Here are the nominees for every category of the prestigious Ballon d’Or ahead of the 2025 award edition.
In series of announcements across numerous media channels and outlets, the organisers of the 2025 Ballon d’Or awards have confirmed the full list of nominees across different categories which cuts across football.
Kopa Trophy 2025 nominees
Myles Lewis-SkellyRodrigo MoraJoao NevesLamine YamalKenan YildizAyyoub BouaddiPau CubarsiDésiré DouéEstevaoDean Huijsen
Women’s 2025 Yachine Trophy nominees
Ann-Katrin Berger (Gotham FC & Germany)Cata Coll (Barcelona & Spain)Hannah Hampton (Chelsea & England)Chiamaka Nnadozie (Brighton & Nigeria)Daphne van Domselaar (Arsenal & Netherlands)
2025 Yachine Trophy nominees
Alisson Becker (Liverpool & Brazil)Yassine Bounou (Al-Hilal & Morocco)Lucas Chevalier (Lille & France)Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid & Belgium)Gianluigi Donnarumma (PSG & Italy)Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa & Argentina)Jan Oblak (Atletico Madrid & Slovenia)David Raya (Arsenal & Spain)Matz Sels (Nottingham Forest & Belgium)Yann Sommer (Inter Milan)
2025 Women’s Kopa Trophy nominees
Michelle AgyemangLinda CaicedoWieke KapteinVicky LopezClaudia Martinez Ovando
2025 Women’s Team Coach of the Year nominees
Sonia BompastorArthur EliasJustine MaduguRenée SlegersSarina Wiegman
2025 Men’s Team Coach of the Year nominees
Antonio ConteLuis EnriqueHansi FlickEnzo MarescaArne Slot
2025 Women’s Club of the Year
Arsenal FCBarcelonaChelseaOL LyonnesOrlando Pride
2025 Men’s Club of the Year
BarcelonaBotafogoChelseaLiverpoolParis Saint-Germain
Women’s Ballon d’Or 2025 nominees
Lucy Bronze (Chelsea & England)Barbra Banda (Orlando Pride & Zambia)Aitana Bonmati (Barcelona & Spain)Sandy Baltimore (Chelsea & France)Mariona Caldentey (Arsenal & Spain)Klara Buhl (Bayern Munich & Germany)Sofia Cantore (Washington Spirit & Italy)Steph Catley (Arsenal & Australia)Melchie Dumornay (Lyon & Haiti)Temwa Chawinga (Kansas City Current & Malawi)Emily Fox (Arsenal & USA)Cristiana Girelli (Juventus & Italy)Esther Gonzalez (Gotham & Spain)Caroline Graham Hansen (Barcelona & Norway)Patri Guijarro (Barcelona & Spain)Amanda Gutierres (Palmeiras & Brazil)Hannah Hampton (Chelsea & England)Pernille Harder (Bayern Munich & Denmark)Lindsey Heaps (Lyon & USA)Chloe Kelly (Arsenal & England)Marta (Orlando Pride & Brazil)Frida Leonhardsen Maanum (Arsenal & Norway)Ewa Pajor (Barcelona & Poland)Clara Mateo (Paris FC & France)Alessia Russo (Arsenal & England)Claudia Pina (Barcelona & Spain)Alexia Putellas (Barcelona & Spain)Johanna Rytting Kaneryd (Chelsea & Sweden)Caroline Weir (Real Madrid & Scotland)Leah Williamson (Arsenal & England)
Men’s Ballon d’Or 2025 nominees
Ousmane Dembele (PSG & France)Gianluigi Donnarumma (PSG & Italy)Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid & England)Desire Doue (PSG & France)Denzel Dumfries (Inter Milan & Netherlands)Serhou Guirassy (Borussia Dortmund & Guinea)Erling Haaland (Man City & Norway)Viktor Gyokeres (Arsenal & Sweden)Achraf Hakimi (PSG & Morocco)Harry Kane (Bayern Munich & England)Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (PSG & Georgia)Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona & Poland)Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool & Argentina)Lautaro Martinez (Inter Milan & Argentina)Scott McTominay (Napoli & Scotland)Kylian Mbappe (Real Madrid & France)Nuno Mendes (PSG & Portugal)Joao Neves (PSG & Portugal)Pedri (Barcelona & Spain)Cole Palmer (Chelsea & England)Michael Olise (Bayern Munich & France)Raphinha (Barcelona & Brazil)Declan Rice (Arsenal & England)Fabian Ruiz (PSG & Spain)Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool & Netherlands)Vinicius Jr (Real Madrid & Brazil)Mohamed Salah (Liverpool & Egypt)Florian Wirtz (Liverpool & Germany)Vitinha (PSG & Portugal)Lamine Yamal (Barcelona & Spain)
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