Overview
- Eighth place marks a rapid rise for the 23-year-old after finishing 25th in last year’s voting.
- Palmer delivered 18 goals and 14 assists across competitions as Chelsea won the Europa Conference League and the Club World Cup and secured a Premier League top-four finish.
- He starred in the Club World Cup final against Paris Saint-Germain with two goals and an assist for Joao Pedro.
- Chelsea are evaluating a groin problem day by day after he was withdrawn early against Manchester United, with Enzo Maresca saying surgery has not been indicated to him.
- Other Englishmen placed lower in the Ballon d'Or—Harry Kane 13th, Scott McTominay 18th, Jude Bellingham 23rd, Declan Rice 27th—and Palmer posted the results on Instagram with a bricks emoji.