The nominees for the 2025 Ballon d’Or, best U21 player, keeper, coach and club awards have officially been announced.
The Ballon d’Or winner is selected through a two-stage process: France Football and L’Equipe journalists create a 30-player shortlist, then one journalist from each of the top 100 FIFA-ranked nations votes, assigning points (15 to 1) to their top 10.
The player with the most points wins; ties are broken by first-place votes, then second-place, and so on. Lionel Messi holds the record with eight wins, followed by Cristiano Ronaldo with five. The women’s Ballon d’Or, started in 2018, uses a similar process but with 50 journalists voting.
It has been won twice by Aitana Bonmati and Alexia Putellas, and once by Ada Hegerberg and Megan Rapinoe.
There are eight players who currently play in the Premier League up for the Ballon d’Or this year with Liverpool having the most.
Those includes Declan Rice, Cole Palmer, Florian Wirtz, Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk, Alexis Mac Allister, Erling Haaland and Prem new boy Viktor Gyokeres and Florian Wirtz.
The Premier League tweeted following the announcement:
“A third Premier League season full of goals for Erling Haaland”
“Viktor Gyokeres brings his goalscoring talents to the Premier League”
“Alexis Mac Allister a star performer in Liverpool’s incredible Premier League winning campaign”
“Cole Palmer, he just keeps getting colder”
“Declan Rice, a midfield maestro with some HUGE moments last season for Arsenal”
“Virgil van Dijk, Liverpool’s leader. Dominant in defence.”
“Mo Salah, Premier League winner. Player of the Season. Top goalscorer. Most assists. What more can be said about his iconic 2024/25 season?”
“Florian Wirtz, ready to light up the stage at Liverpool.”
“Nominated among the best managers in the world 🌍 Congratulations to Arne Slot and Enzo Maresca! #BallonDor”
BBC Sport write: “It probably comes as no surprise, but there is no space on the list for England duo Trent Alexander-Arnold, who is now a Real Madrid player, or Bukayo Saka who may feel slightly aggrieved to miss out despite an injury ravished end to the 2024-25 campaign.
“And, despite being the one positive in a dreadful season for Man Utd, Bruno Fernandes isn’t on the list either.”
Men’s Ballon d’Or nomineesOusmane 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 nomineesLucy 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)
Women’s Kopa Trophy (best under-21 player) nomineesVoted by past Ballon d’Or winnersMichelle Agyemang (Arsenal & England)Linda Caicedo (Real Madrid & Colombia)Wieke Kaptein (Chelsea & Netherlands )Claudia Martinez Ovando (Club Olimpia & Paraguay)Vicky Lopez (Barcelona & Spain)
Men’s Kopa Trophy (best under-21 player) nomineesVoted by past Ballon d’Or winnersPau 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 Yachine Trophy (best goalkeeper) nomineesVoted by journalistsAnn-Katrin Berger (Gotham FC & Germany)Cata Coll (Barcelona & Spain)Hannah Hampton (Chelsea & England)Chiamaka Nnadozie (Brighton & Nigeria)Daphne van Domselaar (Arsenal & Netherlands)
Mne’s Yachine Trophy (best goalkeeper) nomineesVoted by journalistsAlisson 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 Team Coach of the Year Trophy nomineesSonia Bompastor (Chelsea)Arthur Elias (Brazil)Justine Madugu (Nigeria)Renee Slegers (Arsenal)Sarina Wiegman (England)
Men’s Team Coach of the Year Trophy nomineesAntonio Conte (Napoli)Luis Enrique (Paris St-Germain)Hansi Flick (Barcelona)Enzo Maresca (Chelsea)Arne Slot (Liverpool)
Women’s Club of the Year nomineesArsenal (England)Barcelona (Spain)Chelsea (England)OL Lyonnes (France)Orlando Pride (United States)
Men’s Club of the Year nomineesBarcelona (Spain)Botafogo (Brazil)Chelsea (England)Liverpool (England)Paris St-Germain (France)
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PREVIOUS WINNERS:
19561st Stanley Matthews – Blackpool – pts 472nd Alfredo Di Stéfano – Real Madrid – pts 443rd Raymond Kopa – Real Madrid – pts 33
19571st Alfredo Di Stéfano (1) – Real Madrid – pts 722nd Billy Wright – Wolverhampton Wanderers – pts 193rd Duncan Edwards – Manchester United – pts 163rd Raymond Kopa – Real Madrid – pts 16
19581st Raymond Kopa – Real Madrid – pts 712nd Helmut Rahn – Rot-Weiss Essen – pts 403rd Just Fontaine – Reims – pts 23
19591st Alfredo Di Stéfano (2) – Real Madrid – pts 802nd Raymond Kopa – Reims – pts 423rd John Charles – Juventus – pts 24
19601st Luis Suárez – Barcelona – pts 542nd Ferenc Puskás – Real Madrid – pts 373rd Uwe Seeler – Hamburger SV – pts 33
19611st Omar Sívori – Juventus – pts 462nd Luis Suárez – Inter Milan – pts 403rd Johnny Haynes – Fulham – pts 22
19621st Josef Masopust – Dukla Prague – pts 652nd Eusébio – Benfica – pts 533rd Karl-Heinz Schnellinger – 1. FC Köln – pts 33
19631st Lev Yashin – Dynamo Moscow – pts 732nd Gianni Rivera – Milan – pts 553rd Jimmy Greaves – Tottenham Hotspur – pts 50
19641st Denis Law – Manchester United – pts 612nd Luis Suárez – Inter Milan – pts 433rd Amancio – Real Madrid – pts 38
19651st Eusébio – Benfica – pts 672nd Giacinto Facchetti – Inter Milan – pts 593rd Luis Suárez – Inter Milan – pts 45
19661st Bobby Charlton – Manchester United – pts 812nd Eusébio – Benfica – pts 803rd Franz Beckenbauer – Bayern Munich – pts 59
19671st Flórián Albert – Ferencváros – pts 682nd Bobby Charlton – Manchester United – pts 403rd Jimmy Johnstone – Celtic – pts 39
19681st George Best – Manchester United – pts 612nd Bobby Charlton – Manchester United – pts 533rd Dragan Džajić – Red Star Belgrade – pts 46
19691st Gianni Rivera – Milan – pts 832nd Gigi Riva – Cagliari – pts 793rd Gerd Müller – Bayern Munich – pts 38
19701st Gerd Müller – Bayern Munich – pts 772nd Bobby Moore – West Ham United – pts 703rd Gigi Riva – Cagliari – pts 65
19711st Johan Cruyff (1) – Ajax – pts 1162nd Sandro Mazzola – Inter Milan – pts 573rd George Best – Manchester United – pts 56
19721st Franz Beckenbauer (1) – Bayern Munich – pts 812nd Gerd Müller – Bayern Munich – pts 792nd Günter Netzer – Borussia Mönchengladbach – pts 79
19731st Johan Cruyff (2) – Barcelona – pts 962nd Dino Zoff – Juventus – pts 473rd Gerd Müller – Bayern Munich – pts 44
19741st Johan Cruyff (3) – Barcelona – pts 1162nd Franz Beckenbauer – Bayern Munich – pts 1053rd Kazimierz Deyna – Legia Warsaw – pts 35
19751st Oleg Blokhin – Dynamo Kyiv – pts 1222nd Franz Beckenbauer – Bayern Munich – pts 423rd Johan Cruyff – Barcelona – pts 27
19761st Franz Beckenbauer (2) – Bayern Munich – pts 912nd Rob Rensenbrink – Anderlecht – pts 753rd Ivo Viktor – Dukla Prague – pts 52
19771st Allan Simonsen – Borussia Mönchengladbach – pts 742nd Kevin Keegan – Hamburger SV – pts 713rd Michel Platini – Nancy – pts 70
19781st Kevin Keegan (1) – Hamburger SV – pts 872nd Hans Krankl – Barcelona – pts 813rd Rob Rensenbrink – Anderlecht – pts 50
19791st Kevin Keegan (2) – Hamburger SV – pts 1182nd Karl-Heinz Rummenigge – Bayern Munich – pts 523rd Ruud Krol – Ajax – pts 41
19801st Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (1) – Bayern Munich – pts 1222nd Bernd Schuster – Barcelona – pts 343rd Michel Platini – Saint-Étienne – pts 33
19811st Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (2) – Bayern Munich – pts 1062nd Paul Breitner – Bayern Munich – pts 643rd Bernd Schuster – Barcelona – pts 39
19821st Paolo Rossi – Juventus – pts 1152nd Alain Giresse – Bordeaux – pts 643rd Zbigniew Boniek – Juventus – pts 39
19831st Michel Platini (1) – Juventus – pts 1102nd Kenny Dalglish – Liverpool – pts 263rd Allan Simonsen – Vejle – pts 25
19841st Michel Platini (2) – Juventus – pts 1102nd Jean Tigana – Bordeaux – pts 573rd Preben Elkjær – Hellas Verona – pts 48
19851st Michel Platini (3) – Juventus – pts 1272nd Preben Elkjær – Hellas Verona – pts 713rd Bernd Schuster – Barcelona – pts 46
19861st Igor Belanov – Dynamo Kyiv – pts 842nd Gary Lineker – Barcelona – pts 623rd Emilio Butragueño – Real Madrid – pts 59
19871st Ruud Gullit- Milan – pts 1062nd Paulo Futre – Atlético Madrid – pts 913rd Emilio Butragueño – Real Madrid – pts 61
19881st Marco van Basten (1) – Milan – pts 1292nd Ruud Gullit – Milan – pts 883rd Frank Rijkaard – Milan – pts 45
19891st Marco van Basten (2) – Milan – pts 1292nd Franco Baresi – Milan – pts 803rd Frank Rijkaard – Milan – pts 43
19901st Lothar Matthäus – Inter Milan – pts 1372nd Salvatore Schillaci – Juventus – pts 843rd Andreas Brehme – Inter Milan – pts 68
19911st Jean-Pierre Papin – Marseille – pts 1412nd Dejan Savićević – Red Star Belgrade – pts 422nd Darko Pančev – Red Star Belgrade – pts 422nd Lothar Matthäus – Inter Milan – pts 42
19921st Marco van Basten (3) – Milan – pts 982nd Hristo Stoichkov – Barcelona – pts 803rd Dennis Bergkamp – Ajax – pts 53
19931st Roberto Baggio – Juventus – pts 1422nd Dennis Bergkamp – Inter Milan – pts 833rd Eric Cantona – Manchester United – pts 34
19941st Hristo Stoichkov – Barcelona – pts 2102nd Roberto Baggio – Juventus – pts 1363rd Paolo Maldini – Milan – pts 109
19951st George Weah – Milan – pts 1442nd Jürgen Klinsmann – Bayern Munich – pts 1083rd Jari Litmanen – Ajax – pts 67
19961st Matthias Sammer – Borussia Dortmund – pts 1442nd Ronaldo – Barcelona – pts 1433rd Alan Shearer – Newcastle United – pts 107
19971st Ronaldo (1) – Inter Milan – pts 2222nd Predrag Mijatović – Real Madrid – pts 683rd Zinedine Zidane – Juventus – pts 63
19981st Zinedine Zidane – Juventus – pts 2442nd Davor Šuker – Real Madrid – pts 683rd Ronaldo – Inter Milan – pts 66
19991st Rivaldo – Barcelona – pts 2192nd David Beckham – Manchester United – pts 1543rd Andriy Shevchenko – Milan – pts 64
20001st Luís Figo – Real Madrid – pts 1972nd Zinedine Zidane – Juventus – pts 1813rd Andriy Shevchenko – Milan – pts 85
20011st Michael Owen – Liverpool – pts 1762nd Raúl – Real Madrid – pts 1403rd Oliver Kahn – Bayern Munich – pts 114
20021st Ronaldo (2) – Real Madrid – pts 1692nd Roberto Carlos – Real Madrid – pts 1453rd Oliver Kahn – Bayern Munich – pts 110
20031st Pavel Nedvěd – Juventus – pts 1902nd Thierry Henry – Arsenal – pts 1283rd Paolo Maldini – Milan – pts 123
20041st Andriy Shevchenko – Milan – pts 1752nd Deco – Barcelona – pts 1393rd Ronaldinho – Barcelona – pts 133
20051st Ronaldinho – Barcelona – pts 2252nd Frank Lampard – Chelsea – pts 1483rd Steven Gerrard – Liverpool – pts 142
20061st Fabio Cannavaro – Real Madrid – pts 1732nd Gianluigi Buffon – Juventus – pts 1243rd Thierry Henry – Arsenal – pts 121
20071st Kaká – Milan – pts 4442nd Cristiano Ronaldo – Manchester United – pts 2773rd Lionel Messi – Barcelona – pts 255
20081st Cristiano Ronaldo (1) – Manchester United – pts 4462nd Lionel Messi – Barcelona – pts 2813rd Fernando Torres – Liverpool – pts 179
20091st Lionel Messi (1) – Barcelona – pts 4732nd Cristiano Ronaldo – Real Madrid – pts 2333rd Xavi – Barcelona – pts 170
20101st Lionel Messi (2) – Barcelona – 22.65%2nd Andrés Iniesta – Barcelona – 17.36%3rd Xavi – Barcelona – 16.48%
20111st Lionel Messi (3) – Barcelona – 47.88%2nd Cristiano Ronaldo – Real Madrid – 21.60%3rd Xavi – Barcelona – 9.23%
20121st Lionel Messi (4) – Barcelona – 41.60%2nd Cristiano Ronaldo – Real Madrid – 23.68%3rd Andrés Iniesta – Barcelona – 10.91%
20131st Cristiano Ronaldo (2) – Real Madrid – 27.99%2nd Lionel Messi – Barcelona – 24.72%3rd Franck Ribéry – Bayern Munich – 23.36%
20141st Cristiano Ronaldo (3) – Real Madrid – 37.66%2nd Lionel Messi – Barcelona – 15.76%3rd Manuel Neuer – Bayern Munich – 15.72%
20151st Lionel Messi (5) – Barcelona – 41.33%2nd Cristiano Ronaldo – Real Madrid – 27.76%3rd Neymar – Barcelona – 7.86%
20161st Cristiano Ronaldo (4) – Real Madrid – pts 7452nd Lionel Messi – Barcelona – pts 3163rd Antoine Griezmann – Atlético Madrid – pts 198
20171st Cristiano Ronaldo (5) – Real Madrid – pts 9462nd Lionel Messi – Barcelona – pts 6703rd Neymar – Paris Saint-Germain – pts 361
20181st Luka Modrić – Real Madrid – pts 7532nd Cristiano Ronaldo – Juventus – pts 4763rd Antoine Griezmann – Atlético Madrid – pts 414
20191st Lionel Messi (6) – Barcelona – pts 6862nd Virgil van Dijk – Liverpool – pts 6793rd Cristiano Ronaldo – Juventus – pts 476
2020 Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic
20211st Lionel Messi (7) – Paris Saint-Germain – pts 6132nd Robert Lewandowski – Bayern Munich – pts 5803rd Jorginho – Chelsea – pts 460
20221st Karim Benzema – Real Madrid – pts 5492nd Sadio Mané – Bayern Munich – pts 1933rd Kevin De Bruyne – Manchester City – pts 175
20231st Lionel Messi (8) States – Inter Miami – pts 4622nd Erling Haaland – Manchester City – pts 3573rd Kylian Mbappé – Paris Saint-Germain – pts 270
20241st Rodri – Manchester City – pts 11702nd Vinícius Júnior – Real Madrid – pts 11293rd Jude Bellingham – Real Madrid – pts 917
