Breaking! Ballon d’Or voting results leaked. Who is leading?

The Ballon d’Or race has taken another dramatic turn.

Details: According to MatchDay Central, alleged leaks from the 2026 Ballon d’Or voting currently place Lamine Yamal in first position. The report claims the Barcelona winger is ahead of two other major contenders for the award — Kylian Mbappé and Harry Kane.

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However, the information should be treated with caution. The shared report does not include an official Ballon d’Or voting table or a document confirming the alleged order. At the time of publication, the official Ballon d’Or resources list the nominees and information about the ceremony, but do not provide a public interim voting ranking.

All three players mentioned in the report are officially among the 30 nominees for the 2026 award. Yamal continues to represent Barcelona, Mbappé plays for Real Madrid, while Kane remains with Bayern Munich. The winner will officially be revealed at the Ballon d’Or ceremony in London on October 26.

It is worth noting that the official Ballon d’Or website credits Mbappé with nine career nominations, Kane with eight and Yamal with three. The Spanish winger is still only 19 years old, making his presence among the leading names of the race particularly remarkable.

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