Selain Ballon d'Or, majalah France Football juga merilis kandidat peraih Kopa Trophy (pemain terbaik U-21) dan Yashin Trophy (kiper terbaik).

Berikut daftar 30 kandidat peraih penghargaan Ballon d’Or 2021:

Kiper

• Gianluigi Donnarumma (PSG)

Bek

• Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus)
• Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus)
• Simon Kjær (AC Milan)
• Cesar Azpilicueta (Chelsea)
• Ruben Dias (Manchester City)

Gelandang

• N'Golo Kante (Chelsea)
• Mason Mount (Chelsea)
• Nicolo Barella (Inter Milan)
• Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United)
• Pedri (Barcelona)
• Luka Modric (Real Madrid)
• Kevin de Bruyne (Manchester City)
• Jorginho (Chelsea)
• Phil Foden (Manchester City)

Penyerang

• Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City)
• Erling Haaland (Borussia Dortmund)
• Harry Kane (Tottenham)
• Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)
• Raheem Sterling (Manchester City)
• Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)
• Lionel Messi (PSG)
• Neymar (PSG)
• Lautaro Martinez (Inter Milan)
• Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich)
• Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
• Romelu Lukaku (Chelsea)
• Kylian Mbappe (PSG)
• Gerard Moreno (Villarreal)
• Luis Suarez (Atletico Madrid)

Kopa Trophy

• Mason Greenwood (Manchester United)
• Bukayo Saka (Arsenal)
• Pedri (Barcelona)
• Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund)
• Giovanni Reyna (Borussia Dortmund)
• Ryan Gravenberch (Ajax)
• Jeremy Doku (Rennais)
• Nuno Mendes (PSG)
• Jamal Musiala (Bayern Munchen)
• Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen)

Yashin Trophy

• Eduard Mendy (Chelsea)
• Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid)
• Gianluigi Donnarumma (PSG)
• Keylor Navas (PSG)
• Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munchen)
• Jan Oblak (Atletico Madrid)
• Ederson (Manchester City)
• Samir Handanovic (Inter Milan)
• Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa)

Kasper Schmeichel (Leicester City)