Cristiano Ronaldo heads the final shortlist of 30 elite players listed for the 2016Ballon d'Or.The Portuguese claimed a famous double of the Champions League, with Real Madrid, and the European Championship, with Portugal.
The usual suspects are there, too, with Barcelona's MSN - Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar - while Gareth Bale offers the best British hope of winning.
Leicester's Riyad Mahrez, who claimed the 2015/16 PFA Player of the Year after the Foxes' title triumph, heads the Premier League contingent.
Hugo Lloris, Sergio Aguero, Jamie Vardy, and Kevin De Bruyne also make the lis
The last eight awards have been shared between Messi and Ronaldo, with the likelihood of that duopoly being broken remote.
The Portuguese superstar is a strong betting favourite, available at 1/6, while the Argentinian is joined by Griezmann as joint-second favourite at 5/1.
Mesut Ozil was amongst some high-profile omissions, alongside Chelsea's N'Golo Kante, PSG's Angel Di Maria and Juventus' Leonardo Bonucci.
Ballon d'Or 30 player shortlist
Sergio Aguero (Manchester City), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Borussia Dortmund), Gareth Bale (Real Madrid), Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid), Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City), Paulo Dybala (Juventus), Diego Godin (Atlético Madrid), Antoine Griezmann (Atlético Madrid), Gonzalo Higuain (Napoli/Juventus), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (PSG/Manchester United) Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona), Koke (Atletico Madrid), Toni Kroos (Real Madrid), Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich), Hugo Lloris (Tottenham), Riyad Mahrez (Leicester), Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Luka Modric (Real Madrid), Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich), Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich), Neymar (Barcelona), Dimitri Payet (West Ham United), Pepe (Real Madrid), Paul Pogba (Manchester United), Rui Patricio (Sporting Portugal), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), Luis Suarez (Barcelona), Jamie Vardy (Leicester City), Arturo Vidal (Bayern Munich).
