The 2025 Ballon d’Or voting breakdown reveals just how close Lamine Yamal and Mariona Caldentey came to beating out Ousmane Dembélé and Aitana Bonmatí for the most prestigious honor in football.
In front of a crowd with many of the best players and managers in the sport, Dembélé and Bonmatí took the stage at the Théâtre du Châtelet to receive their respective Ballon d’Or awards.
Dembélé won the honor for his brilliant 2024–25 season in which Paris Saint-Germain claimed a historic quadruple. Bonmatí, meanwhile, helped Barcelona to a second consecutive domestic treble, earning her third women’s Ballon d’Or award.
Both players took home the individual honor through the votes of journalists from FIFA-ranked countries. One hundred representatives vote for the men’s Ballon d’Or while 50 vote for the women’s Ballon d’Or.
The men’s and women’s player with the most cumulative points are crowned the latest winners of the Ballon d’Or.
