Harry Kane

Harry Kane was the bookmakers' favourite going into the Ballon d'Or ceremony on 26 October 2026, held in London [3]. The FA's profile of England's nominees says it is the first ceremony held outside Paris [2]. No source used for this page gives the result, so the page does not name a winner. What follows is the record that put Kane in the race, his club situation and the points still unconfirmed.

Bundesliga top scorer for a third year

Kane finished the 2025/26 Bundesliga season on 36 goals, including a hat-trick in a 5-1 win over Cologne on Matchday 34 [8]. The league's report, dated 16 May 2026, says he became the first player to win the top scorer award in each of his first three seasons in the Bundesliga [8]. It notes that Robert Lewandowski is the only other player to win the award three years in a row [8].

The FA's shortlist profile lists 36 Bundesliga goals in 31 league appearances, 100 goals in 104 competitive appearances for Bayern, a European Golden Shoe and a third straight Bundesliga top-scorer award [2]. It credits his Bayern form with “extraordinary scoring” [2]. Sky Sports said he was the bookmakers' favourite to be crowned, but its article quotes no odds [3]. The FA's profile says the accumulated voting points decide the prizes at the ceremony [2].

From Tottenham to Bayern

Bayern Munich signed Kane from Tottenham Hotspur in August 2023 in a club-record deal, on a four-year contract [4]. TNT described Bayern as the German champions at the time [4]. TNT reported a potential fee of €120 million (£104m) [4]. The figure was described as potential, not as a confirmed price. TNT says it would have surpassed the €80 million (£68m) Bayern paid for Lucas Hernández from Atlético Madrid in 2019, their previous club record [4].

His Tottenham years had their own records. Tottenham's 2019 article put his England tally at 25 goals in 40 caps while he played for the club [6]. Its 2022 feature listed Jimmy Greaves' 266 Spurs goals as the record he was chasing [7].

England's record scorer

Kane made his England debut against Lithuania in March 2015 and scored 79 seconds after coming off the bench [7]. The FA's feature from September 2024 counted 99 caps and 66 goals before his 100th cap, which was due against Finland at Wembley [1]. In those 99 games he also had 17 assists [1].

The goals came under two managers. Under Roy Hodgson he scored five in 16 games, and under Gareth Southgate he scored 61 in 81 [1]. He has scored a record 25 goals in 34 games at Wembley for England [1].

In qualifying he scored 17 goals in 14 World Cup qualifiers and 23 goals, with eight assists, in 21 EURO qualifiers [1]. Against San Marino he scored four goals, the first England player to do so since Ian Wright in November 1993 [1].

In March 2023 he scored against Italy to pass Wayne Rooney's 53 and become England's record goalscorer [1]. Rooney's total came in 120 caps between 2003 and 2018 [7]. Earlier, in a Nations League match against Germany, a late equaliser made Kane only the second England player to reach 50 goals, moving him above Bobby Charlton's 49 [7]. He has faced 44 countries for England, most often Italy (six games) and Switzerland (five), and has scored or assisted against all but ten of them [1].

Major tournaments and hat-tricks

The FA counts 15 goals at major tournaments, the most in England's history, from 29 major-tournament appearances: 8 goals in 11 World Cup matches and 7 in 18 EURO finals matches [1]. The 2026 FA profile raises his World Cup total to 14 and calls him England's leading men's World Cup scorer, ahead of Gary Lineker [2].

He has five England hat-tricks, against Panama, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Albania and San Marino [1]. The Bulgaria treble took him to 25 international goals and moved him above Geoff Hurst into England's top 15 all-time scorers [6].

At the 2018 World Cup England reached the semi-finals and Kane won the Golden Boot [7]. At Euro 2020 he scored four goals in three games to take England to the final [7]. He had been named England captain in 2017 [7]. The 2026 FA profile also records a record number of caps as England captain, passing Bobby Moore, and 125 senior caps, equalling Peter Shilton [2].

Contract talks at Bayern

Kane's deal expires at the end of the current season, and the extension talks aim to keep him at the club beyond 2027 [5].

On 29 August 2026 he confirmed that talks had started. “The first meeting started last week,” he said, adding that “there's no panic from either side” [5]. He also said “I'm sure we'll get to a point where both sides are happy” [5].

The sources used here confirm talks, not a signed deal. The most recent of them is dated 29 August 2026 and does not report an agreement [5].

What this page does not confirm

The result of the 2026 Ballon d'Or was not found in any source opened for this page, so the page does not say who won. Kane's date and place of birth are also left out, because no source opened for this page stated them. Bayern Munich's own website did not load during research, so the club-side facts above come from the FA, the Bundesliga, Tottenham and the press.