Achraf Hakimi ended the 2026 Ballon d'Or vote in 13th place with 65 points, according to Goal.com, which reported the full ranking after France Football published the results on Friday evening. The Paris Saint-Germain right-back was well adrift of the winner, England striker Harry Kane, who collected 1,055 points.
Kane, who plays for Bayern Munich, took the award by a wide margin after a season in which he scored 73 goals for club and country, Goal.com reports. The gap between first and thirteenth place underlines how decisively the voting panel settled on the Bayern forward.
Why it matters
For Hakimi, a 13th-place finish is a measure of where he sits in the wider recognition of the game's best players, even in a period when his club career has been highly successful. Goal.com notes that the Moroccan international has won each of the last two Champions League titles, and he was part of the PSG side that lifted the trophy again in the most recent campaign.
The result also illustrates the weighting of the Ballon d'Or system. A defender who contributes to a European champion can still finish outside the top ten when forwards dominate the ballots, and Hakimi's 65 points reflect that pattern. His placing is nonetheless a notable marker for a full-back in a vote that heavily rewards goalscoring.
How the voting worked
The Ballon d'Or jury was made up of 100 specialist journalists, each of whom ranked ten players. Points were distributed on a fixed scale: 15 for first place, followed by 12, 10, 8, 7, 5, 4, 3, 2 and one point for tenth. That structure means a player's total depends on how often he appeared on individual ballots and how high he was placed.
Hakimi's 65 points came from that same pool of votes. Goal.com did not break down how many ballots included him or at which positions, only his final tally and ranking.
The wider field
Kane's victory came at the head of a field that included several of the game's most prominent attackers. Goal.com reports that Kylian Mbappé impressed at Real Madrid, while Lamine Yamal reinforced his standing among the leading young players in world football.
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia was credited with a central role in PSG's Champions League success, Erling Haaland continued to score heavily for Manchester City, and Michael Olise produced a strong season at Bayern Munich. Those names formed part of the competitive context around Hakimi's finish.
The ranking places Hakimi among the recognised elite but outside the podium conversation for this edition. For PSG, the result is a reminder that the club's European achievements were reflected in the voting through more than one player, with Kvaratskhelia's contribution specifically highlighted by Goal.com.
What to watch next: whether Hakimi's standing in future Ballon d'Or votes shifts as his trophy record grows, and how the voting panel weighs defenders against forwards in the seasons ahead.
