2016 Ballon d'Or shortlist

Sergio Aguero (Manchester City)
 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Borussia Dortmund)
Gareth Bale (Real Madrid)
Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus
 Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
Kevin de Bruyne (Manchester City)
Paulo Dybala (Juventus)
Diego Godin (Atletico Madrid)
 Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid)

Gonzalo Higuain (Juventus)
 Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Manchester United)
Andres Iniesta (Barcelona)
Koke (Atletico Madrid)
Toni Kroos (Real Madrid)
Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich)
Hugo Lloris (Tottenham Hotspur)
Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City)
Lionel Messi (Barcelona
 Luka Modric (Real Madrid)
 Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich)
Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich)
Neymar (Barcelona)
 Dimitri Payet (West Ham)
Pepe (Real Madrid)
Paul Pogba (Manchester United
 Rui Patricio (Sporting Lisbon
 Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)
 Luis Suarez (Barcelona)
 Jamie Vardy (Leicester City),
Arturo Vidal (Bayern Munich).