Italian goalkeeper claims Yashin Trophy while Swedish striker receives Gerd Muller Trophy

Manchester City’s Gianluigi Donnarumma and Arsenal’s Viktor Gyokeres have both won awards at the Ballon d’Or ceremony at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris. 

Donnarumma, who joined Man City from Paris Saint-Germain earlier in September, has won the Yashin Trophy, an accolade that is given to the best goalkeeper over the last 12 months. 

Gyokeres, meanwhile, earns the Gerd Muller Trophy after scoring the most goals for club and country in 2024/25.

Second success for Donnarumma

It is the second time Donnarumma has earned the Yashin Trophy, having previously won it in 2021 with PSG.

In total, the accolade has been won four times by a Premier League goalkeeper, with Donnarumma joining Aston Villa’s Emiliano Martinez (2023 and 2024) and Liverpool’s Alisson (2019).

“There are a lot of brilliant goalkeepers around the world, so this is incredibly special to me,” Donnarumma said after winning the award.

“I am pleased with my performances over the last year and the trophies I have won, but I know I can still improve and that’s a major reason why I chose to move to Manchester City. 

“I am now fully focused on working with Pep Guardiola and his staff to develop my game even further and helping my new team to even more success.” 

Gyokeres joins Haaland

Gyokeres earns the prize after scoring a remarkable 54 goals in 52 matches for Portuguese side Sporting and for his national team Sweden.

The trophy has been awarded to the highest-scoring footballer in the previous campaign, taking into account goals scored for both club and country.

Earlier this summer, Gyokeres sealed a move to Arsenal and has since scored three Premier League goals in five appearances.

Watch: Extended highlights of Gyokeres’ Arsenal home debut

It is the second time a Premier League player has won the award, after Erling Haaland claimed the accolade for Manchester City in 2023, when he scored 56 times.

Three Premier League players named in Ballon d’Or top 10 

Of the top 30 players to be nominated for the 2025 Ballon d’Or, Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah, Chelsea’s Cole Palmer and Donnarumma were named in the top 10.

1. Ousmane Dembele (PSG)
2. Lamine Yamal (Barcelona)
3. Vitinha (PSG)
4. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
5. Raphinha (Barcelona)
6. Achraf Hakimi (PSG)
7. Kylian Mbappe (Real Madrid)
8. Cole Palmer (Chelsea)
9. Gianluigi Donnarumma (Man City)
10. Nuno Mendes (PSG)
11. Pedri (Barcelona)
12. Khvicha Kvaratskheila (PSG)
13. Harry Kane (Bayern Munich)
14. Desire Doue (PSG)
15. Viktor Gyokeres (Arsenal)
16. Vinicius Jr. (Real Madrid)
17. Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona)
18. Scott McTominay (Napoli)
19. Joao Neves (PSG)
20. Lautaro Martinez (Inter Milan)
21. Serhou Guirassy (Borussia Dortmund)
22. Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool)
23. Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid)
24. Fabian Ruiz (PSG)
25. Denzel Dumfries (Inter Milan)
26. Erling Haaland (Man City)
27. Declan Rice (Arsenal)
28. Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool)
29. Florian Wirtz (Liverpool)
30. Michael Olise (Bayern Munich)

Voting is carried out by one journalist from each of the top 100 FIFA nations for the men’s award.

Each journalist ranks 10 players, awarding 15 points for first place, followed by 12, 10, 8, 7, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point.

The judges are asked to consider three areas: Individual performance, decisiveness and impressiveness, their collective performance and track record as well as fair play. 

Salah, Palmer and Donnarumma were three of nine Premier League players out of 30 in total who were nominated for the award.

The others from the Premier League were Erling Haaland (26th place), Declan Rice (27), Virgil van Dijk (28), Florian Wirtz (29), Alexis Mac Allister (22) and Gyokeres (15).

Ballon d’Or 2025 winners

The Ballon d’Or – Ousmane Dembele
The Women’s Ballon d’Or – Aitana Bonmati
The Men’s Yashin Trophy – Gianluigi Donnarumma
The Women’s Yashin Trophy – Hannah Hampton
The Kopa Trophy – Lamine Yamal
The Kopa Trophy – Vicky Lopez
The Gerd Muller Trophy – Viktor Gyokeres
The Gerd Muller Trophy – Ewa Pajor
The Socrates Award – Xana Foundation
Men’s Club of the Year – PSG
Women’s Club of the Year – Arsenal WFC
Men’s Johan Cruyff Trophy – Luis Enrique
Women’s Johan Cruyff Trophy – Sarina Wiegman