Ballon d’Or 2024: Mbappe, Haaland nominated, no Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi among nominees

The Ballon d’Or 2024 list did not feature Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi for the first time in over two decades as the nominees list for the award was announced on Wednesday.


The Ballon d’Or 2024 list did not feature Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi for the first time in over two decades as the nominees list for the award was announced on Wednesday.

Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland, on the other hand, were the highlights of the list alongside England prodigy Jude Bellingham while Lamine Yamal and Nico Williams, two young stars of Spain’s victorious 2024 European Championship were also included in the list.

Messi and Ronaldo are the two most successful winners of the award, with the former winning it a record eight times while the latter has won it five times.

Full list of nominees for Ballon d’Or 2024:

  1. Jude Bellingham
  2. Hakan Calhanoglou
  3. Kylian Mbappe
  4. Erling Haaland
  5. Lamine Yamal
  6. Dani Carvajal
  7. Ruben Dias
  8. Artem Dobvyk
  9. Phil Foden
  10. Alejandro Grimaldo
  11. Mats Hummels
  12. Harry Kane
  13. Toni Kroos
  14. Ademola Lookman
  15. Emiliano Martinez
  16. Lautaro Martinez
  17. Martin Odegaard
  18. Dani Olmo
  19. Cole Palmer
  20. Declan Rice
  21. Rodri
  22. Antonio Rudiger
  23. Bukayo Saka
  24. William Saliba
  25. Federico Valverde
  26. Vinicius Jr.
  27. Vitinha
  28. Nico Williams
  29. Florian Wirtz
  30. Granit Xhaka

More to follow.