The 30 players who could win the Ballon d’Or 2024, awarding the best male player of the past season in the world, have been revealed.Real Madrid duo Jude Bellingham and Vinicius Junior are the favourites, each potentially only the fifth different winner in the last 17 years, thanks in large part to two decades of dominance by Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.
Bellingham and Vinicius won La Liga and Champions League with Real Madrid, scoring 23 and 24 goals respectively. Both aimed for international success, but Bellingham’s England missed out on the Euro 2024 finals and Vini’s Brazil narrowly missed out on the Copa America.Erling Haaland, Phil Foden, Nico Williams and Lamine Yamal will all be among those hoping to finish at the top of the final standings.Many expected Messi to be nominated after winning the Copa America again with Argentina. But the 37-year-old was not on the list of candidates. Ronaldo was also absent, having missed the 2023 edition, making it the first time in 21 years that no one has been shortlisted for the Ballon d’Or.
Ballon d’or 2024 nominees
- Jude Bellingham – Real Madrid/England
- Ruben Dias – Man City/Portugal
- Phil Foden – Man City/England
- Federico Valverde – Real Madrid/Uruguay
- Emiliano Martinez – Aston Villa/Argentina
- Erling Haaland – Man City/Norway
- Nico Williams – Athletic Club/Spain
- Granit Xhaka – Bayer Leverkusen/Switzerland
- Artem Dovbyk – Girona/Roma/Ukraine
- Toni Kroos – Real Madrid/Germany
- Vinicius Junior – Real Madrid/Brazil
- Dani Olmo – RB Leipzig/Barcelona/Spain
- Florian Wirtz – Bayer Leverkusen/Germany
- Martin Odegaard – Arsenal/Norway
- Mats Hummels – Borussia Dortmund/Roma/Germany
- Rodri – Man City/Spain
- Harry Kane – Bayern Munich/England
- Declan Rice- Arsenal/England
- Vitinha – PSG/Portugal
- Cole Palmer – Chelsea/England
- Dani Carvajal – Real Madrid/Spain
- Lamine Yamal – Barcelona/Spain
- Bukayo Saka – Arsenal/England
- Hakan Calhanoglu – Inter/Turkey
- William Saliba – Arsenal/France
- Kylian Mbappe – PSG/Real Madrid/France
- Lautaro Martinez – Inter/Argentina
- Ademola Lookman – Atalanta/Nigeria
- Antonio Rudiger – Real Madrid/Germany
- Alejandro Grimaldo – Bayer Leverkusen/Spain
When is the Ballon d’Or 2024 winner announced?
The Ballon d’Or will be awarded to the best male player on October 28 during the annual ceremony at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris.
