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- Mo Salah moves into odds-on favourite for the 2025 Ballon d'Or award
- Former favourite Kylian Mbappe sits at 3/1 in market
- Rodri was crowned winner of the 2024 Ballon d'Or
Mo Salah moves into odds-on favourite for the 2025 Ballon d'Or award
Liverpool forward Mo Salah has shortened into the favourite with Betting Sites to win the 2025 Ballon d'Or with his odds slashed in the past month after his fantastic season continued.
After 28 Premier League games so far this season, Salah has scored 25 goals and made 17 assists and is on course to fire Liverpool to the title.
The Egyptian's consistency this season has seen his odds tumble week-by-week with the beginning of February seeing him out at 3/1 in the market to win the prestigious award.
William Hill have now moved Salah into the clear favourite at 10/11 to win the Ballon d'Or with those odds implying a 52.4% chance that he is crowned later this year.
| 2025 Ballon d'Or Winner | Odds | Probability |
|---|---|---|
| Mohamed Salah | 10/11 | 52.4% |
| Kylian Mbappe | 3/1 | 25.0% |
| Vinicius Junior | 10/1 | 9.1% |
| Raphinha | 14/1 | 6.7% |
| Virgil van Dijk | 20/1 | 4.8% |
What the expert says...
Former favourite Kylian Mbappe sits at 3/1 in market
Real Madrid striker Kylian Mbappe is the 3/1 second favourite in the betting market for the Ballon d'Or with his debut season at the Spanish giants proving his quality.
Mbappe has scored 28 goals in 38 games across all competitions for Real so far this season and is just 9 goals away from breaking the record of the best debut season for the club.
Iván Zamorano scored 37 goals in 45 games in his debut season at Real back in 1992/93 and it looks increasingly likely that Mbappe will smash through that record this campaign.
Rodri was crowned winner of the 2024 Ballon d'Or
Manchester City midfielder Rodri was the recipient of the 2024 Ballon d'Or award despite months of Vinicius Junior sitting as favourite.
OLBG reported on the morning of October 28 that Vini Jr had moved from 1/6 favourite out to 12/1 after various leaks that Rodri would be crowned winner at the ceremony.
Real Madrid's whole entourage then refused to attend the event and Rodri was given the award after yet another massive season for City and winning Euro 2024 campaign for Spain.
