Dembele, Yamal, Salah Headline 2025 Ballon D\'Or Shortlist
Ousmane Dembele, Lamine Yamal and Mohamed Salah headline the Ballon d\'Or shortlist announced on Thursday. For the second consecutive year, neither Lionel Messi (Inter Miami) nor Cristiano Ronaldo (Al Nassr) made the final shortlist for the award.
Dembele is considered the favorite for the award.
Ballon d’Or nominees in full (best men’s player)
Ousmane Dembele (PSG)
Gianluigi Donnarumma (PSG)
Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid)
Desire Doue (PSG)
Denzel Dumfries (Inter Milan)
Serhou Guirassy (Borussia Dortmund)
Erling Haaland (Man City)
Viktor Gyokeres (Arsenal)
Achraf Hakimi (PSG)
Harry Kane (Bayern Munich)
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (PSG)
Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona)
Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool)
Lautaro Martinez (Inter Milan)
Scott McTominay (Napoli)
Kylian Mbappe (Real Madrid)
Nuno Mendes (PSG)
Joao Neves (PSG)
Pedri (Barcelona)
Cole Palmer (Chelsea)
Michael Olise (Bayern Munich)
Raphinha (Barcelona)
Declan Rice (Arsenal)
Fabian Ruiz (PSG)
Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool)
Vinicius Jr (Real Madrid)
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool )
Florian Wirtz (Liverpool )
Vitinha (PSG )
Lamine Yamal (Barcelona)
Yamal also headlines the Kopa Trophy nominees for the best under-21 player. Yamal won the award last year.
Kopa Trophy nominees 2025 (best under-21 player)
Pau Cubarsi (Barcelona)
Ayyoub Bouaddi (Lille)
Desire Doue (Paris Saint-Germain)
Estevao (Palmeiras/Chelsea)
Dean Huijsen (Bournemouth/Real Madrid)
Myles Lewis-Skelly (Arsenal)
Rodrigo Mora (Porto)
Joao Neves (Paris Saint-Germain)
Kenan Yildiz (Juventus)
Lamine Yamal (Barcelona)