Remarkable two-way tie for men's Ballon d'Or as Lamine Yamal, Ousmane Dembele, Mohamed Salah battle for award; Lionesses star set for glory
Published 11/08/2025 at 16:59 GMT+1
With all the nominees for all the 2025 Ballon d'Or awards announced, we gave you, the readers, the chance to choose your winners. We asked you to vote for every single award, from the men's and women's Ballon d'Or awards themselves, to the men's and women's Club of the Year prizes. With the voting locked in, there were some quite remarkable results - so let us take a look at your picks.
Ballon d'Or Explainer: How the 2025 men's and women's winners will be determined
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All the nominees for the 2025 Ballon d'Or awards were released last week, and TNT Sports gave you, the audience, the opportunity to pick who you feel should win in each category.
Rodri and Aitana Bonmati were the winners of the 2024 awards and there are a host of players hoping to enter their names into the history books with the ceremony to announce the victors in September.
There was great drama at the 2024 showcase with Rodri's triumph upsetting the odds against favourite Vinicius Junior.
And this year's polling looks as tight as ever with some incredible individual campaigns set to be rewarded.
Last week, we listed every single award and gave you the chance to vote on who you think should be the one to win - your votes created some fascinating results.
Let us take a look at your votes.
- Gyokeres and McTominay on Ballon d'Or shortlist as NINE PSG players make cut
- Kelly, Bronze, Hampton among nominees for women's Ballon d'Or after Euros win
- Lewis-Skelly joins Yamal on stacked men's Kopa shortlist, Agyemang also nominated
- Hampton shortlisted for Yachine Trophy as Alisson, Donnarumma nominated for men's award
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Who do our pundits pick for the Ballon d'Or?
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Men's Ballon d'Or 2025
Ousmane Dembele is considered the front-runner after leading Paris Saint-Germain to success in the UEFA Champions League but he has competition from team-mates Vitinha, Nuno Mendes and Achraf Hakimi. What about Cole Palmer, Lamine Yamal, Raphinha or Mohamed Salah? Have they done enough?
Our audience could not decide in a quite remarkable two-way tie.
Both Dembele and Salah garnered 28% of your votes after leading their respective clubs to glory in the 2024/25 season.
Dembele recorded 35 goals and 16 assists to lead his PSG side towards an historic treble, including the club's maiden Champions League title.
But Salah also recorded a frankly ridiculous return of goal contributions. His 34 goals and 23 assists saw Liverpool return the Premier League trophy to their grasp - although that was to be the only silverware the Merseyside club picked up despite their league dominance.
The PSG and Liverpool pair were clear front-runners in the estimation of our audience, but who also finished on the proverbial podium?
That would be Lamine Yamal, hoping to become the youngest winner of the men's Ballon d'Or accolade, who took 12% of the vote after helping Barcelona to a domestic treble.
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Deschamps would '100 per cent' choose Dembele over Yamal for Ballon d'Or
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Women's Ballon d'Or 2025
Your votes for the Women's Ballon d'Or award were somewhat more conclusive.
And despite Aitana Bonmati's impressive performances through the 2024/25 campaign, you have elected a new winner to be crowned the women's best come September 22.
Coming in with 29% of the overall vote, you picked England and Arsenal star Chloe Kelly to take home the trophy.
It would have likely been unfathomable to Kelly that she would be in the running for the Ballon d'Or after falling out of favour at Manchester City and securing a late-January loan move to Arsenal.
But the winger flourished as she helped the north London club to their second UEFA Women's Champions League title, before some inspired performances off the bench to clinch European glory with England this summer - all while converting the all-important decisive penalty in the final shoot-out.
In fact, our audience think the entire top three will comprise English players.
Lucy Bronze, whose excellent performances at the Euros were highlighted further by the fact she was playing with a fractured tibia, garnered 18% of your vote in second, with Kelly's Arsenal and England team-mate Alessia Russo in third with 16% of the vote.
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Men's Kopa Trophy 2025
Yamal is the current holder of the Men's Kopa Trophy, and according to your vote, the 18-year-old will retain the title this year.
His inclusion in the Kopa Trophy shortlist, of course, comes with the caveat that he would be ineligible to win it should he take the main Ballon d'Or honours.
But a staggering 53% of our audience feel he will take home the under-21 trophy again.
However, in the event he does become the youngest Ballon d'Or winner in history, then who would be next in line for the Kopa Trophy?
With 17% of the vote, you elected Arsenal left-back Myles Lewis-Skelly, following his excellent breakout season in Mikel Arteta's side.
Desire Doue, who emerged with some crucial goals in PSG's run to lifting the Champions League trophy, finished third in the voting - pushing Lewis-Skelly close with 15%.
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'Mesmerising' from Yamal as he scores worldie for Barcelona
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Women's Kopa Trophy 2025
For our audience, there was one clear winner for this year's Women's Kopa Trophy.
Without Michelle Agyemang, we would likely not be talking about England's impressive Euro defence this summer. The 19-year-old came up with some seismic, clutch moments to keep her side in the tournament.
A late equaliser against Sweden in the quarter-finals, before a leveller in the sixth minute of stoppage time against Italy in the semis helped Agyemang to win not only 76% of your vote - but the hearts of every onlooker of an English persuasion.
It goes without saying that with that proportion of votes, Agyemang is a decisive winner amongst our voters. Real Madrid forward Linda Caicedo and Barcelona playmaker Vicky Lopez came second and third with 10% and 8% respectively.
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Men's Yachine Trophy 2025
Gianluigi Donnarumma played a key role in helping PSG lift the Champions League, he seems the odds-on favourite for the trophy. But what did our audience think?
With 44% of the vote, Donnarumma is your Men's Yachine Trophy winner - after some of his stunning performances throughout the 2024/25 campaign, it is a difficult verdict to dispute.
However, your vote predicts Liverpool 'keeper Alisson will push him close.
The Brazilian played a crucial role in the Merseyside club's Premier League title triumph, and was a regular member of the top-flight's second-tightest defence.
He accumulated a vote of 30% from our audience, with Arsenal shot-stopper David Raya in third, taking 10% of the vote.
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Watch PSG hero Donnarumma's best saves from both semi-final legs against Arsenal
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Women's Yachine Trophy 2025
After Hannah Hampton's remarkable Euro 2025 exploits, it is easy to forget she also played a role in Chelsea's dominant domestic season - winning a trophy treble.
Our voters predict an emphatic win for Hampton in the race for the Women's Yachine Trophy, with 74% of the overall vote.
Hampton, who emerged as England's clear No. 1 choice following the international retirement of Mary Earps in May, played a crucial role in her side's run to defending their European title - keeping her nerve in two penalty shoot-outs during the knockout rounds, and her performances have clearly resonated with our audience.
Ann-Katrin Berger, whose stop against France will rightly be lauded for years to come, took 10% of your vote, while Spain 'keeper Cata Coll came third with 6%.
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'I'm in a presser!' - Hilarious moment Hampton takes phone call during interview
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Men's Cruyff Trophy
Luis Enrique won the Champions League, Arne Slot the Premier League, Hansi Flick La Liga, Antonio Conte Serie A and Enzo Maresca both the UEFA Conference League and Club World Cup. This is a tough one.
But, the audience has had their say, and despite a margin of just 4%, you have backed PSG boss Enrique to take home the Men's Cruyff Trophy.
It is hard to argue against the head coach who guided his club to a maiden European trophy winning this award, but our audience predict the voting to be close.
Liverpool boss Slot was also heavily backed, taking 36% of the vote after clinching the Premier League title in his debut season on Merseyside. Might the fact Liverpool fell just short of claiming another trophy count against the Dutchman?
Chelsea head coach Maresca came third in the voting with 12% - two trophies for another manager in his debut season is certainly not bad going.
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Women's Cruyff Trophy
Sarina Wiegman is the queen of Europe once again but Renee Slegers took Arsenal to an unexpected Champions League victory. Sonia Bompastor won an unbeaten domestic treble while Arthur Elias and Justine Madugu conquered South America and Africa respectively, leaving us with another tricky one.
But our readers did not find this such a difficult conundrum. Taking 70% of the vote, England boss Wiegman has been backed to win the award next month by a significant margin.
Bompastor took the second-highest proportion of votes with 13%, and Slegers, who joined Arsenal in the middle of the season following the departure of Jonas Eidevall, racked up 10%.
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Men's Club of the Year
PSG are the front-runners here ... or are they? Barcelona and Liverpool had their domestic feats, while Chelsea had the Club World Cup and Botafogo the Copa Libertadores.
This was a close one. But PSG have taken it, according to our voters.
With a record-high (nine) number of players shortlisted for the men's Ballon d'Or award this year, our audience feel PSG have been particularly impressive, with the Parisians taking 42% of the vote.
Liverpool, meanwhile, were also popular among our voters with 30% of the share.
The battle between Chelsea and Barcelona for third spot was tight, but it was the Club World Cup champions who took it by just 2%.
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Women's Club of the Year
Are Champions League winners Arsenal the choice here? Or is it the domestic dominance of Barcelona, Chelsea and Lyon? What about Orlando Pride taking the crown in the US?
This was a conclusive vote, and it swung in the direction of the north Londoners.
Arsenal claimed 55% of your votes after their stellar season, with WSL champions Chelsea in second with 26%.
Barcelona follow up in third with 16% of the overall vote.
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Your winners in full
- Men's Ballon d'Or - Mohamed Salah/Ousmane Dembele
- Women's Ballon d'Or - Chloe Kelly
- Men's Kopa Trophy - Lamine Yamal
- Women's Kopa Trophy - Michelle Agyemang
- Men's Yachine Trophy - Gianluigi Donnarumma
- Women's Yachine Trophy - Hannah Hampton
- Men's Cruyff Trophy - Luis Enrique
- Women's Cruyff Trophy - Sarina Wiegman
- Men's Club of the Year - PSG
- Women's Club of the Year - Arsenal
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