According to the new format this year, France Football will announce 30 players in turn to the list of players competing for the 2017 Golden Ball (allon d'Or) on October 9.
At each time zone, the French magazine will name the 5 players who are honored to compete for this noble award.

This year, Ronaldo is of course the most promising candidate for the "Golden Ball" title because last season, he made a big contribution to helping Real Madrid break the curse to win La Liga for the first time in 5 years, and also became the first club to defend the Champions League title.
In this list, La Liga is still a pioneer tournament with 11 nominations, Premier League has 7, Serie A is 5, Ligue I and Bundesliga tournaments have 4 and 3 nominations respectively. In addition, a total of 3 goalkeepers, 4 defenders, 5 midfielders and 18 strikers are candidates for the 2017 Ballon d'Or award.
List of 30 players competing for the "Golden Ball" 2017
Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), David De Gea (Manchester United), Jan Oblak (Atletico Madrid).
Defenders: Leonardo Bonucci (AC Milan), Mats Hummels ( Bayern Munich), Marcelo (Real Madrid), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid).
Midfielders: Philippe Coutinho (Liverpool), Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City), N'Golo Kante (Ch Chelsea), Toni Kroos (Real Madrid), Luka Modric (Real Madrid)
Forwards: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Borussia Dortmund), Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), Edinson Cavani (PSG), Paulo Dybala (Juventus), Edin Dzeko ( Roma), Radamel Falcao (Monaco), Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid), Eden Hazard (Ch Chelsea), Isco (Real Madrid), Harry Kane (Tham), Robert Lewandowski ( Bayern Munich), Sadio Mane (Liverpool), Kylian Mbappe (PSG), Dries becauseens (Napoli), Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Neymar (PSG), Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid), Luis Suarez ( Barcelona).