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World Player Ranking

An objective measure of player achievement based on career honour and performance metrics!

(2018 edition to follow soon):

  1. Ronaldo
  2. Pelé
  3. Cafu
  4. Zinedine Zidane
  5. Lionel Messi
  6. Lothar Matthaus
  7. Roberto Carlos
  8. Xavi
  9. Romario
  10. Franz Beckenbauer
  11. Luis Figo
  12. Diego Maradona
  13. Gerd Muller
  14. Paolo Maldini
  15. Iker Casillas
  16. Raul
  17. Thierry Henry
  18. Rivaldo
  19. Cristiano Ronaldo
  20. Marco van Basten
  21. Ronaldinho
  22. Johan Cruyff
  23. Andres Iniesta
  24. Miroslav Klose
  25. Michel Platini
  26. Alfredo Di Stefano
  27. Samuel Eto’o
  28. Sepp Maier
  29. Zico
  30. Ruud Gullit
  31. Patrick Vieira
  32. David Beckham
  33. Philipp Lahm
  34. Kenny Dalglish
  35. Carlos Puyol
  36. Bastian Schweinsteiger
  37. David Villa
  38. Edwin van der Sar
  39. Lilian Thuram
  40. Jurgen Klinsmann
  41. Alessandro Costacurta
  42. Ryan Giggs
  43. Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
  44. Paul Scholes
  45. Didier Deschamps
  46. Enzo Francescoli
  47. Alessandro Del Piero
  48. Frank Rijkaard
  49. Oliver Kahn
  50. Dennis Bergkamp

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World Player Ranking

World Player Ranking

The World Player Ranking is a ranking system for men's international association football players. A points system is used which awards points for every international match, domestic and international honours.

Click below to see players from the top 50 by nationality or position:

Nationalities

  • Argentina Argentina (2)
  • Brazil Brazil (8)
  • Cameroon Cameroon (1)
  • England England (2)
  • France France (6)
  • Germany Germany (10)
  • Italy Italy (3)
  • Netherlands Netherlands (6)
  • Portugal Portugal (2)
  • Scotland Scotland (1)
  • Spain Spain (7)
  • Uruguay Uruguay (1)
  • Wales Wales (1)

Positions

  • Goalkeeper (4)
  • Defender (8)
  • Midfielder (17)
  • Forward (21)

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