2023 Women’s Ballon d’Or ranking sees Aitana Bonmati bagging the award with Nigeria Asisat Oshoala making the top 20.
The midfielder picked up her prize in Paris on Monday ahead of several others (30 in number) who were nominated for the award.
The award is a new trophy on the women’s football scene, but lifting the Golden Ball is quickly becoming a dream for many of the world’s best female players.
Spaniard Aitana Bonmati was confirmed as the winner of the 2023 edition after a memorable 12 months for the women’s game.
Bonmati had her name on the list of Women’s Ballon d’Or winners after her display for Spain at the World Cup, winning the Golden Ball as the tournament MVP.
Aside from Bonmati, there were 29 other players nominated for the award ahead of the ceremony in Paris with the France Football, organizers of the award revealing the final rankings.
2023 Women’s Ballon d’Or Official Ranking
- Aitana Bonmati (Barcelona)
- Sam Kerr (Chelsea)
- Salma Paralluelo (Barcelona)
- Fridolina Rolfo (Barcelona)
- Mary Earps (Manchester United)
- Olga Carmona (Real Madrid)
- Alexandra Popp (Wolfsburg)
- Patricia Guijarro (Barcelona)
- Linda Caicedo (Real Madrid)
- Rachel Daly (Aston Villa)
- Millie Bright (Chelsea)
- Hinata Miyazawa (MyNavi Sendai)
- Lena Oberdorf (Wolfsburg)
- Kadidiatou Diani (Lyon)
- Amanda Ilestedt (Arsenal)
- Mapi Leon (Barcelona)
- Hayley Raso (Real Madrid)
- Ewa Pajor (Wolfsburg)
- Guro Reiten (Chelsea)
- Asisat Oshoala (Barcelona)
- Alba Redondo (Levante)
- Katie McCabe (Arsenal)
- Georgia Stanway (Bayern Munich)
- Khadija Shaw (Manchester City)
- Sophia Smith (Portland Thorns)
- Wendie Renard (Lyon)
- Yui Hasegawa (Manchester City)
- Debinha (KC Current)
- Jill Roord (Manchester City)
- Daphne van Domselaar (Aston Villa)
What Is The Women’s Ballon d’Or?
The Women’s Ballon d’Or, or Ballon d’Or Féminin, is an association football prize given out by France Football to the player who was judged to have played the best during the previous season.
It was given out for the first time in 2018 to a Norwegian woman named Ada Hegerberg.
The only players to have been nominated for the award each year since its introduction (2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023) are French defender Wendie Renard and Australian attacker Sam Kerr.
The only player that consistently ranks in the top 7 and among the top 20 nominees each year is Sam Kerr.
Alexia Putellas, the captain of Barcelona, made history in 2022 by being the first player to win the accolade twice in a row.
Aitana Bonmati
Aitana Bonmatí Conca is a Spanish professional footballer who was born on 18 January 1998 and plays as a central midfielder for Liga F club Barcelona and Spain women’s national team.
She won the Ballon D’Or in 2023 and is regarded as one of the top players in women’s football.
Similar to Lionel Messi, the winner of the Men’s prize, Bonmatí developed through La Masia throughout her six years with Barcelona, having joined the team in 2012.
She significantly increased her goal-scoring ability in the 2022–2023 season, scoring 19 goals across all competitions and leading her team to win another domestic league and Champions League double.
