Ballon d'Or Féminin

The Ballon d'Or Féminin (French pronunciation: [balɔ̃ dɔʁ feminɛ̃]), also known as the Women's Ballon d'Or, is a association football award presented by France Football that honours the player deemed to have performed the best over the previous season. It was first awarded in 2018, with Ada Hegerberg[1] of Norway becoming the inaugural recipient of the award.[2] Australian striker Sam Kerr and French defender Wendie Renard are the only players to have been nominated for the award every year since its inception (2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023). Sam Kerr is the only player to place in the top 20 nominations every year, and has consistently been in the top 7. In 2022, Barcelona captain Alexia Putellas became the first and only player to win the award twice and in consecutive years.[3][4][5]

Ballon d'Or Féminin
Women's Ballon d'Or
Date3 December 2018 (2018-12-03)
LocationParis
CountryFrance
Presented byFrance Football
First awarded2018
Current holderSpain Alexia Putellas
(2nd award)
Most awardsSpain Alexia Putellas
(2 awards)
Most nominationsAustralia Sam Kerr
(5 nominations)
Websitefrancefootball.fr
RelatedBallon d'Or

Winners
Alexia Putellas, is the only player to have ever won the Ballon d'Or Féminin twice and in consecutive years.
Year Rank Player Club(s) Points
2018 1st Norway Ada Hegerberg France Lyon 136
2nd Denmark Pernille Harder Germany Wolfsburg 130
3rd Germany Dzsenifer Marozsán France Lyon 86
2019 1st United States Megan Rapinoe United States Reign FC[lower-alpha 1] 230
2nd England Lucy Bronze France Lyon 94
3rd United States Alex Morgan United States Orlando Pride 68
2020 Not awarded due to the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic[6]
2021 1st Spain Alexia Putellas Spain Barcelona 186
2nd Spain Jennifer Hermoso Spain Barcelona 84
3rd Australia Sam Kerr England Chelsea 46
2022 1st Spain Alexia Putellas Spain Barcelona 178
2nd England Beth Mead England Arsenal 152
3rd Australia Sam Kerr England Chelsea 74
Ada Hegerberg, the first winner of the award.

Wins by player
Player Winner Second place Third place
Spain Alexia Putellas 2 (2021, 2022) – –
Norway Ada Hegerberg 1 (2018) – –
United States Megan Rapinoe 1 (2019) – –
Denmark Pernille Harder – 1 (2018) –
England Lucy Bronze – 1 (2019) –
Spain Jennifer Hermoso – 1 (2021) –
England Beth Mead – 1 (2022) –
Australia Sam Kerr – – 2 (2021, 2022)
Germany Dzsenifer Marozsán – – 1 (2018)
United States Alex Morgan – – 1 (2019)

Wins by country
Country Players Wins
 Spain 12
 Norway 11
 United States 11

Wins by club
Club Players Wins
Spain Barcelona 12
France Lyon 11
United States OL Reign 11

See also

References

Footnotes
  1. OL Reign were known as Reign FC during 2019.

Citations
  1. Hub, Her Football (6 September 2023). "2023 Women's Ballon d'Or: All nominees revealed as award is set for new winner". Her Football Hub. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  2. Aarons, Ed (4 December 2018). "Ada Hegerberg: first women's Ballon d'Or marred as winner is asked to twerk". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  3. "Barcelona captain Alexia Putellas wins the 2022 Women's Ballon d'Or". Goal.com. 17 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  4. "Alexia Putellas Becomes First Spanish-Born Player To Win Ballon D'Or Twice". Forbes. 17 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  5. "Alexia Putellas remporte son deuxième Ballon d'Or féminin" [Alexia Putellas wins her second Ballon d'Or]. L'Équipe (in French). 17 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  6. "THE BALLON D'OR® WILL NOT BE AWARDED IN 2020". L'Equipe. 20 July 2020. Archived from the original on 20 July 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
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