Overview

• Ousmane Dembélé topped the men's vote with 1,380 points to Lamine Yamal's 1,059, a 321-point gap confirmed by the organizers.
• Dembélé was placed first on 73 of 100 ballots versus 11 for Yamal, with Vitinha third on 703 points and Mohamed Salah fourth on 657.
• Aitana Bonmatí won the women's award with 506 points, narrowly ahead of Mariona Caldentey on 478, with Alessia Russo third on 420 and Alexia Putellas fourth on 388.
• The organizers published top-10 totals for both awards and first-place distributions, including single top votes for Kylian Mbappé, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Scott McTominay.
• Media accounts varied in describing the ballot point scale even as the official totals were made public, and coverage also noted performer Charlotte Cardin’s report of a muted audience at the Paris gala.