The Ballon d'Or award is an annual football award for the best international player from the previous year. This was the first time a women's award was given. The men's award has been awarded since 1956.

The award is voted by a panel of selected journalists from the top football playing countries. Below are the nominees for the 2018 Ballon d'Or Féminin, in the final order after voting. The inaugural winner was Norwegian forward Ada Hegerberg after an outstanding season with Olympique Lyonnais, during which she led her team to Champions League glory.

See the list of all previous Women's Ballon d'Or winners. There is also a men's winners list.

Final order for the women's 2018 Ballon d'Or

Order Player Club Points
1 Ada Hegerberg Lyon 136
2 Pernille Harder VfL Wolfsburg 130
3 Dzsenifer Marozsán Lyon 86
4 Marta Orlando Pride 77
5 Sam Kerr Chicago Red Stars /  Perth Glory 61
6 Lucy Bronze Lyon 51
=7 Amandine Henry Lyon 34
=7 Wendie Renard Lyon 34
9 Megan Rapinoe Seattle Reign 30
10 Lindsey Horan Portland Thorns 28
11 Lieke Martens Barcelona 26
12 Saki Kumagai Lyon 25
13 Amel Majri Lyon 9
14 Fran Kirby Chelsea 5
15 Christine Sinclair Portland Thorns 4