Only two African players were nominated for the 2026 Women’s Ballon d’Or top 30 nominees on Tuesday.
They are Zambia’s Barbra Banda and Malawi’s Temwa Chawinga.
The two made the list follow their brilliant performances at the 2026 CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, WAFCON, which was won by Cameroon in Morocco.
Chawinga scored five goals and provided two assists at WAFCON, while Banda scored five goals and provided one assist.
Here are Full List for the 2026 Ballon d’Or women’s nominees:
Selma Bacha
Barbra Banda
Klara Bühl
Esmee Brugts
Mariona Caldentey
Scarlett Camberos
Kerstin Casparij
Temwa Chawinga
Cata Coll
Melchie Dumornay
Caroline Graham Hansen
Alex Greenwood
Patri Guijarro
Pernille Harder
Yui Hasegawa
Rose Lavelle
Mapi León
Lorena
Melvine Malard
Manaka Matsukubo
Vivianne Miedema
Ewa Pajor
Claudia Pina
Alexia Putellas
Wendie Renard
Alessia Russo
Khadija Shaw
Momoko Tanikawa
Caroline Weir
Tessa Wullaert
