The Ballon d’Or is one of the most prestigious football awards that has been presented every year by the French magazine France Football since 1956.

The 68th edition of the Ballon D’Or ceremony will be held on October 28 later this year at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris.

The jurors include 100 men’s football journalists from the top 100 FIFA-ranked countries for the men’s awards and 50 women’s football journalists from the top 50 FIFA-ranked countries for the women’s awards. Professional players will not be voting in the 2024 Ballon d’Or awards. 

Lionel Messi holds the record for the most wins with eight Ballons d’Or. 

The following awards will be presented at the ceremony this year:
• Men’s Ballon d’Or
• Women’s Ballon d’Or
• Kopa Trophy (best U21 player)
• Yashin Trophy (best goalkeeper)
• Men’s Club of the Year Trophy
• Women’s Club of the Year Trophy
• Men’s Coach of the Year Trophy
• Women’s Coach of the Year Trophy
• Gerd Müller Trophy (top scorer of the previous season)

Let’s take a look at all the nominees announced for the 2024 Ballons d’Or ceremony. 

Men’s top 30 Ballon d’Or nominees

Jude Bellingham (England | Real Madrid CF)
Hakan Çalhanoglu (Türkiye | FC Internazionale Milano)
Dani Carvajal (Spain | Real Madrid CF)
Rúben Dias (Portugal | Manchester City FC)
Artem Dovbyk (Ukraine | SC Dnipro-1 / Girona FC / AS Roma)
Phil Foden (England | Manchester City FC)
Alejandro Grimaldo (Spain | Bayer 04 Leverkusen)
Erling Haaland (Norway | Manchester City FC)
Mats Hummels (Germany | Borussia Dortmund)
Harry Kane (England | FC Bayern Munich)
Toni Kroos (Germany | Real Madrid CF)
Ademola Lookman (Nigeria | Atalanta BC)
Emiliano Martínez (Argentina | Aston Villa FC)
Lautaro Martínez (Argentina | FC Internazionale Milano)
Kylian Mbappé (France | Paris Saint-Germain FC / Real Madrid CF)
Martin Ødegaard (Norway | Arsenal FC)
Dani Olmo (Spain, RB Leipzig / FC Barcelona)
Cole Palmer (England | Chelsea FC)
Declan Rice (England | Arsenal FC)
Rodri (Spain | Manchester City FC)
Antonio Rüdiger (Germany | Real Madrid CF)
Bukayo Saka (England | Arsenal FC)
William Saliba (France | Arsenal FC)
Federico Valverde (Uruguay | Real Madrid CF)
Vinícius Júnior (Brazil | Real Madrid CF)
Vitinha (Portugal | Paris Saint-Germain FC)
Nico Williams (Spain | Athletic Club)
Florian Wirtz (Germany | Bayer 04 Leverkusen)
Granit Xhaka (Switzerland | Bayer 04 Leverkusen)
Lamine Yamal (Spain | FC Barcelona)

Women’s top 30 Ballon d’Or nominees

Barbra Banda (Zambia | Shanghai RCB / Orlando Pride)
Aitana Bonmatí (Spain | FC Barcelona)
Lucy Bronze (England | FC Barcelona / Chelsea FC)
Mariona Caldentey (Spain | FC Barcelona / Arsenal FC)
Tabitha Chawinga (Malawi | Paris Saint-Germain FC / Olympique Lyonnais) 
Grace Geyoro (France | Paris Saint-Germain FC)
Manuela Giugliano (Italy | AS Roma)
Caroline Graham Hansen (Norway | FC Barcelona)
Patricia Guijarro (Spain | FC Barcelona)
Giulia Gwinn (Germany | FC Bayern Munich)
Yui Hasegawa (Japan | Manchester City FC)
Ada Hegerberg (Norway | Olympique Lyonnais)
Lauren Hemp (England | Manchester City FC)
Lindsey Horan (USA | Olympique Lyonnais)
Lauren James (England | Chelsea FC)
Marie-Antoinette Katoto (France | Paris Saint-Germain FC)
Alyssa Naeher (USA | Chicago Red Stars)
Sjoeke Nüsken (Germany | Chelsea FC)
Ewa Pajor (Poland | VfL Wolfsburg / FC Barcelona)
Salma Paralluelo (Spain | FC Barcelona)
Gabi Portilho (Brazil | SC Corinthians Paulista)
Alexia Putellas (Spain | FC Barcelona)
Mayra Ramírez (Colombia | Levante UD / Chelsea FC)
Trinity Rodman (USA | Washington Spirit)
Lea Schüller (Germany | FC Bayern Munich)
Khadija Shaw (Jamaica | Manchester City FC)
Sophia Smith (USA | Portland Thorns FC)
Mallory Swanson (USA | Chicago Red Stars)
Tarciane (Brazil | Corinthians / Houston Dash)
Glódís Viggósdóttir (Iceland | FC Bayern Munich)

Men’s top 10 Yashin Trophy nominees

Diogo Costa (Portugal | FC Porto)
Gianluigi Donnarumma (Italy | Paris Saint-Germain FC)
Gregor Kobel (Switzerland | Borussia Dortmund)
Andriy Lunin (Ukraine | Real Madrid CF)
Mike Maignan (France | AC Milan)
Giorgi Mamardashvili (Georgia | Valencia CF)
Emiliano Martínez (Argentina | Aston Villa FC)
Unai Simón (Spain | Athletic Club)
Yann Sommer (Switzerland | FC Internazionale Milano)
Ronwen Williams (South Africa | Mamelodi Sundowns FC)

Men’s top 10 Kopa Trophy nominees

Pau Cubarsí (Spain | FC Barcelona)
Alejandro Garnacho (Argentina | Manchester United FC)
Arda Güler (Türkiye | Real Madrid CF)
Karim Konaté (Côte d’Ivoire | Red Bull Salzburg)
Kobbie Mainoo (England | Manchester United FC)
João Neves (Portugal | SL Benfica / Paris Saint-Germain FC)
Savinho (Brazil | Girona FC / Manchester City FC)
Mathys Tel (France | FC Bayern Munich)
Lamine Yamal (Spain | FC Barcelona)
Warren Zaïre-Emery (France | Paris Saint-Germain FC)

Men’s top 6 Coach of the Year nominees

Xabi Alonso (Spain | Bayer 04 Leverkusen)
Carlo Ancelotti (Italy | Real Madrid CF)
Luis de la Fuente (Spain | Spain men’s senior national team)
Gian Piero Gasperini (Italy | Atalanta BC)
Pep Guardiola (Spain | Manchester City FC)
Lionel Scaloni (Argentina | Argentina men’s senior national team)

Women’s top 6 Coach of the Year nominees

Sonia Bompastor (France | Olympique Lyonnais / Chelsea FC)
Arthur Elias (Brazil | SC Corinthians Paulista / Brazil women’s senior national team)
Jonatan Giráldez (Spain | FC Barcelona / Washington Spirit)
Emma Hayes (England | Chelsea FC / USA women’s senior national team)
Filipa Patão (Portugal | SL Benfica)
Sarina Wiegman (Netherlands | England women’s senior national team)

Men’s top 5 Club of the Year nominees

Borussia Dortmund (Germany)
Girona FC (Spain)
Bayer 04 Leverkusen (Germany)
Manchester City FC (England)
Real Madrid CF (Spain)

Women’s Top 5 Club of the Year nominees

FC Barcelona (Spain)
Chelsea FC (England)
NJ/NY Gotham (USA)
Olympique Lyonnais (France)
Paris Saint-Germain FC (France)