Ballon d'Or går till Karim Benzema och Alexia Putellas

Alexia Putellas Segura (born 4 February 1994) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Primera División club Barcelona, whom she captains, and the Spain national team. She is widely regarded as the best female footballer in the world.Putellas has played for Barcelona since 2012 after spending most of her youth career in the ranks of Espanyol. Since joining Barcelona, she has won six league titles, seven Copas de la Reina, and one UEFA Women's Champions League title. In Barcelona's 2020–21 season, she played an essential role as her team won the UEFA Women's Champions League as well as a continental treble, both for the first time in their history. Putellas later went on to win the UEFA Women's Player of the Year Award, the Ballon d'Or Féminin, and The Best FIFA Women's Player in 2021, becoming the first player to win all three in the same year. In 2022, Putellas won the UEFA Women's Player of the Year award for the second consecutive year, as well as the Ballon d'Or Féminin. On the international stage, Putellas had success with Spain's youth national teams, winning two UEFA Women's U-17 Euros in 2010 and 2011 as well as finishing second place in the 2012 UEFA Women's U-19 Euro. She made her debut for Spain's senior national team in 2012, and has since featured in three major international competitions with the team- Spain's Women's World Cup debut in 2015, the 2017 UEFA Women's Euro, and the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. As of 2022, Putellas has the second-most all-time appearances for FC Barcelona Femení behind former left back Melanie Serrano, and is currently their second-highest all-time scorer behind former striker Jennifer Hermoso. She also holds the record of most appearances for Spain with 100 caps, surpassing Marta Torrejón's previous record of 90 caps in 2021.

Karim Mostafa Benzema (born 19 December 1987) is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker for La Liga club Real Madrid, who he captains, and the France national team. A creative and prolific forward known for his playmaking and finishing, Benzema is often regarded as one of the best strikers of all time. He ranks as Real Madrid's all-time second-highest goalscorer and top assist provider.Born in Lyon to Algerian parents, Benzema began his senior career with hometown club Olympique Lyonnais in 2005, contributing sporadically to three Ligue 1 title wins. In 2008, he was named the league's Player of the Year and in the Team of the Year having finished as the league's top goalscorer and winning his fourth league title and first Coupe de France. In 2009, Benzema was the subject of a then French record football transfer when signed for Real Madrid in a transfer worth €35 million. After struggling to establish himself in his debut season, he eventually achieved a consistent goalscoring rate with the club, and notably went on to be part of a highly rated trio alongside Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale — dubbed BBC — who were integral to a period where Real Madrid won four UEFA Champions League titles from 2014 to 2018. Following Ronaldo's departure in 2018, Benzema transitioned from the false 9 position into a sole striker. His prominence in Real Madrid's squad significantly increased, with him being named in the La Liga Team of the Season in 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21 and 2021–22, awarded the league's Best Player in 2019–20 and 2021–22, and also winning the Pichichi Trophy in 2021–22. Captaining the team, his notable career-high performances during Real Madrid's victory in the 2021–22 Champions League have been hailed as one of the finest individual campaigns in the competition's history, in addition to becoming the top scorer and winning the Player of the Season award. Benzema has won 23 trophies with Real Madrid, including four La Liga, two Copa del Rey, and five Champions League titles. A French international, Benzema won the 2004 UEFA European Under-17 Championship and made his senior debut for France in 2007, at age 19. He has since earned over 90 caps, including scoring in three and appearing in four major tournaments: the 2008, 2012 and 2020 editions of the UEFA European Championship, and the 2014 FIFA World Cup. He scored his first goal in a friendly against Austria, and ranks as his nation's fifth-highest all-time top goalscorer. Benzema was controversially left out of the squad for the 2010 World Cup, and did not play for France for over five years after being implicated in a scandal in 2015; he returned to the squad for Euro 2020. He has been named French Player of the Year by France Football four times.