Ballon d'Or Feminin 2024: Full voting breakdown and points totals for all 30 players nominated
- Aitana Bonmati was awarded the Ballon d’Or Feminin for the second year running
- 30 players were nominated for the prestigious award
- A complete points breakdown has now been released by French media
The full points breakdown for the 2024 Ballon d'Or Feminin is now out, revealing the impressive margin by which Aitana Bonmati claimed the title.
The 26-year-old Spain international first won the prize in 2023 following their FIFA Women's World Cup triumph and was named the recipient for a second consecutive year after Barcelona completed a historic quadruple last season. The only other player to claim the prize more than once is compatriot Alexia Putellas, who won the Ballon d'Or in 2021 and 2022.
Among the nominees for the 2024 prize were Bonmati's Barca teammates Caroline Graham Hansen and Salma Paralluelo, along with a number of USWNT stars including Sophia Smith, Lindsey Horan and Mallory Swanson after they won Olympic gold over the summer.
From an England perspective, Chelsea's Lauren James was ranked the highest of all the nominated Lionesses. Lucy Bronze and Lauren Hemp were also under consideration after strong seasons with their respective clubs.
French publication L'Equipe has now published a detailed breakdown of the points received by each player at this year's awards. Bonmati earned 675 points, a staggering 283 clear of Hansen in second place.
Ballon d'Or Feminin 2024 rankings
- 1 - Aitana Bonmati (Spain, FC Barcelona) - 675 points
- 2 - Caroline Graham Hansen (Norway, FC Barcelona) - 392 pts
- 3 - Salma Paralluelo (Spain, FC Barcelona) - 246 pts
- 4 - Sophia Smith (USWNT, Portland Thorns) - 228 pts
- 5 - Lindsey Horan (USWNT, Lyon) - 169 pts
- 6 - Mallory Swanson (USWNT, Chicago Red Stars) - 164 pts
- 7 = Marie-Antoinette Katoto (France, Paris-SG) - 142 pts
- 7 = Mariona Caldentey (Spain, FC Barcelona) - 142 pts
- 9 - Trinity Rodman (USWNT, Washington Spirit) - 137 pts
- 10 - Alexia Putellas (Spain, FC Barcelona) - 130 pts
- 11 - Patricia Guijarro (Spain, FC Barcelona) - 117 pts
- 12 - Barbra Banda (Zambia, Shanghai RCB, Orlando Pride) - 92 pts
- 13 = Lauren James (England, Chelsea) - 83 pts
- 13 = Ada Hegerberg (Norway, Lyon) - 83 pts
- 15 - Khadija Shaw (Jamaica, Manchester City) - 78 pts
- 16 - Tabitha Chawinga (Malawi, Paris-SG) - 70 pts
- 17 - Alyssa Naeher (United States, Chicago Red Stars) - 52 pts
- 18 - Gabi Portilho (Brazil, Corinthians) - 47 pts
- 19 - Giulia Gwinn (Germany, Bayern) - 42 pts
- 20 - Lucy Bronze (England, FC Barcelona) - 40 pts
- 21 - Mayra Ramirez (Colombia, Levante, Chelsea) - 36 pts
- 22 - Glodis Viggosdottir (Iceland, Bayern) - 26 pts
- 23 = Tarciane (Brazil, Corinthians, Houston Dash) - 24 pts
- 23 = Lea Schuller (Germany, Bayern) - 24 pts
- 25 - Sjoeke Nusken (Germany, Chelsea) - 15 pts
- 26 - Yui Hasegawa (Japan, Manchester City) - 11 pts
- 27 - Manuela Giugliano (Italy, AS Roma) - 10 pts
- 28 - Lauren Hemp (England, Manchester City) - 5 pts
- 29 - Ewa Pajor (Poland, Wolfsburg) - 2 pts
- 30 - Grace Geyoro (France, Paris-SG) - 1 pt
How does voting for the Ballon d'Or Feminin actually work?
For the 2023/24 season, the Ballon d'Or Feminin was awarded by an international jury of specialist journalists with a representative from each of the top 50 countries in the FIFA rankings.
Each member of the jury placed ten players in descending order based on merit with each then awarded either 15, 12, 10, 8, 7, 5, 4, 3, 2 or 1 points.
Jurors made their decision based on the following criteria: Individual performances, decisive and impressive character, collective performances and track record, as well as class and fair play. The Ballon d'Or was then awarded to the player with the highest number of points.
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