Women's Ballon d'Or Archives

68th Ballon D'Or Photocall At Theatre Du Chatelet In Paris PARIS, FRANCE - OCTOBER 28: (L-R) Patri Guijarro, Marta Torrejón, Alexia Putellas, Caroline Graham Hansen, Aitana Bonmatí and Salma Paralluelo of FC Barcelona attend the 68th Ballon D'Or Photocall at Theatre Du Chatelet on October 28, 2024 in Paris, France.

Aitana Bonmati and Emma Hayes among Women’s Ballon d’Or winners

29th October 2024 Wilf Frith

Aitana Bonmati won the Women’s Ballon d’Or for the second successive year, Emma Hayes winning the coaches’ honour. Bonmati won the quadruple with Barcelona last season, as well as helping Spain to the inaugural Women’s […]

Aitana Bonmati receives the Women's Ballon d'Or award

Aitana Bonmati wins Women’s Ballon d’Or for first time

31st October 2023 Wilf Frith

Spain and Barcelona midfielder Aitana Bonmati won the Women’s Ballon d’Or ahead of Sam Kerr and Salma Paralluelo. It was the first such success for the 25-year-old, beating Sam Kerr of Chelsea and Australia to […]

Alexia Putellas of FC Barcelona looks on with the Women's Ballon d'Or award

Women’s Ballon d’Or 2023 : The nominees

7th September 2023 Wilf Frith

The thirty nominees for the 2023 Women’s Ballon d’or have been revealed, with winners to be announced at a ceremony on 30 October. In alphabetical order, the nominees are as follows; 1) Aitana Bonmati – […]

Alexia Putellas holds up the women's Ballon d'Or

Alexia Putellas retains Women’s Ballon d’Or

18th October 2022 Wilf Frith

Spain and Barcelona’s injured star Alexia Putellas has won the Women’s Ballon d’Or for the second successive year. Sidelined days before the Women’s Euros by an anterior cruciate ligament injury, the 28-year-old midfielder had not only previously […]

Alexia Putellas holds up the women's Ballon d'Or award, that she received during the 2021 Ballon d'Or

Women’s Ballon d’Or finalists revealed for 2022

13th August 2022 Wilf Frith

Twenty stars have been nominated for the 2022 Women’s Ballon d’Or, the fourth edition of the award for best female player. For the first time in the history of the award, it will be given based on the results of the season […]

Barcelona captain Alexia Putellas wins Women’s Ballon d’Or

30th November 2021 Wilf Frith

Spain and Barcelona’s Alexia Putellas has won the Women’s Ballon d’Or, awarded by France Football for the best female player. The 27-year-old won the award ahead of club and country team-mate Jennifer Hermoso, while Chelsea’s […]

Megan Rapinoe wins Women’s Ballon d’Or ahead of Lucy Bronze

3rd December 2019 Wilf Frith

USA’s Megan Rapinoe won the second edition of France Football Women’s Ballon d’Or with Lionesses Lucy Bronze runner-up. Winner of last year’s inaugural honour, Ada Hegerberg, finished fourth this time, with Arsenal’s Vivianne Miedema fifth, […]

Bronze and White nominated for Women’s Ballon d’Or

22nd October 2019 Wilf Frith

England’s Lucy Bronze and Ellen White are among 20 players nominated for the 2019 Women’s Ballon d’Or. Bronze has this year won the World Cup Silver Ball, UEFA Women’s Player of the Year and was […]

Ada Hegerberg wins inaugural Women’s Ballon d’Or award

4th December 2018 Wilf Frith

France Football have had their annual Ballon d’Or awards since 1956 but 2018 brought the first such female recognition, with Norway’s Lyon striker Ada Hegerberg the recipient. The vote saw Pernille Harder (Wolfsburg and Denmark) finish […]

#Lionesses duo nominated for first Women’s Ballon d’Or award

8th October 2018 Wilf Frith

England’s Lucy Bronze and Fran Kirby are among fifteen players nominated for France Football’s inaugural Women’s Ballon d’Or award. Bronze is one of seven players from UWCL winners Lyon that made the cut, while Brazil’s […]