Ballon d’Or 2026 Winners: Full List

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As Kylian Mbappé once gushed, capturing the modern obsession with this individual award, the Ballon d’Or is “the Holy Grail,” the “ticket to the big world.”

Real Madrid’s prolific striker is front and center on a night which will see not one, not two, but 13 different prizes dished out at The London Palladium. The standout men and women, youngsters, goalkeepers, coaches and clubs will all be ruthlessly ranked and categorized by a panel of journalists.

“We all watched that ceremony with those red carpet arrivals and said to ourselves: One day, that will be me ,” Mbappé has admitted. Now, he—and the rest of the great and the good of the sport—are on that red carpet. But only a select few will end the night clutching that golden ticket.

Men’s Ballon d’Or 2026 Winner

Lamine Yamal (left) and Kylian Mbappé are in the battle. / Maddie Meyer/FIFA/Getty Images

T-29. Sadio Mané (Al Nassr)
T-29. William Saliba (Arsenal)
28. Julián Quiñones (Al Qadsiah)
27. Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United)
26. Dayot Upamecano (Bayern Munich)
25. Marquinhos (Paris Saint-Germain)
24. Luis Díaz (Bayern Munich)
23. Nuno Mendes (Paris Saint-Germain)
22. Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan)
21. Gabriel (Arsenal)
20. Willian Pacho (Paris Saint-Germain)
19. João Neves (Paris Saint-Germain)
18. Marc Cucurella (Chelsea/Real Madrid)
17. Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid)
16. Ferran Torres (Barcelona/Paris Saint-Germain)
15. Declan Rice (Arsenal)
14. Vitinha (Paris Saint-Germain)
13. Achraf Hakimi (Paris Saint-Germain)
12. Pau Cubarsí (Barcelona)
11. Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid)

Nominees

Ousmane Dembélé (Paris Saint-Germain)
Erling Haaland (Manchester City)
Harry Kane (Bayern Munich)
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Paris Saint-Germain)
Lamine Yamal (Barcelona)
Kylian Mbappé (Real Madrid)
Lionel Messi (Inter Miami)
Michael Olise (Bayern Munich)
Rodri (Manchester City/Barcelona)
Fabián Ruiz (Paris Saint-Germain)

Women’s Ballon d’Or 2026 Winner

La Reina for La Roja. 150 appearances. pic.twitter.com/6rK6vTSdn7

— Sports Illustrated FC (@SI_FootballClub) October 14, 2026

T-28. Vivianne Miedema (Manchester City)
T-28. Melvine Malard (Manchester United/Chelsea)
T-28. Lorena (Kansas City Current)
27. Rose Lavelle (Gotham FC)
26. Alex Greenwood (Manchester City)
25. Caroline Weir (Real Madrid/OL Lyonnes)
24. Kerstin Casparij (Manchester City)
23. Momoko Tanikawa (Bayern Munich)
22. Manaka Matsukubo (North Carolina Courage/Chelsea)
21. Scarlett Camberos (Club América)
20. Selma Bacha (OL Lyonnes)
19. Tessa Wullaert (Inter Milan/Como)
18. Barbra Banda (Orlando Pride)
17. Esmee Brugts (Barcelona)
16. Mapi León (Barcelona/London City Lionesses)
15. Cata Coll (Barcelona)
14. Wendie Renard (OL Lyonnes)
13. Mariona Caldentey (Arsenal)
12. Klara Bühl (Bayern Munich)
11. Yui Hasegawa (Manchester City)

Nominees

Temwa Chawinga (Kansas City Current)
Melchie Dumornay (OL Lyonnes)
Caroline Graham Hansen (Barcelona)
Patri Guijarro (Barcelona)
Pernille Harder (Bayern Munich)
Ewa Pajor (Barcelona)
Clàudia Pina (Barcelona)
Alexia Putellas (Barcelona/London City Lionesses)
Alessia Russo (Arsenal)
Khadija Shaw (Manchester City)

Men’s Kopa Trophy 2026 Winner (Best U-21 Player)

Lamine Yamal managed to fight his way past his own outfit to the award. / FRANCK FIFE/AFP/Getty Images

Lamine Yamal was crowned the Kopa Trophy winner for a third year in succession but claimed that his Barcelona teammate was more deserving of the award. “This one should have been for Pau Cubarsí.”

Nominees

Kerim Alajbegović (RB Salzburg/Juventus)
Ayyoub Bouaddi (Lille/Manchester City)
Pau Cubarsí (Barcelona)
Yan Diomande (RB Leipzig/Real Madrid)
Lennart Karl (Bayern Munich)
Éli Junior Kroupi (Bournemouth)
Johan Manzambi (Aston Villa)
Ibrahim Maza (Bayer Leverkusen)
Warren Zaïre-Emery (Paris Saint-Germain)

Women’s Kopa Trophy 2026 Winner (Best U-21 Player)

Vicky López is a back-to-back winner. / Jeff Spicer/UEFA/Getty Images)

Much like her male counterpart at Barcelona, Yamal, Vicky López is a multi-time Kopa Trophy winner. The 2025 victor claimed the prize again after blossoming into a figure of real importance for a Barça side which reestablished their dominance on the global game.

Nominees

Veerle Buurman (Chelsea)
Felicia Schröder (BK Häcken/Real Madrid)
Clara Serrajordi (Barcelona)
Lily Yohannes (OL Lyonnes)

Men’s Yashin Trophy 2026 Winner (Best Goalkeeper)

Peter Schmeichel claimed that there was “no surprise” Unai Simón was recognized for his individual efforts when handing the Spanish World Cup winner the award on Monday. Yet, there had been stiff competition from his compatriots David Raya—the best goalkeeper in the Premier League—and Barcelona’s title-winning Joan García. In the end, the panel of judges sided with Luis de la Fuente, who trusted Simón above his countrymen at the World Cup.

Nominees

Yassine Bounou (Al Hilal)
Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid)
Gregor Kobel (Borussia Dortmund)
Joan García (Barcelona)
Édouard Mendy (Al Ahli)
Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa/Chelsea)
David Raya (Arsenal)
Vozinha (Chaves/Colo-Colo)
Matvey Safonov (Paris Saint-Germain)

Women’s Yashin Trophy 2026 Winner (Best Goalkeeper)

It was a clean sweep of Spanish goalkeeper this year, with Barcelona’s Cata Coll taking the women’s prize after presiding over a parsimonious campaign in Catalonia.

Nominees

Ann-Katrin Berger (Gotham FC)
Lorena (Kansas City Current)
Hannah Hampton (Chelsea)
Ayaka Yamashita (Manchester City)

Gerd Müller Trophy 2026 Winners (Top Scorers)

This is a purely statistical award dished out to the top scorer men’s and women’s players from the 2025–26 season for club and country. Harry Kane outstripped everyone with a staggering haul of 73 for Bayern Munich and England while Poland’s Ewa Pajor followed up her 2025 prize with another prolific year at Barcelona.

Sócrates Award 2026 Winner

This unique prize ignores all action on the pitch to instead honor the individual (or collective) to “identify the best solidarity actions carried out by committed champions.” Named after the legendary Brazilian whose committment to social causes was as legendary as his right foot, the prize has been handed out since 2022.

Men’s Club of the Year 2026 Winner

PSG continue to show there's levels to this game. pic.twitter.com/e16uls0VM6

— Sports Illustrated FC (@SI_FootballClub) October 14, 2026

Nominees

Arsenal (Premier League)
Bayern Munich (Bundesliga)
Bodø/Glimt (Eliteserien)
Flamengo (Campeonato Brasileiro Série A)
Paris Saint-Germain (Ligue 1)

Women’s Club of the Year 2026 Winner

Barcelona’s continental domination resumed. / Maja Hitij/Getty Images

Nominees

Barcelona (Liga F)
Bayern Munich (Frauen-Bundesliga)
Club América (Liga Femenil)
Manchester City (WSL)
OL Lyonnes (Première Ligue)

Men’s Coach of the Year 2026 Winner

It was Spanish domination on Monday. / FRANCK FIFE/AFP/Getty Images

There could really only be one winner. Even Luis Enrique’s feat of retaining the Champions League—an achievement only Zinédine Zidane has been able to match in the modern era—could not overshadow Luis de la Fuente ’s achievement of leading Spain to a second ever men’s World Cup.

Nominees

Mikel Arteta (Arsenal)
Unai Emery (Aston Villa)
Luis Enrique (Paris Saint-Germain)
Vincent Kompany (Bayern Munich)

Women’s Coach of the Year 2026 Winner

PERE ROMEU IS THE WOMEN’S COACH OF THE YEAR! #ballondor pic.twitter.com/XbAgHn6h0r

— Ballon d'Or (@ballondor) October 26, 2026

The 2024–25 campaign had been a relative disappointment for Barcelona Femení. They still won every domestic trophy but two defeats stained their league record and a defeat to Arsenal in the Champions League final was a bitter surprise. Pere Romeu made sure there would not be another setback, claiming every available trophy, including the Champions League with a 4–0 thrashing of record European winners OL Lyonnes.

Nominees

Jonatan Giráldez (OL Lyonnes)
Andrée Jeglertz (Manchester City)
Nils Nielsen (Japan (currently unattached))
Elena Sadiku (Celtic/BK Häcken)

Ballon d’Or 2026 Winners: Full List

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2026 Ballon d’Or: All Winners and Categories

Men’s Ballon d’Or 2026 Winner

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Women’s Ballon d’Or 2026 Winner

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Men’s Kopa Trophy 2026 Winner (Best U-21 Player)

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Women’s Kopa Trophy 2026 Winner (Best U-21 Player)

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Men’s Yashin Trophy 2026 Winner (Best Goalkeeper)

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Women’s Yashin Trophy 2026 Winner (Best Goalkeeper)

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Gerd Müller Trophy 2026 Winners (Top Scorers)

Sócrates Award 2026 Winner

Men’s Club of the Year 2026 Winner

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Women’s Club of the Year 2026 Winner

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Men’s Coach of the Year 2026 Winner

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