The French magazine France Football established a list of 30 applicants for the men’s award and a score for the women’s one.
Thirty players aspire to the men’s Ballon d’Or and about twenty footballers to the women’s award, and the winners, chosen by vote of a group of international journalists, will meet this Monday in Paris.
Schedules to see the delivery of the Ballon d’Or live:
- 11:30 Los Angeles and Tijuana
- 13:30 Austin (Texas) and Mexico DF
- 14:30 Ecuador, Colombia, Peru and New York
- 15:30 Caracas, Bolivia
- 16:30 Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and Brasilia
- 19:30 England and Portugal
- 20:30 Spain, Italy and Germany
TV channels to watch live
Colombia: TNT Sports, ESPN y Star +
Ecuador: ESPN and DirecTV (channel 610)
Chile: TNT Sports, ESPN y Star +
Argentina: TNT Sports, ESPN y Star
Mexico: Sure Sports
Spain: MEGA and Esport3 (Catalonia)
Lists established by France Football
The French magazine France Football, creator of the Ballon d’Or in 1956, established a list of 30 applicants for the men’s award and a score for the women’s award.
Players are chosen for their class and talent, but also for their track record during the calendar year, this time favoring the winners of the Eurocup (Italy) and the Champions League (Chelsea).
The men’s Ballon d’Or list
- Cesar Azpilicueta (ESP / Chelsea)
- Nicolo Barella (ITA / Inter Milan)
- Karim Benzema (FRA / Real Madrid)
- Leonardo Bonucci (ITA / Juventus Turín)
- Giorgio Chiellini (ITA / Juventus Turín)
- Kevin De Bruyne (BEL/Manchester City)
- Ruben Dias (ENG/Manchester City)
- Gianluigi Donnarumma (ITA / AC Milan)
- Bruno Fernandes (POR/Manchester United)
- Phil Foden (ENG / Manchester City)
- Erling Haaland (NOR / Borussia Dortmund)
- Jorginho (ITA/Chelsea)
- Harry Kane (ENG/Tottenham)
- N’Golo Kanté (FRA / Chelsea)
- Simon Kjaer (DEN / AC Milan)
- Robert Lewandowski (POL / Bayern Múnich)
- Romelu Lukaku (BEL/Chelsea)
- Riyad Mahrez (ALG/Manchester City)
- Lautaro Martínez (ARG / Inter Milan)
- Kylian Mbappé (FRA / Paris SG)
- Lionel Messi (ARG / Barcelona / Paris SG)
- Luka Modric (CRO/Real Madrid)
- Gerard Moreno (ESP / Villarreal)
- Mason Mount (ENG/Chelsea)
- Neymar (BRA/París SG)
- Pedri (ESP / Barcelona)
- Cristiano Ronaldo (POR/Juventus/Manchester United)
- Mohamed Salah (EGY / Liverpool)
- Raheem Sterling (ENG/Manchester City)
- Luis Suárez (URU / Atlético de Madrid)
The women’s Ballon d’Or list
- Kadidiatou Diani (FRA/Paris SG)
- Fran Kirby (ENG/Chelsea)
- Jennifer Hermoso (ESP / Barcelona)
- Christiane Endler (CHL/París SG/Lyon)
- Christine Sinclair (CAN/Thorns FC)
- Ashley Lawrence (CAN/PSG)
- Irene Paredes (ESP / Paris SG / Barcelona)
- Jessie Fleming (CAN/Chelsea)
- Lieke Martens (NED / Barcelona)
- Sandra Paños (ESP / Barcelona)
- Viviane Miedema (NED / Arsenal)
- Ellen White (ENG/Manchester City)
- Pernille Harder (DEN / Chelsea)
- Samantha Mewis (CAN/North Carolina Courage)
- Wendie Renard (FRA / Lyon)
- Marie-Antoinette Katoto (FRA / Paris SG)
- Stina Blackstenius (DEN / Häcken)
- Magdalena Eriksson (SUE / Chelsea)
- Sam Kerr (AUS/Chelsea)
- Alexia Putellas (ESP/Barcelona)
Jury
A jury made up of 180 journalists, representing as many countries, vote for the men’s Golden Ball and 50 specialists in women’s football do so for the women’s award.
Voting closed on October 24.
Scale
Each journalist votes for five players, with 6 points for the first, 4 for the second, 3 for the third, 2 for the fourth and 1 for the fifth.
In case of equality of points at the end of the voting, the highest number of first places obtained decides.
Yashin Trophy (best goalkeeper)
The same jury of 180 people votes for the Yashin Trophy for the best goalkeeper, from a list of 10 applicants.
The Yashin Trophy list
- Thibaut Courtois (BEL / Real Madrid)
- Gianluigi Donnarumma (ITA / AC Milan / Paris SG)
- Ederson (BRA/Manchester City)
- Samir Handanovic (SLV / Inter Milan)
- Emiliano Martinez (ARG/Aston Villa)
- douard Mendy (SEN/Chelsea)
- Keylor Navas (CRI / Paris SG)
- Manuel Neuer (GER / Bayern Múnich)
- Jan Oblak (SLV / Atlético de Madrid)
- Kasper Schmeichel (DEN / Leicester)
Kopa Trophy
A total of 32 former Ballon d’Or winners vote to award the Kopa Trophy to the best player under 21 years of age.
The Kopa Trophy List
- Jude Bellingham (ENG/Borussia Dortmund)
- Remy Doku (BEL / Rennes)
- Ryan Gravenberch (NED / Ajax Amsterdam)
- Mason Greenwood (ENG/Manchester United)
- Nuno Mendes (POR / Paris SG)
- Jamal Musiala (GER / Bayern Múnich)
- Pedri (ESP / Barcelona)
- Giovanni Reyna (USA / Borussia Dortmund)
- Bukayo Saka (ENG/Arsenal)
- Florian Wirtz (GER / Bayer Leverkusen)
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