The Best FIFA award: Who Mohamed Salah, Harry Kane and other captains voted for

Paris Saint-Germain forward Ousmane Dembélé beat out Barcelona wonderkind Lamine Yamal to win the 2025 Best FIFA Men's Player award at a ceremony in Qatar on Tuesday.

The award replicated the result of the Ballon dOr, which also saw Dembélé edge Yamal. But, unlike the Ballon d'Or, the FIFA the Best is decided a little differently.

Voting for the awards was split into four sources: Each FIFA-registered national team's captain and one nominated coach per team were eligible, as was one nominated journalist per country, and an online fan vote.

Each group had to choose their top three from each category, which would award them five, three or one point.

Here's how notable international captains voted:

Lionel Messi (Argentina)

1st: Ousmane Dembélé
2nd: Kylian Mbappé
3rd: Lamine Yamal

Mohamed Salah (Egypt)

1st: Achraf Hakimi
2nd: Ousmane Dembélé
3rd: Kylian Mbappé

Harry Kane (England)

1st: Ousmane Dembélé
2nd: Vitinha
3rd: Mohamed Salah

Son Heung-min (South Korea)

1st: Ousmane Dembélé
2nd: Harry Kane
3rd: Lamine Yamal

Martin Ødegaard (Norway)

1st: Ousmane Dembélé
2nd: Vitinha
3rd: Harry Kane

Andy Robertson (Scotland)

1st: Mohamed Salah
2nd: Ousmane Dembélé
3rd: Nuno Mendes

Luka Modric (Croatia)

1st: Vitinha
2nd: Ousmane Dembélé
3rd: Lamine Yamal

Joshua Kimmich (Germany)

1st: Vitinha
2nd: Harry Kane
3rd: Pedri

Dominik Szoboszlai (Hungary)

1st: Mohamed Salah
2nd: Ousmane Dembélé
3rd: Kylian Mbappé

Gianluigi Donnarumma (Italy)

1st: Ousmane Dembélé
2nd: Achraf Hakimi
3rd: Lamine Yamal

Achraf Hakimi (Morocco)

1st: Kylian Mbappé
2nd: Ousmane Dembélé
3rd: Raphinha

Virgil van Dijk (Netherlands)

1st: Mohamed Salah
2nd: Ousmane Dembélé
3rd: Nuno Mendes

Bernardo Silva (Portugal)

1st: Vitinha
2nd: Nuno Mendes
3rd: Ousmane Dembélé

Robert Lewandowski (Poland)

1st: Lamine Yamal
2nd: Raphinha
3rd: Pedri

Riyad Mahrez (Algeria)

1st: Ousmane Dembélé
2nd: Achraf Hakimi
3rd: Kylian Mbappé

David Alaba (Austria)

1st: Kylian Mbappé
2nd: Achraf Hakimi
3rd: Ousmane Dembélé

Youri Tielemans (Belgium)

1st: Ousmane Dembélé
2nd: Lamine Yamal
3rd: Vitinha

Edin Dzeko (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

1st: Ousmane Dembélé
2nd: Lamine Yamal
3rd: Mohamed Salah

Alphonso Davies (Canada)

1st: Harry Kane
2nd: Ousmane Dembélé
3rd: Lamine Yamal

James Rodríguez (Colombia)

1st: Ousmane Dembélé
2nd: Kylian Mbappé
3rd: Lamine Yamal

Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Denmark)

1st: Ousmane Dembélé
2nd: Kylian Mbappé
3rd: Harry Kane

Aleksandar Mitrovic (Serbia)

1st: Ousmane Dembélé
2nd: Kylian Mbappé
3rd: Vitinha

Jan Oblak (Slovenia)

1st: Ousmane Dembélé
2nd: Raphinha
3rd: Lamine Yamal

Unai Simón (Spain)

1st: Lamine Yamal
2nd: Pedri
3rd: Nuno Mendes

Tim Ream (United States)

1st: Ousmane Dembélé
2nd: Kylian Mbappé
3rd: Nuno Mendes