‎Who will win the 2026 Ballon D'or?

[Webutxo]

Any year with the world cup is always more complicated than other normal years of local leagues and continental games. Sometimes the award is given against the fans expectations like in 2018 when Modric won the Balon d'Or ahead or Christiano Ronaldo who was the fans favourite just because Croatia made it to the world cup finals. Does this mean that if a player had won the league, the champions and some other local trophies but his country couldn't qualify for the world cup, what will you his fate?

I just think that this award should be better based on individual stats instead of using titles and team achievements to give individual awards. If this is done, it will be clearer to understand the grounds for issuing this prestigious award to anyone.

I will like to look back to the old Balon D'or award and the criteria used when making votes for player, you will be shock that goal were not the only criteria used for Balon D'or. In fact, I do think Ronaldo was favour in the history by this award than other players, this was never how it was done that's why I see Modric criteria not controversial like they talk about, it's a deserve Balon D'or to be honest but I guess our generation is used to the goals scored in the season.

The organizers are going to decid on what they want, if goals favour most of the players, they are going to use it and if other criteria is what they are going to use, we will see the winner on that very day. I just think that the organizers can't make everyone to be happy, the same way they called Fifa by names, some people are going to do worse that day if their candidates did not win.

[tread93]

the cup winners, rodri and yamal, didn’t rack up many stats during the season. on the other hand, mbappé and kane’s stats were at a very high level; both scored plenty of goals and performed exceptionally well, but they didn’t even make it to the world cup final.

i think it’s debatable who should win this season, but my top pick is harry kane. even though his team lost in the world cup semifinals and finished third, i believe he was the most impactful player of the season.

Okay I like this prediction/ wishful thinking and I think that he is a solid pic. Its too bad that some of thr other players didnt realize stats made it to the cup while others with great stats didnt even make it to the finals. Such is life i guess at the end of the day youre only as good as the team you are on

[KTChampions]

At this point I would definitely put Lamine Yamal ahead because he has won trophies for Barcelona in club football and his team also won the World Cup trophy. Although I expected better from Yamal in the World Cup tournament but his performance was definitely not bad. Now if we consider the overall factors based on personal performance including World Cup performance, club performance and trophies then I would definitely keep Lamine Yamal ahead. But his rivals are no less. Mbappe, Rodri and Kane are good contenders for the Ballon D'or. As a fan, everyone will give various arguments to keep their supporters ahead, but only impartial votes will find the true talent.

Yesterday, Yamal, along with Gavi, was the worst player on Barcelona's roster according to Sofascore, despite Barcelona winning 5-0:
https://www.sofascore.com/football/match/elche-fc-barcelona/rgbsWgb#id:16416311
A very big score, but Yamal didn’t earn either an assist or a goal and was substituted in the 65th minute, and then it was clear that he was clearly unhappy with himself sitting on the bench. It is well known that formally this season does not belong to the past and his performance now should not be taken into account, but nevertheless, those who vote now will take this into account.