Ballon d’Or 2022: Full list of nominees revealed

Let’s take a look at France Football’s nominees for this year’s Ballon d’Or awards.

France Football have unveiled their list of nominees for the 2022 Ballon d’Or awards.

Following a controversial 2021 ceremony that saw Lionel Messi claiming his seventh Ballon d’Or, the French publication decided to make a change in the way players are judged.

This year, the journalists have voted based on the last season’s performances instead of the calendar year. 

Messi, who spent an underwhelming debut season at Paris Saint-Germain, missed out on Ballon d’Or’s short-list for the first time since 2005.

Let’s check out all the nominees from different categories of the Ballon d’Or awards.

Women’s Best Player

Selma Bacha – Lyon

Fridolina Rolfo – Barcelona

Vivianne Miedema – Arsenal

Lucy Bronze – Barcelona

Sam Kerr – Chelsea

Christiane Endler – Lyon

Lena Oberdorf – Wolfsburg

Catarina Macario – Lyon

Alexia Putellas – Barcelona

Alexandra Popp – Wolfsburg

Aitana Bonmati – Barcelona

Wendie Renard – Lyon

Alex Morgan – San Diego Wave

Beth Mead – Arsenal

Asisat Oshoala – Barcelona

Marie-Antoinette Katoto – PSG

Millie Bright – Chelsea

Trinity Rodman – Washington Spirit

Ada Hegerberg – Lyon

Yashine Trophy 

Kopa Trophy

Karim Adeyami – Borussia Dortmund

Jude Bellingham – Borussia Dortmund

Eduardo Camavinga – Real Madrid

Gavi – Barcelona

Ryan Gravenberch – Bayern Munich

Nuno Mendes – PSG

Jamal Musiala – Bayern Munich

Josko Gvardiol – RB Leipzig

Bukayo Saka – Arsenal

Florian Wirtz – Bayer Leverkusen

Yachin Trophy

Yassine Bounou – Sevilla

Alisson Becker – Liverpool

Thibaut Courtois – Real Madrid

Ederson – Manchester City

Mike Maignan – AC Milan

Edouard Mendy – Chelsea

Manuel Neuer – Bayern Munich

Jan Oblak – Atletico Madrid

Kevin Trapp – Eintracht Frankfurt

Hugo Lloris – Tottenham

Men’s Best Player

Thibaut Courtois – Real Madrid

Rafael Leao – AC Milan

Christopher Nkunku – RB Leipzig

Mohamed Salah – Liverpool

Joshua Kimmich – Bayern Munich

Trent Alexander-Arnold – Liverpool

Vinicius Junior – Real Madrid

Bernardo Silva – Manchester City

Luis Diaz – Liverpool/Porto

Robert Lewandowski – Bayern Munich/Barcelona

Riyad Mahrez – Manchester City

Casemiro – Real Madrid

Son Heung-min – Tottenham Hotspur

Fabinho – Liverpool

Karim Benzema – Real Madrid

Mike Maignan – AC Milan

Harry Kane – Tottenham Hotspur

Darwin Nunez – Liverpool/Benfica

Phil Foden – Manchester City

Sadio Mane – Bayern Munich/Liverpool

Sebastien Haller – Ajax/Borussia Dortmund

Luka Modric – Real Madrid

Antonio Rudiger – Chelsea/Real Madrid

Cristiano Ronaldo – Manchester United

Kevin De Bruyne – Manchester City

Dusan Vlahovic – Fiorentina/Juventus

Virgil van Dijk – Liverpool

Joao Cancelo – Manchester City

Kylian Mbappe – Paris Saint-Germain

Erling Haaland – Borussia Dortmund/Manchester City

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