The Ballon d’Or ceremony in Paris saw Ousmane Dembele crowned as the best men’s player in world football on Monday.

Dembele was rewarded for an outstanding 2024-25 season in which he inspired Paris Saint-Germain to an unprecedented treble that saw them finally add the Champions League title to their long list of honours.

He had long since been considered the favourite to take home the most prestigious individual prize in world football.

Where did the rest of the contenders finish? Here’s the full Ballon d’Or ranking.

Ballon d’Or 2025: The Top 30 in full

• 1. Ousmane Dembele (Paris Saint-Germain)
• 2. Lamine Yamal (Barcelona)
• 3. Vitinha (Paris Saint-Germain)
• 4. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
• 5. Raphinha (Barcelona)
• 6. Achraf Hakimi (Paris Saint-Germain)
• 7. Kylian Mbappe (Real Madrid)
• 8. Cole Palmer (Chelsea)
• 9. Gianluigi Donnarumma (Manchester City/Paris Saint-Germain)
• 10. Nuno Mendes (Paris Saint-Germain)
• 11. Pedri (Barcelona)
• 12. Kvicha Kvaratskheila (Paris Saint-Germain)
• 13. Harry Kane (Bayern Munich)
• 14. Desire Doue (Paris Saint-Germain)
• 15. Viktor Gyokeres (Sporting Lisbon/Arsenal)
• 16. Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid)
• 17. Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona)
• 18. Scott McTominay (Napoli)
• 19. Joao Neves (Paris Saint-Germain)
• 20. Lautaro Martinez (Inter Milan)
• 21. Serhou Guirassy (Borussia Dortmund)
• 22. Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool)
• 23. Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid)
• 24. Fabian Ruiz (Paris Saint-Germain)
• 25. Denzel Dumfries (Inter Milan)
• 26. Erling Haaland (Manchester City)
• 27. Declan Rice (Arsenal)
• 28. Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool)
• 29. Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen/Liverpool)
• 30. Michael Olise (Bayern Munich)

Ballon d’Or 2025: Award winners

• Ballon d’Or: Ousmane Dembele (Paris Saint-Germain)
• Ballon d’Or Feminin: Aitana Bonmati (Barcelona)
• Kopa Trophy: Lamine Yamal (Barcelona)
• Women’s Kopa Trophy: Vicky Lopez (Barcelona)
• Johan Cruyff Trophy: Luis Enrique (Paris Saint-Germain)
• Women’s Johan Cruyff Trophy: Sarina Wiegman (England)
• Yashin Trophy: Gianluigi Donnarumma (Paris Saint-Germain/Manchester City)
• Women’s Yashin Trophy: Hannah Hampton (Chelsea)
• Gerd Muller Trophy: Viktor Gyokeres (Sporting Lisbon/Arsenal)
• Women’s Gerd Muller Trophy: Ewa Pajor (Barcelona)
• Men’s Club of the Year: Paris Saint-Germain
• Women’s Club of the Year: Arsenal
• Socrates Award: Xana Foundation