Predicted 2025 Ballon d'Or Winners (Collated)
The Ballon d'Or Award is an annual award for the best international football player, awarded by a panel of selected journalists from the top football playing countries. During the year leading up to the Ballon d'Or in 2025 there is a lot of speculation about who will win. We have scoured the web and found the following predictions for the men's and women's award.
Men's Ballon d'Or for 2025
The 2025 award will be decided over the 2024/25 season, as well as the 2025 international tournaments. The 2024 Ballon d'Or winner was Rodri, who will not have chance to defend crown after tearing ACL.
How do the top football websites rank the contenders for the men's Ballon d'Or in 2025? We have collated the opinions of a few of the top football websites to compare.
| Predictor | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT (Nov 24) | Kylian Mbappé | Erling Haaland | Vinícius Júnior | Lamine Yamal | Robert Lewandowski |
| Football365.com (Oct 24) | Vinicius Junior | Kylian Mbappe | Erling Haaland | Lamine Yamal | Jude Bellingham |
| fourfourtwo.com (Oct 24) | Vinicius Junior | Erling Haaland | Kylian Mbappe | Lamine Yamal | Jude Bellingham |
| 90min.com (Oct 24) | Vinicius Junior | Lamine Yamal | Erling Haaland | Kylian Mbappe | Robert Lewandowski |
| Bleacher Report (Oct 24) | Robert Lewandowski | Erling Haaland | Vinicius Junior | Harry Kane | Mohamed Salah |
| Sports Illustrated:= (Oct 24) | Robert Lewandowski | Vinicius Junior | Erling Haaland | Lamine Yamal | Harry Kane |
| Givemesport.com (Nov 24) | Vinicius Junior | Erling Haaland | Kylian Mbappe | Lamine Yamal | Jude Bellingham |
| goal.com (Oct 24) | Robert Lewandowski | Lamine Yamal | Vinicius Junior | Erling Haaland | Raphinha |
The Consensus?
Based on giving 5 points down to 1 point for the players listed in the table above, here is the expected finishing order:
- Vinicius Junior - 33pts
- Erling Haaland - 27pts
- Lamine Yamal - 18pts
- Robert Lewandowski - 17pts
- Kylian Mbappe - 17pts
Women's Ballon d'Or
Predictions for the women's Ballon d'Or 2025 award are much harder to find, though much more in consensus.
| Predictor | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT (Nov 2024) | Aitana Bonmatí | Caroline Graham Hansen | Salma Paralluelo | Sophia Smith | Khadija Shaw |
Sources:
- ChatGPT: we asked the AI program to predict the top 5 winners of the 2025 Ballon d'Or.
- Football 365: published on the website in Oct 2024, predictions according to bookmakers. https://www.football365.com/
- fourfourtwo.com: predictions based on their power rankings.
- 90min.com: "Ballon d'Or 2025: Potential winners and predictions "
- Bleacher Report: "Way-Too-Early 2025 Ballon d'Or Rankings"
- Sports Illustrated: "2025 Ballon d'Or Favorites: Ranked "
- Givemesport.com: according to bookmakers
- goal.com: based on the power ranking taken at different times in the year
Previousy Used Sources:
- sportingnews.com: o
- Football Manager 2024: i
- BBC Voting:
- Independent Betting:
- 3 Added Minutes:
- Gambling.com:
Related Pages
- All predictions for the Ballon d'Or
- Ballon d'Or Home
- Men's all-time Ballon d'Or Winner's List
- Football Awards Lists
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