A number of Premier League stars have received nominations for best male player of the year at the 2025 Ballon d’Or awards.Â
Mo Salah is one of the favourites to claim the honour after enjoying a phenomenal season in which he registered 57 goal involvements as Liverpool won the title. Reds teammates Alexis Mac Allister, Florian Wirtz and Virgil van Dijk have also been nominated.
New Arsenal signing Viktor Gyokeres, Declan Rice, Cole Palmer of Chelsea, and Manchester City striker Erling Haaland are the other Premier League players nominated for this year’s Ballon d’Or.
PSG predictably dominate the list with nine nominations following their emphatic Champions League win last season; Ousmane Dembele is arguably Salah’s biggest challenger for the Ballon d’Or.
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Barcelona’s Raphinha and Lamine Yamal will also rate their chances highly after the wingers enjoyed incredible campaigns, powering the Catalan club to the La Liga title.
There were also nominations for Napoli hero and former Manchester United midfielder Scott McTominay and Bayern Munich and England star Michael Olise.
Meanwhile, England stars Hannah Hampton, Lucy Bronze, Leah Williamson and Alessia Russo were nominated for the women’s player of the year. All three were instrumental in England’s Euro 2025 success this summer, while Hampton and Bronze were key to Chelsea’s domestic treble, and Lionesses captain Williamson and Russo helped Arsenal win the Women’s Champions League.
Arsenal’s Mariona Caldentey, Steph Catley and Emily Fox, and Sandy Baltimore of Chelsea also received nominations.
The Ballon d’Or ceremony will take place on Monday, 22 September, 2025.
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List Ballon d’Or nominees for 2025’s best male player award in full:
- Mo Salah – Liverpool
- Alexis Mac Allister – Liverpool
- Virgil van Dijk – Liverpool
- Florian Wirtz – Liverpool/Bayern Munich
- Ousmane Dembele – PSG
- Khvicha Kvaratskhelia – PSG
- Gianluigi Donnarumma – PSG
- Desire Doue – PSG
- Achraf Hakimi – PSG
- Nuno Mendes – PSG
- Joao Neves – PSG
- Vitinha – PSG
- Fabian Ruiz – PSG
- Cole Palmer – Chelsea
- Erling Haaland – Man City
- Declan Rice – Arsenal
- Viktor Gyokeres – Arsenal/Sporting CP
- Jude Bellingham – Real Madrid
- Kylian Mbappe – Real Madrid
- Vinicius Jr – Real Madrid
- Lautaro Martinez – Inter Milan
- Denzel Dumfries – Inter Milan
- Serhou Guirassy – Borussia Dortmund
- Harry Kane – Bayern Munich
- Michael Olise – Bayern Munich
- Robert Lewandowski – Barcelona
- Raphinha – Barcelona
- Pedri – Barcelona
- Lamine Yamal – Barcelona
- Scott McTominay – Napoli
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