Who is favourite to win 2025 Ballon d’Or and which 30 players are nominated? | Football

Liverpool superstar Mohamed Salah is among the main favourites to win the 2025 Ballon d’Or after the 30 nominees were announced on Thursday.

The Ballon d’Or is the most prestigious individual award in football, handed out to the player deemed to have performed best over the previous season, with this year’s winner set to be announced on September 22.

Presented by French magazine France Football since 1956, Lionel Messi holds the record for most Ballon d’Or trophies – having clinched eight.

Manchester City star Rodri landed the last Ballon d’Or in 2024 – but which 30 players are nominated this time around and who are the favourites?

Full list of 2025 Ballon d’Or nominees

• Ousmane Dembele (Paris St-Germain)
• Gianluigi Donnarumma (Paris St-Germain)
• Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid)
• Desire Doue (Paris St-Germain)
• Denzel Dumfries (Inter)
• Serhou Guirassy (Dortmund)
• Erling Haaland (Manchester City)
• Viktor Gyokeres (Arsenal)
• Achraf Hakimi (Paris St-Germain)

• Harry Kane (Bayern Munich)
• Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Paris St-Germain)
• Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona)
• Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool)
• Lautaro Martinez (Inter)
• Scott McTominay (Napoli)
• Kylian Mbappe (Real Madrid)
• Nuno Mendes (Paris St-Germain)
• Joao Neves (Paris St-Germain)
• Pedri (Barcelona)
• Cole Palmer (Chelsea)

• Michael Olise (Bayern Munich)
• Raphinha (Barcelona)
• Declan Rice (Arsenal)
• Fabian Ruiz (Paris St-Germain)
• Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool)
• Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
• Vinicius Jr (Real Madrid)
• Florian Wirtz (Liverpool)
• Vitinha (Paris St-Germain)
• Lamine Yamal (Barcelona)

Who are the favourites to win 2025 Ballon d’Or?

According to football betting site talkSPORT Bet, Paris Saint-Germain star Ousmane Dembele is the No.1 favourite at odds of 1/5.

Dembele registered 21 goals and eight assists across 29 Ligue 1 games last season as PSG were crowned champions of France.

The French forward also conjured up eight goals and six assists in 15 Champions League matches to help PSG land their first-ever trophy.

talkSPORT Bet’s Ballon d’Or 2025 winner odds

• Ousmane Dembele 1/5
• Lamine Yamal 5/1
• Mohamed Salah 16/1
• Raphinha 20/1
• Vitinha 25/1
• Nuno Mendes 33/1
• Kylian Mbappe 33/1
• Cole Palmer 33/1
• Khvicha Kvaratskhelia 50/1
• Desire Doue 100/1
• Lautaro Martinez 100/1
• Gianluigi Donnarumma 100/1

• Virgil Van Dijk 100/1
• Jude Bellingham 100/1
• Scott McTominay 150/1
• Fabian Ruiz 200/1
• Michael Olise 200/1
• Joao Neves 200/1
• Alexis MacAllister 200/1
• Achraf Hakimi 200/1
• Serhou Guirassy 200/1
• Denzel Dumfries 200/1
• Harry Kane 200/1
• Florian Wirtz 200/1
• Vinicius Junior 250/1
• Robert Lewandowski 250/1
• Declan Rice 250/1
• Erling Haaland 250/1
• Viktor Gyokeres 250/1

Barcelona star Lamine Yamal is the second favourite at odds of 5/1 after the Catalan club landed the La Liga title as well as the Copa del Rey and Supercopa de España trophies.

Salahi is the third favourite after Liverpool finished ahead of Arsenal and Pep Guardiola’s City to clinch the Premier League title.

Salah: This year my best chance for Ballon d’Or

Salah believes this year is his ‘best chance’ to win the Ballon d’Or – with the Egyptian having never landed the trophy before.

‘I would say I never had a season like this and winning big trophies so I would say this is my best chance to get it right now while I’m in the club because it’s been a crazy year, a crazy season with a trophy,’ Salah told Sky Sports.

‘It’s given me a good chance.’

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