Ballon D'Or Odds: Kane And Haaland Shorten For World's Best Player Award

Harry Kane and Erling Haaland are both making major moves on betting sites to be crowned next year's Ballon d'Or winner.

Midway through the league phase of the Champions League, the prolific strikers are catching up the early pacesetters Kylian Mbappe and Lamine Yamal.

Bayern Munich produced a sensational 2-1 win at European champions PSG, despite having two-goal hero Luis Diaz sent off just before half-time, and top the table with a perfect 12 points.

Winning the Champions League would give England captain Kane a massive chance of winning the Ballon d'Or, but Haaland also has a chance.

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The Norwegian boosted his hopes of winning the most prestigious individual trophy in football by scoring in a 4-1 victory over his former club Borussia Dortmund which left Manchester City in fourth spot and well placed to reach the knockout stage without the need of a play-off.

The season runs from August 1, 2025 to July 31, 2026, so performances at the World Cup in North America will count.

Ousmane Dembele won the Ballon d’Or in September, but who will join illustrious names such as Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo by lifting the trophy in 2026?

Ballon d’Or Odds: Mbappe On Pole 

Mbappe has burst out of the blocks for club and country this season with 21 goals across all competitions from just 18 appearances, and is now 5/2 favourite to win the Ballon d’Or.

The striker had scored in 11 consecutive matches for Real Madrid and France, only for that run to end in a 1-0 victory over Juventus in the Champions League.

Although he opened the scoring in a crucial 2-1 victory over Barcelona, followed by a double in a 4-0 win against Valencia, Mbappe failed to score in a 1-0 defeat at Liverpool which has left the 15-time European champions inside the top eight on goal difference.

The leading scorer in La Liga (13), only Victor Osimhen has scored more than his five goals in the Champions League and he is the top marksman for France in World Cup qualifying with three.

With Los Blancos five points clear at the top of La Liga, it already promises to be an excellent season for the former PSG star.

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Ballon d’Or Odds: Yamal Well Placed

To win the Ballon d’Or, a player needs to have been part of a successful team and Yamal already looks on course for silverware with club and country over the next nine months.

Yamal has netted three goals and provided four assists in La Liga for Barcelona, who are now five points adrift of leaders Real Madrid following their defeat in the Bernabeu.

The teenage winger has scored a couple of goals in the Champions League, but Barca were lucky to get a point in a thrilling 3-3 draw at Club Brugge last time out which has left them outside the top eight .

European champions Spain are the 4/1 favourites with most football betting sites to lift the World Cup for a second time, so Yamal has a great chance if Barca can deliver domestically and in Europe.

At 18 years of age, Yamal has plenty of time on his hands to win multiple Ballon d’Or awards, and he is 100/30 second favourite with QuinnBet as things stand.

Ballon d’Or Odds: Prolific Kane Stakes Claim

Michael Owen was the last English player to win the Ballon d’Or, but could Harry Kane end a 25-year wait by becoming the next one?

The England captain was rated the 10th best player in 2017 and 2018, but he has been on fire for club and country this season.

Kane has scored 12 goals from nine appearances in the Bundesliga in what has been a perfect start to the season for Bayern Munich, who have won all nine matches.

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Bayern also top the Champions League table with 12 points from four games during which the former Tottenham striker has scored five goals.

England have already qualified for next year’s World Cup and are second favourites with France to lift the trophy in North America, so Kane is clearly a livewire to win the Ballon d’Or at 7/1 on betting apps.

Haaland Looks Hot

Erling Haaland is unlikely to win the World Cup with Norway, but his goalscoring prowess this season has given Manchester City a great chance of winning the Premier League and Champions League.

His 13 Premier League goals are already seven more than his nearest challengers, and he has five in the Champions League.

Haaland was 10/1 in the Ballon d’Or betting odds at the time of our last preview, but those odds have been cut to 8/1.

Dembele Loses Momentum

PSG forward Dembele started the season well with a couple of goals in a 6-3 win at Toulouse, but missed the next seven games after picking up an injury during a World Cup qualifier against Ukraine.

Dembele has scored just once in five outings since returning to action as a second-half substitute in a 7-2 rout of Bayer Leverkusen.

A home defeat by Bayern means the French giants are no longer favourites to retain their European trophy, although they are two points clear at the top of Ligue 1 and frontrunners to win the title for a fifth consecutive time.

Dembele was 10/1 at the time of our last update, but has since drifted to 14/1 in the Ballon d'Or odds.

Bellingham Back On Song

Real Madrid midfielder Jude Bellingham, back from undergoing shoulder surgery, is 16/1 to win the Ballon d'Or. 

The England international scored the winner in El Clasico recently and made it three goals in as many games in a 4-0 victory over Valencia.

Elsewhere, Arsenal star Bukakyo Saka, Bayern Munich winger Michael Olise and eight-time Ballon d’Or winner Lionel Messi are all available at 20/1.

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Arsenal are the new favourites to win the Champions League, having won their first four games without conceding a goal.

Saka scored his second goal of the competition with a first-half penalty in a 3-0 win at Slavia Prague and as a consequence is 20/1 to win the Ballon d'Or.

Olise is enjoying another excellent season at Bayern Munich where he has four goals in the Bundesliga and tops the overall assists chart in the Champions League with four.

Messi has the most goals and assists for MLS Cup hopefuls Inter Miami, but he would surely have to win the World Cup with Argentina to stand a chance of winning the Ballon d’Or.