Aitana Bonmatí of Barcelona has won the Women’s Ballon d’Or for the third time in a row. In addition to winning the award in 2023 and 2024, the Spain international helped her team win a domestic triple and was a key player in Barcelona’s run to the Women’s Champions League final, when they were defeated 1-0 by Arsenal.
In addition, Bonmatí scored a goal in extra time to help Spain win the semi-final, and she was a key player in her country’s run to the Women’s EURO 2025 final.
After winning the Women’s Champions League for the first time in eighteen years, Arsenal was awarded Women’s Club of the Year, and Ousmane Dembélé took home the 2025 Men’s Ballon d’Or.
This year saw the addition of three new categories honouring female athletes: the Women’s Gerd Müller Trophy for top scorer in the club or national team in 2024–2025, the Women’s Kopa Trophy for best young player in 2024–2025, and the Women’s Yashin Trophy for best custodian in 2024–2025.
Women’s Ballon d’Or top ten
1. Aitana Bonmatí (Spain, Barcelona)
2. Mariona Caldentey (Spain, Arsenal)
3. Alessia Russo (England, Arsenal)
4. Alexia Putellas (Spain, Barcelona)
5. Chloe Kelly (England, Arsenal)
6. Patri Guijarro (Spain, Barcelona)
7. Leah Williamson (England, Arsenal)
8. Ewa Pajor (Poland, Barcelona)
9. Lucy Bronze (England, Chelsea)
10. Hannah Hampton (England, Chelsea)
The Women’s Johan Cruyff Trophy was given to England coach Sarina Wiegman after her team won the Women’s EURO in July. The title, which Wiegman has now won as a coach in three successive Women’s EURO championships, including with the Netherlands in 2017 and England in 2022, was lifted by the Dutch coach’s Lionesses after they made incredible comebacks against Sweden, Italy, and Spain in the knockout stages.
Vicky López, 19, earned the first Women’s Kopa Trophy after helping Barcelona win a domestic triple and playing in Spain’s run to the Women’s EURO final. In her first senior international competition, she scored one goal and assisted another.
Hannah Hampton, the goalie for Chelsea, took home the Women’s Yashin Trophy. The 24-year-old played in two successful penalty shootouts with England at Women’s EURO 2025 and recorded 13 clean sheets in Chelsea’s undefeated 2024–25 Women’s Super League campaign. In addition, she placed eighth in the Women’s Ballon d’Or.
Ewa Pajor, a striker for Barcelona in 2024–2025, scored 43 goals in 46 games, earning her the Women’s Gerd Müller Trophy.
On Monday, September 22, the 69th Ballon d’Or awards ceremony was held at Paris’s Théâtre du Châtelet. The most prestigious award a football player can earn for extraordinary accomplishments and talent is the Ballon d’Or®, which France Football has been presenting every year since 1956.
UEFA and Groupe Amaury, the owners of France Football and L’Équipe, co-organized the awards for the second time.
