The official list for the Ballon d’Or nominated has been released. See who is leading

In advance of the September ceremony, a complete list of Ballon d’Or nominated men’s and woman’s 2025 nominees was released. The rest of the award nominations has also been revealed.

The BBC reported that the award ceremony on September 22nd will see Ousmane dembele take the prize, but Lamine Yamal is not far behind. said.

Sports Illustrated has named the top players from Paris Saint-Germain’s men’s and Arsenal’s women’s Champions League victories. reported. Barcelona superstars in both categories also make up a significant portion of the nominees, including Lamine Yamal, Alexia Putellas, Pedri, and Aitana Bonmatí, among others.

Dembele Lamine and Dembele are the favourites

Rodri of Manchester City isn’t among the nominees this year after suffering an ACL in September last year, which forced him to miss a significant amount of time. This year, a male winner will be announced.

Dembélé, Yamal, Raphinha and Salah are the favourites to take home the men’s award. However, Dembélé leads the group, having won his first-ever Champions League trophy in Munich, convincingly defeating Inter Milan 5–0. PSG won Ligue 1 as well as their domestic cup with a convincing victory.

After Hansi Flick’s team won La Liga in the previous season, Yamal (18) and Raphinha (Brazilian) are the two strongest contenders.

1. Ousmane Dembele (Paris St-Germain)
2. Gianluigi Donnarumma (Paris St-Germain)
3. Jude Bellingham, Real Madrid
4. Desire Doue (Paris St-Germain)
5. Denzel Dumfries (Inter)
6. Serhou Gurassy
7. Erling Haaland, Manchester City
8. Viktor Gyokeres (Arsenal)
9. Achraf Hakimi (Paris St-Germain)
10. Harry Kane (Bayern Munich)
11. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
12. Robert Lewandowski, Barcelona
13. Alexis Mac Allister
14. Lautaro Martinez (Inter)
15. Scott McTominay (Napoli)
16. Kylian Mbappe, Real Madrid
17. Nuno Mendes (Paris St-Germain)
18. Joao Neves, Paris St-Germain
19. Pedri
20. Cole Palmer (Chelsea)
21. Michael Olise (Bayern Munich)
22. Raphinha (Barcelona)
23. Declan Rice, Arsenal
24. Fabian Ruiz (Paris St-Germain)
25. Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool)
26. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
27. Vinicius Jr (Real Madrid)
28. Florian Wirtz (Liverpool)
29. Vitinha (Paris St-Germain)
30. Lamine Yamal (Barcelona)

1. Sandy Baltimore (Chelsea)
2. Barbra Banda  (Orlando Pride)
3. Aitana Bonmatí  (Barcelona)
4. Lucy Bronze  (Chelsea)
5. Klara Bühl  (Bayern Munich)
6. Mariona Caldentey  (Arsenal)
7. Sofia Cantore  (Washington Spirit)
8. Steph Catley  (Arsenal)
9. Temwa Chawinga  (Kansas City Current)
10. Melchie Dumornay  (Olympique Lyon)
11. Emily Fox  (Arsenal)
12. Cristina Girelli  (Juventus)
13. Esther González  (NY/NJ Gotham FC)
14. Caroline Graham Hansen  (Barcelona)
15. Hannah Hampton  (Chelsea)
16. Pernille Harder  (Bayern Munich)
17. Patri Guijarro  (Barcelona)
18. Amanda Gutierres  (Palmeiras)
19. Lindsey Heaps  (Olympique Lyon)
20. Chloe Kelly  (Manchester City / Arsenal)
21. Frida Leonhardsen-Maanum  (Arsenal)
22. Marta  (Orlando Pride)
23. Clara Mateo  (Paris FC)
24. Ewa Pajor  (Barcelona)
25. Clàudia Pina  (Barcelona)
26. Alexia Putellas  (Barcelona)
27. Alessia Russo  (Arsenal)
28. Johanna Rytting Kaneryd  (Chelsea)
29. Caroline Weir   (Real Madrid)
30. Leah Williamson  (Arsenal)

Arsenal became two-time Women’s Champions League winners under Renée Slegers, upsetting Barcelona in the final in Lisbon, Portugal. 

SI stated that Chloe Kelly AlessiaRusso Leah Williamson were among the Gunners who won their European club title and went on with England to win the Women’s Euro trophy.

Nominees for Men’s Club of the Year

1. Barcelona
2. Botafogo
3. Chelsea
4. Liverpool
5. Paris St-Germain

The Johan Cruyff award nominees

The Johan Cruyff award is given to the best male coach in any sport, at club level or at national level.

1. Antonio Conte (Napoli)
2. Luis Enrique (PSG)
3. Hansi Flick
4. Enzo Maresca (Chelsea)
5. Arne Slot

Men’s Yashin prize nominees

The Yashin Trophy goes to the male goalkeeper who is deemed the best.

1. Emiliano Martinez
2. Alisson Becker
3. Yassine Bounou (Al-Hilal, Morocco)
4. Lucas Chevalier
5. Thibaut Courtois, Real Madrid and Belgium
6. Gianluigi Donnarumma
7. Jan Oblak
8. David Raya, Arsenal and Spain
9. Matz Sels
10. Yann Sommer

Men’s Kopa trophy nominees

The Kopa Trophy is awarded to the male player who has achieved the highest level of performance under 21 years old.

1. Pau Castrorsi (Barcelona & Spain)
2. Ayyoub Boaddi (Lille, France)
3. Desire Doue
4. Estevao (Chelsea, Brazil)
5. Dean Huijsen, Real Madrid and Spain
6. Myles Lewis Skelly, Arsenal and England
7. Rodrigo Mora
8. Joao Neves, (PSG and Portugal).
9. Lamine Yamal
10. Kenan Yildiz