. Esmee Brugts
16. Mapi Leon
15. Cata Coll
14. Wendie Renard
13. Mariona Caldentey
12. Klara Buhl
11. Yui Hasagawa
10. Temwa Chawinga
9. Alessia Russo
8. Claudia Pina
7. Pernille Harder
6. Caroline Graham Hansen
5. Patri Guijarro
4. Melchie Dumornay
3. Bunny Shaw
2. Ewa Pajor
1. Alexia Putellas

A host of Women's Super League players have been nominated for the women's award this year, with Alessia Russo, Mariona Caldentey, (both Arsenal) Alex Greenwood, Bunny Shaw, Yui Hasegawa, Kerstin Casparij, Vivianne Miedema (all Manchester City) and Melvine Malard (Manchester United) all nominated – along with London City Lionesses' Alexia Putellas, for her Barcelona exploits last term.

Russo and Greenwood are the only two Lionesses on the shortlist, with Aitana Bonmati not nominated this time around.

Kopa Trophy

Spain and Barcelona forward Lamine Yamal is hugged by president of FC Barcelona Joan Laporta — Lamine Yamal is hugged by president of Barcelona, Joan Laporta (Image credit: Toby Shepheard / AFP via Getty Images)

The Kopa Trophy is given to the best young performing player in the world under the age of 21, with Lamine Yamal winning the award this year.

Men's nominees:

Lamine Yamal
Pau CubarsI
Warren ZaIre-Emery
Lennart Karl
Yan Diomande
Ayyoub Bouaddi
Kerim Alajbegovic
Eli Junior Kroupi
Ibrahim Maza
Johan Manzambi

Women's nominees:

Vicky López
Clara Serrajordi
Veerle Buurman
Lily Yohannes
Felicia Schröder

Men's Yashin Trophy

The Yashin Trophy is awarded to the best goalkeeper in the world for the last season.

Men's nominees:

Unai Simon
David Raya
Thibaut Courtois
Matvey Safonov
Emiliano Martinez
Vozinha
Joan Garcia
Yassine Bounou
Edouard Mendy
Gregor Kobel

Women's nominees:

Cata Coll
Ann-Katrin Berger
Ayaka Yamashita
Hannah Hampton
Lorena

Socrates Award

This year's Socrates Award – presented to the best humanitarian work by a footballer worldwide – has gone to Bukayo Saka, for his efforts of Big Shoe providing care to children who are in desperate need.

Strikers of the Year

The newly-rebranded Strikers of the Year awards are given to the men's and women's forwards who have performed best over the last year.

This year's winners are Charlyn Corral and Harry Kane.

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