The full list of nominees for the 2025 edition of the Ballon d’Or was announced on Thursday 7th August, 2025. The list features 30 players for both the men’s and women’s categories, with a wide range of talent from top clubs across Europe and beyond.
The awards ceremony will take place on 22nd September, 2025, at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris in France, where winners will be announced and honoured.
Below is the full list of all nominees in all categories;
Men category
- 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 Category
- 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)
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 nominees:
- Ann-Katrin Berger (Gotham FC & Germany)
- Cata Coll (Barcelona & Spain)
- Hannah Hampton (Chelsea & England)
- Chiamaka Nnadozie (Brighton & Nigeria)
- Daphne van Domselaar (Arsenal & Netherlands)
Men’s Team Coach of the Year 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)
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)
How is a Ballon d’Or winner determined?
The Ballon d’Or, the most prestigious individual prize in football, is awarded annually by France Football magazine to the player perceived to be the best in the world.
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.
If players are tied on points, they are separated by the number of first place votes they received. If they are still level, the number of second place votes are used, and so on.
Journalists taking part in the vote are encouraged to consider three factors:
- Individual performances, decisive and impressive character
- Team performances and achievements
- Class and fair play
