Top 100 Football Players of the 2010s

Name the top 100 football players of the 2010s.
Each year since 2012, The Guardian has published a ranking of the 100 best football players of the year. The scoring system works in the way that the player's points are the sum of the player's positions through the decade, where placing number 1 equals 100 points and placing number 100 equals 1 point. If a football player isn't on one of the lists they get 101 points for that year.
The list for 2010 and 2011 are taken from FourFourTwo.
Red = Player has retired (as of February 1st 2020)
Blue = Player plays outside the top 5 leagues (as of February 1st 2020)
Quiz by Trixie160
Rate:
Last updated: January 13, 2023
You have not attempted this quiz yet.
First submittedJanuary 24, 2020
Times taken2,003
Average score67.0%
Rating4.67
Report this quizReport
15:00
Enter football player here
0
 / 100 guessed
The quiz is paused. You have remaining.
Scoring
You scored / = %
This beats or equals % of test takers also scored 100%
The average score is
Your high score is
Your fastest time is
Keep scrolling down for answers and more stats ...
#
Pts
Country
Peak
Peak Year
Player
1
996
1
7 Times
Lionel Messi
2
988
1
2014/16
Cristiano Ronaldo
3
852
9
2015
Sergio Agüero
4
823
3
2016
Luis Suárez
5
807
3
2015/17
Neymar
6
704
4
2011/12
Andrés Iniesta
7
683
7
2011
David Silva
8
679
11
2017
Sergio Ramos
9
672
1
2018
Luka Modrić
10
668
6
2016
Gareth Bale
11
639
3
2013
Zlatan Ibrahimović
12
634
5
2015
Robert Lewandowski
13
622
10
2012
Edinson Cavani
14
616
14
2012
Sergio Busquets
15
608
7
2018
Eden Hazard
16
578
19
2014
Karim Benzema
17
576
10
2011
Mesut Özil
18
573
9
2017
Toni Kroos
19
572
3
2014
Manuel Neuer
20
543
9
2014
Philipp Lahm
21
532
8
2011
Gerard Piqué
22
513
16
2017
Gianluigi Buffon
23
502
16
2012
Thiago Silva
24
473
24
2011
Dani Alves
25
467
4
2014
Arjen Robben
26
457
11
2015
Paul Pogba
27
454
4
2017
Kevin de Bruyne
28
453
14
2016
Gonzalo Higuaín
29
451
4
2016
Antoine Griezmann
30
446
10
2010
Bastian Schweinsteiger
31
444
5
2014
Thomas Müller
32
440
14
2014
Ángel Di María
33
438
3
3 Times
Xavi
34
437
9
2012
Yaya Touré
35
426
6
2011
Wayne Rooney
36
425
11
2011
Cesc Fàbregas
37
420
8
2016
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
38
412
15
2012
Xabi Alonso
39
405
5
2017
Harry Kane
40
388
4
2013
Franck Ribéry
41
377
15
2015
Arturo Vidal
42
373
8
2012
Andrea Pirlo
7
2012
Robin van Persie
44
368
9
2016
Alexis Sánchez
45
364
17
2015
Carlos Tevez
45
364
18
2018
Marcelo
47
349
18
2015
David de Gea
48
339
23
2013
Marco Reus
5
2018/19
Mohamed Salah
10
2018
N'Golo Kanté
51
332
13
2018
Ivan Rakitić
51
332
25
2015
Javier Mascherano
53
326
24
2016
Diego Godín
54
321
49
2018
Giorgio Chiellini
55
317
6
2012
Rafamel Falcao
56
315
39
2014
Mats Hummels
57
312
17
2014
Thibaut Courtois
58
311
23
2012
Vincent Kompany
59
306
12
2014
Diego Costa
60
303
8
2019
Raheem Sterling
61
292
24
2014
Mario Götze
62
285
4
2018
Kylian Mbappé
14
2017
Paulo Dybala
64
282
24
2017
Philippe Coutinho
65
280
40
2016/18
Hugo Lloris
66
277
3
2019
Sadio Mané
67
276
24
2019
Jan Oblak
68
266
12
2012
Iker Casillas
69
257
50
2019
Miralem Pjanić
70
255
15
2014
James Rodríguez
71
253
25
2017
Christian Eriksen
72
249
43
2015
Marco Verratti
32
2018
Mauro Icardi
74
243
16
2011
Nemanja Vidić
75
240
23
2015
David Alaba
76
234
2
2010
David Villa
77
230
8
2010
Samuel Eto'o
78
226
30
2013
Juan Mata
79
224
15
2010
Ashley Cole
80
222
43
2017
Edin Džeko
81
220
28
2017
Casemiro
82
201
38
2013
Daniele De Rossi
83
196
12
2017
Isco
84
195
6
2010
Didier Drogba
85
193
11
2019
Roberto Firmino
86
190
5
2010
Wesley Sneijder
87
184
36
2013
Oscar
88
183
21
2019
Marc-André ter Stegen
89
178
26
2016
Leonardo Bonucci
89
178
33
2018
Mario Mandzukić
91
176
37
2019
Joshua Kimmich
2
2019
Virgil van Dijk
93
174
41
2016
Koke
37
2017
Romelu Lukaku
95
173
19
2016
Jamie Vardy
96
169
36
2016
Jerome Boateng
97
168
12
2018
Raphaël Varane
98
165
34
2010
John Terry
99
160
53
2015/18
Blasie Matuidi
55
2012
Jordi Alba
+2
Level 77
Jun 15, 2021
Great quiz idea!

FYI for some reason Mata is not accepted (It's okay if you put Juan Mata, which I didn't)

+1
Level 58
Jun 15, 2021
Changed! Thank you