Real Madrid's blockbuster "BBC" forward line and Barcelona's overwhelming "MSN" trio are set to clash for the 2015 Ballon d'Or honor after every one of the six were named on the 23-man shortlist by FIFA on Tuesday.
Real's Cristiano Ronaldo, who set a club scoring record with his 324th objective on Saturday, will be going looking for his third back to back World Player of the Year honor.
He confronts rivalry from his fellow team members Karim Benzema of France and Welshman Gareth Bale who make up the Spanish side's "BBC" bleeding edge.
Going along with them are four-time victor Lionel Messi, the Argentine extraordinary, and his kindred South American strikers Neymar and Luis Suarez who shape Barcelona's dreaded MSN cutting edge that terminated a joined 122 objectives last season.
Barcelona, who won La Liga, the Champions League and household container a year ago, have the most players on the shortlist with Spanish midfielder Andres Iniesta, Argentine protector Javier Mascherano and Croatian Ivan Rakitic joining their front three on the grant.
Real have five with Colombian James Rodriguez and German World Cup-champ Toni Kroos additionally named.
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German champions Bayern Munich additionally have five agents with Robert Lewandowski, Thomas Mueller, Arjen Robben, Arturo Vidal and goalkeeper Manuel Neuer.
Vidal is joined by Chilean countryman Alexis Sanchez after their Copa American achievement in July.
Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure, champ of the last four African Player of the Year grants, is the main non-European or South American to make the rundown.
The rundown was formed by the FIFA Football Committee and a gathering of specialists from France Football. The champ will be declared in Zurich on Jan. 11.
Shortlist
Sergio Aguero (Argentina/Manchester City)
Gareth Bale (Wales/Real Madrid)
Karim Benzema (France/Real Madrid)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Real Madrid)
Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium/Manchester City)
Eden Hazard (Belgium/Chelsea)
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden/Paris Saint-Germain)
Andres Iniesta (Spain/Barcelona)
Toni Kroos (Germany/Real Madrid)
Robert Lewandowski (Poland/Bayern Munich)
Javier Mascherano (Argentina/Barcelona)
Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona)
Thomas Mueller (Germany/Bayern Munich)
Manuel Neuer (Germany/Bayern Munich)
Neymar (Brazil/Barcelona)
Paul Pogba (France/Juventus)
Ivan Rakitic (Croatia/Barcelona)
Arjen Robben (Netherlands/Bayern Munich)
James Rodríguez (Colombia/Real Madrid)
Alexis Sanchez (Chile/Arsenal)
Luis Suarez (Uruguay/FC Barcelona)
Yaya Toure (Ivory Coast/Manchester City)
Arturo Vidal (Chile/Bayern Munich).