The 2026 Ballon d’Or shortlist has been released, with the awards marking the 70th year of the ceremony celebrating outstanding achievements in football during the 2025/26 season.
The nominees were revealed by the award body on its X handle on Tuesday. The announcement covers the men’s and women’s player awards, young talents, goalkeepers, coaches and clubs.
Here is the complete list:
Men’s Ballon d’Or
- Rodrigo Hernandez — Manchester City, Barcelona/Spain
- Lionel Messi — Inter Miami/Argentina
- Kylian Mbappe — Real Madrid/France
- Lamine Yamal — FC Barcelona/Spain
- Jude Bellingham — Real Madrid/England
- Pau Cubarsí — FC Barcelona/Spain
- Marc Cucurella — Chelsea, Real Madrid/Spain
- Ousmane Dembélé — Paris Saint-Germain/France
- Luis Díaz — Bayern Munich/Colombia
- Bruno Fernandes — Manchester United/Portugal
- Erling Haaland — Manchester City/Norway
- Gabriel Magalhaes — Arsenal/Brazil
- Harry Kane — Bayern Munich/England
- Achraf Hakimi — Paris Saint-Germain/Morocco
- Khvicha Kvaratskhelia — Paris Saint-Germain/Georgia
- Marcos Corrêa — Paris Saint-Germain/Brazil
- Sadio Mané — Al-Nassr/Senegal
- Lautaro Martínez — Inter Milan/Argentina
- Nuno Mendes — Paris Saint-Germain/Portugal
- Michael Olise — Bayern Munich/France
- João Neves — Paris Saint-Germain/Portugal
- Willian Pacho — Paris Saint-Germain/Ecuador
- Julian Quiñones — Al-Qadsiah/Mexico
- Declan Rice — Arsenal/England
- Fabián Ruiz — Paris Saint-Germain/Spain
- Ferran Torres — FC Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain/Spain
- William Saliba — Arsenal/France
- Dayot Upamecano — Bayern Munich/France
- Vinicius Jr. — Real Madrid/Brazil
- Vítor Ferreira (Vitinha) — Paris Saint-Germain/Portugal
Women’s Ballon d’Or
- Selma Bacha — OL Lyonnes/France
- Barbra Banda — Orlando Pride/Zambia
- Klara Bühl — Bayern Munich/Germany
- Esmee Brugts — FC Barcelona Femeni/Netherlands
- Mariona Caldentey — Arsenal/Spain
- Scarlett Camberos — Club America/Mexico
- Kerstin Casparij — Manchester City Women/Netherlands
- Temwa Chawinga — Kansas City Current/Malawi
- Cata Coll — FC Barcelona Femeni/Spain
- Melchie Dumornay — OL Lyonnes/Haiti
- Caroline Graham Hansen — FC Barcelona Femeni/Norway
- Alex Greenwood — Manchester City Women/England
- Pernille Harder — Bayern Munich/Denmark
- Patri Guijarro — FC Barcelona Femeni/Spain
- Rose Lavelle — Gotham FC/US Women’s National Soccer Team
- Yui Hasegawa — Manchester City Women/Japan
- Mapi León — FC Barcelona Femení, London City Lionesses/Spain
- Lorena — Kansas City Current/Brazil
- Melvine Malard — Manchester United, Chelsea/France
- Manaka Matsukubo — North Carolina Courage, Chelsea/Japan
- Ewa Pajor — FC Barcelona Femení/Poland
- Vivianne Miedema — Manchester City Women/Netherlands
- Claudia Pina — FC Barcelona Femení/Spain
- Alexia Putellas — FC Barcelona Femení, London City Lionesses/Spain
- Alessia Russo — Arsenal/England
- Momoko Tanikawa — Bayern Munich/Japan
- Wendie Renard — OL Lyonnes/France
- Khadija Shaw — Manchester City Women/Jamaica
- Caroline Weir — Real Madrid, OL Lyonnes/Scotland
- Tessa Wullaert — Inter Milan, Como/Belgium
Men’s Coach of the Year
- Mikel Arteta — Arsenal
- Luis de la Fuente — Spain National Team
- Unai Emery — Aston Villa
- Vincent Kompany — Bayern Munich
- Luis Enrique — Paris Saint-Germain
Women’s Coach of the Year
- Jonatan Giráldez — OL Lyonnes
- Andrée Jeglertz — Manchester City Women
- Nils Nielsen — Japan National Team
- Pere Romeu — FC Barcelona Femeni
- Elena Sadiku — Celtic FC Women/BK Häcken
Men’s Club of the Year
- Arsenal
- Bayern Munich
- Bodø/Glimt
- Flamengo
- Paris Saint-Germain
Women’s Club of the Year
- FC Barcelona
- Bayern Munich
- Club América
- Manchester City
- OL Lyonnes
Men’s Goalkeeper of the Year
- Yassine Bounou — Al-Hilal/Morocco
- Thibaut Courtois — Real Madrid/Belgium
- Joan García — FC Barcelona/Spain
- Gregor Kobel — Borussia Dortmund/Switzerland
- Emiliano Martínez –Aston Villa, Chelsea/Argentina
- Edouard Mendy — Al-Ahli/Senegal
- David Raya –Arsenal/Spain
- Matvey Safonov — Paris Saint-Germain/Russia
- Unai Simón — Athletic Bilbao/Spain
- Vozinha (Josimar Dias) — GD Chaves, Colo-Colo/Cape Verde
Women’s Goalkeeper of the Year
- Ann-Katrin Berger — Gotham FC/England
- Cata Coll — FC Barcelona Femeni/Spain
- Hannah Hampton — Chelsea FC/England
- Lorena — Kansas City Current/Brazil
- Ayaka Yamashita — Manchester City Women
Men’s Young Talent of the Year
- Ayyoub Bouaddi — Lille, Manchester City/Morocco
- Kerim Alajbegović — RB Salzburg, Juventus/Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Yan Diomandé — RB Leipzig, Real Madrid/Côte d’Ivoire
- Pau Cubarsi — FC Barcelona/Spain
- Lennart Karl — Bayern Munich/Germany
- Éli Junior Kroupi — AFC Bournemouth/France
- Lamine Yamal — FC Barcelona/Spain
- Ibrahim Maza — Bayer Leverkusen/Algeria
- Johan Manzambi — SC Freiburg, Aston Villa/Switzerland
- Warren Zaïre-Emery — Paris Saint-Germain/France
Women’s Young Talent of the Year
- Veerle Buurman — Chelsea/Netherlands
- Vicky López — FC Barcelona Femeni/Spain
- Felicia Schröder –BK Häcken, Real Madrid/Sweden
- Clara Serrajordi — FC Barcelona Femeni/Spain
- Lily Yohannes — OL Lyonnes/US Women’s National Soccer Team
