England striker Harry Kane wins 2026 Ballon d’Or forward of Kylian Mbappé and Lamine Yamal

Bayern Munich and England striker Harry Kane has change into the primary Englishman to win the Ballon d’Or in 25 years after beating Kylian Mbappé and Lamine Yamal.

Kane, 33, scooped the award forward of Kylian Mbappé and Lamine Yamal in the course of the 2026 Ballon d’Or ceremony in London on Monday evening.

The Englishman is the primary participant from Germany’s high flight to win the celebrated prize, awarded to the world’s greatest footballer, since Borussia Dortmund’s Matthias Sammer in 1996.

Last season, Kane scored 73 targets throughout all competitions for Bayern Munich and England, sufficient to earn him the European Golden Shoe award.

Kane additionally impressed Bayern to a Bundesliga and DFB Pokal double. He scored 14 targets within the Champions League final season, the place Bayern fell on the semifinal stage to eventual winners Paris Saint-Germain.

He captained England on the World Cup, the place they completed third, their greatest consequence since profitable it in 1966, scoring six targets alongside the way in which, together with two late strikes to rescue his aspect in opposition to DR Congo and a strike in opposition to Mexico on the Azteca within the spherical of 16.