100 Best Football Players In the World Today

The best footballers plying their trade today, based on a combination of current form, potential and overall ability.

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100. Christian Abbiati (AC Milan)

99. Michel Bastos (Lyon)

98. Lucas Barrios (Borussia Dortmund)

97. David de Gea (Atletico Madrid)

96. Wallyson (Cruzeiro)

95. Keisuke Honda (CSKA Moscow)

94. Ronaldinho (Flamengo)

93. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)

92. Mickaël Landreau (Lille)

91. Willian (Shakhtar Donetsk)

90. Joe Hart (Man City)

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89. Juan Mata (Valencia)

88. Yoann Gourcuff (Lyon)

87. Maicon (Inter Milan)

86. Giuseppe Rossi (Villarreal)

85. Hugo Lloris (Lyon)

84. Adem Ljajic (Fiorentina)

83. Ganso (Santos)

82. Fernando Llorente (Athletic Bilbao)

81. Victor Valdes (Barcelona)

80. Papiss Cissé (Freiburg)

79. Bacary Sagna (Arsenal)

78. Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus)

77. Diego Forlan (Atletico Madrid)

76. Thiago Silva (AC Milan)

75. Falcao (FC Porto)

74. Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich)

73. Daniele De Rossi (Roma)

72. Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)

71. Alexandre Pato (AC Milan)

70. John Terry (Chelsea)

69. Christian Eriksen (Ajax)

68. Ryan Giggs (Man United)

67. Francesco Totti (Roma)

66. Pedro (Barcelona)

65. Patrice Evra (Man United)

64. Antonio Di Natale (Udinese)

63. Raul (Schalke)

62. Vincent Kompany (Man City)

61. Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus)

60. Sergio Aguero (Atletico Madrid)

59. Michael Essien (Chelsea)

58. Marek Hamsik (Napoli)

57. Didier Drogba (Chelsea)

56. Javier Pastore (Palermo)

55. Manuel Neuer (Schalke)

54. Nuri Sahin (Borussia Dortmund/Real Madrid)

53. Rafael Van der Vaart (Tottenham)

52. Petr Cech (Chelsea)

51. Matts Hummels (Borussia Dortmund)

50. Jack Wilshere (Arsenal)

49. Fernando Torres (Chelsea)

48. Mario Gomez (Bayern Munich)

47. Roman Weidenfeller (Borrusia Dortmund)

46. Luka Modric (Tottenham)

45. Angel Di Maria (Real Madrid)

44. Edwin Van der Sar (Man United)

43. Hulk (FC Porto)

42. Dani Alves (Barcelona)

41. Yaya Toure (Man City)

40. Dimitar Berbatov (Man United)

39. Neymar (Santos)

38. Gareth Bale (Tottenham)

37. Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)

36. Gonzalo Higuain (Real Madrid)

35. Edinson Cavani (Napoli)

34. Frank Lampard (Chelsea)

33. Eden Hazard (Lille)

32. David Silva (Man City)

31. Javier Hernandez (Man United)

30. Neven Subotic (Borussia Dortmund)

29. Alexis Sanchez (Udinese)

28. Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich)

27. Ashley Cole (Chelsea)

26. Pepe Reina (Liverpool)

25. Kaka (Real Madrid)

24. David Villa (Barcelona)

23. Marcelo (Real Madrid)

22. Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich)

21. Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal)

20. Gerard Pique (Barcelona)

19. Arjen Robben (Bayern Munich)

18. Luis Suarez (Liverpool)

17. Nani (Man United)

16. Robin Van Persie (Arsenal)

15. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Barcelona/AC Milan)

14. Mario Goetze (Borussia Dortmund)

13. Mesut Ozil (Real Madrid)

12. Wesley Sneijder (Inter Milan)

11. Samir Nasri (Arsenal)

10. Iker Casillas (Real Madrid)

9. Xabi Alonso (Real Madrid)

8. Wayne Rooney (Man United)

7. Samuel Eto’o (Inter Milan)

6. Andres Iniesta (Barcelona)

5. Nemanja Vidic (Man United)

4. Carlos Tevez (Man City)

3. Xavi (Barcelona)

2. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)

1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona)