Ballon d'Or 2026 — the ranking, rule by rule

Our ranking, all 18 rules applied

Gold

Ousmane Dembélé

Paris Saint-Germain · France

68.0
Silver

Harry Kane

Bayern Munich · England

60.2
Bronze

Fabián Ruiz

Paris Saint-Germain · Spain

58.8

1 Ousmane Dembélé Paris Saint-Germain · France · Forward Individual 60 Team 69 Fair play 88 68.0
2 Harry Kane Bayern Munich · England · Forward Individual 64 Team 51 Fair play 65 60.2
3 Fabián Ruiz Paris Saint-Germain · Spain · Midfielder Individual 32 Team 100 Fair play 64 58.8
4 Achraf Hakimi Paris Saint-Germain · Morocco · Defender Individual 41 Team 93 Fair play 44 57.2
5 Ferran Torres Barcelona · Spain · Forward Individual 37 Team 80 Fair play 62 54.9
6 Lamine Yamal Barcelona · Spain · Forward Individual 42 Team 80 Fair play 48 54.3
7 Marquinhos Paris Saint-Germain · Brazil · Defender Individual 40 Team 64 Fair play 71 53.2
8 João Neves Paris Saint-Germain · Portugal · Midfielder Individual 37 Team 64 Fair play 77 53.1
9 Vitinha Paris Saint-Germain · Portugal · Midfielder Individual 36 Team 64 Fair play 78 52.6
10 Willian Pacho Paris Saint-Germain · Ecuador · Defender Individual 34 Team 61 Fair play 84 52.5
11 Nuno Mendes Paris Saint-Germain · Portugal · Defender Individual 45 Team 64 Fair play 54 52.3
12 Khvicha Kvaratskhelia Paris Saint-Germain · Georgia · Forward Individual 49 Team 57 Fair play 51 51.7
13 Pau Cubarsí Barcelona · Spain · Defender Individual 31 Team 80 Fair play 57 50.7
14 Michael Olise Bayern Munich · France · Midfielder Individual 56 Team 51 Fair play 35 50.2
15 Lionel Messi Inter Miami · Argentina · Forward Individual 56 Team 25 Fair play 71 50.0
16 Kylian Mbappé Real Madrid · France · Forward Individual 56 Team 34 Fair play 58 49.9
17 Gabriel Magalhães Arsenal · Brazil · Defender Individual 42 Team 48 Fair play 64 48.2
18 Erling Haaland Manchester City · Norway · Forward Individual 49 Team 29 Fair play 71 47.4
19 Declan Rice Arsenal · England · Midfielder Individual 39 Team 53 Fair play 54 46.2
20 Luis Díaz Bayern Munich · Colombia · Midfielder Individual 53 Team 46 Fair play 22 44.6
21 William Saliba Arsenal · France · Defender Individual 30 Team 53 Fair play 66 44.2
22 Dayot Upamecano Bayern Munich · France · Defender Individual 38 Team 51 Fair play 41 42.6
23 Jude Bellingham Real Madrid · England · Midfielder Individual 49 Team 34 Fair play 35 41.5
24 Vinícius Júnior Real Madrid · Brazil · Midfielder Individual 45 Team 29 Fair play 44 40.3
25 Bruno Fernandes Manchester United · Portugal · Midfielder Individual 45 Team 18 Fair play 62 40.3
26 Julián Quiñones Al Qadsiah · Mexico · Forward Individual 47 Team 16 Fair play 56 39.9
27 Lautaro Martínez Inter · Argentina · Forward Individual 44 Team 43 Fair play 18 38.4
28 Sadio Mané Al Nassr · Senegal · Midfielder Individual 39 Team 31 Fair play 49 38.4
29 Rodri Manchester City · Spain · Midfielder Individual 25 Team 63 Fair play 32 37.8
30 Marc Cucurella Chelsea · Spain · Defender Individual 33 Team 51 Fair play 16 34.9

Every rule here reads one published figure per nominee, rescaled against the field. How the score is built sets out each one in full: what it measures, where the data comes from, the arithmetic, and a worked example from this ranking.