Harry Kane wins Ballon d'Or award in London ceremony

Harry Kane has won the Ballon d'Or, football's top individual prize, at a ceremony in London on 26 October 2026. The England captain had an extraordinary season for Bayern Munich, scoring 61 goals in 51 games. He finished ahead of Barcelona's Lamine Yamal and Kylian Mbappé of Real Madrid. Kane is the first English winner in 25 years, since Michael Owen took the award in 2001. He is only the fifth English player ever to win it. The ceremony took place at the Palladium Theatre in London, the first time the event has been held outside Paris. Organisers chose London to celebrate the award's 70th anniversary, because Stanley Matthews, the first ever winner, was English.