Find out the ranking of the Ballon d’Or candidatesLondon stages the 2026 Ballon d’Or ceremony today, Monday, with the football world waiting to learn who lifts the award. The 30 nominees are being revealed one by one in descending order, building towards the main event at 9pm Mecca time.The game’s biggest names are in the running. France’s Kylian Mbappé of Real Madrid, Spain’s Lamine Yamal of Barcelona and England’s Harry Kane of Bayern Munich all sit among the frontrunners to claim the prize.For the fifth time in the award’s history, a full season rather than the calendar year decides the winner. The qualifying window runs from 3 August 2025 until 19 July 2026, taking in every major competition and event the campaign served up.France Football, the magazine behind the Ballon d’Or, has revealed the rankings from 30th place down to 11th.Ten players remain in the hunt for the top places, with their names to be announced at the ceremony. They are: Ousmane Dembélé, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Michael Olise, Fabián Ruiz, Rodri, Lionel Messi, Erling Haaland, Harry Kane, Kylian Mbappé and Lamine Yamal.Ranking of the 2026 Ballon d’Or nomineesRankPlayerClubNational team29Sadio ManéAl-NassrSenegal29William SalibaArsenalFrance28Julián QuiñonesAl-QadsiahMexico27Bruno FernandesManchester UnitedPortugal26Dayot UpamecanoBayern MunichFrance25MarquinhosParis Saint-GermainBrazil24Luis DíazBayern MunichColombia23Nuno MendesParis Saint-GermainPortugal22Lautaro MartínezInter MilanArgentina21GabrielArsenalBrazil20Willian PachoParis Saint-GermainEcuador19João NevesParis Saint-GermainPortugal18Marc CucurellaReal MadridSpain17Vinícius JúniorReal MadridBrazil16Ferran TorresBarcelona – Paris Saint-GermainSpain15Declan RiceArsenalEngland14VitinhaParis Saint-GermainPortugal13Achraf HakimiParis Saint-GermainMorocco12Pau CubarsíBarcelonaSpain11Jude BellinghamReal MadridEngland10987654321
