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Kane and Putellas lead a Ballon d’Or night of senior and emerging talent
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The 26 October ceremony named the men’s and women’s Ballon d’Or winners alongside young-player, goalkeeper and humanitarian award recipients.
Retrospective · Coverage window: 2026-10-26 to 2026-10-26. Published separately from the original match reports.
The two headline awards
Harry Kane and Alexia Putellas won the men’s and women’s Ballon d’Or awards at the London Palladium on 26 October 2026. UEFA and EFE’s reporting identifies this as the 70th-anniversary edition of the ceremony and records Putellas as a three-time women’s winner.
The main awards sat within a wider honours programme. UEFA’s awards release names the recipients of the young-player and goalkeeper categories and the Sócrates Award, giving the evening a broader profile than the two Ballon d’Or trophies alone. The table records the winners as published in that release.
A wider set of winners
Vicky López and Lamine Yamal received the women’s and men’s Young Talent of the Year awards. Cata Coll and Unai Simón were recognised as the women’s and men’s goalkeeper winners, while Bukayo Saka received the Sócrates Award. Together, those results show the ceremony’s spread across senior, emerging-player, goalkeeper and humanitarian recognition.
This is a record of the announced outcomes, rather than a ranking of the seasons behind them. The award source confirms who won; it does not make the categories directly comparable or imply that one recipient’s achievement can be measured against another’s.
| Award | Winner |
|---|---|
| Men’s Ballon d’Or | Harry Kane |
| Women’s Ballon d’Or | Alexia Putellas |
| Men’s Young Talent of the Year | Lamine Yamal |
| Women’s Young Talent of the Year | Vicky López |
| Men’s goalkeeper award | Unai Simón |
| Women’s goalkeeper award | Cata Coll |
| Sócrates Award | Bukayo Saka |
The takeaway
The ceremony’s confirmed list puts Kane and Putellas at the centre of an awards night that also recognised young players, goalkeepers and Saka.