England captain Harry Kane has won the Ballon d’Or for 2026.

The announcement was made within the last 30 minutes at a star-studded event at London’s Palladium Theatre.

Kane, in the process became the fifth Englishman to win the award and first since Michael Owen lifted the trophy in 2001.

Kane had a monster calendar year scoring 73 goals for German champions Bayern Munich and England.

The 33 year old striker won the award ahead of other global names, the likes of Lamine Yamal, and Kylian Mbappe among others.

Kane also led his country to their best World Cup finish since they won the tournament in 1966.

England won the third and fourth place match to win the bronze medal as Kane finished as the fifth top scorer for the tournament.

Spain dominated the function, winning the first six awards including Barcelona captain Alexia Putella winning the female player of the year.

Yamal was named young player of the year, Unai Simon, goalkeeper of the year, Cato Coll, female goalkeeper of the year, Perre Romeu, women’s team coach of the year, Luis de la Fuente men’s coach of the year and Vicky Lopez, young female player of the year.