Why Ballon d'Order?
On 26 October 2026 the Ballon d'Or turned 70. The ceremony moved to the London Palladium to honour the first winner, Stanley Matthews, and Harry Kane became the first Englishman to win it in 25 years.
Arguments about who deserved it never stop, and nor do arguments about the history: was Cruyff's first before or after Beckenbauer's? Who won between Van Basten's second and his third? This site turns those arguments into a game you can finish on a lunch break.
How to play
Timeline
You start with one winner on your timeline. Each new card shows a winner, their club, nation and position, but no year. Tap the gap where you think it belongs. Get it right and the card stays, and every correct card in a row adds a streak bonus. Get it wrong and you lose a life: the card flashes red where it should have gone, then it's discarded. Some players won more than once at the same club (Messi at Barcelona, Platini at Juventus), and those cards are interchangeable. If one Messi-at-Barcelona card lands where another one belongs, it counts. Press N to go to the next card.
Who Am I?
Ten mystery winners. A correct guess on clue 1 is worth 5 points, and each extra clue or wrong guess costs a point.
Golden Year
Type a birth year to see who won the Ballon d'Or that year and at your birthday milestones. Then download or share your card.
All-Time Ballot
Rank five winners. Since 2022 each Ballon d'Or juror ranks ten players, and first to fifth place score 15, 12, 10, 8 and 7 points. Your ballot uses the same top-five scale.
Sources
The list of winners, clubs and nations follows France Football's official roll of honour. The 2026 results and Kane's season come from coverage published on 26–27 October 2026:
- Yahoo Sports: Who won Ballon d'Or 2026? Complete list
- beIN Sports: Ballon d'Or 2026 live, winners and every award
- DAZN: Kopa Trophy winners and Yashin Trophy winners
- beIN Sports: the 2026 ceremony moves to London
- Guinness World Records: most wins of the Ballon d'Or
- Sports Illustrated: full list of winners
- TNT Sports: positions, clubs and nations with the most winners
Kane's 73-goal 2025-26 season total is as reported in the coverage above. The full 2026 vote rankings beyond the winners are not shown here. The fun-fact lines and clues are our own writing.
Credits & small print
Ballon d'Order is an independent fan project made for dailyma.de, where a new site is made every day. It is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, France Football, the Ballon d'Or, or any club or player. "Ballon d'Or" is used only to describe the award.
No trackers and no accounts. Scores, your ballot and your theme choice are stored only in your browser's local storage. Fonts are Playfair Display, Barlow and Barlow Condensed from Google Fonts. The golden ball artwork is original.