The Barcelona and Spain dynasty in the Ballon d’Or Feminin award remains alive and well following Aitana Bonmati’s 2025 win in France, her third-straight time named the best player in the world.
Bonmati is the second-straight Spanish player to go back-to-back as the top women’s player, and she’s now the first woman and third player ever to go back-to-back-to-back (Lionel Messi, Michel Platini).
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It’s a relatively new award, and Spain’s five-peat comes on the heels of the first two Ballons going to Norway’s Ada Hegerberg and USWNT legend Megan Rapinoe.
The depth of talent continues to grow around the world, as the USWNT fights to reclaim the top individual honor in women’s soccer and the Women’s Super League hopes to see England place a winner on this list (Lucy Bronze won FIFA’s The Best Player award, ironically enough when
List of all Ballon d’Or Feminin winners: 2018-present
- 2018: Ada Hegerberg, Lyon and Norway
- 2019: Megan Rapinoe, Seattle Reign and USWNT
- 2020: COVID-19 pandemic
- 2021: Alexia Putellas, Barcelona and Spain
- 2022: Alexia Putellas, Barcelona and Spain
- 2023: Aitana Bonmati, Barcelona and Spain
- 2024: Aitana Bonmati, Barcelona and Spain
- 2025: Aitana Bonmati, Barcelona and Spain
