Overview
- The player-voted Men’s World 11 featured five PSG Champions League winners — Gianluigi Donnarumma, Achraf Hakimi, Nuno Mendes, Vitinha and Ousmane Dembélé.
- Barcelona’s Lamine Yamal, 18, became the youngest men’s selectee, with debuts for Chelsea’s Cole Palmer and PSG’s quartet alongside mainstays Jude Bellingham, Virgil van Dijk and Kylian Mbappé.
- Goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma led the men’s tally with 13,609 votes from more than 20,000 player ballots, according to FIFPRO.
- England placed six players in the Women’s World 11 after winning Euro 2025, and Lucy Bronze earned a record eighth career selection.
- Ghizlane Chebbak and Barbra Banda delivered a first with two African players in the women’s XI, while omissions such as Lionel Messi — and Raphinha’s online reaction — drew fresh discussion about the selections.