Ballon d'Or 2026: Pajor loses to Putellas by 86 points, Kane wins by 28
Ewa Pajor finished second in the Ballon d'Or voting. Alexia Putellas scored 618 points to the Pole's 532. In the men's vote, Harry Kane beat Kylian Mbappe by 28 points.
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Ewa Pajor, the Poland and FC Barcelona striker, finished second in the women's Ballon d'Or. The detailed voting results are now known. Alexia Putellas won the award, finishing 86 points ahead of the Pole.
How the voting went
According to the Spanish outlet Lavanguardia, cited by Sportowe Fakty, Putellas received 618 points and Pajor 532. The Spaniard appeared on 48 of 50 ballots, and 28 journalists put her first. Pajor received 12 first-place votes.
It is Putellas's third Ballon d'Or. She had previously won in 2021 and 2022. She moved from FC Barcelona to London City Lionesses in the summer.
Khadija Shaw of Manchester City was third (344 points). Melchie Dumornay of Olympique Lyon was fourth with 342 points.
Journalists chose their top 10 players from a list of nominees. First place was worth 15 points, second 12, and the following places 10, 8, 7, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point respectively. In the women's vote 50 journalists took part, and in the men's vote 100.
Pajor's result
In 2026 Pajor won four trophies with FC Barcelona. Eurosport notes that her second place matches the achievement of Robert Lewandowski, who was also runner-up in the vote. According to the same outlet, Putellas scored 26 goals and made 15 assists in 53 matches in the 2025/26 season. She was clearly behind Pajor on goals, but was named the best player of the Champions League.
Men: a much closer contest
In the men's vote, England's Harry Kane of Bayern Munich won with 1,055 points. Kylian Mbappe of Real Madrid had 1,027 points, and third-placed Lamine Yamal of FC Barcelona had 881. The gap between Kane and Mbappe was therefore 28 points, far smaller than between Putellas and Pajor.
Kane scored 73 goals for Bayern in the 2025/26 season. He won two trophies with the club and played a big part in England's bronze medal at the World Cup. According to Le Parisien, 40 national representatives put him first, compared with 23 for Mbappe.
The vote was the 70th edition of the Ballon d'Or. It was overseen by France Football.
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