The Ballon d'Or, the Ballon d'Or Feminin, the Kopa Trophy and the Yashin Trophy will be awarded on October 17 in Paris in a lavish ceremony at Theatre du Chatelet.
The ceremony starts at 19:30 UK time. Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have won 12 of the last 13 Ballon d’Ors — with Real Madrid’s Luka Modric winning as the sole outlier in 2018 — but Messi was not even nominated for the 2022 award.
Karim Benzema is the hot favourite to win the men's award while Alexia Putellas of Barcelona — despite missing out on Euro 2022 due to injury — is expected to win the women's award, with competition from England and Arsenal's Beth Mead amongst others.
Ad Awards for the best goalkeeper — the Yashin Trophy — and the best young player in the world — the Kopa Trophy — will also be awarded at the Ballon d'Or ceremony.