This year’s Ballon d’Or nominations are out and 30 of the best players in the world stand a chance of winning one of the most sought-after awards in football history.
The award is handed to the player who has performed their absolute best in the previous year and a group of football journalists will vote.
Lionel Messi has won the most awards with five to his name – and his most recent in 2015.
Christiano Ronaldo is the firm favourite to win his fifth title following his 2016 UEFA Champions League and Spanish La Liga titles.
@Francefootball is releasing the full 30 Ballon d’Or nominees in stages throughout the day. Keep up to date here:
Ballon d’Or 2017 shortlist so far
- Philippe Coutinho (Liverpool)
- Kevin De Bruyne (Man City)
- David de Gea (Man Utd)
- Paulo Dybala (Juventus)
- Edin Dzeko (Roma)
- Harry Kane (Tottenham)
- N’Golo Kante (Chelsea)
- Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich)
- Marcelo (Real Madrid)
- Dries Mertens (Napoli)
- Luka Modric (Real Madrid)
- Neymar (PSG)
- Jan Oblak (Atletico Madrid)
- Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)
- Luis Suarez (Barcelona)
- Antoine Griezmann ( Atletico Madrid)
- Toni Kroos (Real Madrid)
- Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus FC)
- Sadio Mane (Liverpool)
- Radamel Falcao (AS Monaco)
- Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
- Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Dortmund)
- Edison Cavani (PSG)
- Mats Hummels (Bayern Munich)
- Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)
- Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
- Eden Hazard (Chelsea)
- Leonardo Bonucci (AC Milan)
- Isco (Real Madrid)
- Kylian Mbappe (PSG)
