2024 Ballon d’or nominees have been revealed with 30 players nominated for the prestigious award. For over 2 decades, we always see Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi compete for the ballon d’or. But both players have been dropped from the list for the first time in 17 years. Real Madrid Jude Bellingham and Vinicius Junior are the favorites to win the award. Here are the 2024 ballon d’or list of nominees.
2024 ballon d’or list of nominees
One among Bellingham and Vinicius will go home with the 2024 ballon do’or award. With both players’ great performance in 2024, the Brazilian scored 24 goals but was eliminated so quickly from the 2024 Copa America. While on the other hand, Jude Bellingham scored 23 goals for Real Madrid the previous season.
England defeat to Spain at the Euro 2024 final might be a slight challenge on Bellingham chances of winning the ballon d’or.
Real Madrid players had a full dominance on the list, with seven players from Madrid squad on the list. The likes of Bellingham, Vinicius, Rudiger, Kroos, Valvarde, Carvajal and new signing Kylian Mbappe.
- Jude Bellingham – Real Madrid/England
- Ruben Dias – Man City/Portugal
- Phil Foden – Man City/England
- Federico Valverde – Real Madrid/Uruguay
- Emiliano Martinez – Aston Villa/Argentina
- Erling Haaland – Man City/Norway
- Nico Williams – Athletic Club/Spain
- Granit Xhaka – Bayer Leverkusen/Switzerland
- Artem Dovbyk – Girona/Roma/Ukraine
- Toni Kroos – Real Madrid/Germany
- Vinicius Junior – Real Madrid/Brazil
- Dani Olmo – RB Leipzig/Barcelona/Spain
- Florian Wirtz – Bayer Leverkusen/Germany
- Martin Odegaard – Arsenal/Norway
- Mats Hummels – Borussia Dortmund/Roma/Germany
- Rodri – Man City/Spain
- Harry Kane – Bayern Munich/England
- Declan Rice- Arsenal/England
- Vitinha – PSG/Portugal
- Cole Palmer – Chelsea/England
- Dani Carvajal – Real Madrid/Spain
- Lamine Yamal – Barcelona/Spain
- Bukayo Saka – Arsenal/England
- Hakan Calhanoglu – Inter/Turkey
- William Saliba – Arsenal/France
- Kylian Mbappe – PSG/Real Madrid/France
- Lautaro Martinez – Inter/Argentina
- Ademola Lookman – Atalanta/Nigeria
- Antonio Rudiger – Real Madrid/Germany
- Alejandro Grimaldo – Bayer Leverkusen/Spain
When is Ballon d’or award date
The 2024 ballon d’or winner, which is the best male player, shall be announced on the 28th of October. The event shall be at Theatre du Chatelet in Paris.
Ballon d’or 2024 probability
The probability of Vinicius Junior winning the 2024 ballon d’or is higher than that of Jude Bellingham, probably Rodri might come close because of his all time performance and consistency at Manchester City.
