A leaked list claiming to reveal the top 10 finishers for the 2025 men`s Ballon d`Or has gone viral ahead of Monday`s ceremony in Paris.
The prestigious award will be handed out at the Theatre du Chatelet, with the 2024 winner set to be crowned on the night.
Remarkably, for just the fourth time since 2007, neither Lionel Messi nor Cristiano Ronaldo feature on the shortlist, ensuring a new name will claim the prize.
The new winner will be officially unveiled at Monday’s glamorous awards ceremony.
However, on Saturday evening, a supposed leaked list claiming to reveal the top 10 finishers went viral across social media.
The unconfirmed list places Barcelona’s Raphina at the top with 800 points, a tally higher than Lionel Messi`s winning totals in 2023 and 2019 (686) and Luka Modrić’s in 2018 (753), though still short of Cristiano Ronaldo’s 946 in 2017.
If the leak is accurate, PSG star, Ousmane Dembele comes second with 710 points, followed by Lamine Yamal in third.
PSG duo of Vitinha and Nuno Mendes reportedly sit fourth and fifth, with Pedri in sixth, Kylian Mbappe in seventh, and Mohamed Salah, Desire Doue, and Lautaro Martines rounding out the top 10.
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