Releases revealing the final ranking of the Ballon d'Or, which will be announced at the ceremony held at the "Châtelet" theater in Paris this evening, have spread across social media.

A group of world stars are competing for the award, most notably the trio from Real Madrid: Vinícius Júnior, Jude Bellingham, and Kylian Mbappé. The race also sees the presence of Manchester City's duo, Erling Haaland and Rodri.

According to the leaks, the Brazilian Vinicius Junior topped the award race with a total of 630 points, followed by Rodri from Manchester City in second place with 576 points.

In third place comes Jude Bellingham with 422 points, while Kylian Mbappé came in fourth with 317 points, with a significant gap from the fifth place occupied by Harry Kane, Bayern Munich's striker, with 201 points.

For the first time since 2003, Argentine Lionel Messi and his Portuguese rival Cristiano Ronaldo were both absent from the list of nominees, marking the beginning of a new era for the award with the new generation of players.

Messi and Ronaldo have monopolized the prestigious award since 2008 until last year, with the Argentine winning eight Ballon d'Ors compared to five for the Portuguese.

Luka Modrić and Karim Benzema are considered the only players to have won the Ballon d'Or during its monopoly by Messi and Ronaldo, with the Croatian winning the award in 2018 and the Frenchman in 2022, noting that the award was canceled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The list of candidates for this year's Ballon d'Or included 30 players, and they are:

1: Jude Bellingham, Real Madrid

2: Erling Haaland, Manchester City

3: Nico Williams, Athletic Bilbao

4: Granit Xhaka, Bayer Leverkusen

5: Artem Dovbyk, Roma (Girona)

6: Toni Kroos, retired (Real Madrid)

7: Ruben Dias, Manchester City

8: Phil Foden, Manchester City

9: Emiliano Martínez, Aston Villa

10: Federico Valverde, Real Madrid.

11- Dani Carvajal, Real Madrid

Kylian Mbappé, Paris Saint-Germain/Real Madrid

13- Alejandro Grimaldo-BBayer Leverkusen

14- Lautaro Martínez, Inter Milan

15- Ademola Lookman, Atalanta

16- Antonio Rüdiger, Real Madrid

17- Lamine Yamal, Barcelona

18- Bukayo Saka- Arsenal

19- Hakan Çalhanoğlu - Inter Milan

20. William Saliba, Arsenal

21. Mats Hummels, Borussia Dortmund/Roma

22. Florian Wirtz, Bayer Leverkusen

23. Dani Olmo, Leipzig/Barcelona

24-Rodri, Manchester City

25. Declan Rice, Arsenal

26. Harry Kane, Bayern Munich

27. Vinícius Júnior, Real Madrid

28. Cole Palmer, Chelsea

29. Vitinha-PParis Saint-Germain

30. Martin Ødegaard, Arsenal