In 2025-26: 24 goals, 13 assists. Won UEFA Women’s Nations League, Champions League, Liga F, Spanish Super Cup & Queen’s Cup.
For many, Alexia Putellas would have been a deserving winner of the 2025 Ballon d’Or Feminin. The Barcelona icon arguably looked better than ever during the 2024-25 season, putting some tough years of injury behind her to produce an other-worldly level as the Catalans won a domestic treble and reached the Champions League final.
Putellas carried that form into the 2025-26 season, where the weight of expectation was on her shoulders even more at times amid injuries in midfield to Guijarro and Bonmati. The two-time Ballon d’Or winner excelled in helping younger players around her step up to fill the absences of big names, while still producing a very impressive return of goals and assists that helped both Spain and Barca win everything possible.
Given her consistently world-class level, the track record she has in the Golden Ball voting and the role she played in Barca winning a quadruple, plus early award recognition like the Champions League Player of the Season accolade, Putellas is the front-runner for the 2026 Ballon d’Or Feminin.