See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred SourceBy JIM FOULERTON and TARA ANSON-WALSH, FOOTBALL REPORTER Published: 15:36 BST, 8 September 2026 | Updated: 17:03 BST, 8 September 2026
England captain Harry Kane has been nominated for the Ballon d’Or after scoring 73 goals for club and country last season.Bayern Munich’s former Tottenham striker netted 61 times for the German giants and 12 for England, helping his club to the Bundesliga title and DFB-Pokal and the Three Lions to a third-place finish at the World Cup over the summer.Winning major honours is generally the key component to winning the Ballon d'Or but Kane's 2025-26 season suggests things may pan out differently this time. Kane left some giants in his wake with those numbers, including Bayern legend Gerd Muller (72 in 1972-73), Cristiano Ronaldo (66 in both 2011-12 and 2014-15), Ronaldo (66 in 1996-97), Erling Haaland (64 in 2022-23) and Luis Suarez (64 in 2015-16).Indeed, only Lionel Messi has scored more goals for club and country in a single season, with 82 for Barcelona and Argentina in 2011-12.Kane is the bookmakers' favourite to claim the award, with Sky Bet pricing him at 4/7, ahead of Barcelona's Lamine Yamal (11/4) and Spain's World Cup-winning midfielder Rodri (9/2). Kane said of his chances: ‘Of course, now it is out of my hands, it is down to the voters and the people who decide it. Harry Kane lifted the Bundesliga title and DFB-Pokal with Bayern Munich, scoring 61 goals Kane scored six goals for England in the FIFA World Cup before the Three Lions went out to Lionel Messi's Argentina in the semi-finals
