A total of 30 players made the final cut for nominees.

On Monday, the organisers had already begun a countdown to the top 10.

Al Nassr's Sadio Mane and Arsenal defender William Saliba are equally ranked in 29th place.

Julián Quiñones of Al-Qadsiah is in 28th position, Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes is 27th and Dayot Upamecano finished in 26th.

Ranked at 25th is PSG's Marquinhos, Luis Diaz of Bayern Munich is 24th, and Nuno Mendes of PSG is ranked 23rd.

Lautaro Martinez (Inter Milan), Gabriel Magalhaes (Arsenal) and William Pacho (PSG) finished 22nd, 21st and 20th respectively.