The 2026 Ballon d'Or winner has been announced at the 70th annual ceremony, which is taking place outside of France for the first time, at the London Palladium

Harry Kane has beaten Kylian Mbappe and Lamine Yamal to the Ballon d'Or at this year's ceremony at the London Palladium.

Bayern Munich's No. 9 has become the first English player to win the award for a quarter of a century since Michael Owen in 2001. Only five have ever won it, with Kane joining Sir Stanley Matthews (1956), Sir Bobby Charlton (1966) and Kevin Keegan (1978 and 1979).

Even fewer Bayern players have received it during their time at the club. Gerd Muller was the first in 1970, followed by Franz Beckenbauer (1972, 1976) and Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (1980 and 1981).

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Internationally, he captained England to a bronze medal at the World Cup. Despite not reaching the final, it remains their best finish at a tournament they did not host.

For club and country, the centre-forward scored 73 goals, earning the European Golden Shoe by scoring 36 in the Bundesliga. That was nine more than Erling Haaland managed in the Premier League, despite Manchester City's striker playing over 300 more minutes.

Ten more of Kane's goals came in the German Cup, with 14 in the Champions League. He also scored 12 times for England, half of them at the World Cup.

2026 Ballon d'Or full rankings

1. Harry Kane
2. Kylian Mbappe
3. Lamine Yamal
4. Rodri
5. Lionel Messi
6. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
7. Ousmane Dembele
8. Erling Haaland
9. Michael Olise
10. Fabian Ruiz
11. Jude Bellingham
12. Pau Cubarsi
13. Achraf Hakimi
14. Vitinha
15. Declan Rice
16. Ferran Torres
17. Vinicius Jr.
18. Marc Cucurella
19. Joao Neves
20. Willian Pacho
21. Gabriel Magalhaes
22. Lautaro Martinez
23. Nuno Mendes
24. Luis Diaz
25. Marquinhos
26. Dayot Upamecano
27. Bruno Fernandes
28. Julian Quinones
29. Sadio Mane and William Saliba