2025 Ballon d'Or votes released as margin of victory for Ousmane Dembele and Aitana Bonmati revealed as Lamine Yamal and Mariona Caldentey go close
By James Hilsum
Published 27/09/2025 at 09:56 GMT+1
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The two winners of the 2025 Ballon d'Or awards were announced on Monday, with Ousmane Dembele and Aitana Bonmati both emerging victorious. The voting breakdown for both awards has now been announced, with Lamine Yamal and Mariona Caldentey both finishing runners-up for the respective awards. England's Lionesses also fared well in the women's award.
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Ousmane Dembele and Aitana Bonmati were both crowned Ballon d'Or winners on Monday night, and it has been revealed just how close the voting was for football's two biggest individual prizes.
Dembele was hotly tipped to win the men's award after a stunning 2024/25 season that saw the Frenchman win four trophies, including Ligue 1 and the UEFA Champions League.
The 28-year-old scored 35 goals and claimed 16 assists in a stellar campaign to win the prestigious golden ball for the first time.
Bonmati continued her remarkable success, winning the Ballon d'Or Feminine for a third year in a row after helping Barcelona to a second successive domestic treble.
The awards were presented following the votes submitted by journalists from FIFA-ranked countries, with 100 voting in the men’s category and 50 in the women’s.
Those two players with the highest number of cumulative points would go on to win the two awards.
It has now been revealed just how close we were to having two different Ballon d'Or winners, with Lamine Yamal and Mariona Caldentey both finishing in the runners-up positions.
Dembele finished with 1380 points - 321 more than second-placed Lamine Yamal, who enjoyed a stunning campaign with Barcelona.
Another Paris Saint-Germain star finished in the top three, with Vitinha finishing third on 703 points.
Mohamed Salah was the highest ranked Premier League player on the list, with the Liverpool forward coming fourth with 657 points following a title-winning campaign on Merseyside.
Chelsea’s Cole Palmer was the only other Premier League player to finish in the top 10, coming eighth on 211 points.
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Meanwhile, the pattern of voting seemed to be much closer in the women’s award, as Caldentey came within touching distance of usurping Bonmati, finishing a mere 28 points adrift of her former Barca team-mate.
There were two Lionesses in the top five, as Alessia Russo came third on 420 points after a stunning Women's Champions League and Women's Euros double with Arsenal and England respectively.
Chloe Kelly achieved the same feat and came fifth on 233 points, with five England stars in the top 10, which also included Leah Williamson, Lucy Bronze and Hannah Hampton.
The breakdown in voting for the top 10 in both the men's and women's categories is listed below.
Men's Ballon d'Or Voting Results
1 Ousmane Dembele (Paris Saint-Germain, France) 1380
2 Lamine Yamal (Barcelona, Spain) 1059
3 Vitinha (Paris Saint-Germain, Portugal) 703
4 Mohamed Salah (Liverpool, Egypt) 657
5 Raphinha (Barcelona, Brazil) 620
6 Achraf Hakimi (Paris Saint-Germain, Morocco) 484
7 Kylian Mbappe (Real Madrid, France) 378
8 Cole Palmer (Chelsea, England) 211
9 Gianluigi Donnarumma (Paris Saint-Germain/Manchester City, Italy) 172
10 Nuno Mendes (Paris Saint-Germain, Portugal) 171
Women's Ballon d'Or Voting Results
1 Aitana Bonmati (Barcelona, Spain) 506
2 Mariona Caldentey (Arsenal, Spain) 478
3 Alessia Russo (Arsenal, England) 420
4 Alexia Putellas (Barcelona, Spain) 388
5 Chloe Kelly (Manchester City/Arsenal, England) 233
6 Patri Guijarro (Barcelona, Spain) 157
7 Leah Williamson (Arsenal, England) 151
8 Ewa Pajor (Barcelona, Poland) 139
9 Lucy Bronze (Chelsea, England) 135
10 Hannah Hampton (Chelsea, England) 122
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