Two days ago, France Football announced the nominees for the 2024 Ballon d'Or. Let's take a look at the brand battle for the 2024 Ballon d'Or, in partnership with Football Boots DB.
All three of the Big Three's biggest ambassadors - Ronaldo (Nike), Messi (Adidas) and Neymar Jr (Puma) - are absent this year.
2024 Ballon d'Or - Battle of Brands
Unsurprisingly, Nike and Adidas continue to dominate the 2024 Ballon d'Or nominations list with 15 and 10 players respectively, accounting for more than 80% of the top 30 (83.3%).
Adidas and Nike sponsor over 80% of nominees
This list of nominees includes five players who do not wear Nike or Adidas: Carvajal, Xhaka (Puma), Harry Kane (Skechers), Rudiger (Under Armour) and Bukayo Saka (New Balance).
Despite ending contracts with many players over the years, Nike still owns half of the players nominated for the 2024 Ballon d'Or, showing that the Swoosh is still the top brand. The Swoosh has three top stars: Haaland, Mbappe and Vinicius.
Men's Ballon d'Or 2024 Nominees - Boot Brands
- Kylian Mbappe (Real Madrid) - Nike
- Lautaro Martinez (Inter Milan) - Nike
- William Saliba (Arsenal) - Nike
- Hakan Calhanoglu (Inter Milan) - Nike
- Cole Palmer (Chelsea) - Nike
- Vitinha (PSG) - Nike
- Vinicius Jr (Real Madrid) - Nike
- Rodri (Manchester City) - Nike
- Martin Odegaard (Arsenal) - Nike
- Artem Dovbik (AS Roma) - Nike
- Phil Foden (Manchester City) - Nike
- Ruben Dias (Manchester City) - Nike
- Federico Valverde (Real Madrid) - Nike
- Nicolas Williams (Athletic Bilbao) - Nike
- Ademola Lookman (Atalanta) - Adidas
- Alejandro Grimaldo (Bayer Leverkusen) - Adidas
- Lamine Yamal (Barcelona) - Adidas
- Declan Rice (Arsenal) - Adidas
- Dani Olmo (Barcelona) - Adidas
- Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen) - Adidas
- Mats Hummels (AS Roma) - Adidas
- Toni Kroos (Retirement) - Adidas
- Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid) - Adidas
- Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa) - Adidas
- Harry Kane (Bayern München) - Skechers
- Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) - New Balance
- Antonio Rudiger (Real Madrid) - Under Armour
- Dani Carvajal (Real Madrid) - Puma
- Granit Xhaka (Bayer Leverkusen) - Puma
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Who (which brand) do you think will win the 2024 Ballon d'Or?