Ballon d'Or 2025: The final ranking, from 1st to 30th place!

On Monday evening, the ceremony organized by France Football magazine unveiled the ranking of the world's top 30 players for 2025.

The prestigious Théâtre du Châtelet, right in the heart of Paris, played host to this major event, where French international Ousmane Dembélé was crowned the winner of the 2025 Ballon d'Or.

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The ranking features three African stars: Mohamed Salah in 4th place, Achraf Hakimi in 6th, and Serhou Guirassy in 21st place.

Here is the final ranking of the top 30 players of the year:

1. Ousmane Dembélé (Paris Saint-Germain)
2. Lamine Yamal (Barcelona)
3. Vitinha (Paris Saint-Germain)
4. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
5. Raphinha (Barcelona)
6. Achraf Hakimi (Paris Saint-Germain)
7. Kylian Mbappé (Real Madrid)
8. Cole Palmer (Chelsea)
9. Gianluigi Donnarumma (Manchester City)
10. Nuno Mendes (Paris Saint-Germain)
11. Pedri (Barcelona)
12. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Paris Saint-Germain)
13. Harry Kane (Bayern Munich)
14. Désiré Doué (Paris Saint-Germain)
15. Viktor Gyökeres (Arsenal)
16. Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid)
17. Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona)
18. Scott McTominay (Napoli)
19. João Neves (Paris Saint-Germain)
20. Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan)
21. Serhou Guirassy (Borussia Dortmund)
22. Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool)
23. Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid)
24. Fabián Ruiz (Paris Saint-Germain)
25. Denzel Dumfries (Inter Milan)
26. Erling Haaland (Manchester City)
27. Declan Rice (Arsenal)
28. Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool)
29. Florian Wirtz (Liverpool)
30. Michael Olise (Bayern Munich)
    

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