Ballon d'Or 2026: Harry Kane Wins First Men's Award as Alexia Putellas Claims Third Women's Title

The 70th Ballon d’Or 2026 ceremony took place at the Palladium Theatre in London, and it was the first time outside France. England and Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane won the Men’s Ballon d’Or, and he finished ahead of Kylian Mbappe and Lamine Yamal. Also, Spain’s Alexia Putellas won the Women’s Ballon d’Or for the third time. The Ballon d’Or ceremony recognized several other awards, such as best young players, best goalkeeper, coaches and clubs, alongside with goal scoring and humanitarian work.

Harry Kane Wins Men’s Ballon d’Or 2026 Award

33-year-old England and Bayern Striker Harry Kane won the 2026 men’s Ballon d’Or.

In another dominant season with the dominant German club, Kane scored 61 goals across all competitions for Bayern, including 36 goals in 31 Bundesliga games.

Meanwhile, as captain for the Three Lions, Kane led England to its best World Cup result in six decades, with the team earning third place.

At the time of receiving the award, Kane was emotional as he earned the award, the first of his career.

“I’m almost speechless,” Kane said before thanking his teammates in the audience and his family, among others, and calling Bayern Munich “an honor to play for.”

Kane also beat out two soccer heavyweights, French captain Kylian Mbappé and young Spanish phenom Lamine Yamal, for the award.

Alexia Putellas Wins Women’s Ballon d’Or 2026 Award

In the Women’s Ballon d’Or 2026, Alexia Putellas has emerged as the winner.

Putellas, an attacking midfielder for London City Lionesses (formerly Barcelona) and the Spanish national team, returned to the podium three years after winning the award twice in 2021 and 2022.

Alexia Putellas won the Ballon d’Or Féminin for the third time and equaled Aitana Bonmatí with the same number of awards.

On the women’s side, Putellas emerged victorious for the Ballon d’Or Féminin after an even more competitive race.

Here is the Full List of Ballon d’Or 2026 winners

Award Name	Winners Name	Representing Nation/Club
Men’s Balon d’Or	Harry Kane	England/Bayern Munich
Women’s Ballon d’Or	Alexia Putellas	Spain/FC Barcelona/ London City Lionesses
Men’s Coach of the Year	Luis de la Fuente	Spain men’s national team
Women’s Coach of the Year	Pere Romeu	Barcelona Femení)
Men’s Young Talent of the Year	Lamine Yamal	Barcelona, Spain
Women’s Young Talent of the Year	Vicky López	Barcelona, Spain
Women’s goalkeeper of the Year	Cata Coll	Barcelona, Spain)
Men’s goalkeeper of the Year	Unai Simón	Athletic Bilbao, Spain
Women Club of the Year	FC Barcelona	FC Barcelona, Spain
Men Club of the Year	Paris Saint-Germain	Paris Saint-Germain, France
The Gerd Muller Award Men’s	Harry Kane	England/Bayern Munich
The Gerd Muller Award Women’s	Charlyn Cobral	Pachuca and Mexico
Socrates Award	Bukayo Saka	England/Arsenal

Significant Achievements in the Ceremony

Lamine Yamal Gets another Young Talent Award

Lamine Yamal, a Barcelona and Spain winger, won the Young Talent of the Year award, which is normally connected to the Kopa Trophy.
Although he ended up finishing the main Ballon d’Or voting in third place, the award reflected his continuous influence as one of the best young footballers.

Second consecutive victory for the young talent of Barcelona

Vicky López from Barcelona won the award that is given to the young female talent for the second time in a row.

Spain and Barcelona Dominate the Awards

The night was successful for Spanish football as Putellas won the Ballon d’Or for women, while Yamal, Unai Simón and national-team manager Luis de la Fuente got individual awards.
Barcelona got the Women’s Club of the Year award, as well as the award for coach Pere Romeu and goalkeeper Cata Coll. Paris Saint-Germain received the Men’s Club of the Year award.