The 30 Ballon d’Or nominees ranked by goals, assists, matches and trophies

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The 70th ceremony of the 2026 Ballon d’Or will take place on Monday, October 26, 2026, at the London Palladium in London. It is on that evening that the winner who will succeed Ousmane Dembélé, the 2025 recipient, will be announced.

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The Spanish newspaper Dario AS published the rankings of these 30 players according to four different criteria: the number of goals, assists, matches played and trophies.

Based on goals, Harry Kane leads with 73 goals in 2025-26, ahead of Kylian Mbappé and Erling Haaland, who have each scored 58 goals.

When assists are taken into consideration, Michael Olise leads with 35 assists, ahead of Lionel Messi (30) and Bruno Fernandes (25).

In terms of matches played, Declan Rice and Michael Olise have featured in 69, ahead of Luis Diaz and Vinicius Junior (66). Finally, Fabian Ruiz and Achraf Hakimi lead when trophies won are taken into account, with six each.

Here are the different rankings:

Ranking by number of goals scored in 2025/26

1. Kane — 73

2. Mbappé — 58

3. Haaland — 58

4. Messi — 45

5. Quiñones — 41

6. L. Díaz — 30

7. Lautaro — 30

8. Vinicius — 28

9. Olise — 27

10. Dembélé — 26

11. F. Torres — 25

12. L. Yamal — 25

13. Kvaratskhelia — 24

14. Mané — 24

15. Bellingham — 15

16. Bruno Fernandes — 13

17. J. Neves — 11

18. Rice — 8

19. Nuno Mendes — 7

20. Vitinha — 7

21. Hakimi — 4

22. Gabriel — 4

23. Fabián Ruiz — 3

24. Upamecano — 2

25. Cucurella — 2

26. Marquinhos — 2

27. Pacho — 2

28. Rodri — 2

29. Cubarsí — 1

30. Saliba — 1

Ranking by number of assists in 2025/26

1. Olise — 35

2. Messi — 30

3. Bruno Fernandes — 25

4. L. Díaz — 23

5. L. Yamal — 20

6. Hakimi — 17

7. Vinicius — 16

8. Rice — 14

9. Dembélé — 14

10. Mbappé — 13

11. Mané — 13

12. Haaland — 11

13. Kvaratskhelia — 10

14. Lautaro — 10

15. Vitinha — 10

16. Kane — 8

17. Nuno Mendes — 8

18. Ferran — 7

19. Cucurella — 7

20. Fabián — 6

21. Gabriel — 6

22. Bellingham — 6

23. Quiñones — 4

24. Upamecano — 4

25. J. Neves — 4

26. Cubarsí — 2

27. Saliba — 1

28. Pacho — 1

29. Marquinhos — 0

30. Rodri — 0

Ranking by number of matches played in 2025/26

1 - Rice : 69

2 - Olise : 69

3 - L. Díaz : 66

4 - Vinícius : 66

5 - Ferran : 65

6 - Kane : 65

7 - Cucurella : 65

8 - Haaland : 64

9 - Vitinha : 64

10 - Cubarsí : 62

11 - Mbappé : 60

12 - Saliba : 60

13 - Gabriel : 59

14 - Upamecano : 58

15 - Kvaratskhelia : 57

16 - L. Yamal : 57

17 - Pacho : 56

18 - Lautaro : 55

19 - Mané : 55

20 - Nuno Mendes : 53

21 - Bellingham : 52

22 - Bruno Fernandes : 51

23 - Dembélé : 51

24 - Achraf : 49

25 - J. Neves : 49

26 - Messi : 49

27 - Quiñones : 46

28 - Rodri : 46

29 – Fabián Ruiz : 45

30 - Marquinhos : 43

Ranking by number of trophies won in 2025/26

1. Fabián Ruiz : 6

2. Hakimi : 6

3. Kvaratskhelia : 5

4. Vitinha : 5

5. Marquinhos : 5

6. Dembélé : 5

7. Nuno Mendes : 5

8. J. Neves : 5

9. Cubarsí : 3

10. L. Díaz : 3

11. Olise : 3

12. Pacho : 3

13. Kane : 3

14. L. Yamal : 3

15. F. Torres : 3

16. Upamecano : 3

17. Rodri : 3

18. Lautaro : 2

19. Haaland : 2

20. Messi : 1

21. Rice : 1

22. Saliba : 1

23. Mané : 1

24. Cucurella : 1

25. Gabriel : 1

26. Bruno Fernandes : 0

27. Quiñones : 0

28. Vinícius : 0

29. Bellingham : 0

30. Mbappé : 0

Imed Ben Amara |

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Imed Ben Amara - bilingual sports writer and web editor with experience in football content creation. Since 2021, he has contributed to Foot Africa, providing news coverage and analysis.

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