Mohamed Salah is leading the way when it comes to Ballon d’Or online votes so far, via France Football.

The Liverpool and Egypt icon has the lion’s share, the equivalent to 51 per cent, of the 242,000 votes cast by fans on the official website for the award following the announcement of 30 nominees on Monday.

A section of those votes go some way towards the awarding of the covered prize overall in December.

Currently, five-time winner Lionel Messi is in second spot with 30 per cent while no other player has registered more than five per cent.

Journalists make up the vast portion of the votes.