The Chelsea trio were joined on the 26-player shortlist by club team-mates Keira Walsh and Ellie Carpenter, with Bright, Bronze and Hampton’s selection in the final 11 making this our most successful year ever in the award’s tenth anniversary. It is voted for by professional players around the world.

Bright captained Chelsea to another domestic treble as we went the entire WSL season unbeaten. By the end of a historic campaign, Bright was top appearance maker with 36 games played as she continued to maintain exceptionally high standards as a defender and leader.

It is Bright’s third FIFPRO World 11 selection following on from 2020 and 2021.

For Bronze, it is a record-breaking eighth appearance in the team, and a seventh in a row. Her first season at Chelsea ended with three pieces of domestic silverware, and it was her goal away to Manchester United that ensured the WSL title was ours.

She finished the campaign by starring in England’s triumph at Euro 2025, playing through the pain barrier to start every game at the tournament.

Bronze was joined in the Chelsea and England side by Hannah Hampton, who is the goalkeeper in the Women’s World 11 for the first time. She recorded 18 clean sheets in 34 appearances in all competitions for us, earning the WSL Golden Glove award and, even more impressively, the Yashin Trophy for the best goalkeeper in the women’s game.

Her penalty saves in two shootouts in the European Championships, including in the final against Spain, were pivotal to the Lionesses’ dramatic retention of that trophy.

Congratulations to Millie, Lucy and Hannah!