This is the Guardian’s choice of the world’s top 100 footballers for 2015. Led by Zico, Javier Zanetti and Gheorghe Hagi, with panel of 123 experts from 49 nations compiled a countdown of the greatest male players on the planet. Today we reveal the top 10 to complete this year’s list.
- 1
Lionel Messi
Barcelona - 2
Cristiano Ronaldo
Real Madrid - 3
Neymar
Barcelona - 4
Luis Suárez
Barcelona - 5
Robert Lewandowski
Bayern Munich - 6
Thomas Müller
Bayern Munich - 7
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
PSG - 8
Manuel Neuer
Bayern Munich - 9
Sergio Agüero
Manchester City - 10
Alexis Sánchez
Arsenal - 11
Paul Pogba
Juventus - 12
Andrés Iniesta
Barcelona - 13
Eden Hazard
Chelsea - 14
Kevin De Bruyne
Manchester City - 15
Arturo Vidal
Bayern Munich - 16
Gareth Bale
Real Madrid - 17
Carlos Tevez
Boca Juniors - 18
David de Gea
Manchester United - 19
James Rodríguez
Real Madrid - 20
Ivan Rakitic
Barcelona - 21
Philipp Lahm
Bayern Munich - 22
Arjen Robben
Bayern Munich - 23
David Alaba
Bayern Munich - 24
Sergio Busquets
Barcelona - 25
Javier Mascherano
Barcelona - 26
Mesut Özil
Arsenal - 27
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Borussia Dortmund - 28
Antoine Griezmann
Atlético Madrid - 29
Yaya Touré
Manchester City - 30
David Silva
Manchester City - 31
Luka Modric
Real Madrid - 32
Douglas Costa
Bayern Munich - 33
Karim Benzema
Real Madrid - 34
Gianluigi Buffon
Juventus - 35
Toni Kroos
Real Madrid - 36
Thibaut Courtois
Chelsea - 37
Sergio Ramos
Real Madrid - 38
Harry Kane
Tottenham Hotspur - 39
Ángel di María
PSG - 40
Diego Godín
Atlético Madrid - 41
Thiago Silva
PSG - 42
Andrea Pirlo
New York City FC - 43
Marco Verratti
PSG - 44
Gerard Piqué
Barcelona - 45
Jérôme Boateng
Bayern Munich - 46
Philippe Coutinho
Liverpool - 47
Álvaro Morata
Juventus - 48
Gonzalo Higuaín
Napoli - 49
Xabi Alonso
Bayern Munich - 50
Marco Reus
Borussia Dortmund - 51
Diego Costa
Chelsea - 52
Willian
Chelsea - 53
Blaise Matuidi
PSG - 54
Edinson Cavani
PSG - 55
Miralem Pjanic
Roma - 56
Raphaël Varane
Real Madrid - 57
Vincent Kompany
Manchester City - 58
Dani Alves
Barcelona - 59
Hulk
Zenit St Petersburg - 60
Wayne Rooney
Manchester United - 61
Alexandre Lacazette
Lyon - 62
Raheem Sterling
Manchester City - 63
Cesc Fàbregas
Chelsea - 64
Yacine Brahimi
Porto - 65
Carlos Bacca
Milan - 66
Anthony Martial
Manchester United - 67
Keylor Navas
Real Madrid - 68
Jamie Vardy
Leicester City - 69
Mohamed Salah
Roma - 70
Koke
Atlético Madrid - 71
Giorgio Chiellini
Juventus - 72
Jordi Alba
Barcelona - 73
Yevhen Konoplyanka
Sevilla - 74
Bastian Schweinsteiger
Manchester United - 75
Mats Hummels
Borussia Dortmund - 76
Franck Ribéry
Bayern Munich - 77
Henrikh Mkhitaryan
Borussia Dortmund - 78
Arda Turan
Barcelona - 79
Petr Cech
Arsenal - 80
Mario Götze
Bayern Munich - 81
Thiago Alcântara
Bayern Munich - 82
Mauro Icardi
Internazionale - 83
Nolito
Celta Vigo - 84
Claudio Bravo
Barcelona - 85
Javier Pastore
PSG - 86
Memphis Depay
Manchester United - 87
Juan Mata
Manchester United - 88
Marcelo
Real Madrid - 89
Alex Teixeira
Shakhtar Donetsk - 90
Dimitri Payet
West Ham United - 91
Isco
Real Madrid - 92
Leonardo Bonucci
Juventus - 93
Carlos Sánchez
River Plate - 94
Sebastian Giovinco
Toronto - 95
Santi Cazorla
Arsenal - 96
Francesco Totti
Roma - 97
Riyad Mahrez
Leicester City - 98
Andriy Yarmolenko
Dynamo Kyiv - 99
Nemanja Matic
Chelsea - 100
Laurent Koscielny
Arsenal
What happened to the list? It is somewhat crazy.
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