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2014/2015 Season Rankings

Rundowns starting here:

Top 100 Centrebacks
Top 200 Attacking Midfielders/Winger
Top 100 Left and Right-backs
Top 125 Forwards
Top 200 Midfielders


Final results:

Top 100 Centrebacks
Top 200 Attacking Midfielders/Wingers
Top 100 Left and Right-backs
Top 125 Forwards
Top 200 Midfielders


End of 2012/13 - Mid 2013/14 rankings:

Positional rankings. The rundowns start from here:

Central defenders
Attacking midfielders and Wingers
Right and Left-backs
Forwards

Final Results:

Top 70 Central Defenders
Top 70 Right and Left-backs
Top 150 Attacking midfielders and Wingers
Top 100 Forwards


End of 2012/13 - Mid 2013/14 overall 300 best players

300 NR 240 NR 197 Jon Obi Mikel - Nigeria - Chelsea
299 NR 179 187 141 Nigel De Jong - Netherlands – Milan
298 Alessandro Florenzi - Italy - Roma
297 Emanuele Giaccherini - Italy - Sunderland
296 NR 220 189 James Milner - England - Manchester City
295 Danilo - Brazil - FC Porto
294 240 188 180 104 Patrice Evra - France - Manchester United
293 237 277 Gael Clichy - France - Manchester City
292 Mamadou Sakho - France – Liverpool
291 177 151 110 84 Rio Ferdinand - England - Manchester United

290 211 215 262 Fabricio Coloccini - Argentina - Newcastle
289 231 218 225 Daniel Agger - Denmark – Liverpool
288 Daniel Parejo - Spain - Valencia
287 Sebastian Rode - Germany - Frankfurt
286 Adrien Rabiot - France - PSG
285 214 Leandro Castán - Brazil - Roma
284 Nicolas N'Koulou - Cameroon - Marseille
283 163 Etienne Capoue - France - Toulouse/Tottenham
282 Fernando - Brazil - Shakhtar
281 273 295 284 Rafael - Brazil - Manchester United

280 229 276 Jonny Evans - Northern Ireland - Manchester United
279 Sylvain Distin - France - Everton
278 102 96 104 Carlos Puyol - Spain – Barcelona
277 Aleksandar Kolarov - Serbia - Manchester City
276 Martin Montoya - Spain - Barcelona
275 178 187 179 Ashley Cole - England – Chelsea
274 125 95 95 Javier Zanetti - Argentina – Inter
273 291 238 Andrea Barzagli - Italy - Juventus
272 Elaquim Mangala - France - FC Porto
271 290 Phil Jagielka - England - Everton

270 Hugo Campagnaro - Argentina - Inter
269 285 285 Miguel Veloso - Portugal - Dynamo Kiev
268 Lorenzo Insigne - Italy - Napoli
267 Jermain Lens - Netherlands - PSV/Dynamo Kiev
266 247 168 178 254 Landon Donovan - USA - LA Galaxy
265 Marco Van Ginkel - Netherlands - Chelsea
264 281 Aaron Hunt - Germany - Werder Bremen
263 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain - England - Arsenal
262 Morgan Schneiderlin - France - Southampton
261 162 125 108 Lass Diarra - France - Lokomotiv Moscow

260 256 91 85 27 Nuri Sahin - Turkey - Dortmund
259 186 Selçuk İnan - Turkey - Galatasaray
258 300 NR NR 280 Gonzalo Castro - Germany - Bayer Leverkusen
257 NR NR 267 267 Dries Mertens - Belgium - Napoli
256 202 NR NR 222 Alan Dzagoev – Russia – CSKA Moscow
255 235 190 206 Jonas - Brazil – Valencia
254 104 35 165 174 Joaquin - Spain - Fiorentina
253 99 120 150 171 Jeremy Menez - France – PSG
252 Dimitri Payet - France - Marseille
251 Nicolai Müller - Germany - Mainz

250 181 142 170 181 Bruno Soriano - Spain -Villarreal
249 146 225 217 153 Sandro - Brazil - Tottenham
248 NR 285 Tomas Rosicky - Czech Republic - Arsenal
247 Adnan Januzaj - Belgium - Manchester United
246 135 158 185 160 Jefferson Farfan - Peru - Schalke 04
245 Antonio Candreva - Italy - Lazio
244 Alexandre Lacazette - France - Lyon
243 241 NR NR 291 Lewis Holtby - Germany - Tottenham
242 222 Kevin Mirallas - Belgium – Everton
241 203 292 Andriy Yarmolenko - Ukraine - Dynamo Kiev

240 168 288 Eduardo Salvio - Argentina - Benfica
239 266 Leonardo Bonnucci - Italy - Juventus
238 Adem Ljajic - Serbia - Roma
237 Heung Min Son - South Korea - Bayer Leverkusen
236 107 61 48 33 Rafael Van der Vaart - Netherlands - Hamburger SV
235 156 200 289 Sebastian Giovinco - Italy - Juventus
234 263 Burak Yilmaz - Turkey -Galatasaray
233 221 Rodrigo – Spain – Benfica
232 Jay Rodriguez - England - Southampton
231 213 245 Lars Bender - Germany - Leverkusen

230 145 135 154 Yann M'Vila - France – Rubin Kazan
229 250 143 147 Kevin Prince Boateng - Ghana - Milan/Schalke 04
228 Josue Pesqueira - Portugal - Porto
227 Emmanuel Emenike - Nigeria - Spartak Moscow/Fenerbahce
226 206 173 171 210 Oscar Cardozo - Paraguay - Benfica
225 Asamoah Gyan - Ghana - El Ain
224 120 127 133 207 Roberto Soldado - Spain - Valencia
223 148 167 151 123 Mirko Vucinic - Montenegro – Juventus
222 183 NR NR 274 Pablo Osvaldo - Italy - Roma/Southampton/Juventus
221 167 NR 294 Maxime Gonalons - France - Lyon

220 184 90 81 69 Esteban Cambiasso - Argentina – Inter
219 218 121 91 241 Lukas Podolski - Germany -Arsenal
218 Adam Lallana - England - Southampton
217 Marcos Rojo - Argentina - Sporting Lissabon
216 Daniel Carvajal - Spain - Real Madrid
215 Ricardo Rodriguez - Switzerland - Wolfsburg
214 Juanfran - Spain - Atletico Madrid
213 179 79 72 83 Bacary Sagna - France - Arsenal
212 Maxwell - Brazil - PSG
211 204 270 Jakub Blaszczykowski - Poland - Dortmund

210 233 Jose Callejon - Spain - Napoli
209 260 199 255 Rodrigo Palacio - Argentina – Inter
208 119 86 77 39 Antonio Di Natale - Italy – Udinese
207 232 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang - Gabon - Dortmund
206 158 Paulinho - Brazil – Tottenham
205 81 128 134 149 Marouane Fellaini - Belgium – Everton
204 145 81 44 89 Ever Banega - Argentina – Valencia/Newell's Old Boys
203 Matija Nastasic - Serbia - Manchester City
202 NR NR 290 Gary Cahill - England - Chelsea
201 NR 232 219 157 John Terry - England - Chelsea

200 173 184 197 273 Neven Subotic - Serbia - Dortmund
199 Dejan Lovren - Croatia - Southampton
198 271 Alex Sandro - Brazil - Porto
197 227 246 276 Kwadwo Asamoah - Ghana - Juventus
196 César Azpilicueta - Spain - Chelsea
195 Séamus Coleman - Ireland - Everton
194 224 248 231 Stephan Lichtsteiner - Switzerland - Juventus
193 141 117 87 94 Fabio Coentrao - Portugal - Real Madrid
192 225 283 Filipe Luís - Brazil - Atletico Madrid
191 126 169 183 246 Darijo Srna - Croatia - Shakthar Donetsk

190 217 NR 267 Leighton Baines - England - Everton
189 132 139 281 Łukasz Piszczek - Poland - Dortmund
188 Lazar Markovic - Serbia - Partizan Beograd/Benfica
187 Rémy Cabella - France - Montpellier
186 110 60 100 Iker Muniain - Spain - Athletic Bilbao
185 209 160 Younès Belhanda - Morocco - Montpellier/Dynamo Kiev
184 137 82 65 230 Nicolas Gaitan - Argentina – Benfica
183 109 46 41 68 Antonio Valencia - Ecuador - Manchester United
182 150 83 53 41 Kaka - Brazil - Real Madrid
181 169 284 Hatem Ben Arfa - France - Newcastle

180 Clement Grenier - France - Lyon
179 116 50 90 173 Klaas Jan Huntelaar - Netherlands - Schalke 04
178 189 80 62 70 Nemanja Vidic - Serbia - Manchester United
177 201 130 118 180 Danny - Portugal - Zenit
176 160 118 120 Axel Witsel - Belgium – Zenit
175 159 123 136 223 Jeremy Toulalan - France - Monaco
174 157 114 164 130 Gokhan Inler - Switzerland - Napoli
173 85 71 55 42 Javier Hernandez - Mexico - Manchester United
172 212 211 284 Roman Shirokov - Russia - Zenit
171 248 Yevhen Konoplianka - Ukraine - Dnipro

170 62 Erik Lamela – Argentina -Tottenham
169 134 77 70 21 Samir Nasri - France - Manchester City
168 124 119 140 Jordi Alba - Spain - Barcelona
167 264 Jerome Boateng - Germany - Bayern München
166 140 157 161 120 David Luiz - Brazil – Chelsea
165 174 281 Adriano - Brazil – Barcelona
164 Mehdi Benatia - Morocco - Roma
163 NR 198 175 201 Loic Remy - France – QPR/Newcastle
162 NR NR NR 226 Jordan Henderson - England - Liverpool
161 NR 289 Raul Garcia - Spain - Atletico Madrid

160 Raheem Sterling - England - Liverpool
159 129 103 111 103 Gerard Pique - Spain – Barcelona
158 101 NR NR 271 Gonzalo Rodríguez-Argentina - Fiorentina
157 98 111 122 105 Giorgio Chiellini - Italy – Juventus
156 142 Dante - Brazil - Bayern München
155 95 87 101 169 Ezequiel Lavezzi - Argentina - PSG
154 172 134 163 136 Branislav Ivanovic - Serbia - Chelsea
153 Antoine Griezmann - France - Real Soceidad
152 Carlos Vela - Mexico - Real Sociedad
151 90 98 106 Xherdan Shaqiri - Switzerland - Bayern München

150 103 59 59 80 Javier Pastore - Argentina – PSG
149 72 31 27 29 Nani - Portugal - Manchester United
148 130 228 287 Michu - Spain – Swansea
147 106 222 182 88 David Pizarro - Chile - Fiorentina
146 191 148 176 268 Thiago Motta - Italy - PSG
145 Max Kruse - Germany - Mönchengladbach
144 128 133 143 92 Pepe - Portugal - Real Madrid
143 Enzo Perez - Argentina - Benfica
142 187 Fernando Reges - Brazil/Portugal - Porto
141 Asier Illarramendi Spain - Real Sociedad/Real Madrid

140 79 76 97 132 Alex Song - Cameroun - Barcelona
139 80 178 NR 241 Moussa Dembélé - Belgium - Tottenham
138 60 94 82 38 Dimitar Berbatov - Bulgaria – Fulham/Monaco
137 117 110 139 271 Miroslav Klose - Germany - Lazio
136 126 132 77 Fernando Torres - Spain -Chelsea
135 196 NR NR 172 Stefan Kießling – Germany - Leverkusen
134 55 28 23 08 Samuel Eto'o - Cameroun -Anzhi/Chelsea
133 96 124 115 125 Andre Schürrle - Germany -Chelsea
132 Coutinho – Brazil - Liverpool
131 Bernard - Brazil - Atletico Mineiro/Shakhtar Donetsk

130 92 163 157 138 Keisuke Honda - Japan - CSKA Moscov/Milan
129 138 194 153 129 Borja Valero - Spain - Fiorentina
128 78 66 96 99 Sami Khedira - Germany - Real Madrid
127 86 78 75 60 Ramires - Brazil - Chelsea
126 83 109 123 116 Mikel Arteta - Spain - Arsenal
125 87 93 86 128: Lucas Leiva - Brazil - Liverpool
124 197 115 127 Danny Welbeck - England - Manchester United
123 139 108 103 106 Michael Carrick - England - Manchester United
122 77 101 112 110 Riccardo Montolivo - Italy - Milan
121 82 70 56 24 Frank Lampard - England – Chelsea

120 74 51 42 52 Mario Gomez - Germany - Fiorentina
119 88 132 155 159 Antonio Cassano – Italy - Inter/Parma
118 Carlos Bacca - Colombia - Sevilla
117 73 38 47 57 Fernando Llorente - Spain - Juventus
116 NR 88 78 23 Giuseppe Rossi - Italy - Fiorentina
115 89 53 37 20 David Villa - Spain - Atletico Madrid
114 Ross Barkley - England - Everton
113 NR 300 NR Julian Draxler - Germany - Schalke 04
112 49 33 33 36 Dani Alves - Brazil - Barcelona
111 Lima - Brazil- Benfica

110 Diego Godin - Uruguay - Atletico Madrid
109 175 Miranda - Brazil - Atletico Madrid
108 152 208 192 189 Theo Walcott - England – Arsenal
107 105 89 83 44 Pedro - Spain – Barcelona
106 100 196 186 191 Francesco Totti - Italy – Roma
105 113 65 54 108 Emmanuel Adebayor - Togo - Tottenham
104 205 Per Mertesacker - Germany - Arsenal
103 111 100 98 81 Jesus Navas - Spain - Manchester City
102 171 170 149 235 Mathieu Valbuena - France - Marseille
101 91 122 121 218 Lucas Moura - Brazil - PSG

100 64 64 80 96 Diego - Brazil – Wolfsburg/Atletico Madrid
99 51 21 16 13 Wesley Sneijder - Netherlands – Galatasaray
98 74 69 59 Hulk - Brazil - Zenit
97 165 Christian Benteke - Belgium - Aston Villa
96 52 152 125 87 Jack Wilshere - England - Arsenal
95 131 153 173 Olivier Giroud - France – Arsenal
94 149 116 93 163 Mario Balotelli - Italy - Milan
93 133 84 76 26 Steven Gerrard -England-Liverpool
92 161 280 Luiz Gustavo - Brazil - Bayern München/Wolfsburg
91 Raphael Varane France - Real Madrid

90 97 209 210 Pablo Zabaleta - Argentina - Manchester City
89 55 60 90 Marcelo - Brazil - Real Madrid
88 170 Kevin De Bruyne - Belgium -Chelsea/Wolfsburg
87 61 85 79 50 Edin Dzeko - Bosnia/Herzegovina - Manchester City
86 42 75 74 117 Stevan Jovetic - Montenegro - Manchester City
85 123 192 229 165: Alvaro Negredo - Spain – Manchester City
84 122 Jackson Martinez - Colombia - Porto
83 57 Stephan El Shaarawy – Italy - Milan
82 93 131 119 249 Arda Turan - Turkey - Atletico Madrid
81 94 Henrik Mkhitaryan - Armenia - Dortmund

80 40 41 127 Shinji Kagawa - Japan - Manchester United
79 176 Ezequiel Garay - Argentina - Benfica
78 33 129 148 Willian - Brazil - Anzhi/Chelsea
77 280 Romelu Lukaku - Belgium - Everton
76 65 233 271 Isco - Spain - Real Madrid
75 127 286 233 Gabi - Spain - Atletico Madrid
74 63 40 40 58 Daniele De Rossi - Italy – Roma
73 45 62 57 48 Hernanes - Brazil - Lazio/Inter
72 54 113 142 170: Jan Vertonghen - Belgium - Tottenham
71 190 185 195 Kevin Strootman - Netherlands – Roma

70 155 159 168 Ander Herrera - Spain - Athletic Bilbao
69 121 107 117 167: Miralem Pjanic - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Roma
68 68 52 68 101: Vincent Kompany - Belgium - Manchester City
67 58 49 61 82 Sergio Ramos - Spain - Real Madrid
66 141 102 152 Laurent Koscielny - France – Arsenal
65 154 Blaise Matuidi – France - PSG
64 41 92 88 79 Joao Moutinho - Portugal - Monaco
63 75 99 107 148 Claudio Marchisio - Italy - Juventus
62 Juan Guillermo Cuadrado - Colombia - Fiorentina
61 53 47 45 86 Javier Mascherano - Argentina - Barcelona

60 NR 237 209 296 Daniel Sturridge - England - Liverpool
59 70 193 Mario Mandzukic - Croatia - Bayern München
58 84 140 David Alaba - Austria - Bayern München
57 56 162 174 278 James Rodriguez - Colombia - Monaco
56 24 27 35 53 Santi Cazorla - Spain -Arsenal
55 38 56 46 40 Marek Hamsik - Slovakia – Napoli
54 164 Marco Verratti - Italy - PSG
53 44 206 Oscar - Brazil - Chelsea
52 298 Paul Pogba - France - Juventus
51 43 54 63 119 Mats Hummels - Germany - Dortmund

50 46 183 201 Fernandinho - Brazil - Shakhtar Donetsk/Manchester City
49 Nemanja Matic - Serbia - Benfica/Chelsea
48 29 73 99 143 Javi Martinez - Spain - Bayern München
47 166 240 222 216 Ivan Rakitić - Croatia – Sevilla
46 36 45 30 35 Thomas Müller - Germany - Bayern München
45 34 21 28 47 Karim Benzema - France - Real Madrid
44 31 26 22 06 Carlos Tevez - Argentina - Juventus
43 39 23 31 25 Gonzalo Higuain - Argentina - Napoli
42 16 32 32 51 Juan Manuel Mata - Spain – Chelsea/Manchester United
41 136 164 137 244: Christian Eriksen - Denmark - Tottenham

40 71 43 39 64 Alexis Sanchez - Chile – Barcelona
39 15 35 24 56 Mario Götze - Germany – Bayern München
38 249 Koke - Spain - Atletico Madrid
37 NR 250 212 219 Aaron Ramsey - Wales – Arsenal
36 69 72 66 114 Yohan Cabaye - France - Newcastle/PSG
35 27 48 50 98 Thiago Silva - Brazil - PSG
34 26 36 36 45 Sergio Busquets - Spain – Barcelona
33 07 22 29 49 Radamel Falcao - Colombia - Monaco
32 17 05 05 05 Wayne Rooney - England - Manchester United
31 283 Diego Costa - Brazil/Spain - Atletico Madrid

30 18 19 26 30 Edinson Cavani - Uruguay – PSG
29 22 15 13 31 Bastian Schweinsteiger - Germany - Bayern München
28 76 63 49 184 Thiago Alcântara - Spain - Bayern München
27 48 290 Ilkay Gündogan - Germany - Dortmund
26 30 18 17 15 Luka Modric - Croatia –Real Madrid
25 19 14 12 10 Xabi Alonso - Spain - Real Madrid
24 32 44 138 283 Robert Lewandowski - Poland - Dortmund
23 06 10 10 34 Robin Van Persie - Netherlands - Manchester United
22 09 08 20 61 Andrea Pirlo - Italy – Juventus
21 04 03 03 02 Xavi - Spain - Barcelona

20 37 30 25 28 Angel Di Maria - Argentina - Real Madrid
19 20 12 11 12 Sergio Aguero - Argentina - Manchester City
18 66 25 16 09 Arjen Robben - Netherlands - Bayern München
17 35 37 51 126 Marco Reus – Germany – Dortmund
16 21 13 14 43 Eden Hazard - Belgium - Chelsea
15 25 34 34 46 Gareth Bale - Wales - Real Madrid
14 14 11 09 14 Mesut Özil - Germany - Arsenal
13 50 69 58 78 Philipp Lahm - Germany - Bayern München
12 23 17 19 22 Yaya Tore - Ivory Coast - Manchester City
11 47 57 73 54 Arturo Vidal - Chile - Juventus

10 10 09 08 17 David Silva - Spain - Manchester City
09 08 07 06 07 Cesc Fabregas - Spain – Barcelona
08 28 29 38 66 Neymar - Brazil - Barcelona
07 12 16 15 18 Franck Ribery - France - Bayern München
06 13 42 64 147 Toni Kroos - Germany - Bayern München
05 05 06 07 13 Zlatan Ibrahimovic - Sweden - PSG
04 03 04 04 04 Andrés Iniesta - Spain - Barcelona
03 11 24 18 11 Luis Suarez - Uruguay - Liverpool
02 02 02 02 03 Cristiano Ronaldo - Portugal - Real Madrid
01 01 01 01 01 Lionel Messi - Argentina - Barcelona


2012/13 Mid-season rankings:

This time I started with positional rankings. The rundowns of them start here:

Top 100 Forwards
Top 50 left and right-backs
Top 100 attacking midfielders/wingers
Top 50 defenders
Top 125 Midfielders

The positional rankings (post-rundown final results):

Top 100 Forwards
Top 100 attacking midfielders/wingers
Top 50 left and right-backs
Top 50 Central defenders
Top 125 Midfielders



The overall 2012/13 Mid-season best players in the world:

300 NR NR 280 296: Gonzalo Castro - Germany - Leverkusen
299 175 126 85 Giampaolo Pazzini - Italy – Milan
298 Paul Pogba - France - Juventus
297 Victor Wanyama - Kenya - Celtic
296 Apoño - Spain - Zaragoza
295 NR NR 266: Fredy Guarin - Colombia - Inter
294 288 270 209: Aaron Lennon - England - Tottenham
293 Paolo Guerrero - Peru - Corinthians
292 Adel Taarabt - Morocco - QPR
291 238 Andrea Barzagli - Italy - Juventus
290 Phil Jagielka - England - Everton

289 186 177 252: Alvaro Arbeloa - Spain - Real Madrid
288 Jermain Defoe – England - Tottenham
287 Fabio Quagliarella - Italy - Juventus
286 Lucas Biglia - Argentina - Anderlecht
285 Miguel Veloso - Portugal - Dynamo Kiev
284 289 Raúl García - Spain- Atletico Madrid
283 Diego Costa - Brazil - Atletico Madrid
282 176 128 122: Kevin Gameiro - France – PSG
281 Aaron Hunt - Germany - Werder Bremen
280 Romelu Lukaku - Belgium - WBA/Chelsea

279 NR NR NR 280 Bafétimbi Gomis - France - Lyon
278 224 214 295: Chiek Tiote - Ivory Coast – Newcastle
277 274 288 Felipe Melo - Brazil - Galatasaray
276 Mario Suárez - Spain - Atletico Madrid
275 150 124 177: Scott Parker - England - Tottenham
274 NR NR 155 Simon Rolfes - Germany - Bayer Leverkusen
273 182 181 113: Raul Meirelles - Portugal – Fenerbahce
273 295 284 284 Rafael - Brazil - Manchester United
271 Alex Sandro - Brazil - FC Porto
270 269 280 Mathieu Debuchy - France - Lille/Newcastle

269 Chico - Spain - Swansea
268 239 232 Benoit Assou-Ekotto - Cameroon – Tottenham
267 68 52 55 Maicon - Brazil - Inter/Manchester City
266 Leonardo Bonnucci - Italy - Juventus
265 217 Dede - Brazil - Vasco da Gama
264 Jerome Boateng - Germany - Bayern München
263 Burak Yilmaz - Turkey - Galatasaray
262 138 102 62 Diego Forlan - Uruguay – Internacional
261 Ruben Castro – Spain - Betis
260 199 255 Rodrigo Palacio - Argentina – Inter

259 279 251 Cristian Ledesma - Italy – Lazio
258 146 94 65 Mikel Essien - Ghana - Chelsea/Real Madrid
257 246 263: Sven Bender - Germany – Dortmund
256 91 85 27 Nuri Sahin - Turkey - Real Madrid/Liverpool/Dortmund
255 243 196 134: Anderson - Brazil - Manchester United
254 214 Nikica Jelavic - Croatia - Everton
253 258 203 Tom Cleverley - England - Manchester United
252 Siem de Jong - Netherlands - Ajax
251 112 109 100: Eric Abidal - France – Barcelona
250 174 216 258: Domenico Criscito - Italy - Zenit

249 Koke – Argentina – Atletico Madrid
248 Yevhen Konoplianka - Ukraine - Dnipro
247 168 178 254: Landon Donovan - USA - LA Galaxy
246 172 199 276: Andres Guardado - Mexico – Valencia
245 145 135 154: Yann M'Vila - France – Rennes
244 106 116 140: Nene - Brazil – PSG
243 171 105 133: Andre Ayew - Ghana - Marseille
242 Pizzi - Portugal - Deportovo La Coruna
241 NR NR 291 Lewis Holtby - Germany - Schalke/Tottenham
240 188 180 104: Patrice Evra - France - Manchester United

239 NR NR 237 Steven Pienaar - South Africa – Everton
238 149 145 131: Mark Van Bommel - Netherlands - PSV
237 277: Gael Clichy - France - Manchester City
236 275 292 Gary Medel - Chile - Sevilla
235 190 206 Jonas - Brazil – Valencia
234 Christian Tello - Spain - Barcelona
233 Jose Callejon - Spain - Real Madrid
232 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang - Gabon - Saint-Étienne
231 218 225 Daniel Agger - Denmark – Liverpool
230 155 156 150: Thomas Vermaelen - Belgium – Arsenal

229 276 Jonny Evans - Northern Ireland - Manchester United
228 Benedikt Höwedes - Germany - Schalke 04
227 246 276 Kwadwo Asamoah - Ghana - Juventus
226 Oribe Peralta - Mexico - Santos Laguna
225 283 Filipe Luís - Brazil - Atletico Madrid
224 248 231 Stephan Lichtsteiner - Switzerland - Juventus
223 259 258 Fred - Brazil - Fluminense
222 Kevin Mirallas - Belgium – Everton
221 Rodrigo – Spain – Benfica
220 205 261 277: Clint Dempsey - USA -Tottenham

219 200 235 111: Ibrahim Afellay – Netherland - Schalke 04
218 121 91 241 Lukas Podolski - Germany -Arsenal
217 NR NR 267: Leighton Baines - England - Everton
216 227 223 299: Holger Badstuber - Germany - Bayern München
215 161 166 214: Adil Rami - France - Valencia
214 Leandro Castán - Brazil - Roma
213 165 169 220: Marvin Martin - France - Lille
212 211 284 Roman Shirokov - Russia - Zenit
211 215 262 Fabricio Coloccini - Argentina - Newcastle
210 Iago Aspas - Spain - Celta Vigo

209 160 Younès Belhanda - Morocco - Montpellier
208 Vedad Ibisevic - Stuttgart - Bosnia and Herzegovina
207 191 226 212: Alexandr Kerzhakov - Russia - Zenit
206 173 171 210: Oscar Cardozo - Paraguay - Benfica
205 Per Mertesacker - Germany - Arsenal
204 270 Jakub Blaszczykowski - Poland - Dortmund
203 292 Andriy Yarmolenko - Ukraine - Dynamo Kiev
202 NR NR 222 Alan Dzagoev – Russia – CSKA Moscow
201 130 118 180: Danny - Portugal - Zenit

200 144 130 224 Jadson - Brazil - Sao Paulo
199 Giuliano - Brazil – Dnipro
198 154 131 109: Robinho - Brazil - Milan
197 115 127 Danny Welbeck - England - Manchester United
196 NR NR 172 Stefan Kießling – Germany - Leverkusen
195 197 256 Seydou Doumbia - Côte d'Ivoire - CSKA Moscow
194 141 236 205: Papiss Cisse - Senegal - Newcastle
193 126 132 77 16 Fernando Torres - Spain -Chelsea
192 58 43 32 Lisandro Lopez - Argentina – Lyon
191 148 176 268: Thiago Motta - Italy - PSG
190 185 195 Kevin Strootman - Netherlands – PSV

189 80 62 70 Nemanja Vidic - Serbia - Manchester United
188 216 285 Younes Kaboul - France – Tottenham
187 Fernando Reges - Brazil - FC Porto
186 Selçuk İnan - Turkey - Galatasaray
185 202 194 Javi García - Spain - Manchester City
184 90 81 69 Esteban Cambiasso - Argentina – Inter
183 NR NR 274 Pablo Osvaldo – Italy - Roma
182 Jordy Clasie - Netherlands - Feyenoord
181 142 170 181: Bruno Soriano - Spain -Villarreal
180 NR NR 242 Moussa Sissoko - France - Toulouse/Newcastle

179 79 72 83 Bacary Sagna - France - Arsenal
178 187 179 75 Ashley Cole - England – Chelsea
177 151 110 84 Rio Ferdinand - England - Manchester United
176 Ezequiel Garay - Argentina - Benfica
175 Miranda - Brazil - Atletico Madrid
174 281 Adriano - Brazil – Barcelona
173 184 197 273: Neven Subotic - Serbia - Dortmund
172 134 163 136: Branislav Ivanovic - Serbia - Chelsea
171 170 149 235: Mathieu Valbuena - France - Marseille
170 Kevin De Bruyne - Belgium -Werder Bremen/Chelsea

169 284 Hatem Ben Arfa - France - Newcastle
168 288 Eduardo Salvio - Argentina - Benfica
167 NR 294 Maxime Gonalons - France - Lyon
166 240 222 216: Ivan Rakitić - Croatia – Sevilla
165 Christian Benteke - Belgium - Aston Villa
164 Marco Verratti - Italy - PSG
163 Etienne Capoue - France - Toulouse
162 125 108 144: Lass Diarra - France - Anzhi
161 280 Luiz Gustavo - Brazil - Bayern München
160 118 120 Axel Witsel - Belgium – Zenit

159 123 136 223: Jeremy Toulalan - France - Malaga
158 Paulinho - Brazil – Corinthians
157 114 164 130: Gokhan Inler - Switzerland - Napoli
156 147 144 71 Lucho Gonzalez - Argentina - FC Porto
155 159 168 Ander Herrera - Spain - Athletic Bilbao
154 Blaise Matuidi – France - PSG
153 213 245 Lars Bender - Germany - Leverkusen
152 208 192 189: Theo Walcott - England – Arsenal
151 156 200 289: Sebastian Giovinco - Italy - Juventus
150 83 53 41 Kaka - Brazil - Real Madrid

149 116 93 163: Mario Balotelli - Italy - Manchester City
148 167 151 123: Mirko Vucinic - Montenegro – Juventus
147 166 172 121: Luis Fabiano - Brazil - Sao Paulo
146 225 217 153: Sandro - Brazil - Tottenham
145 81 44 89 Ever Banega - Argentina – Valencia
144 278 Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa - France - Montpellier/Newcastle
143 102 152 Laurent Koscielny - France – Arsenal
142 Dante - Brazil - Bayern München
141 117 87 94 Fabio Coentrao - Portugal - Real Madrid
140 157 161 120: David Luiz - Brazil – Chelsea

139 108 103 106: Michael Carrick - England - Manchester United
138 194 153 129: Borja Valero - Spain - Fiorentina
137 82 65 230: Nicolas Gaitan - Argentina – Benfica
136 164 137 244: Christian Eriksen - Denmark - Ajax
135 158 185 160: Jefferson Farfan - Peru - Schalke 04
134 77 70 21 Samir Nasri - France - Manchester City
133 84 76 26 Steven Gerrard -England-Liverpool
132 139 281 Łukasz Piszczek - Poland - Dortmund
131 153 173 Olivier Giroud - France – Arsenal
130 228 287 Michu - Spain – Swansea

129 103 111 103: Gerard Pique - Spain – Barcelona
128 133 143 92 Pepe - Portugal - Real Madrid
127 272 286 233: Gabi - Spain - Atletico Madrid
126 169 183 246: Darijo Srna - Croatia - Shakthar Donetsk
125 95 95 93 Javier Zanetti - Argentina – Inter
124 119 140 Jordi Alba - Spain - Barcelona
123 192 229 165: Alvaro Negredo - Spain – Sevilla
122 Jackson Martinez - Colombia - Porto
121 107 117 167: Miralem Pjanic - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Roma
120 127 133 207: Roberto Soldado - Spain - Valencia

119 86 77 39 Antonio Di Natale - Italy – Udinese
118 74 69 59 Hulk - Brazil - Zenit
117 110 139 271: Miroslav Klose - Germany - Lazio
116 50 90 173: Klaas Jan Huntelaar - Netherlands - Schalke 04
115 104 113 Demba Ba -Senegal – Newcastle/Chelsea
114 67 67 63 Diego Milito - Argentina - Inter
113 65 54 108: Emmanuel Adebayor - Togo - Tottenham
112 39 92 19 Didier Drogba - Ivory Coast - Shanghai Shenhua/Galatasaray
111 100 98 81 Jesus Navas - Spain - Sevilla
110 60 100 Iker Muniain - Spain - Athletic Bilbao

109 46 41 68 Antonio Valencia - Ecuador - Manchester United
108 273 Beñat Etxebarria - Spain - Real Betis
107 61 48 33 Rafael Van der Vaart - Netherlands - Hamburger SV
106 222 182 88 David Pizarro - Chile - Fiorentina
105 89 83 44 Pedro - Spain – Barcelona
104 135 165 174: Joaquin - Spain - Malaga
103 59 59 80 Javier Pastore - Argentina – PSG
102 96 104 158: Carlos Puyol - Spain – Barcelona
101 NR NR 271 Gonzalo Rodríguez-Argentina-Fiorentina

100 196 186 191: Francesco Totti - Italy – Roma
99 120 150 171: Jeremy Menez - France – PSG
98 111 122 105: Giorgio Chiellini - Italy – Juventus
97 209 210 Pablo Zabaleta - Argentina - Manchester City
96 124 115 125: Andre Schürrle - Germany - Leverkusen
95 87 101 169: Ezequiel Lavezzi - Argentina - PSG
94 Henrik Mkhitaryan - Armenia - Shakhtar Donetsk
93 131 119 249: Arda Turan - Turkey - Atletico Madrid
92 163 157 138: Keisuke Honda - Japan - CSKA Moscov
91 122 121 218: Lucas Moura - Brazil - Sao Paolo/PSG
90 98 106 Xherdan Shaqiri - Switzerland - Bayern München

89 53 37 20 David Villa - Spain - Barcelona
88 132 155 159 Antonio Cassano – Italy - Inter
87 93 86 128: Lucas Leiva - Brazil - Liverpool
86 78 75 60 Ramires - Brazil - Chelsea
85 71 55 42 Javier Hernandez - Mexico - Manchester United
84 140 David Alaba - Austria - Bayern München
83 109 123 116: Mikel Arteta - Spain - Arsenal
82 70 56 24 Frank Lampard - England – Chelsea
81 128 134 149: Marouane Fellaini - Belgium – Everton
80 178 NR 241 Moussa Dembélé - Belgium - Tottenham

79 76 97 132: Alex Song - Cameroun - Arsenal
78 66 96 99: Sami Khedira - Germany - Real Madrid
77 101 112 110: Riccardo Montolivo - Italy - Milan
76 63 49 184: Thiago Alcântara - Spain - Barcelona
75 99 107 148: Claudio Marchisio - Italy - Juventus
74 51 42 52 Mario Gomez - Germany - Bayern München
73 38 47 57 Fernando Llorente - Spain - Athletic Bilbao
72 31 27 29 Nani - Portugal - Manchester United
71 43 39 64 Alexis Sanchez - Chile – Barcelona
70 193 Mario Mandzukic - Croatia - Bayern München

69 72 66 114: Yohan Cabaye - France - Newcastle
68 52 68 101: Vincent Kompany - Belgium - Manchester City
67 55 60 90 Marcelo - Brazil - Real Madrid
66 25 16 9 Arjen Robben - Netherlands - Bayern München
65 233 271 Isco - Spain - Malaga
64 64 80 96 Diego - Brazil – Wolfsburg
63 40 40 58 Daniele De Rossi - Italy – Roma
62 Erik Lamela – Argentina - Roma
61 85 79 50 Edin Dzeko - Bosnia/Herzegovina - Manchester City
60 94 82 38 Dimitar Berbatov - Bulgaria – Fulham

59 189 259 Leandro Damião - Brazil – Internacional
58 49 61 82 Sergio Ramos - Spain - Real Madrid
57 Stephan El Shaarawy – Italy - Milan
56 162 174 278: James Rodriguez - Colombia - FC Porto
55 28 23 8 Samuel Eto'o - Cameroun -Anzhi
54 113 142 170: Jan Vertonghen - Belgium - Tottenham
53 47 45 86 Javier Mascherano - Argentina - Barcelona
52 152 125 87 Jack Wilshere - England - Arsenal
51 21 16 13 Wesley Sneijder - Netherlands – Inter/Galatasaray

50 69 58 78 Philipp Lahm - Germany - Bayern München
49 33 33 36 Dani Alves - Brazil - Barcelona
48 290 Ilkay Gündogan - Germany - Dortmund
47 57 73 54 Arturo Vidal - Chile - Juventus
46 183 201 Fernandinho - Brazil - Shakhtar Donetsk
45 62 57 48 Hernanes - Brazil - Lazio
44 206 Oscar - Brazil - Chelsea
43 54 63 119: Mats Hummels - Germany - Dortmund
42 75 74 117 Stevan Jovetic - Montenegro - Fiorentina
41 92 88 79 Joao Moutinho - Portugal - FC Porto
40 41 71 127: Shinji Kagawa - Japan - Manchester United

39 23 31 25 Gonzalo Higuain - Argentina - Real Madrid
38 56 46 40 Marek Hamsik - Slovakia – Napoli
37 30 25 28 Angel Di Maria - Argentina - Real Madrid
36 45 30 35 Thomas Müller - Germany - Bayern München
35 37 51 126: Marco Reus – Germany – Dortmund
34 21 28 47 Karim Benzema - France - Real Madrid
33 129 148 Willian - Brazil -Shakhtar Donetsk/Anzhi
32 44 138 283: Robert Lewandowski - Poland - Dortmund
31 26 22 06 Carlos Tevez - Argentina - Manchester City
30 18 17 15 Luka Modric - Croatia –Real Madrid

29 73 99 143 Javi Martinez - Spain - Bayern München
28 29 38 66 Neymar - Brazil - Santos
27 48 50 98: Thiago Silva - Brazil - PSG
26 36 36 45 Sergio Busquets - Spain – Barcelona
25 34 34 46 Gareth Bale - Wales - Tottenham
24 27 35 53 Santi Cazorla - Spain -Arsenal
23 17 19 22 Yaya Tore - Ivory Coast - Manchester City
22 15 13 31 Bastian Schweinsteiger - Germany - Bayern München
21 13 14 43 Eden Hazard - Belgium - Chelsea
20 12 11 12 Sergio Aguero - Argentina - Manchester City

19 14 12 10 Xabi Alonso - Spain - Real Madrid
18 19 26 30 Edinson Cavani - Uruguay – Napoli
17 05 05 05 Wayne Rooney - England - Manchester United
16 32 32 51 Juan Manuel Mata - Spain – Chelsea
15 35 24 56 Mario Götze - Germany – Dortmund
14 11 9 14 Mesut Özil - Germany - Real Madrid
13 42 64 147: Toni Kroos - Germany - Bayern München
12 16 15 18 Franck Ribery - France - Bayern München
11 24 18 11 Luis Suarez - Uruguay - Liverpool

10 09 08 17 David Silva - Spain - Manchester City
09 08 20 61 Andrea Pirlo - Italy – Juventus
08 07 06 07 Cesc Fabregas - Spain – Barcelona
07 22 29 49: Radamel Falcao - Colombia - Atletico Madrid
06 10 10 34 Robin Van Persie - Netherlands - Manchester United
05 06 07 13 Zlatan Ibrahimovic - Sweden - PSG
04 03 03 02 Xavi - Spain - Barcelona
03 04 04 04 Andrés Iniesta - Spain - Barcelona
02 02 02 03 Cristiano Ronaldo - Portugal - Real Madrid
01 01 01 01 Lionel Messi - Argentina - Barcelona


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End of 2011/12 season rankings:

Top 300 discussion starts HERE

300 297 Juan Arango - Venezuela - Borussia Mönchengladbach
299 298 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain - England - Arsenal
298 Oussama Assaidi - Morocco - Herenveen
297 Yuri Zhirkov - Russia - Anzhi
296 266 185 Bryan Ruiz - Costa Rica - Fulham
295 284 284 Rafael - Brazil - Manchester United
294 Junior Hoilett - Canada - Blackburn/QPR
293 190 67 Lucas Barrios - Paraguay - Dortmund/Guangzhou
292 Andriy Yarmolenko - Ukraine - Dynamo Kiev
291 Kyle Walker - England - Tottenham
290 Ilkay Gündogan - Germany - Dortmund

289 Raúl García - Spain- Osasuna/Atletico Madrid
288 Eduardo Salvio - Argentina - Atletico Madrid/Benfica
287 279 Hugo Campagnaro - Argentina - Napoli
286 295 264 Deco - Portugal - Fluminese
285 Tomas Rosicky - Czech Republic - Arsenal
284 Hatem Ben Arfa - France - Newcastle
283 Filipe Luís Kasmirski - Brazil - Atletico Madrid
282 275 Fabrizio Miccoli - Italy - Palermo
281 Adriano - Brazil - Barcelona
280 Luiz Gustavo - Brazil - Bayern München

279 251 Cristian Ledesma - Italy - Lazio
278 Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa - France - Montpellier
277 Gael Clichy - France - Manchester City
276 Jonny Evans - Northern Ireland - Manchester United
275 292 Gary Medel - Chile - Sevilla
274 288 Felipe Melo - Brazil - Galatasaray/Juventus?
273 Markel Susaeta - Spain - Athletic Bilbao
273 Beñat - Spain - Real Betis
272 286 233: Gabi - Spain - Atletico Madrid
270 Jakub Blaszczykowski - Poland - Dortmund

269 280 Mathieu Debuchy - France - Lille/?
268 277 Granit Xhaka - Switzerland - Basel/Borussia Mönchengladbach
267 267 Dries Mertens - Belgium - PSV
266 241 137: Milos Krasic - Serbia - Juventus/Fenerbahce
265 249 199: Alberto Aquilani -Italy -Liverpool/Milan/Fiorentina
264 234 146: Dejan Stankovic - Serbia - Inter
263 238 175: Balázs Dzsudzsák - Hungary - Anzhi/Dynamo M
262 239 135: Theo Janssen - Netherlands - Ajax
261 224 95 Dirk Kuyt - Netherlands - Liverpool/Fenerbahce
260 257 213: Moussa Sow - Senegal - Fenerbahce

259 258 Fred - Brazil - Fluminense
258 203 Tom Cleverley - England - Manchester United
257 227 202: Adam Johnson - England - Manchester City
256 204 183: Ivica Olic - Croatia - Bayern München/Wolfsburg
255 213 240: Mauricio Isla - Chile - Udinese/Juventus
254 193 124: Ji Sung Park - South Kora - Manchester United/QPR
253 233 179: Juan Manuel Vargas - Peru - Fiorentina/Genoa
252 218 248: Juan - Brazil - Roma/Internacional
251 215 262: Kim Källström - Sweden - Lyon/Spartak Moscow
250 212 219: Aaron Ramsey - Wales - Arsenal

249 252 250 269: Antonio Reyes - Spain - Atletico Madrid/Sevilla
248 231 Stephan Lichtsteiner - Switzerland - Juventus
247 243 Senad Lulic - Bosnia Herzegovina - Lazio
246 276 Kwadwo Asamoah - Ghana - Udinese/Juventus
245 269 234: Antonio Nocerino - Italy - Milan
244 237 156: Marko Marin - Germany - Werder Bremen/Chelsea
243 196 134: Anderson - Brazil - Manchester United
242 207 229: Alex - Brazil - Fenerbahce
241 240 142: Jon Obi Mikel - Nigeria - Chelsea
240 222 216: Ivan Rakitić - Croatia - Sevilla

239 232 Benoit Assou-Ekotto - Cameroon - Tottenham
238 Andrea Barzagli - Italy - Juventus
237 209 296: Daniel Sturridge - England - Chelsea
236 Gylfi Sigurðsson - Iceland - Swansea/Tottenham
235 94 65 Mikel Essien - Ghana - Chelsea/Real Madrid
234 167 215: Mamadou Sakho - France - PSG
233 271 Isco - Spain - Malaga
232 219 157: John Terry - England - Chelsea
231 188 Micah Richards - England - Manchester City
230 220 282: Anatolij Tymoshchuk - Ukraine - Bayern München

229 230 Adrián - Spain - Atletico Madrid
228 287 Michu - Spain - Rayo Vallecano
227 223 299: Holger Badstuber - Germany - Bayern München
226 160 97: Ricardo Carvalho - Portugal - Real Madrid
225 217 153: Sandro - Brazil - Tottenham
224 214 295: Chiek Tiote - Ivory Coast - Newcastle
223 211 190: Gareth Barry - England - Manchester City
222 182 88 David Pizarro - Chile - Roma/Manchester City
221 158 91 Gervinho - Ivory Coast - Arsenal
220 189 141 168 James Milner - England - Manchester City

219 162 76 Seydou Keita - Mali - Barcelona/ Dalian Aerbin
218 225 Daniel Agger - Denmark - Liverpool
217 Dede - Brazil - Vasco da Gama
216 285 Younes Kaboul - France - Tottenham
215 262 Fabricio Coloccini - Argentina - Newcastle
214 Nikica Jelavic - Croatia - Everton
213 245 Lars Bender - Germany - Leverkusen
212 278 Luuk de Jong - Netherlands - Twente/Borussia Mönchengladbach
211 284 Roman Shirokov - Russia - Zenit
210 212 159 102: Lucio - Brazil - Inter/Juventus

209 210 Pablo Zabaleta - Argentina - Manchester City
208 192 189: Theo Walcott - England - Arsenal
207 191 115: Ashley Young - England - Manchester United
206 Oscar - Brazil - Internaciona/Chelsea
205 261 277: Clint Dempsey - USA - Fulham
204 260 Pablo Aimar - Argentina - Benfica
203 291 Gastón Ramírez - Uruguay - Bologna
202 194 Javi García - Spain - Benfica/Manchester City
201 Riquelme - Argentina - Boca Juniors
200 235 111: Ibrahim Afellay - Netherlands - Barcelona/Schalke 04

199 255 Rodrigo Palacio - Argentina - Genoa/Inter
198 175 201: Loic Remy - France - Marseille
197 256 Seydou Doumbia - Côte d'Ivoire - CSKA Moscow
196 186 191: Francesco Totti - Italy - Roma
195 228 166: Andrei Arshavin - Russia - Arsenal/Zenit
194 153 129: Borja Valero - Spain - Villarreal/Fiorentina
193 Mario Mandzukic - Croatia - Wolfsburg/Bayern München
192 229 165: Alvaro Negredo - Spain - Sevilla
191 226 212: Alexandr Kerzhakov - Russia - Zenit
190 206 Jonas - Brazil - Valencia

189 259 Leandro Damião - Brazil - Internacional
188 180 104: Patrice Evra - France - Manchester United
187 179 75 Ashley Cole - England - Chelsea
186 177 252: Alvaro Arbeloa - Spain - Real Madrid
185 195 Kevin Strootman - Netherlands - PSV
184 197 273: Neven Subotic - Serbia - Dortmund
183 201 Fernandinho - Brazil - Shakhtar Donetsk
182 181 113: Raul Meirelles - Portugal - Chelsea
181 184 Stéphane Sessegnon - Benin - Sunderland
180 154 107: Ryan Giggs - Wales - Manchester United

179 187 Nigel De Jong - Netherlands - Manchester City
178 NR 241 Moussa Dembélé - Belgium - Fulham
177 129 73 Yoann Gourcuff - France - Lyon
176 128 122: Kevin Gameiro - France - PSG
175 126 85 Giampaolo Pazzini - Italy - Inter/Milan
174 216 258: Domenico Criscito - Italy - Zenit
173 171 210: Oscar Cardozo - Paraguay - Benfica
172 199 276: Andres Guardado - Mexico - Deportivo La Coruna/Valencia
171 105 133: Andre Ayew - Ghana - Marseille
170 149 235: Mathieu Valbuena - France - Marseille


169 183 246: Darijo Srna - Croatia - Shakthar Donetsk
168 178 254: Landon Donovan - USA - LA Galaxy
167 151 123: Mirko Vucinic - Montenegro - Juventus
166 172 121: Luis Fabiano - Brazil - Sao Paulo
165 169 220: Marvin Martin - France - Sochaux/Lille
164 137 244: Christian Eriksen - Denmark - Ajax
163 157 138: Keisuke Honda - Japan - CSKA Moscov
162 174 278: James Rodriguez - Colombia - FC Porto
161 166 214: Adil Rami - France - Valencia
160 Younès Belhanda - Morocco - Montpellier

159 168 Ander Herrera - Spain - Athletic Bilbao
158 185 160: Jefferson Farfan - Peru - Schalke 04
157 161 120: David Luiz - Brazil - Chelsea
156 200 289: Sebastian Giovinco - Italy - Parma/Juventus
155 156 150: Thomas Vermaelen - Belgium - Arsenal
154 131 109: Robinho - Brazil - Milan
153 173 Olivier Giroud - France - Montpellier/Arsenal
152 125 87 Jack Wilshire - England - Arsenal
151 110 84 Rio Ferdinand - England - Manchester United
150 124 177: Scott Parker - England - Tottenham

149 145 131: Mark Van Bommel - Netherlands - Milan/PSV
148 176 268: Thiago Motta - Italy - Inter/PSG
147 144 71 Lucho Gonzalez - Argentina -Marseille/FC Porto
146 141 Paul Scholes - England - Manchester United
145 135 154: Yann M'Vila - France - Rennes
144 130 224: Jadson - Brazil - Shakthar Donetsk/Sao Paulo
143 147 265: Kevin Prince Boateng - Ghana - Milan
142 170 181: Bruno Soriano - Spain -Villarreal
141 236 205: Papiss Cisse - Senegal - Freiburg/Newcastle
140 David Alaba - Austria - Bayern München

139 281 Łukasz Piszczek - Poland - Dortmund
138 102 62 Diego Forlan - Uruguay - Inter/Internacional
137 146 164: Michel Bastos - Brazil - Lyon
136 89 152: Ganso - Brazil - Santos/?
135 165 174: Joaquin - Spain - Malaga
134 163 136: Branislav Ivanovic - Serbia - Chelsea
133 143 92 Pepe - Portugal - Real Madrid
132 155 159: Antonio Cassano - Italy - Milan
131 119 249: Arda Turan - Turkey - Atletico Madrid
130 118 180: Danny - Portugal - Zenit

129 148 Willian - Brazil -Shakhtar Donetsk
128 134 149: Marouane Fellaini - Belgium - Everton
127 133 207: Roberto Soldado - Spain - Valencia
126 132 77 Fernando Torres - Spain -Chelsea
125 108 144: Lass Diarra - France - Real Madrid
124 115 125: Andre Schürrle - Germany - Leverkusen
123 136 223: Jeremy Toulalan - France - Malaga
122 121 218: Lucas - Brazil - Sao Paolo/PSG
121 91 241 Lukas Podolski - Germany -FC Köln/Arsenal
120 150 171: Jeremy Menez - France - PSG

119 140 Jordi Alba - Spain - Valencia/Barcelona
118 120 Axel Witsel - Belgium - Benfica/Zenit
117 87 94 Fabio Coentrao - Portugal - Real Madrid
116 93 163: Mario Balotelli - Italy - Manchester City
115 127 Danny Welbeck - England - Manchester United
114 164 130: Gokhan Inler - Switzerland - Napoli
113 142 170: Jan Vertonghen - Belgium - Ajax/Tottenham
112 109 100: Eric Abidal - France - Barcelona
111 122 105: Giorgio Chiellini - Italy - Juventus
110 139 271: Miroslav Klose - Germany - Lazio

109 123 116: Mikel Arteta - Spain - Arsenal
108 103 106: Michael Carrick - England - Manchester United
107 117 167: Miralem Pjanic - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Roma
106 116 140: Nene - Brazil - PSG
105 114 145: Raul - Spain - Schalke 04/Al Sadd
104 113 Demba Ba -Senegal - Newcastle
103 111 103: Gerard Pique - Spain - Barcelona
102 152 Laurent Koscielny - France - Arsenal
101 112 110: Riccardo Montolivo - Italy - Fiorentina/Milan
100 98 81 Jesus Navas - Spain - Sevilla

99 107 148: Claudio Marchisio - Italy - Juventus
98 106 Xherdan Shaqiri - Switzerland - Basel/Bayern München
97 84 37 Alexandre Pato - Brazil - Milan
96 104 158: Carlos Puyol - Spain - Barcelona
95 95 93 Javier Zanetti - Argentina - Inter
94 82 38 Dimitar Berbatov - Bulgaria - Manchester United/Fulham
93 86 128: Lucas Leiva - Brazil - Liverpool
92 88 79 Joao Moutinho - Portugal - FC Porto
91 85 27 Nuri Sahin - Turkey - Real Madrid/Liverpool
90 81 69 Esteban Cambiasso - Argentina - Inter

89 83 44 Pedro - Spain - Barcelona
88 78 23 Giuseppe Rossi - Italy - Villarreal
87 101 169: Ezequiel Lavezzi - Argentina - Napoli/PSG
86 77 39 Antonio Di Natale - Italy - Udinese
85 79 50 Edin Dzeko - Bosnia/Herzegovina - Manchester City
84 76 26 Steven Gerrard - England - Liverpool
83 53 41 Kaka - Brazil - Real Madrid
82 65 230: Nicolas Gaitan - Argentina - Benfica
81 44 89 Ever Banega - Argentina - Valencia
80 62 70 Nemanja Vidic - Serbia - Manchester United

79 72 83 Bacary Sagna - France - Arsenal
78 75 60 Ramires - Brazil - Chelsea
77 70 21 Samir Nasri - France - Manchester City
76 97 132: Alex Song - Cameroun - Arsenal
75 74 117 Stevan Jovetic - Montenegro - Fiorentina
74 69 59 Hulk - Brazil - FC Porto/Zenit
73 99 143 Javi Martinez - Spain - Athletic Bilbao/Bayern München
72 66 114: Yohan Cabaye - France - Newcastle
71 55 42 Javier Hernandez - Mexico - Manchester United
70 56 24 Frank Lampard - England - Chelsea

69 58 78 Philipp Lahm - Germany - Bayern München
68 52 55 Maicon - Brazil - Inter/Manchester City
67 67 63 Diego Milito - Argentina - Inter
66 96 99: Sami Khedira - Germany - Real Madrid
65 54 108: Emmanuel Adebayor - Togo - Tottenham/Manchester City?
64 80 96 Diego - Brazil - Atletico Madrid/Wolfsburg?
63 49 184: Thiago Alcântara - Spain - Barcelona
62 57 48 Hernanes - Brazil - Lazio
61 48 33 Rafael Van der Vaart - Netherlands - Tottenham/Hamburger SV
60 100 Iker Muniain - Spain - Athletic Bilbao

59 59 80 Javier Pastore - Argentina - PSG
58 43 32 Lisandro Lopez - Argentina - Lyon
57 73 54 Arturo Vidal - Chile - Juventus
56 46 40 Marek Hamsik - Slovakia - Napoli
55 60 90 Marcelo - Brazil - Real Madrid
54 63 119: Mats Hummels - Germany - Dortmund
53 37 20 David Villa - Spain - Barcelona
52 68 101: Vincent Kompany - Belgium - Manchester City
51 42 52 Mario Gomez - Germany - Bayern München
50 90 173: Klaas Jan Huntelaar - Netherlands - Schalke 04

49 61 82 Sergio Ramos - Spain - Real Madrid
48 98: Thiago Silva - Brazil - Mila/PSG
47 45 86 Javier Mascherano - Argentina - Barcelona
46 41 68 Antonio Valencia - Ecuador - Manchester United
45 30 35 Thomas Müller - Germany - Bayern München
44 138 283: Robert Lewandowski - Poland - Dortmund
43 39 64 Alexis Sanchez - Chile - Barcelona
42 64 147: Toni Kroos - Germany - Bayern München
41 71 127: Shinji Kagawa - Japan - Dortmund/Manchester United
40 40 58 Daniele De Rossi - Italy - Roma

39 92 19 Didier Drogba - Ivory Coast - Chelsea/Shanghai Shenhua
38 47 57 Fernando Llorente - Spain - Athletic Bilbao
37 51 126: Marco Reus - Germany - Mönchengladbach/Dortmund
36 36 45 Sergio Busquets - Spain - Barcelona
35 24 56 Mario Götze - Germany - Dortmund
34 34 46 Gareth Bale - Wales - Tottenham
33 33 36 Dani Alves - Brazil - Barcelona
32 32 51 Juan Manuel Mata - Spain - Chelsea
31 27 29 Nani - Portugal - Manchester United
30 25 28 Angel Di Maria - Argentina - Real Madrid

29 38 66 Neymar - Brazil - Santos
28 23 8 Samuel Eto'o - Cameroun -Anzhi
27 35 53 Santi Cazorla - Spain -Malaga/Arsenal
26 22 6 Carlos Tevez - Argentina - Manchester City
25 16 9 Arjen Robben - Netherlands - Bayern München
24 18 11 Luis Suarez - Uruguay - Liverpool
23 31 25 Gonzalo Higuain - Argentina - Real Madrid
22 29 49: Radamel Falcao - Colombia - Atletico Madrid
21 28 47 Karim Benzema - France - Real Madrid

20 21 16 Wesley Sneijder - Netherlands - Inter
19 26 30 Edinson Cavani - Uruguay - Napoli
18 17 15 Luka Modric - Croatia -Tottenham
17 19 22 Yaya Tore - Ivory Coast - Manchester City
16 15 18 Franck Ribery - France - Bayern München
15 13 31 Bastian Schweinsteiger - Germany - Bayern München
14 12 10 Xabi Alonso - Spain - Real Madrid
13 14 43 Eden Hazard - Belgium - Lille/Chelsea
12 11 12 Sergio Aguero - Argentina - Manchester City
11 9 14 Mesut Özil - Germany - Real Madrid

10 10 34 Robin Van Persie - Netherlands - Arsenal
9 8 17 David Silva - Spain - Manchester City
8 20 61 Andrea Pirlo - Italy - Juventus
7 6 7 Cesc Fabregas - Spain - Barcelona
6 7 13 Zlatan Ibrahimovic - Sweden - Milan/PSG
5 5 5 Wayne Rooney - England - Manchester United
4 4 4 Andrés Iniesta - Spain - Barcelona
3 3 2 Xavi - Spain - Barcelona
2 2 3 Cristiano Ronaldo - Portugal - Real Madrid
1 1 1 Lionel Messi - Argentina - Barcelona



2011/2012 Mid-season Ranking:

300: Julian Draxler Germany - Schalke 04
299: Marcel Schmelzer - Germany - Dortmund
298: Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain - England - Arsenal
297: Juan Arango - Venezuela - Borussia Mönchengladbach
296: Nolito - Spain - Benfica
295: Deco - Portugal - Fluminense
294: Maxime Gonalons - France - Lyon
293: Gastón Ramírez - Uruguay - Bologna
292: Gary Medel - Chile - Sevilla
291: Jose Callejon - Spain - Real Madrid
290: Felipe Melo - Brazil - Galatasaray

289: Rafael - Brazil - Manchester United
288: Chris Smalling - England - Manchester United
287: Gabi - Spain - Atletico Madrid
286: Michu - Spain - Rayo Vallecano
285: Younes Kaboul - France - Tottenham
284: Roman Shirokov - Russia - Zenit
283: Isaac Cuenca - Spain - Barcelona
282: Yuto Nagatomo - Japan - Inter
281: Lukasz Piszcek - Poland - Dortmund
280: Mathieu Debuchy - France - Lille

279: Hugo Campagnaro - Argentina - Napoli
278: Luuk de Jong - Netherlands - Twente
277: Granit Xhaka - Switzerland - Basel
276: Kwadwo Asamoah - Ghana - Udinese
275: Fabrizio Miccoli - Italy - Palermo
274: Bobby Zamora - England - QPR
273: Andrés D'Alessandro - Argentina - Internacional
272: Giovani Dos Santos - Mexico - Tottenham
271: Isco - Spain - Malaga
270: Aaron Lennon - England - Tottenham

269: Antonio Nocerino - Italy - Milan
268: Ola Toivonen - Sweden - PSV
267: Dries Mertens - Belgium - PSV
266: Bryan Ruiz - Costa Rica - Fulham
265: Oriol Romeu - Spain - Chelsea
264: Darren Bent - England - Aston Villa
263: Michael Dawson - England - Tottenham
262: Douglas - Netherlands - Twente
261: Fabricio Coloccini - Argentina - Newcastle
260: Clint Dempsey - USA - Fulham

259: Pablo Aimar - Argentina - Benfica
258: Leandro Damiao - Brazil - Internacional
257: Fred - Brazil - Fluminense
256: Seydou Doumbia - Côte d'Ivoire - CSKA Moscow
255: Moussa Sow - Senegal - Fenerbahce
254: Rodrigo Palacio - Argentina - Genoa
253: Diego Lugano - Uruguay - PSG
252: Ledley King - England - Tottenham
251: Cristian Ledesma - Italy - Lazio
250: Jose Antonio Reyes - Spain - Sevilla

249: Alberto Aquilani - Italy - Milan
248: Phil Jones - England - Manchester United
247: Konstantin Zyryanov - Russia - Zenit
246: Sven Bender - Germany - Dortmund
245: Lars Bender - Germany - Bayer Leverkusen
244: Esteban Granero - Spain - Real Madrid
243: Senad Lulic - Bosnia and Hercegovina - Lazio
242: Eduardo Vargas - Chile - Napoli
241: Milos Krasic - Serbia - Juventus
240: Jon Obi Mikel - Nigeria - Chelsea

239: Theo Janssen - Netherlands - Ajax
238: Balázs Dzsudzsák - Hungary - Dynamo Moscow
237: Marko Marin - Germany - Werder Bremen
236: Papiss Cisse - Senegal - Newcastle
235: Ibrahim Afellay - Netherlands - Barcelona
234: Dejan Stankovic - Serbia - Inter
233: Juan Manuel Vargas - Peru - Fiorentina
232: Benoit Assou-Ekotto - Cameroon - Tottenham
231: Stephan Lichtsteiner - Switzerland - Juventus
230: Adrián - Spain - Atletico Madrid

229: Alvaro Negredo - Spain - Sevilla
228: Andrei Arshavin - Russia - Arsenal/Zenit
227: Adam Johnson - England - Manchester City
226: Alexandr Kerzhakov - Russia - Zenit
225: Daniel Agger - Denmark - Liverpool
224: Dirk Kuyt - Netherlands - Liverpool
223: Alessandro Nesta - Italy - Milan
222: Ivan Rakitić - Croatia - Sevilla
221: Anatolij Tymoshchuk - Ukraine - Bayern München
220: Holger Badstuber - Germany - Bayern München

219: John Terry - England - Chelsea
218: Juan - Brazil - Roma
217: Sandro - Brazil - Tottenham
216: Domenico Criscito - Italy - Zenit
215: Cheik Tioté -Côte d'Ivoire - Newcastle
214: Kim Källström - Sweden - Lyon
213: Mauricio Isla - Chile - Udinese
212: Aaron Ramsey - Wales - Arsenal
211: Gareth Barry - England - Manchester City
210. Pablo Zabaleta - Argentina - Manchester City

209. Alessandro Matri - Italy - Juventus
208: Daniel Sturridge - England - Chelsea
207: Alex - Brazil - Fenerbahce
206: Jonas - Brazil - Valencia
205: Florent Malouda - France - Chelsea
204: Ivica Olic - Croatia - Bayern München
203: Tom Cleverly - England - Manchester United
202: Darren Fletcher - Scotland - Manchester United
201: Elano - Brazil - Santos
200: Sebastian Giovinco - Italy - Parma

199: Andres Guardado - Mexico - Deportivo La Coruna
198: Fernandinho - Brazil - Shaktar Donetsk
197: Anderson - Brazil - Manchester United
196: Neven Subotic - Serbia - Dortmund
195: Kevin Strootman - Netherlands - PSV
194 Javi García - Spain - Benfica
193 Ji Sung Park - South Kora - Manchester United
192 Theo Walcott - England - Arsenal
191 Ashley Young - England - Aston Villa to Manchester United
190 Lucas Barrios - Paraguay - Dortmund

189 James Milner - England - Manchester City
188 Micah Richards - England - Mancester City
187 Nigel De Jong - Netherlands - Manchester City
186 Francesco Totti - Italy - Roma -
185 Jefferson Farfan - Peru - Schalke 04
184 Stéphane Sessegnon - Benin - Sunderland
183 Darijo Srna - Croatia - Shaktar Donetsk
182 David Pizarro - Chile - Roma
181 Raul Meirelles - Portugal - Liverpool to Chelsea
180 Patrice Evra - France - Manchester United

179 Ashley Cole - England - Chelsea
178 Landon Donovan - USA - LA Galaxy
177 Alvaro Arbeloa - Spain - Real Madrid
176 Thiago Motta - Italy - Inter
175 Loic Remy - France - Marseille
174 James Rodriguez - Colombia - FC Porto
173 Olivier Giroud - France - Montpellier
172 Luis Fabiano - Brazil - Sevilla to Sao Paulo
171 Oscar Cardozo - Paraguay - Benfica
170 Bruno Soriano - Spain -Villarreal

169 Marvin Martin - France - Sochaux
168 Ander Herrera - Spain - Athletic Bilbao
167 Mamadou Sakho - France - PSG
166 Adil Rami - France - Valencia
165 Joaquin - Spain - Malaga
164 Gokhan Inler - Switzerland - Napoli
163 Branislav Ivanovic - Serbia - Chelsea
162 Seydou Keita - Mali - Barcelona
161 David Luiz - Brazil - Chelsea
160 Ricardo Carvalho - Portugal - Real Madrid

159 Lucio - Brazil - Inter
158 Gervinho - Ivory Coast - Arsenal
157 Keisuke Honda - Japan - CSKA Moscov
156 Thomas Vermaelen - Belgium - Arsenal
155 Antonio Cassano - Italy - Milan
154 Ryan Giggs - Wales - Manchester United
153 Borja Valero - Spain - Villarreal
152 Laurent Koscielny - France - Arsenal
151 Mirko Vucinic - Montenegro - Roma
150 Jeremy Menez - France - Roma to PSG

149 Mathieu Valbuena - France - Marseille
148 Willian - Brazil - Shaktar Donetsk
147 Kevin Prince Boateng - Ghana - Milan
146 Michel Bastos - Brazil - Lyon
145 Mark Van Bommel - Netherlands - Milan
144 Lucho Gonzalez - Argentina - Marseille
143 Pepe - Portugal - Real Madrid
142 Jan Vertonghen - Belgium - Ajax
141 Paul Scholes - England - Manchester United
140 Jordi Alba - Spain - Valencia

139 Miroslav Klose - Germany - Bayern München to Lazio
138 Robert Lewandowski - Poland - Dortmund
137 Christian Eriksen - Denmark - Ajax -
136 Jeremy Toulalan - France - Malaga
135 Yann M'Vila - France - Rennes
134 Marouane Fellaini - Belgium - Everton
133 Roberto Soldado - Spain - Valencia
132 Fernando Torres - Spain - Chelsea
131 Robinho - Brazil - Milan
130 Jadson - Brazil - Shaktar Donetsk

129 Yoann Gourcuff - France - Lyon
128 Kevin Gameiro - France - PSG
127 Danny Welbeck
126 Giampaolo Pazzini - Italy - Inter
125 Jack Wilshire - England - Arsenal
124 Scott Parker - England - Tottenham
123 Mikel Arteta - Spain - Everton
122 Giorgio Chiellini - Italy - Juventus
121 Lucas - Brazil - Sao Paolo -
120 Axel Witsel - Belgium - Benfica

119 Arda Turan - Turkey - Galatasaray
118 Danny - Portugal - Zenit
117 Miralem Pjanic - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Lyon to Roma
116 Nene - Brazil - PSG
115 Andre Schürrle - Germany - Mainz to Leverkusen
114 Raul - Spain - Schalke 04
113 Demba Ba - Senegal - Newcastle
112 Riccardo Montolivo - Italy - Fiorentina
111 Gerard Pique - Spain - Barcelona
110 Rio Ferdinand - England - Manchester United

109 Eric Abidal - France - Barcelona
108 Lass Diarra - France - Real Madrid
107 Claudio Marchisio - Italy - Juventus
106 Xherdan Shaqiri - Switzerland - Basel
105 Andre Ayew - Ghana - Marseille
104 Carlos Puyol - Spain - Barcelona
103 Michael Carrick - England - Manchester United
102 Diego Forlan - Uruguay - Atletico Madrid to Inter
101 Ezequiel Lavezzi - Argentina - Napoli
100 Iker Muniain - Spain - Athletic Bilbao

99 Javi Martinez - Spain - Athletic Bilbao
98 Jesus Navas - Spain - Sevilla
97 Alex Song - Cameroun - Arsenal
96 Sami Khedira - Germany - Real Madrid
95 Javier Zanetti - Argentina - Inter
94 Mikel Essien - Ghana - Chelsea
93 Mario Balotelli - Italy - Manchester City
92 Didier Drogba - Ivory Coast - Chelsea
91 Lukas Podolski - Germany - FC Köln
90 Klaas Jan Huntelaar - Netherlands - Schalke 04

89 Ganso - Brazil - Santos
88 Joao Moutinho - Portugal - FC Porto
87 Fabio Coentrao - Portugal - Real Madrid
86 Lucas Leiva - Brazil - Liverpool
85 Nuri Sahin - Turkey - Real Madrid
84 Alexandre Pato - Brazil - Milan
83 Pedro - Spain - Barcelona
82 Dimitar Berbatov - Bulgaria - Manchester United
81 Esteban Cambiasso - Argentina - Inter
80 Diego - Brazil - Wolfsburg to Atletico Madrid

79 Edin Dzeko - Bosnia/Herzegovina - Manchester City
78 Giuseppe Rossi - Italy - Villarreal
77 Antonio Di Natale - Italy - Udinese
76 Steven Gerrard - England - Liverpool
75 Ramires - Brazil - Chelsea
74 Stevan Jovetic - Montenegro - Fiorentina
73 Arturo Vidal - Chile - Juventus
72 Bacary Sagna - France - Arsenal
71 Shinji Kagawa - Japan - Dortmund
70 Samir Nasri - France - Arsenal

69 Hulk - Brazil - FC Porto
68 Vincent Kompany - Belgium - Manchester City
67 Diego Milito - Argentina - Inter
66 Yohan Cabaye - France - Lille to Newcastle
65 Nicolas Gaitan - Argentina - Benfica
64 Toni Kroos - Germany - Bayern München
63 Mats Hummels - Germany - Dortmund
62 Nemanja Vidic - Serbia - Manchester United
61 Sergio Ramos - Spain - Real Madrid
60 Marcelo - Brazil - Real Madrid

59 Javier Pastore - Argentina - PSG
58 Philipp Lahm - Germany - Bayern München
57 Hernanes - Brazil - Lazio
56 Frank Lampard - England - Chelsea
55 Javier Hernandez - Mexico - Manchester
54 Emmanuel Adebayor - Togo - Tottenham
53 Kaka - Brazil - Real Madrid
52 Maicon - Brazil - Inter
51 Marco Reus - Germany - Mönchengladbach
50 Thiago Silva - Brazil - Milan

49 Thiago Alcântara - Spain - Barcelona
48 Rafael Van der Vaart - Netherlands - Tottenham
47 Fernando Llorente - Spain - Athletic Bilbao
46 Marek Hamsik - Slovakia - Napoli
45 Javier Mascherano - Argentina - Barcelona
44 Ever Banega - Argentina - Valencia
43 Lisandro Lopez - Argentina - Lyon
42 Mario Gomez - Germany - Bayern München
41 Antonio Valencia - Ecuador - Manchester United
40 Daniele De Rossi - Italy - Roma

39 Alexis Sanchez - Chile -Udinese to Barcelona
38 Neymar - Brazil - Santos
37 David Villa - Spain - Barcelona
36 Sergio Busquets - Spain - Barcelona
35 Santi Cazorla - Spain - Malaga
34 Gareth Bale - Wales - Tottenham
33 Dani Alves - Brazil - Barcelona
32 Juan Manuel Mata - Spain - Valencia
31 Gonzalo Higuain - Argentina - Real Madrid
30 Thomas Müller - Germany - Bayern München

29 Radamel Falcao - Colombia - FC Porto
28 Karim Benzema - France - Real Madrid
27 Nani - Portugal - Manchester United
26 Edinson Cavani - Uruguay - Napoli
25 Angel Di Maria - Argentina - Real Madrid
24 Mario Götze - Germany - Dortmund
23 Samuel Eto'o - Cameroun - Inter
22 Carlos Tevez - Argentina - Manchester City
21 Wesley Sneijder - Netherlands - Inter
20 Andrea Pirlo - Italy - Milan to Juventus

19 Yaya Tore - Ivory Coast - Manchester City
18 Luis Suarez - Uruguay - Liverpool
17 Luka Modric - Croatia -Tottenham
16 Arjen Robben - Netherlands - Bayern München
15 Franck Ribery - France - Bayern München
14 Eden Hazard - Belgium - Lille
13 Bastian Schweinsteiger - Germany - Bayern München
12 Xabi Alonso - Spain - Real Madrid
11 Sergio Aguero - Argentina - Atletico Madrid
10 Robin Van Persie - Netherlands - Arsenal

9 Mesut Özil - Germany - Real Madrid
8 David Silva - Spain - Manchester City
7 Zlatan Ibrahimovic - Sweden - Milan
6 Cesc Fabregas - Spain - Arsenal
5 Wayne Rooney - England - Manchester United
4 Andrés Iniesta - Spain - Barcelona
3 Xavi - Spain - Barcelona
2 Cristiano Ronaldo - Portugal - Real Madrid -
1 Lionel Messi - Argentina - Barcelona


End of 2010/11 - Beginning of 2011/12 Rankings:

Top 300 discussion starts here


300: Peter Crouch - England - Tottenham to Stoke -64
299: Holger Badstuber - Germany - Bayern München NEW
298: Tom Huddlestone - England - Tottenham -151
297: Kevin Grosskreutz - Germany - Dortmund NEW
296: Daniel Sturridge - England - Chelsea - NEW
295: Chiek Tiote - Ivory Coast - Newcastle - NEW
294: Andrés D'Alessandro - Argentina - Internacional - NEW
293: Youssuf Mulumbu - Congo - WBA - NEW
292: Kevin Doyle - Ireland - Wolverhampton
291: Lewis Holtby- Germany-Mainz to Schalke 04 - Down 1
290: Gary Cahill - England - Bolton - New

289: Sebastian Giovinco - Italy - Parma - NEW
288: Joey Barton - England - Newcastle to QPR - NEW
287: Stuart Holden - USA - Bolton - NEW
286: Marcel Schmelzer - Germany - Dortmund - NEW
285: Nicolas Otamendi - Argentina - FC Porto
284: Rafael - Brazil - Manchester United - Down 77
283: Robert Lewandowski - Poland - Dortmund
282: Anatolij Tymoshchuk - Ukraine - Bayern München - Down 52
281: Chris Smalling - England - Manchester United - NEW
280: Gonzalo Castro - Germany - Bayer Leverkusen - Up 44

279: Cacau - Germany - VfB Stuttgart
278: James Rodriguez - Colombia - FC Porto
277: Clint Dempsey - USA - Fullham
276: Andres Guardado - Mexico - La Coruna - Down 98
275: Andy Carroll - England - Liverpool - Down 46
274: Pablo Daniel Osvaldo - Espanyol to Roma - NEW
273: Neven Subotic - Serbia - Dortmund - NEW
272: Philippe Mexès - France - Roma to Milan - NEW
271: Miroslav Klose - Germany - Bayern München to Lazio - Down 36
270: Stewart Downing - England - Aston Villa to Liverpool - NEW

269: Antonio Reyes - Spain - Atletico Madrid - Up 7
268: Thiago Motta - Italy - Inter - NEW
267: Leighton Baines - England - Everton - NEW
266: Freddy Guarin - Colombia - FC Porto - NEW
265: Kevin Prince Boateng - Ghana - Milan - Up 11
264: Deco - Portugal - Fluminese - Up 2
263: Sven Bender - Germany - Dortmund - Up 28
262: Kim Källström - Sweden - Lyon - Up 14
261 Gerrardo Torrado - Mexico - Cruz Azul - Up 48
260: Jose Manuel Jurado - Spain - Schalke 04 - Down 49

259: Marco Borriello - Italy - Roma - Down 45
258: Domenico Criscito - Italy - Genoa - Up 20
257: Asamoah Gyan - Ghana - Sunderland - Down 72
256 Giovani dos Santos - Mexico - Tottenham - Up 1
255: Lee Chung Young - South Korea - Bolton - Down 15
254: Landon Donovan - USA - LA Galaxy - Up 5
253: Fabio Quagliarella - Italy - Juventus - Up 18
252: Alvaro Arbeloa - Spain - Real Madrid - New
251: Bobby Zamora - England - Fullham - New
250: Marcos Senna - Spain - Villarreal - Down 72

249: Arda Turan - Turkey - Galatasaray - down 44
248: Juan - Brazil - Roma - Up 27
247: Diego Lugano - Uruguay - PSG
246: Darijo Srna - Croatia - Shaktar Donetsk - Down 49
245: Diego Perotti - Argentina - Sevilla - Down 39
244: Christian Eriksen - Denmark - Ajax - NEW
243: Andrea Cossu - Italy - Cagliari - Up 48
242: Moussa Sissoko - France - Toulose - No change
241: Lukas Podolski - Germany - FC Köln - Up 44
240: Mauricio Isla - Chile - Udinese

239: Park Chu Young - South Korea - Monaco to Arsenal Up 26
238: Jaroslav Plasil - Czech Republic - Bordeaux - Up 61
237: Steven Pienaar - South Africa - Tottenham - Down 94
236: Juan Sebastian Veron-Argentina-Estudiantes- Up 10
235: Mathieu Valbuena - France - Marseille - Down 35
234: Antonio Nocerino - Italy - Palermo - New
233: Gabi - Spain - Zaragoza to Atletico Madrid - New
232: Zvjezdan Misimovic - Dynamo Moscov - Down 79
231: Yuri Zhirkov - Russia - Chelsea - Down 45
230: Nicolas Gaitan - Argentina - Benfica NEW

229: Alex - Brazil - Fenerbahce - New
228: Andre Pierre Gignac - France - Marseille - Down 13
227: Abou Diaby - France - Arsenal - Down 42
226: Renato Augosto - Brazil - Leverkusen - New
225: Alessandro Nesta - Italy - Milan - Down 13
224: Jadson - Brazil - Shaktar Donetsk - NEW
223: Jeremy Toulalan - France - Lyon - Down 28
222: Alberto Gilardino - Italy - Fiorentina - Down 39
221: Bruno Alves - Portugal - Zenit - Down 3
220: Marvin Martin - France - Sochaux - New

219: Aaron Ramsey - Wales - Arsenal - New
218: Lucas - Brazil - Sao Paolo - New
217: Douglas Costa - Brazil - Shakhtar Donetsk - New
216: Ivan Rakitić - Croatia - Sevilla - Up 66
215: Mamadou Sakho - France - PSG - New
214: Adil Rami - France - Lille - New
213: Moussa Sow - Senegal - Lille - Up 49
212: Alexandr Kerzhakov - Russia - Zenit - Up 51
211: Charles N'Zogbia - France - Wigan to Aston Villa Down 26
210: Oscar Cardozo - Paraguay - Benfica - Up 6


209: Aaron Lennon - England - Tottenham - Down 107
208: Roman Pavluchenko - Russia - Tottenham - Up 2
207: Roberto Soldado - Spain - Valencia - Up 62
206: Luiz Gustavo - Brazil - Bayern München - Down 27
205: Papiss Cisse - Senegal - Freiburg - Up 45
204: Jose Bosingwa - Portugal - Chelsea - Down 38
203: Josip Ilicic - Slovenia - Palermo - Up 4
202: Adam Johnson - England - Manchester City- Down 39
201: Loic Remy - France - Marseille - Down 49
200: Michael Ballack - Germany - Leverkusen - Down 68

199: Alberto Aquilani -Italy -Liverpool/Juventus to Milan- Down 79
198: Humberto Suazo - Chile - Monterrey - Down 7
197: Marouane Chamakh - Marocco - Arsenal (Down 117)
196: Mamadou Niang - Senegal - Fenerbahce - Down 8
195: Simao - Portugal - Besiktas - Down 72
194: Jordan Henderson - England - Sunderland - Up 32
193: Konstantin Zyryanov - Russia - Zenit (Down 50)
192: Michael Dawson - England - Tottenham (NEW
191: Francesco Totti - Italy - Roma - Down 3
190: Gareth Barry - England - Manchester City - Down 50

189: Theo Walcott - England - Arsenal (Up 14)
188: Goran Pandev - Macedonia - Inter to Napoli (Down 34)
187: Ze Roberto - Brazil - Hamburger SV (Down 22)
186: Alou Diarra - France - Bordeaux (Down 9)
185: Bryan Ruiz - Costa Rica - Twente - Up 32
184: Thiago Alcântara - Spain - Barcelona - NEW
183: Ivica Olic - Croatia - Bayern München
182: Charlie Adam - Scotland - Blackpool (New)
181: Bruno Soriano - Spain -Villarreal (Up 59)
180: Danny - Portugal - Zenit - (Up 21)

179: Juan Manuel Vargas - Peru - Fiorentina (Up 26)
178: Frederic Kanoute - Mali - Sevilla (Down 45)
177: Scott Parker - England - West Ham (Down 18)
176: Darren Bent - England - Sunderland (Up 19)
175: Balázs Dzsudzsák - Hungary - PSV to Anzhi Makhachkala (New)
174: Joaquin - Spain - Valencia to Malaga (Down 120)
173: Klaas Jan Huntelaar - Netherlands - Schalke 04 (Down 41)
172: Stefan Kiessling - Germany - Bayer Leverkusen (Up 72)
171: Jeremy Menez - France - Roma (Up 7)
170: Jan Vertonghen - Belgium - Ajax ¨(Up 91)

169: Ezequiel Lavezzi - Argentina - Napoli (Up 6)
168: James Milner - England - Manchester City (Down 21)
167: Miralem Pjanic - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Lyon to Roma (Down 76)
166: Andrei Arshavin - Russia - Arsenal -62
165: Alvaro Negredo - Spain - Sevilla (Up 6)
164: Michel Bastos - Brazil - Lyon (Down 77)
163: Mario Balotelli - Italy - Manchester City (Down 77)
162: Elano - Brazil - Santos (Up 5)
161: Alessandro Matri - Italy - Juventus (New)
160: Jefferson Farfan - Peru - Schalke 04 (Down 3)

159: Antonio Cassano - Italy - Milan (Down 45)
158: Carlos Puyol - Spain - Barcelona (Down 53)
157: John Terry - England - Chelsea (Down 50)
156: Marko Marin - Germany - Werder Bremen (Down 35)
155: Simon Rolfes - Germany - Bayer Leverkusen (Up 41
154: Yann M'Vila - France - Rennes (Up 87
153: Sandro - Brazil - Tottenham (New)
152: Ganso - Brazil - Santos (Down 60)
151: Tim Cahill - Australia - Everton -19
150: Thomas Vermaelen - Belgium - Arsenal - Down 30


149: Marouane Fellaini - Belgium - Everton (Down 57)
148: Claudio Marchisio - Italy - Juventus (Down 22)
147: Toni Kroos - Germany - Bayern München (Down 38)
146: Dejan Stankovic - Serbia - Inter (Down 4)
145: Raul - Spain - Schalke 04 (Up 64)
144: Lass Diarra - France - Real Madrid (Up 19)
143: Javi Martinez - Spain - Athletic Bilbao +15
142: Jon Obi Mikel - Nigeria - Chelsea (Up 57)
141: Nigel De Jong - Netherlands - Manchester City
140: Nene - Brazil - PSG (New)


139: Nilmar - Brazil - Villarreal (Down 24)
138: Keisuke Honda - Japan - CSKA Moscov (Down 12)
137: Milos Krasic - Serbia - Juventus (Down 24)
136: Branislav Ivanovic - Serbia - Chelsea (Down 32)
135: Theo Janssen - Netherlands - Twente to Ajax (New
134: Anderson - Brazil - Manchester United - Down 53
133: Andre Ayew - Ghana - Marseille (Up 39)
132: Alex Song - Cameroun - Arsenal -27
131: Mark Van Bommel - Netherlands - Milan (Up 15)
130: Gokhan Inler - Switzerland - Udinese (Up 131)

129: Borja Valero - Spain - Villarreal (Up 40)
128: Lucas Leiva - Brazil - Liverpool +9
127: Shinji Kagawa - Japan - Dortmund -4
126: Marco Reus - Germany - Mönchengladbach (Up 93)
125: Andre Schürrle - Germany - Mainz to Leverkusen (Up 141)
124: Ji Sung Park - South Kora - Manchester United (Up 6)
123: Mirko Vucinic - Montenegro - Roma (Down 25)
122: Kevin Gameiro - France - Lorient to PSG (New)
121: Luis Fabiano - Brazil - Sevilla to Sao Paulo (Down 65)
120: David Luiz - Brazil - Benfica to Chelsea (Up 70)

119: Mats Hummels - Germany - Dortmund (Up 123)
118: Paul Scholes - England - Manchester United (retiring) (Down 46)
117: Stevan Jovetic - Montenegro - Fiorentina (Down 37)
116: Mikel Arteta - Spain - Everton (Down 34)
115: Ashley Young - England - Aston Villa to Manchester United (No change)
114: Yohan Cabaye - France - Lille to Newcastle (Up 30)
113: Raul Meirelles - Portugal - Liverpool (Up 73)
112: Darren Fletcher - Scotland-Manchester United (Down 31)
111: Ibrahim Afellay - Netherlands - Barcelona (Up 8)
110: Riccardo Montolivo - Italy - Fiorentina (Up 77)

109: Robinho - Brazil - Milan (Down 49)
108: Emmanuel Adebayor - Togo - Manchester City?/Real Madrid (Up 21)
107: Ryan Giggs - Wales - Manchester United (Up 55)
106: Michael Carrick - England - Manchester United (Up 7)
105: Giorgio Chiellini - Italy - Juventus (Down 18)
104: Patrice Evra - France - Manchester United (-18)
103: Gerard Pique - Spain - Barcelona Up 21
102: Lucio - Brazil - Inter (Down 5)
101: Vincent Kompany - Belgium - Manchester City (Up 76)
100: Eric Abidal - France - Barcelona (New)

99: Sami Khedira - Germany - Real Madrid (Down 46)
98: Thiago Silva - Brazil - Milan (Up 36)
97: Ricardo Carvalho - Portugal - Real Madrid (Down 9)
96 Diego - Brazil - Wolfsburg to ? (-21)
95 Dirk Kuyt - Netherlands - Liverpool (+16)
94 Fabio Coentrao - Portugal - Benfica to Real Madrid (-8)
93 Javier Zanetti - Argentina - Inter (-18)
92 Pepe - Portugal - Real Madrid (+39)
91 Gervinho - Ivory Coast - Lille (+58)
90 Marcelo - Brazil - Real Madrid (+58)

89 Ever Banega - Argentina - Valencia (-38)
88 David Pizarro - Chile - Roma (+12)
87 Jack Wilshire - England - Arsenal (+72)
86 Javier Mascherano - Argentina - Barcelona (-4)
85 Giampaolo Pazzini - Italy - Sampdoria to Inter (+87)
84 Rio Ferdinand - England - Manchester United (+1)
83 Bacary Sagna - France - Arsenal (+22)
82 Sergio Ramos - Spain - Real Madrid (+20)
81 Jesus Navas - Spain - Sevilla (-16)
80 Javier Pastore - Argentina - Palermo (+11)

79 Joao Moutinho - Portugal - FC Porto (+16)
78 Philipp Lahm - Germany - Bayern München (-16)
77 Fernando Torres - Spain - Liverpool (-61)
76 Seydou Keita - Mali - Barcelona (No change)
75 Ashley Cole - England - Chelsea (-12)
74 Florent Malouda - France - Chelsea (-42)
73 Yoann Gourcuff - France - Lyon (-39)
72 Nicolas Anelka - France - Chelsea (-30)
71 Lucho Gonzalez - Argentina - Marseille (-31)
70 Nemanja Vidic - Serbia - Manchester United (+13)

69 Esteban Cambiasso - Argentina - Inter (-39)
68 Antonio Valencia - Ecuador - Manchester United (+26)
67 Lucas Barrios - Paraguay - Dortmund (+4)
66 Neymar - Brazil - Santos (+59)
65 Mikel Essien - Ghana - Chelsea (-35)
64 Alexis Sanchez - Chile -Udinese to Barcelona (+90)
63 Diego Milito - Argentina - Inter (-6)
62 Diego Forlan - Uruguay - Atletico Madrid to (-46)
61 Andrea Pirlo - Italy - Milan to Juventus (-1)
60 Ramires - Brazil - Chelsea (+8)

59 Hulk - Brazil - FC Porto (+83)
58 Daniele De Rossi - Italy - Roma (-3)
57 Fernando Llorente - Spain - Athletic Bilbao (+20)
56 Mario Götze - Germany - Dortmund (+110
55 Maicon - Brazil - Inter (-20)
54 Arturo Vidal - Chile - Bayer Leverkusen to Juventus (+63)
53 Santi Cazorla - Spain - Villarreal (-7)
52 Mario Gomez - Germany - Bayern München +18
51 Juan Manuel Mata - Spain - Valencia (+3)
50 Edin Dzeko - Bosnia/Herzegovina - Manchester City (-40)


49: Radamel Falcao - Colombia - FC Porto (+135)
48 Hernanes - Brazil - Lazio -5
47 Karim Benzema - France - Real Madrid (+19)
46 Gareth Bale - Wales - Tottenham
45 Sergio Busquets - Spain - Barcelona +28
44 Pedro - Spain - Barcelona +15
43 Eden Hazard - Belgium - Lille +23
42 Javier Hernandez - Mexico - Manchester +108
41 Kaka - Brazil - Real Madrid -16
40 Marek Hamsik - Slovakia - Napoli -14

39 Antonio Di Natale - Italy - Udinese +57
38 Dimitar Berbatov - Bulgaria - Manchester United +35
37 Alexandre Pato - Brazil - Milan +9
36 Dani Alves - Brazil - Barcelona -3
35 Thomas Müller - Germany - Bayern München -7
34 Robin Van Persie - Netherlands - Arsenal +15
33 Rafael Van der Vaart - Netherlands - Tottenham +13
32 Lisandro Lopez - Argentina - Lyon +6
31 Bastian Schweinsteiger - Germany - Bayern München -14
30 Edinson Cavani - Uruguay - Napoli +48

29 Nani - Portugal - Manchester United +20
28 Angel Di Maria - Argentina - Real Madrid -6
27 Nuri Sahin - Turkey - Dortmund +21
26 Steven Gerrard - England - Liverpool -3
25 Gonzalo Higuain - Argentina - Real Madrid -7
24 Frank Lampard - England - Chelsea -3
23 Giuseppe Rossi - Italy - Villarreal +50
22 Yaya Tore - Ivory Coast - Manchester City +6
21 Samir Nasri - France - Arsenal +22
20 David Villa - Spain - Barcelona -12

19 Didier Drogba - Ivory Coast - Chelsea -6
18 Franck Ribery - France - Bayern München +18
17 David Silva - Spain - Manchester City +16
16 Wesley Sneijder - Netherlands - Inter -4
15 Luka Modric - Croatia -Tottenham +22
14 Mesut Özil - Germany - Real Madrid +3
13 Zlatan Ibrahimovic - Sweden - Milan -2
12 Sergio Aguero - Argentina - Atletico Madrid -2
11 Luis Suarez - Uruguay - Ajax +49

10 Xabi Alonso - Spain - Real Madrid +1
9 Arjen Robben - Netherlands - Bayern München +10
8 Samuel Eto'o - Cameroun - Inter
7 Cesc Fabregas - Spain - Arsenal -2
6 Carlos Tevez - Argentina - Manchester City +2
5 Wayne Rooney - England - Manchester United +6
4 Andrés Iniesta - Spain - Barcelona
3 Cristiano Ronaldo - Portugal - Real Madrid -1
2 Xavi - Spain - Barcelona +1
1 Lionel Messi - Argentina - Barcelona

2010/2011 MID-SEASON RANKING:

Top 52 discussion starts here

Quote:
1. Lionel Messi - Argentina - Barcelona
2. Cristiano Ronaldo - Portugal - Real Madrid
3. Xavi - Spain - Barcelona
4. Andrés Iniesta - Spain - Barcelona
5. Cesc Fabregas - Spain - Arsenal
6. Didier Drogba - Ivory Coast - Chelsea
7. Carlos Tevez - Argentina - Manchester City
8. Samuel Eto'o - Cameroun - Inter
9. Zlatan Ibrahimovic - Sweden - Milan
10. Xabi Alonso - Spain - Real Madrid

11. David Villa - Spain - Barcelona
12. Wayne Rooney - England - Manchester United
13. Wesley Sneijder - Netherlands - Inter
14. Sergio Aguero - Argentina - Atletico Madrid
15. Diego Forlan - Uruguay - Atletico Madrid
16. Fernando Torres - Spain - Liverpool
17. Mesut Özil - Germany - Real Madrid
18. Gonzalo Higuain - Argentina - Real Madrid
19. Frank Lampard - England - Chelsea
20. Arjen Robben - Netherlands - Bayern München

21. Angel Di Maria - Argentina - Real Madrid
22. Edin Dzeko - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Wolfsburg
23. Steven Gerrard - England - Liverpool
24. Mikel Essien - Ghana - Chelsea
25. Kaka - Brazil - Real Madrid
26. Marek Hamsik - Slovakia - Napoli
27. Yaya Tore - Ivory Coast - Manchester City
28. Thomas Müller - Germany - Bayern München
29. Gareth Bale - Wales - Tottenham
30. Esteban Cambiasso - Argentina - Inter

31.Sebastian Schweinsteiger - Germany - Bayern München
32. Florent Malouda - France - Chelsea
33. Dani Alves - Brazil - Barcelona
34. Yoann Gourcuff - France - Lyon
35. David Silva - Spain - Manchester City
36. Maicon - Brazil - Inter
37. Luka Modric - Croatia -Tottenham
38. Franck Ribery - France - Bayern München
39. Lisandro Lopez - Argentina - Lyon
40. Samir Nasri - France - Arsenal

41. Lucho Gonzalez - Argentina - Marseille
42. Nicolas Anelka - France - Chelsea
43. Hernanes - Brazil - Lazio
44. Santi Cazorla - Spain - Villarreal
45. Rafael Van der Vaart - Netherlands - Tottenham
46. Alexandre Pato - Brazil - Milan
47. Diego - Brazil - Wolfsburg
48. Nani - Portugal - Manchester United
49. Robin Van Persie - Netherlands - Arsenal
50. Nuri Sahin - Turkey - Dortmund

51. Ever Banega - Argentina - Valencia
52. Luis Suarez - Uruguay - Ajax
53. Sami Khedira - Germany - Real Madrid
54. Seydou Keita - Mali - Barcelona
55. Daniele De Rossi - Italy - Roma
56. Luis Fabiano - Brazil - Sevilla
57. Diego Milito - Argentina - Inter
58. Juan Mata - Spain - Valencia
59. Andrea Pirlo - Italy - Milan
60. Robinho - Brazil - Milan

61. Pedro - Spain - Barcelona
62. Philipp Lahm - Germany - Bayern München
63. Ashley Cole - England - Chelsea
64. Mario Gomez - Germany - Bayern München
65. Jesus Navas - Spain - Sevilla
66. Ramires - Brazil - Chelsea
67. Marouane Chamakh - Marocco - Arsenal
68. Eden Hazard - Belgium - Lille
69. Karim Benzema - France - Real Madrid
70. Lucas Barrios - Paraguay - Dortmund

71. Fernando Llorente - Spain - Athletic Bilbao
72. Paul Scholes - England - Manchester United
73. Dimitar Berbatov - Bulgaria - Manchester United
74. Giuseppe Rossi - Italy - Villarreal
75. Sergio Busquets - Spain - Barcelona
76. Javier Zanetti - Argentina - Inter
77. Patrice Evra - France - Manchester United
78. Edinson Cavani - Uruguay - Napoli
79. Andrei Arshavin - Russia - Arsenal
80. Stevan Jovetic - Montenegro - Fiorentina

81. Darren Fletcher - Scotland - Manchester United
82. Javier Mascherano - Argentina - Barcelona
83. Nemanja Vidic - Serbia - Manchester United
84. Mikel Arteta - Spain - Everton
85. Rio Ferdinand - England - Manchester United
86. Mario Balotelli - Italy - Manchester City
87. Giorgio Chiellini - Italy - Juventus
88. Miralem Pjanic - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Lyon
89. Michel Bastos - Brazil - Lyon
90. Fabio Coentrao - Portugal - Benfica

91. Ricardo Carvalho - Portugal - Real Madrid
92. Marouane Fellaini - Belgium - Everton
93. Antonio Valencia - Ecuador - Manchester United
94. Javier Pastore - Argentina - Palermo
95. Joao Moutinho - Portugal - FC Porto
96. Antonio Di Natale - Italy - Udinese
97. Aaron Lennon - England - Tottenham
98. Mirko Vucinic - Montenegro - Roma
99. Ivica Olic - Croatia - Bayern München
100. David Pizarro - Chile - Roma

101. Carlos Puyol - Spain - Barcelona
102. Sergio Ramos - Spain - Real Madrid
103. John Terry - England - Chelsea
104. Branislav Ivanovic - Serbia - Chelsea
105. Bacary Sagna - France - Arsenal
106. Ganso - Brazil - Santos
107. Alexandre Song - Cameroun - Arsenal
108. Lucio - Brazil - Inter
109. Toni Kroos - Germany - Bayern München
110. Antonio Cassano - Italy - Sampdoria

111. Nilmar - Brazil - Villarreal
112. Dirk Kuyt - Netherlands - Liverpool
113. Michael Carrick - England - Manchester United
114. Milos Krasic - Serbia - Juventus
115. Ashley Young - England - Aston Villa
116. Marko Marin - Germany - Werder Bremen
117. Arturo Vidal - Chile - Bayer Leverkusen
118. Anderson - Brazil - Manchester United
119. Ibrahim Afellay - Netherlands - Barcelona
120. Alberto Aquilani - Italy - Juventus

121. Claudio Marchisio - Italy - Juventus
122. Simao - Portugal - Atletico Madrid
123. Neymar - Brazil - Santos
124. Tim Cahill - Australia - Everton
125. Gerard Pique - Spain - Barcelona
126. Keisuke Honda - Japan - CSKA Moscov
127. Klaas Jan Huntelaar - Netherlands - Schalke 04
128. Andy Carroll - England - Newcastle
129. Emmanuel Adebayor - Togo - Manchester City
130. Ji Sung Park - South Kora - Manchester United

131. Nigel De Jong - Netherlands - Manchester City
132. Michael Ballack - Germany - Bayer Leverkusen
133. Steven Pienaar - South Africa - Everton
134. Frederic Kanoute - Mali - Sevilla
135. Hulk - Brazil - FC Porto
136. Pepe - Portugal - Real Madrid
137. Thiago Silva - Brazil - Milan
138. Konstantin Zyryanov - Russia - Zenit
139. Goran Pandev - Macedonia - Inter
140. Gareth Barry - England - Manchester City

141. Thomas Vermaelen - Belgium - Arsenal
142. Dejan Stankovic - Serbia - Inter
143. Shinji Kagawa - Japan - Dortmund
144. Yohan Cabaye - France - Lille
145. Mark Van Bommel - Netherlands - Bayern München
146. James Milner - England - Manchester City
147. Tom Huddlestone - England - Tottenham
148. Marcelo - Brazil - Real Madrid
149. Gervinho - Ivory Coast - Lille
150. Javier Hernandez - Mexico - Manchester United

151. Loic Remy - France - Marseille
152. Zvjezdan Misimovic - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Galatasaray
153. Jefferson Farfan - Peru - Schalke 04
154. Joaquin - Spain - Valencia
155. Alexis Sanchez - Chile -Udinese
156. Marcos Senna - Spain - Villarreal
157. Lass Diarra - France - Real Madrid
158. Javi Martinez - Spain - Athletic Bilbao
159. Jack Wilshire - England - Arsenal
160. Scott Parker - England - West Ham

161. Jeremy Menez - France - Roma
162. Ryan Giggs - Wales - Manchester United
163. Elano - Brazil - Santos
164. Adam Johnson - England - Manchester City
165. Ze Roberto - Brazil - Hamburger SV
166. Jose Bosingwa - Portugal - Chelsea
167. Andre Ayew - Ghana - Marseille
168. Borja Valero - Spain - Villarreal
169. Pablo Hernandez - Spain - Valencia
170. Ezequiel Lavezzi - Argentina - Napoli

171. Alvaro Negredo - Spain - Sevilla
172. Giampaolo Pazzini - Italy - Sampdoria
173. Alberto Gilardino - Italy - Fiorentina
174. Jerman Defoe - England - Tottenham
175. Jimmy Briand - France - Lyon
176. Charles N'Zogbia - France - Wigan
177. Alou Diarra - France - Bordeaux
178. Vincent Kompany - Belgium - Manchester City
179.Luiz Gustavo - Brazil - Bayern München
180. Simon Rolfes - Germany - Bayer Leverkusen

181. Asamoah Gyan - Ghana - Sunderland
182. Lucas - Brazil - Liverpool
183. Abou Diaby - France - Arsenal
184. Radamel Falcao - Colombia - FC Porto
185. Yuri Zhirkov - Russia - Chelsea
186. Raul Meirelles - Portugal - Liverpool
187. Riccardo Montolivo - Italy - Fiorentina
188. Francesco Totti - Italy - Roma
189. Mamadou Niang - Senegal - Fenerbahce
190. David Luiz - Brazil - Benfica

191. Humberto Suazo - Chile - Monterrey
192. Bojan Krkick - Spain - Barcelona
193. Darijo Srna - Croatia - Shaktar Donetsk
194. Andres Guardado - Mexico - Deportivo La Coruna
195. Jeremy Toulalan - France - Lyon
196. Darren Bent - England - Sunderland
197. Jon Obi Mikel - Nigeria - Chelsea
198. Walter Gargano - Uruguay - Napoli
199. Felipe Melo - Brazil - Juventus
200. Mathieu Valbuena - France - Marseille

201. Danny - Portugal - Zenit
202. Mario Götze - Germany - Dortmund
203. Theo Walcott - England - Arsenal
204. Raul - Spain - Schalke 04
205.Diego Perotti - Argentina - Sevilla
206. Juan Manuel Vargas - Peru - Fiorentina
207. Rafael - Brazil - Manchester United
208. Josip Ilicic - Slovenia - Palermo
209. Jose Manuel Jurado - Spain - Schalke 04
210. Roman Pavluchenko - Russia - Tottenham

211. Alessandro Nesta - Italy - Milan
212. Arda Turan - Turkey - Galatasaray
213. Andre Pierre Gignac - France - Marseille
214. Marco Borriello - Italy - Roma
215. Oskar Cardozo - Paraguay - Benfica
216. Romelu Lukaku - Belgium - Anderlecht
217. Joan Capdevilla - Spain - Villarreal
218.Bruno Alves - Portugal - Zenit
219. Marco Reus - Germany - Mönchengladbach
220. Salomon Kalou - Ivory Coast - Chelsea

221. Juan - Brazil - Roma
222. Alan Dzagoev - Russia - CSKA Moscov
223. Anatolij Tymoshchuk - Ukraine - Bayern München
224. Aritz Aduriz - Spain - Valencia
225. Royston Drenthe - Netherlands - Hercules
226. Jordan Henderson - England -Sunderland
227. Landon Donovan - USA - LA Galaxy
228. Alberto Costa - Argentina - Valencia
229. Eljero Elia - Netherlands - Hamburger SV
230. Diego Godin - Uruguay - Atletico Madrid

231. Manuel Fernandez - Portugal - Besiktas
232. Eren Derdiyok - Switzerland - Bayer Leverkusen
233. Cacau - Germany - VfB Stuttgart
234. Bryan Ruiz - Costa Rica - Twente
235. Miroslav Klose - Germany - Bayern München
236. Peter Crouch - England - Tottenham
237. Danko Lazovic - Serbia - Zenit
238. Lee Chung Young - South Korea - Bolton
239. Stefan Kiessling - Germany - Bayer Leverkusen
240. Alejandro "Chori" Dominguez - Argentina - Valencia

241. Moussa Dembele - Belgium - Fullham
242. Moussa Sissoko - France - Toulose
243. Bruno Soriano - Spain -Villarreal
244. Mats Hummels - Germany - Dortmund
245. Nicklas Bendtner - Denmark - Arsenal
246. Juan Sebastian Veron - Argentina - Estudiantes
247. Giovani dos Santos - Mexico - Galatasaray
248. Tomas Rosicky - Czech Republic - Arsenal
249. Deco - Portugal - Fluminese
250. Kevin Prince Boateng - Ghana - Milan

251. Vincenzo Iaquinta - Italy - Juventus
252. Wendel - Brazil - Bordeaux
253. Ronaldinho - Brazil - Milan
254. Riquelme - Argentina - Boca Juniors
255. Yann M'Vila - France - Rennes
256. Jan Vertonghen - Belgium - Ajax
257. Pappiss Cisse - Senegal - Freiburg
258. Kevin Nolan - England - Newcastle
259. Ruud Van Nistelrooy - Netherlands - Hamburger SV
260. Gokhan Inler - Switzerland - Udinese

261. Alexandr Kerzhakov - Russia - Zenit
262. Moussa Sow - Senegal - Lille
263. Gabriel Heinze - Argentina - Marseille
264. Jorge Fucile - Uruguay - FC Porto
265. Nicolas Otamendi - Argentina - FC Porto
266. Andre Schürrle - Germany - Mainz
267. Benoit Tremoulinas - France - Bordeaux
268. Diego Lugano - Uruguay - Fenerbahce
269. Fabio Quagliarella - Italy - Juventus
270. Robert Lewandowski - Poland - Dortmund

271. Tiago - Portugal - Atletico Madrid
272. Joe Cole - England - Liverpool
273. Roberto Soldado - Spain - Valencia
274. Armin Bacinovic - Slovenia - Palermo
275. Tomas Necid - Czech Republic - CSKA Moscow
276. Antonio Reyes - Spain - Atletico Madrid
277. Domenico Criscito - Italy - Genoa
278. Gregory Van der Wiel - Netherlands - Ajax
279. Kim Källström - Sweden - Lyon
280. Bafetimbi Gomis - France - Lyon

281. Park Chu Young - South Korea - Monaco
282. Ivan Ratikic - Croatia - Schalke 04
283. Wilson Palacios - Honduras - Tottenham
284. Aly Cissokho - France - Lyon
285. Alex - Brazil - Chelsea
286. Lewis Holtby - Germany - Mainz
287. Grafite - Brazil - Wolfsburg
288. Fernando Gago - Argentina - Real Madrid
289. Jaroslav Plasil - Czech Republic - Bordeaux
290. Sergio Pellissier - Italy - Chievo

291. Andrea Cossu - Italy - Cagliari
292. Gerrardo Torrado - Mexico - Cruz Azul
293. Gabriel Agbonlahor - England - Aston Villa
294. Sven Bender - Germany - Dortmund
295. Fabrice Muamba - England - Bolton
296. Gonzalo Castro - Germany - Bayer Leverkusen
297. Vladimir Bystrov - Russia - Zenit
298. Hugo Campagnaro - Argentina - Napoli
299. Lukas Podolski - Germany - FC Köln
300. Patrik Helmes - Germany - Leverkusen

Original introduction:

This was originally intended for somewhere else but when I talked about it on here there was a good amount of certain interest in a thread where us people interested in "soccer" could discuss things over.

Maybe it can also serve as some kind of introduction to the sport also. For potential fans.
I know with some sports just reading and learning about the various best players on say an interesting list (which this should be) has sometimes awoken my curiosity when it came to a "new" sport.

Anyway, hopefully this will be thread worthy.

Now a few things before I start the countdown. First of all I didn't want the list to get this big.
With a list this deep there is a real danger of maybe hundreds of players left out who will have a decent case of should have been included, over certainly some of the lower ranked players.
Instances where there may not be all that much difference in talent.

But what I quickly found out when shortlisting players, were the staggering amount of excellent players out there.
Exactly you could say like it should be with the most global sport of all, the talent pool appears insanely deep and many of very good players, some big stars, had to be left out.

A top 50 or top 100 I think would just have excluded too many players who really when I think about it are among the best I've ever seen.

Also, more than concluding that the 31st ranked player in the world definitively is better than whoever is ranked 35th, this really is more of an excuse just to put some thoughts down, on all these great players, so don't go berserk if your favorite is ranked below someone you really thought was terrible.
First of all, very likely, he isn't terrible, and second separating these players, especially across the different positions, is very very hard sometimes (some are just so so close that one or two places between them really don't mean much either) and of course highly subjective.

Football statistics and what to do with them is still at an early stage compared to more numbers-friendly U.S sports and context is very important. Thanks to not least OPTA they have become a very useful tool though ranking players and I do (maybe foolishly) imagine myself using them in an acceptable way after looking at them and thinking about them so much with so many different players.

Finally, I've left out goalkeepers in the 300 ranking but like with the other positions will make an individual list.

Cliff notes: I don't do cliff notes!

But football journalist Gabriel Marcotti wrote this when compiling his much shorter list a few years ago:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/spo...cle1963015.ece

first

The goalkeepers who were removed from the list:

Gianluigi Buffon

Iker Casillas

Shay Given

Julio Cesar

Omg that top 50 list is hilarious

Already couldn't stop laughing here:
48. Jefferson Farfan (PSV Eindhoven)

Where the hell are Eduardo Sebrango and Mauro Biello? This list sucks.

I knew this would be a learning experience. I already know two new players!

And 200-195 is coming right up (since it was already written!).

Then the next installment will be later but it will be today and unless something comes up it will also be more than just five players!

First point of controversy already, surely you didn't have Shay Given ranked ahead of Julio Cesar? To quote cashy I can think of 50 goalkeepers better than Shay Given. More seriously I think Given is in the range of top 10-30. A good shot stopper but lacking in other aspects, flaps at crosses and not a great organiser. A poor man's Casillas if you like.

Marcotti's normally a clown, but Neville? Really? He's barely in the top 50 players at his own club

In case you don't read it, the elsewhere is Bjorn's blog.

Stuff like this tilts me bad

FYP

200 :

Alberto Zapater - Genoa -Spain

Central midfielder



Zapater makes the list because he has no real weaknesses. He is a tactical strong player who has managed to fit into Gasperini's demanding system at Genoa very well with strong two way play.
When that is defending he is a hard working player and a good tackler and when it's in possession he is good playmaker with considerable passing skills, especially from deeper on the pitch, able to fluently spread the play. Not least benefiting Genoa's always forward storming "wings".

At 24 after starting out at Zaragoza he has been a regular starter at a high level since his teen years and is already closing in on 200 league games. That experience shows with his usually good decision making.
Finally he is also something of set piece specialist able to create goals from there. For himself or for others.

It will be interesting to follow his career from here on out. His ballcontrol probably isn't great enough to be a prominent midfielder for a top Spanish side or their national team for that matter. but even though the competition is absurd I don't think I'll entirely rule out him eventually getting a chance as a defensive midfielder.
Certainly someone like the excellent Marco Senna at 33 now, isn't getting younger so in not too long there will be one more squad place available there.
Maybe Zapater eventually at least can come into consideration.
He wouldn't be undeserving.

199:

Nikola Žigić - Valencia - Serbia

Striker



Zigic 202 cm (6'8), one of the tallest players around, has had a somewhat tumultuous career. At one point a few years ago he even quit stating he had no desire left for the game anymore.

Fortunately he didn't go through on that but you have to wonder how he is feeling at the moment, when he ever since his big money move, on the picture above, has seen very limited playing time for Valencia.

They still prefer playing David Villa surrounded by an army of excellent forwards and wings and while it's certainly easy to see Zigic also being very effective in that mix, he just hasn't been getting many chances.
Not that he necessarily should mind you, not least because he'll be far from the last Valencia player to feature on this list! There are some very good attacking players on that particular team.

But when you have seen him play. Mainly for Serbia and for his former club Racing Santander, including recent loan spells, what you see is the kind of physical strength/ability combination that with more regular playing time would justify an even higher ranking and have for similar players.
He is obviously strong in the air and just strong in general, but he has technical ability too, ball control which makes him good with his back to the goal and on top of that I actually think his shot and ability to find and exploit space between defenders is arguably better than similar to him, but higher ranked players.
So he really should be higher!
But he needs to play and hopefully he will somewhere soon.
In permanent crisis financially Valencia could definitely use the money if they were to sell him and it's very possible that a good World Cup, where we will see him, is what could trigger a move.
At 29 it's not like he has unlimited time left.

198:

Sergio Ramos - Real Madrid - Spain

Fullback/Defender



Too high? Or maybe way too low even?
I can say that Ramos more than most when performing the impossible job of putting all these players in some kind of respectable order has enjoyed more of a roller-coaster ride than most.
From pretty high to sort of in the middle of things, THEN jumping back up to a very high ranking, but now here the poor man is, near the very bottom..
But at least he made the list! That's worth something!
Like minded attacking spirits like Fabio Grosso or Glen Johnson did not!

What speaks in Ramos favor is that when it comes to contributing to attack he has skills so good that they're right up there with the very best at his position. The flip side then of course being that he can be pretty awful at defending. Not just in the rare instances when he is actually in position mano-a-mano, but much worse all the times when poor discipline and Ramos way out of position creates unbalance for his team, so bad it often means letting in goals.
In the case of Ramos some kind of precise + - assessment of Ramos value, goals for and against, would definitely be welcome when deciding his ranking compared to others.
For Spain, a team in superb balance in recent years, I think overall you have to say that his contribution is mostly a positive thing. I suspect the same would be the case if he played for the current Barcelona or even his former team Sevilla, but in the end a lingering suspicion of him actually having hurt, more than helped, Real Madrid in recent years, is what keeps him this low.

When your team takes a drastic measure like removing a player from a position where he clearly is better suited on to somewhere where he just isn't very good, in this case central defense, that is a pretty alarming sign actually going as far as to suggest that we here have a player unwilling to make tactical adjustments for the team's benefit!
That in itself sounds almost crazy but why else remove him from somewhere where he could do so much good if it isn't that he is doing very bad, to the team!

SIGH, before I decide to remove him the list all together, meaning more revamping, I should probably just move on to:

197:

Lucio - Inter - Brazil

Defender




For years and years a very good player not least known for his ability to go forward.
He has great technique, whether it's controlling the ball or passing it precisely out of the defensive ranks and he is also great in the air and strong man to man facing an attacker.

He also has this great desire to win I've noticed and really always plays with very high intensity.
Now when rating players that's probably very overrated usually, but I feel like mentioning it since Brazilians often have a reputation for exactly the opposite. You know, they're so lazy!

But all in all that sounds like pretty much the perfect defender huh? Well unfortunately Lucio has become painfully slow. Not that he was very fast, at least not on the first meters, to begin with, but he is much slower now! And when you combine that with his not exactly famous ability for spot on safety first positioning you have a player who at times can actually be something of a liability.

However the key will obviously be to adjust (to aging!), position himself much more carefully, and by the way I'm sure Mourinho will "help" him with that, and he will still be a good defender and one who with all his technical ability and shear strength, is fully worthy of a place on this list!

196:

Jon Obi Mikel - Chelsea - Nigeria

Central Midfielder



Speaking of physical ability and good technique we have one here so capable of both that he probably should be way higher.
Unfortunately, like I've written about several times on my blog Ancelotti's midfield Chelsea diamond and with the other player characteristics in and around it, very much requiring non slow short passing distribution to be very effective, that's just something that has not been a good friend of Mikel and he has really struggled in it.

It's not like he is a really bad passer of the ball or has bad ball control (definitely not that).
He has just been way too slow and when trying to quicken things has made errors. Not good! And definitely a clear weakness for a player who on the surface at his time at Chelsea (there are also that lack of pace and the reckless temper BUT other than that) had looked like he didn't really have any! Well he does, and that's why he is so low I guess, behind several central midfielders yet to come.

195:

Sergio Busquets - Barcelona - Spain

Central midfielder



The first one of those midfielders that Mikel finds himself behind (please pay attention) is young Barcelona player Sergio Busquets.

His father was a not very good goalkeeper and just a few months ago I would have been inclined to put a similar not very good (midfielder) stamp on Busquets.

Not that he wasn't talented but he did look out of place and too many levels below what was surrounding him on the Barcelona midfield. Quite simply he looked like he still had a long way to go.

Enter this season and I see he has improved exactly what I see someone like Mikel is lacking.
That very good passing ability. One touch passing too. Long AND short. Some actual deep lying playmaker ability.

And with that already blending in much better than he did last season. It's a really quick, really drastic improvement I think.
Now it's of course very possible that the technical ability was already in place. Last season too. And it's just the added experience we're now seeing the results of. That coming up from the youth team he is now more comfortable at the highest level where you have less time on the ball.
Either way, whether technical or mental, we are seeing it now in full flow, and how far he will eventually go will now depend on how good he becomes physically and defensively where of course right now he is nowhere near someone like Mikel.
He has good size though so really you would think everything is in place for him to become one of the best midfielders in the world.

Ah no I had Cesar a little higher. I removed the keepers last night and had trouble even remembering who exactly, of the many many "almost made its", that I actually ended up including other than the obvious Casillas/Buffon, but in the end I did give Given the nod over several others.

I know Given isn't great in the air but I don't really remember mistakes and my impression is that these days as a veteran he is not just the flashy shotstopper but also someone generally secure in his actions. The simple things too. And I also think he has started the season brilliantly really being worth points for City. They have just lost once. I think he's had something to do with that and factored it in his favor.

edit: btw should it be 5-10 or maybe just 1 player at a time? It's a lot of text! What would people prefer?

Just to get GKs out of the way right away, i'm curious how you'd rank Mandanda,Frey,Lloris atm?

Do i have a bad case of homerism in thinking they're all top 10?

I had them all just outside in some kind of loosely defined group, Akinfeev was there too, not really put in order cause I was already intent on not wanting more goalkeepers included because I had such trouble comparing with the other positions, making things disproportionate. The one that just did miss out was Pepe Reina who I think is only a little behind some of the others when it comes to shotstopping but very strong in other areas.

Then there were all the new german goalkeepers! Some of those pretty deserving too.

The one usually included among best goalkeepers who wasn't even worthy of being included anymore is of course Petr Cech who despite the occasional spectacular save, just makes too many mistakes these days.

I think chunks of 5-10 is fine.

i have a tough time evaluating those young german GKs too

+1

Dude you have a blogspot blog without any ads. I think this thread will be a lot better and easier to read if you just list the names, in red or something, and post a link to the article with that set. That's just my opinion, but I think this thread will get more views and posts if you just link.

On to the list, THEY ALL SUCK!

Without doing something similar, I have no idea what the top 200 looks like. Do you have a list of rejects, guys on the bubble as they say for college basketball? If you just posted a list without any comment we'd be better able to gauge things.

Take Sergio Ramos. My main thought on him when trying to be objective is that he's like the US national team. He's very overrated by some but even more underrated by others. Your article does a good job of doing both of those I think he's given too much credit for his play going forward and too much blame for bad defending. He's got to be one of the tougher cases though since he's on a club that doesn't defend ("We will not miss Makélélé. His technique is average, he lacks the speed and skill to take the ball past opponents, and 90% of his distribution either goes backwards or sideways." - F. Perez) and a national side that doesn't need to. His positioning is tough to judge since he does go forward a lot.

I like the +/- comment. I'm working on recording that stuff but it takes programming skills I don't currently have (a little while I'm at a tiny bit right now). There are all kinds of biases at work here, but one thing that doesn't make Ramos look good is that thinking back to matchups with the other team's attacking player, it seems like he gets outplayed by the corresponding player in big matches. Perotti and Capel certainly won the battle there and Sevilla's first goal came on a cross from the left (his right). It was a nice little overlap play and not really his fault but he did give Perotti a lot of space. I don't watch a ton of Real Madrid when they're playing somebody bad, but it seems like he plays better than his guy most of the time against the weaker sides but almost always gets outplayed against top opponents.

Do you mean the list of nearly and not so nearly made its?

I did almost do that. And at one point I did have 250 or so players put in order. But I dunno, I kind of like the unpredictable factor and also with the danger of sounding very full of myself, I like the idea of some poor soul who keeps hoping and hoping right until the very best players in the end, that his favorite player will show up, only to have his hopes crushed by the fact that his best player was indeed ranked 247 and didn't even make it!

But if by posting all these players it doesn't get too predictable and it's easier to relate and compare, at least in the beginning, maybe I should post "my bubble".

Fair enough. I think it'll be fine just leaving that out.

I'm going to go ahead and assume your top 20 is all Sevilla players, otherwise I'm the poor soul

Given has been in outstanding form this season and is a huge factor in City's good results. Sunday's game was a prime example, he saved a penalty and made 2-3 other class saves to keep a clean sheet.

Screw it, these guys, plus many more (including some Sevilla players) all bubbled:

Montolivio
Ibagaza (injury related)
Rosicky (injury related)
Nistelroy (injury related)
Granero
Bochetti
Llorente
Govou
Fanni
Eboue
Ben Arfa
Diarra/Diarra/no wait
Beckham
Milner
Hitzlsperger
Jansen
Maxi Rodrigues
Clichy
Ivanovic
Nani
Pazzini
Muntari
Palombo
Seedorf
Aimar
Quagliarella
Mutu
Klose
Simone Pepe
Robbie Keane
Galloppa
Pandev (not playing atm related)
Gamberini
Wendel
Joe Cole
Marcheonni
Song
Agger
Ronaldinho
Zambrotta
Grosso
Glen Johnson
Alex
Juan
Cordoba
Marchena
Albiol
Abidal
Maxvell
Källstrom
Riise
Hangeland
Skrtel
Burdisso

Seedorf

These are the most surprising names to me, after a quick scan. But I understand you don't have a lot of defenders on there?

Yeah not a lot of central defenders. And there are maybe even a lot better central defenders than some of those there on the bubble.

Mutu still has some very nice skills and he was pretty close but he hasn't really been able to play (play well) for even 90 minutes for quite a while now and certainly not twice a week. So that really counted against him.

Glen Johnson is somewhat of a victim to Ramos being so low. I don't think he is a very good defender either.
There will be much better at his position higher up and what he offers forward, though fine, I don't think is quite on for an example the Ramos level.

Alex is very solid... I dunno... I think someone like Lucio is still better, if not as a pure defender, then as a player, though Alex of course has skills too, which is why he is even on the bubble!