here is the list..... 1 Lionel Messi Forward Barcelona Argentina 25 2 Cristiano Ronaldo Forward Real Madrid Portugal 27 3 Xavi Midfielder Barcelona Spain 32 4 Andres Iniesta Midfielder Barcelona Spain 28 5 Zlatan Ibrahimovic Forward PSG Sweden 31 6 Radamel Falcao Forward Atletico Madrid Colombia 26 7 Robin van Persie Forward Man Utd Netherlands 29 8 Andrea Pirlo Midfielder Juventus Italy 33 9 Yaya Toure Midfielder Man City Ivory Coast 27 10 Edinson Cavani Forward Napoli Uruguay 25 11 Sergio Aguero Forward Man City Argentina 24 12 Iker Casillas Goalkeeper Real Madrid Spain 31 13 Neymar Forward Santos Brazil 20 14 Sergio Busquets Defender/midfielder Barcelona Spain 24 15 Xabi Alonso Midfielder Real Madrid Spain 31 16 Thiago Silva Defender PSG Brazil 28 17 Mesut Ozil Midfielder Real Madrid Germany 24 18 David Silva Midfielder/forward Man City Spain 26 19 Bastian Schweinsteiger Midfielder Bayern Munich Germany 28 20 Gianluigi Buffon Goalkeeper Juventus Italy 34 21 Luis Suarez Forward Liverpool Uruguay 25 22 Sergio Ramos Defender Real Madrid Spain 26 23 Vincent Kompany Defender Man City Belgium 26 24 Gerard Pique Defender Barcelona Spain 25 25 Philipp Lahm Defender Bayern Munich Germany 29 26 Willian Midfielder Shakhtar Donetsk Brazil 24 27 Marco Reus Forward Borussia Dortmund Germany 23 28 Franck Ribery Midfielder Bayern Munich France 29 29 Manuel Neuer Goalkeeper Bayern Munich Germany 26 30 Ashley Cole Defender Chelsea England 32 31 Wayne Rooney Forward Man Utd England 27 32 Juan Mata Midfielder Chelsea Spain 24 33 Thomas Muller Forward Bayern Munich Germany 23 34 Mario Gtze Midfielder/forward Borussia Dortmund Germany 20 35 Karim Benzema Forward Real Madrid France 24 36 Cesc Fabregas Midfielder Barcelona Spain 25 37 Oscar Midfielder Chelsea Brazil 21 38 Fernandinho Midfielder Shakhtar Donetsk Brazil 27 39 Javier Mascherano Defender/midfielder Barcelona Argentina 28 40 Gareth Bale Defender Tottenham Wales 23 41 Javier Zanetti Defender/midfielder Internazionale Argentina 39 42 Daniele De Rossi Midfielder Roma Italy 29 43 Dani Alves Defender Barcelona Brazil 29 44 Petr Cech Goalkeeper Chelsea Czech Republic 30 45 Mats Hummels Defender Borussia Dortmund Germany 24 46 Carles Puyol Defender Barcelona Spain 34 47 Angel Di Maria Midfielder Real Madrid Argentina 24 48 Carlos Tevez Forward Man City Argentina 28 49 Didier Drogba Forward Shanghai Shenhua Ivory Coast 34 50 Giorgio Chiellini Defender Juventus Italy 28 51 Marcelo Defender Real Madrid Brazil 24 52 Stephan El Shaarawy Forward Milan Italy 20 53 Toni Kroos Midfielder Bayern Munich Germany 22 54 Samuel Etoo Forward Anzhi Makhachkala Cameroon 31 55 Jordi Alba Defender/midfielder Barcelona Spain 23 56 Mario Gomez Forward Bayern Munich Germany 27 57 Arturo Vidal Midfielder Juventus Chile 25 58 Eden Hazard Midfielder Chelsea Belgium 21 59 James Rodriguez Midfielder Porto Colombia 21 60 Marouane Fellaini Midfielder Everton Belgium 25 61 Ramires Midfielder Chelsea Brazil 25 62 David Villa Forward Barcelona Spain 31 63 Klaas Jan Huntelaar Forward Schalke Netherlands 29 64 Nemanja Vidic Defender Man Utd Serbia 31 65 Joe Hart Goalkeeper Man City England 25 66 Arjen Robben Midfielder/forward Bayern Munich Netherlands 28 67 Mario Balotelli Forward Man City Italy 22 68 Mathieu Valbuena Midfielder Marseille France 28 69 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Forward St Etienne Gabon 23 70 Robert Lewandowski Forward Borussia Dortmund Poland 24 71 Hernanes Midfielder Lazio Brazil 27 72 Pedro Forward Barcelona Spain 25 73 Santi Cazorla Midfielder Arsenal Spain 28 74 Christian Eriksen Midfielder Ajax Denmark 20 75 Ezequiel Lavezzi Forward PSG Argentina 27 76 Joao Moutinho Midfielder Porto Portugal 26 77 Mario Manduki Forward Bayern Munich Croatian 26 78 Patrice Evra Defender Man Utd France 31 79 David Luiz Defender Chelsea Brazil 25 80 Luka Modric Midfielder Real Madrid Croatia 27 81 Victor Wanyama Defender/midfielder Celtic Kenya 21 82 Mapou Yanga-M'Biwa Defender Montpelier France 23 83 Hulk Forward Zenit St Petersburg Brazil 26 84 Darijo Srna Midfielder Shakhtar Donetsk Croatia 30 85 Emmanuel Mayuka Forward Southampton Zambia 22 86 John Terry Defender Chelsea England 32 87 Kwadwo Asamoah Midfielder Juventus Ghana 24 88 Leonardo Bonucci Defender Juventus Italy 25 89 Javier Pastore Midfielder PSG Argentina 23 90 Henrikh Mkhitaryan Midfielder/forward Shakhtar Donetsk Armenia 23 91 Moussa Dembele Midfielder Tottenham Belgium 25 92 Hatem Ben Arfa Midfielder/forward Newcastle France 25 93 Samir Nasri Midfielder Man City France 25 94 Shinji Kagawa Midfielder Man Utd Japan 23 95 Wesley Sneijder Midfielder Internazionale Netherlands 28 96 Pepe Defender Real Madrid Portugal 29 97 Marek Hamsik Midfielder Napoli Slovakia 25 98 Javi Martinez Defender/midfielder Bayern Munich Spain 24 99 Diego Forlan Forward Internacional Uruguay 33 100 Paulinho Midfielder Corinthians Brazil 24 only saints player to make it was Mayuka at 85......quite happy for us to slip under the radar myself.
Can't really argue with the top 11. Hopefully we'll know more about number 85 come the end of the season.
Some weird ones in here. Aubameyang? Zanetti? Fernandinho? Mkhitaryan's getting recognition now. He'll be signing for a big club before long.
Thought Bale would be higher. Also no English player higher than 30 a bit worrying for the natioanal side if this list is fairly accuurate.
I think that after Mayuka gets a good run out in the ACON he'll be on good form when he returns. Shoud get around 4/5 starts depending on how well Zambia do, then again he might get injured!
Sorry to bump an old thread but there's something I can't get my head round. It's this; if Mayuka is that good, how come he signed for Southampton?
I don't think Neymar should be that high yet, maybe in a few years, but for now he isn't the 11th best player in the world.
The other question is if he is that good, why hasn't been given a chance to show it!? Today would have been a perfect opportunity for a start.
