PSV'er Edison Mendez is overigens de enige speler die actief is in de Eredivisie en die door het Franse tijdschrift op de lijst is gezet.
De kandidaten voor de Gouden Bal 2006:
Michael Ballack (Chelsea), Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), TIm Cahill (Everton), Fabio Cannavaro (Real Madrid), Andrei Shevchenko (Chelsea), Joe Cole (Chelsea), Grégory Coupet (Olympique Lyon), Cris (Olympique Lyon), Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United), Deco (FC Barcelona), Mahamadou Diarra (Real Madrid), Didier Drogba (Chelsea), Mickael Essien (Chelsea), Samuel Eto’o (FC Barcelona), Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal), William Gallas (Arsenal), Gennaro Gattuso (AC Milan)
Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Ludovic Giuly (FC Barcelona), Fabio Grosso (Inter de Milán), Thierry Henry (Arsenal), Juninho (Olympique Lyon), Kakà (AC Milan), Miroslav Klose (Werder Bremen), Phillip Lahm (Bayer München), Frank Lampard (Chelsea), Jens Lehmann (Arsenal), Claude Makélélé (Chelsea), Florent Malouda (Lyon), Edison Méndez (PSV Eindhoven), Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona), Andrea Pirlo (AC Milan), Lukas Podolski (Bayer München), Carles Puyol (FC Barcelona), Franck Ribéry (Olympique Marseille)
Ronaldinho (FC Barcelona), Juan Román Riquelme (Villarreal), Arjen Robben (Chelsea), Wayne Rooney (Manchester United), Willy Sagnol (Bayern München), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern München), John Terry (Chelsea), Lilian Thuram (FC Barcelona), Tiago (Olympique Lyon), Luca Toni (Fiorentina), Fernando Torres (Atlético), Patrick Vieira (Internazionale), David Villa (Valencia), Gianluca Zambrotta (FC Barcelona) en Zinedine Zidane (gestopt).
