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This is who the Dutch voter picked as the 2026 Ballon d'Or winner

Harry Kane won the 2026 Ballon d'Or
Harry Kane won the 2026 Ballon d'OrPhoto by FRANCK FIFE / AFP

With the 2026 Ballon d'Or awarded to Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane, the football world is eagerly awaiting the voting ballots of the 100 journalists who voted for football's most prestigious individual award. This is who the Dutch voter picked as his Ballon d'Or winner.

Harry Kane won the 2026 Ballon d'Or ahead of Real Madrid's Kylian Mbappe and FC Barcelona's Lamine Yamal following a 73-goal campaign.

France Football and L'Équipe have not yet revealed the point totals. It is expected that the full breakdown will be published on Saturday, October 31st.

On Wednesday, Frans van den Nieuwenhof, the Dutch football journalist responsible for the Netherlands' Ballon d'Or votes for the last 24 years, revealed to Voetbalprimeur who he put in his top 3.

Van den Nieuwenhof picked Kylian Mbappe as his Ballon d'Or winner, whom he picks based on individual performances rather than team performance and fair play.

"I find individual performance the most important factor, even though it's a team sport," Van den Nieuwenhof told Voetbalprimeur.

"That says that you don't pick a player from Spain per se, just because they're the world champions. That happened a lot in the past, but we saw with Messi and Ronaldo that that principle was let go of."

Behind Mbappe, Van den Nieuwenhof picked Rodri in second and Kane in third.

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