Ballon d’Or 2025: Rising Star Lamine Yamal Joins Dembele Among Top Nominees

‎The nominees for the 2025 Ballon d’Or have been revealed, alongside the shortlists for the Yashin Trophy (best goalkeeper), the Kopa Trophy (best young player), and the awards for top coaches and women’s football.

‎The prestigious Ballon d’Or is regarded as the ultimate award for the world’s best men’s player.

‎It, along with the related awards, is decided by an international panel of journalists, one from each country, based on the top 100 nations in the latest FIFA Men’s World Ranking.

‎The eligibility period for these awards runs from August 1st, 2024, to July 31st, 2025, with the winners announced at the ceremony on September 22nd.

‎Here are the nominees for the 2025 men’s Ballon d’Or:

‎Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid & England)

‎Ousmane Dembele (PSG & France)

‎Gianluigi Donnarumma (PSG & Italy)

‎Desire Doue (PSG & France)

‎Denzel Dumfries (Inter Milan & Netherlands)

‎Serhou Guirassy (Borussia Dortmund & Guinea)

‎Viktor Gyokeres (Arsenal & Sweden)

‎Erling Haaland (Manchester City & Norway)

‎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)

‎Kylian Mbappe (Real Madrid & France)

‎Scott McTominay (Napoli & Scotland)

‎Nuno Mendes (PSG & Portugal)

‎João Neves (PSG & Portugal)

‎Michael Olise (Bayern Munich & France)

‎Cole Palmer (Chelsea & England)

‎Pedri (Barcelona & Spain)

‎Raphinha (Barcelona & Brazil)

‎Declan Rice (Arsenal & England)

‎Fabian Ruiz (PSG & Spain)

‎Mohamed Salah (Liverpool & Egypt)

‎Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool & Netherlands)

‎Vinicius Jr (Real Madrid & Brazil)

‎Vitinha (PSG & Portugal)

‎Florian Wirtz (Liverpool & Germany)

‎Lamine Yamal (Barcelona & Spain)

‎Ballon d’Or Féminin nominees:

‎Sandy Baltimore (Chelsea & France)

Barbra Banda (Orlando Pride & Zambia)

Aitana Bonmati (Barcelona & Spain)

Lucy Bronze (Chelsea and England)

Klara Buhl (Bayern Munich & Germany)

Mariona Caldentey (Arsenal & Spain)

Sofia Cantore (Washington Spirit & Italy)

Steph Catley (Arsenal & Australia)

Temwa Chawinga (Kansas City Current & Malawi)

Melchie Dumornay (Lyon & Haiti)

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)

Frida Maanum (Arsenal & Norway)

Marta (Orlando Pride & Brazil)

Clara Mateo (Paris FC & France)

Ewa Pajor (Barcelona & Poland)

Claudia Pina (Barcelona, Spain)

Alexia Putellas (Barcelona, Spain)

Alessia Russo (Arsenal & England)

Johanna Rytting Kaneryd (Chelsea, Spain)

Caroline Weir (Real Madrid, Scotland)

Leah Williamson (Arsenal, England)

Kopa Trophy (best men’s under-21 player) nominees:

Ayyoub Bouaddi (Lille)

Pau Cubarsi (Barcelona & Spain)

Desire Doue (PSG & France)

Estevao (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)

Yashin Trophy (best men’s goalkeeper) 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)

Johan Cruyff Trophy (coach of the year) nominees:

‎Antonio Conte (Napoli)

‎Luis Enrique (PSG)

‎Hansi Flick (Barcelona)

‎Enzo Maresca (Chelsea)

‎Arne Slot (Liverpool)

‎Men’s Team of the Year nominees:

‎Barcelona (Spain)

‎Botafogo (Brazil)

‎Chelsea (England)

‎Liverpool (England)

‎PSG (France)

‎Women’s Kopa Trophy nominees:

‎Michelle Agyemang (Arsenal & England)

‎Linda Caicedo (Real Madrid & Colombia)

‎Wieke Kaptein (Chelsea & Netherlands )

‎Vicky Lopez (Barcelona & Spain)

‎Claudia Martinez Ovando (Club Olimpia & Paraguay)

‎Women’s Yashin 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)

‎Women’s Johan Cruyff Trophy nominees:

‎Sonia Bompastor (Chelsea)

‎Arthur Elias (Brazil)

‎Justine Madugu (Nigeria)

‎Renee Slegers (Arsenal)

‎Sarina Wiegman (England)

‎Women’s Team of the Year nominees:

‎Arsenal (England)

‎Barcelona (Spain)

‎Chelsea (England)

‎OL Lyonnes (France)

‎Orlando Pride (United States)