The 2025 Ballon d’Or winner is days away from being announced and we can reveal all the betting odds for the players in the running, as well as the date and times of the awards ceremony and details of how to watch the grand event.
There are 30 players who have been nominated for the award, which Manchester City’s Rodri won last year. With this award seen as one of the most prestigious ones in football, players are desperate to win it and have their name recorded forever in history alongside past winners like Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.
Ballon d’Or Winner Betting Odds
It was a good year for lots of clubs around Europe, Liverpool shone in the Premier League and won the title, PSG won Ligue 1 and also their first Champions League trophy, whilst Barcelona and Bayern Munich won their domestic divisions. It is no shock to see that the current favourites to win the Ballon d’Or are from some of the clubs mentioned. Here are the latest betting odds for the current favourites to win the award.
| Ballon d’Or Nominee | Ballon d’Or Winner Betting Odds | Implied Probability |
| Ousmane Dembele – PSG | 1/6 | 85.7% |
| Lamine Yamal – Barcelona | 4/1 | 20% |
| Mohamed Salah – Liverpool | 16/1 | 5.9% |
| Raphinha – Barcelona | 16/1 | 5.9% |
| Kylian Mbappe – Real Madrid | 25/1 | 3.8% |
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Ousmane Dembele clear favourite after fantastic year with PSG
It is no shock to see Ousmane Dembele the clear favourite after this year he has had with French giants PSG. Across 2024/25, Dembele was a menace for opposition defenders.
The French winger managed 35 goals and 16 assists across 53 appearances in all competitions. He scored 21 goals and picked up eight assists in 29 Ligue 1 appearances and managed eight goals and six assists in 15 Champions League appearances. There is no doubting that PSG would have found last season a lot tougher and possibly not won the Champions League if Dembele wasn’t involved.
The club also reached the Club World Cup final and will be gutted that they didn’t lift the trophy, but they have arguably been the club who have had the best year in Europe and it would be fully deserved for one of their players to lift the Ballon d’Or trophy. The last time a French club saw one of their current players, at the time of the ceremony, win the award, was Lionel Messi in 2021.
The likes of Kylian Mbappe, Raphina and Mohamed Salah are all seen as outside favourites for the award, and they have all had fantastic seasons, but it’s so hard to see past Dembele, especially with the praise he has received by many football professionals over the last year.
When is the Ballon d’Or ceremony 2025?
The 30 nominees were already confirmed in August and this year, the Ballon d’Or ceremony is taking place on Monday 22nd September. It is the 69th edition of this award and it will take place at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris.
There are multiple awards taking place on the night, including the Men’s and Women’s Ballon d’Or, as well as the Kopa Trophy, Yashin Trophy and the Club of the Year award.
Where can I watch the Ballon d’Or in the UK?
There are multiple ways in which you can watch the 2025 Ballon d’Or award ceremony. You can watch the ceremony on TNT Sports if you have a subscription to the broadcasting channel, but if you want to watch it for free then you can live stream the event on L’Equipe’s YouTube Channel.
