As the most prestigious individual award in global football, the Ballon d'Or dominates the annual conversation throughout ...

Here are the top 10 players in the Ballon d'Or ranking 2025 poised to claim football’s most prestigious individual honor.

Vinicius Junior faces stiff competition if he is to go one further in his quest for the 2025 Ballon d’Or. The Real Madrid star was narrowly beaten to the prestigious individual award by Manchester ...

If you thought the days of the Ballon d'Or generating headlines were over after ... Rodri came out on top in 2024, beating Vinicius Jr into second place as Real Madrid dramatically boycotted ...

So, who will it be? Here, Sports Illustrated ranks the top 15 players most likely to win the Ballon d'Or in 2025 based on their form so far this season. Since joining Sporting Lisbon in the summer ...

7=) Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid) Finished third in Ballon d’Or voting last year but was not ... Real Madrid stay in the Champions League and top La Liga. 2) Kylian Mbappe (Real Madrid) It ...

Real Madrid forward, Kylian Mbappe, has leapt into second place in the Ballon d’Or rankings for 2025 ... No player in Europe’s top five leagues has been more decisive. Liverpool are also ...

That means that the next Ballon d’Or will encompass the 2021–22 season, which ends with the women’s Euros in July, and will not include the 2022 World Cup.

Manchester City's Rodri has won the Ballon d'Or after a sensational year for club ... with Madrid team-mate Jude Bellingham making up the top three. Madrid does have a fair amount to celebrate ...

Here are the top 10 players in contention for the Ballon d'Or, ranked by how The Sporting News would hand out the award if the season ended today. Julian Alvarez's first season at Atletico Madrid ...