Ballon d'Or 2025: Ousmane Dembele beats Lamine Yamal as Aitana Bonmati defends crown again | OneFootball

The Lionesses had five of the top ten in the women’s Ballon d’Or but it was a familiar winner

Ousmane Dembele won the Ballon d’Or for the first time, as Aitana Bonmati collected the top women’s prize for the third year in a row.

As expected, Dembele was crowned the best men’s player on the world after leading Paris Saint-Germain to their first Champions League title last season. He also won Ligue 1, the French Cup, the UEFA Super Cup and the Trophee des Champions.

The Frenchman scored eight goals in that European run and 35 across all competitions to go with 15 assists. Dembele also chipped in with a couple of goals as PSG reached the Club World Cup in the final.

Although PSG were in action against Marseille on Monday night, Dembele was still able to attend the ceremony in Paris as he is currently out with a hamstring injury.

Barcelona teenager Lamine Yamal came second in the voting, with Dembele’s PSG team-mate Vitinha in third. Mohamed Salah had to settle for fourth.

Bonmati once again won the women’s Ballon d’Or, despite losing in the final of both the Champions League and Euro 2025.

Alessia Russo, who won both those tournaments, came third, with Chloe Kelly in fifth and Leah Williamson seventh after the trio enjoyed a memorable season for Arsenal and England.

While Yamal missed out on the Ballon d’Or, he did not go home empty-handed.

The 18-year-old won the Kopa Trophy, awarded to the best player in the world under the age of 21, for the second year in a row.

The women’s Johan Cruyff Trophy went to Sarina Wiegman, after she led the Lionesses to a second consecutive European Championship title.

Wiegman, who is the first England manager to win the award, said: "What an honour to get this award after a very special summer, and even more of an insane tournament we had at the Euros in Switzerland.

"This is not just a personal honour. I see it as a recognition of the women's game, of our journey and where we have come so far. With that recognition we have to take responsibility and try to keep our identity.

“Being authentic, being inclusive, a place where everyone belongs. I hope we will keep fighting together against misogyny and racism. Sport should always unite and never divide."

There was more Lionesses success when Hannah Hampton picked up the women’s Yashin Trophy for the top goalkeeper, with former England team-mate Mary Earps one of those to present it to her.

Hampton used her acceptance speech to pay tribute to Matt Beard, the former Liverpool manager who died at the age of 47.

“Sometimes the brightest smiles in the room hide the heaviest pain,” Hampton said. “He will be greatly missed.”

Arsenal were named women’s club of the year after their Champions League success, after Stina Blackstenius’s winner gave them a shock final win over Barcelona, with PSG collecting the men’s prize.