Full list of Golden Ball 2026 nominees
On October 26, in London, they will do so, when the France Football magazine considers that the best footballers in the world in 2026 will receive their awards.
The 2026 Golden Ball Gala will be held in London on October 26. Photo: Europa Press.
The 2026 Golden Ball Awards will be presented in London on October 26 and the nominees have been announced. Here is the full list of footballers and clubs nominated for each award.
List of nominees
Women's football
Golden Ball
Selma Bacha (Olympique Lyon and France)
Barbra Band (Orlando Pride and Zambia)
Klara Bühl (Bayern Munich and Netherlands)
Esmee Brugts (Barcelona and the Netherlands)
Mariona Caldentey (Arsenal and Spain)
Scarlett Camberos (Club America and Mexico)
Kerstin Casparij (Manchester City and Netherlands)
Temwa Chawing (Kansas City Current and Malawi)
Cata Coll (Barcelona and Spain)
Melchie Dumornay (Olympique Lyon and Haiti)
Caroline Graham Hansen (Barcelona and Norway)
Alex Greenwood (Manchester City and England)
Patri Guijarro (Barcelona and Spain)
Pernille Harder (Bayern Munich and Denmark)
Yui Hasegawa (Manchester City and Japan)
Rose Lavelle (Gotham FC and United States)
Mapi León (Barcelona and London City Lionesses and Spain)
Lorena (Kansas City Current and Brazil)
Melvine Malard (Manchester United and Chelsea and France)
Manaka Matsukubo (North Carolina Courage and Chelsea and Japan)
Vivianne Miedema (Manchester City and the Netherlands)
Ewa Pajor (Barcelona and Poland)
Claudia Pina (Barcelona and Spain)
Alexia Putellas (Barcelona and London City Lionesses and Spain)
Wendie Renard (Olympique Lyon and France)
Alessia Russo (Arsenal and England)
Khadija Shaw (Manchester City and Jamaica)
Momoto Tanikawa (Bayern Munich and Japan)
Caroline Weir (Real Madrid and Olympique of Lyon and Scotland)
Tessa Wullaert (Inter Milan and Como and Belgium)
Goalkeeper of the Year
Ann-Katrin Berger (Gotham FC and Germany)
Cata Coll (Barcelona and Spain)
Hannah Hampton (Chelsea and England)
Lorena (Kansas City Current and Brazil)
Ayata Yamashita (Manchester City and Japan)
Coach of the Year
Jonathan Giraldez (Olympique Lyon)
Andree Jeglertz (Manchester City)
Nils Nielsen (Japan)
Pere Romeu (Barcelona)
Elena Sadiku (in BK Hack)
A young man of the year with a beautiful future
Veerle Buurman (Chelsea and the Netherlands)
Vicky Lopez (Barcelona and Spain)
Felicia Shcroder (Hacken and Real Madrid and Sweden)
Clara Serrajordi (Barcelona and Spain)
Lily Yohannes (Olympique Lyon and United States)
Club of the Year
Barcelona
Bayern Munich
Club America
Manchester City
Olympique Lyon
Men's football
Golden Ball
Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid and England)
Pau Cubarsi (Barcelona and Spain)
Marc Cucurella (Chelsea and Real Madrid and Spain)
Ousmane Dembele (Paris Saint-Germain and France)
Luis Díaz (Bayern Munich and Colombia)
Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United and Portugal)
Gabriel (Arsenal and Brazil)
Erling Haaland (Manchester City and Norway)
Achraf Hakimi (Paris Saint-Germain and Morocco)
Harry Kane (Bayern Munich and England)
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Paris Saint-Germain and Georgia)
Lamine Yamal (Barcelona and Spain)
Sadio Mane (Al-Nassr and Senegal)
Marquinhos (Paris Saint-Germain and Brazil)
Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan and Argentina)
Kylian Mbappé (Real Madrid and France)
Nuno Mendes (Paris Saint-Germain and Portugal)
Lionel Messi (Inter Miami and Argentina)
Joao Neves (Paris Saint-Germain and Portugal)
Michael Olise (Bayern Munich and France)
Willian Pacho (Paris Saint-Germain and Ecuador)
Julian Quiñones (Al-Qadsiah and Mexico)
Declan Rice (Arsenal and England)
Rodri (Manchester City and Barcelona and Spain)
Fabian Ruiz (Paris Saint-Germain and Spain)
William Saliba (Arsenal and France)
Ferran Torres (Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain and Spain)
Dayot Upamecano (Bayern Munich and France)
Vinicius Jr (Real Madrid and Brazil)
Vitinha (Paris Saint-Germain and Portugal)
Goalkeeper of the Year
Yassine Bounou (Al-Hilal and Morocco)
Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid and Belgium)
Joan Garcia (Barcelona and Spain)
Gregor Kobel (Borussia Dortmund and Switzerland)
Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa and Chelsea and Argentina)
Edouard Mendy (Al-Ahli and Senegal)
David Raya (Arsenal and Spain)
Matvey Safonov (Paris Saint-Germain and Russia)
Unai Simon (Athletic and Spain)
Vozinha (Chaves, Colo-Colo and Cape Verde)
Coach of the Year
Mikel Arteta (Arsenal)
Luis de la Fuente (Spain)
Unai Emery (Aston Villa)
Vincent Kompany (Bayern Munich)
Luis Enrique (Paris Saint-Germain)
A young man of the year with a beautiful future
Kerim Alajbegovic (RB Salzburg and Juventus and Bosnia-Herzegovina)
Ayyoub Bouaddi (Lille and Manchester City and Morocco)
Pau Cubarsi (Barcelona and Spain)
Yan Diomande (Leipzig and Real Madrid and Côte d'Ivoire)
Lennart Karl (Bayern Munich and Germany)
Eli Junior Kroupi (Bournemouth and France)
Lamine Yamal (Barcelona and Spain)
Johan Manzambi (Fribourg and Aston Villa and Switzerland)
Ibrahim Maza (Bayer Leverkusen and Algeria)
Warren Zaire-Emery (Paris Saint-Germain and France)
Club of the Year
Arsenal
Bayern Munich
Bodo/Glimt
Flamengo
Paris Saint-Germain
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