Ballon d'Or 2018: Messi, Ronaldo, Modric and others- Favourites, underdogs, latest odds and ranking nominee's chances
Ronaldo and Messi have won the Ballon d'Or award for 10 years. Can Modric, Salah or Kane upstage them this year?
Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have both been nominated for the Ballon d'Or 2018. However, for the first time in a decade they are not the favourites to win the Ballon d'Or trophy awarded by France Football magazine to the best player in the world.
The 2018 award will mark 10 years since Cristiano Ronaldo won the award in 2008, leading to an entire decade in which he and Messi dominated the trophy as both winners and runners-up. Both superstars now have five Ballons d'Or apiece.
However, it may be time for a new era where a new player finally usurps them to the biggest individual honour in football.
The award merged with FIFA's World Player of the Year prize from 2010-15 to create the FIFA Ballon d'Or, but returned to France Football in 2016 while FIFA established The Best awards.
The winners of the prestigious men's and women's awards will be announced at a ceremony in Paris on December 3.
The 30 nominees for the men's Ballon d'Or trophy awarded by France Football magazine to the best player in the world were announced recently.
Let's look at the nominees, favourites and underdogs for the Ballon d'Or 2018 and rank their chances of taking the trophy home.