Spisak od 23 kandidata:

Sergio Agüero (Argentine/Manchester City), Gareth Bale (Wales/Real Madrid), Karim Benzema (France/Real Madrid), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Real Madrid), Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium/VfL Wolfsburg/Manchester City), Eden Hazard (Belgique/Chelsea), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Suède/PSG), Andrés Iniesta (Spain/FC Barcelone), Toni Kroos (Germany/Real Madrid), Robert Lewandowski (Poland/FC Bayern Munich), Javier Mascherano (Argentine/FC Barcelone), Lionel Messi (Argentine/FC Barcelone), Thomas Müller (Germany/FC Bayern Munich), Manuel Neuer (Germany/FC Bayern Munich), Neymar (Brasil/FC Barcelone), Paul Pogba (France/Juventus Turin), Ivan Rakitić (Croatia/FC Barcelone), Arjen Robben (Holland/FC Bayern Munich), James Rodríguez (Colombia/Real Madrid), Alexis Sánchez (Chile/Arsenal), Luis Suárez (Uruguay/FC Barcelona), Yaya Touré (Côte d'Ivoire/Manchester City), Arturo Vidal (Chile/Juventus Turin/FC Bayern Munich).

Također tu je i spisak od deset imena koji konkurišu za izbor trenera godine.

Massimiliano Allegri (Italy/Juventus Turin), Carlo Ancelotti (Italy/Real Madrid), Laurent Blanc (France/PSG), Unai Emery (Spain/FC Séville), Pep Guardiola (Spaon/FC Bayern Munich), Luis Enrique Martínez (Spain/FC Barcelone), José Mourinho (Portugal/Chelsea), Jorge Sampaoli (Argentine/équipe nationale du Chili), Diego Simeone (Argentine/Atlético Madrid), Arsène Wenger (France/Arsenal).

Krajem godine svoje glasove tradicionalno davati selektori i kapiteni reprezentacija, te novinari. Velika svečanost proglašavanja najboljih bit će 11. januara 2016. godine.