Yashin Trophy 2025 list of nominees for world's best goalkeeper at Ballon d'Or awards gala

Joe Wright

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Among the awards given out each year at the Ballon d'Or gala is the Yashin Trophy, the prize awarded to the best goalkeeper in the world.

In 2025, this award will recognise the finest female keepers for the first time as well as their male counterparts.

The nominees for the men's and women's prizes were revealed on August 7, the day the full Ballon d'Or shortlist is also confirmed. The contenders for the Kopa Trophy, given to the best young players in the world, plus a host of other award hopefuls are also announced.

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Yashin Trophy 2025 list of nominees

The nominees for the Yashin Trophy, given at the Ballon d'Or gala to the best goalkeepers in the world, was confirmed on Thursday, August 7.

Hosts France Football have now updated both shortlists.

List of nominees for 2025 Men's Yashin Trophy

GoalkeeperClubNational team
Alisson BeckerLiverpoolBrazil
Yassine BounouAl HilalMorocco
Lucas ChevalierLilleFrance
Thibaut CourtoisReal MadridBelgium
Gianluigi DonnarummaPSGItaly
Emiliano MartinezAston VillaArgentina
David RayaArsenalSpain
Matz SelsNottingham ForestBelgium
Yann SommerInter MilanSwitzerland
Jan OblakAtletico MadridSlovenia

List of nominees for 2025 Women's Yashin Trophy

GoalkeeperClubNational team
Ann-Katrin BergerGotham FCGermany
Cata CollBarcelonaSpain
Hannah HamptonChelseaEngland
Chiamaka NnadozieBrighton & Hove AlbionNigeria
Daphne van DomselaarArsenalNetherlands

Why is it called the Yashin Trophy?

The Yashin Trophy is named in honour of Lev Yashin, the former USSR star who remains the only goalkeeper in history to win the Ballon d'Or.

Yashin, who spent his playing career with Dynamo Moscow, won gold at the 1956 Olympic Games and the 1960 European Championships. He's considered one of the finest and most influential goalkeepers the game has ever seen.

The award was established in 2019, 90 years after the birth of the man nicknamed "the Black Panther" who finished top of the Ballon d'Or standings in 1963.

When is 2025 Ballon d'Or ceremony?

The 2025 Ballon d'Or gala takes place on Monday, September 22 at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris, France.

Joe Wright

Joe Wright is a Senior Editor at Sporting News, overseeing global soccer and multisport. He was previously a sub editor and writer for Goal.com before spending six years as part of the Stats Perform news service, covering major global sports news, data analytics, features and video content. Joe has extensive experience covering some of the biggest events in football, including two UEFA Champions League finals, Euro 2016, the Confederations Cup 2017 and the 2018 World Cup, which included the final in Moscow.