Ousmane Dembele has won the 2025 men’s Ballon d’Or award, rounding off a stunning individual season for the Frenchman.The Paris Saint-Germain star was presented with football’s ultimate individual prize by Brazil icon Ronaldinho at a star-studded awards ceremony in Paris on Monday.European champion Dembele has been named the best player in the worldDembele was heavily tipped to take home the prestigious Golden Ball award, despite facing stiff competition from Barcelona wonderkid Lamine Yamal.In the end, the France international, who enjoyed a treble-winning 2024/25 season, emerged the worthy winner.He beat Yamal, who came second, and his Barcelona teammate Raphinha, who collected the third-most votes. Fortunately for Dembele, he was able to collect the award in person, despite many of his PSG teammates being forced to miss the ceremony.This was due to French league rules stipulating that their postponed Ligue 1 clash with Marseille must be rescheduled for Monday, the same night as the lavish awards do. PSG went on to lose the match 1-0.But with the 28-year-old currently recovering from injury, this allowed him to fully enjoy his maiden Ballon d’Or triumph.The award is for the previous season, not the previous year, and is awarded to the best player during that specific period.And it’s fair to say Dembele’s exploits last season set him apart from all else, as he inspired PSG to domestic and European glory.The forward registered 35 goals and 16 assists in a stunning individual campaign.His exploits helped the French giants to win the Champions League, Ligue 1, the Coupe de France, and the Trophee des Champions.Full men's Ballon d'Or standings1. Ousmane Dembele (Paris Saint-Germain and France)2. Lamine Yamal (Barcelona and Spain)3. Vitinha (Paris Saint-Germain and Portugal)4. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool and Egypt)5. Raphinha (Barcelona and Brazil)6. Achraf Hakimi (Paris Saint-Germain and Morocco)7. Kylian Mbappe (Real Madrid and France)8. Cole Palmer (Chelsea and England)9. Gianluigi Donarumma (Paris Saint-Germain/Manchester City and Italy)10. Nuno Mendes (Paris Saint-Germain and Portugal)11. Pedri (Barcelona and Spain)12. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Paris Saint-Germain and Georgia)13. Harry Kane (Bayern Munich and England)14. Desire Doue (Paris Saint-Germain and France)15. Viktor Gyokeres (Sporting/Arsenal and Sweden)16. Vinicius Jr (Real Madrid and Brazil)17. Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona and Poland)18. Scott McTominay (Napoli and Scotland)19. Joao Neves (Paris Saint-Germain and Portugal)20. Lautaro Martinez (Inter Milan and Argentina)21. Serhou Guirassy (Borussia Dortmund and Guinea)22. Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool and Argentina)23. Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid and England)24. Fabian Ruiz (Paris Saint-Germain and Spain)25. Denzel Dumfries (Inter Milan and Netherlands)26. Erling Haaland (Manchester City and Norway)27. Declan Rice (Arsenal and England)28. Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool and Netherlands)29. Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen/Liverpool and Germany)30. Michael Olise (Bayern Munich and France)Dembele came up with some huge goals last season, including in the Champions League semi-finals against ArsenalGettyOn top of that, Dembele also tasted UEFA Super Cup glory, as PSG beat Tottenham Hotspur in the one-off annual match in August.These achievements have not gone unnoticed, with the wide man picking up several other individual accolades for last season.Dembele scooped the Ligue 1 player of the year award, as well as being named in the team of the season.This came after he finished as the league’s joint-top scorer with 21 goals in 29 games. Dembele was also the Champions League’s Player of the Season, as he notched eight goals and six assists in the competition, including two assists in PSG’s 5-0 final win against Inter Milan.This was enough to see him awarded football’s most prestigious individual gong, ahead of Yamal and Raphinha.AFPThe Frenchman had already been named both Ligue 1 and Champions League player of the year for the 2024/25 campaign[/caption]Teenage sensation Yamal was in red-hot form last term, registering a stunning 21 goals and 26 assists altogether to fire Barca to LaLiga, Copa Del Rey and Supercopa de Espana glory.Raphinha certainly deserved recognition for his role in the Spanish giants’ success, who scooped LaLiga’s player of the season award after an impressive 18-goal haul to reclaim his side the title.Dembele also holds off competition from the Premier League’s best Ballon d’Or hope in Mohamed Salah. The Liverpool star enjoyed another stellar season which saw him win a second Premier League title, while he also won his third PFA Player of the Year award and the Premier League Player of the Season crown.AFPYamal was narrowly beaten to the Ballon d’Or after a stunning campaign from the 18-year-old[/caption]Raphinha scored 34 goals in all competitions for Barcelona in the 2024/25 campaignPhoto By Irina R. Hipolito/Europa Press via Getty ImagesMohamed Salah misses out on the title having notched up an impressive 34 goals and 23 assists in 52 appearances last termGettyFor many, Dembele’s Ballon d’Or triumph sees him finally deliver on the huge potential some feared we’d never see.Despite earning a reputation as one of football’s most promising youngsters at Borussia Dortmund between 2016 and 2017, an underwhelming six years at Barcelona led many to think his best years had passed him by.But at 28, the 2018 World Cup winner has finally arrived as the star he was tipped to become as a promising youngster.Barcelona and Spain superstar Aitana Bonmati claimed the women’s Ballon d’Or award, her third on the spin. Yamal didn’t leave Paris empty-handed though with the 18-year-old winning men’s Kopa Trophy, an award handed to the best young men’s player.Dembele’s former PSG teammate, Gianluigi Donnarumma, won the Yashin Trophy with Lioness Hannah Hampton claiming the women’s Yashin Trophy. Lionesses boss Sarina Wiegman won the Women’s Coach of the Year award with the men’s prize going to Paris Saint-Germain manager Luis Enrique. There was English success at the awards ceremony with goalkeeper Hampton winning the women’s Yashin TrophyAFPWhile her boss with the England Women’s team, Wiegman, won the women’s Coach of the Year awardAFP