Ballon d'Or reveal nominees for 2026 Men's award | OneFootball

Read below for all of our updates on the Ballon d'Or contenders.

That concludes our coverage of the Ballon d'Or nominations.

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Four years in succession that the multi-winner misses out of the final voting. 

Again, the 30 contenders for the Ballon d'Or. Who should come out on top?

The complete list of the 2026 Men's Ballon d'Or nominees. 

You can't keep a good man down. 

Cristiano Ronaldo misses OUT. He is not nominated for the 2026 Ballon d'Or.

Will Cristiano Ronaldo's name be there? We should find out any minute.

If our calculations are correct there should be 10 more players to come.

PSG's midfield maestro is also included ...

It's been a breakout 12 months for this man ...

And there he is ...

Another PSG man is included after their Champions League triumph ...

Kylian Mbappe has been magnificent in 2026 ...

Of course the PSG captain had to be here ...

Sadio Mane may be playing in Saudi but he's also amongst the top 30 ...

We've just been made aware that the list is in alphabetical order, meaning Bradley Barcola and Desire Doue are both OUT of the running!

PSG's winged wizard rightly gets the nod ...

Lamine Yamal is also included ...

PSG's brilliant right-back gets the nod ...

This year's favourite is named ...

Arsenal's brilliant centre-back is deservedly included too ...

Of course Erling Haaland had to be here ...

Luis Diaz has done more than enough to make it on this list ...

It's been an excellent 12 months for the Man Utd captain ...

And Marc Cucurella is in ....

Here's last year's winner ...

World Cup winner Pau Cubarsi is also there ...

The first name out of the hat is Jude Bellingham ...

The Men's nominees are on their way now!

The Men's nominees should be unveiled in the next 15 minutes.

Are there any major names not in this list? Let us know your biggest grievances in the comments.

And here is the full list of Women's Ballon d'Or nominees ...

If our calculations are correct there should only be two more names to come.

One of the world's best strikers is also on the list ...

It wouldn't be a Ballon d'Or list without this former winner ...

Miedema is here. She's the 21st name to be revealed so only a few left to go in the Women's Ballon d'Or ...

Mapi Leon is amongst the 30 ...

Manchester City's Japanese star gets the nod ...

It's been a brilliant 12 months for Pernille Harder ...

The Lionesses first representation ....

She's already been nominated in the Goalkeeper award and now she's here in the main list of nominees ...

Casparij simply had to be on this list ...

We're firing through the names now ...

A well-deserved nod here ...

Some Barcelona representation. I'm sure we'll be seeing a few more of their stars ...

Another name in ...

Here are some of the early nominees ...

It looks like the official Ballon d'Or account is tweeting the nominees out one at a time so we'll do our best to keep on top of all the names. Wish us luck!

The previous seven Ballon d’Or Féminin champions

2018 – Ada Hegerberg (Lyon)

2019 – Megan Rapinoe (Reign FC)

2021 – Alexia Putellas (Barcelona)

2022 – Alexia Putellas (Barcelona)

2023 – Aitana Bonmati (Bareclona)

2024 – Aitana Bonmati (Barcelona)

2025 – Aitana Bonmati (Barcelona)

Up next it's going to be the 30 nominees for Women's Ballon d'Or!

Who's your pick for the best young player there? Surely it's Lamine Yamal and then the rest?

Next up it is the contenders for the 10 best men's youngsters in world football.

The nominees for the best women's U21 players are now in. 

There are suggestions that Raphinha has missed out on a nomination in the final Ballon d'Or shortlist. 

Some confusion here as to how many nominees there are for Men's Goalkeeper of the Year but it looks like they've settled on a final 10!

And now we have five more nominees for the Men's Goalkeeper of the Year! 

And the nominees are:

And up next we have the Men's Goalkeeper nominations, which should be dropping any minute.

It seems difficult to look past Cata Coll in that category, with the Barcelona goalkeeper winning a quadruple last season.

And here we have the nominees for Women's Goalkeeper of the Year:

Up next will be the nominees for Women's Goalkeeper of the Year.

Four Spaniards and one Belgian. The Iberian peninsula is really dominating things in the dugout of late.

Five great names there but surely this award is a toss-up between De La Fuente and Luis Enrique?

And now it's the Men's Coach of the Year nominees!

If the format from earlier is being followed, then I imagine we'll have the Men's Coach up next. Stay tuned!

And here come the nominees for Women's Coach of the Year ...

You can scrap what we just said in the last post. It looks like the next award nominees will be for Women's Coach!

If the running order from the Ballon d'Or website is to be believed, we should have Women's Strike of the Year up next.

A bit of history from the first award of the day ...

Very hard to argue with those five names. Who would be your pick? Let us know in the comments.

The nominees are:

It looks like we're rapidly moving through the awards, so here are the nominees for Men's Club of the Year 2026 ...

Up next it should be the nominees for Men's Club of the Year. When that will be announced though, is as yet unclear.

In case you're a visual learner, here are those five nominees in a nice, shiny graphic from our friends at the Ballon d'Or ...

The nominees are:

We're starting off with the nominees for Women's Club of the Year ...

Hello everyone and welcome to a very special live blog as the nominees for the 2026 Ballon d'Or are set to be revealed. We'll be bringing you the names of those dreaming of lifting the biggest individual trophy in football and all the reaction that comes with it. First though, we'll have plenty of other awards, including Men's Coach, Women's Coach, the Kopa Trophies for best young player and, of course, the Women's Ballon d'Or too.