The situation is very improbable: at the end of a season marked by a World Cup, a very clever person who could give the identity of the 2026 Ballon d’Or. If the list of 30 named players was drawn up in Paris, by the editorial staff of France Football
with journalists from The Team as well as Luis Figo and Fabio Capello, the vote is now entrusted to 100 international journalists, with one voter for each country in the top 100 of the Fifa ranking. These specialists have a very different interpretation of the election.
The favorites are therefore numerous, from the legend Lionel Messi, record holder for Ballon d’Or (8 coronations) and who took Argentina to the final of the 2026 World Cup, to the new world champions like Rodri and Lamine Yamal, including Harry Kane, author of an exceptional season with Bayern and a great World Cup, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, best player in the Champions League in favor of PSG, and the self-proclaimed number 1 Kylian Mbappé, top scorer in La Liga, C1 and the World Cup.
The Ballon d’Or for Mbappé?
The debates for the 2026 Ballon d’Or are very different from one country to another, as shown by this top 5 given by the English media
Score90 with a certain Mbappé in front! The star scorer of Real Madrid and the Blues is ahead of Lamine Yamal, who was not very decisive at the World Cup, and Harry Kane, with Rodri 4th and Erling Haaland 5th.
There is therefore no trace of “Kvara” and that sums up the problem well for Luis Enrique’s Georgian winger: his exploits in the LDC date from last winter and spring and he did not play the World Cup, the flagship event of the year 2026. Worse, the first weekends of the 2026-2027 season could influence the race to succeed Ousmane Dembélé. The winner will be revealed on Monday October 26 in London.
