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100 Best Male Footballers 2023

Can you name the top international football players in the world in 2023 according to a panel of 218 judges organized by the Guardian?
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Last updated: January 5, 2024
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First submittedDecember 23, 2023
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Club
Player
1.
Manchester City
Erling Haaland
2.
Real Madrid
Jude Bellingham
3.
Paris Saint-Germain
Kylian Mbappé
4.
Bayern Munich
Harry Kane
5.
Manchester City
Rodri
6.
Real Madrid
Vinícius Júnior
7.
Liverpool
Mohamed Salah
8.
Manchester City
Kevin De Bruyne
9.
Napoli
Victor Osimhen
10.
Inter Miami
Lionel Messi
11.
Manchester City
Bernardo Silva
12.
Napoli
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
13.
Inter
Lautaro Martínez
14.
Arsenal
Bukayo Saka
15.
Atlético Madrid
Antoine Griezmann
16.
Barcelona
Ilkay Gündogan
17.
Barcelona
Robert Lewandowski
18.
Arsenal
Martin Ødegaard
19.
Manchester City
Julián Álvarez
20.
Bayern Munich
Jamal Musiala
21.
Manchester City
Rúben Dias
22.
Arsenal
Declan Rice
23.
Manchester City
Ederson
24.
Tottenham Hotspur
Son Heung-min
25.
Real Madrid
Luka Modric
26.
Manchester City
John Stones
27.
Al-Nassr
Cristiano Ronaldo
28.
Barcelona
Gavi
29.
Inter
Nicolò Barella
30.
Milan
Rafael Leão
31.
Real Madrid
Federico Valverde
32.
Barcelona
Pedri
33.
Real Madrid
Rodrygo
34.
Barcelona
Marc-André ter Stegen
35.
Liverpool
Alisson
36.
Al-Ittihad
Karim Benzema
37.
Bayern Munich
Kim Min-jae
38.
Bayern Munich
Leroy Sané
39.
Real Madrid
Thibaut Courtois
40.
Arsenal
William Saliba
41.
Manchester City
Phil Foden
42.
Manchester United
Bruno Fernandes
43.
Real Madrid
Eduardo Camavinga
44.
Liverpool
Virgil van Dijk
45.
Manchester City
Kyle Walker
46.
Aston Villa
Emiliano Martínez
47.
Paris Saint-Germain
Achraf Hakimi
48.
Bayer Leverkusen
Florian Wirtz
49.
Manchester City
Jack Grealish
50.
Milan
Olivier Giroud
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Club
Player
51.
Bayern Munich
Joshua Kimmich
52.
Liverpool
Dominik Szoboszlai
53.
Arsenal
Gabriel Martinelli
54.
Manchester City
Josko Gvardiol
55.
Inter
Hakan Çalhanoğlu
56.
Barcelona
Ronald Araújo
57.
Liverpool
Trent Alexander-Arnold
58.
Al-Hilal
Yassine Bounou
59.
Liverpool
Alexis Mac Allister
60.
Newcastle
Bruno Guimarães
61.
Inter
Federico Dimarco
62.
Manchester United
André Onana
63.
Newcastle
Kieran Trippier
64.
Bayer Leverkusen
Victor Boniface
65.
Fluminense
Germán Cano
66.
RB Leipzig
Xavi Simons
67.
Manchester United
Marcus Rashford
68.
Liverpool
Luis Díaz
69.
Barcelona
Frenkie de Jong
70.
Real Madrid
Toni Kroos
71.
Brighton
Kaoru Mitoma
72.
Stuttgart
Serhou Guirassy
73.
Atlético Madrid
Álvaro Morata
74.
Bayer Leverkusen
Álex Grimaldo
75.
Feyenoord
Santiago Giménez
76.
Paris Saint-Germain
Randal Kolo Muani
77.
Tottenham Hotspur
James Maddison
78.
Liverpool
Darwin Núñez
79.
Inter
Alessandro Bastoni
80.
Roma
Romelu Lukaku
81.
Real Madrid
David Alaba
82.
Chelsea
Enzo Fernández
83.
Benfica
Ángel Di María
84.
Milan
Mike Maignan
85.
Arsenal
Gabriel Jesus
86.
Real Madrid
Aurélien Tchouaméni
87.
Newcastle
Alexander Isak
88.
Tottenham Hotspur
Cristian Romero
89.
Atlético Madrid
Jan Oblak
90.
RB Leipzig
Loïs Openda
91.
Real Madrid
Antonio Rüdiger
92.
Al-Ahli
Riyad Mahrez
93.
Bayer Leverkusen
Granit Xhaka
94.
Al-Nassr
Marcelo Brozovic
95.
Milan
Theo Hernández
96.
Bayern Munich
Alphonso Davies
97.
Inter
Denzel Dumfries
98.
Aston Villa
Ollie Watkins
99.
Paris Saint-Germain
Warren Zaïre-Emery
100.
Inter
Marcus Thuram
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Level 64
Feb 21, 2024
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+9
Level 60
Jan 3, 2024
if it was 2012, I'd easily get at least a point, but unfortunately, the times change quickly and there are many young players I've never heard of, anyways great job!
+1
Level 64
Jan 4, 2024
I appreciate it!
+1
Level 87
Jan 4, 2024
Ollie Watkins?
+3
Level 64
Jan 4, 2024
yep, in at 98.
+5
Level 74
Jan 4, 2024
Zaïre-Emery, the new rising star of French football..!!!
+5
Level 77
Jan 4, 2024
Could've used a couple more minutes
+2
Level 53
Jan 16, 2024
no neymar is crazy to me
+4
Level 61
Jan 16, 2024
He is joker in 2022 to 2023. More famous because outside football than his important goals or assists
+3
Level 65
Jan 16, 2024
Absolutely not. He barely played that year. Only 16 apperances for clubs and national team in total, while f.e. some Man City's players played in ~70 matches.
+4
Level 42
Jan 16, 2024
Ridiculously Premier League centric list, even for a British publication
+6
Level 50
Jan 16, 2024
39% is really not much, when the EPL is by far the greatest in the world.
+3
Level 62
Jan 16, 2024
"By far" is really underrating the rest of the leagues. I mean, all 5 Spanish teams won their Champions League group this season, while only 2 of the 4 English teams even went through to the next round. And that is WITH a ridiculous amount more money.

Darwin Nunez had like 10 goals and 6 assists for Liverpool in the whole year and he's somehow above Openda, who had 14 goals and 4 assists in the 2nd half of last season for Lens and another 15 goals and 4 assists for Leipzig in the first half of this season. The Premier League simply has the best marketing which makes people think it's the only league that matters somehow.

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Level 47
Jan 16, 2024
Sevilla most definitely did not win their group, though I agree with your point as a whole
+1
Level 52
Mar 8, 2024
I don't know if there is something wrong with this list, but I agree mostly about underrating of other leagues. Somehow players quality rises miraculously in one night when they get transfer to English premier league
+1
Level 50
Jan 16, 2024
Great Quiz !

Got 92 players, could get some more if there was more time .

+1
Level 45
Jan 16, 2024
Don't forget German Cano!
+1
Level 62
Jan 16, 2024
too less time
+6
Level 81
Jan 16, 2024
some absolute frauds made this list lol
+2
Level 49
Jan 17, 2024
who the hell is German Cano lol?
+1
Level 27
Feb 10, 2024
the best player (and champion) of the Copa Libertadores with astonishing 40 goals and 6 assists all season
+1
Level 24
Jan 17, 2024
no konate, trossard>lukaku, gyokeres??
+2
Level 57
Jan 22, 2024
The Guardian def likes their Inter players lol
+1
Level 20
Feb 26, 2024
Onana is there but no Sczesny? Also Lewandowski>Lautaro
+2
Level 64
Mar 1, 2024
Man, the guys at the Guardian do NOT like defenders... Only one defender and one goalkeeper in the top 30, and van Dijk (pretty much the definition of how you should defend) and Kim (insanely talented) only barely making the top half of the list.
+1
Level 21
Mar 21, 2024
and araujo too, not even top 50
+1
Level 33
Mar 26, 2024
Lakaka for Lukaku?
+1
Level 64
Mar 26, 2024
LOL, no.