Ballon d’Or 2025 hype is truly beginning to build as nominees were revealed across five categories for men’s and women’s football.
An added interest in this year’s award ceremony, the 2025 event will crown a new men’s Ballon d’Or winner in consecutive years for the first time in 18 years after a dominant period by Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. Even when players like Karim Benzema and Luka Modrić were taking home the highest personal honor in the sport, Messi was right there to keep that streak alive.
