2024 Ballon d'Or nominees - revealed

The 30 players in with a chance of winning the 2024 Ballon d'Or, recognising the best male player in the world of the past season, have been revealed.

Real Madrid pair Jude Bellingham and Vinicius Junior are the hot favourites, with either potentially just the fifth different winner of the last 17 years, largely due to two decades of dominance from Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.

Both Bellingham and Vinicius won La Liga and the Champions League with Real Madrid, scoring 23 and 24 goals respectively. Each was aiming for international success too, but Bellingham's England lost the Euro 2024 final and Vini's Brazil fell way short in the Copa America.

Erling Haaland, Phil Foden, Nico Williams and Lamine Yamal will all be among those hoping to finish highly in the final rankings.

Many had expected Messi to be nominated after winning the Copa America again with Argentina. But the 37-year-old was not among the list of nominees. Ronaldo was also absent, having missed out in 2023, making it the first time in 21 years that neither is shortlisted for the Ballon d'Or.

Ballon d'or 2024 nominees

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