Top 3 Strikers in World Football:

[kingsboy11]

1. Lewandowski


2. Immobile
3. Haaland

Mostly based off of last season. Guys like Benzema, Kane, Aguero are right there, but I don't think anyone's close to Lewandowski at the moment. I think Mbappe will surpass everyone eventually once he plays as a consistent striker

 

[S E P H]

Kane a couple years ago I would easily put in my top 3 to 5 list, but I think injuries have slowed him down a lot.

1. Kylian Mbappe
2. Erling Haaland
3. Serge Aguero
4. Mauro Icardi
5. Karem Benzema

All these Lewandowski rubbish I keep seeing is nonsense, he doesn't preform for the national team. He's not a big time game player, what he does is wreck tribal teams like Union Berlin and Eintracht *Insert random German town here*.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Yup Icardi is a killer for his NT.

 

[S E P H]

Also I am sorry, but no Serie A striker should touch a top 5 list, it's a schoolboy league and Immobile being able to score trillion which he wasn't able to do in BuLi shows how far behind Italia is in terms of talent. Sure, they got golden boy Ronaldo, but this is after all his talent was drained by multiple CL and La Liga runs and winning all of them. Juve completely dominating the league yet not winning the CL since 1996 tells everything you need for the state of the league.

Yup Icardi is a killer for his NT.

Pretty much my thoughts, I don't know why they keep employing a free kick specialist hobbit at the top in replace of the masterclass right foot Mauro Icardi. His right foot is so strong it is said to repel asteroids that could potentially end life on earth.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

This is the same crappy league you praise golden boy Icardi for scoring goals in.... I honestly dont understand any of your logic. It seems you just say things for the sake of posting? Is it all trolling I dont know.

 

[S E P H]

That's because I saw potential when he was in Serie A, he was being held back by the league and team - his wife even saw it as a kiddie league. Now he moved to a superior league, to a superior team, and now shows how good he can be. Even Evilo has become a fanboy of him, he prefers him over that nonsense Cavani.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

I dont speak for @Evilo here but Im certain he rated his talents well before his move to PSG. See Giroud vs Icardi debate. Your logic still doesnt make sense. Icardi was good in the Serie A. So the league can have good strikers yet, you trash their strikers that play there. He's also maintained an almost identical scoring record in both leagues. If Ligue 1 is that much superior wouldnt he have scored more in Italy?

 

[robertmac43]

He's also playing on a far more dominant team in PSG. This should be another factor in his scoring rate going up after moving leagues.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

He's also playing on a far more dominant team in PSG. This should be another factor in his scoring rate going up after moving leagues.

It hasnt gone up tho... it stayed the same.

 

[S E P H]

No, I am not trashing all the strikers in Serie A - there are good players with the potential like Icardi currently playing there. I am trashing the strikers who went abroad, failed, proved my point, and went back to dominate Italy putting a mirage for posters here that have Immobile in their top 5. Again, Juventus is the best club in the league and it isn't close to second place yet they're failures on the European spectrum. You'd think that club would be make more semi-finals and finalists than they have and that's because the league is overrated. Icardi moving to a superior team with a crappy manager who doesn't play him enough is the reason why his scoring rate is similar. Plus he has to challenge for time against Mbappe, who gets all the chances in the world considering his talent.

 

[robertmac43]

It hasnt gone up tho... it stayed the same.

That's what I was alluding too, I was going off of your point in the post above

 

[robertmac43]

You'd think that club would be make more semi-finals and finalists than they have and that's because the league is overrated

They have made 2 of the last 6 CL Finals though...

 

[S E P H]

They have made 2 of the last 6 CL Finals though...

Yet have zero wins from it. We can compare Bayern and Real within that time frame as well and show how far behind Juve is, but get the same hype as Bayern and Real do though.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

No, I am not trashing all the strikers in Serie A - there are good players with the potential like Icardi currently playing there. I am trashing the strikers who went abroad, failed, proved my point, and went back to dominate Italy putting a mirage for posters here that have Immobile in their top 5. Again, Juventus is the best club in the league and it isn't close to second place yet they're failures on the European spectrum. You'd think that club would be make more semi-finals and finalists than they have and that's because the league is overrated. Icardi moving to a superior team with a crappy manager who doesn't play him enough is the reason why his scoring rate is similar. Plus he has to challenge for time against Mbappe, who gets all the chances in the world considering his talent.

... And how many finals have PSG made it to? I mean scoring at a similar rate per game so it has nothing to with amount of games.

 

[robertmac43]

Yet have zero wins from it. We can compare Bayern and Real within that time frame as well and show how far behind Juve is, but get the same hype as Bayern and Real do though.

You didn't say wins, you essentially said Juve was not getting deep in Europe, when really, they have been. Before this season we could have said something similar about Bayern.

 

[Evilo]

I dont speak for @Evilo here but Im certain he rated his talents well before his move to PSG. See Giroud vs Icardi debate. Your logic still doesnt make sense. Icardi was good in the Serie A. So the league can have good strikers yet, you trash their strikers that play there. He's also maintained an almost identical scoring record in both leagues. If Ligue 1 is that much superior wouldnt he have scored more in Italy?

Yeah I always rated Icardi. But I rate Cavani higher in everything except pure poaching ability.
Icardi is what PSG needs though : someone to tap the ball in the net without needing 5 chances and he does that better than Cavani.
But he's also more dependant on others creating chances. Cavani by his off the ball movement was creating tons of chances every game.

Anyway, I do think it's time people discussed Ligue 1 above Serie A. I've felt that way for a while, but every year I hear about Serie A about to come back to glory. It doesn't happen. Meanwhile France had 2 teams in the CL semis, and the 7th ranked french team eliminated the easy italian champs.

 

[Bure80]

Looks like Auba is underrated. As BVB supporter its a easy decision to rank him above Haaland for now.
Haaland still has to learn alot. Especially in ball possession he looks like a forgein object in Dortmunds game.

 

[S E P H]

... And how many finals have PSG made it to? I mean scoring at a similar rate per game so it has nothing to with amount of games.

There are a lot of underperforming teams besides just Juve in Europe including PSG and Man City. However, Icardi has the best chance to win with PSG than he did with Inter or if ever decided to join Juve.

You didn't say wins, you essentially said Juve was not getting deep in Europe, when really, they have been. Before this season we could have said something similar about Bayern.

I mean them getting far in 2 of the 6 years is nice and all, but you also gotta get some results in there as well. Hell, Spurs made the finals once and all you need to do is give yourself a chance and Juve hasn't been able to do that at all. Like said, Bayern and Real have made the finals as much as Juve along with Liverpool and they all came back with something. Just think about for a second, Juventus has won 9 straight Serie A titles, but haven't won a CL since 1996. That's as pathetic as you can get along with the league as well. The last Serie A win was Inter versus Bayern ten years ago. Man City I admit is just as bad considering their results, but at least they have to face tough competition in the league. Juve's is as easy of a cakewalk as PSG is in Ligue 1, the differences is that this year Ligue 1 looks much different and increased levels of parity.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Looks like Auba is underrated. As BVB supporter its a easy decision to rank him above Haaland for now.
Haaland still has to learn alot. Especially in ball possession he looks like a forgein object in Dortmunds game.

Auba’s strengths aren’t ball possession. Auba is a great goal poacher. He’s underrated, and probably close to top five, but Haaland is more complete.

 

[Bure80]

Auba’s strengths aren’t ball possession. Auba is a great goal poacher. He’s underrated, and probably close to top five, but Haaland is more complete.

Auba's strengths is his speed. Possession play wasnt his biggest strength, but he still was better as Haaland is now.
He scored 31 goals in 32 games for Dortmund. I dont think Haaland is on that level now.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Auba's strengths is his speed. Possession play wasnt his biggest strength, but he still was better as Haaland is now.
He scored 31 goals in 32 games for Dortmund. I dont think Haaland is on that level now.

I think Auba's best is a similar level to what Haaland is now. If you wanted to say that you want Haaland to prove it over a full season, I don't disagree. I said he needs to prove over a full season that he's better than Sancho. But I do expect Haaland over a full season to score about 1 goal per game.

 

[Adele Dazeem]

1. Lewandowski


2. Immobile
3. Haaland

Mostly based off of last season. Guys like Benzema, Kane, Aguero are right there, but I don't think anyone's close to Lewandowski at the moment. I think Mbappe will surpass everyone eventually once he plays as a consistent striker

The two players you named 2 and 3 haven't showed much against the top defenders of the world.
Benzema, Aguero, Suarez, Mbappe (although I don't see him as a pure striker) are much better.

 

[kingsboy11]

The two players you named 2 and 3 haven't showed much against the top defenders of the world.
Benzema, Aguero, Suarez, Mbappe (although I don't see him as a pure striker) are much better.

Like I said, it was based off of last season. If you're asking me would I have I started Immobile or Haaland in World cup final tomorrow, no I would not. But I don't think there were better strikers last season than those 3 players.

Its tough with pure strikers at the moment because like i said in my original post, other than Lewandowski I don't think there's a lot of separation between strikers at the moment and it becomes a matter of personal preference.