The Ballon d’Or nominees list for 2025 was announced on Thursday, with Ousmane Dembele, Kylian Mbappe, and Mohamed Salah included.
Forward Ousmane Dembele is the front-runner to win his first Ballon d’Or after registering 36 goals and 13 assists across competitions for both club and country.
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Mohammed Salah, Premier League winner with Liverpool and Raphinha, who won the La Liga title with Barcelona, are some of the other big names on the list.
Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo, who won the UEFA Nations League in June, and Lionel Messi missed out.
Ballon d’Or 2025 nominees list
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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