Ballon d'Or Feminin: Aitana Bonmati, Marta, and five Lionesses among nominees
United States women's national team captain Lindsey Heaps is also on the 30-player shortlist alongside international team-mate Emily Fox.
Fox is one of seven Arsenal players nominated — the most of any club —alongside Mariona Caldentey, Steph Catley, Chloe Kelly, Frida Maanum, Alessia Russo and Leah Williamson. Arsenal won the 2025 Champions League with victory over Barcelona, their first triumph in the competition since 2007.
Barcelona midfielder Bonmati is again nominated and could become the first player in history to win the Ballon d'Or Feminin in three successive years. The 27-year-old won the 2024-25 Liga F title with Barcelona and was named player of the tournament at the 2025 European Championship as Spain reached the final for the first time but were beaten by England.
She is one of six Barcelona players on the shortlist alongside two-time winner Putellas, Patri Guijarro, Caroline Graham Hansen, Ewa Pajor and Claudia Pina.
Five members of England's Euro 2025-winning squad have been nominated: Kelly, Russo and Williamson, plus Chelsea pair Hannah Hampton and Lucy Bronze. Hampton is the only goalkeeper on the 30-player shortlist, and has also been nominated for the Yachine Trophy — the award for the best goalkeeper. Striker Michelle Agyemang, meanwhile, has been nominated for the Kopa Trophy, the award for the best player under the age of 21.
Brazil forward Marta, 39, is one of National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) representatives on the shortlist, alongside Orlando Pride team-mate Barbra Banda, Washington Spirit's Sofia Cantore, Kansas City Current's Temwa Chawinga and Gotham FC's Esther Gonzalez.
The winners will be announced in Paris on September 22.
2025 Ballon d'Or Feminin nominees
Sandy Baltimore (Chelsea)Barbra Banda (Orlando Pride)Aitana Bonmati (Barcelona)Lucy Bronze (Chelsea)Mariona Caldentey (Arsenal)Klara Buhl (Bayern Munich)Sofia Cantore (Washington Spirit)Steph Catley (Arsenal)Melchie Dumornay (Lyon)Temwa Chawinga (Kansas City Current)Emily Fox (Arsenal)Cristiana Girelli (Juventus)Esther Gonzalez (Gotham FC)Caroline Graham Hansen (Barcelona)Hannah Hampton (Chelsea)Pernille Harder (Bayern Munich)Patri Guijarro (Barcelona)Amanda Gutierres (Palmeiras)Lindsey Heaps (Lyon)Chloe Kelly (Arsenal)Frida Maanum (Arsenal)Marta (Orlando Pride)Clara Mateo (Paris FC)Ewa Pajor (Barcelona)Claudia Pina (Barcelona)Alexia Putellas (Barcelona)Alessia Russo (Arsenal)Johanna Rytting Kaneryd (Chelsea)Caroline Weir (Real Madrid)Leah Williamson (Arsenal)
2025 Kopa Trophy nominees
Michelle Agyemang (Brighton and Hove Albion/Arsenal)Linda Caicedo (Real Madrid)Wieke Kaptein (Chelsea)Vicky Lopez (Barcelona)Claudia Martinez Ovando (Club Olimpia)
2025 Yashin Trophy nominees
Ann-Katrin Berger (Gotham FC)Cata Coll ( Barcelona)Hannah Hampton (Chelsea)Chiamaka Nnadozie (Paris FC/Brighton)Daphne van Domselaar (Arsenal)
This article originally appeared in The Athletic.
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