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Ballon d'Or 2026 Contenders Tier List

voting closed in september and it's yamal vs kane at the top. who actually should win it?

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The crowd's ranking

S: Harry Kane, Lamine Yamal

A: Kylian Mbappé, Rodri

B: Lionel Messi

C: Vitinha, Michael Olise, Erling Haaland, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Ousmane Dembélé

D: Declan Rice, Vinícius Júnior

AngryPenguin: Mbappé top scoring in three competitions and finishing outside the top two would be wild

NotPanda: Kane in S is right. Best stats season of anyone on the list

MariaTheGreat: Kane scored 73 goals and won a double and people still think it goes to the kid

ryano15: Vitinha above Vini is correct

ana.e4568: youngest winner ever is coming

HumbleLlama: we're really arguing an MLS player who lost the final deserves it