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{{Short description|English-language football magazine}}
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{{Use British English|date=October 2012}}
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{{Infobox magazine
| title = World Soccer
| image_file = World Soccer October 2024 cover.webp
| image_caption = Cover of the October 2024 issue
| editor = Stephen Fishlock
| editor_title = Editor
| staff_writer =
| frequency = Monthly
| circulation = 331,000 (Jan–Dec 2013)<ref>{{cite web |title=ABC Certificates and Reports: World Soccer |url=http://www.nrs.co.uk/downloads/feb-top-liner/general_magazines_201312.pdf |publisher=NRS Readership Estimates – General Magazines |access-date=15 February 2014 }}{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
| category = Football 
| company = [[Kelsey Media]]
| publisher =
| founded = 1960
| firstdate =
| based = [[Farnborough, Hampshire]], UK
| language = English
| website = {{URL|worldsoccer.com}}
| issn = 0043-9037
}}

'''''World Soccer''''' is an English-language [[Association football|football]] magazine, published by [[Kelsey Media]]. The magazine was established in 1960 and is the oldest continually published football magazine in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite book |title=World Soccer The Dictionary of Football |publisher=[[Boxtree Ltd]] |date=1999 |pages=650 |isbn=0-7522-2434-4 |last1=Ballard |first1=John |last2=Suff |first2=Paul|title-link=World Soccer (magazine)}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Stewart Coggin |title=Top 5 Soccer Magazines |url=http://worldsoccer.about.com/od/soccercultur1/tp/magazines.htm |work=About Sports |access-date=25 July 2015 |archive-date=4 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210404032737/https://www.contra.gr/podosfairo/oi-aggloi-podosfairistes-thetoyn-lathos-protypa-gia-to-gamo-sta-paidia.6868393.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> It specialises in the international football scene. Its regular contributing writers include [[Brian Glanville]], Keir Radnedge, [[Sid Lowe]], [[Tim Vickery]], and [[Henry Winter]]. ''World Soccer'' is a member of the [[European Sports Media]] (ESM), an umbrella group of similar magazines printed in other languages. The members of this group elect a European "Team of the Month" and a European "Team of the Year".

Since 1982, ''World Soccer'' has also organised "Player of the Year", "Manager of the Year" and "Team of the Year" awards.<ref name="PrevWinners">{{cite web |date=15 December 2011 |title=World Soccer Awards: Previous Winners |url=https://www.worldsoccer.com/features/world-soccer-awards-previous-winners |access-date=11 January 2012 |work=World Soccer |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609152345/https://www.worldsoccer.com/features/world-soccer-awards-previous-winners |archive-date=9 June 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title="World Soccer" Awards |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/wsoc-awards.html |access-date=8 September 2024 |work=RSSSF}}</ref>

==History==
The magazine was first published in London in October 1960, by Echo Publications. The first edition featured an image of [[Titus Buberník]] and [[Svatopluk Pluskal]] on the front cover.<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=World Soccer |date=October 1960 |page=3 |title=This Month's Front Cover}}</ref> It was edited by Robert Bolle, with Graham Payne, editor of weekly sister publication ''Soccer Star'', as features editor; Jack Rollin, who later edited ''[[The Football Yearbook]]'' for many years, as home editor; and Eric Batty as overseas editor.<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=World Soccer |date=October 1960 |page=5 |title=The International Magazine}}</ref><ref name=60th>{{cite magazine |magazine=World Soccer |issue=60th Anniversary Issue 2020 |last=Hamilton |first=Gavin |page=4 |title=From the Editor}}</ref> Batty, who later edited the magazine, published an annual World XI from 1960 to 1992.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://beyondthelastman.com/2013/01/16/eric-battys-world-xis-football-in-a-smooth-and-cultured-groove/ |website=Beyond The Last Man |date=16 January 2013 |title=Eric Batty's World XIs – Football in a smooth and cultured groove |access-date=4 July 2020 |archive-date=5 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705091612/https://beyondthelastman.com/2013/01/16/eric-battys-world-xis-football-in-a-smooth-and-cultured-groove/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Brian Glanville]] has written a column for the magazine since April 1963.<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=World Soccer |pages=10–11 |title=The World This Month |last=Glanville |first=Brian|author-link=Brian Glanville |date=October 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=World Soccer |page=34 |title=1963 |date=October 2010}}</ref> In 1970, ''Soccer Star'', which was first published on 20 September 1952 as ''[[Raich Carter]]'s Soccer Star'', was incorporated into ''World Soccer''.<ref name="Raich Carter's Soccer Stars">{{Cite book |last=Garrick |first=Frank |title=Raich Carter The Biography |year=2003 |publisher=SportsBooks Limited |isbn=1-899807-18-7 |page=217}}</ref> Keir Radnedge, who had been associate editor, took over from Philip Rising as editor in the late 1980s and was replaced by deputy editor Gavin Hamilton in January 1998 and became executive editor.<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=World Soccer |date=January 1998 |page=3 |title=Contents}}</ref> Radnedge continues to have a monthly column in the magazine.<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=World Soccer |date=December 1982 |page=3 |title=More Glory for Italy's Cup heroes}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=World Soccer |date=May 1989 |last=Radnege |first=Keir |pages=2–3 |title=Hillsborough Horror}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=World Soccer |date=Summer 2020 |last=Radnege |first=Keir |pages=8–9 |title=Keir Radnege The Insider}}</ref>

[[TI Media]] (formerly IPC Magazines, IPC Media and Time Inc. UK) published the magazine until the May 2020 issue with Kelsey Media taking over the following issue after they acquired the title from [[Future plc]] (owner of competing title ''[[FourFourTwo]]''), the corporate successor of TI Media.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Freddy Mayhew|date=20 April 2020|title=Future completes £140m takeover of TI Media as coronavirus hits both businesses|url=https://pressgazette.co.uk/future-completes-140m-takeover-of-ti-media-as-coronavirus-hits-both-businesses/|access-date=24 March 2021|website=[[Press Gazette]]|language=en-gb|archive-date=22 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200422210422/https://pressgazette.co.uk/future-completes-140m-takeover-of-ti-media-as-coronavirus-hits-both-businesses/|url-status=live}}</ref> Hamilton, who had worked for ''World Soccer'' for 26 years, stepped down as editor after publishing the 60th anniversary edition in June 2020.<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=World Soccer |date=Summer 2020 |last=Hamilton |first=Gavin |page=6 |title=From the Editor}}</ref>

Other regular contributors have included [[Paul Gardner (journalist)|Paul Gardner]], with a focus on football in the United States; [[David Conn]]; [[Jonathan Wilson (writer)|Jonathan Wilson]]; Mark Gleeson on African football; [[Tim Vickery]], Brian Homewood and Eric Weil on South American football.

==Award winners==
[[File:Leo Messi (cropped).jpg|thumb|365x365px|'''[[Lionel Messi]]''' is the record winner of World Soccer awards having won a total of nine: six men's world player of the year awards and three (consecutive) young player of the year awards. He has also been included in the greatest XI of all time.]]

===Men's World Player of the Year===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Player
!Club
|-
|1982
|{{flagathlete|[[Paolo Rossi]]|ITA}} (23%)
|{{fbicon|ITA}} [[Juventus FC|Juventus]]
|-
|1983
|{{flagathlete|[[Zico (footballer)|Zico]]|BRA|1968}} (28%)
|{{fbicon|ITA}} [[Udinese Calcio]]
|-
|1984
|{{flagathlete|[[Michel Platini]]|FRA}} (54%)
|{{fbicon|ITA}} [[Juventus FC|Juventus]]
|-
|1985
|{{flagathlete|[[Michel Platini]]|FRA}} (21%)
|{{fbicon|ITA}} [[Juventus FC|Juventus]]
|-
|1986
|{{flagathlete|[[Diego Maradona]]|ARG}} (36%)
|{{fbicon|ITA}} [[S.S.C. Napoli]]
|-
|1987
|{{flagathlete|[[Ruud Gullit]]|NED}} (39%)
|{{fbicon|ITA}} [[A.C. Milan]]
|-
|1988
|{{flagathlete|[[Marco van Basten]]|NED}} (43%)
|{{fbicon|ITA}} [[A.C. Milan]]
|-
|1989
|{{flagathlete|[[Ruud Gullit]]|NED}} (24%)
|{{fbicon|ITA}} [[A.C. Milan]]
|-
|1990
|{{flagathlete|[[Lothar Matthäus]]|GER}} (22%)
|{{fbicon|ITA}} [[Inter Milan]]
|-
|1991
|{{flagathlete|[[Jean-Pierre Papin]]|FRA}} (25%)
|{{fbicon|FRA}} [[Olympique de Marseille]]
|-
|1992
|{{flagathlete|[[Marco van Basten]]|NED}} (19%)
|{{fbicon|ITA}} [[A.C. Milan]]
|-
|1993
|{{flagathlete|[[Roberto Baggio]]|ITA}} (14%)
|{{fbicon|ITA}} [[Juventus FC|Juventus]]
|-
|1994
|{{flagathlete|[[Paolo Maldini]]|ITA}} (27%)
|{{fbicon|ITA}} [[A.C. Milan]]
|-
|1995
|{{flagathlete|[[Gianluca Vialli]]|ITA}} (18%)
|{{fbicon|ITA}} [[Juventus FC|Juventus]]
|-
|1996
|{{flagathlete|[[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]]|BRA}} (17%)
|{{fbicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona]]
|-
|1997
|{{flagathlete|[[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]]|BRA}} (27%)
|{{fbicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona]] & {{fbicon|ITA}} [[Inter Milan]]
|-
|1998
|{{flagathlete|[[Zinedine Zidane]]|FRA}} (23%)
|{{fbicon|ITA}} [[Juventus FC|Juventus]]
|-
|1999
|{{flagathlete|[[Rivaldo]]|BRA}} (42%)
|{{fbicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona]]
|-
|2000
|{{flagathlete|[[Luís Figo]]|POR}} (26%)
|{{fbicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona]] & {{fbicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]]
|-
|2001
|{{flagathlete|[[Michael Owen]]|ENG}} (31%)
|{{fbicon|ENG}} [[Liverpool F.C.]]
|-
|2002
|{{flagathlete|[[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]]|BRA}} (26%)
|{{fbicon|ITA}} [[Inter Milan]] & {{fbicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]]
|-
|2003
|{{flagathlete|[[Pavel Nedvěd]]|CZE}} (36%)
|{{fbicon|ITA}} [[Juventus FC|Juventus]]
|-
|2004
|{{flagathlete|[[Ronaldinho]]|BRA}} (29%)
|{{fbicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona]]
|-
|2005
|{{flagathlete|[[Ronaldinho]]|BRA}} (39%)
|{{fbicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona]]
|-
|2006
|{{flagathlete|[[Fabio Cannavaro]]|ITA}} (40%)
|{{fbicon|ITA}} [[Juventus FC|Juventus]] & {{fbicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]]
|-
|2007
|{{flagathlete|[[Kaká]]|BRA}} (52%)
|{{fbicon|ITA}} [[A.C. Milan]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.worldsoccer.com/Awards/archive.php |title=World Soccer Awards: Previous Winners |publisher=World Soccer |access-date=16 April 2011 |archive-date=4 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604164928/http://www.worldsoccer.com/Awards/archive.php |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
|2008
|{{flagathlete|[[Cristiano Ronaldo]]|POR}} (48.4%)
|{{fbicon|ENG}} [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]<ref name="WS2008">{{cite web |date=11 December 2008 |title=Cristiano Ronaldo wins World Soccer award |url=https://www.worldsoccer.com/news/cristiano-ronaldo-wins-world-soccer-award |access-date=7 October 2011 |publisher=World Soccer |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120527164408/https://www.worldsoccer.com/news/cristiano-ronaldo-wins-world-soccer-award |archive-date=27 May 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|2009
|{{flagathlete|[[Lionel Messi]]|ARG}} (43.2%)
|{{fbicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona]]<ref name="WS2009">{{cite web |date=10 December 2009 |title=Messi voted World Soccer Player of the Year |url=https://www.worldsoccer.com/news/messi-voted-world-soccer-player-of-the-year |access-date=7 October 2011 |publisher=World Soccer |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502084620/https://www.worldsoccer.com/news/messi-voted-world-soccer-player-of-the-year |archive-date=2 May 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|2010
|{{flagathlete|[[Xavi (footballer, born 1980)|Xavi]]|ESP}} (25.8%)
|{{fbicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona]]<ref name="WS2010">{{cite web |url=http://www.worldsoccer.com/news/xavi-voted-world-soccer-player-of-the-year-304509 |title=Xavi voted World Soccer Player of the Year |publisher=World Soccer |date=16 December 2010 |access-date=23 April 2016 |archive-date=3 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503231424/https://www.worldsoccer.com/news/xavi-voted-world-soccer-player-of-the-year-304509 |url-status=live }}</ref> 
|-
|2011
|{{flagathlete|[[Lionel Messi]]|ARG}} (60.2%)
|{{fbicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona]]<ref name="WS2011">{{Cite journal |date=15 December 2011 |title=Lionel Messi voted World Soccer's Player of the Year |url=http://www.worldsoccer.com:80/features/world-soccer-awards-2011-the-results |journal=World Soccer |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112060357/http://www.worldsoccer.com:80/features/world-soccer-awards-2011-the-results |archive-date=12 January 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|2012
|{{flagathlete|[[Lionel Messi]]|ARG}} (47.33%)
|{{fbicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona]]<ref name="WS2012">{{Cite journal |date=14 December 2012 |title=Lionel Messi wins World Soccer Player of the Year award! |url=http://www.worldsoccer.com/features/lionel-messi-wins-world-soccer-player-of-the-year-award |journal=World Soccer |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121216050554/http://www.worldsoccer.com/features/lionel-messi-wins-world-soccer-player-of-the-year-award |archive-date=16 December 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|2013
|{{flagathlete|[[Cristiano Ronaldo]]|POR}}
|{{fbicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]]<ref name="WS2013">{{cite web |url=https://www.worldsoccer.com/features/world-soccer-awards-2013-344119 |title=Cristiano Ronaldo is World Soccer's Player of the Year 2013 |work=World Soccer |date=12 December 2013 |access-date=12 December 2013 |archive-date=9 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109065252/http://www.worldsoccer.com/features/world-soccer-awards-2013-344119 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|2014
|{{flagathlete|[[Cristiano Ronaldo]]|POR}}
|{{fbicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]]<ref name="WS2014">{{cite web |date=30 December 2014 |title=Cristiano Ronaldo voted World Soccer Player of the Year |url=http://www.worldsoccer.com/features/cristiano-ronaldo-voted-world-soccer-player-year |access-date=30 December 2014 |work=World Soccer |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141230143633/http://www.worldsoccer.com/features/cristiano-ronaldo-voted-world-soccer-player-year |archive-date=30 December 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|2015
|{{flagathlete|[[Lionel Messi]]|ARG}}
|{{fbicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona]]<ref name="WS2015">{{cite web |url=http://www.worldsoccer.com/features/world-soccer-awards-messi-leads-the-way-as-barcelona-sweep-the-board-366880 |title=World Soccer Awards: Messi leads the way as Barcelona sweep the board |work=World Soccer |date=30 December 2015 |access-date=31 December 2015 |archive-date=22 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722184908/https://www.worldsoccer.com/features/world-soccer-awards-messi-leads-the-way-as-barcelona-sweep-the-board-366880 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|2016
|{{flagathlete|[[Cristiano Ronaldo]]|POR}}
|{{fbicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]]<ref name="WS2016">{{cite web |url=http://www.worldsoccer.com/features/world-soccer-awards-cristianop-ronaldo-named-player-year-391720 |title=World Soccer Awards 2016: Cristiano Ronaldo named Player of the Year |date=1 December 2016 |access-date=1 December 2016 |archive-date=27 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627230718/http://www.worldsoccer.com/features/world-soccer-awards-cristianop-ronaldo-named-player-year-391720 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|2017
|{{flagathlete|[[Cristiano Ronaldo]]|POR}}||{{fbicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]]<ref name="WS2017">{{cite web |url=http://www.worldsoccer.com/news/ronaldo-leads-real-madrids-clean-sweep-of-world-soccer-awards-399190 |title=Ronaldo leads Real Madrid's clean sweep of World Soccer awards |date=28 December 2017 |access-date=28 December 2017 |archive-date=3 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303091750/https://www.worldsoccer.com/news/ronaldo-leads-real-madrids-clean-sweep-of-world-soccer-awards-399190 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|2018
|{{flagathlete|[[Luka Modrić]]|CRO}}
|{{fbicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]]<ref name="WS2018">{{cite web |url=https://www.worldsoccer.com/features/luka-modric-named-player-year-world-soccer-awards-407872 |title=Luka Modric Named World Player of the Year in World Soccer Awards |date=28 December 2018 |access-date=28 December 2018 |archive-date=1 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101193956/https://www.worldsoccer.com/features/luka-modric-named-player-year-world-soccer-awards-407872 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|2019
|{{flagathlete|[[Lionel Messi]]|ARG}}
|{{fbicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona]]<ref name="WS2019">{{cite magazine |magazine=World Soccer |date=January 2020 |page=1 |title=World Soccer: January 2020: Awards}}</ref>
|-
|2020
|{{flagathlete|[[Robert Lewandowski]]|POL}}
|{{fbicon|GER}} [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]<ref name="WS2020">{{cite magazine |magazine=World Soccer |date=Winter 2020 |page=39 |title=2020 Winners}}</ref>
|-
|2021
|{{flagathlete|[[Robert Lewandowski]]|POL}}
|{{fbicon|GER}} [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]<ref name="WS2021">{{cite magazine |magazine=World Soccer |date=January 2022 |page=53 |title=2021 Winners}}</ref>
|-
|2022
|{{flagathlete|[[Lionel Messi]]|ARG}}
|{{fbicon|FRA}} [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint-Germain]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Evans |first=Jamie |date=2023-01-17 |title=Out This Week: World Soccer February 2023 |url=https://www.worldsoccer.com/latest-issue/magazine/out-now-world-soccer-february-2023-414633 |access-date=2023-01-18 |website=World Soccer |language=en |archive-date=18 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230118215426/https://www.worldsoccer.com/latest-issue/magazine/out-now-world-soccer-february-2023-414633 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="WS2022">{{cite magazine |magazine=World Soccer |date=February 2023 |page=49 |title=2022 Winners}}</ref>
|-
|2023
|{{flagathlete|[[Erling Haaland]]|NOR}}
|{{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Evans |first=Jamie |date=2023-12-22 |title=Out now: World Soccer January 2024 |url=https://www.worldsoccer.com/world-soccer-latest/out-now-world-soccer-january-2024-414882 |access-date=2024-01-07 |website=World Soccer |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|2024
|{{flagathlete|[[Rodri (footballer, born 1996)|Rodri]]|ESP}}
|{{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Evans |first=Jamie |date=2024-12-20 |title=Out now: World Soccer January 2025 |url=https://www.worldsoccer.com/latest-issue/magazine/out-now-world-soccer-january-2025-415427 |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=World Soccer |language=en}}</ref><ref name=ws24>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[World Soccer (magazine)|World Soccer]]|date=January 2025|page=31|title=2024 winners}}</ref>
|}

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====All-time wins====

=====By player=====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!#
!Player
!Wins
|-style="background:#FFF69F"
|rowspan="1" |1
|style="text-align:left"|{{flagathlete|[[Lionel Messi]]|ARG}}
|rowspan="1" |6
|-
|rowspan="1" |2
|style="text-align:left"|{{flagathlete|[[Cristiano Ronaldo]]|POR}}
|rowspan="1" |5
|-
|rowspan="1" |3
|style="text-align:left"|{{flagathlete|[[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]]|BRA}}
|rowspan="1" |3
|-
|rowspan="5" |4
|style="text-align:left"|{{flagathlete|[[Michel Platini]]|FRA}}
|rowspan="5" |2
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{flagathlete|[[Ruud Gullit]]|NED}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{flagathlete|[[Marco van Basten]]|NED}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{flagathlete|[[Ronaldinho]]|BRA}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{flagathlete|[[Robert Lewandowski]]|POL}}
|-
|rowspan="19" |9
|style="text-align:left"|{{flagathlete|[[Paolo Rossi]]|ITA}}
|rowspan="19" |1
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{flagathlete|[[Zico (footballer)|Zico]]|BRA}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{flagathlete|[[Diego Maradona]]|ARG}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{flagathlete|[[Lothar Matthäus]]|GER}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{flagathlete|[[Jean-Pierre Papin]]|FRA}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{flagathlete|[[Roberto Baggio]]|ITA}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{flagathlete|[[Paolo Maldini]]|ITA}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{flagathlete|[[Gianluca Vialli]]|ITA}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{flagathlete|[[Zinedine Zidane]]|FRA}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{flagathlete|[[Rivaldo]]|BRA}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{flagathlete|[[Luís Figo]]|POR}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{flagathlete|[[Michael Owen]]|ENG}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{flagathlete|[[Pavel Nedvěd]]|CZE}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{flagathlete|[[Fabio Cannavaro]]|ITA}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{flagathlete|[[Kaká]]|BRA}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{flagathlete|[[Xavi (footballer, born 1980)|Xavi]]|ESP}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{flagathlete|[[Luka Modrić]]|CRO}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{flagathlete|[[Erling Haaland]]|NOR}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{flagathlete|[[Rodri (footballer, born 1996)|Rodri]]|ESP}}
|}
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=====By country=====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!#
!Country
!Wins
|-style="background:#FFF69F"
|1
|style="text-align:left"|{{BRA}}
|8
|-
|2
|style="text-align:left"|{{ARG}}
|7
|-
|3
|style="text-align:left"|{{POR}}
|6
|-
|rowspan="1" |4
|style="text-align:left"|{{ITA}}
|rowspan="1" |5
|-
|rowspan="2" |5
|style="text-align:left"|{{FRA}}
|rowspan="2" |4
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{NED}}
|-
|rowspan="2" |7
|style="text-align:left"|{{POL}}
|rowspan="2" |2
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{SPN}}
|-
|rowspan="5" |9
|style="text-align:left"|{{GER}}
|rowspan="5" |1
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{CZE}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{ENG}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{CRO}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{NOR}}
|}
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=====By league=====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!#
!League
!Wins
|- style="background:#FFF69F"
| 1 || {{flagathlete|[[La Liga]]|SPA}} || 20
|-
| 2 || {{flagathlete|[[Serie A]]|ITA}} || 19
|-
| 3 || {{flagathlete|[[Premier League]]|ENG}} || 4
|-
| rowspan="2"| 4 || {{flagathlete|[[Bundesliga]]|GER}} || rowspan="2"| 2
|-
| {{flagathlete|[[Ligue 1]]|FRA}}
|-
|}
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===Young Player of the Year===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Player
!Club
|-
|2005
|{{flagathlete|[[Robinho]]|BRA}} (30%)
|{{fbicon|BRA}} [[Santos FC]] & {{fbicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid FC|Real Madrid]]
|-
|2006
|{{flagathlete|[[Lionel Messi]]|ARG}} (36%)
|{{fbicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona]]<ref name="ref">{{cite magazine |date=January 2007 |title=The Winners |magazine=World Soccer |pages=26–27}}</ref>
|-
|2007
|{{flagathlete|[[Lionel Messi]]|ARG}} (34%)
|{{fbicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona]]<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=World Soccer |title=The Winners |pages=34–35 |date=January 2008}}</ref>
|-
|2008
|{{flagathlete|[[Lionel Messi]]|ARG}} (44%)
|{{fbicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona]]<ref name="WS2008"/>
|-
|2009
|{{flagathlete|[[Sergio Agüero]]|ARG}} (45.1)
|{{fbicon|ESP}} [[Atlético Madrid]]<ref name="WS2009"/>
|-
|2010
|{{flagathlete|[[Thomas Müller]]|GER}} (45.8)
|{{fbicon|GER}} [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]<ref name="WS2010"/>
|-
|2011
|{{flagathlete|[[Neymar]]|BRA}} (29.2%)
|{{fbicon|BRA}} [[Santos FC]]<ref name="WS2011"/>
|}

===Men's World Manager of the Year===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Manager
!Team
|-
|1982
|{{flagathlete|[[Enzo Bearzot]]|ITA}} (49%)
|{{fbicon|ITA}} [[Italy national football team|Italy]] 
|-
|1983
|{{flagathlete|[[Sepp Piontek]]|GER}} (29%)
|{{fbicon|DEN}} [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]]
|-
|1984
|{{flagathlete|[[Michel Hidalgo]]|FRA}} (30%)
|{{fbicon|FRA}} [[France national football team|France]]
|-
|1985
|{{flagathlete|[[Terry Venables]]|ENG}} (30%)
|{{fbicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona]]
|-
|1986
|{{flagathlete|[[Guy Thys]]|BEL}} (15%)
|{{fbicon|BEL}} [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]]
|-
|1987
|{{flagathlete|[[Johan Cruijff]]|NED}} (25%)
|{{fbicon|NED}} [[AFC Ajax Amsterdam|Ajax Amsterdam]]
|-
|1988
|{{flagathlete|[[Rinus Michels]]|NED}} (48%)
|{{fbicon|NED}} [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]] & {{fbicon|GER}} [[Bayer 04 Leverkusen|Bayer Leverkusen]]
|-
|1989
|{{flagathlete|[[Arrigo Sacchi]]|ITA}} (42%)
|{{fbicon|ITA}} [[A.C. Milan|AC Milan]]
|-
|1990
|{{flagathlete|[[Franz Beckenbauer]]|GER}} (53%)
|{{fbicon|GER}} [[Germany national football team|Germany]]
|-
|1991
|{{flagathlete|[[Michel Platini]]|FRA}} (42%)
|{{fbicon|FRA}} [[France national football team|France]]
|-
|1992
|{{flagathlete|[[Richard Møller-Nielsen]]|DEN}} (28%)
|{{fbicon|DEN}} [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]]
|-
|1993
|{{flagathlete|[[Alex Ferguson]]|SCO}} (21%)
|{{fbicon|ENG}} [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]
|-
|1994
|{{flagathlete|[[Carlos Alberto Parreira]]|BRA}} (17%)
|{{fbicon|BRA}} [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]]
|-
|1995
|{{flagathlete|[[Louis van Gaal]]|NED}} (42%)
|{{fbicon|NED}} [[AFC Ajax Amsterdam|Ajax Amsterdam]]
|-
|1996
|{{flagathlete|[[Berti Vogts]]|GER}} (28%)
|{{fbicon|GER}} [[Germany national football team|Germany]]
|-
|1997
|{{flagathlete|[[Ottmar Hitzfeld]]|GER}} (17%)
|{{fbicon|GER}} [[Borussia Dortmund]]
|-
|1998
|{{flagathlete|[[Arsène Wenger]]|FRA}} (28%)
|{{fbicon|ENG}} [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]]
|-
|1999
|{{flagathlete|[[Alex Ferguson]]|SCO}} (60%)
|{{fbicon|ENG}} [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]
|-
|2000
|{{flagathlete|[[Dino Zoff]]|ITA}} (18%)
|{{fbicon|ITA}} [[Italy national football team|Italy]]
|-
|2001
|{{flagathlete|[[Gérard Houllier]]|FRA}} (28%)
|{{fbicon|ENG}} [[Liverpool F.C.]]
|-
|2002
|{{flagathlete|[[Guus Hiddink]]|NED}} (28%)
|{{fbicon|KOR}} [[South Korea national football team|South Korea]]
|-
|2003
|{{flagathlete|[[Carlo Ancelotti]]|ITA}} (20%)
|{{fbicon|ITA}} [[A.C. Milan]]
|-
|2004
|{{flagathlete|[[José Mourinho]]|POR}} (36%)
|{{fbicon|POR}} [[FC Porto]] & {{fbicon|ENG}} [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]]
|-
|2005
|{{flagathlete|[[José Mourinho]]|POR}} (34.1%)
|{{fbicon|ENG}} [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]]<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=World Soccer |title=The Winners |pages=24–25 |date=January 2006}}</ref>
|-
|2006
|{{flagathlete|[[Marcello Lippi]]|ITA}} (36%)
|{{fbicon|ITA}} [[Italy national football team|Italy]]
|-
|2007
|{{flagathlete|[[Alex Ferguson]]|SCO}} (26%)
|{{fbicon|ENG}} [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]
|-
|2008
|{{flagathlete|[[Alex Ferguson]]|SCO}} (38%)
|{{fbicon|ENG}} [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]
|-
|2009
|{{flagathlete|[[Pep Guardiola]]|ESP}} (62.1%)
|{{fbicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona]]<ref name="WS2009"/>
|-
|2010
|{{flagathlete|[[José Mourinho]]|POR}} (48.3%)
|{{fbicon|ITA}} [[Inter Milan]] & {{fbicon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]]<ref name="WS2010"/>
|-
|2011
|{{flagathlete|[[Pep Guardiola]]|ESP}} (33.1%)
|{{fbicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona]]<ref name="WS2011"/>
|-
|2012
|{{flagathlete|[[Vicente del Bosque]]|ESP}} (28.49%)
|{{fbicon|ESP}} [[Spain national football team|Spain]]<ref name="WS2012"/>
|-
|2013
|{{flagathlete|[[Jupp Heynckes]]|GER}}
|{{fbicon|GER}} [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]<ref name="WS2013"/>
|-
|2014
|{{flagathlete|[[Joachim Löw]]|GER}}
|{{fbicon|GER}} [[Germany national football team|Germany]]<ref name="WS2014"/>
|-
|2015
|{{flagathlete|[[Luis Enrique (footballer)|Luis Enrique]]|ESP}}
|{{fbicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona]]<ref name="WS2015"/>
|-
|2016
|{{flagathlete|[[Claudio Ranieri]]|ITA}}
|{{fbicon|ENG}} [[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.worldsoccer.com/features/world-soccer-awards-claudio-ranieri-scoops-accolade-for-best-manager-391728 |title=World Soccer Awards 2016: Claudio Ranieri scoops accolade for best manager |date=1 December 2016 |access-date=24 December 2016 |archive-date=5 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305005458/https://www.worldsoccer.com/features/world-soccer-awards-claudio-ranieri-scoops-accolade-for-best-manager-391728 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|2017
|{{flagathlete|[[Zinedine Zidane]]|FRA}}
|{{fbocon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]]<ref name="WS2017"/>
|-
|2018
|{{flagathlete|[[Didier Deschamps]]|FRA}}
|{{fbicon|FRA}} [[France national football team|France]]<ref name="WS2018 2">{{cite news |url=https://www.worldsoccer.com/features/france-and-didier-deschamps-win-world-soccer-awards-407878 |title=France and Didier Deschamps win World Soccer awards |date=28 December 2018 |access-date=3 January 2019 |archive-date=3 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103210318/https://www.worldsoccer.com/features/france-and-didier-deschamps-win-world-soccer-awards-407878 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|2019
|{{flagathlete|[[Jürgen Klopp]]|GER}}
|{{fbicon|ENG}} [[Liverpool F.C.]]<ref name="WS2019"/>
|-
|2020
|{{flagathlete|[[Hansi Flick]]|GER}}
|{{fbicon|GER}} [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]<ref name="WS2020"/>
|-
|2021
|{{flagathlete|[[Roberto Mancini]]|ITA}}
|{{fbicon|ITA}} [[Italy national football team|Italy]]<ref name="WS2021"/>
|-
|2022
|{{flagathlete|[[Lionel Scaloni]]|ARG}}
|{{fbicon|ARG}} [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]]<ref name="WS2022"/>
|-
|2023
|{{flagathlete|[[Pep Guardiola]]|ESP}}
|{{fbicon|ENG}} [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]]<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=World Soccer |date=January 2024 |page=31 |title=World Soccer: January 2024: Men's World Manager of the Year 2023}}</ref>
|-
|2024
|{{flagathlete|[[Carlo Ancelotti]]|ITA}}
|{{fbocon|ESP}} [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]]<ref name=ws24/>
|}

====All-time wins====

=====By manager=====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! # !! Manager !! Wins
|- style="background:#FFF69F"
| 1 || {{flagathlete|[[Alex Ferguson]]|SCO}} || 4
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2 || {{flagathlete|[[José Mourinho]]|POR}} || rowspan="2"| 3
|-
| {{flagathlete|[[Pep Guardiola]]|ESP}} 
|-
| 3 || {{flagathlete|[[Carlo Ancelotti]]|ITA}} || 2
|}

=====By country=====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!#
!Country
!Wins
|-style="background:#FFF69F"
| rowspan="2"|1
|style="text-align:left"|{{GER}}
| rowspan="2"|8
|-
|-style="background:#FFF69F"
|style="text-align:left"|{{ITA}}
|-
|3
|style="text-align:left"|{{FRA}}
|6
|-
|4
|style="text-align:left"|{{ESP}}
|5
|-
|rowspan="2" |5
|style="text-align:left"|{{NED}}
|rowspan="2" |4
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{SCO}}
|-
|rowspan="1" |7
|style="text-align:left"|{{POR}}
|rowspan="1" |3
|-
|rowspan="5" |8
|style="text-align:left"|{{ENG}}
|rowspan="5" |1
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{BEL}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{DEN}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{BRA}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{ARG}}
|-
|}

===Men's World Team of the Year===
{|
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|{{col-begin}}
{{Col-2}}
*1982 – {{fb|BRA|1968}} (30%)
*1983 – {{flagathlete|[[Hamburger SV]]|GER}} (29%)
*1984 – {{fb|FRA}} (45%)
*1985 – {{flagathlete|[[Everton F.C.|Everton]]|ENG}} (42%)
*1986 – {{fb|ARG}} (15%)
*1987 – {{flagathlete|[[FC Porto|Porto]]|POR}} (38%)
*1988 – {{fb|NED}} (43%)
*1989 – {{flagathlete|[[A.C. Milan|Milan]]|ITA}} (51%)
*1990 – {{fb|FRG}} (28%)
*1991 – {{fb|FRA}} (20%)
*1992 – {{fb|DEN}} (37%)
*1993 – {{flagathlete|[[Parma Calcio 1913|Parma]]|ITA}} (24%)
*1994 – {{flagathlete|[[A.C. Milan|Milan]]|ITA}} (33%)
*1995 – {{flagathlete|[[AFC Ajax|Ajax]]|NED}} (50%)
*1996 – {{fb|NGA}} (31%)
*1997 – {{flagathlete|[[Borussia Dortmund]]|GER}} (20%)
*1998 – {{fb|FRA}} (35%)
*1999 – {{flagathlete|[[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]|ENG}} (61%)
*2000 – {{fb|FRA}} (33%)
*2001 – {{flagathlete|[[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]|ENG}} (26%)
*2002 – {{fb|BRA}} (24%)
*2003 – {{flagathlete|[[A.C. Milan|Milan]]|ITA}} (23%)
*2004 – {{fb|GRE}} (25%)
*2005 – {{flagathlete|[[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]|ENG}} (27%)
*2006 – {{flagathlete|[[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]|ESP}} (42%)
*2007 – {{fb|IRQ|2004}} (22%)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.worldsoccer.com/Awards/awards2008.php |title=2007 World Soccer Awards: Kaka wins World Player of the Year award |publisher=World Soccer |access-date=12 December 2008 |archive-date=5 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110105041153/http://www.worldsoccer.com/Awards/awards2008.php}}</ref>
*2008 – {{fb|ESP}} (41%)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.worldsoccer.com/news/Cristiano_Ronaldo_wins_World_Soccer_award_news_273801.html |title=Cristiano Ronaldo wins World Soccer award |publisher=World Soccer |date=11 December 2008 |access-date=12 December 2008 |archive-date=14 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081214001324/http://www.worldsoccer.com/news/Cristiano_Ronaldo_wins_World_Soccer_award_news_273801.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*2009 – {{flagathlete|[[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]|ESP}} (75.9%)<ref name="WS2009"/>
*2010 – {{fb|ESP}} (63.3%)<ref name="WS2010"/>
*2011 – {{flagathlete|[[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]|ESP}} (44.2%)<ref name="WS2011"/>
*2012 – {{fb|ESP}} (47.4%)
*2013 – {{flagathlete|[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]|GER}}<ref name="WS2013"/>
*2014 – {{fb|GER}}<ref name="WS2014" />
*2015 – {{flagathlete|[[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]|ESP}}<ref name="WS2015"/>
*2016 – {{flagathlete|[[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]]|ENG}}
*2017 – {{flagathlete|[[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]]|ESP}}<ref name="WS2017"/>
*2018 – {{fb|FRA}}<ref name="WS2018 2"/>
*2019 – {{flagathlete|[[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]|ENG}}<ref name="WS2019"/>
*2020 – {{flagathlete|[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]|GER}}<ref name="WS2020"/>
*2021 – {{fb|ITA}}<ref name="WS2021"/>
*2022 – {{fb|ARG}}<ref name="WS2022"/>
*2023 – {{flagathlete|[[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]]|ENG}}<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=World Soccer |date=January 2024 |page=31 |title=World Soccer: January 2024: Men's World Team of the Year 2023}}</ref>
*2024 – {{fb|ESP}}<ref name=ws24/>
{{col-end}}
|}

====By team====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!#
!Team
!Wins
|-
|-style="background:#FFF69F"
|rowspan="1" |1
|style="text-align:left"|{{fb|FRA}}
|rowspan="1" |5
|-style="background:#FFF69F"
|-
|rowspan="2" |2
|style="text-align:left"|{{flagathlete|[[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]|ESP}}
|rowspan="2" |4
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{fb|ESP}} 
|-
|rowspan="2" |4
|style="text-align:left"|{{flagathlete|[[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]|ENG}}
|rowspan="2" |3
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{flagathlete|[[A.C. Milan|Milan]]|ITA}}
|-
|rowspan="4" |6
|style="text-align:left"|{{fb|BRA}}
|rowspan="4" |2
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{fb|GER}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{flagathlete|[[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]|GER}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|{{fb|ARG}}
|}

===Women's World Player of the Year===
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Player
!Team
|-
|2020
|{{flagathlete| [[Pernille Harder (footballer)|Pernille Harder]]|DEN}}
|{{fbaicon|GER}} [[VfL Wolfsburg (women)|Wolfsburg]] {{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Chelsea F.C. Women|Chelsea]]<ref name="WS2020" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Straw |first=Sam |date=2021-01-05 |title=2020 Awards: The Results |url=https://www.worldsoccer.com/best-of-ws/2020-awards-the-results-410940 |access-date=2023-05-26 |website=World Soccer |language=en |archive-date=26 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230526173023/https://www.worldsoccer.com/best-of-ws/2020-awards-the-results-410940 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|2021
|{{flagathlete| [[Alexia Putellas]]|SPA}}
|{{fbaicon|SPA}} [[FC Barcelona Femení|Barcelona]]<ref name="WS2021" /><ref>{{Cite web |title="World Soccer" Football of the Year 2021 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/wsoc2021.html#men |access-date=2023-05-26 |website=www.rsssf.org |archive-date=21 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321212834/https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/wsoc2021.html#men |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|2022
|{{flagathlete| [[Beth Mead]]|ENG}}
|{{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Arsenal W.F.C.|Arsenal]]<ref name="WS2022" />
|-
|2023
|{{flagathlete| [[Aitana Bonmatí]]|ESP}}
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona Femení|Barcelona]]<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=World Soccer |date=January 2024 |pages=28, 33 |title=World Soccer: January 2024: Women's World Player of the Year 2023}}</ref>
|-
|2024
|{{flagathlete|[[Aitana Bonmatí]]|ESP}}
|{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona Femení|Barcelona]]<ref name=ws24/>
|}

===Women's World Manager of the Year===
* 2020 – {{flagathlete|[[Jean-Luc Vasseur]]|FRA}}, [[Olympique Lyonnais Féminin|Lyon]]<ref name="WS2020"/>
* 2021 – {{flagathlete|[[Lluís Cortés]]|ESP}}, [[FC Barcelona Femení|Barcelona]]<ref name="WS2021"/>
* 2022 – {{flagathlete|[[Sarina Wiegman]]|NED}}, [[England women's national football team|England]]<ref name="WS2022"/>
* 2023 – {{flagathlete|[[Sarina Wiegman]]|NED}}, [[England women's national football team|England]]<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=World Soccer |date=January 2024 |page=34 |title=World Soccer: January 2024: Women's World Manager of the Year 2023}}</ref>
* 2024 – {{flagathlete|[[Emma Hayes]]|ENG}}, [[Chelsea F.C. Women|Chelsea]]/[[United States women's national soccer team|USA]]<ref name=ws24/>

===Women's World Team of the Year===
* 2020 – {{flagathlete|[[Olympique Lyonnais Féminin|Lyon]]|FRA}}<ref name="WS2020"/>
* 2021 – {{flagathlete|[[FC Barcelona Femení|Barcelona]]|ESP}}<ref name="WS2021"/>
* 2022 – {{flagathlete|[[England women's national football team|England]]|ENG}}<ref name="WS2022"/>
* 2023 – {{flagathlete|[[Spain women's national football team|Spain]]|ESP}}<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=World Soccer |date=January 2024 |page=33|title=World Soccer: January 2024: Women's World Team of the Year 2023}}</ref>
* 2024 – {{flagathlete|[[FC Barcelona Femení|Barcelona]]|ESP}}<ref name=ws24/>
===Referee of the Year===
Source:<ref name="ref" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-10-15 |title=World Soccer |url=http://www.worldsoccer.com/Awards/awards2005a.php |access-date=2023-02-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081015053042/http://www.worldsoccer.com/Awards/awards2005a.php |archive-date=15 October 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-12-06 |title=World Soccer |url=http://www.worldsoccer.com/Awards/awards2006.php |access-date=2023-02-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206084343/http://www.worldsoccer.com/Awards/awards2006.php |archive-date=6 December 2008 }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Rank
!Referee
!Points
|-
| rowspan="3" |'''2005'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|'''{{Flagicon|ITA}} [[Pierluigi Collina]]'''
|align="center"|'''30.6%'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{Flagicon|DEN}} [[Kim Milton Nielsen]]
|align="center"|19.7%
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
|{{Flagicon|GER}} [[Markus Merk]]
|align="center"|16.3%
|-
! colspan="4" |
|-
| rowspan="3" |'''2006'''
|scope=col style="background-color:gold"|'''1st'''
|'''{{Flagicon|ARG}} [[Horacio Elizondo]]'''
|align="center"|'''38.7%'''
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:silver"|2nd
|{{Flagicon|MEX}} [[Benito Archundia]]
|align="center"|30.5%
|-
|scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966"|3rd
|{{Flagicon|Slovakia}} [[Ľuboš Micheľ]]
|align="center"|8.5%
|}

==Greatest XI of All Time==
''The list is based on the voting poll consisted of 74 experts (journalists, TV pundits, current and former players and managers) from around the world.''<ref name="Greatest XI">{{cite magazine |title=The Greatest Team Ever |url=http://www.worldsoccer.com/features/the-greatest-xi-how-the-panel-voted |magazine=World Soccer |pages=41–54 |date=Summer 2013 |access-date=20 August 2013 |archive-date=1 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101233404/http://www.worldsoccer.com/features/the-greatest-xi-how-the-panel-voted |url-status=dead }}</ref>

''(Published July 2013)''<ref name="Greatest XI"/>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Goalkeeper
!Defenders
!Midfielders
!Forwards
|-
|style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top"|
{{flagathlete|[[Lev Yashin]]|URS}}<br />
|style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top"|
{{flagathlete|[[Cafu]]|BRA}}<br />{{flagathlete|[[Franz Beckenbauer]]|GER}}<br />{{flagathlete|[[Bobby Moore]]|ENG}}<br />{{flagathlete|[[Paolo Maldini]]|ITA}}<br />
|style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top"|
{{flagathlete|[[Alfredo Di Stéfano]]|ARG}}<br />{{flagathlete|[[Zinedine Zidane]]|FRA}}<br />{{flagathlete|[[Diego Maradona]]|ARG}}<br />{{flagathlete|[[Johan Cruyff]]|NED}}<br />
|style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top"|
{{flagathlete|[[Lionel Messi]]|ARG}}
<br />{{flagathlete|[[Pelé]]|BRA}}<br />
|-
|}

===Goalkeepers===
[[File:LevYashin.JPG|upright=0.68|thumb|Lev Yashin]]
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Pos.
!Name
!Votes
!% of votes
|-
| 1 || {{flagathlete|[[Lev Yashin]]|URS}} || 31 || 41.89%
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2 || {{flagathlete|[[Gordon Banks]]|ENG}} || rowspan="2" | 6 || rowspan="2" | 8.11%
|-
| {{flagathlete|[[Dino Zoff]]|ITA}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | 4 || {{flagathlete|[[Gianluigi Buffon]]|ITA}} || rowspan="2" | 5 || rowspan="2" | 6.76%
|-
| {{flagathlete|[[Peter Schmeichel]]|DEN}}
|-
| 6 || {{flagathlete|[[Iker Casillas]]|ESP}} ||  4 || 5.41%
|-
| 7 || {{flagathlete|[[Sepp Maier]]|GER}} || 3 || 4.05%
|-
| rowspan="3" | 8 || {{flagathlete|[[Pat Jennings]]|NIR}} || rowspan="3" | 2 || rowspan="3" | 2.70%
|-
| {{flagathlete|[[Oliver Kahn]]|GER}}
|-
| {{flagathlete|[[Edwin van der Sar]]|NED}}
|}

===Full backs===
[[File:Maldini2008.JPG|upright=0.68|thumb|Paolo Maldini]]
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Pos.
!Name
!Votes
!% of votes
|-
| 1 || {{flagathlete|[[Paolo Maldini]]|ITA}} || 48 || 64.86%
|-
| 2 || {{flagathlete|[[Cafu]]|BRA}} || 24 || 32.43%
|-
| 3 || {{flagathlete|[[Carlos Alberto Torres]]|BRA}} || 18 || 24.32%
|-
| 4 || {{flagathlete|[[Roberto Carlos]]|BRA}} || 13 || 17.57%
|-
| 5 || {{flagathlete|[[Djalma Santos]]|BRA}} || 11 || 14.86%
|-
| 6 || {{flagathlete|[[Giacinto Facchetti]]|ITA}} || 7 || 9.46%
|-
| 7 || {{flagathlete|[[Nílton Santos]]|BRA}} || 6 || 8.11%
|-
| 8 || {{flagathlete|[[Berti Vogts]]|GER}} || 4 || 5.41%
|-
| 9 || {{flagathlete|[[Lilian Thuram]]|FRA}} || 3 || 4.05%
|-
| rowspan="3" | 10 || {{flagathlete|[[Ruud Krol]]|NED}} || rowspan="3" | 2 || rowspan="3" | 2.70%
|-
| {{flagathlete|[[Víctor Rodríguez Andrade]]|URU}}
|-
| {{flagathlete|[[Karl-Heinz Schnellinger]]|GER}}
|}

===Central defenders===
[[File:Beckenbauer Close.jpg|upright=0.68|thumb|Franz Beckenbauer]]
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Pos.
!Name
!Votes
!% of votes
|-
| 1 || {{flagathlete|[[Franz Beckenbauer]]|GER}} || 68 || 91.89%
|-
| 2 || {{flagathlete|[[Bobby Moore]]|ENG}} || 23 || 31.08%
|-
| 3 || {{flagathlete|[[Franco Baresi]]|ITA}} || 22 || 29.73%
|-
| 4 || {{flagathlete|[[Daniel Passarella]]|ARG}} || 4 || 5.41%
|-
| rowspan="4" | 5 || {{flagathlete|[[Fabio Cannavaro]]|ITA}} || rowspan="4" | 3 || rowspan="4" | 4.05%
|-
| {{flagathlete|[[John Charles]]|WAL}}
|-
| {{flagathlete|[[Marcel Desailly]]|FRA}}
|-
| {{flagathlete|[[Paul McGrath (footballer)|Paul McGrath]]|IRE}}
|-
| 9 || {{flagathlete|[[Giuseppe Bergomi]]|ITA}} || 2 || 2.70%
|}

===Midfielders===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Pos.
!Name
!Votes
!% of votes
|-
| 1 || {{flagathlete|[[Diego Maradona]]|ARG}} || 64 || 86.49%
|-
| 2 || {{flagathlete|[[Johan Cruyff]]|NED}} || 58 || 78.38%
|-
| 3 || {{flagathlete|[[Zinedine Zidane]]|FRA}} || 28 || 37.84%
|-
| 4 || {{flagathlete|[[Alfredo Di Stéfano]]|ARG}} || 24 || 32.43%
|-
| 5 || {{flagathlete|[[Michel Platini]]|FRA}} || 18 || 24.32%
|-
| 6 || {{flagathlete|[[Garrincha]]|BRA}} || 15 || 20.27%
|-
| 7 || {{flagathlete|[[George Best]]|NIR}} || 12 || 16.22%
|-
| 8 || {{flagathlete|[[Cristiano Ronaldo]]|POR}} || 7 || 9.46%
|-
| rowspan="2" | 9 || {{flagathlete|[[Bobby Charlton]]|ENG}} || rowspan="2" | 5 || rowspan="2" | 6.76%
|-
| {{flagathlete|[[Lothar Matthäus]]|GER}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | 11 || {{flagathlete|[[Andrés Iniesta]]|ESP}} || rowspan="2" | 4 || rowspan="2" | 5.41%
|-
| {{flagathlete|[[Xavi (footballer, born 1980)|Xavi]]|ESP}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | 13 || {{flagathlete|[[Didi (footballer, born 1928)|Didi]]|BRA}} || rowspan="2" | 3 || rowspan="2" | 4.05%
|-
| {{flagathlete|[[Sócrates]]|BRA}}
|-
| rowspan="8" | 15 || {{flagathlete|[[Roberto Baggio]]|ITA}} || rowspan="8" | 2 || rowspan="8" | 2.70%
|-
| {{flagathlete|[[Toninho Cerezo]]|BRA}}
|-
| {{flagathlete|[[Francisco Gento]]|ESP}}
|-
| {{flagathlete|[[Ryan Giggs]]|WAL}}
|-
| {{flagathlete|[[Stanley Matthews]]|ENG}}
|-
| {{flagathlete|[[Johan Neeskens]]|NED}}
|-
| {{flagathlete|[[Rivellino]]|BRA}}
|-
| {{flagathlete|[[Zico (footballer)|Zico]]|BRA}}
|}

===Strikers===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Pos.
!Name
!Votes
!% of votes
|-
| 1 || {{flagathlete|[[Pelé]]|BRA}} || 56 || 75.68%
|-
| 2 || {{flagathlete|[[Lionel Messi]]|ARG}} || 46 || 62.16%
|-
| 3 || {{flagathlete|[[Ferenc Puskas]]|HUN}} || 11 || 14.86%
|-
| 4 || {{flagathlete|[[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]]|BRA}} || 9 || 12.16%
|-
| 5 || {{flagathlete|[[Marco van Basten]]|NED}} || 5 || 6.76%
|-
| 6 || {{flagathlete|[[Gerd Müller]]|GER}} || 4 || 5.41%
|-
| rowspan="2" | 7 || {{flagathlete|[[Oleh Blokhin]]|URS}} || rowspan="2" | 2 || rowspan="2" | 2.70%
|-
| {{flagathlete|[[Eusébio]]|POR}}
|-
|}

==Greatest Managers of All Time==
[[File:Map of FIFA members by number of managers represented in All-Time rankings of France Football (2019), World Soccer (2013) or ESPN (2013).png|thumb|upright=1.36|Map of FIFA members by number of managers ranked by [[France Football]] (2019), World Soccer (2013) '''or''' [[ESPN]] (2013)]]
[[File:Map of FIFA members by number of managers represented in All-Time rankings of France Football (2019), World Soccer (2013) & ESPN (2013).png|thumb|upright=1.36|Map of FIFA members by number of managers ranked by [[France Football]] (2019), World Soccer (2013) '''and''' [[ESPN]] (2013)]]

<gallery>
File:SAF CL semi 2009 (cropped).jpg|[[Alex Ferguson]]
File:Koppen Nederlandse voetballers Rinus Michels, Bestanddeelnr 254-9536 2.jpg|[[Rinus Michels]]
File:1973–74 Inter Milan - Helenio Herrera (cropped).jpg|[[Helenio Herrera]]
File:Valeri Lobanovsky.jpg|[[Valeriy Lobanovskyi]]
</gallery>

''The list is based on the voting poll consisting of 74 experts (journalists, TV pundits, current and former players and managers) from around the world with each having been allotted 5 managerial picks.''

(''Published July 2013'')<ref name="Greatest XI"/><ref name="Greatest Manager">{{cite web |title=The Greatest Manager of all time |url=http://www.worldsoccer.com/features/the-greatest-manager-of-all-time-341473 |publisher=World Soccer |author=Jamie Rainbow |date=4 July 2013 |access-date=18 December 2015 |archive-date=24 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211224135927/https://www.worldsoccer.com/features/the-greatest-manager-of-all-time-341473 |url-status=live }}</ref>

'''Key'''
:Managers in '''bold''' are ranked by World Soccer, [[France Football]] and [[ESPN]]<ref name="Top6FF">{{cite web |url=https://www.francefootball.fr/magazine/?prov=W-HP-LBMU |title=Top 50 des coaches de l'histoire |publisher=France Football |date=19 March 2019 |access-date=19 March 2019 |archive-date=31 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331192808/https://www.francefootball.fr/magazine/?prov=W-HP-LBMU |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="FOXSports">{{cite web |url=https://www.foxsports.com.mx/news/400382-los--mejores-entrenadores-de-la-historia |title=Los 50 mejores entrenadores de la historia |publisher=[[Fox Broadcasting Company|FOX]] Sports |date=19 March 2019 |access-date=29 December 2019 |archive-date=29 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191229113735/https://www.foxsports.com.mx/news/400382-los--mejores-entrenadores-de-la-historia |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=autogenerated1>{{Cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/news/story/_/id/1517451/alex-ferguson|title=Greatest Managers, No. 1: Alex Ferguson|date=9 August 2013|website=ESPN.com|access-date=10 January 2020|archive-date=24 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024181806/https://www.espn.com/soccer/news/story/_/id/1517451/alex-ferguson|url-status=live}}</ref>
:{{legend|#fff68f|Managers ranked top 10 by World Soccer, [[France Football]] and [[ESPN]]<ref name="Top6FF"/><ref name="FOXSports"/><ref name=autogenerated1/><ref name="fakty">{{cite web|url=https://fakty.ua/412785-valerij-lobanovskij-popal-v-kompaniyu-luchshih-trenerov-vseh-vremen-na-kakom-meste-legenda-dinamo|title=Валерій Лобановський потрапив до компанії найкращих тренерів усіх часів: на якому місці легенда "Динамо"|publisher=[[Fakty i Kommentarii]]|access-date=25 December 2022|language=uk|archive-date=25 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225212902/https://fakty.ua/412785-valerij-lobanovskij-popal-v-kompaniyu-luchshih-trenerov-vseh-vremen-na-kakom-meste-legenda-dinamo|url-status=live}}</ref>}}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Pos.
!Name
!Years
!Notable teams
!Votes
!% of votes
|-style="background:#fff68f"
| 1 || {{flagathlete|'''[[Alex Ferguson]]'''|SCO}} || 1974–2013 || [[Aberdeen F.C.|Aberdeen]], [[Scotland national football team|Scotland national team]], [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]  ||49|| 66.22%
|-style="background:#fff68f"
| 2 || {{flagathlete|'''[[Rinus Michels]]'''|NED}} || 1960–1992 || [[AFC Ajax]], [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]], [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands national team]] || 46 || 62.16%
|-
| 3 || {{flagathlete|'''[[José Mourinho]]'''|POR}} || 2000– || [[FC Porto|Porto]], [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]], [[Inter Milan]], [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]], [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]], [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham]], [[A.S.Roma|Roma]] ||  21 || 28.38%
|-style="background:#fff68f"
| 4 || {{flagathlete|'''[[Helenio Herrera]]'''|ARG}} || 1944–1970, 1973–1981 || [[Sevilla FC|Sevilla]], [[Atlético Madrid]], [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]], [[Inter Milan]] || 19 || 25.68%
|-
| 5 || {{flagathlete|'''[[Pep Guardiola]]'''|ESP}} || 2007– || [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]], [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]], [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]] || 18 || 24.32%
|-style="background:#fff68f"
| 6 || {{flagathlete|'''[[Arrigo Sacchi]]'''|ITA}} || 1985–1999, 2001 || [[Parma Calcio 1913|Parma]], [[A.C. Milan|Milan]], [[Italy national football team|Italy national team]], [[Atlético Madrid]] ||15 |||20.27%
|-style="background:#fff68f"
| 7 || {{flagathlete|'''[[Valeriy Lobanovskyi]]'''|UKR}} || 1969–2002 || [[FC Dnipro|Dnipro]], [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]], [[Soviet Union national football team|Soviet Union national team]], [[Ukraine national football team|Ukraine national team]] ||14 || 18.92%
|-
| 8 || {{flagathlete|'''[[Bob Paisley]]'''|ENG}} || 1974–1983 || [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] || 12 || 16.22%
|-
| rowspan="4"|9 || {{flagathlete|[[Herbert Chapman]]|ENG}} || 1907–1918, 1921–1934 || [[Northampton Town F.C.|Northampton Town]], [[Leeds City F.C.|Leeds City]], [[Huddersfield Town A.F.C.|Huddersfield Town]], [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]]|| style="text-align:left" rowspan="4"|9 || style="text-align:left" rowspan="4"|12.16%
|-
| {{flagathlete|'''[[Béla Guttmann]]'''|HUN}} || 1933–1939, 1945–1951, 1953–1962, 1964–1967, 1973 || [[A.C. Milan|Milan]], [[São Paulo FC|São Paulo]], [[FC Porto|Porto]], [[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]], [[Peñarol]]
|-
| {{flagathlete|'''[[Ernst Happel]]'''|AUT}} || 1962–1992 || [[Feyenoord]], [[Sevilla FC|Sevilla]], [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands national team]], [[Club Brugge|Brugge]], [[Hamburger SV]]
|-
| {{flagathlete|[[Mário Zagallo]]|BRA}} || 1966–1991, 1994–2001 || [[Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas|Botafogo]], [[Clube de Regatas do Flamengo|Flamengo]], [[Brazil national football team|Brazil national team]], [[CR Vasco da Gama|Vasco da Gama]]
|-
| rowspan="4"|13 || {{flagathlete|[[Vittorio Pozzo]]|ITA}} || 1912–1922, 1924–1926, 1929–1948 || [[Italy national football team|Italy national team]], [[Torino F.C.|Torino]], [[A.C. Milan|Milan]] || style="text-align:left" rowspan="4"|8 || style="text-align:left" rowspan="4"|10.81%
|-
| {{flagathlete|'''[[Vicente del Bosque]]'''|ESP}} || 1987–1990, 1994, 1996, 1999–2005, 2008–2016 || [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]], [[Beşiktaş J.K.|Beşiktaş]], [[Spain national football team|Spain national team]]
|-
| {{flagathlete|'''[[Marcello Lippi]]'''|ITA}} || 1982–2006, 2008–2010, 2012–2014, 2016–2019 || [[S.S.C. Napoli|Napoli]], [[Juventus FC|Juventus]], [[Inter Milan]], [[Italy national football team|Italy national team]], [[Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao F.C.|Guangzhou Evergrande]], [[China national football team|China national team]]
|-
| {{flagathlete|[[Telê Santana]]|BRA}} || 1969–1996 || [[Atlético Mineiro]], [[Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras|Palmeiras]], [[São Paulo FC|São Paulo]], [[Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas|Botafogo]], [[Clube de Regatas do Flamengo|Flamengo]], [[Brazil national football team|Brazil national team]]
|-
|17 || {{flagathlete|'''[[Brian Clough]]'''|ENG}} || 1965–1993 || [[Derby County F.C.|Derby County]], [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]], [[Nottingham Forest F.C.|Nottingham Forest]] || 7 || 9.46%
|-
|18|| {{flagathlete|'''[[Ottmar Hitzfeld]]'''|GER}} || 1983–2004, 2007–2014 || [[Borussia Dortmund]], [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]], [[Switzerland national football team|Switzerland national team]]||6 ||8.11%
|-
| rowspan="3"|19 || {{flagathlete|[[Sepp Herberger]]|GER}} || 1930–1942, 1945–1946, 1950–1964 || [[Germany national football team|Germany national team]], [[Eintracht Frankfurt]] || style="text-align:left" rowspan="3"|5 || style="text-align:left" rowspan="3"|6.76%
|-
| {{flagathlete|'''[[Bill Shankly]]'''|SCO}} || 1949–1974 || [[Carlisle United F.C.|Carlisle United]], [[Huddersfield Town A.F.C.|Huddersfield Town]], [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] 
|-
|{{flagathlete|'''[[Giovanni Trapattoni]]'''|ITA}} || 1974–2013 || [[A.C. Milan|Milan]], [[Inter Milan]], [[Juventus FC|Juventus]], [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]], [[ACF Fiorentina|Fiorentina]], [[Italy national football team|Italy national team]]
|-
|22 || {{flagathlete|[[César Luis Menotti]]|ARG}} || 1970, 1972–1984, 1986–1994, 1996–1999, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007 || [[Argentina national football team|Argentina national team]], [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]], [[Atlético Madrid]], [[Boca Juniors]], [[Club Atlético Independiente|Independiente]] ||4 || 5.41%
|-
| rowspan="5"|23 || {{flagathlete|[[Enzo Bearzot]]|ITA}} || 1964–1986 || [[Italy national football team|Italy national team]] || style="text-align:left" rowspan="5"|3 || style="text-align:left" rowspan="5"|4.05%
|-
| {{flagathlete|[[Jimmy Hogan]]|ENG}} || 1910–1912, 1914–1921, 1924, 1924–1927, 1931–1939 || [[MTK Budapest FC|MTK Budapest]], [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands national team]], [[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]], [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]]
|-
| {{flagathlete|[[Hennes Weisweiler]]|GER}} || 1948–1983 || [[Borussia Mönchengladbach]], [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]], [[1. FC Köln]]
|-
| {{flagathlete|[[Helmut Schön]]|GER}} || 1952–1984 || [[Germany national football team|Germany national team]]
|-
| {{flagathlete|'''[[Fabio Capello]]'''|ITA}} || 1991–2015, 2017–2018 || [[A.C. Milan|Milan]], [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]], [[A.S. Roma|Roma]], [[Juventus FC|Juventus]], [[England national football team|England national team]]
|-
| rowspan="8"|28 || {{flagathlete|[[Franz Beckenbauer]]|GER}} || 1984–1991, 1993–1994, 1996 || [[Germany national football team|Germany national team]], [[Bayern Munich]], [[Olympique de Marseille|Marseille]] || style="text-align:left" rowspan="8"|2 || style="text-align:left" rowspan="8"|2.70%
|-
| {{flagathlete|[[Carlos Bilardo]]|ARG}} || 1971, 1973–1993, 1996, 1998–2000, 2003–2004 || [[Estudiantes de la Plata|Estudiantes]], [[Colombia national football team|Colombia national team]], [[Argentina national football team|Argentina national team]], [[Sevilla FC|Sevilla]], [[Boca Juniors]]
|-
| {{flagathlete|[[Johan Cruyff]]|NED}} || 1985–1996 || [[AFC Ajax]], [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|-
| {{flagathlete|[[Vicente Feola]]|BRA}} || 1937–1942, 1947–1950, 1955–1956, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1966 || [[São Paulo FC|São Paulo]], [[Brazil national football team|Brazil national team]], [[Boca Juniors]]
|-
| {{flagathlete|[[Alf Ramsey]]|ENG}} || 1955–1974, 1977–1978 || [[Ipswich Town F.C.|Ipswich Town]], [[England national football team|England national team]]
|-
| {{flagathlete|[[Gusztáv Sebes]]|HUN}} || 1940–1946, 1949–1957 || [[Hungary national football team|Hungary national team]]
|-
| {{flagathlete|'''[[Jock Stein]]'''|SCO}} || 1960–1985 || [[Celtic Glasgow]], [[Scotland national football team|Scotland national team]], [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]]
|-
| {{flagathlete|[[Luiz Felipe Scolari]]|BRA}} || 1982–2019 || [[Brazil national football team|Brazil national team]], [[Portugal national football team|Portugal national team]], [[Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense|Grêmio]], [[Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras|Palmeiras]], [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]]
|-
| rowspan="21"|36 || {{flagathlete|[[Luis Aragonés]]|ESP}} || 1974–2009|| [[Atletico Madrid]], [[Real Betis]], [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]], [[Sevilla FC|Sevilla]], [[Spain national football team|Spain national team]] || style="text-align:left" rowspan="21"|1 || style="text-align:left" rowspan="21"|1.35%
|-
| {{flagathlete|[[Leo Beenhakker]]|NED}} || 1965– || [[AFC Ajax]], [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands national team]], [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]], [[Feyenoord]]
|-
| {{flagathlete|[[Rafael Benítez]]|ESP}} || 1993– || [[Valencia CF|Valencia]], [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]], [[Inter Milan|Internazionale]], [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]], [[S.S.C. Napoli|Napoli]], [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]], [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]]
|-
| {{flagathlete|[[Marcelo Bielsa]]|ARG}} || 1990– || [[Newell's Old Boys]], [[Club América|América]], [[Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield|Vélez Sarsfield]], [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]], [[Chile national football team|Chile]], [[Athletic Bilbao]], [[Olympique de Marseille|Marseille]], [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]]
|-
| {{flagathlete|[[Bob Bradley]]|USA}} || 1981– || [[Chicago Fire Soccer Club|Chicago Fire]], [[New York Red Bulls|MetroStars]], [[United States men's national soccer team|United States national team]], [[Egypt national football team|Egypt national team]], [[Los Angeles FC]]
|-
| {{flagathlete|'''[[Matt Busby]]'''|SCO}}|| 1945–1969, 1970–1971 || [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Jack Charlton]]|ENG}} ||1973–1996 ||[[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]], [[Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|Sheffield Wednesday]], [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]], [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Republic of Ireland national team]]
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Kazimierz Górski]]|POL}} ||1959–1985 ||[[Legia Warsaw]], [[Poland national football team|Poland national team]], [[Panathinaikos F.C.|Panathinaikos]], [[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]]
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Jupp Heynckes]]|GER}}||1979–2018 ||[[Borussia Mönchengladbach]], [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]], [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]], [[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]], [[FC Schalke 04|Schalke]]
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Gérard Houllier]]|FRA}} ||1973–2011 ||[[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint-Germain]], [[France national football team|France national team]], [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]], [[Olympique Lyonnais|Lyon]]
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Tomislav Ivić]]|CRO}} ||1967–2004||[[HNK Hajduk Split|Hajduk Split]], [[GNK Dinamo Zagreb|Dinamo Zagreb]], [[Croatia national football team|Croatia national team]], [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]], [[R.S.C. Anderlecht|Anderlecht]], [[Standard Liège]], [[Galatasaray S.K. (football)|Galatasaray]], [[Fenerbahçe S.K. (football)|Fenerbahçe]], [[Panathinaikos F.C.|Panathinaikos]], [[FC Porto|Porto]], [[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]], [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint-Germain]], [[Atlético Madrid]], [[Olympique de Marseille|Marseille]]
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Ștefan Kovács]]|ROM}}||1952–1987||[[FC Steaua București|Steaua București]], [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]], [[France national football team|France national team]], [[Romania national football team|Romania national team]], [[Panathinaikos F.C.|Panathinaikos]], [[AS Monaco FC|Monaco]]
|-
|{{flagathlete|'''[[Udo Lattek]]'''|GER}}||1970–2000||[[Bayern Munich]], [[Borussia Mönchengladbach]], [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Hugo Meisl]]|AUT}} ||1912–14, 1919–37||[[Austria national football team|Austria national team]]
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Otto Rehhagel]]|GER}}||1972–2010, 2012||[[Fortuna Düsseldorf]], [[SV Werder Bremen|Werder Bremen]], [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]], [[1. FC Kaiserslautern]], [[Greece national football team|Greece national team]]
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Carlos Alberto Parreira]]|BRA}}||1968–2010||[[Fluminense Football Club|Fluminense]], [[Brazil national football team|Brazil national team]], [[Valencia Club de Fútbol|Valencia]], [[Fenerbahçe S.K. (football)|Fenerbahçe]], [[Sport Club Corinthians Paulista|Corinthians]], [[South African national football team|South Africa national team]]
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Antoni Piechniczek]]|POL}} ||1973–1990, 1993–1997||[[Polish national football team|Polish national team]]
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Nereo Rocco]]|ITA}} ||1947–1977||[[Calcio Padova|Padova]], [[A.C. Milan|Milan]]
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Árpád Weisz]]|HUN}}||1926–1940||[[F.C. Internazionale Milano|Internazionale]], [[Bologna F.C. 1909|Bologna]]
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Arsène Wenger]]|FRA}}||1984–2018||[[AS Monaco FC|Monaco]], [[Nagoya Grampus Eight]], [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]]
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Walter Winterbottom]]|ENG}}||1946–1962||[[England national football team|England national team]]
|-
|}

==Greatest Players of the 20th century==
In the December 1999 issue, a readers' poll listing the 100 greatest football players of the 20th century was published.<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Century of Soccer: Readers' Poll |url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamHons/HonsWldSocPlyrsCent.html |date=December 1999 |magazine=World Soccer |publisher=England Football Online |access-date=11 January 2012 |pages=12–17 |archive-date=4 April 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210404034430/http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamHons/HonsWldSocPlyrsCent.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
{{World Soccer 100 Greatest Players}}

==World Player of the Decade 2000s==
In 2009, a World Player of the Decade was announced based on the reader's votes from 2000 to 2009 in the annual Player of the Year polls.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-05-16 |title=World Soccer |url=http://www.worldsoccer.com/Awards/index.php |access-date=2022-07-12 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100516143714/http://www.worldsoccer.com/Awards/index.php |archive-date=16 May 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+World Player of the Decade 2000s
|
{| class="wikitable"
!#
!Player
!Points
|-
|1
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Ronaldinho]]
|781
|-
|2
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Lionel Messi]]
|759
|-
|3
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Cristiano Ronaldo]]
|708
|-
|4
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Thierry Henry]]
|619
|-
|5
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Kaká]]
|567
|-
|6
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Fabio Cannavaro]]
|401
|-
|7
|{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Pavel Nedvěd]]
|394
|-
|8
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Michael Owen]]
|330
|-
|9
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Luís Figo]]
|290
|-
|10
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Zinedine Zidane]]
|270
|-
|11
|{{flagicon|SPA}} [[Raúl (footballer)|Raúl]]
|261
|-
|12
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]]
|260
|-
|13
|{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Andriy Shevchenko]]
|230
|-
|14
|{{flagicon|SPA}} [[Andrés Iniesta]]
|215
|-
|15
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Michael Ballack]]
|180
|-
|16
|{{flagicon|SPA}} [[Xavi (footballer, born 1980)|Xavi]]
|163
|-
|17
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Rivaldo]]
|150
|-
|18
|{{flagicon|SPA}} [[Fernando Torres]]
|149
|-
| rowspan="2" |19
|{{flagicon|CMR}} [[Samuel Eto'o]]
| rowspan="2" |146
|-
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Frank Lampard]]
|}
|
{| class="wikitable"
!#
!Player
!Points
|-
|21
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Steven Gerrard]]
|134
|-
|22
|{{flagicon|POR}} [[Deco]]
|130
|-
|23
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Francesco Totti]]
|107
|-
|24
|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Ruud van Nistelrooy]]
|99
|-
|25
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Oliver Kahn]]
|90
|-
|26
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Paolo Maldini]]
|82
|-
|27
|{{flagicon|Ivory Coast}} [[Didier Drogba]]
|79
|-
|28
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Juan Román Riquelme]]
|77
|-
|29
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Adriano (footballer, born February 1982)|Adriano]]
|73
|-
|30
|{{flagicon|SPA}} [[Iker Casillas]]
|59
|-
|31
|{{Flagicon|Russia}} [[Andrey Arshavin]]
|54
|-
|32
|{{Flagicon|SWE}} [[Zlatan Ibrahimović]]
|53
|-
|33
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Gianluigi Buffon]]
|49
|-
|34
|{{flagicon|SPA}} [[David Villa]]
|46
|-
|35
|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Roy Makaay]]
|40
|-
|36
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[David Beckham]]
|37
|-
|37
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Wayne Rooney]]
|36
|-
|38
|{{Flagicon|URU}} [[Diego Forlán]]
|21
|-
| rowspan="2" |39
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Gabriel Batistuta]]
| rowspan="2" |20
|-
|{{Flagicon|SWE}} [[Henrik Larsson]]
|}
|}

==Eric Batty's World XI==
Since the first year of publication of ''World Soccer'' and over a 30-year period, overseas editor Eric Batty published his team selection of the best players over the season.
{| class="wikitable" width="800"
! colspan="5" |Eric Batty's World XI
|-
!Year
!Goalkeeper
!Defenders
!Midfielders
!Forwards
|-
| style="vertical-align:top" |
1960<ref name="BTLM60s">{{cite web |url=https://beyondthelastman.com/2013/04/29/eric-battys-world-xis-the-sixties/ |website=Beyond The Last Man |date=29 April 2013 |title=Eric Batty's World XI – The Sixties |access-date=19 July 2020 |archive-date=22 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622220354/https://beyondthelastman.com/2013/04/29/eric-battys-world-xis-the-sixties/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagathlete|[[Gyula Grosics]]|HUN}}
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagathlete|[[Orvar Bergmark]]|SWE}}<br />
{{flagathlete|[[José Santamaría]]|ESP}}<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Nílton Santos]]|BRA}}

| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagathlete|[[Martí Vergés]]|ESP}}<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Julinho (footballer, born 1929)|Julinho]]|BRA}}<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Ante Žanetić]]|YUG}}<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Francisco Gento]]|ESP}}
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagathlete|[[Pelé]]|BRA}}<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Alfredo Di Stéfano]]|ESP}}<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Ferenc Puskás]]|HUN}}<br />
|-
| style="vertical-align:top" |
1961<ref name="BTLM60s" />
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Gyula Grosics]]
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Orvar Bergmark]]<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Germano de Figueiredo|Germano]]|POR}}<br />
{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Nílton Santos]]
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagathlete|[[Danny Blanchflower]]|NIR}}<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Paul Bonga Bonga]]|DRC|1960}}<br />
{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Francisco Gento]]
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagathlete|[[László Kubala]]|ESP}}<br />
{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Pelé]]<br />
{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Alfredo Di Stéfano]]<br />
{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Ferenc Puskás]]<br />
|-
| style="vertical-align:top" |
1962<ref name="BTLM60s" />
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagathlete|[[Gernot Fraydl]]|AUT}}
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagathlete|[[Djalma Santos]]|BRA}}<br />
{{flagicon|POR}} [[Germano de Figueiredo|Germano]]<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Fahrudin Jusufi]]|YUG}}
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagathlete|[[Zito (footballer, born 1932)|Zito]]|BRA}}<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Josef Masopust]]|TCH}}<br />
{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Francisco Gento]]
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagathlete|[[Garrincha]]|BRA}}<br />
{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Pelé]]<br />
{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Alfredo Di Stéfano]]<br />
{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Ferenc Puskás]]<br />
|-
| style="vertical-align:top" |
1963<ref name="BTLM60s" />
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagathlete|[[Lev Yashin]]|URS}}
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Djalma Santos]]<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Cesare Maldini]]|ITA}}<br />
{{flagicon|YUG}} [[Fahrudin Jusufi]]
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagathlete|[[Mário Coluna]]|POR}}<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Raymond Kopa]]|FRA}}<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Jim Baxter]]|SCO}}<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Luis Suárez (footballer, born 1935)|Luis Suárez]]|ESP}}
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Pelé]]<br />
{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Alfredo Di Stéfano]]<br />
{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Ferenc Puskás]]<br />
|-
| style="vertical-align:top" |
1964<ref name="BTLM60s" />
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagicon|URS}} [[Lev Yashin]]
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagathlete|[[Tarcisio Burgnich]]|ITA}}<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Ján Popluhár]]|TCH}}<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Giacinto Facchetti]]|ITA}}
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagicon|POR}} [[Mário Coluna]]<br />
{{flagathlete|[[José Augusto (footballer)|José Augusto]]|POR}}<br />
{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Josef Masopust]]<br />
{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Luis Suárez (footballer, born 1935)|Luis Suárez]]<br />
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Pelé]]<br />
{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Alfredo Di Stéfano]]<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Denis Law]]|SCO}}<br />
|-
| style="vertical-align:top" |
1965<ref name="BTLM60s" />
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagathlete|[[Costa Pereira]]|POR}}
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Djalma Santos]]<br />
{{flagicon|POR}} [[Germano de Figueiredo|Germano]]<br />
{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Giacinto Facchetti]]<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Orlando Peçanha|Orlando]]|BRA}}
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagicon|POR}} [[Mário Coluna]]<br />
{{flagicon|POR}} [[José Augusto (footballer)|José Augusto]]<br />
{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Luis Suárez (footballer, born 1935)|Luis Suárez]] <br />
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagathlete|[[Sandro Mazzola]]|ITA}}<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Eusébio]]|POR}}<br />
{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Pelé]]
|-
| style="vertical-align:top" |
1966<ref name="BTLM60s" />
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagicon|URS}} [[Lev Yashin]]
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagathlete|[[Aleksandar Shalamanov]]|BUL}}<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Franz Beckenbauer]]|FRG}}<br />
{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Giacinto Facchetti]]
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagathlete|[[Néstor Gonçalves]]|URU}}<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Dimitar Yakimov]]|BUL}}<br />
{{flagicon|POR}} [[Mário Coluna]]<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Mario Corso]]|ITA}}<br />
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Pelé]]<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Ferenc Bene]]|HUN}}<br />
{{flagathlete|[[János Farkas]]|HUN}}<br />
|-
| style="vertical-align:top" |
1967<ref name="BTLM60s" />
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagicon|URS}} [[Lev Yashin]]
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagicon|POR}} [[Mário Coluna]]<br />
{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Ján Popluhár]]<br />
{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Giacinto Facchetti]]<br />
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Franz Beckenbauer]]<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Kálmán Mészöly]]|HUN}}<br />
{{flagicon|BUL}} [[Dimitar Yakimov]]
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Sandro Mazzola]]<br />
{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Ferenc Bene]]<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Geoff Hurst]]|ENG}}<br />
{{flagicon|HUN}} [[János Farkas]]<br />
|-
| style="vertical-align:top" |
1968<ref name="BTLM60s" />
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagathlete|[[Dino Zoff]]|ITA}}
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagicon|YUG}} [[Fahrudin Jusufi]]<br />
{{flagicon|TCH}} [[Ján Popluhár]]<br />
{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Giacinto Facchetti]]
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Franz Beckenbauer]]<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Martin Peters]]|ENG}}<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Bobby Moore]]|ENG}}
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Ferenc Bene]]<br />
{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Sandro Mazzola]]<br />
{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Geoff Hurst]]<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Włodzimierz Lubański]]|POL}}
|-
| style="vertical-align:top" |
1969<ref name="BTLM60s" />
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagathlete|[[Gordon Banks]]|ENG}}
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagathlete|[[Karl-Heinz Schnellinger]]|FRG}}<br />
{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Franz Beckenbauer]]<br />
{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Giacinto Facchetti]]
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Martin Peters]]<br />
{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Bobby Moore]]<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Dragan Džajić]]|YUG}}
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Ferenc Bene]]<br />
{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Geoff Hurst]]<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Gerd Müller]]|FRG}}<br />
{{flagicon|POL}} [[Włodzimierz Lubański]]
|-
|1970
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center" | ''did not publish''
|-
| style="vertical-align:top" |
1971<ref name="BTLM70s">{{cite web |url=https://beyondthelastman.com/2013/11/07/eric-battys-world-xis-the-seventies/ |website=Beyond The Last Man |date=7 November 2013 |title=Eric Batty's World XI – The Seventies |access-date=22 July 2020 |archive-date=5 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705040250/https://beyondthelastman.com/2013/11/07/eric-battys-world-xis-the-seventies/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagicon|ENG}} Gordon Banks
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagathlete|[[Carlos Alberto Torres|Carlos Alberto]]|BRA}}<br />
{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Franz Beckenbauer]]<br />
{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Bobby Moore]]<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Berti Vogts]]|FRG}}
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Sandro Mazzola]]<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Gérson]]|BRA}}<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Rivellino]]|BRA}}
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagathlete|[[Jairzinho]]|BRA}}<br />
{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Gerd Müller]]<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Gigi Riva]]|ITA}}
|-
|1972<ref name="BTLM70s" />
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagicon|ENG}} Gordon Banks
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagathlete|[[Paul Breitner]]|FRG}}<br />
{{flagicon|ENG}} Bobby Moore<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck]]|FRG}}<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Karol Dobiaš]]|TCH}}
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagathlete|[[Günter Netzer]]|FRG}}<br />
{{flagicon|FRG}} Franz Beckenbauer
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagicon|POL}} Włodzimierz Lubański<br />
{{flagicon|FRG}} Gerd Müller<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Johan Cruyff]]|NED}}<br />
{{flagicon|BRA}} Jairzinho
|-
|1973<ref name="BTLM70s" />
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagathlete|[[Pat Jennings]]|NIR}}
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagathlete|[[Dragoslav Stepanović]]|YUG}}<br />
{{flagicon|ENG}} Bobby Moore<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Barry Hulshoff]]|NED}}<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Petar Krivokuća]]|YUG}}
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagathlete|[[Ladislav Kuna]]|TCH}}<br />
{{flagicon|FRG}} Günter Netzer<br />
{{flagicon|FRG}} Franz Beckenbauer
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagicon|YUG}} Dragan Džajić<br />
{{flagicon|FRG}} Gerd Müller<br />
{{flagicon|POL}} Włodzimierz Lubański
|-
|1974<ref name="BTLM70s" />
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagathlete|[[David Harvey (footballer)|David Harvey]]|SCO}}
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagicon|FRG}} Paul Breitner<br />
{{flagicon|FRG}} Franz Beckenbauer<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Luís Pereira]]|BRA}}<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Rolando García (Chilean footballer)|Rolando García]]|CHI}}
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagathlete|[[Jovan Aćimović]]|YUG}}<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Kazimierz Deyna]]|POL}}<br />
{{flagicon|ITA}} Sandro Mazzola
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagathlete|[[Robert Gadocha]]|POL}}<br />
{{flagicon|FRG}} Gerd Müller<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Grzegorz Lato]]|POL}}
|-
|1975<ref name="BTLM70s" />
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagicon|ITA}} Dino Zoff
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagathlete|[[Rainer Bonhof]]|FRG}}<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Colin Todd]]|ENG}}<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Humberto Coelho]]|POR}}<br />
{{flagicon|FRG}} Berti Vogts
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagicon|FRG}} Paul Breitner<br />
{{flagicon|FRG}} Günter Netzer<br />
{{flagicon|FRG}} Franz Beckenbauer
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagathlete|[[Jupp Heynckes]]|FRG}}<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Ralf Edström]]|SWE}}<br />
{{flagicon|POL}} Grzegorz Lato
|-
|1976<ref name="BTLM70s" />
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagathlete|[[Ivo Viktor]]|TCH}}
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagicon|FRG}} Paul Breitner<br />
{{flagicon|FRG}} Franz Beckenbauer<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Anton Ondruš]]|TCH}}<br />
{{flagicon|ENG}} Colin Todd
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagathlete|[[Branko Oblak]]|YUG}}<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Viktor Kolotov]]|URS}}<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Antonín Panenka]]|TCH}}
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagathlete|[[Oleg Blokhin]]|URS}}<br />
{{flagicon|FRG}} Gerd Müller<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Ruud Geels]]|NED}}
|-
|1977<ref name="BTLM70s" />
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagathlete|[[Sepp Maier]]|FRG}}
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagathlete|[[Ruud Krol]]|NED}}<br />
{{flagicon|BRA}} Luís Pereira<br />
{{flagicon|FRG}} Franz Beckenbauer<br />
{{flagicon|FRG}} Berti Vogts
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagicon|NED}} Johan Cruyff<br />
{{flagicon|FRG}} Rainer Bonhof<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Jan Peters (footballer, born 1954)|Jan Peters]]|NED}}
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagathlete|[[Rob Rensenbrink]]|NED}}<br />
{{flagicon|FRG}} Gerd Müller<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Franco Causio]]|ITA}}
|-
|1978<ref name="BTLM70s" />
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagathlete|[[Peter Shilton]]|ENG}}
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagathlete|[[Alberto Tarantini]]|ARG}}<br />
{{flagicon|BRA}} Luís Pereira<br />
{{flagathlete|[[David Watson (footballer, born 1946)|David Watson]]|ENG}}<br />
{{flagicon|NED}} Ruud Krol
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagathlete|[[Teófilo Cubillas]]|PER}}<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Osvaldo Ardiles]]|ARG}}
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagicon|NED}} Rob Rensenbrink<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Roberto Bettega]]|ITA}}<br />
{{flagicon|FRG}} Gerd Müller<br />
{{flagicon|ITA}} Franco Causio
|-
|1979
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center" | ''did not publish''
|-
|1980
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center" | ''did not publish''
|-
|1981
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center" | ''did not publish''
|-
|1982<ref name="BTLM80s">{{cite web |url=https://beyondthelastman.com/2014/03/10/eric-battys-world-xis-the-eighties-and-nineties/ |website=Beyond The Last Man |date=10 March 2014 |title=Eric Batty's World XI's – The Eighties and Nineties |access-date=23 July 2020 |archive-date=31 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220131120633/https://beyondthelastman.com/2014/03/10/eric-battys-world-xis-the-eighties-and-nineties/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Shilton
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagathlete|[[Alain Giresse]]|FRA}}<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Jaime Duarte]]|PER}}<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Daniel Passarella]]|ARG}}<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Marius Trésor]]|FRA}}
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagathlete|[[Sócrates]]|BRA}}<br />
{{flagicon|ARG}} Osvaldo Ardiles<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Michel Platini]]|FRA}}<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Paulo Roberto Falcão|Falcão]]|BRA}}
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagathlete|[[Paolo Rossi]]|ITA}}<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Karl-Heinz Rummenigge]]|FRG}}
|-
|1983<ref name="BTLM80s" />
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Shilton
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagicon|FRA}} Alain Giresse<br />
{{flagicon|ARG}} Daniel Passarella<br />
{{flagicon|FRA}} Marius Trésor<br />
{{flagicon|PER}} Jaime Duarte
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagicon|BRA}} Sócrates<br />
{{flagicon|ARG}} Osvaldo Ardiles<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Toninho Cerezo]]|BRA}}<br />
{{flagicon|FRA}} Michel Platini<br />
{{flagicon|BRA}} Falcão
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagicon|FRG}} Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
|-
|1984<ref name="BTLM80s" />
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagathlete|[[Rinat Dasayev]]|URS}}
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagicon|FRA}} Alain Giresse<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Morten Olsen]]|DEN}}<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Maxime Bossis]]|FRA}}
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagathlete|[[Allan Simonsen]]|DEN}}<br />
{{flagicon|BRA}} Sócrates<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Jean Tigana]]|FRA}}<br />
{{flagicon|FRA}} Michel Platini<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Diego Maradona]]|ARG}}
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagicon|FRG}} Karl-Heinz Rummenigge<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Bruno Conti]]|ITA}}
|-
|1985<ref name="BTLM80s" />
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Shilton
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagicon|DEN}} Morten Olsen<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Antonio Maceda]]|ESP}}
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagathlete|[[Ray Wilkins]]|ENG}}<br />
{{flagicon|FRA}} Jean Tigana<br />
{{flagicon|FRA}} Alain Giresse<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Carlos Manuel]]|POR}}<br />
{{flagicon|FRA}} Michel Platini<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Søren Lerby]]|DEN}}<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Khoren Oganesian]]|URS}}
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagicon|FRG}} Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
|-
|1986<ref name="BTLM80s" />
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagicon|URS}} Rinat Dasayev
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagathlete|[[Manuel Amoros]]|FRA}}<br />
{{flagicon|DEN}} Morten Olsen<br />
{{flagicon|ESP}} Antonio Maceda<br />
{{flagicon|FRA}} Maxime Bossis
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagathlete|[[Luis Fernández]]|FRA}}<br />
{{flagicon|FRA}} Jean Tigana<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Frank Arnesen]]|DEN}}<br />
{{flagicon|FRA}} Alain Giresse<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Míchel (footballer, born 1963)|Míchel]]|ESP}}
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagathlete|[[Gary Lineker]]|ENG}}
|-
|1987<ref name="BTLM80s" />
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagicon|URS}} Rinat Dasayev
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagicon|FRA}} Manuel Amoros<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Celso Gavião|Celso]]|BRA}}<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Glenn Hysén]]|SWE}}<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Giovanni Francini]]|ITA}}
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagicon|FRA}} Luis Fernández<br />
{{flagicon|FRA}} Jean Tigana<br />
{{flagicon|ARG}} Diego Maradona<br />
{{flagicon|ESP}} Míchel
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagicon|ENG}} Gary Lineker<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Hugo Sánchez]]|MEX}}
|-
|1988
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center" | ''did not publish''
|-
|1989<ref name="BTLM80s" />
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Shilton
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagathlete|[[Ronald Koeman]]|NED}}<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Franco Baresi]]|ITA}}<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Aron Winter]]|NED}}<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Luis Carlos Perea]]|COL}}
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagathlete|[[Frank Rijkaard]]|NED}}<br />
{{flagicon|ESP}} Míchel<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Paulo Silas]]|BRA}}<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Rafael Martín Vázquez]]|ESP}}
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagathlete|[[Ruud Gullit]]|NED}}<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Marco van Basten]]|NED}}
|-
|1990<ref name="BTLM80s" />
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Shilton
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagathlete|[[Stéphane Demol]]|BEL}}<br />
{{flagicon|ITA}} Franco Baresi<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Dunga]]|BRA}}<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Riccardo Ferri]]|ITA}}
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagicon|BRA}} Paulo Silas<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Jan Ceulemans]]|BEL}}<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Valdo Filho|Valdo]]|BRA}}<br />
{{flagicon|ESP}} Rafael Martín Vázquez
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagathlete|[[Ian Rush]]|WAL}}<br />
{{flagicon|NED}} Marco van Basten
|-
|1991<ref name="BTLM80s" />
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagathlete|[[Neville Southall]]|WAL}}
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagicon|ITA}} Riccardo Ferri<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Laurent Blanc]]|FRA}}<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Basile Boli]]|FRA}}
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagathlete|[[Robert Prosinečki]]|YUG}}<br />
{{flagicon|BRA}} Valdo<br />
{{flagicon|BRA}} Dunga<br />
{{flagicon|ESP}} Rafael Martín Vázquez<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Dejan Savićević]]|YUG}}
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagicon|WAL}} [[Mark Hughes]]<br />
{{flagicon|YUG}} [[Darko Pančev]]
|-
|1992<ref name="BTLM80s" />
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagathlete|[[Peter Schmeichel]]|DEN}}
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagicon|NED}} Ronald Koeman<br />
{{flagicon|FRA}} Laurent Blanc<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Mauro Silva]]|BRA}}<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Des Walker]]|ENG}}
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagicon|NED}} Frank Rijkaard<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Brian Laudrup]]|DEN}}<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Srečko Katanec]]|YUG}}
| style="vertical-align:top" |
{{flagathlete|[[Attilio Lombardo]]|ITA}}<br />
{{flagicon|NED}} Marco van Basten<br />
{{flagathlete|[[Bebeto]]|BRA}}
|-
! colspan="5" |World Soccer World XI
|-
|2012<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-12-17 |title=World Soccer's World XI 2012 {{!}} World Soccer |url=http://www.worldsoccer.com/features/world-soccers-world-xi-2012 |access-date=2022-07-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121217050918/http://www.worldsoccer.com/features/world-soccers-world-xi-2012 |archive-date=17 December 2012 }}</ref>
|valign=top|
{{flagicon|SPA}} [[Iker Casillas]]
|valign=top|
{{flagicon|SPA}} [[Jordi Alba]] <br />
{{flagicon|SPA}} [[Sergio Ramos]] <br />
{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Vincent Kompany]] <br />
{{flagicon|GER}} [[Philipp Lahm]]
|valign=top|
{{flagicon|SPA}} [[Andrés Iniesta]] <br />
{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Andrea Pirlo]] <br />
{{flagicon|SPA}} [[Xavi (footballer, born 1980)|Xavi]]
|valign=top|
{{flagicon|POR}} [[Cristiano Ronaldo]] <br />
{{flagicon|COL}} [[Radamel Falcao]] <br />
{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Lionel Messi]]
|}

===By player===
{| class="wikitable" width="500" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Appearances
! Player
! First
! Last
|-
| rowspan="1" |'''11'''
| style="text-align:left" |'''{{flagathlete|[[Franz Beckenbauer]]|FRG}}'''||'''1966'''||'''1977'''
|-
| rowspan="1" | 8
| style="text-align:left" | {{flagathlete|[[Gerd Müller]]|FRG}} || 1969 || 1978	
|-
| rowspan="1" | 7
| style="text-align:left" | {{flagathlete|[[Pelé]]|BRA}} || 1960 || 1966	
|-
| rowspan="2" | 6
| style="text-align:left" | {{flagathlete|[[Giacinto Facchetti]]|ITA}} || 1964 || 1969
|-
| style="text-align:left" | {{flagathlete|[[Peter Shilton]]|ENG}} || 1978 || 1990
|-
| rowspan="5" | 5
| style="text-align:left" | {{flagathlete|[[Alfredo Di Stéfano]]|ESP}} || 1960 || 1965
|-
| style="text-align:left" | {{flagathlete|[[Mário Coluna]]|POR}} || 1963 || 1967
|-
| style="text-align:left" | {{flagathlete|[[Sandro Mazzola]]|ITA}} || 1965 || 1974
|-
| style="text-align:left" | {{flagathlete|[[Bobby Moore]]|ENG}} || 1968 || 1973
|-
| style="text-align:left" | {{flagathlete|[[Alain Giresse]]|FRA}} || 1982 || 1986
|-
| rowspan="8" | 4
| style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|HUN}}{{flagathlete|[[Ferenc Puskás]]|ESP}} || 1960 || 1963
|-
| style="text-align:left" | {{flagathlete|[[Lev Yashin]]|URS}} || 1963 || 1967	
|-
| style="text-align:left" | {{flagathlete|[[Ferenc Bene]]|HUN}} || 1966 || 1969
|-
| style="text-align:left" | {{flagathlete|[[Włodzimierz Lubański]]|POL}} || 1968 || 1973
|-
| style="text-align:left" | {{flagathlete|[[Paul Breitner]]|FRG}} || 1972 || 1976
|-
| style="text-align:left" | {{flagathlete|[[Michel Platini]]|FRA}} || 1982 || 1985
|-
| style="text-align:left" | {{flagathlete|[[Karl-Heinz Rummenigge]]|FRG}} || 1982 || 1985
|-
| style="text-align:left" | {{flagathlete|[[Jean Tigana]]|FRA}} || 1984 || 1987
|-
| rowspan="18" | 3
| style="text-align:left" | {{flagathlete|[[Francisco Gento]]|ESP}} || 1960 || 1962
|-
| style="text-align:left" | {{flagathlete|[[Germano de Figueiredo|Germano]]|POR}} || 1961 || 1965
|-
| style="text-align:left" | {{flagathlete|[[Djalma Santos]]|BRA}} || 1962 || 1965
|-
| style="text-align:left" | {{flagathlete|[[Fahrudin Jusufi]]|YUG}} || 1962 || 1968
|-
| style="text-align:left" | {{flagathlete|[[Luis Suárez (footballer, born 1935)|Luis Suárez]]|ESP}} || 1963 || 1965
|-
| style="text-align:left" | {{flagathlete|[[Ján Popluhár]]|TCH}} || 1964 || 1968
|-
| style="text-align:left" | {{flagathlete|[[Geoff Hurst]]|ENG}} || 1967 || 1969
|-
| style="text-align:left" | {{flagathlete|[[Gordon Banks]]|ENG}} || 1969 || 1972
|-
| style="text-align:left" | {{flagathlete|[[Berti Vogts]]|FRG}} || 1971 || 1977
|-
| style="text-align:left" | {{flagathlete|[[Günter Netzer]]|FRG}} || 1972 || 1975
|-
| style="text-align:left" | {{flagathlete|[[Luís Pereira]]|BRA}} || 1974 || 1978
|-
| style="text-align:left" | {{flagathlete|[[Osvaldo Ardiles]]|ARG}} || 1978 || 1983
|-
| style="text-align:left" | {{flagathlete|[[Sócrates]]|BRA}} || 1982 || 1984
|-
| style="text-align:left" | {{flagathlete|[[Morten Olsen]]|DEN}} || 1984 || 1986
|-
| style="text-align:left" | {{flagathlete|[[Rinat Dasayev]]|URS}} || 1984 || 1987
|-
| style="text-align:left" | {{flagathlete|[[Míchel (footballer, born 1963)|Míchel]]|ESP}} || 1986 || 1989
|-
| style="text-align:left" | {{flagathlete|[[Rafael Martín Vázquez]]|ESP}} || 1989 || 1991
|-
| style="text-align:left" | {{flagathlete|[[Marco van Basten]]|NED}} || 1989 || 1992
|-
|}

==See also==
*[[FIFA World Cup Dream Team]]
*[[FIFA 100]]
*[[FIFA Player of the Century]]
*[[World Team of the 20th Century]]
*[[European Sports Media#ESM Team of the Season|ESM Team of the Season]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.worldsoccer.com/ The online edition of World Soccer Magazine]

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