Mbappé missed out on the Ballon D’Or by 28 points
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13-second readKylian Mbappé fell short in the 2026 Ballon d'Or by 28 points to Harry Kane, according to the full voting breakdown reported by Managing Madrid. Kane collected 1,055 points, while Mbappé garnered 1,027 points. This was the fourth-closest finish between the top two candidates in the award's history.
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Kylian Mbappé fell short in the 2026 Ballon d'Or by 28 points to Harry Kane, according to the full voting breakdown reported by Managing Madrid. Kane collected 1,055 points, while Mbappé garnered 1,027 points. This was the fourth-closest finish between the top two candidates in the award's history. The voting results also showed Kane received 40 first-place votes, compared to 23 for Mbappé.
Other Real Madrid players did not fare as well as Mbappé in the voting. Jude Bellingham finished 11th with 107 points, just missing the top 10, while Vinícius Júnior placed 17th with 26 points. Marc Cucurella followed in 18th with 16 points, as reported by Managing Madrid. These results indicate Mbappé was comfortably Madrid's highest-ranked player.
The 2026 Ballon d'Or results also saw Lamine Yamal finish third with 881 points, and Rodri take fourth place with 726 points, ahead of Lionel Messi on 612, according to Managing Madrid. Additionally, Paris Saint-Germain players Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Ousmane Dembélé finished sixth and seventh, respectively. Kane's win marked the first time an English player had received the award since Michael Owen's success in 2001.
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Kylian Mbappé fell short in the 2026 Ballon d’Or race by just 28 points, with the full voting breakdown revealing how close the Real Madrid forward came to beating Harry Kane. Kane collected 1,055 points to Mbappé’s 1,027, making this the fourth-closest finish between the leading two candidates in the award’s history. Barcelona’s Lamine Yamal finished third with 881 points. The Bayern Munich striker received 40 first-place votes, compared with 23 for Mbappé. That stronger backing at the top of the ballots helped Kane secure the trophy, despite the narrow gap in their overall totals.
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