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100 Best Male Footballers of the 21st Century

Judged by a panel of journalists at FourFourTwo, how many of the 100 best football players of the 21st century can you name?
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Position
Nation
Player
1.
Lionel Messi
2.
Cristiano Ronaldo
3.
Andrés Iniesta
4.
Xavi
5.
Ronaldinho
6.
Zinedine Zidane
7.
Thierry Henry
8.
Manuel Neuer
9.
Kaká
10.
Luis Suárez
11.
Karim Benzema
12.
Dani Alves
13.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
14.
Luka Modrić
15.
Samuel Eto'o
16.
Wayne Rooney
17.
Ronaldo
18.
Philipp Lahm
19.
Sergio Ramos
20.
Thomas Müller
21.
Steven Gerrard
22.
Arjen Robben
23.
Ashley Cole
24.
Gerard Piqué
25.
Neymar
26.
Sergio Agüero
27.
Iker Casillas
28.
Robert Lewandowski
29.
Gareth Bale
30.
Sergio Busquets
31.
Andriy Shevchenko
32.
Rio Ferdinand
33.
Kylian Mbappé
34.
Andrea Pirlo
Position
Nation
Player
35.
Claude Makélélé
36.
Gianluigi Buffon
37.
Frank Lampard
38.
Patrick Vieira
39.
Francesco Totti
40.
Franck Ribéry
41.
Didier Drogba
42.
Mohamed Salah
43.
Vincent Kompany
44.
Luís Figo
45.
Toni Kroos
46.
John Terry
47.
Yaya Touré
48.
Carlos Puyol
49.
Kevin De Bruyne
50.
Xabi Alonso
51.
Pavel Nedvěd
52.
Petr Čech
53.
Antoine Griezmann
54.
Radamel Falcao
55.
Michael Ballack
56.
Virgil van Dijk
57.
Ángel Di María
58.
Paul Scholes
59.
Roberto Carlos
60.
Eden Hazard
61.
David Villa
62.
Nemanja Vidić
63.
Paolo Maldini
64.
Ruud van Nistelrooy
65.
David Beckham
66.
Marcelo
67.
Harry Kane
Position
Nation
Player
68.
Cafu
69.
Bastian Schweinsteiger
70.
Raúl
71.
Fabio Cannavaro
72.
Cesc Fàbregas
73.
Wesley Sneijder
74.
Alessandro Nesta
75.
David Silva
76.
Jan Oblak
77.
N'Golo Kanté
78.
Ivan Rakitić
79.
Edinson Cavani
80.
Alexis Sánchez
81.
Ryan Giggs
82.
Raheem Sterling
83.
Raphaël Varane
84.
Henrik Larsson
85.
Fernando Torres
86.
Juan Román Riquelme
87.
Thiago Silva
88.
Thibaut Courtois
89.
Hernán Crespo
90.
Arturo Vidal
91.
Carlos Tévez
92.
Edwin van der Sar
93.
Mesut Özil
94.
Javier Zanetti
95.
Deco
96.
David De Gea
97.
Luca Toni
98.
Rivaldo
99.
Miroslav Klose
100.
Trent Alexander-Arnold
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5 Comments
BancoGenteBoa
+2
Level 64
Feb 17, 2025
di maria is listed as german*

great quiz

jack541
+1
Level 66
Feb 17, 2025
Thanks, fixed!
YoMinhh
+2
Level 28
Oct 8, 2025
How did TAA and Luca Toni even made this list...
Anderis
+1
Level 76
Apr 1, 2026
No Diego Forlan? You would think that winning Golden Ball in a World Cup would be enough to get into top100.
Anderis
+1
Level 76
Apr 1, 2026
The same goes for Oliver Kahn.
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