Just 28 points: Kane edged Mbappe in tightest Ballon d’Or vote under current system
PARIS, Oct 31 — Harry Kane won the Ballon d’Or by the smallest margin under its current voting system when h...
Harry Kane secured the 2023 Ballon d'Or award, narrowly beating Kylian Mbappe by just 28 points, in France Football's latest voting system, reported France Football. The English forward from Bayern Munich amassed 1,055 points, collecting 40 first-place votes from the 100 jurors. Mbappe, representing Real Madrid, earned 1,027 points following 23 first-place votes.
The previous smallest margin separating the winners was 41 points, achieved by Manchester City's Raheem Sterling, who edged Vinicius Junior of Real Madrid in 2024. In the previous season, Ousmane Dembele of Paris Saint-Germain won by 321 points over Lamine Yamal of Barcelona. This summer, Yamal, now with Spain's national team, came third with 881 points, 174 points behind Kane.
The prestigious Ballon d'Or is determined by a vote of journalists, one from each of the top 100 nations in FIFA's men's rankings and the top 50 for women.
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