Ballon d'Or 2026 Top 20 Rankings: Harry Kane Wins, Mbappe Second, Yamal Third, Messi Fifth
Harry Kane won the 2026 Ballon d'Or, ahead of Kylian Mbappe and Lamine Yamal, with Rodri fourth and Lionel Messi fifth in the final men's ranking.
France Football published the final standings after the ceremony at the London Palladium on October 26, held to mark the 70th anniversary of the first Ballon d'Or. The positions in the top ten were not announced during the evening. They were revealed only after Kane was named the winner. The top 20 is below.
| Rank | Player | Club |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harry Kane | Bayern Munich |
| 2 | Kylian Mbappe | Real Madrid |
| 3 | Lamine Yamal | Barcelona |
| 4 | Rodri | Manchester City / Barcelona |
| 5 | Lionel Messi | Inter Miami |
| 6 | Khvicha Kvaratskhelia | PSG |
| 7 | Ousmane Dembele | PSG |
| 8 | Erling Haaland | Manchester City |
| 9 | Michael Olise | Bayern Munich |
| 10 | Fabian Ruiz | PSG |
| 11 | Jude Bellingham | Real Madrid |
| 12 | Pau Cubarsi | Barcelona |
| 13 | Achraf Hakimi | PSG |
| 14 | Vitinha | PSG |
| 15 | Declan Rice | Arsenal |
| 16 | Ferran Torres | PSG |
| 17 | Vinicius Junior | Real Madrid |
| 18 | Marc Cucurella | Real Madrid |
| 19 | Joao Neves | PSG |
| 20 | Willian Pacho | PSG |
Kane's win came after a 73-goal season for club and country. He is the first English winner since Michael Owen in 2001, and he has played for Bayern since leaving the Premier League in 2023. Mbappe, who plays for Real Madrid, finished second, and Barcelona forward Yamal was third. Yamal also won the Kopa Trophy at the same ceremony, for the third year in a row.
Reigning champion Dembele finished seventh, while Messi, the winner of eight Ballons d'Or, was fifth. Haaland was the highest-placed Premier League player in eighth, and Rice of Arsenal was 15th. Olise of Bayern Munich was ninth, and Fabian Ruiz of PSG completed the top ten.
Paris Saint-Germain had the most players in the top 20 with eight, followed by Real Madrid with four. Bayern Munich had two players in the top 20, with Kane and Olise, and Barcelona had Yamal and Cubarsi, along with Rodri, whose club is listed differently by different outlets. Manchester City, Arsenal and Inter Miami each had one player in the top 20.