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The 30-person shortlist for the 2024 Ballon d'Or includes six players who assisted England in making it to the Euro 2024 championship.
The following players are vying for the coveted honor, which will be given to the finest male football player in 2024: forwards Bukayo Saka and Cole Palmer, midfielders Jude Bellingham, Phil Foden, and Declan Rice, and captain Harry Kane.
The winger for Barcelona and Spain, Lamine Yamal, who just turned 17 in July, is also a contender.
England advanced to the Euro 2024 final, but on July 14 in Berlin, they lost to Spain 2-1.
Eight players from Manchester City and Arsenal—who placed first and second in the Premier League, respectively—have combined to be nominated.
For the first time since 2003, neither Lionel Messi nor Cristiano Ronaldo are on the list.
Messi, an eight-time Ballon d'Or winner who won the award in 2023, is a forward for Inter Miami and Argentina.
Both Messi, 37, and Cristiano Ronaldo, 39, who has won five times, have been on the list of nominees since 2003.
A first-time winner is assured because Karim Benzema and Luka Modric, the two other past recipients who are currently active, were not included on the shortlist.
A jury of journalists from each of the top 100 nations in the Fifa men's global ranking casts their votes for the award.
Kobbie Mainoo and Alejandro Garnacho of Manchester United are the nominees for the Kopa Trophy, which is given to the finest men's young player of the year.
Emiliano Martinez of Aston Villa, who took home the Yashin Trophy as the finest goalkeeper the previous year, was again considered for the honor.
Pep Guardiola, meanwhile, was nominated for men's coach of the year following Manchester City's second Premier League title.
On October 28, an event in Paris will announce the winners.
Nominees for the Ballon d'Or:
Jude Bellingham (England and Real Madrid)
Ruben Dias, a Manchester City and Portugal native
Phil Foden, Manchester City and England
Federico Valverde of Real Madrid and Uruguay
Emiliano Martinez, both with Aston Villa and Argentina
Erling Haaland of Manchester City and Norway
Nico Williams (Athletic Bilbao and Spain)
Granit Xhaka (Bayer Leverkusen and Switzerland)
Artem Dovbyk (Roma and Ukraine)
Real Madrid and former Germany player Toni Kroos
Vinicius Jr. of Real Madrid and Brazil
Dani Olmo (Barcelona and Spain)
Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen, Germany)
Arsenal's and Norway's Martin Odegaard
Mats Hummels, a free agent from Germany
Rodri (Manchester City and Spain)
Harry Kane of Bayern Munich and England
Declan Rice of Arsenal and England
Vitinha (Pisa St.Germain and Portugal)
Cole Palmer, a Chelsea and England native
Real Madrid's Dani Carvajal hails from Spain.
Lamine Yamal (Barcelona and Spain)
Arsenal and England's Bukayo Saka
Hakan Calhanoglu, Inter Milan and Turkey
Arsenal and France's William Saliba
Real Madrid and France's Kylian Mbappe
Lautaro Martinez (Inter Milan and Argentina)
Ademola Lookman (in Atlanta and in Nigeria)
Real Madrid and Germany's Antonio Rudiger
Alejandro Grimaldo (Bayer Leverkusen and Spain)