- Over 21,000 professional men’s football players from 70 countries voted for their team of the year
- Six Real Madrid and four Manchester City players are included in the 2024 Men’s World 11, with Dani Carvajal, Antonio Rudiger, Ederson and Rodri registering their debuts
- The World 11 is the only global football award decided exclusively by the players
The FIFPRO Men’s World 11 has been revealed after over 21,000 professional men's footballers from 70 countries voted for their team of the year.
Six Real Madrid players – including the now retired Toni Kroos – and four Manchester City players are included in the 2024 Men’s World 11, with Dani Carvajal, Antonio Rudiger, Ederson and Rodri registering their debuts.
Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk, making his fourth World 11 appearance, is the only player not from Real or City to be voted into the 2024 men’s team of the year.
Jude Bellingham received the most Men’s World 11 votes from his fellow professionals; the Real Madrid and England midfielder was selected 11,176 times.
2024 marks the first World 11 edition since 2006 that Lionel Messi has not been selected. The Argentinian holds the all-time record for World 11 appearances after being voted into the team of the year by his peers 17 times.
Since 2005, FIFPRO has invited the world’s professional footballers to choose their World 11. It is the only global football award decided exclusively by the players. FIFPRO congratulates the following winners:
2024 FIFPRO MEN’S WORLD 11
Goalkeeper
Ederson (Manchester City, Brazil)
Defenders
Dani Carvajal (Real Madrid, Spain)
Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool, Netherlands)
Antonio Rudiger (Real Madrid, Germany)
Midfielders
Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid, England)
Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City, Belgium)
Toni Kroos (Real Madrid, Germany)
Rodri (Manchester City, Spain)
Forwards
Erling Haaland (Manchester City, Norway)
Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain/Real Madrid, France)
Vinicius Jr (Real Madrid, Brazil)
How did the voting work?
The 2024 FIFPRO World 11 was voted for by professional footballers from 70 countries. FIFPRO and affiliated player unions distributed unique links that gave players access to a digital voting platform.
Men’s football players were asked to vote for their peers based on their performances from 21 August 2023 to 14 July 2024 inclusive. Players in the World 11 must have appeared in at least 30 official matches during that period.
Footballers picked the three players who, in their opinion, were the most outstanding in each of the following positions: goalkeeper, defence, midfield and forward.
The goalkeeper, three defenders, three midfielders and three forwards with the most votes in their position made it into the World 11. The 11th spot was assigned to the outfield player with the next highest number of votes.
