No Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi! 30-Man Ballon d'Or Nominees Announced – Check Out the Full List
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The 2025 Ballon d'Or nominations have been revealed, and once again, both Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are absent from the list. This guarantees a first-time winner will be crowned this year. Nominations for all other award categories were also announced.
Signaling a true shift in the footballing landscape, both Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have once again been left out of the 30-man shortlist for the 2025 Ballon d'Or, despite impressive seasons with Inter Miami and Al Nassr, respectively.
This year's nomination list features standout names like Ousmane Dembele, Lamine Yamal, Raphinha, Kylian Mbappe, Cole Palmer, and Mohamed Salah. Among them, Dembele and Yamal are emerging as frontrunners for the prestigious award. Notably, no past Ballon d'Or winners—including current holder Rodri—have made the cut, ensuring that a brand-new winner will be crowned this year.
France Football Magazine also revealed the nominees for several other major honors, including the Ballon d'Or Féminin, Club of the Year, the Kopa Trophy (for best young player), and the Yashin Trophy (for best goalkeeper).
Full Nominations For Ballon d'Or
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)
Joao 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)