Ballon d'Or Féminin

The Ballon d'Or Féminin, also known as the Women's Ballon d'Or, is an association football award presented by France Football that honours the best female association football player. It was first awarded in 2018, with Ada Hegerberg of Norway women's national football team becoming the inaugural recipient of the award.[2]

Women's Ballon d'Or
Women's Ballon d'Or
Date	December 3, 2018 (2018-12-03)
Location	Paris
Country	France
Presented by	France Football
First awarded	2018
Current holder	Megan Rapinoe (1st award)[1]
Website	francefootball.fr
Related	Ballon d'Or

Winners

Ada Hegerberg, the inaugural winner of the Ballon d'Or Féminin.

Year	Rank	Player	Club(s)	Points
2018	1st	Ada Hegerberg	Lyon	136
	2nd	Pernille Harder	Wolfsburg	130
	3rd	Dzsenifer Marozsán	Lyon	86
2019	1st	Megan Rapinoe	OL Reign	230
	2nd	Lucy Bronze	Lyon	94
	3rd	Alex Morgan	Orlando Pride	68
2020	Not Awarded due to the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic[3]

Wins by player

Player	Winner	Second place	Third place
Ada Hegerberg	1 (2018)	–	–
Megan Rapinoe	1 (2019)	–	–
Pernille Harder	–	1 (2018)	–
Lucy Bronze	–	1 (2019)	–
Dzsenifer Marozsán	–	–	1 (2018)
Alex Morgan	–	–	1 (2019)

Wins by country

Country	Players	Wins
Norway	1	1
United States	1	1

Wins by club

Club	Players	Wins
Olympique Lyonnais Féminin	1	1
Reign FC	1	1

See also

• List of sports awards honoring women
• The Best FIFA Women's Player
• FIFA Women's World Player of the Year
• The Best FIFA Football Awards

References

1. "Megan Rapinoe wins Women's Ballon d'Or, Lucy Bronze second". BBC. 2 December 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
2. Aarons, Ed (4 December 2018). "Ada Hegerberg: first women's Ballon d'Or marred as winner is asked to twerk". The Guardian. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
3. "THE BALLON D'OR® WILL NOT BE AWARDED IN 2020". L'Equipe. 20 July 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2020.