Ballon d’Or 2025 Rankings: Dembele wins, Salah finishes fourth — complete for men’s and women’s standings

Barcelona’s Lamine Yamal and Paris Saint-Germain’s Vitinha came very close, but it was PSG forward Ousmane Dembele who won the 2025 men’s Ballon d’Or at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris on Monday. Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah was the highest-rated player from the English Premier League as he finished fourth in the final Ballon d’Or ranking list.

The men’s Ballon d’Or final list included five PSG players in the top 10, highlighting their brilliant last season in which they won the Champions League, in addition to capturing the Ligue 1. Apart from Dembele and Vitinha, Achraf Hakimi, Gianluigi Donnarumma (who joined Manchester City in the summer) and Nuno Mendes are also part of the top 10.

Besides Lamal and Salah, the other non-PSG layers in the top are Barcelona’s Raphinha, Real Madrid’s Kylian Mbappe and Chelsea’s Cole Palmer.

“I really don’t have the words. It was an incredible season with PSG,” Dembele said after winning the Ballon d’Or. “It is an individual trophy but it was really the collective that won it.”

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“The Ballon d’Or has not really been an objective for me in my career but I worked hard for the team to win the Champions League,” he added.

PSG were also awarded the club of the year award while manager Luis Enrique was declared the men’s coach of the year.

The women’s Ballon d’Or full 2025 went to Barcelona’s Aitana Bonmati for a third consecutive year as she emulated club legend Lionel Messi. She edged out Arsenal’s Mariona Caldentey and Alessia Russo to the top prize.

Full men’s Ballon d’Or 2025 standings

2.     Ousmane Dembele

3.     Lamine Yamal

4.     Vitinha

5.     Mohamed Salah

6.     Raphinha

7.     Achraf Hakimi

8.     Kylian Mbappe

9.     Cole Palmer

10.     Gianluigi Donnarumma

11.     Nuno Mendes

12.     Pedri

13.     Khvicha Kvaratskhelia

14.     Harry Kane

15.     Desire Doue

16.     Viktor Gyokeres

17.     Vinicius Jr

18.     Robert Lewandowski

19.     Scott McTominay

20.     Joao Neves

21.     Lautaro Martinez

22.     Serhou Guirassy

23.     Alexis Mac Allister

24.     Jude Bellingham

25.     Fabian Ruiz

26.     Denzel Dumfries

27.     Erling Haaland

28.     Declan Rice

29.     Virgil van Dijk

30.     Florian Wirtz

31.     Erling Haaland

Full women’s Ballon d’Or 2025 standings

2.     Aitana Bonmati

3.     Mariona Caldentey

4.     Alessia Russo

5.     Alexia Putellas

6.     Chloe Kelly

7.     Patricia Guijarro

8.     Leah Williamson

9.     Ewa Pajor

10.     Lucy Bronze

11.     Hannah Hampton

12.     Claudia Pina

13.     Marta

14.     Caroline Graham Hansen

15.     Barbra Banda

16.     Sandy Baltimore

17.     Cristian Girelli

18.     Temwa Chawinga

19.     Michie Dumornay

20.     Klara Buhl

21.     Pernille Harder

22.     Amanda Gutierres

23.     Esther Gonzalez

24.     Johanna Rytting Kaneryd

25.     Sofia Cantore

26.     Emily Fox

27.     Lindsey Heaps

28.     Clara Mateo

29.     Frida Maanum

30.     Steph Catley

31.     Caroline Weir