Overview
- Voting runs on the club’s site through January 5, with 151,831 eligible members.
- Each voter selects five names from a 200-player shortlist, assigning 5-to-1 points, and the top 20 will be honored.
- The club says selections reflect sporting merit, rojiblanco values, cross-generation recognition, historic moments, and conduct toward the institution and fans.
- Current first-team players cannot be chosen, and the Social Commission or board may add candidates later once careers or club ties end.
- Hugo Sánchez and Thibaut Courtois are not on the ballot, a decision widely linked in coverage to their Real Madrid ties and tensions with Atlético supporters, including past vandalism of their plaques.