2021 Men’s Ballon d’Or Nominees Revealed

The 30 nominees for the 2021 Men’s Ballon d’Or have been revealed!

 

With France Football having taken a coronavirus-enforced break in 2020, anticipation is building ahead of the next awarding of a Golden Ball.

 

Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Robert Lewandowski are among the nominees on the 30-man 2021 Ballon d’Or longlist to have been released by France Football.

Other superstar performers to get the nod include Erling Haaland, Kylian Mbappe, Karim Benzema and Romelu Lukaku.

A Golden Ball heading in the direction of any of those mentioned above would come as no surprise, but the likes of Euro 2020 winner Jorginho and his Chelsea team-mate N’Golo Kante also have their sights set on a shock win.

 

 

Who is in contention for the 2021 Ballon d’Or?

 

A list was leaked which revealed the 30 names, 20 of which have been confirmed by France Football thus far.

 

 

🌟 The 30 nominees for the 2021 Men's Ballon d'Or have been revealed!

Who is your winner? 🏆 pic.twitter.com/S3vOFABbTH

— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) October 8, 2021

Leaked list

Cesar Azpilicueta

Phil Foden

Jorginho

Robert Lewandowski

Romelu Lukaku

Kylian Mbappe

Gerard Moreno

Mohamed Salah

Luis Suarez

Cristiano Ronaldo

Confirmed

Nicolo Barella

Karim Benzema

Leonardo Bonucci

Giorgio Chiellini

Kevin De Bruyne

Ruben Dias

Gianluigi Donnarumma

Harry Kane

Simon Kjaer

Bruno Fernandes

Erling Haaland

N’Golo Kante

Neymar

Riyad Mahrez

Lautaro Martinez

Lionel Messi

Luka Modric

Mason Mount

Pedri

Raheem Sterling