The winner of the 2024 Ballon d'Or will be officially announced in Paris on Monday night.
For only the third time since 2007, the men's prize will go to someone other than Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo - with neither of those aging superstars having been shortlisted this year.
The official unveiling of the new winner will be confirmed at Monday's glitzy awards ceremony, which is due to begin around 7pm (UK time).
But the result may have already been leaked as a list appearing to show the top 12 players based on voting points went viral via social media on Sunday.
The unconfirmed list shows Real Madrid forward Vinicius Junior as the winner with 630 points - 54 more than Manchester City midfielder Rodri in second.
Jude Bellingham is third, while two other England stars are also in the top eight - Harry Kane in fifth and Phil Foden in eighth.
Kylian Mbappe is fourth, Lamine Yamal is seventh, while Dani Olmo, Florian Wirtz, Dani Carvajal and Antonio Rudiger are ninth, 10th, 11th and 12th respectively.
However, perhaps surprisingly, Man City goal machine Erling Haaland is only sixth on the list with 195 points.
Haaland - who finished second behind Messi in 2023 - scored 38 goals in 45 games for City last season.
One Portuguese-speaking journalist who shared the list on X (formerly Twitter) commented: 'If this really is the leaked Ballon d'Or list, what explains Haaland in 6th? Vini Jr deservedly the best in the world.'
Vinicius had been widely tipped as the favourite to win the 2024 Ballon d'Or after playing a dazzling lead role for Madrid last season when they won La Liga and the UEFA Champions League.
The Brazilian, 24, provided six goals and four assists in 10 Champions League games last season, as well as a further 20 goal involvements in 26 La Liga matches.
savvy_ovi
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Dani Olmo still keeping Mbappe offside on this list π
dioaekosu
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How
akshaybeniwal
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where is l. Martinez, why Dani carvajal isn't in top 3 , why is lamin yamal ,Dani olmo, Phil foden ahead of Dani Carvajal
KidRockz
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Vini will get his first Balon d'Or.. unless he was "robbed" .. because there's a "smell" that Rodri might get the favour from those "robbers"..
Jonlmnrsu
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where is Martinez,!!!!
usedbywho
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π¨π¨PREMIER LEAGUE TAUNTS ππ₯ Criteria for Winning the Balon D or. β Individual Performance for Club and Country. β Overall Team Performance. β Fair Play/On and Off Field Performance. π₯ Fabrizio Romano himself has confirmed that Vinicius will NOT win the Balon D,or and I will point out reasons why. β Copa America: Brazil failed and Vinicius failed alongside.... Any Year that World Cup, Euros and Copa America is being played it have an effect on who wins the Balon D or. β Secondly with over 74 Unbeaten Games, Winning the Premier League and the Euros Rodri gained momentum. Rodri was more influential for Club and Country than Vinicius... Those that judge football with Goals and Assists alone may not understand this. β Winning the Champions League can not make you a Balon D or winner... If that was possible Haaland or Rodri would have Won it last Year.... There is an award made for the Champions League Best player and it is called UEFA BEST NOT BALON D OR. π₯ This was similar to what happened in 2018.... Ronaldo and Modric won the UCL, Modric made it to the World Cup final and won the Golden Ball while Ronaldo fell short.... Modric Won the Balon D or. Balon D or judgement is for Club and Country, That is where Brazil failed Vinicius. β If Balon D or is based on Champions League performance only - Vinicius will win it. β If Balon D or is based on Individual Performance only - Cole Palmer would have won it. β If Balon D or is based on Final performance only - Latuaro Martinez would have Won it. π₯ But in a Year where International Tournaments are played then the Criteria goes beyond just Club performance that is where Vinicius fell short. β Rodri Won Top Trophies for Club and Country..... Vinicius did not. β Rodri was among the Best for his Club and Country (Euros Best Player).... Vinicius did not. β Rodri had a Fair Play Record. By now you would have seen why Vinicius won't win it. π₯ I will not allow Sentiment and Rivalry to cloud my Logic.... Well deserved Rodri.
rebdeisuy
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how same way messi got it last year after haaland won everthing including top scorer
takklmnot
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if Lao was messi they would have given himπ
Zainbaloch07
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Same as messi snubbed π some players ballon dor
PrinceAbobyBlinkz
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Lataro Martinez not even in the top 10 is ridiculous