The awarding of the prize was cancelled in 2020 and the world's best players are again making their cases to claim the coveted individual honour
After being cancelled in 2020, the Ballon d'Or is back, with the great and good of the football world again eyeing the biggest individual honour the game has to offer.

Although the prize will not be handed out until December, performances over the coming weeks will go a long way to deciding who will and won't be in contention to succeed 2019 winner Lionel Messi.

With the European season now behind us and both Euro 2020 and the Copa America well under way , the world's best players are beginning to come to the fore.
So, by using their performances so far, as well as predictions of what is likely still to come in 2021, who holds the most power in this year's race?

Goal ranks the runners and riders...

Suarez may have been beaten to the La Liga Player of the Year award by his team-mate Jan Oblak, but there is no doubt that the ex-Barcelona man was the face of Atletico Madrid's title win.

Success at the Copa America would push him towards a potential top-10 finish in the Ballon d'Or race, though Uruguay do not look to be the same force as they have been over the past decade.

It may have gone unnoticed outside France, but Depay enjoyed a superb season for Lyon, registering double figures for goals and assists before earning his dream move to Barcelona this summer.

Though he is yet to light up Euro 2020, he is the attacking leader of a Netherlands team that have won their group with a game to spare and know they will not meet another group winner until the semi-finals at the earliest.

With that in mind, if the Oranje go deep in the tournament, Depay is going to get plenty of chances to impress the watching Ballon d'Or judges.
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Kane's sluggish start to Euro 2020 is concerning for both England fans and the man himself as he looks to earn more individual honours after his Golden Boot-winning campaign in the Premier League.

If he cannot lift his performance levels in the matches to come this summer, then his hopes of being in the final Ballon d'Or reckoning will be all but over.
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Unlike at Manchester United, Fernandes has to fight for supremacy when it comes to dictating the play for Portugal, and as such it probably should not be surprising that he has not yet had it all his own way at Euro 2020.
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That is not to say that he will not produce some sort of defining moment in the weeks to come if the Seleccao advance through the competition.