Ballon d'Or 2024: All nominees announced

On Wednesday, September 4, France Football announced the full list of nominees for the 2024 Ballon d'Or.

This award is given annually to the best footballer in Europe and, since 2007, to the best player in the world. Since its inception in 1956, it has been awarded by the French magazine France Football. Until 1995, the award was exclusively for European players, but since then, it has been open to any player from a European club.

Nominees for the 2024 Ballon d'Or are:

• Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid)
• Rúben Dias (Manchester City)
• Phil Foden (Manchester City)
• Federico Valverde (Real Madrid)
• Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa)
• Artem Dovbyk (Girona/Roma)
• Erling Haaland (Manchester City)
• Nico Williams (Athletic Bilbao)
• Toni Kroos (Real Madrid)
• Granit Xhaka (Bayer Leverkusen)
• Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid)
• Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund)
• Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen)
• Martin Ødegaard (Arsenal)
• Dani Olmo (RB Leipzig/Barcelona)
• 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 Çalhanoğlu (Inter Milan)
• William Saliba (Arsenal)
• Kylian Mbappé (PSG/Real Madrid)
• Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan)
• Ademola Lookman (Atalanta)
• Antonio Rüdiger (Real Madrid)
• Alejandro Grimaldo (Bayer Leverkusen)

Lionel Messi holds the record for the most awards, with 8 wins, and is the current titleholder.

Additionally, France Football has also announced the nominees for the Kopa Trophy and the Lev Yashin Award.