By Frank Ulom
PARIS (CONVERSEER) – There were tears of joy as France International and Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) striker, Ousmane Dembélé, on Monday, lifted the 2025 Men’s Ballon d’Or award for the first time in his career.
The 28-year-old almost flooded the podium with tears while giving his award.
“I don’t have many words. Look, it’s not easy. It is one of the best things I have accomplished in my career.
“Winning this trophy from Ronaldinho, a legend of football, is amazing.
“To all the team and the club, it’s really an incredible family. You have been amazing since the first day, the president, since the first contact he has been exceptional with me.
“I want to also thank all the staff at PSG, my coach Luis Enrique has been amazing with me and has been the most important of my career.
“My teammates have been amazing in 2024 and 2025, they have been with me in the bad moments. It is not an individual trophy, it is for us all to win this,” emotional Dembélé stated.
Dembélé also thanked his mother, “who has always been there for me.”
He fights back the tears as he adds that she has always supported him.
He said, “We’ve done this all together”, and the floodgates opened as his voice cracked.
He wiped away tears of joy as his family in the crowd did the same.
Also winning big, Spain International and Barcelona midfielder, Aitana Bonmatí, lifted the 2025 Women’s Ballon d’Or – three years in a row – 2023, 2024 and 2025.
Below is the full list of winners:
Men’s Category
2025 Men’s Ballon d’Or (Best Player) ranking
1. Ousmane Dembélé – Winner
2. Lamine Yamal
3. Vitinha
4. Mohamed Salah
5. Raphinha
6. Achraf Hakimi
7. Kylian Mbappé
8. Cole Palmer
9. Gianluigi Donnarumma
10. Nuno Mendes
11. Pedri
12. Kvicha Kvaratskhelia
13. Harry Kane
14. Désiré Doué
15. Viktor Gyökeres
16. Vinicius Jr.
17. Robert Lewandowski
18. Scott McTominay
19. Joao Neves
20. Lautaro Martinez
21. Serhou Guirassy
22. Alexis Mac Allister
23. Jude Bellingham
24. Fabian Ruiz
25. Denzel Dumfries
26. Erling Haaland
27. Declan Rice
28. Virgil van Dijk
29. Florian Wirtz
30. Michael Olise
2025 Men’s Yachine Trophy (Best Goalkeeper) ranking
1. Gianluigi Donnarumma – Winner
2. Alisson Becker
3. Yann Sommer
4. Thibaut Courtois
5. Yassine Bounou
6. David Raya
7. Jan Oblak
8. Emiliano Martínez
9. Lucas Chevalier
10. Matz Sels
2025 Men’s Johan Cruyff Trophy (Manager) ranking
1. Luis Enrique (PSG) – Winner
2025 Kopa Trophy (Young Player – U21) – Men full ranking
1. Lamine Yamal – Winner
2. Désiré Doué
3. Joao Neves
4. Estevao
5. Kenan Yildiz
6. Dean Huijsen
7. Pau Cubarsi
8. Rodrigo Mora
9. Ayyoub Bouaddi – Tie
9. Myles Lewis-Skelly – Tie
Women’s Category
2025 Women’s Ballon d’Or (Best Player) ranking
1. Aitana Bonmati – Winner
2. Mariona Caldentey
3. Alessia Russo
4. Alexia Putellas
5. Chloe Kelly
6. Patri Guijarro
7. Leah Williamson
8. Ewa Pajor
9. Lucy Bronze
10. Hannah Hampton
11. Claudia Pina
12. Marta Frida
13. Caroline Graham Hansen
14. Barbra Banda
15. Sandy Baltimore
16. Cristiana Girelli
17. Temwa Chawinga
18. Melchie Dumornay
19. Klara Bühl
20. Pernille Harder
21. Amanda Gutierres
22. Esther Gonzalez
23. Johanna Rytting Kaneryd
24. Sofia Cantore
25. Emily Fox
26. Lindsey Heaps
27. Frida Leonhardsen Maanum
28. Clara Mateo
29. Steph Catley
30. Caroline Weir
2025 Women’s Johan Cruyff Trophy (Manager) ranking
1. Sarina Wiegman (England) – Winner
2025 Women’s Yachine Trophy (Best Goalkeeper) ranking
1. Hannah Hampton – Winner
2. Ann-Katrin Berger
3. Cata Coll
4. Chiamaka Ndozie
5. Daphne Van Domselaar
2025 Women’s Kopa Trophy (Young Player) full ranking
1. Vicky Lopez – Winner
2. Linda Caicedo
3. Wieke Kaptein
4. Michelle Agyemang
5. Claudia Martinez Ovando
Converseer reports that it takes 6 months of work to make the Ballon d’Or award, and it’s crafted by hand.
Each Ballon d’Or weighs 12kg and is made of pure gold.
It is the award given to the best men’s and women’s footballers every year by the French magazine France Football since 1956.
