Who will win 2026 Ballon d'Or Feminin? Clear favourite emerges ahead of ceremony

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Tanner, J. (2026, October 26). Who will win 2026 Ballon d'Or Feminin? Clear favourite emerges ahead of ceremony. Evening Standard. https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/ballon-dor-feminin-2026-latest-odds-b1301797.html

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Evening Standard · collected 2026-10-26 · by Jack Tanner

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Alexia Putellas, a London City Lionesses star and two-time Ballon d’Or Féminin winner, is the clear favorite with a 94 percent chance of winning the 2026 award according to prediction market Polymarket. Her closest competitor is Ewa Pajor, who scored 31 goals in 40 games for Barcelona last season and was the Women’s Champions League top scorer with 11 goals in 10 matches, though she has only a 4 percent chance of winning the award.

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Alexia Putellas remains the clear favorite to win the 2026 Ballon d'Or Feminin, with a 94% chance according to Polymarket prediction market. The London City Lionesses star has won the award consecutively in 2023, 2024, and 2025. Her closest competitor is Ewa Pajor, who has a 4% chance after scoring 31 goals and providing 12 assists for Barcelona last season. Despite Pajor's impressive performance, Putellas was named player of the Women’s Champions League, further solidifying her position as the frontrunner.

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Topics

Barcelona London City Lionesses Poland Polymarket WSL

Subjects

Barcelona ORG · 4× Putellas PERSON · 4× Polymarket ORG · 3× Aitana Bonmati PERSON · 2× Ewa Pajor PERSON · 2× London City Lionesses ORG · 2× Pajor PERSON · 2× Poland GPE · 1× WSL ORG · 1× the Women’s Champions League ORG · 1×

Narrative

Aitana Bonmati broke her teammate Putellas’ record of consecutive Ballon d’Or Féminin wins, receiving the trophy in 2023, 2024, and 2025. 2026 Ballon d’Or Féminin odds Alexia Putellas: 94% Ewa Pajor: 4% Aitana Bonmati: 1% Caroline Graham Hansen: <1% Alessia Russo: <1% Alex Greenwood: <1% (Odds via Polymarket, subject to change.)

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2026-10-26 · Evening Standard

Who will win 2026 Ballon d'Or Feminin? Clear favourite emerges ahead of ceremony · assertive framing

Claims (8 extracted, 1 hedged)

The London City Lionesses star currently has a 94 per cent chance of winning the award according to prediction market Polymarket. uncertain

star → have → Polymarket

Putellas won the Ballon d’Or Féminin in 2021 and 2022, becoming the first female player to win the award in consecutive years. asserted

Putellas → win → years

The women’s football world was shocked this summer when Putellas signed a three-year deal with WSL outfit London City Lionesses, leaving the most successful women’s side in Europe on a free transfer. asserted

Putellas → sign → transfer

Pajor is backed by 4.6% of the market after scoring 31 goals in 40 games for Barcelona last season, providing 12 assists to teammates. asserted

Pajor → back → teammates

The Poland national team captain was the leading scorer in the Women’s Champions League with 11 goals in 10 matches, helping Barcelona to their fourth title. asserted

captain → lead → title

Despite Pajor’s goals, Putellas was named player of the competition, a further argument for the Spaniard to win the Ballon d’Or. asserted

Spaniard → name → d’Or

Another Barcelona player is third favourite, albeit with less than 1% of shares on the market backing her. asserted

% → back → her

Bonmati → break → change

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