The nominees for the 2026 Ballon d’Or, greatest U21 participant, keeper, coach and membership awards have formally been introduced.
There’s a two-stage course of with regards to selecting the Ballon d’Or winner, with journalists from France Soccer and L’Equipe making a 30-player shortlist, after which one journalist from every of the highest 100 FIFA-ranked nations votes, assigning factors (15 to 1) to their prime 10.
The footballer with probably the most factors wins; ties are damaged by 1st place votes, then 2nd place, and so forth.
Lionel Messi holds the file with eight wins, adopted by Cristiano Ronaldo with 5. The ladies’s Ballon d’Or, began in 2018, makes use of an identical course of however with 50 journalists voting.
That award has been gained twice by Aitana Bonmati and Alexia Putellas, and as soon as by Ada Hegerberg and Megan Rapinoe.
There are 7 gamers who throughout the final 12 months have performed within the Premier League up for the Ballon d’Or this 12 months with Arsenal having probably the most (3).
These consists of Marc Cucurella, Bruno Fernandes, Gabriel Magalhães, Erling Haaland, Declan Rice, Rodri and William Saliba.
Males’s Ballon d’Or nomineesJude Bellingham (Actual Madrid, England)Pau Cubarsí (Barcelona, Spain)Marc Cucurella (Chelsea, Actual Madrid, Spain)Ousmane Dembélé (Paris Saint-Germain, France)Luis Díaz (Bayern Munich, Colombia)Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United, Portugal)Gabriel Magalhães (Arsenal, Brazil)Erling Haaland (Manchester Metropolis, Norway)Achraf Hakimi (Paris Saint-Germain)Harry Kane (Bayern Munich, England)Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Paris Saint-Germain, Georgia)Lamine Yamal (Barcelona, Spain)Sadio Mané (Al Nassr, Senegal)Marquinhos (Paris Saint-Germain, Brazil)Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan, Argentina)Kylian Mbappé (Actual Madrid, France)Nuno Mendes (Paris Saint-Germain, Portugal)Lionel Messi (Inter Miami, Argentina)João Neves (Paris Saint-Germain, Portugal)Michael Olise (Bayern Munich, France)Willian Pacho (Paris Saint-Germain, Ecuador)Julián Quiñones (Al Qadsiah, Mexico)Declan Rice (Arsenal, England)Rodri (Manchester Metropolis, Barcelona, Spain)Fabián Ruiz (Paris Saint-Germain, Spain)William Saliba (Arsenal, France)Ferran Torres (Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain, Spain)Dayot Upamecano (Bayern Munich, France)Vinícius Júnior (Actual Madrid, Brazil)Vitinha (Paris Saint-Germain, Portugal)
Ladies’s Ballon d’Or nomineesSelma Bacha (OL Lyonnes, France)Barbra Banda (Orlando Delight, Zambia)Klara Bühl (Bayern Munich, Germany)Esmee Brugts (Barcelona, Netherlands)Mariona Caldantey (Arsenal, Spain)Scarlett Camberos (Membership America, Mexico)Kerstin Casparji (Manchester Metropolis, Netherlands)Temwa Chawinga (Kansas Metropolis Present, Malawi)Cata Coll (Barcelona, Spain)Melchie Dumornay (OL Lyonnes, France)Caroline Graham Hansen (Barcelona, Norway)Alex Greenwood (Manchester Metropolis, England)Patri Guijarro (Barcelona, Spain)Pernille More durable (Bayern Munich, Germany)Yui Hasegawa (Manchester Metropolis, Japan)Rose Lavelle (Gotham FC, USWNT)Mapi Leion (Barcelona, London Metropolis Lionesses, Spain)Lorena (Kansas Metropolis Present, Brazil)Melvine Malard (Man Utd, Chelsea, France)Manaka Matsukubo (North Carolina Braveness, Chelsea, Japan)Vivianne Miedema (Manchester Metropolis, Netherlands)Ewa Pajor (Barcelona, Poland)Claudia Pina (Barcelona, Spain)Alexia Putellas (Barcelona, London Metropolis Lionesses, Spain)Wendie Renard (OL Lyonnes, France)Khadija Shaw (Manchester Metropolis, Jamaica)
Ladies’s Kopa Trophy (greatest under-21 participant) nomineesVoted by previous Ballon d’Or winnersVeerle Buurman (Chelsea, Netherlands)Vicky López (Barcelona, Spain)Felicia Schröder (BK Häcken, Actual Madrid, Sweden)Clara Serrajordi (Barcelona, Spain)Lily Yohannes (OL Lyonnes, USWNT)
Males’s Kopa Trophy (greatest under-21 participant) nomineesVoted by previous Ballon d’Or winnersAyyoub Bouaddi (Lille, Manchester Metropolis, Morocco)Kerim Alajbegović (Salzburg, Juventus)Yan Diomande (RB Leipzig, Actual Madrid, Côte d’Ivoire)Pau Cubarsí (Barcelona, Spain)Lennart Karl (Bayern Munich, Germany)Éli Junior Kroupi (Bournemouth, France)Lamine Yamal (Barcelona, Spain)Ibrahim Maza (Bayer Leverkusen, Algeria)Johan Manzambi (SC Freiburg, Aston Villa, Switzerland)Warren Zaïre-Emery (Paris Saint-Germain, France)
Ladies’s Yachine Trophy (greatest goalkeeper) nomineesVoted by journalistsAnn-Katrin Berger (Gotham FC, Germany)Cata Coll (Barcelona, Spain)Hannah Hampton (Chelsea, England)Lorena (Kansas Metropolis Present, Brazil)Ayaka Yamashita (Manchester Metropolis, Japan)
Males’s Yachine Trophy (greatest goalkeeper) nomineesVoted by journalistsYassine Bounou (Al Hilal, Morocco)Thibaut Courtois (Actual Madrid, Belgium)Joan García (Barcelona, Spain)Gregor Kobel (Borussia Dortmund, Switzerland)Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa, Chelsea, Argentina)Edouard Mendy (Al Ahli, Senegal)David Raya (Arsenal, Spain)Matvey Safonov (Paris Saint-Germain, Russia)Unai Simón (Athletic Membership, Spain)Vozinha (Chaves, Colo-Colo, Cabo Verde)
Ladies’s Crew Coach of the Yr Trophy nomineesJonatan Giráldez – OL LyonnesAndrée Jeglertz – Manchester CityNils Nielsen – Japan nationwide teamPere Romeu – FC BarcelonaElena Sadiku – Celtic/BK Häcken
Males’s Crew Coach of the Yr Trophy nomineesMikel Arteta – ArsenalLuis de la Fuente – Spain nationwide teamUnai Emery – Aston VillaVincent Kompany – Bayern MunichLuis Enrique – Paris-SG
Ladies’s Membership of the Yr nomineesFC Barcelona (Spain)Bayern Munich (Germany)Membership América (Mexico)Manchester Metropolis (England)OL Lyonnes (France)
Males’s Membership of the Yr nomineesArsenal (England)Bayern Munich (Germany)Bodø/Glimt (Norway)Flamengo (Brazil)Paris-SG (France)
PREVIOUS BALLON D’OR WINNERS:
19561st – Stanley Matthews – Blackpool – pts 472nd – Alfredo Di Stéfano – Actual Madrid – pts 443rd – Raymond Kopa – Actual Madrid – pts 33
19571st – Alfredo Di Stéfano (1) – Actual Madrid – pts 722nd – Billy Wright – Wolverhampton Wanderers – pts 193rd – Duncan Edwards – Manchester United – pts 163rd – Raymond Kopa – Actual Madrid – pts 16
19581st – Raymond Kopa – Actual Madrid – pts 712nd – Helmut Rahn – Rot-Weiss Essen – pts 403rd – Simply Fontaine – Reims – pts 23
19591st – Alfredo Di Stéfano (2) – Actual Madrid – pts 802nd – Raymond Kopa – Reims – pts 423rd – John Charles – Juventus – pts 24
19601st – Luis Suárez – Barcelona – pts 542nd – Ferenc Puskás – Actual 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 Regulation – Manchester United – pts 612nd – Luis Suárez – Inter Milan – pts 433rd – Amancio – Actual 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 Finest – Manchester United – pts 612nd – Bobby Charlton – Manchester United – pts 533rd – Dragan Džajić – Purple 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 Finest – 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 – Actual Madrid – pts 59
19871st – Ruud Gullit- Milan – pts 1062nd – Paulo Futre – Atlético Madrid – pts 913rd – Emilio Butragueño – Actual 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 – Purple Star Belgrade – pts 422nd – Darko Pančev – Purple 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 – Actual Madrid – pts 683rd – Zinedine Zidane – Juventus – pts 63
19981st – Zinedine Zidane – Juventus – pts 2442nd – Davor Šuker – Actual 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 – Actual Madrid – pts 1972nd – Zinedine Zidane – Juventus – pts 1813rd – Andriy Shevchenko – Milan – pts 85
20011st – Michael Owen – Liverpool – pts 1762nd – Raúl – Actual Madrid – pts 1403rd – Oliver Kahn – Bayern Munich – pts 114
20021st – Ronaldo (2) – Actual Madrid – pts 1692nd – Roberto Carlos – Actual 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 – Actual 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 – Actual Madrid – pts 2333rd – Xavi – Barcelona – pts 170
20101st – Lionel Messi (2) – Barcelona – 22.65percent2nd – Andrés Iniesta – Barcelona – 17.36percent3rd – Xavi – Barcelona – 16.48%
20111st – Lionel Messi (3) – Barcelona – 47.88percent2nd – Cristiano Ronaldo – Actual Madrid – 21.60percent3rd – Xavi – Barcelona – 9.23%
20121st – Lionel Messi (4) – Barcelona – 41.60percent2nd – Cristiano Ronaldo – Actual Madrid – 23.68percent3rd – Andrés Iniesta – Barcelona – 10.91%
20131st – Cristiano Ronaldo (2) – Actual Madrid – 27.99percent2nd – Lionel Messi – Barcelona – 24.72percent3rd – Franck Ribéry – Bayern Munich – 23.36%
20141st – Cristiano Ronaldo (3) – Actual Madrid – 37.66percent2nd – Lionel Messi – Barcelona – 15.76percent3rd – Manuel Neuer – Bayern Munich – 15.72%
20151st – Lionel Messi (5) – Barcelona – 41.33percent2nd – Cristiano Ronaldo – Actual Madrid – 27.76percent3rd – Neymar – Barcelona – 7.86%
20161st – Cristiano Ronaldo (4) – Actual Madrid – pts 7452nd – Lionel Messi – Barcelona – pts 3163rd – Antoine Griezmann – Atlético Madrid – pts 198
20171st – Cristiano Ronaldo (5) – Actual Madrid – pts 9462nd – Lionel Messi – Barcelona – pts 6703rd – Neymar – Paris Saint-Germain – pts 361
20181st – Luka Modrić – Actual 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 because of 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 – Actual Madrid – pts 5492nd – Sadio Mané – Bayern Munich – pts 1933rd – Kevin De Bruyne – Manchester Metropolis – pts 175
20231st – Lionel Messi (8) States – Inter Miami – pts 4622nd – Erling Haaland – Manchester Metropolis – pts 3573rd – Kylian Mbappé – Paris Saint-Germain – pts 270
20241st – Rodri – Manchester Metropolis – pts 11702nd – Vinícius Júnior – Actual Madrid – pts 11293rd – Jude Bellingham – Actual Madrid – pts 917
20251st – Ousmane Dembélé – Paris Saint-Germain – pts 1,3802nd – Lamine Yamal – Barcelona – pts 1,0593rd – Vitinha – Paris Saint-Germain – pts 703
