Ballon d’Or 2025: Ousmane Dembélé and Aitana Bonmatí take top honours

Ousmane Dembélé and Aitana Bonmatí have taken top honours at the 2025 Ballon d’Or awards.

Dembéle beat Lamine Yamal into second place after helping Paris Saint-Germain complete the treble in 2024-25, a haul that included Champions League glory.

The 28-year-old France midfielder was able to attend the awards ceremony in Paris even though PSG were playing Marseille on Monday night because of a hamstring injury.

Bonmatí made Ballon d’Or history by becoming the first woman to win the award three times in a row.

The 27-year-old Spain and Barcelona midfielder joined Lionel Messi and Michel Platini as the only players to have been recognised for three consecutive years.

“It’s incredible this feeling. I never thought when I was a kid that I could achieve this because I didn’t think women’s football can exist,” she said.

“I had idols like Andres Iniesta and Xavi and when I was a kid I only saw them on TV. It’s incredible to be here and make history.

“But all of these trophies are because of collective work. We had a difficult season because we won some trophies, but we also lost some to amazing footballers.”

2025 winners:

Women’s Kopa trophy: Vicky López – Spain, Barcelona

Men’s Kopa trophy: Lamine Yamal – Spain, Barcelona

Women’s Johan Cruyff trophy: Sarina Wiegman – England

Men’s Johan Cruyff trophy: Luis Enrique – Paris Saint-Germain

Women’s Yashin trophy: Hannah Hampton – England, Chelsea

Men’s Yashin trophy: Gianluigi Donnarumma – Italy, Paris Saint-Germain/Manchester City

Women’s Gerd Muller trophy: Ewa Pajor – Poland, Barcelona

Men’s Gerd Muller trophy: Viktor Gyokeres – Sweden, Sport/Arsenal

Women’s club of the year: Arsenal

Men’s club of the year: Paris Saint-Germain

Socrates Award: Xana Foundation

Women’s Ballon d’Or: Aitana Bonmatí – Spain, Barcelona

Men’s Ballon d’Or: Ousmane Dembéle – France, Paris Saint-Germain

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