🤩 Worth over a billion! This is the top XI of 2025 | OneFootball

The year is almost over, and naturally, the question arises: Which players have particularly impressed us this year? The answer follows with our top eleven of the year 2025. 

Goalkeeper

Gianluigi Donnarumma: PSG has won almost everything there is to win in top European football this year. A significant contributor to this success was the former PSG keeper, who conceded only 35 goals in 34 games during the last Ligue 1 season and now also holds his ground at ManCity. It's no surprise that he recently received the "The Best" trophy as the best keeper.

Defense

Nuno Mendes: Every world-class keeper needs a strong defense. Donnarumma could rely on his PSG teammate during the CL triumph. 

Virgil van Dijk: The captain celebrated the English championship with his Reds this year and has been untouchable for years. However, there's a small caveat, as even he hasn't been completely spared from Liverpool's crisis.

Achraf Hakimi: Not only did he win trophies with his club in 2025, but the PSG star was also named Africa's Footballer of the Year in November, the first defender to receive the honor in 52 years, beating players like Mohamed Salah and Victor Osimhen. 

Midfield

Dominik Szoboszlai: With the Reds, the former Leipzig player celebrated his first championship title in the summer and remains one of the few LFC stars to consistently deliver in the current season. 

Vitinha: If it were up to Julian Nagelsmann or Joshua Kimmich, the PSG star would have received the "The Best" trophy ahead of his teammate Ousmane Dembélé. 

Pedri: He is indispensable in Barça's midfield, and Hansi Flick always plays him unless the Spaniard is hindered by an injury or suspension. He has played 79 matches under Flick, missing only seven. 

Lamine Yamal: In the Ballon d'Or voting, he narrowly lost to Dembélé by almost 300 points. Let's see if he will replace the PSG star next year.

Attack

Ousmane Dembélé: He swept the Ballon d'Or and "The Best" as World Footballer, so the PSG star is a must in our top eleven. 

Kylian Mbappé: In 2025, he scored 59 goals, equaling Cristiano Ronaldo's club record from 2013. Naturally, he celebrated this record in style with Ronaldo's signature celebration. 

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Harry Kane: In the Bundesliga, probably only an injury could stop him. In May, he won the Bundesliga top scorer award, and this season he leads the list again with a casual smile. 

Looking at the market values on 'transfermarkt.de', this eleven has a market value of 1.118 billion. The most expensive among them are Lamine Yamal and Kylian Mbappé, each with a market value of 200 million euros. 

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