Thierry Henry leads a group of 16 Premiership players among the 50 stars nominated for this year's European Footballer of the Year award.
The Arsenal and France striker, now the Gunners' all-time leading goalscorer, is among the favourites for the Ballon d'Or, which was won in 2004 by AC Milan's Ukraine ace Andriy Shevchenko.
Juventus have nine players on the France Football magazine roster - the most from any one club - with European champions Liverpool represented by Steven Gerrard, Luis Garcia and Jamie Carragher.
In contrast, there are seven Chelsea stars on the list, and four Manchester United players, with Newcastle's Michael Owen the other England-based inclusion. His former Real Madrid team-mate David Beckham is also nominated.
The winner will be revealed on Monday 28 November after voting by international football journalists.
The 50 players nominated are: Adriano (Inter Milan), Michael Ballack (Bayern Munich), David Beckham (Real Madrid), Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Mauro Camoranesi (Juventus), Fabio Cannavaro (Juventus), Jamie Carragher (Liverpool), Petr Cech (Chelsea), Andriy Shevchenko (AC Milan), Gregory Coupet (Lyon), Cris (Lyon), Deco (Barcelona), Dida (AC Milan), Didier Drogba (Chelsea), Emerson (Juventus), Michael Essien (Chelsea), Samuel Eto'o (Barcelona), Luis Figo (Inter Milan), Diego Forlan (Villarreal), Luis Garcia (Liverpool), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Thierry Henry (Arsenal), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Juventus), Juninho (Lyon), Kaka (AC Milan), Frank Lampard (Chelsea), Roy Makaay (Bayern Munich), Claude Makelele (Chelsea), Paolo Maldini (AC Milan), Pavel Nedved (Juventus), Michael Owen (Newcastle), Park Ji-Sung (Manchester United), Andrea Pirlo (AC Milan), Raul (Real Madrid), Juan Roman Riquelme (Villarreal), Arjen Robben (Chelsea), Roberto Carlos (Real Madrid), Robinho (Real Madrid), Ronaldinho (Barcelona), Ronaldo (Real Madrid), Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United), Wayne Rooney (Manchester United), John Terry (Chelsea), Lilian Thuram (Juventus), David Trezeguet (Juventus), Marc van Bommel (Barcelona), Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United), Patrick Vieira (Juventus), Xavi (Barcelona), Zinedine Zidane (Real Madrid).
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