2026 Ballon d’Or: Top 5 ranking for September [Full List]

The organisers of the Ballon d’Or person confirmed that their authoritative 30-man shortlist for the 2026 variation of the grant volition beryllium unveiled on September 8.

This announcement has intensified the statement implicit the players who volition beryllium included.

The 2025/2026 play was brought to a adjacent by the World Cup successful North America.

This means we could spot 1 of the astir tightly contested Ballon d’Or voting races successful history.

The jury, made up of the apical 100 FIFA-ranked planetary journalists, volition see idiosyncratic performances alongside silverware-laden squad achievements.

Here is however the apical 5 favourites fertile up of the shortlist announcement:

5. Lionel Messi: Messi’s spot among the contenders shows conscionable however overmuch value is placed connected the World Cup. The 39-year-old’s home performances successful MLS unsocial would not enactment him successful this conversation. The Argentina skipper scored 8 times astatine the tournament, arsenic they yet mislaid to Spain successful the final.

4. Kylian Mbappé: At 27, Mbappé is yet to instrumentality a Ballon d’Or plaque home, contempt consistently awesome performances for astir a decade. This clip around, his chances are rather high, arsenic helium won the Golden Boot astatine the World Cup. The Frenchman is present the all-time apical scorer successful the tournament’s history. He besides scored 42 goals successful 44 appearances for Rea...