Welcome to the 2024 Ballon d’OneFootball.
Over the next 10 days, we will be counting down our top 10 men’s footballers in the world right now, before revealing the winner on 27 July 2024.
You can read here how we voted for this year’s award.
And here is our list so far.
Today we continue with…
4th: Kylian Mbappé, Paris Saint-Germain and France
Goals in 2023/24: 44
Assists in 2023/24: 10
Trophies won in 2023/2024: Ligue 1, Coupe de France, Tropheé des Champions
Highest ranking among voters: EN 🏴 (4th)
Why were they nominated?
In what turned out to be Kylian Mbappé’s final season at Paris Saint-Germain, the French goal-getter was back to what he does best – scoring an absolute tonne.
Mbappé started the campaign excluded from PSG’s pre-season tour to Japan as speculation about his future swirled.
But when he was eventually called upon in August, the pacy striker set about making up for lost time by netting in his opening game of Ligue 1 against Lens and then failing to relent until May.
Mbappé would eventually bag his 250th goal for the capital club in March and was a huge part of their run to the Champions League semi-finals.
Best moment since the start of 2023/24?
After defeat in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final with Barcelona, PSG needed a big performance to book their place in the last four.
Thankfully for Luis Enrique and co, Les Parisien turned up when it mattered most at Estadi Olimpic with the Ligue 1 giants blowing away their Catalan rivals in the second leg.
PSG eventually wound up 4-1 winners with Mbappé grabbing two late goals that secured their place in the semi-final against Borussia Dortmund.
Kylian Mbappé,Paris Saint-Germain,Tropheé des Champions,Ligue 1,Borussia Dortmund,Barcelona
