Alexia Putellas wins 2026 Ballon d’Or Féminin, tying three-win record

The Ballon d’Or account announced Alexia Putellas as its 2026 winner. The Athletic FC identifies the award as her third Ballon d’Or Féminin, tying Aitana Bonmatí’s record. B/R Football lists Putellas’s earlier wins in 2021 and 2022, followed by Bonmatí’s victories from 2023 through 2025. Putellas and Bonmatí have won every women’s Ballon d’Or from 2021 through 2026.