Wednesday, September 9, 2026 - France Football, the organizers of the Ballon d’Or award, have officially released their shortlist of nominees for the 2026 edition.
The lists were published on their official platform on
Tuesday. PSG’s Ousmane Dembele is the current holder of the prize, having
beaten Barcelona’s Lamine Yamal to it last year.
This year’s Ballon d’Or ceremony will take place in London,
UK on October 26. Below are the nominees officially confirmed across the
categories released so far:
Men’s Ballon
d’Or
Rodrigo Hernandez — Manchester City, Barcelona/Spain
Lionel Messi
— Inter Miami/Argentina
Kylian
Mbappe — 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
Magalhaes — 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 Femeni/Netherlands
Mariona
Caldentey — Arsenal/Spain
Scarlett
Camberos — Club America/Mexico
Kerstin
Casparij — Manchester City Women/Netherlands
Temwa
Chawinga — Kansas City Current/Malawi
Cata Coll —
FC Barcelona Femeni/Spain
Melchie
Dumornay — OL Lyonnes/Haiti
Caroline
Graham Hansen — FC Barcelona Femeni/Norway
Alex
Greenwood — Manchester City Women/England
Pernille
Harder — Bayern Munich/Denmark
Patri
Guijarro — FC Barcelona Femeni/Spain
Rose Lavelle
— Gotham FC/US Women’s National Soccer Team
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
Women’s Club of the Year
Barcelona
Bayern
Munich
Club
América
Manchester
City
OL Lyonnes
Men’s Club
of the Year
Arsenal
Bayern
Munich
Bodø/Glimt
Flamengo
Paris
Saint-Germain
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)
Nils
Nielsen (Japan)
Pere Romeu
(Barcelona)
Elena
Sadiku (Celtic/BK Häcken)
Men’s Young Talent of the Year
Kerim
Alajbegović
Ayyoub
Bouaddi
Pau Cubarsí
Yan
Diomandé
Lennart
Karl
Éli Junior
Kroupi
Lamine
Yamal
Johan
Manzambi
Ibrahim
Maza
Warren
Zaïre-Emery
Women’s Young Talent of the Year
Veerle
Buurman
Vicky López
Felicia
Schröder
Clara
Serrajordi
Lily
Yohannes
Men’s Goalkeeper of the Year
Yassine
Bounou
Thibaut
Courtois
Joan García
Gregor
Kobel
Emiliano
Martínez
Édouard
Mendy
David Raya
Matvey
Safonov
Unai Simón
Vozinha
Women’s
Goalkeeper of the Year
Ann-Katrin
Berger
Cata Coll
Hannah
Hampton
Lorena
Ayaka
Yamashita
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