Ballon D'Or 2025 Winner. The ballon d'or winner is not decided by players and managers but by journalists from fifa's top 100 ranked nations. Rodri has won the ballon d'or after an exceptional 2024 for manchester city and spain, becoming only the third player not named lionel messi or cristiano ronaldo to claim france football's prestigious golden ball.
Ronaldo nazario holds the record as the youngest ballon d’or winner, having taken the title in 1997 at the age of 21. During the year leading up to the ballon d’or in 2025 there is a lot of speculation about who will win.