Ballon d’Or Feminin 2025 Power Rankings

At the end of the season, the captain of Arsenal and the Lionesses brought home the Champions League and Euro 2025 trophies for her sides. To be honest, there isn’t much more to say about Leah Williamson than that.

She led the Gunners to European gold against Barcelona with a defensive masterclass, so those who need further persuasion can watch her individual highlights. She deserves to be considered one of the world’s top women’s football players because she shown her exceptional talent in Switzerland this summer.

5Chloe Kelly

Arsenal and England

Chloe Kelly, who is neither the first nor the last Arsenal player on this list, demonstrated that she was the right person for the big moments in 2025 by making several significant contributions to England’s ascent to success. She scored the game-winning goal against Italy in the semifinals, helped square the score in the championship game, and then scored the game-winning penalty to win the tournament.

Despite being sad and unwelcome at Manchester City until January, the 27-year-old had an incredible season ending with the Champions League trophy now in her cupboard. After so many significant performances, her name is on everyone’s lips, which has increased her chances of winning this honour.

4Alexia Putellas

Barcelona and Spain

Voters always place a high value on reputation when it comes to accolades this prestigious. Alexia Putellas, a star for Barcelona and Spain, would be unwise to be excluded because of this.

Since the 31-year-old won a domestic triple with Barcelona and won the Ballon d’Or in consecutive seasons in 2021 and 2022, she cannot be disregarded here. Although she was essential to her teams’ campaigns to the Champions League and Euro 2025 finals, England’s and Arsenal’s wins unavoidably hurt her prospects of winning this award.

3Alessia Russo

Arsenal and England

Winning a Ballon d’Or is mostly determined by your performance during crucial moments, and Alessia Russo has excelled in the two major women’s football competitions this year. With eight goals, the Arsenal striker finished as the team’s joint-second-highest scorer. She helped her team win the Champions League title by scoring in victories over Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, and Lyon.

At Euro 2025, she also showed herself to be a hero for the Lionesses by scoring the equaliser in the championship game right when it appeared that Spain would take over. Russo deserves to be considered for this year’s Ballon d’Or because she has those two significant honours in her trophy cabinet.

2Aitana Bonmati

Barcelona and Spain

To be honest, Aitana Bonmati is perhaps the world’s top women’s player at the moment, so it wouldn’t be shocking if she took home the prize in 2025 after winning the Ballon d’Or in 2023 and 2024. With Barcelona, she won the Supercopa de España, the Copa de la Reina, and the Primera División.

She also won the Player of the Tournament award at Euro 2025. Nevertheless, she failed to win the trophy after losing to England in the final, which she obviously did not like, and she hasn’t done enough to be at the top of these rankings after losing to Arsenal in the Champions League final as well.

1Mariona Caldentey

Arsenal and Spain

Mariona Caldentey has had an incredible season, even though her name may not be as instantly familiar as some of the other candidates on this list (at least to the less knowledgeable fans). The midfielder, who has won six league titles, has been a revelation for Arsenal since joining from Barcelona last summer.

She helped the team overcome the odds to defeat her old team in the final, and she was a key part of their incredible run to Champions League victory. To top off an incredibly successful campaign, she also scored for Spain in the Euro 2025 final. She has already been named England’s WSL Player of the Season, and she is more than worthy of winning the 2025 Ballon d’Or again.