Ballon d'Or 2025: all the nominees, the award ceremony date, and the prizes

This Thursday, August 7, just over a month before the Ballon d'Or is awarded, the nominees for the world's most important individual trophy were announced. As always, there were expected names and others that surprised.

The heir to Rodri Hernández, winner of the 2024 edition, will not be revealed until September 22. Therefore, there will be almost seven weeks of pure speculation about who will win this year's Ballon d'Or, in an edition that is expected to be more open than usual.

It should be noted that the BdO is awarded to the player who had the best season, not the best calendar year. That is, the period from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2025.

In this edition, Argentina will have three representatives among the various individual awards. Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool) and Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) are nominated for the men's Ballon d'Or, while Emiliano "Dibu" Martínez (Aston Villa) appears among the candidates for the Yashin Trophy, which recognizes the best goalkeeper of the year.

The 30 nominees for the men's Ballon d'Or

• Ousmane Dembélé (France / PSG)
• Jude Bellingham (England / Real Madrid)
• Gianluigi Donnarumma (Italy / PSG)
• Désiré Doué (France / PSG)
• Denzel Dumfries (Netherlands / Inter Milan)
• Serhou Guirassy (Guinea / Borussia Dortmund)
• Erling Haaland (Norway / Manchester City)
• Viktor Gyökeres (Sweden / Sporting Lisbon)
• Achraf Hakimi (Morocco / PSG)
• Harry Kane (England / Bayern Munich)
• Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Georgia / Napoli and PSG)
• Robert Lewandowski (Poland / FC Barcelona)
• Alexis Mac Allister (Argentina / Liverpool)
• Lautaro Martínez (Argentina / Inter Milan)
• Scott McTominay (Scotland / Napoli)
• Kylian Mbappé (France / Real Madrid)
• Nuno Mendes (Portugal / PSG)
• João Neves (Portugal / PSG)
• Pedri (Spain / FC Barcelona)
• Cole Palmer (England / Chelsea)
• Michael Olise (France / Bayern Munich)
• Declan Rice (England / Arsenal)
• Raphinha (Brazil / FC Barcelona)
• Fabián Ruiz (Spain / PSG)
• Virgil van Dijk (Netherlands / Liverpool)
• Vinícius Jr. (Brazil / Real Madrid)
• Mohamed Salah (Egypt / Liverpool)
• Vitinha (Portugal / PSG)
• Florian Wirtz (Germany / Bayer Leverkusen)
• Lamine Yamal (Spain / FC Barcelona)

The 30 nominees for the women's Ballon d'Or

• Lucy Bronze (England / Chelsea)
• Barbra Banda (Zambia / Orlando Pride)
• Aitana Bonmatí (Spain / FC Barcelona)
• Sandy Baltimore (France / Chelsea)
• Mariona Caldentey (Spain / Arsenal)
• Klara Bühl (Germany / Bayern Munich)
• Sofía Cantore (Italy / Juventus and Washington Spirit)
• Steph Catley (Australia / Arsenal)
• Melchie Dumornay (Haiti / Olympique Lyon)
• Temwa Chawinga (Malawi / Kansas City Current)
• Emily Fox (United States / Arsenal)
• Cristiana Girelli (Italy / Juventus)
• Esther González (Spain / Gotham FC)
• Caroline Graham Hansen (Norway / FC Barcelona)
• Patri Guijarro (Spain / FC Barcelona)
• Amanda Gutierres (Brazil / Palmeiras)
• Hannah Hampton (England / Chelsea)
• Pernille Harder (Denmark / Bayern Munich)
• Lindsey Horan (United States / Olympique Lyon)
• Chloe Kelly (England / Manchester City and Arsenal)
• Marta (Brazil / Orlando Pride)
• Frida Maanum (Norway / Arsenal)
• Ewa Pajor (Poland / FC Barcelona)
• Clara Mateo (France / Paris FC)
• Alessia Russo (England / Arsenal)
• Claudia Pina (Spain / FC Barcelona)
• Alexia Putellas (Spain / FC Barcelona)
• Johanna Rytting Kaneryd (Sweden / Chelsea)
• Caroline Weir (Scotland / Real Madrid)
• Leah Williamson (England / Arsenal)

Kopa Trophy (best young male player)

• Lamine Yamal (Spain / FC Barcelona)
• Ayyoub Bouaddi (France / Lille)
• Pau Cubarsí (Spain / FC Barcelona)
• Désiré Doué (France / PSG)
• Estevão Willian (Brazil / Palmeiras)
• Dean Huijsen (Netherlands / AFC Bournemouth, England and Real Madrid, Spain)
• Myles Lewis-Skelly (England / Arsenal)
• Rodrigo Mora (Portugal / FC Porto)
• João Neves (Portugal / PSG)
• Kenan Yildiz (Germany / Juventus, Italy)

Kopa Trophy (best young female player)

• Michelle Agyemang (England / Arsenal and Brighton)
• Linda Caicedo (Colombia / Real Madrid, Spain)
• Wieke Kaptein (Netherlands / Chelsea, England)
• Vicky López (Spain / FC Barcelona)
• Claudia Martínez Ovando (Paraguay / Club Olimpia)

Yashin Trophy (best male goalkeeper)

• Emiliano Martínez (Argentina / Aston Villa, England)
• Alisson Becker (Brazil / Liverpool, England)
• Yassine Bounou (Morocco / Al-Hilal, Saudi Arabia)
• Lucas Chevalier (France / Lille, France)
• Thibaut Courtois (Belgium / Real Madrid, Spain)
• Gianluigi Donnarumma (Italy / PSG, France)
• Jan Oblak (Slovenia / Atlético de Madrid, Spain)
• David Raya (Spain / Arsenal, England)
• Matz Sels (Belgium / Nottingham Forest, England)
• Yann Sommer (Switzerland / Inter Milan, Italy)

Yashin Trophy (female)

• Chiamaka Nnadozie (Nigeria / Paris FC, France and Brighton, England)
• Daphne van Domselaar (Netherlands / Arsenal, England)
• Hannah Hampton (England / Chelsea, England)
• Cata Coll (Spain / FC Barcelona)
• Ann-Katrin Berger (Germany / Gotham FC, United States)

Best coach of the year (male)

• Antonio Conte (Italy / Napoli)
• Luis Enrique (Spain / PSG, France)
• Hansi Flick (Germany / FC Barcelona, Spain)
• Enzo Maresca (Italy / Chelsea, England)
• Arne Slot (Netherlands / Liverpool, England)

Best coach of the year (female)

• Sonia Bompastor (France / Chelsea, England)
• Arthur Elias (Brazil / Brazil women's national team)
• Justine Madugu (Nigeria / Nigeria women's national team)
• Renée Slegers (Netherlands / Arsenal, England)
• Sarina Wiegman (Netherlands / England women's national team)

Clubs nominated for team of the year (male)

• FC Barcelona (Spain)
• Botafogo (Brazil)
• Liverpool (England)
• PSG (France)
• Chelsea (England)

Clubs nominated for team of the year (female)

• Arsenal (England)
• FC Barcelona (Spain)
• Chelsea (England)
• Olympique Lyon (France)
• Orlando Pride (United States)