The 2025 Ballon d'Or ceremony is currently underway, with the Women's Ballon d'Or winner being announced. Barcelona midfielder Aitana Bonmati and Arsenal midfielder Mariona Caldentey, both Spanish internationals, were shortlisted for the final decision. Ultimately, Bonmati, who had already won the award for two consecutive years, claimed this year's Women's Ballon d'Or.
With this victory, Spanish players have now claimed the Women's Ballon d'Or for five straight years.
In 2021 and 2022, Alexia Putellas won the award consecutively for two years, and in the following three years, Bonmati achieved a historic three-peat of the Women's Ballon d'Or.
As the 2020 Ballon d'Or was cancelled, the last non-Spanish player to win the Women's Ballon d'Or dates back to 2019, when American winger Megan Rapinoe secured the honor..
