Lista celor 23 de fotbalisti:
Sergio Agüero (Manchester City)
Mario Balotelli (Manchester City)
Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)
Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus)
Sergio Busquets (FC Barcelona)
Iker Casillas (Real Madrid)
Didier Drogba (Chelsea, Shanghai Shenhua)
Radamel Falcao (Atletico Madrid)
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Milan AC, Paris-SG)
Andrés Iniesta (FC Barcelona)
Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona)
Manuel Neuer (Bayern)
Neymar (Santos)
Mesut Ozil (Real Madrid)
Gerard Piqué (FC Barcelona)
Andrea Pirlo (Juventus Torino)
Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)
Yaya Touré (Manchester City)
Robin van Persie (Arsenal, Manchester United)
Xabi Alonso (Real Madrid)
Xavi Hernandez (FC Barcelona)
Antrenorul anului va fi ales din urmatorii:
Vicente Del Bosque (Nationala Spaniei)
Roberto Di Matteo (Chelsea)
Alex Ferguson (Manchester United)
Pep Guardiola (ex-FC Barcelona)
Jupp Heynckes (Bayern)
Jürgen Klopp (Borussia Dortmund)
Joachim Löw (Nationala Germaniei)
Roberto Mancini (Manchester City)
José Mourinho (Real Madrid)
Cesare Prandelli (Nationala Italiei).
FIFA va decerna Balonul de Aur in data de 7 ianuarie 2013, intr-o gala care va avea loc la Zurich.