Quote from: Joy_learns_crypto on June 07, 2025, 10:18:34 AM

This is a thread where we can discuss, predict or speculate who will win the Prestigious Ballon d’Or. since either Leonel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo won the Ballon d’Or this years own has to be the most fiercely contested Ballon d’Or so this create a space for interesting football discussions.

According to https://www.goal.com/en-ng/lists/ballon-dor-2025-power-rankings/bltd009fae5576d751f
Below are the top 20 contenders

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Who will be crowned Ballon d’Or 2025 winner and how will the top ten list look like at the end.

It is really interesting to see many PSG players making it in the top 20 ratings of the ballon d'Or but i don't think they are all deserving to make it to the top 20 despite that winning the Champions League made most of them enter the list. Having 10 PSG players out of 20 is really crazy though but let's deliberate on the top 5 which is Kylian Mbappe, Mohamed Salah, Raphinha, Lamine Yamal and Ousmane Dembele. Lamine Yamal and Dembele have the highest ratings which is fair but seems many people are just talking about Dembele just because he won the Champions League but if you see how Lamine Yamal performed both in the La Liga and the Champions League, he is worth giving a consideration because his dribbling skills and talents cannot be overemphasized. Even if Dembele wins against Lamine Yamal, the margin will not be much. I don't know why Mohamed Salah is rated above Kylian Mbappe, but i think Mbappe deserves to come first before Salah because his performance is better than that of Mohamed Salah.