Top 100 Footballers of 2016

[Hadoop]

Just as I did last year I figured I'd post FourFourTwo's annual ranking of the top 100 players in the world for 2016, which was released a couple of weeks ago. If I remember I'll update this thread from The Guardian's top 100 list is released in a week or so.

FourFourTwo's list

RK PLAYER
1 CRISTIANO RONALDO
2 LIONEL MESSI
3 LUIS SUAREZ
4 ANTOINE GRIEZMANN
5 NEYMAR
6 GARETH BALE
7 ROBERT LEWANDOWSKI
8 KEVIN DE BRUYNE
9 SERGIO AGUERO
10 MANUEL NEUER
11 THOMAS MULLER
12 LUKA MODRIC
13 PIERRE-EMERICK AUBAMEYANG
14 PAUL POGBA
15 GONZALO HIGUAIN
16 JEROME BOATENG
17 ALEXIS SANCHEZ
18 ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC
19 ANDRES INIESTA
20 MESUT OZIL
21 DIEGO GODIN
22 SERGIO BUSQUETS
23 TONI KROOS
24 PHILIPP LAHM
25 LEONARDO BONUCCI
26 IVAN RAKITIC
27 EDEN HAZARD
28 DAVID ALABA
29 GERARD PIQUE
30 N'GOLO KANTE
31 DAVID DE GEA
32 DAVID SILVA
33 TOBY ALDERWEIRELD
34 GIANLUIGI BUFFON
35 SERGIO RAMOS
36 ARTURO VIDAL
37 RIYAD MAHREZ
38 JAN OBLAK
39 GIORGIO CHIELLINI
40 DIMITRI PAYET
41 DIEGO COSTA
42 KARIM BENZEMA
43 EDINSON CAVANI
44 DOUGLAS COSTA
45 PEPE
46 THIAGO ALCANTARA
47 PAULO DYBALA
48 RAPHAEL GUERREIRO
49 KOKE
50 MATS HUMMELS
51 PHILIPPE COUTINHO
52 ANGEL DI MARIA
53 JAVIER MASCHERANO
54 JAMES RODRIGUEZ
55 MIRALEM PJANIC
56 ALEXANDRE LACAZETTE
57 RAHEEM STERLING
58 JOSHUA KIMMICH
59 RAPHAEL VARANE
60 HENRIKH MKHITARYAN
61 XABI ALONSO
62 THIAGO SILVA
63 THIBAUT COURTOIS
64 MAREK HAMSIK
65 JULIAN WEIGL
66 ARJEN ROBBEN
67 FRANCK RIBERY
68 RADJA NAINGGOLAN
69 RENATO SANCHES
70 MARCO REUS
71 MAURO ICARDI
72 HARRY KANE
73 CLAUDIO MARCHISIO
74 ROBERTO FIRMINO
75 DELE ALLI
76 MARCELO
77 SAMUEL UMTITI
78 KEVIN GAMEIRO
79 ILKAY GUNDOGAN
80 CARLOS BACCA
81 HUGO LLORIS
82 JAMIE VARDY
83 KEYLOR NAVAS
84 JAVIER HERNANDEZ
85 ANDREA BARZAGLI
86 SANTI CAZORLA
87 FILIPE LUIS
88 ADRIEN RABIOT
89 KALIDOU KOULIBALY
90 ROMELU LUKAKU
91 JULLIAN BRANDT
92 JUAN MATA
93 JONAS
94 EVER BANEGA
95 MOHAMED SALAH
96 JOAO MARIO
97 HAKIM ZIYECH
98 BLAISE MATUIDI
99 PETR CECH
100 OUSMANE DEMBELE

Here's The Guardian's list:

1 Cristiano Ronaldo
2 Lionel Messi
3 Luis Suarez
4 Antoine Griezmann
5 Neymar
6 Gareth Bale
7 Robert Lewandowski
8 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
9 Alexis Sánchez
10 Riyad Mahrez
11 Sergio Agüero
12 Luka Modric
13 Kevin De Bruyne
14 Gonzalo Higuain
15 Andrés Iniesta
16 N'Golo Kanté
17 Paul Pogba
18 Manuel Neuer
19 Jamie Vardy
20 Zlatan Ibrahimovic
21 Toni Kroos
22 Gianluigi Buffon
23 Mesut Özil
24 Diego Godin
25 Sergio Ramos
26 Leonardo Bonucci
27 Dimitri Payet
28 Philippe Coutinho
29 David De Gea
30 Pepe
31 Thomas Müller
32 Arturo Vidal
33 Harry Kane
34 Ivan Rakitić
35 Eden Hazard
36 Jérôme Boateng
37 Paulo Dybala
38 Gerard Piqué
39 Sergio Busquets
40 Hugo Lloris
41 Koke
42 Jan Oblak
43 Angel Di María
44 David Silva
45 Marco Verratti
46 Diego Costa
47 Edinson Cavani
48 Marcelo
49 Mauro Icardi
50 Karim Benzema
51 Mats Hummels
52 Thiago Silva
53 Casemiro
54 Renato Sanches
55 Keylor Navas
56 Philipp Lahm
57 Henrikh Mkhitaryan
58 Toby Alderweireld
59 Kevin Gameiro
60 Joshua Kimmich
61 David Alaba
62 Javier Mascherano
63 Douglas Costa
64 Gabriel Jesus
65 Mohamed Salah
66 Giorgio Chiellini
67 Aritz Aduriz
68 Laurent Koscielny
69 Sadio Mané
70 Miralem Pjanic
71 Ãlvaro Morata
72 Kasper Schmeichel
73 Aaron Ramsey
74 Raphaël Guerreiro
75 Rui Patrício
76 Roberto Firmino
77 Yannick Carrasco
78 Dani Alves
79 Nani
80 Gianluigi Donnarumma
81 Claudio Bravo
82 Marek Hamsik
83 Miguel Borja
84 Blaise Matuidi
85 Ilkay Gündogan
86 Juan Mata
87 James Rodríguez
88 Raheem Sterling
89 Arjen Robben
90 Dele Alli
91 Adrien Silva
92 Thibaut Courtois
93 Fernandinho
94 Alexandre Lacazette
95 Éver Banega
96 Francesco Totti
97 Santi Cazorla
98 Thiago Alcântara
99 Julian Weigl
100 Ousmane Dembélé

Who's overrated/underrated? Fire away

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[Deficient Mode]

These lists are never good. Badly overrated: Cristiano, Griezmann, Bale, Aubameyang, Pogba, Lahm, Rakitic, Alaba, Chiellini, Pepe, Di Maria, Sterling, Xabi, Nainggolan, Renato Sanches, Bacca.

Badly underrated... the usual suspects: Busquets, Benzema, Dybala, Thiago, Hummels, MKHITARYAN, Robben, Marcelo, Gündogan...

A lot of things to complain about but those strike me as the worst.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

]These lists are never good.[/B] Badly overrated: Cristiano, Griezmann, Bale, Aubameyang, Pogba, Lahm, Rakitic, Alaba, Chiellini, Pepe, Di Maria, Sterling, Xabi, Nainggolan, Renato Sanches, Bacca.

Badly underrated... the usual suspects: Busquets, Benzema, Dybala, Thiago, Hummels, MKHITARYAN, Robben, Marcelo, Gündogan...

A lot of things to complain about but those strike me as the worst.

Pretty much.

LOL'd out loud at the difference Pogba/Dybala are in.

 

[Live in the Now]

No Mane no list.

 

[Evilo]

I wouldn't say Griez is overrated on the list. He had a crazy season.
Pogba however

 

[Suiteness]

Zlatan at 18 is outrageous.

 

[hersky77]

Firmino is way to low. And no mane is laughable

 

[East Coast Bias]

These lists always skew to players at big clubs. Every single list. Always have, always will.

Sterling above Mkhitaryan. I knew that one was coming, and it still didn't land any easier on the eyes.

 

[Evilo]

Zlatan at 18 is outrageous.

In what sense ?

 

[Suiteness]

In what sense ?

There are not 17 better players than Zlatan on the planet.

 

[Bure80]

Weigl ahead of Gündogan
Hummels Ribery & Robben belong higher
Reus

 

[Halladay]

Iniesta is and always will be the best.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Checked that list twice...where's Verrati?

 

[Evilo]

There are not 17 better players than Zlatan on the planet.

Certainly not this year indeed. Ibra set all sorts of record in L1 and has had a decent start to his EPL career.
He was a top 10 player at the very least this calendar year.

Checked that list twice...where's Verrati?

While I love Verratti and think he's among the best players in the world, I can't say he's had a great calendar year given his multiple injuries.

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

While I love Verratti and think he's among the best players in the world, I can't say he's had a great calendar year given his multiple injuries.

Even still, he's absolutely a top 100 player in the world, he's easily in my top 25.

 

[Evilo]

Totally, but the title is "of 2016".

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

Totally, but the title is "of 2016".

Yeah and even with an injury filled year he still should definitely be top 100.

 

[VEGASKING]

Jordan Henderson should be all 100 spots he is that good.

 

[ecemleafs]

where is kieran tierney and tom rogic? missing time in december through injury shouldnt disqualify u from these lists...

 

[MrFunnyWobbl]

atleast dembele is getting noticed

also reus is 70?

please

 

[Edo]

Nice to see Hamsik get some love.

No idea how ALDERWEIELD made the list. Spurs didn't do **** last year.

 

[Evilo]

atleast dembele is getting noticed

also reus is 70?

please

Again, injuries...

 

[Corto]

People apparently have a hard time grasping the concept of "2016".

It's not their overall game, it's not their career value, it's what they did last year, injuries included.

I'd say the list is pretty decent actually.

 

[Corto]

Nice to see Hamsik get some love.

No idea how ALDERWEIELD made the list. Spurs didn't do **** last year.

They finished 2nd in the Premier League?

And honestly, they played the best football. Leicester - while not a fluke - definitely rode their luck, had a record number of (dodgy) penalties and scored a number of times against the run of play.

 

[YNWA14]

Spurs didn't finish 2nd in the PL.