Paris Saint-Germain forward Ousmane Dembele was crowned the winner of the 2025 Ballon d’Or, beating Lamine Yamal to the award, who finished in second place.
Ousmane Dembélé became the sixth Frenchman to win the France Football Ballon d’Or, following in the footsteps of five others who came before him: Raymond Kopa (1958), Michel Platini (1983, 1984, 1985), Jean-Pierre Papin (1991), Zinedine Zidane (1998), and Karim Benzema (2022).
The organisers published the complete list of journalistic votes for Dembele, highlighting a competition between both players that ultimately resulted in a decisive victory for the Frenchman.The Frenchman.
73 of the 100 jurors from the top 100 countries in the latest FIFA ranking voted for Dembele times in the votes of the 100 jurors from the top 100 countries in the world.
This number is 62 more than that of Barcelona’s Lamine Yamal, who was named in the top 10 only 11 times. Other players recognized in the jurors’ top 10 include Vitinha (6 times), Mohamed Salah (4 times), Achraf Hakimi (3 times), and Kylian Mbappé (1 time). Notably, both Khvitcha Kvaratskhelia from Georgia and Scott McTominay from Scotland were surprisingly named once each. These two selections represent the only “fan” votes from the jurors representing their respective countries. votes from the jurors representing their respective countries.
What are the criteria for selecting a Ballon d’Or winner?The Men’s Ballon d’Or is awarded by an international jury of specialist journalists, one representative per country, to the top 100 in the FIFA rankings before the lists are published.
Three criteria are taken into consideration in order of importance:
(1) Individual performance, decisiveness and impressiveness.
(2) Team performance and track record.
(3) Class and fair play. Each jury appoints ten players in descending order of merit. These ten are respectively awarded 15, 12, 10, 8, 7, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 points
The Ballon d’Or is awarded to the player who receives the highest number of points. In the case of a tie, players are ranked according to the number of first-place votes they received. If there is still a tie, the ranking will be determined by the number of second-place votes, followed by third-place votes, and so on. second-place votes, followed by third-place votes, and so on.
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