.Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo were each left off the list of nominees for this year's Ballon d'Or award, marking the first time neither celebrity was actually nominated since 2003. Capture eight-time winner Messi, and also his longtime rivalrous Ronaldo, who possesses five Ballon d'Ors to his title, did not feature Wednesday in a list of 30 players in the competing this year's reward, which will definitely exist Oct. 28. Editor's Picks1 RelatedVinicius Junior, Rodri, Jude Bellingham, Kylian Mbappu00e9, Erling Haaland and also Harry Kane are actually amongst the names nominated.Teammates Vinicius as well as Bellingham aided Actual Madrid gain LaLiga as well as the group's 16th Champions League headline last time, while Haaland led the Premier Organization in goals racked up and also Kane carried out the same for Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga.Earlier this summer, Mbappu00e9 eventually secured his counted on transfer to Madrid after investing 6 times at PSG.Messi, that is functioning his back coming from injury with club edge Inter Miami, gained the honor last year.Messi, 37, succeeded his 1st Ballon d'Or in 2009-- the start of a four-year streak of taking the leading prize. He was actually first chosen in 2006. Ronaldo and also Messi switched the competition right into a virtually two-way competition in the course of the peak of their professions-- gaining it a bundled thirteen times from 2008. Ronaldo's 1st nomination was actually 2004. On the ladies's side, five U.S. superstars created the checklist of nominees, including captain and midfielder Lindsey Horan, goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher and also forwards Trinity Rodman, Sophia Smith and Mallory Swanson, a few full weeks after helping the Americans succeed the 2024 Olympic gold medal in females's soccer.Aitana Bonmatu00ed, Mariona Caldentey, Patri Guijarro, Salma Paralluelo and also Alexia Putellas are the 5 Spanish players recommended for the honor. Spain finished fourth at the Olympics, one year after gaining the Planet Mug. The honor has actually mosted likely to Spanish gamers in each of recent 3 years, twice to Putellas and in 2015 to Bonmatu00ed.England, defeated through Spain in the 2023 World Cup ultimate, has three candidates-- Lauren Hemp, Lauren James and also Lucy Bronze.Information from The Associated Push contributed to this document.