the 300 best players in the world

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300 297 Juan Arango - Venezuela - Borussia Mönchengladbach
299 298 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain - England - Arsenal
298 Isaac Cuenca - Spain - Barcelona
297 Oussama Assaidi - Morocco - Herenveen
296 Yuri Zhirkov - Russia - Anzhi
295 Miranda - Brazil - Atletico Madrid
294 266 185: Bryan Ruiz - Costa Rica - Fulham
293 284 284: Rafael - Brazil - Manchester United
292 Junior Hoilett - Canada - Blacburn/?
291 190 67 Lucas Barrios - Paraguay - Dortmund/Guangzhou
290 Andriy Yarmolenko - Ukraine - Dynamo Kiev

289 Kyle Walker - England - Tottenham
288 Ilkay Gündogan - Germany - Dortmund
287 Raúl García - Spain- Osasuna
286 Eduardo Salvio - Argentina - Atletico Madrid
285 279 Hugo Campagnaro - Argentina - Napoli
284 295 264: Deco - Portugal - Fluminese
283 Thomas Rosicky - Czech Republic - Arsenal
282 Hatem Ben Arfa - France - Newcastle
281 Filipe Luís Kasmirski - Brazil - Atletico Madrid
280 Luisao - Brazil - Benfica

279 275 Fabrizio Miccoli - Italy - Palermo
278 Adriano - Brazil - Barcelona
277 Luis Gustavo - Brazil - Bayern München
276 Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa - France - Montpellier
275 Gael Clichy - France - Manchester City
274 Jonny Evans - Northern Ireland - Man United
273 290 Gary Medel - Chile - Sevilla
272 288 Felipe Melo - Brazil - Galatasaray/Juventus
271 Markel Susaeta - Spain - Athletic Bilbao
270 286 233: Gabi - Spain - Atletico Madrid

269 251 Cristian Ledesma - Italy - Lazio
268 Jakub Blaszczykowski - Poland - Dortmund
267 280 Mathieu Debuchy - France - Lille
266 277 Granit Xhaka - Switzerland - Basel/Gladbach
265 267 Dries Mertens - Belgium - PSV
264 241 137: Milos Krasic - Serbia - Juventus
263 249 199: Alberto Aquilani -Italy -Liverpool/Milan
262 234 146: Dejan Stankovic - Serbia - Inter
261 238 175: Balázs Dzsudzsák - Hungary - Anzhi/Dynamo M
260 239 135: Theo Janssen - Netherlands - Ajax

259 224 95 Dirk Kuyt - Netherlands - Liverpool/Fenerbahce
258 257 213: Moussa Sow - Senegal - Fenerbahce
257 258 Fred - Brazil - Fluminense
256 203 Tom Cleverley - England - Manchester United
255 227 202: Adam Johnson - England - Manchester City
254 204 183: Ivica Olic - Croatia - Bayern München/Wolfsburg
253 213 240: Mauricio Isla - Chile - Udinese/Juventus
252 193 124: Ji Sung Park - South Kora - Manchester United/QPR
251 233 179: Juan Manuel Vargas - Peru - Fiorentina
250 218 248: Juan - Brazil - Roma/Internacional

249 215 262: Kim Källström - Sweden - Lyon
248 212 219: Aaron Ramsey - Wales - Arsenal
247 252 250 269: Antonio Reyes - Spain - Atletico Madrid/Sevilla
246 231 Stephan Lichtsteiner - Switzerland - Juventus
245 243 Senad Lulic - Bosnia Herzegovina - Lazio
244 276 Kwadwo Asamoah - Ghana - Udinese/Juventus
243 269 234: Antonio Nocerino - Italy - Milan
242 237 156: Marko Marin - Germany - Werder Bremen/Chelsea
241 196 134: Anderson - Brazil - Manchester United -
240 205 74 Florent Malouda - France - Chelsea

239 240 142: Jon Obi Mikel - Nigeria - Chelsea
238 222 216: Ivan Rakitić - Croatia - Sevilla
237 232 Benoit Assou-Ekotto - Cameroon - Tottenham
236 Andrea Barzagli - Italy - Juventus
235 209 296: Daniel Sturridge - England - Chelsea
234 238 Gylfi Sigurðsson - Iceland - Swansea/Tottenham
233 207 229: Alex - Brazil - Fenerbahce
232 167 215: Mamadou Sakho - France - PSG
231 271 Isco - Spain - Malaga
230 219 157: John Terry - England - Chelsea

229 188 Micah Richards - England - Manchester City
228 220 282: Anatolij Tymoshchuk - Ukraine - Bayern München
227 230 Adrián - Spain - Atletico Madrid
226 287 Michu - Spain - Rayo Vallecano
225 223 299: Holger Badstuber - Germany - Bayern München
224 160 97: Ricardo Carvalho - Portugal - Real Madrid
223 217 153: Sandro - Brazil - Tottenham
222 214 295: Chiek Tiote - Ivory Coast - Newcastle
221 211 190: Gareth Barry - England - Manchester City
220 182 88 David Pizarro - Chile - Roma/Manchester City

219 158 91 Gervinho - Ivory Coast - Arsenal
218 189 141 168 James Milner - England - Manchester City
217 Oscar - Brazil - Internacional
216 225 Daniel Agger - Denmark - Liverpool
215 Dede - Brazil - Vasco da Gama
214 285 Younes Kaboul - France - Tottenham
213 262 Fabricio Coloccini - Argentina - Newcastle
212 Nikica Jelavic - Croatia - Everton
211 245 Lars Bender - Germany - Leverkusen
210 278 Luuk de Jong - Netherlands - Twente

209 213 282 Roman Shirokov - Russia - Zenit
208 212 159 102: Lucio - Brazil - Inter/Juventus
207 210 Pablo Zabaleta - Argentina - Manchester City
206 192 189: Theo Walcott - England - Arsenal
205 191 115: Ashley Young - England - Manchester United
204 261 277: Clint Dempsey - USA - Fulham
203 260 Pablo Aimar - Argentina - Benfica
202 291 Gastón Ramírez - Uruguay - Bologna
201 194 Javi García - Spain - Benfica
200 Riquelme - Argentina - Boca Juniors

199 235 111: Ibrahim Afellay - Netherlands - Barcelona
198 255 Rodrigo Palacio - Argentina - Genoa/Inter
197 175 201: Loic Remy - France - Marseille
196 256 Seydou Doumbia - Côte d'Ivoire - CSKA Moscow
195 186 191: Francesco Totti - Italy - Roma
194 228 166: Andrei Arshavin - Russia - Arsenal/Zenit
193 Mario Mandzukic - Croatia - Wolfsburg
192 229 165: Alvaro Negredo - Spain - Sevilla
191 226 212: Alexandr Kerzhakov - Russia - Zenit
190 206 Jonas - Brazil - Valencia

189 259 Leandro Damião - Brazil - Internacional
188 180 104: Patrice Evra - France - Manchester United
187 179 75 Ashley Cole - England - Chelsea
186 177 252: Alvaro Arbeloa - Spain - Real Madrid
185 195 Kevin Strootman - Netherlands - PSV
184 197 273: Neven Subotic - Serbia - Dortmund
183 201 Fernandinho - Brazil - Shakhtar Donetsk
182 181 113: Raul Meirelles - Portugal - Chelsea
181 184 Stéphane Sessegnon - Benin - Sunderland
180 154 107: Ryan Giggs - Wales - Manchester United

179 187 Nigel De Jong - Netherlands - Manchester City
178 Moussa Dembélé - Belgium - Fulham
177 129 73 Yoann Gourcuff - France - Lyon
176 128 122: Kevin Gameiro - France - PSG
175 126 85 Giampaolo Pazzini - Italy - Inter
174 216 258: Domenico Criscito - Italy - Zenit
173 171 210: Oscar Cardozo - Paraguay - Benfica
172 199 276: Andres Guardado - Mexico - Deportivo La Coruna/Valencia
171 105 133: Andre Ayew - Ghana - Marseille
170 149 235: Mathieu Valbuena - France - Marseille


169 183 246: Darijo Srna - Croatia - Shakthar Donetsk
168 178 254: Landon Donovan - USA - LA Galaxy
167 151 123: Mirko Vucinic - Montenegro - Juventus
166 172 121: Luis Fabiano - Brazil - Sao Paulo
165 169 220: Marvin Martin - France - Sochaux/Lille
164 137 244: Christian Eriksen - Denmark - Ajax
163 157 138: Keisuke Honda - Japan - CSKA Moscov
162 174 278: James Rodriguez - Colombia - FC Porto
161 166 214: Adil Rami - France - Valencia
160 Younès Belhanda - Morocco - Montpellier

159 168 Ander Herrera - Spain - Athletic Bilbao
158 185 160: Jefferson Farfan - Peru - Schalke 04
157 161 120: David Luiz - Brazil - Chelsea
156 200 289: Sebastian Giovinco - Italy - Parma/Juventus
155 156 150: Thomas Vermaelen - Belgium - Arsenal
154 131 109: Robinho - Brazil - Milan
153 173 Olivier Giroud - France - Montpellier/Arsenal
152 125 87 Jack Wilshire - England - Arsenal
151 110 84 Rio Ferdinand - England - Manchester United
150 124 177: Scott Parker - England - Tottenham

149 145 131: Mark Van Bommel - Netherlands - Milan/PSV
148 176 268: Thiago Motta - Italy - Inter/PSG
147 144 71 Lucho Gonzalez - Argentina -Marseille/FC Porto
146 94 65 Mikel Essien - Ghana - Chelsea
145 135 154: Yann M'Vila - France - Rennes
144 130 224: Jadson - Brazil - Shakthar Donetsk/Sao Paulo
143 147 265: Kevin Prince Boateng - Ghana - Milan
142 170 181: Bruno Soriano - Spain -Villarreal
141 236 205: Papiss Cisse - Senegal - Freiburg/Newcastle
140 David Alaba - Austria - Bayern München

139 292 Łukasz Piszczek - Poland - Dortmund
138 102 62 Diego Forlan - Uruguay - Inter/Internacional
137 146 164: Michel Bastos - Brazil - Lyon
136 89 152: Ganso - Brazil - Santos/?
135 165 174: Joaquin - Spain - Malaga
134 163 136: Branislav Ivanovic - Serbia - Chelsea
133 143 92 Pepe - Portugal - Real Madrid
132 141 Paul Scholes - England - Manchester United
131 119 249: Arda Turan - Turkey - Atletico Madrid
130 118 180: Danny - Portugal - Zenit

129 148 Willian - Brazil -Shakhtar Donetsk
128 134 149: Marouane Fellaini - Belgium - Everton
127 133 207: Roberto Soldado - Spain - Valencia
126 132 77 Fernando Torres - Spain -Chelsea
125 108 144: Lass Diarra - France - Real Madrid
124 115 125: Andre Schürrle - Germany - Leverkusen
123 136 223: Jeremy Toulalan - France - Malaga
122 121 218: Lucas - Brazil - Sao Paolo
121 91 241 Lukas Podolski - Germany -FC Köln/Arsenal
120 150 171: Jeremy Menez - France - PSG

119 140 Jordi Alba - Spain - Valencia/Barcelona
118 120 Axel Witsel - Belgium - Benfica
117 87 94 Fabio Coentrao - Portugal - Real Madrid
116 93 163: Mario Balotelli - Italy - Manchester City
115 127 Danny Welbeck - England - Manchester United
114 164 130: Gokhan Inler - Switzerland - Napoli
113 142 170: Jan Vertonghen - Belgium - Ajax/Tottenham
112 109 100: Eric Abidal - France - Barcelona
111 122 105: Giorgio Chiellini - Italy - Juventus
110 139 271: Miroslav Klose - Germany - Lazio

109 123 116: Mikel Arteta - Spain - Arsenal
108 103 106: Michael Carrick - England - Manchester United
107 117 167: Miralem Pjanic - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Roma
106 116 140: Nene - Brazil - PSG
105 114 145: Raul - Spain - Schalke 04/Al Sadd
104 113 Demba Ba -Senegal - Newcastle
103 111 103: Gerard Pique - Spain - Barcelona
102 152 Laurent Koscielny - France - Arsenal
101 112 110: Riccardo Montolivo - Italy - Fiorentina/Milan
100 98 81 Jesus Navas - Spain - Sevilla

99 107 148: Claudio Marchisio - Italy - Juventus
98 106 Xherdan Shaqiri - Switzerland - Basel/Bayern München
97 84 37 Alexandre Pato - Brazil - Milan
96 104 158: Carlos Puyol - Spain - Barcelona
95 95 93 Javier Zanetti - Argentina - Inter
94 82 38 Dimitar Berbatov - Bulgaria - Manchester United
93 86 128: Lucas Leiva - Brazil - Liverpool
92 88 79 Joao Moutinho - Portugal - FC Porto
91 85 27 Nuri Sahin - Turkey - Real Madrid
90 81 69 Esteban Cambiasso - Argentina - Inter

89 83 44 Pedro - Spain - Barcelona
88 78 23 Giuseppe Rossi - Italy - Villarreal
87 101 169: Ezequiel Lavezzi - Argentina - Napoli/PSG
86 77 39 Antonio Di Natale - Italy - Udinese
85 79 50 Edin Dzeko - Bosnia/Herzegovina - Manchester City
84 76 26 Steven Gerrard - England - Liverpool
83 53 41 Kaka - Brazil - Real Madrid
82 65 230: Nicolas Gaitan - Argentina - Benfica
81 44 89 Ever Banega - Argentina - Valencia
80 62 70 Nemanja Vidic - Serbia - Manchester United

79 72 83 Bacary Sagna - France - Arsenal
78 75 60 Ramires - Brazil - Chelsea
77 70 21 Samir Nasri - France - Manchester City
76 97 132: Alex Song - Cameroun - Arsenal
75 74 117: Stevan Jovetic - Montenegro - Fiorentina
74 69 59 Hulk - Brazil - FC Porto
73 99 143: Javi Martinez - Spain - Athletic Bilbao
72 66 114: Yohan Cabaye - France - Newcastle
71 55 42 Javier Hernandez - Mexico - Manchester United
70 56 24 Frank Lampard - England - Chelsea

69 58 78 Philipp Lahm - Germany - Bayern München
68 52 55 Maicon - Brazil - Inter
67 67 63 Diego Milito - Argentina - Inter
66 96 99: Sami Khedira - Germany - Real Madrid
65 54 108: Emmanuel Adebayor - Togo - Tottenham/Manchester City?
64 80 96 Diego - Brazil - Atletico Madrid/Wolfsburg?
63 49 184: Thiago Alcântara - Spain - Barcelona
62 57 48 Hernanes - Brazil - Lazio
61 48 33 Rafael Van der Vaart - Netherlands - Tottenham
60 100 Iker Muniain - Spain - Athletic Bilbao

59 59 80 Javier Pastore - Argentina - PSG
58 43 32 Lisandro Lopez - Argentina - Lyon
57 73 54 Arturo Vidal - Chile - Juventus
56 46 40 Marek Hamsik - Slovakia - Napoli
55 60 90 Marcelo - Brazil - Real Madrid
54 63 119: Mats Hummels - Germany - Dortmund
53 37 20 David Villa - Spain - Barcelona
52 68 101: Vincent Kompany - Belgium - Manchester City
51 42 52 Mario Gomez - Germany - Bayern München
50 90 173: Klaas Jan Huntelaar - Netherlands - Schalke 04

49 61 82 Sergio Ramos - Spain - Real Madrid
48 98: Thiago Silva - Brazil - Milan
47 45 86 Javier Mascherano - Argentina - Barcelona
46 41 68 Antonio Valencia - Ecuador - Manchester United
45 30 35 Thomas Müller - Germany - Bayern München
44 138 283: Robert Lewandowski - Poland - Dortmund
43 39 64 Alexis Sanchez - Chile - Barcelona
42 64 147: Toni Kroos - Germany - Bayern München
41 71 127: Shinji Kagawa - Japan - Dortmund/Manchester United
40 40 58 Daniele De Rossi - Italy - Roma

39 92 19 Didier Drogba - Ivory Coast - Chelsea/Shanghai Shenhua
38 47 57 Fernando Llorente - Spain - Athletic Bilbao
37 51 126: Marco Reus - Germany - Mönchengladbach/Dortmund
36 36 45 Sergio Busquets - Spain - Barcelona
35 24 56 Mario Götze - Germany - Dortmund
34 34 46 Gareth Bale - Wales - Tottenham
33 33 36 Dani Alves - Brazil - Barcelona
32 32 51 Juan Manuel Mata - Spain - Chelsea
31 27 29 Nani - Portugal - Manchester United
30 25 28 Angel Di Maria - Argentina - Real Madrid

29 38 66 Neymar - Brazil - Santos
28 23 8 Samuel Eto'o - Cameroun -Anzhi
27 35 53 Santi Cazorla - Spain - Villarreal
26 22 6 Carlos Tevez - Argentina - Manchester City
25 16 9 Arjen Robben - Netherlands - Bayern München
24 18 11 Luis Suarez - Uruguay - Liverpool
23 31 25 Gonzalo Higuain - Argentina - Real Madrid
22 29 49: Radamel Falcao - Colombia - FC Porto
21 28 47 Karim Benzema - France - Real Madrid

20 21 16 Wesley Sneijder - Netherlands - Inter
19 26 30 Edinson Cavani - Uruguay - Napoli
18 17 15 Luka Modric - Croatia -Tottenham
17 19 22 Yaya Tore - Ivory Coast - Manchester City
16 15 18 Franck Ribery - France - Bayern München
15 13 31 Bastian Schweinsteiger - Germany - Bayern München
14 12 10 Xabi Alonso - Spain - Real Madrid
13 14 43 Eden Hazard - Belgium - Lille/Chelsea
12 11 12 Sergio Aguero - Argentina - Manchester City
11 9 14 Mesut Özil - Germany - Real Madrid

10 10 34 Robin Van Persie - Netherlands - Arsenal
9 8 17 David Silva - Spain - Manchester City
8 20 61 Andrea Pirlo - Italy - Milan to Juventus
7 6 7 Cesc Fabregas - Spain - Arsenal
6 7 13 Zlatan Ibrahimovic - Sweden - Milan
5 5 5 Wayne Rooney - England - Manchester United
4 4 4 Andrés Iniesta - Spain - Barcelona
3 3 2 Xavi - Spain - Barcelona
2 2 3 Cristiano Ronaldo - Portugal - Real Madrid
1 1 1 Lionel Messi - Argentina - Barcelona

saw rooney at 5 and stopped reading

messiah wrote:saw rooney at 5 and stopped reading

How old is the list???? Cesc is still listed to play for Arsenal ffs!

Also, that Deco is on the list at all completely invalidates it....

Although on second thought, maybe the list is alright:

#14 Xabi Alonso > #36 Sergio Buquets

messiah wrote:saw rooney at 5 and stopped reading

Given it's in descending order, implies you read through the other 295. Ignoring just 4 isn't much of a protest

Bale better than Busquets? Fuck off.

Rooney at number 5 The player who can't dribble and can't play in tight spaces.

So much wrong with that list.

This is the problem with lists. I mean in what person's right mind is Chicarito better than Totti? Don't get me wrong, Hernandez is an awesome goalscorer but as a footballer, he'll never amount to even a tenth of the player that Totti was, even if he scores another 300 career goals.

In fact, Totti is still better than 3/4 of the people on that list

I don't think people should ever make lists - player comparisons are more applicable though.

As Plato once said:

"The only people more dense than those who invent players lists are those that then moan about them"

TFS

Kroos wrote:enjoy the FUN list

298 Isaac Cuenca - Spain - Barcelona

Really?

messiah wrote:saw rooney at 5 and stopped reading

I saw Arango ranked lower than Oxlade-Chamberlain and I thought "this list may be shite already, let's give it a chance and start at the top who's their #1" then I saw Messi...alright, then Cristiano, (alright no problem), Xavi, Iniesta (decent so far!), #5 ROONEY!

I stopped reading, full stop! TFS! mes amis!

It's probably only fair to have at least one player from the 4th best team in the world in the top 5

What a weird list. Clasie not even included

Hazard in the top 15..

Is this based on PES-stats?

Disco Benny wrote:It's probably only fair to have at least one player from the 4th best team in the world in the top 5

4th best team?

You think United are better than 2 of these - us(Barca),Real,Bayern,Juve and City? Shame Milan sold all their best players coz they were better as well.

Antonio Valencia better than Mascherano and Villa amongst others. O Dear Lord!

unkhanscious wrote:

Disco Benny wrote:It's probably only fair to have at least one player from the 4th best team in the world in the top 5

4th best team?

You think United are better than 2 of these - us(Barca),Real,Bayern,Juve and City? Shame Milan sold all their best players coz they were better as well.

Err, England.

Even FIFA said it:

http://www.fifa.com/worldranking/rankingtable/index.html

unkhanscious wrote:Antonio Valencia better than Mascherano and Villa amongst others. O Dear Lord!

Disco Benny wrote:As Plato once said:

"The only people more dense than those who invent players lists are those that then moan about them"

TFS

You would struggle to find a better case in point here Benny !!

Plato didn't say that.

He did to me. I heard it loud and clear.

141) Papiss Cisse - Senegal - Freiburg/Newcastle
24) Luis Suarez - Uruguay - Liverpool

Well that settles that, then.

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Seriously though, these conglomerated lists are stupid.If anybody is sad enough to do them it should be done position-by-position.

Disco Benny wrote:

messiah wrote:saw rooney at 5 and stopped reading

Given it's in descending order, implies you read through the other 295. Ignoring just 4 isn't much of a protest

So many idiots butthurt at Rooney being at 5


Personally I think Busquets is so overrated to be at 36, but then at least Mexes is not even in the top 300 so the list is not all bad.

Disco Benny wrote:As Plato once said:

"The only people more dense than those who invent players lists are those that then moan about them"

TFS

TFS

10% you are the only person who thinks Busquets is overrated,I think you are just butthurt that he benched a player who is one of the best players in the DPL right now.

unkhanscious wrote:10% you are the only person who thinks Busquets is overrated,I think you are just butthurt that he benched a player who is one of the best players in the DPL right now.

I remember you once quoted the following site, so obviously it is up there with PES stats for you:
http://goallegacy.forumotion.com/t12873p198-is-sergio-busquets-world-class

73% say he is not world class, suck it

Here is what one the posters said, pretty much spot on:



Busquets' list of notable skills:

-Diving
-Passing to targets under 15 feet away
-Simulating injury
-Recovering the ball off someone being pressured by 2-3 Barca players
-Face clutching
-Tying his shoelaces
-Getting opposing players sent off

Most posters on Goal Legacy are children,they all used to post on a Goal.com forum.They do more trolling and posting gifs on there than talk about football.

You are a idiot.

unkhanscious wrote:Most posters on Goal Legacy are children,they all used to post on a Goal.com forum.They do more trolling and posting gifs on there than talk about football.

You are a idiot.

isn't trolling and posting gifs that what you do on here? does that make you a child? were you on goal.com forum before you joined us?

They do more trolling and posting gifs on there than talk about football.

unkhanscious wrote:They do more trolling and posting gifs on there than talk about football.

I have seen you copy and paste some stuff from zonal-marking about football, and the rest is gifs and talking shit, pretty much fits what you say about them