Overview

• France Football editor Vincent Garcia said Dembélé won "by a wide margin" with support across continents and noted the full voting breakdown will be released this week.
• Dembélé scored 35 goals with 16 assists in 53 matches as PSG captured the Champions League and completed a domestic treble.
• Lamine Yamal finished runner-up and became the first player to retain the Kopa Trophy, posting 18 goals and 25 assists while helping Barcelona win La Liga, the Copa del Rey and the Spanish Super Cup.
• Yamal applauded and embraced Dembélé on stage, while his father, Mounir Nasraoui, called the result "the biggest moral damage" and said "something very strange has happened."
• Kylian Mbappé and Lionel Messi publicly congratulated Dembélé, Didier Deschamps praised the win as a success for French football, and Aitana Bonmatí claimed a third straight women’s Ballon d’Or.