Organisers of the Ballon d’Or awards, France Football, has announced the nominees for the 2024 edition.
The list includes football stars such as Erling Haaland (Manchester City), Vinicius Jr. (Real Madrid), Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid), and Kylian Mbappe (PSG/ Real Madrid).
Inter Miami’s Lionel Messi, the eight-time winner and current holder of the award, did not make the list.
Complete list of 2024 Ballon d’Or nominees:
- Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid)
- Phil Foden (Manchester City)
- Ruben Dias (Manchester City)
- Federico Valverde (Real Madrid)
- Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa)
- Erling Haaland (Manchester City)
- Nico Williams (Athletic Bilbao)
- Granit Xhaka (Bayer Leverkusen)
- Artem Dovbik (Roma)
- Toni Kroos (Real Madrid)
- Vinicius Jr (Real Madrid)
- Dani Olmo (RB Leipzig/Barcelona)
- Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen)
- Martin Odegaard (Arsenal)
- Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund)
- Rodri (Manchester City)
- Harry Kane (Bayern Munich)
- Declan Rice (Arsenal)
- Vitinha (PSG)
- Cole Palmer (Chelsea)
- Dani Carvajal (Real Madrid)
- Lamine Yamal (Barcelona)
- Bukayo Saka (Arsenal)
- Hakan Calhanoglu (Inter Milan)
- William Saliba (Arsenal)
26. Lautaro Martinez (Inter Milan)
27. Ademola Lookman (Atalanta)
- Antonio Rudiger (Real Madrid)
- Kylian Mbappe (PSG/Real Madrid)
- Alejandro Grimaldo (Bayer Leverkusen)