The full group of nominees for the 2024 Ballon d’Or was announced on Wednesday, September 4. These awards, traditionally presented by France Football magazine since 1956, will be co-organized with UEFA on this occasion and will be awarded at a ceremony in Paris, France, on Monday, October 28.
It is worth noting that the 68th edition of the event will reward teams and players for their performances in the 2023-2024 season, the season that ended in July 2024 after the Euro Cup and the Copa America.
According to the organizers, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have not been nominated for the Ballon d’Or, which has not happened since 2003.
These are the nominees:
Players nominated for the Ballon d’Or Male
Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid)
Ruben Dias (Manchester City)
Phil Foden (Manchester City)
Federico Valverde (Real Madrid)
Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa)
Erling Haaland (Manchester City)
Nico Williams (Atletic Bilbao)
Granit Xhaka (Bayer Leverkusen)
Artem Dovbik (AS Roma, formerly Girona)
Toni Kroos (Real Madrid)
Vinicius Jr. (Real Madrid)
Danil Olmo (FC Barcelona, against RB Leipzig)
Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen)
Martin Ödegaard (Arsenal)
Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund)
Rodri (Manchester City)
Harry Kane (Bayern Munich)
Declan Rice (Arsenal)
Vitinha (PSG)
Cole Palmer (Chelsea, antes Manchester City)
Dani Carvajal (Real Madrid)
Lamine Yamal (FC Barcelona)
Arsenal
Hakan Calhanoglu (Inter Milan)
William Saliba (Arsenal)
Kylian Mbappé (Real Madrid, formerly PSG)
Lautaro Martinez (Inter Milan)
Ademola Lookman (Atalanta)
Antonio Rudiger (Real Madrid)
Alejandro Grimaldo (Bayer Leverkusen)
Players nominated for the Ballon d’Or Female
Aitana Bonmatí (FC Barcelona)
Barbra Banda (Orlando Pride, formerly Shanghai)
Tarciane (Houston Dash, antes Corinthians)
Lauren Hemp (Manchester City)
Trinity Rodman (Washington Spirit)
Ada Hegerberg (Lyon)
Manuela Giugliano (Rome)
Mallory Swanson (Chicago Red Stars)
Glordis Viggosdottir (Bayern Munich)
Mariona Caldentey (Arsenal, formerly FC Barcelona)
Lauren James (Chelsea)
Lea Schuller (Bayern Munich)
Patricia Guijarro (FC Barcelona)
Gabi Portilho (Corinthians)
Tabitha Chawinga (PSG)
Caroline Graham Hansen (FC Barcelona)
Lindsey Horan (Lyon)
Sjoeke Nusken (Chelsea)
Yui Hasegawa (Manchester City)
Lucy Bronze (FC Barcelona)
Salma Paralluelo (FC Barcelona)
Giulia Gwinn (Bayern Munich)
Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw (Manchester City)
Grace Geyoro (PSG)
Alexia Putellas (FC Barcelona)
Sophia Smith (Portland Thorns)
Ewa Pajor (FC Barcelona, formerly Wolfsburg)
Alyssa Naeher (Chicago Red Stars)
Mayra Ramirez (Chelsea)
Marie-Antoinette Katoto (PSG)
Kopa Trophy (best player under 21 years old)
Pau Cubarsí (FC Barcelona)
Alejandro Garnacho (Manchester United)
Arda Guler (Real Madrid)
Karim Konate (RB Salzburg)
Kobbie Mainoo (Manchester United)
Joao Neves (PSG, formerly Benfica)
Savinho (Manchester City, formerly Girona)
Mathys Tel (Bayern Munich)
Lamine Yamal (FC Barcelona)
Warren Zaire-Emery (PSG)
Yashin Trophy (best goalkeeper)
Diogo Costa (Porto)
Gianluigi Donnarumma (PSG)
Gregor Kobel (Borussia Dortmund)
Andriy Lunin (Real Madrid)
Mike Maignan (AC Milan)
Giorgi Mamardashvili (Valencia)
Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa)
Unai Simon (Athletic Club)
Yann Sommer (Inter Milan)
Ronwen Williams (Mamelodi Sundowns)
Men’s Coach of the Year
Xabi Alonso (Bayer Leverkusen)
Carlo Ancelotti (Real Madrid)
Luis de la Fuente (Spain national team)
Gian Piero Gasperini (Atalanta)
Pep Guardiola (Manchester City)
Lionel Scaloni (Argentina national team)
Female Coach of the Year
Sonia Bompastor (Chelsea, formerly Lyon)
Arthur Elias (Brazil National Team, formerly Corinthians)
Jonatan Giraldez (Washington Spirit, formerly FC Barcelona)
Emma Hayes (USA national team, formerly Chelsea)
Filipa Patao (Benfica)
Sarina Wiegman (Inglaterra)
Men’s Club of the Year
Borussia Dortmund (Germany)
Girona (Spain)
Bayer Leverkusen (Germany)
Real Madrid (Spain)
Manchester City (England)
Women’s Club of the Year
FC Barcelona (Spain)
Chelsea (England)
NY/NJ Gotham (EE.UU.)
Lyon (France)
PSG (France)