The 2025 Men’s Ballon d’Or has gone to Ousmane Dembélé, while Lamine Yamal, Luis Enrique, Viktor Gyökeres, and Gianluigi Donnarumma have also received awards.
Ousmane Dembélé, a forward for Paris Saint-Germain and France, has won the 2025 Men’s Ballon d’Or.
To cap off an incredible campaign, the 28-year-old was selected before Paris teammate Vitinha and Lamine Yamal. Dembélé was named UEFA Champions League Player of the Season as Paris claimed the title for the first time. In addition, he contributed significantly to a domestic double, finishing 2024–2025 with an amazing 37 goals and 15 assists.
Men’s Club of the Year, Men’s Johan Cruyff Trophy (best coach in club/national team), Men’s Gerd Müller Trophy (highest scorer in club/national team), Men’s Kopa Trophy (best young player) and Men’s Yashin Trophy (best goalie) were among the other men’s awards given out in Paris.
Men’s Ballon d’Or top ten
1. Ousmane Dembélé (France, Paris Saint-Germain)
2. Lamine Yamal (Spain, Barcelona)
3. Vitinha (Portugal, Paris Saint-Germain)
4. Mohamed Salah (Egypt, Liverpool)
5. Raphinha (Brazil, Barcelona)
6. Achraf Hakimi (Morocco, Paris Saint-Germain)
7. Kylian Mbappé (France, Real Madrid)
8. Cole Palmer (England, Chelsea)
9. Gianluigi Donnarumma (Italy, Paris Saint-Germain)
10. Nuno Mendes (Portugal, Paris Saint-Germain)
All the award winners
Men’s Ballon d’Or: Ousmane Dembélé (France, Paris Saint-Germain)
Women’s Ballon d’Or: Aitana Bonmatí (Spain, Barcelona)
Men’s Kopa Trophy: Lamine Yamal (Spain, Barcelona)
Women’s Kopa Trophy: Vicky López (Spain, Barcelona)
Men’s Yashin Trophy: Gianluigi Donnarumma (Italy, Paris Saint-Germain)
Women’s Yashin Trophy: Hannah Hampton (England, Chelsea)
Men’s Gerd Müller Trophy: Viktor Gyökeres (Sweden, Sporting CP/Arsenal)
Women’s Gerd Müller Trophy: Ewa Pajor (Poland, Barcelona)
Men’s Johan Cruyff Trophy: Luis Enrique (Spain, Paris Saint-Germain)
Women’s Johan Cruyff Trophy: Sarina Wiegman (Netherlands, England national team)
Men’s Club of the Year Trophy: Paris Saint-Germain (France)
Women’s Club of the Year Trophy: Arsenal (England)
Sócrates Award: Fundación Xana (Spain)
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.
