Predicted 2024 Ballon d'Or Winners
The Ballon d'Or Award is an annual award for the best international football player, awarded by a panel of selected journalists from the top football playing countries. In the lead up to the Ballon d'Or in 2024 there is a lot of speculation about who will win.
Men's Ballon d'Or
In 2023, Lionel Messi won a record eighth Ballon d'Or award. That was likely the end of an era, probably his last Ballon d'Or, particularly if he continues to play for Inter Miami in the MLS. The 2024 award is to be decided over the 2023/24 season as well as the 2024 international tournament.
How do the top football websites rank the contenders for the men's Ballon d'Or in 2024? We have collated the opinions of a few of the top football websites to compare.
Based on the predictions available so far, the 2023 Kopa Trophy (for the best u/21 player) winner Jude Bellingham, is an early favorite. All these predictions are purely speculative, as they have been made nearly a year out from the 2024 award ceremony.
| sportingnews.com (31 Oct 23) | Football Manager 2024 (1 Nov 23) | BBC Vote (31 Oct 23) | goal.com (31 Oct 23) | Independent Betting (1 Nov 23) | 3 Added Minutes (31 Oct 23) | |
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| 1 | Jude Bellingham | Kylian Mbappe | Jude Bellingham | Jude Bellingham | Jude Bellingham | Erling Haaland |
| 2 | Kylian Mbappe | Robert Lewandowski | Erling Haaland | Kylian Mbappe | Kylian Mbappe | Jude Bellingham |
| 3 | Erling Haaland | Jude Bellingham | Kylian Mbappe | Erling Haaland | Erling Haaland | Kylian Mbappe |
| 4 | Harry Kane | Harry Kane | Harry Kane | Harry Kane | ||
| 5 | Vinicius Junior | Mo Salah | Lionel Messi | Rodri |
Women's Ballon d'Or
Predictions for the women's Ballon d'Or 2024 award are much harder to find.
| goal.com | sportsbrief.com | gambling.com | |
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Sources:
- sportingnews.com: only three players were listed (from Oct 2023)
- Football Manager 2024: in November 2023 they predicted the next ten Ballon d'Or winners. In 2024, the predicted winner was Kylian Mbappe (they also predicted that he would win in 2025, 2026 and 2027.
- BBC Voting: On an online vote, 47% of people thought Jude Bellingham would win in 2024, 31% of them thought it would be Erling Haaland (from Oct 2023)
- goal.com: based on the power ranking as of Nov 2023
- Independent Betting: based on betting odds listed on https://www.independent.co.uk/
- 3 Added Minutes: (article published 31 Oct 2023)
- fourfourtwo.com - predictions were found here in previous years
- football365.com - predictions were found here in previous years
Related Pages
- All predictions for the Ballon d'Or
- Ballon d'Or Home
- Men's all-time Ballon d'Or Winner's List
- Football Awards Lists
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