Ballon d’Or 2022: Full list of nominees

Lionel Messi and Neymar have not been included on the 30-man shortlist for the 2022 Ballon d’Or.

The Argentina international has won the most Ballons d’Or in history with seven, but he did not make the list despite scoring 11 goals in 34 matches for Paris Saint-Germain last season.

His team-mate Neymar is also not on the list. He played just 28 times for PSG last season in an injury-hit campaign. Kylian Mbappe does make the list.

Five-time Ballon d’Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo is on the list after scoring 18 goals in 31 matches for Manchester United last season.

Below is the full list of nominees

• Thibaut Courtois (Real Madird)
• Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
• Rafael Leao (AC Milan)
• Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig)
• Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich)
• Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool)
• Vinicius Jr (Real Madrid)
• Bernardo Silva (Manchester City)
• Luis Diaz (Liverpool)
• Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona)
• Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City)
• Casemiro (Real Madrid)
• Heung-Min Son (Tottenham)
• Fabinho (Liverpool)
• Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)
• Mike Maignan (AC Milan)
• Harry Kane (Tottenham)
• Darwin Nunez (Liverpool)
• Phil Foden (Manchester City)
• Sadio Mane (Bayern Munich)
• Sebastien Haller (Borussia Dortmund)
• Luka Modric (Real Madrid)
• Antonio Rudiger (Real Madrid)
• Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)
• Kevin de Bruyne (Manchester City)
• Dusan Vlahovic (Juventus)
• Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool)
• Joao Cancelo (Manchester City)
• Erling Haaland (Manchester City)
• Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain)