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- Rob Swan
- Erling Haaland. Manchester City and Norway. Erling Haaland has not only demonstrated the form to rank him among the top players in the world, but also the achievements to go with it.
- Lionel Messi. Inter Miami and Argentina. If the Qatar World Cup had finished a few weeks later, the greatest footballer who's ever lived probably would've topped this list quite comfortably.
- Jude Bellingham. Real Madrid and England. It's hard to remember any player arriving at Real Madrid and having an immediate impact quite like Jude Bellingham has this season, let alone one that's still just 20 years of age.
- Kevin De Bruyne. Manchester City and Belgium. Kevin De Bruyne missed the first five months of the 2023/2024 Premier League season due to injury, but he is now back to his best.
Dec 19, 2023 · A subjective list of the top 100 footballers in 2023, featuring Treble winners, Ballon d'Or scoopers and everyone in between. See who made the cut and who missed out in this annual feature by FourFourTwo.
- Giacinto Facchetti. In the 1970 World Cup Final, Brazil saw the future. He was playing at left-back for the opposition, who O Canarinho were busy beating 4-1 at the time.
- Peter Schmeichel. Of all the keepers I have played against, Peter was easily the best. You can't be a great by just being a good shot stopper, you have to have it all – and he did.
- Sandor Kocsis. Arguably the greatest header of a ball ever, Kocsis scored at incredible rate. He found the net 75 times in 68 games for his national side, winning the Olympic tournament in 1952, and averaged more than a goal-per-game in his seven seasons at Honved, winning three league championship titles.
- Luis Figo. MORE ON FIGO. ANDREW MURRAY How the 2000s saved El Clasico – and made Barcelona vs Real Madrid bigger than ever before. One of the most idolised and despised players in history – even by the same set of fans at different points in his timeline.
Dec 31, 2021 · A list of the top footballers in the world as of December 2021, based on form, ability, history and impact. See who made the cut, from Grealish and Schick to Messi and Ronaldo, and why they deserve their spots.
- Sam Monson
- DI Aaron Donald, Los Angeles Rams. No matter how good you think Donald is, you’re probably underselling it. The Los Angeles Rams star is an outlier the likes of which we haven’t seen in 15 years of grading at the NFL level.
- QB Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City Chiefs. Mahomes is just different. He attempts and completes passes that no other quarterback in the game can even think about, and he regularly adds even more freakish plays to that repertoire.
- TE Travis Kelce, Kansas City Chiefs. Kelce was nigh-on impossible to cover last season, finishing just short of the league lead in receiving yards regardless of position during the regular season.
- G Quenton Nelson, Indianapolis Colts. According to PFF WAR, Nelson was the most valuable offensive lineman in the NFL last season. And the season before that.
Oct 1, 2019 · Jerry Rice, Tom Brady and Lawrence Taylor top our list of the 100 greatest NFL players of all time. In conjunction with the NFL’s 100th season celebration, 19 current and former reporters...
Feb 23, 2022 · The Athletic's list of the top 75 players in NBA history, voted on by our panel.
