Today sees the release of the nominees for the 2025 Ballon d’Or – and a host of Gunners are expected to be included on the shortlists for a whole host of prizes.

The annual ceremony, widely seen as the game’s most prestigious individual prizes, sees journalists from around the world cast their votes to crown the best player. It has been awarded to men since 1956, while the women’s award has been going since 2018.

However, there are prizes also handed out for a host of other categories, and we should be well represented in all of them. The winners will be revealed at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris on Monday, September 22.

This page will be updated throughout the day as shortlists are announced so keep checking back!

MEN’S YASHIN TROPHY

For the first time in his career, David Raya has been nominated for the award. The winner of the Premier League Golden Glove for the second consecutive season, David was in incredible form between our posts during a campaign in which he made 55 appearances, the most by a goalkeeper for us since David Seaman in 1993/94.

The Spanish shot-stopper kept 13 shutouts in the top-flight to share the award with Nottingham Forest’s Matz Sels, and more came in the Champions League as he played in 13 of our 14 games en route to the semi-finals, while he also made two penalty saves in that competition.
 

WOMEN’S YASHIN TROPHY

Another new prize up for grabs is the Women’s Yashin Trophy, named after the legendary goalkeeper, and Daphne Van Domeselaar could get her hands on it after an impressive campaign.

In her first season at the club, the Dutch stopper was between the posts for seven of our 15 Champions League matches and was named in the Team of the Tournament. She kept 14 clean sheets in 24 appearances and finished with 10 in the WSL, despite only starting 15 league games.

Nominees
Ann-Katrin Berger (Gotham, Germany)
Cata Coll (Barcelona, Spain)
Hannah Hampton (Chelsea, England)
Chiamaka Nnadozie (Brighton, Nigeria)
Daphne van Domselaar (Arsenal, Netherlands)

MEN’S KOPA TROPHY

After breaking through to our first-team last season, Myles Lewis-Skelly has been recognised with an inclusion in this category. Myles debuted for us in September 2024 aged 18 and became the youngest player to start a Champions League fixture for us since 2011 in our 3-0 win against Monaco in December. 

He featured in 19 of our 21 remaining Premier League fixtures, scored his first goal in our famous 5-1 win against Manchester City at Emirates Stadium and netted 20 minutes into his England debut against Albania in March – the first of three caps so far.

Nominees
Pau Cubarsi (Barcelona, Spain)
Ayyoub Bouaddi (Lille, France)
Desire Doue (PSG, France)
Estevao (Chelsea)
Dean Huijsen (Real Madrid, Spain)
Myles Lewis-Skelly (Arsenal, England)
Rodrigo Mora (Porto, Portugal)
Joao Neves (PSG, Portugal)
Lamine Yamal (Barcelona, Spain)
Kenan Yildiz (Juventus, Turkey)

Women’s Kopa Trophy

2025 will also be the first time the Kopa Trophy for the best young player will be presented to a woman, and Michelle Agyemang could be the first recipient after her heroics at Euro 2025.

The 19-year-old spent last season on loan at Brighton & Hove Albion where she scored three goals in 17 WSL appearances, helping her break into the England squad. After scoring on her debut against Belgium in April, she was selected for the tournament in Switzerland and netted crucial goals in the quarters and semis against Sweden and Italy to push her side into the final, and be named the Young Player of the Tournament.

Nominees:
Michelle Agyemang (Arsenal, England)
Linda Caicedo (Real Madrid, Colombia)
Wieke Kaptein (Chelsea, Netherlands)
Claudia Martinez Ovando (Club Olimpia, Paraguay)
Vicky Lopez (Barcelona, Spain)

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