Top 100 Footballers in the World

http://blogs.thescore.com/footyblog/2011/12/28/the-top-100-footballers-in-the-world-part-1-100-91/

Points allocation
Once the lists were submitted the players were marked off the ballots by the following points system:
1st – 50 2nd – 40 3rd – 35 4th – 32 5th - 30 6th – 28 7th – 25 8th – 24 9th – 23 10th – 22 11th – 21 12th – 20 13th – 19 14th – 18 15th – 17 16th – 16 17th – 15 18th – 14 19th – 13 20th – 12 21st – 11 22nd – 10 23rd – 9 24th – 8 25th – 7 26th – 6 27th – 5 28th – 4 29th – 3 30th – 2 and honorable mentions were each given 1 point.

100. Diego Lugano (Uruguay-PSG)
99. Pepe (Portugal-Madrid)
98. Marvin Martin (France-Sochaux)
97. Kagawa (Japan-Dortmund)
96. Nasri (France-City)
95. Vagner Love (Brazil-CSKA)
94. Santi Cazorla (Spain-Malaga)
93. Benzema (France-Madrid)
92. Darijo Srna (Croatia-Shaktar)
91. Carles Puyol (Spain-Barca)

90. Kaka (brazil-madrid)
89. Vdv (dutch-spurs)
88. Lucio (brazil-inter)
87. Ayew (ghana-marseille)
86. Soldado (spain-valencia)
85. Gourcuff (france-lyon)
84. Sahin (turkey-madrid)
83. Forlan (uruguay-inter)
82. Handanovic (slovenia-udinese)
81. Vidal (chile-juve)

80. Mascherano (Argentina-Barca)
79. De Rossi (Italy-Roma)
78. Pepe Reina (Spain-Liverpool)
77. Joe Hart (England-ManCity)
76. Yann M'Vila (France-Rennes)
75. Sergio Ramos (Spain-Madrid)
74. KPBoateng (Ghana-Milan)
73. Hummels (Germany-Dortmund)
72. Danny (Portugal-Zenit St. Pete)
71. De Jong (Netherlands-ManCity)

70. Marco Reus (Germany-Monchengladbach)
69. Mehcelo (Brazil-Madrid)
68. Maicon (Brazil-Inter)
67. Cassano (Italy-Milan)
66. Alex Pato (Brazil-Milan)
65. Chachadorito (Mexico-ManUtd)
64. Coentrao (Portugal-Madrid)
63. Vermaelan (Belgium-Arsenal)
62. Subotic (Serbia-Dortmund)
61. Drogba (Ivory Coast-Chelsea)

60. Lavezzi (Argentina-Napoli)
59. Eden Dzeko (Bosnia/Herz-ManCity)
58. Super Mario (Italy-ManCity)
57. Robinho (Brazil-Milan)
56. Abidal (France-Barca)
55. Victor Valdes (Spain-Barca)
54. Ashley Cole (England-Chelsea)
52. Patrice Evra (France-ManUtd)
51. Hulk (Brazil-Porto)

50. Alexis Sanchez (Chile-Barca)
49. Pedro (Spain-Barca)
48. Buffon (Italy-Juve)
47. Carlitos Tevez (Argentina-?????)
46. Klaas Jan Huntelaar (Netherlands-Schalke) :lol!:
45. Gareth Bale (Wales-Tottenham Hotspur)
44. Angel di Maria (Argentina-Real Madrid)
43. Hernanes (Brazil-Lazio)
42. Andrea Pirlo (Italy-Juve)
41. Nani (Portugal-ManUtd)

40. Kompany (Belgium-ManCity)
39. Falcao (Colombia-AtleticoMadrid)
38. Javier Pastore (Argentina-PSG)
37. Higuian (Argentina-Madrid)
36. Lahm (Germany-Bayern)
35. Muller (Germany-Bayern)
34. Di Natale (Italy-Udinese)
33. GOETZE (Germany-BVB)
32. Robben (Netherlands-Bayern)
31. Xabi Alonso (Spain-Madrid)

30. Hazard (Belgium-Lille)
29. Ribery (France-Bayern)
28. Sneijder (Netherlands-Inter)
27. Mario Gomez (Germany-Bayern)
26. Yaya Toure (Ivory Coast-ManCity)
25. Modric (Croatia-Tottenham Hotspur)
24. Dani Alves (Brazil-Barcelona)
23. Busquets (Spain-Barcelona)
22. Neuer (Germany-Bayern)
21. Eto'o (Cameroon-Anzhi)

20. Nerman (Brazil-Santos)
19. Casillas (Spain-Madrid)
18. Fabregas (Spain-Barca)
17. Cavani (Uruguay-Napoli)
16. Villa (Spain-Barca)
15. Aguero (Argentina-ManCity)
14. Vidic (Serbia-ManUtd)
13. Ozil (Germany-Madrid)
12. Pique (Spain-Barca)
11. Luis Suarez (Uruguay-Liverpool)

10. Thiago Silva (Brazil-ACMilan)
9. Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany-Bayern)
8. Ibra (Sweden-ACMilan)
7. Robin Van Persie (Netherlands-Arsenal)
6. Wayne Roonay (England-ManUtd)
5. David Silva (Spain-ManCity)
4. Andres Iniesta (Spain-Barca)
3. Xavi (Spain-Barca)
2. CR7 (Portugal-Madrid)
1. Messi (Argentina-Barca)



By Country:
16- Spain
12 - Brazil
9 - Germany
8 - France, Argentina
7 - Netherlands
6 - Italy
5 - Portugal
4 - Uruguay
3 - Belgium, England
2 - Ghana, Croatia, Ivory Coast, Serbia
1 - Japan, Chile, Slovenia, Turkey, Mexico, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Wales, Cameroon, Colombia, Sweden

By Club:
13 - Barca
13 - Madrid
9.5 - ManCity
6 - Bayern, Milan
4 - Dortmund, Inter, Man Utd
3 - Juve, Spurs
2 - Chelsea, PSG, Udinese, Arsenal, Napoli, Liverpool
1 - CSKA, Shaktar, Malaga, Sochaux, Lyon, Valencia, Marseille, Zenit, Rennes, Roma, Monchengladbach, Schalke, Porto, ????, Lazio, Anzhi, Atletico Madrid, Lille

Here's the panel:

Gary Al-Smith, a freelance African football specialist for ESPN Soccernet, kicker, ITV, SuperSport, among others. @garyalsmith

Paolo Bandini, a journalist who covers Italian football for guardian.co.uk and Astro SuperSport, as well as The Score. @Paolo_Bandini

Andy Brassell, a freelance writer and broadcaster on European football. His work can be regularly read and heard via outlets including BBC FiveLive/World Service, ESPN Soccernet, The Independent and FOX Soccer. @andybrassell

Michael Cox, the sole writer at zonalmarking.net, winner of the Best Football Blogger in the Soccerlens Awards. He has also written for the Guardian, Blizzard, FourFourTwo.com, ESPN and The Score’s Footy Blog. @zonal_marking

Miguel Delaney, a European football writer with articles published in the Independent, Independent on Sunday, Irish Examiner, London Evening Standard, Blizzard and Champions. He is also the owner of the Football Pantheon website and has written ‘Stuttgart to Saipan: the players’ stories’ about the Irish international team. @MiguelDelaney

Adam Digby, football writer for ESPN Soccernet, In Bed With Maradona, SI.com and co-founder of JuventiKnows.com. @Adz77

Marco Foroni, a Champions League presenter and Serie A commentator for Mediaset Italia. He has worked for Sky Italia covering 2 world cups, 7 Champions League Finals and 11 English Premier League, Spanish Liga and Serie A seasons as a commentator. @mforok

Raphael Honigstein, the English football correspondent of Süddeutsche Zeitung and writes regular columns for the Guardian and Sports Illustrated. He’s the author of “Englischer Fussball. A German view of our beautiful game” and can be seen on ESPN’s Soccernet Press Pass and CNN World Sport. @honigstein

James Horncastle, a European Football Writer with articles published in the Guardian, Blizzard, Champions, Four Four Two, OSM + WSC. Also Guest Podder on Guardian Football Weekly. @jameshorncastle

Oliver Kay, Football Correspondent for The Times newspaper. @oliverkaytimes

Ben Lyttleton, a European football writer for publications in the UK, Asia and South America. He is also a contributor to the Sports Illustrated website and The Score’s Footy Blog. @benlyt

Gabriele Marcotti, the World Football Correspondent for The Times and host of The Game podcast (available on ITunes). He can also be heard on the BBC and is a frequent contributor ESPN’s Soccernet Press Pass. He also writes a regular column for the Wall Street Journal online, Sports Illustrated.com, the Sunday Herald and contributes to the Melbourne Age, Champions magazine and Titan Sports. He is the author of three books: Paolo Di Canio: the Autobiography, The Italian Job and Capello: Portrait of a Winner. @marcotti

Janusz Michallik – ESPN football commentator and ESPNPressPass pundit . Former US international. @JanuszESPN

Pierluigi Pardo, a Serie A and Champions League commentator for Mediaset Italia. He has been working for Sky Italia since his birth covering 2 World Cups and 7 Champions League Seasons. He is the official commentator of “Pro Evolution Soccer” the football videogame by Konami and wrote the Official autobiographies of Samuel Eto’o and Antonio Cassano. @Pierpardo

Colin Udoh, Award-winning Nigerian football writer. TV analyst. Press Officer, Nigeria national football team. @ColinUdoh

Jonathan Wilson, writer for the Guardian, Sports Illustrated and The Irish Examiner, and is a columnist for the Japanese magazine World Soccer King. A former football correspondent of the Financial Times, he is the editor of the quarterly magazine of football journalism, The Blizzard. He is the author of five books. Inverting the Pyramid: A History of Football Tactics was named NSC Football Book of the Year in 2009, and was shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year. Behind the Curtain: Travels in Eastern European Football and The Anatomy of England were shortlisted for the NSC award in 2007 and 2011. His most recent book is a biography of Brian Clough, Nobody Ever Says Thank You. @jonawils

Puyol 91............only 1 place above Srna.

Puyol, Benzema in the 90-100th? gtfo

poor mans goal.com

I am already concerned with Benz and Puyol that low..Puyol maybe because he doesnt play so much now, but Benz...

I trust in Wilson and Marcotti, respect their opinions alot, the rest I dont know about.

Srna isnt better than Santi either, but still.

yes this isn't starting off very well tbh

Puyol Benz 90-100 this list is already dumb!!

Benzema 93

Usually I'm not really one to jump on this sort of thing, but with Marcotti, Cox, Wilson, Horncastle, and Kay it definitely caught my attention


Edit: Also I'll be honest: the potential for some goal-legacy temper-tantrums is astronomical

http://blogs.thescore.com/footyblog/2011/12/29/the-top-100-footballers-in-the-world-part-2-90-81/


Part 2= LOL

Either im missing something or there are going to like 30-40 players who have no buisness being above guys like Benz lol

The Franchise wrote:Either im missing something or there are going to like 30-40 players who have no buisness being above guys like Benz lol

Only 40? When Gourcuff is ranked higher anything is possible lol.

This is stupid!

90. Kaká
89. Rafael van der Vaart
87. Andre Ayew
86. Roberto Soldado
85. Yohann Gourcuff
84. Nuri Şahin
81. Arturo Vidal

Kaka is worst then those guys? GTFO!

Gorcuff, Andre Ayew and Forlan ahead of Benzema....

Not that it's neccessary but there you go

Karim 2011 for Real Madrid.

3180 minutes played : 160 shots : 35 goals : 15 assists.

Goal/Assist every 63.6 minutes

Stats according to
http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite/en/1193041476158/1202775163178/jugador/Jugador/Benzema.htm and
http://www.soccerway.com/players/karim-benzema/1595/matches/

I think this ends this thread.

GOURCUFF?????????????????????????????????/


MWAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAH

What number are they going to put Maradona and Pele in?

My guess on what I've seen so far in the mid 60s... lmao!

EarlyPrototype wrote:

The Franchise wrote:Either im missing something or there are going to like 30-40 players who have no buisness being above guys like Benz lol

Only 40? When Gourcuff is ranked higher anything is possible lol.

Conservative estimation.

I bet Messi is in the low 30s

I bet some random players from the Russian/French league will sneak into the top 30 XD

Omniscient wrote:I bet some random players from the Russian/French league will sneak into the top 30 XD

I think Sheik Mansour bought those seats for his players

Dem Juve people are gonna rage y'all at Vidal

And Benzema, Puyol that low is a travesty

Here is FourFourTwo's list if anyone care:

1. Messi
2. Ronaldo
3. Xavi
4. Iniesta
5. Villa
6. Rooney
7. David Silva
8. Pique
9. Van Persie
10. Ozil
11. Fabregas
12. Schweinsteiger
13. Sneijder
14. Aguero
15. Neuer
16. Vidic
17. Busquets
18. Modric
19. Casillas
20. Suarez
21. Lahm
22. Higuain
23. Neymar
24. Alves
25. Pastore
26. Cavani
27. Nasri
28. Pedro
29. Eto'o
30. Benzema
31. Di Maria
32. Thiago Silva
33. Ibrahimovic
34. Cole
35. Kompany
36. Nani
37. Alonso
38. Ribery
39. Y. Toure
40. Coentrao
41. Gotze
42. Torres
43. Evra
44. Mata
45. Bale
46. Hummels
47. Hernandez
48. Hazard
49. Robben
50. Terry
51. Gomez
52. Di Natale
53. Drogba
54. Van der Vaart
55. Victor Valdes
56. Lampard
57. Ramos
58. Puyol
59. Marcelo
60. Pirlo
61. Tevez
62. Falcao
63. Abidal
64. Lloris
65. Essien
66. Chiellini
67. Dzeko
68. Kagawa
69. Pato
70. Sanchez
71. Kaka
72. Hamsik
73. De Rossi
74. Hulk
75. Robinho
76. Eriksen
77. Marchiso
78. Gerrard
79. Pepe
80. M'Vila
81. Forlan
82. Cazorla
83. Reina
84. Wilshere
85. Lucio
86. Buffon
87. Martinez
88. Balotelli
89. Muller
90. Pereira
91. Lugano
92. Llorente
93. Hart
94. Mascherano
95. Klose
96. Maicon
97. Boateng
98. Rossi
99. Ferdinand
100. Leandro Damiao

I like 442s alot more, its not perfect for me, but your not going to get perfect in these types of things.