The full shortlist for the 2026 Ballon d’Or awards has been announced, with the prestigious ceremony set to recognise outstanding performances across the 2025/26 football season.
The nominees were unveiled by the award organisers on Tuesday, September 8, with contenders named across several categories, including the Men’s and Women’s Ballon d’Or, Young Player of the Year, Goalkeeper of the Year, Coach of the Year and Club of the Year.
Barcelona star Lamine Yamal, Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappé, Jude Bellingham, Erling Haaland, Ousmane Dembélé and Vinicius Jr. are among the nominees for the Men’s Ballon d’Or.
Below is the full list of nominees across all categories.
Men’s Ballon d’Or
- Rodrigo Hernández — Manchester City, Barcelona/Spain
- Lionel Messi — Inter Miami/Argentina
- Kylian Mbappé — 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 Magalhães — 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 Femení/Netherlands
- Mariona Caldentey — Arsenal/Spain
- Scarlett Camberos — Club América/Mexico
- Kerstin Casparij — Manchester City Women/Netherlands
- Temwa Chawinga — Kansas City Current/Malawi
- Cata Coll — FC Barcelona Femení/Spain
- Melchie Dumornay — OL Lyonnes/Haiti
- Caroline Graham Hansen — FC Barcelona Femení/Norway
- Alex Greenwood — Manchester City Women/England
- Pernille Harder — Bayern Munich/Denmark
- Patri Guijarro — FC Barcelona Femení/Spain
- Rose Lavelle — Gotham FC/United States
- 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
- 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
- Pere Romeu — FC Barcelona Femení
- 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 Femení/Spain
- Hannah Hampton — Chelsea/England
- Lorena — Kansas City Current/Brazil
- Ayaka Yamashita — Manchester City Women/Japan
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 Cubarsí — 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 Femení/Spain
- Felicia Schröder — BK Häcken, Real Madrid/Sweden
- Clara Serrajordi — FC Barcelona Femení/Spain
- Lily Yohannes — OL Lyonnes/United States
