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ESPN Top 100 Footballers 2023

ESPN FC released its annual rankings of the top ten international football players in the world in 2023 at each position. How many can you name?
All teams are as of the end of the 2022-23 club season, prior to any transfers.
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Goalkeeper
Rank
Club
Player
1
Real Madrid
Thibaut Courtois
2
Barcelona
Marc-Andre ter Stegen
3
Liverpool
Alisson
4
A.C. Milan
Mike Maignan
5
Atlético Madrid
Jan Oblak
6
Paris Saint-Germain
Gianluigi Donnarumma
7
Manchester City
Ederson
8
Arsenal
Aaron Ramsdale
9
Aston Villa
Emiliano Martínez
10
Newcastle United
Nick Pope
 
Centre Back
Rank
Club
Player
1
Manchester City
Ruben Dias
2
RB Leipzig
Joško Gvardiol
3
Real Madrid
David Alaba
4
Arsenal
William Saliba
5
Real Madrid
Éder Militão
6
Barcelona
Ronaldo Aráujo
7
Liverpool
Virgil Van Dijk
8
Manchester United
Lisandro Martínez
9
Inter Milan
Alessandro Bastoni
10
Napoli
Kim Min-Jae
 
Central Midfield
Rank
Club
Player
1
Borussia Dortmund
Jude Bellingham
2
Manchester City
Rodri
3
Barcelona
Pedri
4
Manchester City
Ilkay Gündogan
5
Real Madrid
Luka Modrić
6
Manchester United
Casemiro
7
Brighton
Alexis Mac Allister
8
Bayern Munich
Joshua Kimmich
9
Barcelona
Frenkie de Jong
10
Newcastle United
Bruno Guimarães
 
Winger
Rank
Club
Player
1
Arsenal
Bukayo Saka
2
Napoli
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
3
Manchester City
Jack Grealish
4
Barcelona
Ousmane Dembélé
5
Arsenal
Gabriel Martinelli
6
Manchester City
Riyad Mahrez
7
Bayern Munich
Kingsley Coman
8
Real Madrid
Rodrygo
9
Manchester City
Phil Foden
10
Bayer Leverkusen
Moussa Diaby
 
Striker
Rank
Club
Player
1
Manchester City
Erling Haaland
2
Real Madrid
Karim Benzema
3
Tottenham Hotspur
Harry Kane
4
Napoli
Victor Osimhen
5
Barcelona
Robert Lewandowski
6
Arsenal
Gabriel Jesus
7
Eintracht Frankfurt
Randal Kolo Muani
8
Newcastle United
Alexander Isak
9
Juventus
Dušan Vlahović
10
Lille
Jonathan David
 
Right Back
Rank
Club
Player
1
Paris Saint-Germain
Achraf Hakimi
2
Newcastle United
Kieran Trippier
3
Manchester City
Kyle Walker
4
Chelsea
Reece James
5
Barcelona
Jules Koundé
6
Liverpool
Trent Alexander-Arnold
7
Manchester City
João Cancelo
8
Real Madrid
Dani Carvajal
9
Napoli
Giovanni Di Lorenzo
10
Bayer Leverkusen
Jeremie Frimpong
 
Left Back
Rank
Club
Player
1
Bayern Munich
Alphonso Davies
2
A.C. Milan
Theo Hernández
3
Arsenal
Oleksandr Zinchenko
4
Liverpool
Andrew Robertson
5
Manchester City
Nathan Aké
6
Manchester United
Luke Shaw
7
Brighton
Pervis Estupiñán
8
Barcelona
Alejandro Balde
9
Borussia Dortmund
Raphaël Guerreiro
10
Roma
Leonardo Spinazzola
 
Attacking Midfield
Rank
Club
Player
1
Manchester City
Kevin de Bruyne
2
Arsenal
Martin Ødegaard
3
Manchester City
Bernardo Silva
4
Bayern Munich
Jamal Musiala
5
Manchester United
Bruno Fernandes
6
Borussia Dortmund
Julian Brandt
7
Barcelona
Gavi
8
A.C. Milan
Brahim Díaz
9
West Ham United
Lucas Paquetá
10
Inter Milan
Nicolo Barella
 
Forward
Rank
Club
Player
1
Paris Saint-Germain
Kylian Mbappé
2
Real Madrid
Vinícius
3
Paris Saint-Germain
Lionel Messi
4
Liverpool
Mohamed Salah
5
Atlético Madrid
Antoine Griezmann
6
Manchester United
Marcus Rashford
7
A.C. Milan
Rafael Leão
8
Inter Milan
Lautaro Martínez
9
RB Leipzig
Christopher Nkunku
10
Paris Saint-Germain
Neymar
 
Manager
Rank
Club
Manager
1
Manchester City
Pep Guardiola
2
Real Madrid
Carlo Ancelotti
3
Napoli
Luciano Spalletti
4
Arsenal
Mikel Arteta
5
Liverpool
Jürgen Klopp
6
Argentina
Lionel Scaloni
7
Manchester United
Erik ten Hag
8
Brighton
Roberto De Zerbi
9
Inter Milan
Simone Inzaghi
10
Barcelona
Xavi
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