World Soccer World XI

The **World Soccer World XI** (also known as **Eric Batty's World XI**) was an award that was given to the best 11 football players in a season, according to journalist Eric Batty. The teams were published annually by British football magazine World Soccer between 1960 and 1992, with another edition being published in 2012.

## Teams

|colspan="5"|Eric Batty's World XI|||||||||
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|style="vertical-align:top"|1960|style="vertical-align:top"||style="vertical-align:top"||style="vertical-align:top"||style="vertical-align:top"||
|style="vertical-align:top"|1961|style="vertical-align:top"|Gyula Grosics|style="vertical-align:top"|Orvar Bergmark Nílton Santos|style="vertical-align:top"|Francisco Gento|style="vertical-align:top"|Pelé Alfredo Di Stéfano Ferenc Puskás|
|style="vertical-align:top"|1962|style="vertical-align:top"||style="vertical-align:top"|Germano|style="vertical-align:top"|Francisco Gento|style="vertical-align:top"|Pelé Alfredo Di Stéfano Ferenc Puskás|
|style="vertical-align:top"|1963|style="vertical-align:top"||style="vertical-align:top"|Djalma Santos Fahrudin Jusufi|style="vertical-align:top"||style="vertical-align:top"|Pelé Alfredo Di Stéfano Ferenc Puskás|
|style="vertical-align:top"|1964|style="vertical-align:top"|Lev Yashin|style="vertical-align:top"||style="vertical-align:top"|Mário Coluna Josef Masopust Luis Suárez|style="vertical-align:top"|Pelé Alfredo Di Stéfano|
|style="vertical-align:top"|1965|style="vertical-align:top"||style="vertical-align:top"|Djalma Santos Germano Giacinto Facchetti|style="vertical-align:top"|Mário Coluna José Augusto Luis Suárez|style="vertical-align:top"|Pelé|
|style="vertical-align:top"|1966|style="vertical-align:top"|Lev Yashin|style="vertical-align:top"|Giacinto Facchetti|style="vertical-align:top"|Mário Coluna|style="vertical-align:top"|Pelé|
|style="vertical-align:top"|1967|style="vertical-align:top"|Lev Yashin|style="vertical-align:top"|Mário Coluna Ján Popluhár Giacinto Facchetti|style="vertical-align:top"|Franz Beckenbauer Dimitar Yakimov|style="vertical-align:top"|Sandro Mazzola Ferenc Bene János Farkas|
|style="vertical-align:top"|1968|style="vertical-align:top"||style="vertical-align:top"|Fahrudin Jusufi Ján Popluhár Giacinto Facchetti|style="vertical-align:top"|Franz Beckenbauer|style="vertical-align:top"|Ferenc Bene Sandro Mazzola Geoff Hurst|
|style="vertical-align:top"|1969|style="vertical-align:top"||style="vertical-align:top"|Franz Beckenbauer Giacinto Facchetti|style="vertical-align:top"|Martin Peters Bobby Moore|style="vertical-align:top"|Ferenc Bene Geoff Hurst Włodzimierz Lubański|
|1970|colspan="4" style="text-align:center"|_did not publish_||||||||
|style="vertical-align:top"|1971|style="vertical-align:top"|Gordon Banks|style="vertical-align:top"|Franz Beckenbauer Bobby Moore|style="vertical-align:top"|Sandro Mazzola|style="vertical-align:top"|Gerd Müller|
|1972|style="vertical-align:top"|Gordon Banks|style="vertical-align:top"|Bobby Moore|style="vertical-align:top"|Franz Beckenbauer|style="vertical-align:top"|Włodzimierz Lubański Gerd Müller Jairzinho||
|1973|style="vertical-align:top"||style="vertical-align:top"|Bobby Moore|style="vertical-align:top"|Günter Netzer Franz Beckenbauer|style="vertical-align:top"|Dragan Džajić Gerd Müller Włodzimierz Lubański||
|1974|style="vertical-align:top"||style="vertical-align:top"|Paul Breitner Franz Beckenbauer|style="vertical-align:top"|Sandro Mazzola|style="vertical-align:top"|Gerd Müller||
|1975|style="vertical-align:top"|Dino Zoff|style="vertical-align:top"|Berti Vogts|style="vertical-align:top"|Paul Breitner Günter Netzer Franz Beckenbauer|style="vertical-align:top"|Grzegorz Lato||
|1976|style="vertical-align:top"||style="vertical-align:top"|Paul Breitner Franz Beckenbauer Colin Todd|style="vertical-align:top"||style="vertical-align:top"|Gerd Müller||
|1977|style="vertical-align:top"||style="vertical-align:top"|Luís Pereira Franz Beckenbauer Berti Vogts|style="vertical-align:top"|Johan Cruyff Rainer Bonhof|style="vertical-align:top"|Gerd Müller||
|1978|style="vertical-align:top"||style="vertical-align:top"|Luís Pereira Ruud Krol|style="vertical-align:top"||style="vertical-align:top"|Rob Rensenbrink Gerd Müller 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|style="vertical-align:top"|Peter Shilton|style="vertical-align:top"||style="vertical-align:top"|Osvaldo Ardiles|style="vertical-align:top"|||
|1983|style="vertical-align:top"|Peter Shilton|style="vertical-align:top"|Alain Giresse Daniel Passarella Marius Trésor Jaime Duarte|style="vertical-align:top"|Sócrates Osvaldo Ardiles Michel Platini Falcão|style="vertical-align:top"|Karl-Heinz Rummenigge||
|1984|style="vertical-align:top"||style="vertical-align:top"|Alain Giresse|style="vertical-align:top"|Sócrates Michel Platini|style="vertical-align:top"|Karl-Heinz Rummenigge||
|1985|style="vertical-align:top"|Peter Shilton|style="vertical-align:top"|Morten Olsen|style="vertical-align:top"|Jean Tigana Alain Giresse Michel Platini|style="vertical-align:top"|Karl-Heinz Rummenigge||
|1986|style="vertical-align:top"|Rinat Dasayev|style="vertical-align:top"|Morten Olsen Antonio Maceda Maxime Bossis|style="vertical-align:top"|Jean Tigana Alain Giresse|style="vertical-align:top"|||
|1987|style="vertical-align:top"|Rinat Dasayev|style="vertical-align:top"|Manuel Amoros|style="vertical-align:top"|Luis Fernández Jean Tigana Diego Maradona Míchel|style="vertical-align:top"|Gary Lineker||
|1988|colspan="4" style="text-align:center"|_did not publish_||||||||
|1989|style="vertical-align:top"|Peter Shilton|style="vertical-align:top"||style="vertical-align:top"|Míchel|style="vertical-align:top"|||
|1990|style="vertical-align:top"|Peter Shilton|style="vertical-align:top"|Franco Baresi|style="vertical-align:top"|Paulo Silas Rafael Martín Vázquez|style="vertical-align:top"|Marco van Basten||
|1991|style="vertical-align:top"||style="vertical-align:top"|Riccardo Ferri|style="vertical-align:top"|Valdo Dunga Rafael Martín Vázquez|style="vertical-align:top"|Mark Hughes Darko Pančev||
|1992|style="vertical-align:top"||style="vertical-align:top"|Ronald Koeman Laurent Blanc|style="vertical-align:top"|Frank Rijkaard|style="vertical-align:top"|Marco van Basten||
|2012|valign=top|Iker Casillas|valign=top|Jordi Alba Sergio Ramos Vincent Kompany Philipp Lahm|valign=top|Andrés Iniesta Andrea Pirlo Xavi|valign=top|Cristiano Ronaldo Radamel Falcao Lionel Messi||

## By player

|Appearances|Player|First|Last||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="1"|**11**|****|**1966**|**1977**|
|rowspan="1"|8||1969|1978|
|rowspan="1"|7||1960|1966|
|rowspan="2"|6||1964|1969|
||1978|1990|||
|rowspan="5"|5||1960|1965|
||1963|1967|||
||1965|1974|||
||1968|1973|||
||1982|1986|||
|rowspan="8"|4||1960|1963|
||1963|1967|||
||1966|1969|||
||1968|1973|||
||1972|1976|||
||1982|1985|||
||1982|1985|||
||1984|1987|||
|rowspan="18"|3||1960|1962|
||1961|1965|||
||1962|1965|||
||1962|1968|||
||1963|1965|||
||1964|1968|||
||1967|1969|||
||1969|1972|||
||1971|1977|||
||1972|1975|||
||1974|1978|||
||1978|1983|||
||1982|1984|||
||1984|1986|||
||1984|1987|||
||1986|1989|||
||1989|1991|||
||1989|1992|||