Harry Kane won the Ballon d'Or by one of the closest margins ever as official voting figures revealed

Harry Kane won the 2026 men's Ballon d'Or award by just 28 points ahead of Kylian Mbappe.

Bayern Munich and England striker Kane lifted the trophy for the first time in his career in the London Palladium on Monday evening.

France Football's editor-in-chief revealed that the gap between Kane and second-placed Kylian Mbappe was 'very little', and lower than the 41-point advantage that winner Rodri held over Vinicius Junior in 2024.

The official number of votes for the top 10 of the men's and women's award have now been revealed by L'Equipe.

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Ballon d'Or official top 10 votes revealed

Each of the 150 journalists - 100 for the men's award, 50 for the women's award - on the France Football voting panel had to pick their top 10 players out of a list of 30 nominees respectively for each award.

The 10 players were awarded 15, 12, 10, 8, 7, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 points respectively, meaning the maximum that a player could have achieved is 1,500 points. Players were nominated for their performances during the 2025/26 season only - so Rodri, who now plays for Barcelona, was picked based on his Manchester City displays, as well as his World Cup success with Spain.

With those points numbers in mind, Kane got more than two-thirds of the maximum possible points he could have earned, scoring 1,055 points compared to Mbappe's 1,027. The Bayern striker was voted in first place by 40 of the 100 journalists, compared to 23 for Mbappe, L'Equipe have revealed.

Lamine Yamal finished in a comfortable third place but trailed the two players ahead of him by some margin, having collected 881 points.

Here is the top 10 in full.

1) Harry Kane (Bayern Munich and England) - 1,055 points

2) Kylian Mbappe (Real Madrid and France) - 1,027 points

3) Lamine Yamal (Barcelona and Spain) - 881 points

4) Rodri (Manchester City and Spain) - 726 points

5) Lionel Messi (Inter Miami and Argentina) - 612 points

6) Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Paris Saint-Germain and Georgia) - 541 points

7) Ousmane Dembele (Paris Saint-Germain and France) - 418 points

8) Erling Haaland (Manchester City and Norway) - 378 points

9) Michael Olise (Bayern Munich and France) - 296 points

10) Fabian Ruiz (Paris Saint-Germain and Spain) - 201 points

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Alexia Putellas won her record-equalling third women's Ballon d'Or award by a slightly more comfortable margin than Kane, as the Spain midfielder finished 86 points ahead of her former Barcelona team-mate Ewa Pajor.

Putellas, who now plays for London City Lionesses but played for Barca last season, collected 618 points compared to 532 for Pajor. A maximum of 750 points could have been awarded to any one player.

Alexia Putellas won the women's Ballon d'Or for the third time, drawing her level with Aitana Bonmati (Image: Getty)

There was almost a dead heat for third place, with Manchester City's Bunny Shaw (334 points) finishing just two points ahead of Lyon's Melchie Dumornay. And just a point separated Patri Guijarro in fifth and Pernille Harder in seventh.

1) Alexia Putellas (Barcelona and Spain) - 618 points

2) Ewa Pajor (Barcelona and Poland) - 532 points

3) Bunny Shaw (Manchester City and Jamaica) - 334 points

4) Melchie Dumornay (OL Lyonnes and Haiti) - 332 points

5) Patri Guijarro (Barcelona and Spain) - 221 points

6) Caroline Graham Hansen (Barcelona and Norway) - 220 points

7) Pernille Harder (Bayern Munich and Denmark) - 220 points

8) Claudia Pina (Barcelona and Spain) - 155 points

9) Alessia Russo (Arsenal and England) - 155 points

10) Temwa Chawinga (Kansas City Current and Malawi) - 113 points