The Ballon d’Or was awarded earlier in the week, where the biggest question in football was decided after long speculation.
The Ballon d’Or ceremony has been completed, where all the winners of each category were announced.
The list of winners that came from the night, besides the Ballon d’Or players, were also for the Kopa trophy, Yashin trophy, Johan Cruyff, and club of the year.
Lamine Yamal and Vicky Lopez of Barcelona were the two Kopa winners, Chelsea’s Hannah Hampton and Paris Saint-Germain and now Manchester City goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma claimed the Yashin titles.
As for the Johan Cruyff trophy, it was Paris Saint-Germain’s Luis Enrique and England’s Sarina Wiegman who were triumphant, and Arsenal’s women were named club of the year and Paris Saint-Germain were the men’s club of the year.
A big night where all of these special awards were given out, and the most important of all, the Ballon d’Or.
Here, let’s take a look at the complete rankings for the men’s and women’s Ballon d’Or.
Men’s Ballon d’Or official winner & rankings
Winner: Ousmane Dembele (Paris Saint-Germain)
2nd: Lamine Yamal (Barcelona)
3rd: Vitinha (Paris Saint-Germain)
4th: Mo Salah (Liverpool)
5th: Raphinha (Barcelona)
6th: Achraf Hakimi (Paris Saint-Germain)
7th: Kylian Mbappe (Real Madrid)
8th: Cole Palmer (Chelsea)
9th: Gianluigi Donnarumma (Paris Saint-Germain/Manchester City)
10th: Nuno Mendes (Paris Saint-Germain)
11th: Pedri (Barcelona)
12th: Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Paris Saint-Germain)
13th: Viktor Gyokeres (Sporting/Arsenal)
14th: Desire Doue (Paris Saint-Germain)
15th: Harry Kane (Bayern Munich)
16th: Vinicius (Real Madrid)
17th: Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona)
18th: Scott Mctominay (Napoli)
19th: Joao Neves (Paris Saint-Germain)
20th: Lautaro Martinez (Inter Milan)
21st: Serhou Guirassy (Dortmund)
22nd: Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool)
23rd: Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid)
24th: Fabian Ruiz (Paris Saint-Germain)
25th: Denzel Dumfries (Inter Milan)
26th: Erling Haaland (Manchester City)
27th: Declan Rice (Arsenal)
28th: Virgil Van Dijk (Liverpool)
29th: Florian Wirtz (Leverkusen/Liverpool)
30th: Michael Olise (Bayern Munich)
Women’s Ballon d’Or winner & ranking
Winner: Aitana Bonmati (Barcelona)
2nd: Mariona Caldentey (Arsenal)
3rd: Alessia Russo (Arsenal)
4th: Alexia Putellas (Barcelona)
5th: Chloe Kelly (Arsenal)
6th: Patricia Guijarro (Barcelona)
7th: Leah Williamson (Arsenal)
8th: Ewa Pajor (Barcelona)
9th: Lucy Bronze (Chelsea)
10th: Hannah Hampton (Chelsea)
11th: Claudia Pina (Barcelona)
12th: Marta (Orlando Pride)
13th: Caroline Graham Hansen (Barcelona)
14th: Barbra Banda (Chelsea)
15th: Sandy Baltimore (Chelsea)
16th: Cristina Girelli (Juventus)
17th: Temwa Chawninga (Kansas)
18th: Melchie Dumornay (Lyon)
19th: Klara Buhl (Bayern Munich)
20th: Pernille Harder (Bayern Munich)
21st: Amanda Guiterres (Palmerias)
22nd: Esther Gonzalez (Gotham)
23rd: Johanna Rytting Kaneryd (Chelsea)
24th: Sofia Cantore (Juventus)
25th: Emily Fox (Arsenal)
26th: Lindsey Heaps (Lyon)
27th: Frida Maanum (Arsenal)
28th: Clara Mateo (Paris)
29th: Steph Catley (Arsenal)
30th: Caroline Weir (Real Madrid)
That makes the entire Ballon d’Or rankings. For the men, Ousmane Dembele has been rewarded as the best footballer in the world, while Lamine Yamal and Vitinha make up the top three.
For the women’s side, Aitana Bonmati reigns victorious, with Mariona Caldentey and Alessia Russo coming second and third.
And that is the end of this year’s Ballon d’Or, as every winner basks in the glory of their very well-deserved achievements.