Alexia Putellas has been named the Womens Player of the Year at the 2026 Ballon dOr awards.The Spain international has scooped the award for the third time after captaining Barcelona to a continental quadruple in 2025-26, winning the Liga F, Cope de la Reina, Spanish Super Cup and Champions League.She became Barcelonas joint-second top scorer of all time after scoring two goals in the Champions League semi-final in May, and earned the player of the tournament award in the process.She equals her former team-mate Bonmatis record of three awards, having also been a key part of Spains Nations League-winning side.Putellas said: Thank you very much. It is a pleasure to be here, again. Thank you to the ones who thought I deserved this award. I dont know what to say, too many things! Congrats to all the nominees, congrats to all the winners.I want to start by saying thank you team-mates.I think anyone here could have fairly won this trophy and be giving this speech here right now.A great pleasure to play alongside each and every single one of you.Incredible experiences as a team, we overcome some difficulties, some injuries, some moments we werent expecting as a team and a great pride for me as captain.Putellas is the fifth representative of Barcelona to win an award during Mondays ceremony in London, with Vicky Lopez and Lamine Yamal winning the Young Player of the Year awards in the mens and womens cateogires.Barca Femini coach Pere Romeu won the Womens Coach of the Year, with goalkeeper Cata Coll claiming Womens Goalkeeper of the Year and Barcelona winning Womens Club of the Year.Ballon dOr Womens Player of the Year leaderboard (11-28)11) Yui Hasegawa Man City and Japan12) Klara Buhl Bayern Munich and Germany13) Mariona Caldentey Arsenal and Spain14) Wendie Renard Lyon and France15) Cata Coll Barcelona and Spain16) Mapi Leon Barcelona/London City Lionesses and Spain17) Esmee Brugts Barcelona and Netherlands18) Barbra Banda Orlando Fire and Zambia19) Tessa Wullaert Inter/Como and Belgium20) Selma Bacha Lyon and France21) Scarlett Camberos Club America and Mexico22) Manaka Matsukubo North Carolina Courage/Chelsea and Japan23) Momoko Tanikawa Bayern Munich and Japan24) Kerstin Casparij Man City and Netherlands25) Caroline Weir Real Madrid/Lyon and Scotland26) Alex Greenwood Man City and England27) Rose Lavelle Gotham FC and USA28= Lorena Kansas City Current and Brazil28= Melvine Malard Man Utd/Chelsea and France28= Vivianne Miedema Man City and NetherlandsMore to follow. Topics Ballon d'Or FC Barcelona London City Lionesses Spain National Football Team If you enjoy reading this article, you can help support our independent football journalism by adding 101 Great Goals as a preferred source You Should Also Read Ballon dOr 2026: Follow the results live from London Cian Cheesbrough 26th October, 2026 Ballon dOr 2026 Goalkeeper of the Year winner: Unai Simon claims mens award Cian Cheesbrough 26th October, 2026 Ballon dOr Mens Coach of the Year winner 2026: De La Fuente beats Arteta and Enrique to award Cian Cheesbrough 26th October, 2026 Ballon dOr 2026 Mens Young Player of the Year 2026: Yamal scoops award for third time Cian Cheesbrough 26th October, 2026 Chaos at the Ballon dOr! Statement released after Kane, Mbappe, Yamal and Messi all announced as winners Cian Cheesbrough 26th October, 2026 What time is the Ballon dOr ceremony 2026? Full start details, confirmed timings Ben Miller 26th October, 2026
