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Ballon d’Or 2023 LIVE: Messi aiming for record eighth trophy as full rankings revealed

The 2023 Ballon d’Or will be handed out on Monday night by publication France Football, with Lionel Messi chasing an unprecedented eighth success in the award’s history.

The Inter Miami star is among the hot favourites to claim the gong after leading Argentina to 2022 World Cup glory in Qatar, but he isn’t the only player eyeing success at the ceremony at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris.

While there is no competition from Messi‘s long-time rival Cristiano Ronaldo – the Portugal international has been left off the shortlist for the first time since 2003 – Erling Haaland’s ridiculous strike rate in front of goal with Manchester City means the Norwegian will have plenty of supporters in the voting.

The golden ball isn’t the only award being handed out either. As well as the equivalent prize in the women’s game, the Kopa Trophy, Yashin Trophy, Socrates Award, Gerd Muller Trophy and Club of the Year will all be handed to game-leading figures in the modern game.

17:00 – Welcome to our live blog!

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Benzema is unlikely to defend his 2022 win / Aurelien Meunier/GettyImages

Welcome one and all to 90min‘s live blog covering the award winners at the 2023 Ballon d’Or ceremony. It’s sure to be an evening filled with unnecessarily long monologues, dozens of video compilations and rogue fashion choices.

But it’s all worth it to find out the winner of the most prestigious individual award in men’s and women’s football.

How does the Ballon d’Or voting format work?

The Ballon d’Or victor is decided by 100 journalists from FIFA’s 100 top-ranked member nations. Each journalist makes their top five picks from the 30-man shortlist, with each ranking earning a different points value/number of votes.

As you’d expect, the player who picks up the most points in voting is named that year’s Ballon d’Or victor.

Ballon d’Or nominees

Player

Club / Country

Julian Alvarez

Manchester City / Argentina

Nicolo Barella

Inter / Italy

Jude Bellingham

Borussia Dortmund / Real Madrid / England

Karim Benzema

Real Madrid / Al Ittihad / France

Yassine Bounou

Sevilla / Al Hilal / Morocco

Kevin De Bruyne

Manchester City / Belgium

Ruben Dias

Manchester City / Portugal

Antoine Griezmann

Atletico Madrid / France

Ilkay Gundogan

Manchester City / Barcelona / Germany

Josko Gvardiol

RB Leipzig / Manchester City / Croatia

Erling Haaland

Manchester City / Norway

Harry Kane

Tottenham / Bayern Munich / England

Randal Kolo Muani

Eintracht Frankfurt / PSG / France

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia

Napoli / Georgia

Robert Lewandowski

Barcelona / Poland

Emiliano Martinez

Aston Villa / Argentina

Lautaro Martinez

Inter / Argentina

Kylian Mbappe

PSG / France

Lionel Messi

PSG / Inter Miami / Argentina

Kim Min-jae

Napoli / Bayern Munich / South Korea

Luka Modric

Real Madrid / Croatia

Jamal Musiala

Bayern Munich / Germany

Martin Odegaard

Arsenal / Norway

Andre Onana

Inter / Manchester United / Cameroon

Victor Osimhen

Napoli / Nigeria

Rodri

Manchester City / Spain

Bukayo Saka

Arsenal / England

Mohamed Salah

Liverpool / Egypt

Bernardo Silva

Manchester City / Portugal

Vinicius Junior

Real Madrid/Brazil

Ballon d’Or Feminin nominees

Player

Club / Country

Aitana Bonmati

Barcelona / Spain

Millie Bright

Chelsea / England

Linda Caicedo

Deportivo Cali / Real Madrid / Colombia

Olga Carmona

Real Madrid / Spain

Rachel Daly

Aston Villa / England

Debinha

North Carolina Courage / Kansas City Current/ / Brazil

Kadidiatou Diana

PSG / Lyon / France

Mary Earps

Manchester United / England

Patri Guijarro

Barcelona

Yui Hasegawa

Manchester City / Japan

Amanda Ilestedt

PSG/ Arsenal / Sweden

Sam Kerr

Chelsea / Australia

Mapi Leon

Barcelona / Spain

Katie McCabe

Arsenal / Republic of Ireland

Hinata Miyazawa

Mynavi Sendai / Manchester United / Japan

Lena Oberdorf

Wolfsburg / Germany

Asisat Oshoala

Barcelona / Nigeria

Ewa Pajor

Wolfsburg / Poland

Salma Paralluelo

Barcelona / Spain

Alexandra Popp

Wolfsburg / Germany

Hayley Raso

Manchester City / Real Madrid / Australia

Alba Redondo

Levante / Spain

Guro Reiten

Chelsea / Norway

Wendie Renard

Lyon / France

Fridolina Rolfo

Barcelona / Sweden

Jill Roord

Wolfsburg / Manchester City / Australia

Khadija Shaw

Manchester City / Jamaica

Sophia Smith

Portland Thorns / United States

Georgia Stanway

Bayern Munich / England

Daphne van Domselaar

Twente / Aston Villa / Netherlands

READ MORE ON THE 2023 BALLON D’OR NOMINATIONS AND PREDICTED RANKINGS

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