Ballon d'Or 2025 Secrets Exposed: Shocking Vote Tallies for Dembele, Yamal, and Salah Finally Unveiled

The 2025 Ballon d'Or voting results show how narrowly Lamine Yamal and Mariona Caldentey missed out on defeating Ousmane Dembélé and Aitana Bonmatí for football's most coveted individual prize.

Before an audience filled with elite players and coaches from across the sport, Dembélé and Bonmatí stepped onto the stage at the Théâtre du Châtelet to accept their respective Ballon d'Or trophies.

Dembélé secured the award following his outstanding 2024–25 campaign that saw Paris Saint-Germain achieve an unprecedented quadruple. Bonmatí, on the other hand, guided Barcelona to their second straight domestic treble, capturing her third women's Ballon d'Or title.

Both athletes claimed the individual accolade through votes cast by journalists from FIFA-ranked nations. The men's Ballon d'Or receives votes from one hundred representatives, while fifty vote for the women's award.

The male and female players accumulating the highest point totals are declared the newest Ballon d'Or champions.

2025 Men's Ballon d'Or Points Breakdown (30–11)

30. Michael Olise (France, Bayern Munich), 4 points
29. Florian Wirtz (Germany, Leverkusen/Liverpool), 5 points
28. Virgil van Dijk (Netherlands, Liverpool), 7 points
27. Declan Rice (England, Arsenal), 13 points
26. Erling Haaland (Norway, Manchester City), 18 points
25. Denzel Dumfries (Netherlands, Inter Milan), 20 points
24. Fabián Ruiz (Spain, Paris Saint-Germain), 20 points
23. Jude Bellingham (England, Real Madrid), 21 points
22. Alexis Mac Allister (Argentina, Liverpool), 21 points
21. Serhou Guirassy (Guinea, Borussia Dortmund), 25 points
20. Lautaro Martínez (Argentina, Inter), 37 points
19. João Neves (Portugal, Paris Saint-Germain), 40 points
18. Scott McTominay (Scotland, Napoli), 45 points
17. Robert Lewandowski (Poland, Barcelona), 49 points
16. Vinicius Junior (Brazil, Real Madrid), 51 points
15. Viktor Gyökeres (Sweden, Arsenal), 56 points
14. Désiré Doué (France, Paris Saint-Germain), 74 points
13. Harry Kane (England, Bayern Munich), 112 points
12. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Georgia, Paris Saint-Germain), 123 points
11. Pedri (Spain, Barcelona), 124 points

2025 Men's Ballon d'Or Points Breakdown (1–10)

Dembélé secured a decisive victory over second-place Yamal; the French star finished 321 points clear of the 18-year-old prodigy. This substantial margin resulted largely from Dembélé's 73 first-place votes compared to Yamal's 11.

The next six players also received at least one first-place ranking:

2025 Women's Ballon d'Or Points Breakdown (1–10)

Bonmatí edged out Caldentey by a mere 23 points to secure her third women's Ballon d'Or. The Barcelona midfielder now stands alongside Lionel Messi and Michel Platini as the only players to claim three consecutive Ballon d'Or honors.