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100 Best Male Footballers 2025

Can you name the top international football players in the world in 2025 according to a panel of 197 judges organized by the Guardian?
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Club
Player
1
PSG
Ousmane Dembélé
2
Barcelona
Lamine Yamal
3
PSG
Vitinha
4
Real Madrid
Kylian Mbappé
5
Bayern Munich
Harry Kane
6
Man. City
Erling Haaland
7
PSG
Achraf Hakimi
8
Barcelona
Raphinha
9
Liverpool
Mohamed Salah
10
Barcelona
Pedri
11
PSG
Nuno Mendes
12
Chelsea
Cole Palmer
13
Man. City
Gianluigi Donnarumma
14
PSG
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
15
Arsenal
Declan Rice
16
PSG
Désiré Doué
17
PSG
João Neves
18
Real Madrid
Jude Bellingham
19
Napoli
Scott McTominay
20
Inter
Lautaro Martínez
21
Bayern Munich
Michael Olise
22
Real Madrid
Vinícius Júnior
23
Liverpool
Virgil van Dijk
24
Barcelona
Robert Lewandowski
25
Atlético Madrid
Julián Álvarez
26
Arsenal
Bukayo Saka
27
PSG
Fabián Ruiz
28
Arsenal
Viktor Gyökeres
29
Arsenal
Gabriel Magalhães
30
Real Madrid
Thibaut Courtois
31
Bayern Munich
Luis Díaz
32
Chelsea
Moisés Caicedo
33
Arsenal
William Saliba
34
Inter Miami
Lionel Messi
35
Liverpool
Alexis Mac Allister
36
Liverpool
Florian Wirtz
37
Real Madrid
Federico Valverde
38
Liverpool
Dominik Szoboszlai
39
Borussia Dortmund
Serhou Guirassy
40
Inter
Denzel Dumfries
41
Liverpool
Ryan Gravenberch
42
PSG
Marquinhos
43
Bayern Munich
Jamal Musiala
44
PSG
Willian Pacho
45
Arsenal
Martin Ødegaard
46
Galatasaray
Victor Osimhen
47
Chelsea
Enzo Fernández
48
Liverpool
Alexander Isak
49
Liverpool
Alisson
50
Bayern Munich
Joshua Kimmich
51
Al-Nassr
Cristiano Ronaldo
52
Inter
Hakan Çalhanoğlu
53
PSG
Bradley Barcola
54
Inter
Alessandro Bastoni
55
Man. United
Bruno Fernandes
56
Arsenal
Eberechi Eze
57
Athletic Bilbao
Nico Williams
58
Arsenal
David Raya
59
Chelsea
Estêvão
60
Barcelona
Frenkie de Jong
61
Man. City
Phil Foden
62
Inter
Nicolò Barella
63
Chelsea
Marc Cucurella
64
Inter
Yann Sommer
65
Inter
Marcus Thuram
66
Barcelona
Fermín López
67
Liverpool
Hugo Ekitiké
68
Barcelona
Pau Cubarsí
69
Newcastle
Bruno Guimarães
70
Arsenal
Martín Zubimendi
71
Real Madrid
Arda Güler
72
Man. City
Bernardo Silva
73
Napoli
Kevin De Bruyne
74
Man. City
Rodri
75
Man. City
Jérémy Doku
76
Chelsea
João Pedro
77
Man. United
Bryan Mbeumo
78
Aston Villa
Emiliano Martínez
79
Man. City
Tijjani Reijnders
80
Barcelona
Jules Koundé
81
Real Sociedad
Mikel Oyarzabal
82
Newcastle
Nick Woltemade
83
Napoli
André-Frank Zambo Anguissa
84
Man. City
Rúben Dias
85
Bayer Leverkusen
Álex Grimaldo
86
Como
Nico Paz
87
Flamengo
Giorgian de Arrascaeta
88
Man. City
Antoine Semenyo
89
Juventus
Kenan Yildiz
90
Arsenal
Mikel Merino
91
Milan
Rafael Leão
92
Real Madrid
Dean Huijsen
93
Man. City
Josko Gvardiol
94
Bayern Munich
Manuel Neuer
95
Marseille
Mason Greenwood
96
Tottenham
Micky van de Ven
97
Real Betis
Antony
98
Real Madrid
Trent Alexander-Arnold
99
Inter
Federico Dimarco
100
Atlético Madrid
Antoine Griezmann
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21 Comments
MWS
+3
Level 85
Jan 10, 2026
The Guardian messed this up. McTominay is not close to being the best Serie A player. Pulisic not even on the list? So biased.
azerifactory
+12
Level 47
Jan 10, 2026
McTominay managed to get Scotland to the World Cup.
jack541
+8
Level 66
Jan 11, 2026
And was the best player for Napoli in a title winning season..
BillautVarenne93
+13
Level 82
Jan 11, 2026
You must be American, there's no other way lol
Thomas1VL
+7
Level 67
Jan 31, 2026
McTominay literally won Serie A Player of the Year for the 2024-25 season
joshua3874
+1
Level 37
Feb 23, 2026
McTominay was easily the best in Serie A last season, he literally got a mural and pizza named after him.
Alexquiz17
+4
Level 95
Jan 11, 2026
Where is the quiz for 100 best male American football players?

My point is, if you removed the word “male” from the quiz title, the quiz and all answers would be exactly the same…

jack541
+4
Level 66
Jan 11, 2026
Except you’d get 100 players from a different sport.
Almchendolf
+4
Level 56
Jan 31, 2026
If you removed "Where is the quiz for 100 best male American football players?" and "My point is" and "the word" and "and all answers" and "exactly" from your comment, your point would be exactly the same.
iamduckyyy
+3
Level 43
Jan 20, 2026
Griezmann being 100th is honestly unbelievable
Texas123abc
+5
Level 61
Jan 31, 2026
Dreadful list. How are Palmer, Vitinha, Lautaro Martinez, Doue, McTominay so high? How is Raphinha so low? How about Gabriel? What makes Raya's year that much worse than Courtois'? How is Dumfries above Marquinhos? Nico Williams? Tijjani Reijnders was better than McTominay. Even for those who believe he wasn't, 60 places! What did Woltemade do to be on this list? Messi and Ronaldo bias. (From a Messi fan.) How is Trent on this list? He barely played 30 games and was just Okay, for Liverpool. Leao but no Pulisic? And most of all, Number 95? (If you know, you know.) There are so many other critiques for this list. But of course nothing wrong with the quiz itself. Great quiz!
cocachiantos
+2
Level 75
Feb 1, 2026
asking "why Vitinha is so high" ? really ? do you even watch football ?
BerndDasBrot2
+4
Level 46
Jan 31, 2026
Why bother adding "male"? With all due respect, I'm quite sure the top 100 players in the world are all male
normanlamont
+6
Level 72
Jan 31, 2026
All the comments complaining about Pulisic not being on the list really drives home how American this website is
nerdalert
+1
Level 89
Mar 5, 2026
And by "all", you mean "one" comment with three likes.
yaboimilos
+1
Level 60
Feb 2, 2026
tried to do kvicha kvaratskhelia and it wouldnt take it
HinesBrothers
+1
Level 78
Feb 3, 2026
Given that this is a quiz about 2025, wouldn't it make sense to list Semenyo on Bournemouth since he didn't transfer until 2026?
jack541
+1
Level 66
Feb 3, 2026
Yeah, but the clue is meant for the club they are playing for, hence if any of these players move in the summer it will be updated not to cause confusion.
armaandoman2796
+1
Level 47
Feb 3, 2026
I kept typing ousmane but it didn't work, so I gave up, but then I realized i forgot to type in his last name 🤦
joshua3874
+1
Level 37
Feb 23, 2026
Everyone saying Pulisic was better than McTominay last season, you just dont watch football and are probably American.
KingXXI21
+1
Level 75
Mar 23, 2026
Please accept Fermin for Fermin Lopez.
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