Ballon d’Or 2025 live: Full list of nominees to be revealed today plus ceremony date and time

• 2024: Rodri
• 2023: Lionel Messi
• 2022: Karim Benzema
• 2021: Lionel Messi
• 2019: Lionel Messi

• 2024: Aitana Bonmati
• 2023: Aitana Bonmati
• 2022: Alexia Putellas
• 2021: Alexia Putellas
• 2019: Megan Rapinoe

The Ballon d’Or nominees will be announced today, with the ceremony in a month’s time on 22 September.

The glitzy gala will take place at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, with Uefa linking up with Groupe Amaury and L’Équipe to put on the prestigious annual awards.

The committee, consisting of journalists from France Football and L’Equipe, select 30 names.

When the two lists have been confirmed, one football journalist from each of the top 100 FIFA-ranked nations will submit their votes for the top 10 players.

The top 10 consists of a points system, which will be accumulated to crown the winner:

• First Place: 15 points
• Second Place: 12 points
• Third place: 10 points
• Fourth place: 8 points
• Fifth place: 7 points
• Sixth place: 5 points
• Seventh place: 4 points
• Eighth place: 3 points
• Ninth place: 2 points
• Tenth place: 1 point