The Bayern Munich and England striker takes his first Ballon d'Or at the 70th ceremony in London, becoming the first Englishman to claim the…
At the 2026 Ballon d'Or ceremony in London on 26 October, Barcelona's Vicky López claimed the Women's Kopa Trophy for the second year running,…
Spain's goalkeeper is the first Spaniard to claim the award for the world's best goalkeeper, confirmed at the Ballon d'Or ceremony in London on…
Ahead of the 70th ceremony at the London Palladium, the men's Ballon d'Or race has narrowed to Harry Kane and Lamine Yamal. Here are…
One point separated Matthias Sammer and Ronaldo in 1996, the tightest finish the award has ever seen. A look at the ballots that came…
France Football created a women's Golden Ball in 2018. In fewer than a decade it has traced the sport's power shift from Lyon and…
From Stanley Matthews in 1956 to Ousmane Dembélé in 2025, a verified account of every men's Ballon d'Or winner, the reforms that reshaped it,…
Eight Ballon d'Or trophies, spread across fourteen years and two different versions of the award. A year-by-year account of every Messi win, verified against…
A verified, year-by-year account of Cristiano Ronaldo's five Ballon d'Or triumphs, from Manchester United in 2008 to back-to-back trophies at Real Madrid, and where…
A plain-English guide to how football's most famous individual prize is decided: who votes, the shortlist, the points math, the three criteria, and the…
