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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 MarÃa
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 PatrÃcio
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 RodrÃguez
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
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 MarÃa
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 PatrÃcio
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 RodrÃguez
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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