BALLON D'OR
2023 Ballon d’Or: how does the voting process work? Who has a vote?
France Football will honour the year’s outstanding men’s and women’s footballers at its awards gala in Paris on Monday.
The Théâtre du Châtelet in beautiful Paris will again host the Ballon d’Or gala on Monday, with four awards to be handed out at a ceremony presented by former footballer Didier Drogba and French journalist Sandy Heribert.
The Men’s Ballon d’Or and Women’s Ballon d’Or will be given to the top male and female footballers over the season, ending 31 July, while the Yashin Trophy and Kopa Trophy will honour the year’s best men’s goalkeeper and men’s under-21 player, respectively.
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Not satisfied with a record seven balls of gold, Lionel Messi went and won the World Cup with Argentina in Qatar and is expected to step onto stage later to collect number eight. With that he creates a list of firsts that will be hard to be topped. Spain’s Aitana Bonmati, another champion of the world, is the major candidate to win the women’s top prize, following in the footsteps of compatriot Alexia Putellas who has won the last two editions.
How are the recipients of the Ballon d’Or awards decided?
For the Men’s Ballon d’Or, 100 journalists from around the world, each representing a different country in the top ranked FIFA nations, are asked to choose five footballers from a 30-player shortlist, in descending order of merit.
The players on each journalist’s list are awarded points, as follows:
First: Six points
Second: Four points
Third: Three points
Fourth: Two points
Fifth: One point
The award then goes to the player who earns the highest amount of points in the voting process. If two or more players are tied on points, the number of first-place votes they received is used as a tie-breaker.
In the Women’s Ballon d’Or, 50 journalists from across the globe select their top five players from a 30-strong shortlist, with the same points process applied as in the Men’s Ballon d’Or.
The Yashin Trophy is chosen by the same jury as the Men’s Ballon d’Or, although in this case the journalists only choose their top three. There are 10 nominees. The winner of the Kopa Trophy is selected by 32 former recipients of the Men’s Ballon d’Or, from a shortlist of 10.
The nominees for each award are chosen by the editorial team at France Football.
2023 Ballon d’Or shortlists:
Men’s Ballon d’Or:
Josko Gvardiol (Manchester City)
Andre Onana (Manchester United)
Karim Benzema (Al Ittihad)
Jamal Musiala (Bayern Munich)
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid)
Bukayo Saka (Arsenal)
Randal Kolo Muani (Paris Saint Germain)
Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City)
Bernardo Silva (Manchester City)
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli)
Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa)
Ruben Dias (Manchester City)
Nicola Barella (Inter Milan)
Erling Haaland (Manchester City)
Yassine Bounou (Al Hilal)
Martin Odegaard (Arsenal)
Julian Alvarez (Manchester City)
Ilkay Gundogan (Barcelona)
Vinicius Jr (Real Madrid)
Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona)
Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid)
Lautaro Martinez (Inter MIlan)
Lionel Messi (Inter Miami)
Rodri (Barcelona)
Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint German)
Kim Min-jae (Bayern Munich)
Victor Osimhen (Napoli)
Luka Modric (Real Madrid)
Harry Kane (Bayern Munich)
Women’s Ballon d’Or:
Alba Redondo (Levante Union Deportiva)
Kadidiatou Diani (Lyon)
Rachel Daly (Aston Villa)
Linda Caicedo (Real Madrid)
Fridolina Rolfo (Barcelona)
Olga Carmona (Real Madrid)
Amanda Ilestedt (Arsenal)
Hayley Raso (Real Madrid)
Georgia Stanway (Bayern Munich)
Sophia Smith (Portland Thorns)
Hinata Miyazawa (Manchester United)
Salma Paralluelo (Barcelona)
Lena Oberdorf (Wolfsburg)
Millie Bright (Chelsea)
Daphne van Domselaar (Aston Villa)
Sam Kerr (Chelsea)
Patricia Guijarro (Barcelona)
Ewa Pajor (Wolfsburg)
Debinha (Kansas City)
Guro Reiten (Chelsea)
Yui Hasegawa (Manchester City)
Aitana Bonmati (Barcelona)
Jill Roord (Manchester City)
Alexandria Popp (Wolfsburg)
Katie McCabe (Arsenal)
Mary Earps (Manchester United)
Wendie Renard (Lyon)
Mapi Leon (Barcelona)
Asisat Oshoala (Barcelona)
Khadija Shaw (Manchester City)
Yashin Trophy:
Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa)
Mike Maignan (AC Milan)
Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid)
Aaron Ramsdale (Arsenal)
Yasssine Bounou (Al Hilal)
Andre Onana (Manchester United)
Dominik Livakovic (Fenerbahçe)
Marc-Andre Ter Stegen (Barcelona)
Ederson (Manchester City)
Brice Samba (Lens)
Kopa Trophy:
Alejandro Balde (Barcelona)
Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund/Real Madrid)
Eduardo Camavinga (Real Madrid)
Gavi (Barcelona)
Rasmus Hojlund (Atalanta/Manchester United)
Jamal Musiala (Bayern Munich)
Pedri (Barcelona)
Xavi Simons (PSV Eindhoven/RB Leipzig)
Antonio Silva (Benfica)
Elye Wahi (Montpellier/Lens)