Full List Of Ballon d’Or 2025 Award Nominees

France Football, the organizers of the Ballon d’Or award, on Thursday released the nominees’ shortlist for the 2025 edition.

The list, which was determined by notable journalists across the continent, was published across their social media platforms.

The winner is chosen through a dual system of voting.

Firstly, journalists from France Football and fellow French publication L’Equipe work together to produce a combined list of 30 official nominees, based on players’ performances in the previous season.

This initial selection process sometimes also includes a small number of former players.

Then, one football journalist from each of the top 100 Fifa-ranked nations is invited to cast votes for their top 10 players in order from that shortlist.

The 10 players are awarded 15, 12, 10, 8, 7, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 point based on ranking.

Once all journalists have submitted their top 10s, points are tallied and the winner of the Ballon d’Or is the player who accrued the most points in the voting, while the rest are ranked from second to 30th.

Men’s Ballon d’Or nominees

A reminder that there are four English players in the 2025 Ballon d’Or shortlist.

Arsenal’s Declan Rice and Chelsea’s Cole Palmer are joined by Bayern Munich’s Harry Kane and Real Madrid’s Jude Bellingham in the 30-man list.

Scotland midfielder Scott McTominay, who won the Serie A title with Napoli last season, also finds a place in the nominations.

• Ousmane Dembele (PSG & France)
• Gianluigi Donnarumma (PSG & Italy)
• Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid & England)
• Desire Doue (PSG & France)
• Denzel Dumfries (Inter Milan & Netherlands)
• Serhou Guirassy (Borussia Dortmund & Guinea)
• Erling Haaland (Man City & Norway)
• Viktor Gyokeres (Arsenal & Sweden)
• Achraf Hakimi (PSG & Morocco)
• Harry Kane (Bayern Munich & England)
• Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (PSG & Georgia)
• Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona & Poland)
• Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool & Argentina)
• Lautaro Martinez (Inter Milan & Argentina)
• Scott McTominay (Napoli & Scotland)
• Kylian Mbappe (Real Madrid & France)
• Nuno Mendes (PSG & Portugal)
• Joao Neves (PSG & Portugal)
• Pedri (Barcelona & Spain)
• Cole Palmer (Chelsea & England)
• Michael Olise (Bayern Munich & France)
• Raphinha (Barcelona & Brazil)
• Declan Rice (Arsenal & England)
• Fabian Ruiz (PSG & Spain)
• Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool & Netherlands)
• Vinicius Jr (Real Madrid & Brazil)
• Mohamed Salah (Liverpool & Egypt)
• Florian Wirtz (Liverpool & Germany)
• Vitinha (PSG & Portugal)
• Lamine Yamal (Barcelona & Spain)

Women’s Ballon d’Or nominees
There are five of England’s Euro 2025-winning squad in the Women’s Ballon d’Or shortlist.

Captain Leah Williamson, Lucy Bronze, Alessia Russo, Chloe Kelly and Hannah Hampton all make the list after the Lionesses successfully defended their title in Switzerland this summer.

Scotland’s Real Madrid midfielder Caroline Weir is along among the nominees.

• Lucy Bronze (Chelsea & England)
• Barbra Banda (Orlando Pride & Zambia)
• Aitana Bonmati (Barcelona & Spain)
• Sandy Baltimore (Chelsea & France)
• Mariona Caldentey (Arsenal & Spain)
• Klara Buhl (Bayern Munich & Germany)
• Sofia Cantore (Washington Spirit & Italy)
• Steph Catley (Arsenal & Australia)
• Melchie Dumornay (Lyon & Haiti)
• Temwa Chawinga (Kansas City Current & Malawi)
• Emily Fox (Arsenal & USA)
• Cristiana Girelli (Juventus & Italy)
• Esther Gonzalez (Gotham & Spain)
• Caroline Graham Hansen (Barcelona & Norway)
• Patri Guijarro (Barcelona & Spain)
• Amanda Gutierres (Palmeiras & Brazil)
• Hannah Hampton (Chelsea & England)
• Pernille Harder (Bayern Munich & Denmark)
• Lindsey Heaps (Lyon & USA)
• Chloe Kelly (Arsenal & England)
• Marta (Orlando Pride & Brazil)
• Frida Leonhardsen Maanum (Arsenal & Norway)
• Ewa Pajor (Barcelona & Poland)
• Clara Mateo (Paris FC & France)
• Alessia Russo (Arsenal & England)
• Claudia Pina (Barcelona & Spain)
• Alexia Putellas (Barcelona & Spain)
• Johanna Rytting Kaneryd (Chelsea & Sweden)
• Caroline Weir (Real Madrid & Scotland)
• Leah Williamson (Arsenal & England)

Yachine Trophy nominees
Here’s a look at the players who will battle to become the best goalkeeper in the world in both the men’s and women’s categories.

Liverpool’s Alisson Becker, Aston Villa’s Emiliano Martinez, Arsenal’s David Raya and Nottingham Forest’s Matz Sels are named in the men’s shortlist.

Meanwhile, England and Chelsea keeper Hannah Hampton looks one of the favourites to win it among the women.

Men’s Yachine Trophy nominees:

• Alisson Becker (Liverpool & Brazil)
• Yassine Bounou (Al-Hilal & Morocco)
• Lucas Chevalier (Lille & France)
• Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid & Belgium)
• Gianluigi Donnarumma (PSG & Italy)
• Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa & Argentina)
• Jan Oblak (Atletico Madrid & Slovenia)
• David Raya (Arsenal & Spain)
• Matz Sels (Nottingham Forest & Belgium)
• Yann Sommer (Inter Milan)

Women’s Yachine Trophy nominees:

• Ann-Katrin Berger (Gotham FC & Germany)
• Cata Coll (Barcelona & Spain)
• Hannah Hampton (Chelsea & England)
• Chiamaka Nnadozie (Brighton & Nigeria)
• Daphne van Domselaar (Arsenal & Netherlands)

Coach of the Year nominees

Four managers who ply their trade in English domestic leagues are named – Premier League managers Enzo Maresca and Arne Slot as well as WSL bosses Sonia Bompastor and Renee Slegers along with Lionesses head coach Sarina Wiegman.

Men’s Team Coach of the Year Trophy nominees:

• Antonio Conte (Napoli)
• Luis Enrique (Paris St-Germain)
• Hansi Flick (Barcelona)
• Enzo Maresca (Chelsea)
• Arne Slot (Liverpool)

Women’s Team Coach of the Year nominees:

• Sonia Bompastor (Chelsea)
• Arthur Elias (Brazil)
• Justine Madugu (Nigeria)
• Renee Slegers (Arsenal)
• Sarina Wiegman (England)

Kopa Trophy nominees

Men’s Kopa Trophy nominees:

• Pau Cubarsi (Barcelona & Spain)
• Ayyoub Bouaddi (Lille)
• Desire Doue (PSG & France)
• Estevao Willian (Chelsea & Brazil)
• Dean Huijsen (Real Madrid & Spain)
• Myles Lewis-Skelly (Arsenal & England)
• Rodrigo Mora (Porto & Portugal)
• Joao Neves (PSG & Portugal)
• Lamine Yamal (Barcelona & Spain)
• Kenan Yildiz (Juventus & Turkey)

Women’s Kopa Trophy nominees:

• Michelle Agyemang (Arsenal & England)
• Linda Caicedo (Real Madrid & Colombia)
• Wieke Kaptein (Chelsea & Netherlands )
• Claudia Martinez Ovando (Club Olimpia & Paraguay)
• Vicky Lopez (Barcelona & Spain)