Who will win the Ballon d’Or 2022 Award?: List of Nominees of the men’s ballon d’or

The 2022 Ballon d’Or (French: Ballon d’Or) will be the 66th annual ceremony of the Ballon d’Or, presented by France Football Association, and recognizing the best footballers in the world in the 2021–22 season.

Since 1956, the men’s Ballon d’Or has been presented to the greatest player in each year. The France Football Prize is widely regarded as the highest individual football honor in the world.

The event this year will be held on Monday, October 17, at the Theatre du Chatalet in Paris, France. For the first time, the 2022 Ballon d’Or will be given to the best player of the 2021/22 season rather than the best player of the calendar year.

Lionel Messi was the winner last season, but he is not on the list of nominees this year for the first time in 17 years. Cristiano Ronaldo (five) and Lionel Messi (six) have won the award a total of 11 times since 2008.

The nominees for the ceremony were announced on 12 August 2022.

The list of nominees for the men’s Ballon d’Or:

• Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid)
• Rafael Leao (AC Milan)
• Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig)
• Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)
• Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City)
• Casemiro (Real Madrid)
• Heung-Min Son (Tottenham)
• Fabinho (Liverpool)
• Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain)
• Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
• Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich)
• Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool)
• Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid)
• Bernardo Silva (Manchester City)
• Luis Diaz (Liverpool)
• Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona)
• Mike Maignan (AC Milan)
• Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur)
• Darwin Nunez (Liverpool)
• Phil Foden (Manchester City)
• Sadio Mane (Bayern Munich)
• Sebastien Haller (Borussia Dortmund)
• Luka Modric (Real Madrid)
• Antonio Rudiger (Real Madrid)
• Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)
• Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City)
• Erling Haaland (Manchester City)
• Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool)
• Dusan Vlahovic (Juventus)
• Joao Cancelo (Manchester City)

For the first time in the history of the award, it will be given based on the results of the season instead of the calendar year