The 23-man short list for the 2015 Ballon d'Or has been released:

Barcelona (6), Bayern Munich (5) and Real Madrid (4) represent 65 percent of players on the list.

Sergio Aguero, Manchester City

Gareth Bale, Real Madrid

Karim Benzema, Real Madrid

Cristiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid

Kevin De Bruyne, Manchester City

Eden Hazard, Chelsea

Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Paris Saint-Germain

Andres Iniesta, Barcelona

Toni Kroos, Real Madrid

Robert Lewandowski, Bayern Munich

Javier Mascherano, Barcelona

Lionel Messi, Barcelona

Thomas Muller, Bayern Munich

Manuel Neuer, Bayern Munich

Neymar, Barcelona

Paul Pogba, Juventus

Ivan Rakitic, Barcelona

Arjen Robben, Bayern Munich

Alexis Sanchez, Arsenal

Luis Suarez, Barcelona

Yaya Toure, Manchester City

Arturo Vidal, Bayern Munich