The Frenchman dominated the voting and was the undisputed best player of the season according to the participating journalists
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In recent hours, France Football magazine revealed how the one hundred journalists who selected the winner of the 2025 Ballon d'Or voted, and the results confirmed what already seemed indisputable: Ousmane Dembélé dominated from start to finish. The Frenchman not only took the award with 1,380 points, but he also appeared in the top ten of every jury and received 73 votes as the best player of the season.
Behind him, the revelation Lamine Yamal finished second in the overall voting, although he was far behind in the count for first places: just 11 compared to Dembélé's 73, marking a staggering difference of 62 votes.
Dembelé le sacó 62 votos de diferencia a Lamine Yamal
Further back, Vitinha, Salah, Hakimi, Mbappé, Kvaratskhelia, and even Scott McTominay received mentions as number one on some journalists' lists. The most notable absence was Raphinha, who, despite finishing in the final Top 5, did not receive a single vote as the best in the world.
Top 10 scores and votes
Ousmane Dembélé | 1,380 (73 votes as season MVP)
Lamine Yamal | 1,059 (11 votes as season MVP)
Vitinha | 703 (6 votes as season MVP)
Mohamed Salah | 657 (4 votes as season MVP)
Raphinha | 620
Achraf Hakimi | 484 (3 votes as season MVP)
Kylian Mbappé | 278 (2 votes as season MVP)
Cole Palmer | 211
Donnarumma | 172
Nuno Mendes | 171
How the Argentinians performed in the Top 10
Regarding Lautaro Martínez and Alexis Mac Allister, the two Albiceleste players nominated, both received mentions among the top ten of the season.
Lautaro y Alexis tuvieron algunas menciones en el Top 10
Inter's captain was mentioned by 17 journalists, with his best placement being sixth place awarded by Manos Starampoulos, a Greek journalist. The rest of his votes were: six mentions as tenth, six mentions as ninth, two journalists placed him eighth, and two, seventh.
Meanwhile, Liverpool's number 10 received six mentions, three of them as the sixth best player of the season, highlighting the recognition from his compatriot Ezequiel Fernández Moores, and the rest in eighth, ninth, and tenth positions.
