LIVE UPDATES [FULL LIST]: 2026 Ballon d’Or nominees

The shortlist for the 2026 Ballon d’Or nominees has been announced, marking the 70th year of the Ballon d’Or to recognise and celebrate great achievements in the world of football across the 2025/26 season.

The nominees were announced via the award body’s X handle on Tuesday.

Nominees for the Men’s and Women’s Striker of the Year, exceptional young talent, goalkeepers, clubs and coaches who excelled across last season were also announced, among other categories.

See the full list below for all nominations across all categories:

Women’s Ballon d’Or

Selma Bacha — OL Lyonnes/France

Barbra Banda — Orlando Pride/Zambia

Klara Bühl — Bayern Munich/Germany

Esmee Brugts — FC Barcelona Femeni/Netherlands

Mariona Caldentey — Arsenal/Spain

Scarlett Camberos — Club America/Mexico

Kerstin Casparij — Manchester City Women/Netherlands

Temwa Chawinga — Kansas City Current/Malawi

Cata Coll — FC Barcelona Femeni/Spain

Melchie Dumornay — OL Lyonnes/Haiti

Caroline Graham Hansen — FC Barcelona Femeni/Norway

Alex Greenwood — Manchester City Women/England

Pernille Harder — Bayern Munich/Denmark

Patri Guijarro — FC Barcelona Femeni/Spain

Rose Lavelle — Gotham FC/US Women’s National Soccer Team

Yui Hasegawa — Manchester City Women/Japan

Mapi León — FC Barcelona Femení, London City Lionesses/Spain

Lorena — Kansas City Current/Brazil

Melvine Malard — Manchester United, Chelsea/France

Manaka Matsukubo — North Carolina Courage, Chelsea/Japan

Ewa Pajor — FC Barcelona Femení/Poland

Vivianne Miedema — Manchester City Women/Netherlands

Claudia Pina — FC Barcelona Femení/Spain

Alexia Putellas — FC Barcelona Femení, London City Lionesses/Spain

Alessia Russo — Arsenal/England

Momoko Tanikawa — Bayern Munich/Japan

Wendie Renard — OL Lyonnes/France

Khadija Shaw — Manchester City Women/Jamaica

Caroline Weir — Real Madrid, OL Lyonnes/Scotland

Tessa Wullaert — Inter Milan, Como/Belgium

Men’s Coach of the Year

Mikel Arteta — Arsenal

Luis de la Fuente — Spain National Team

Unai Emery — Aston Villa

Vincent Kompany — Bayern Munich

Luis Enrique — Paris Saint-Germain

Women’s Coach of the Year

Jonatan Giráldez — OL Lyonnes

Andrée Jeglertz — Manchester City Women

Nils Nielsen — Japan National Team

Pere Romeu — FC Barcelona Femeni

Elena Sadiku — Celtic FC Women/BK Häcken

Men’s Club of the Year

Arsenal

Bayern Munich

Bodø/Glimt

Flamengo

Paris Saint-Germain

Women’s Club of the Year

FC Barcelona

Bayern Munich

Club América

Manchester City

OL Lyonnes

Men’s Goalkeeper of the Year

Yassine Bounou — Al-Hilal/Morocco

Thibaut Courtois — Real Madrid/Belgium

Joan García — FC Barcelona/Spain

Gregor Kobel — Borussia Dortmund/Switzerland

Emiliano Martínez –Aston Villa, Chelsea/Argentina

Edouard Mendy — Al-Ahli/Senegal

David Raya –Arsenal/Spain

Matvey Safonov — Paris Saint-Germain/Russia

Unai Simón — Athletic Bilbao/Spain

Vozinha (Josimar Dias) — GD Chaves, Colo-Colo/Cape Verde

Women’s Goalkeeper of the Year

Ann-Katrin Berger — Gotham FC/England

Cata Coll — FC Barcelona Femeni/Spain

Hannah Hampton — Chelsea FC/England

Lorena — Kansas City Current/Brazil

Ayaka Yamashita — Manchester City Women

Men’s Young Talent of the Year

Ayyoub Bouaddi — Lille, Manchester City/Morocco

Kerim Alajbegović — RB Salzburg, Juventus/Bosnia and Herzegovina

Yan Diomandé — RB Leipzig, Real Madrid/Côte d’Ivoire

Pau Cubarsi — FC Barcelona/Spain

Lennart Karl — Bayern Munich/Germany

Éli Junior Kroupi — AFC Bournemouth/France

Lamine Yamal — FC Barcelona/Spain

Ibrahim Maza — Bayer Leverkusen/Algeria

Johan Manzambi — SC Freiburg, Aston Villa/Switzerland

Warren Zaïre-Emery — Paris Saint-Germain/France

Women’s Young Talent of the Year

Veerle Buurman — Chelsea/Netherlands

Vicky López — FC Barcelona Femeni/Spain

Felicia Schröder –BK Häcken, Real Madrid/Sweden

Clara Serrajordi — FC Barcelona Femeni/Spain

Lily Yohannes — OL Lyonnes/US Women’s National Soccer Team

More details to follow….