Ballon d’Or 2025: Full List of Yashin Trophy Nominees

The winner for the past two years has been Aston Villa’s Emiliano Martínez.

Emiliano Martínez is among the nominees for 2025. / IMAGO/PA Images

10 goalkeepers will battle it out to be crowned the winner of the 2025 Yashin Trophy.

First given to Liverpool stopper Alisson in 2019, the Yashin Trophy celebrates the best goalkeeper in the world and is named after legendary Soviet Union star Lev Yashin, the only goalkeeper to ever win the Ballon d’Or.

Aston Villa’s Emiliano Martínez is the current holder of the award, having won in both 2023 and 2024, and the Argentina international is once again among the nominees to take home the prize this year.

Martínez is one of four candidates from the Premier League. Alisson makes the cut again, having last reached the podium in second place in 2022, while there is also a place for Golden Glove-winning duo David Raya and Matz Sels of Arsenal and Nottingham Forest respectively.

Among the favorites to win the award will be Paris Saint-Germain’s Gianluigi Donnarumma. While currently battling transfer uncertainty, Donnarumma played a crucial role in his side’s run to Champions League glory last season, saving a number of key penalties along the way.

The man tipped to replace Donnarumma at PSG, Lille’s Lucas Chevalier, also features as the only other Ligue 1 representative.

Real Madrid’s Thibaut Courtois returns to the shortlist after injury saw him miss out 12 months ago, and on the other side of the city, Atlético Madrid’s Jan Oblak is looking to improve on his third-placed finish in 2021.

Rounding out the shortlist are Al Hilal’s Yassine Bounou, who dazzled at the Club World Cup, and reliable Inter stopper Yann Sommer.

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Yashin Trophy 2025 Nominees in Full

Player	Team
Alisson	Liverpool/Brazil
Yassine Bounou	Al Hilal/Morocco
Lucas Chevalier	Paris Saint-Germain/France
Thibaut Courtois	Real Madrid/Belgium
Gianluigi Donnarumma	Manchester City/Italy
Emiliano Martínez	Aston Villa/Argentina
Jan Oblak	Atlético Madrid/Slovenia
David Raya	Arsenal/Spain
Matz Sels	Nottingham Forest/Belgium
Yann Sommer	Inter/Switzerland

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Women’s Yashin Trophy 2025 Nominees

Player	Team
Ann-Katrin Berger	Gotham FC/Germany
Cata Coll	Barcelona/Spain
Hannah Hampton	Chelsea/England
Chiamaka Nnadozie	Paris FC/Brighton/Nigeria
Daphne van Domselaar	Arsenal/Netherlands

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What is the Yashin Trophy?

The Yashin trophy was devised in 2019. / FRANCK FIFE/GettyImages

The Yashin Trophy is handed out to the best men's goalkeeper every year, with the award presented by France Football at the Ballon d'Or ceremony. It was only conceived in 2019 and there have been just five past winners as a result, with 2020's award cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The winner is now chosen based on their performances from the previous season and is selected by a number of former Ballon d'Or winners. Lev Yashin has inspired the name of the award following his legendary goalkeeping performances from 1950 to 1970.

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Who is Lev Yashin?

Lev Yashin was a revered goalkeeper in the 1960s. / Central Press/GettyImages

Yashin's name graces the award as a tribute to an icon of world football. The late Soviet Union and Dynamo Moscow star is the only goalkeeper to have ever won the Ballon d'Or, claiming the prize all the way back in 1963.

Having made 74 appearances for his country - winning gold at the 1956 Summer Olympics - and spending two decades with Dynamo Moscow, Yashin established himself as one of the greatest stoppers of all time with cat-like reflexes and incredible agility.

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Yashin Trophy Winners

Only four players have won the Yashin Trophy, starting with Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson in 2019. The Brazilian's sensational performances for the Reds had helped them win the Champions League that year. He was also the recipient of The Best FIFA Goalkeeper award.

With Euro 2020 having been delayed until 2021, the winning goalkeeper at the tournament was always likely to catch the eye come the Ballon d'Or ceremony. That turned out to be the case as Gianluigi Donnarumma guided Italy to the title, saving two penalties in the shootout in the final against England.

Thibaut Courtois was the next victor in 2022 after one of the most memorable Champions League displays ever seen from a goalkeeper - in the final no less. As Real Madrid beat Liverpool to the title, the Belgium international made nine saves and kept a clean sheet.

International glory was again key in the 2023 vote as World Cup-winning goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez scooped the prize for his displays with Argentina. The divisive stopper proved a penalty shootout hero in the quarter-final and final, while he also produced one of the all-time saves to deny Randal Kolo Muani an extra-time winner in the showpiece event.

Martínez would retain his crown in 2024, having lifted the Copa America with Argentina while helping Aston Villa qualify for the Champions League.

Year	Winner	Club	Nationality
2019	Alisson	Liverpool	Brazil
2021	Gianluigi Donnarumma	Paris Saint-Germain	Italy
2022	Thibaut Courtois	Real Madrid	Belgium
2023	Emiliano Martínez	Aston Villa	Argentina
2024	Emiliano Martínez	Aston Villa	Argentina

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