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Ballon d'Or 2026 in full: Kane, Mbappe, Yamal top three, every award
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๐ฐ Here is the full 2026 men's Ballon d'Or top 10 plus every men's award: Kopa, Yashin, Gerd Muller, Cruyff and more.
๐ Key points
๐ Kane (Bayern) won, with Mbappe (Real Madrid) second and Yamal (Barcelona) third.
๐ต Fourth-placed Rodri moved from Man City to Barcelona in August.
๐ด PSG had three players in the top 10 at 6th, 7th and 10th, but none in the top five.
๐ Yamal became the first player to win the Kopa Trophy three years in a row.
๐ช๐ธ The Yashin Trophy and Cruyff award both went to world champions Spain.
๐ What happened
๐๏ธ The 70th Ballon d'Or ceremony was held at the London Palladium on Monday 26 October. The men's top five were Harry Kane (Bayern Munich), Kylian Mbappe (Real Madrid), Lamine Yamal (Barcelona), Rodri (Barcelona) and Lionel Messi (Inter Miami).
๐ From sixth to tenth came Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (PSG), Ousmane Dembele (PSG), Erling Haaland (Manchester City), Michael Olise (Bayern Munich) and Fabian Ruiz (PSG). Bayern and Barcelona had two players each in the top 10, PSG three.
๐งค Yamal won the Kopa Trophy for the best under-21 player again after 2024 and 2025, making him its first three-time winner. Athletic Club's Unai Simon took the Yashin Trophy for the best goalkeeper ahead of fellow Spaniards David Raya and Joan Garcia, after keeping seven clean sheets as Spain's No 1 at the World Cup this summer.
๐๏ธ Kane also won the Gerd Muller Trophy for the best striker after scoring 73 goals for club and country. Luis de la Fuente, who led Spain to the World Cup, won the Johan Cruyff Trophy for coach of the year, and PSG were named Club of the Year. According to SI, Luis Enrique was absent so Dembele collected the trophy. The Socrates Award for social work went to Arsenal's Bukayo Saka.
๐ By the numbers
โข Top 10 by club: PSG 3, Bayern 2, Barcelona 2
โข Yamal's Kopa Trophies: three in a row (2024, 2025, 2026), a first
โข Simon: seven World Cup clean sheets
โข Gerd Muller Trophy: Kane, 73 goals for club and country
๐ญ Why it matters
Kane took the Ballon d'Or itself, but the rest of the night belonged to world champions Spain: Yamal, Rodri and Fabian Ruiz made the top 10, and Spain also claimed the goalkeeper and coach awards. Mbappe finished second yet left empty-handed, while Club of the Year PSG did not have a single player in the top five.
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