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ESPN's FC 100: Top 100 Best Soccer Players 2025

ESPN presents its ninth annual ranking of the best men's players world football (or soccer). Do you think you know them all?
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Last updated: July 10, 2025
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Real Madrid
France
Kylian Mbappé
2
Barcelona
Poland
Robert Lewandowski
3
Bayern Munich
England
Harry Kane
4
Manchester City
Norway
Erling Haaland
5
Inter Milan
Argentina
Lautaro Martinez
6
Newcastle United
Sweden
Alexander Isak
7
Atlético Madrid
Argentina
Julián Álvarez
8
Sporting CP
Sweden
Viktor Gyökeres
9
Borussia Dortmund
Guinea
Serhou Guirassy
10
Atlético Madrid
France
Antoine Griezmann
11
Atalanta
Italy
Mateo Retegui
12
Galatasaray
Nigeria
Victor Osimhen
13
Manchester City
Egypt
Omar Marmoush
14
Inter Milan
France
Marcus Thuram
15
Al Nassr
Portugal
Cristiano Ronaldo
16
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Brazil
Matheus Cunha
17
Nottingham Forest
New Zealand
Chris Wood
18
Lille
Canada
Jonathan David
19
Arsenal
Germany
Kai Havertz
20
RB Leipzig
Slovenia
Benjamin Šeško
 
 
 
 
Wingers
1
Liverpool
Egypt
Mohamed Salah
2
Barcelona
Spain
Lamine Yamal
3
Barcelona
Brazil
Raphinha
4
Real Madrid
Brazil
Vinícius Jr.
5
Paris Saint-Germain
France
Ousmane Dembélé
6
Arsenal
England
Bukayo Saka
7
Paris Saint-Germain
Georgia
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
8
Inter Miami
Argentina
Lionel Messi
9
Athletic Club
Spain
Nico Williams
10
Real Madrid
Brazil
Rodrygo
11
Bayern Munich
France
Michael Olise
12
Liverpool
Colombia
Luis Díaz
13
Paris Saint-Germain
France
Bradley Barcola
14
Paris Saint-Germain
France
Désiré Doué
15
Atalanta
Nigeria
Ademola Lookman
16
AC Milan
Portugal
Rafael Leão
17
Liverpool
Netherlands
Cody Gakpo
18
AC Milan
United States
Christian Pulisic
19
Atlético Madrid
Argentina
Giuliano Simeone
20
Brentford
Cameroon
Bryan Mbeumo
Attacking Midfielders
1
Real Madrid
England
Jude Bellingham
2
Bayer Leverkusen
Germany
Florian Wirtz
3
Bayern Munich
Germany
Jamal Musiala
4
Arsenal
Norway
Martin Ødegaard
5
Chelsea
England
Cole Palmer
6
Manchester United
Portugal
Bruno Fernandes
7
Liverpool
Hungary
Dominik Szoboszlai
8
RB Leipzig
Netherlands
Xavi Simons
9
Nottingham Forest
England
Morgan Gibbs-White
10
Real Betis
Spain
Isco
11
Napoli
Scotland
Scott McTominay
12
Aston Villa
England
Morgan Rogers
13
Crystal Palace
England
Eberechi Eze
14
Athletic Club
Spain
Oihan Sancet
15
Lyon
Argentina
Thiago Almada
Central Midfielders
1
Barcelona
Spain
Pedri
2
Arsenal
England
Declan Rice
3
Real Madrid
Uruguay
Federico Valverde
4
Liverpool
Argentina
Alexis Mac Allister
5
Paris Saint-Germain
Portugal
Vitinha
6
Inter Milan
Italy
Nicolò Barella
7
Bayern Munich
Germany
Joshua Kimmich
8
Newcastle United
Brazil
Bruno Guimarães
9
Liverpool
Netherlands
Ryan Gravenberch
10
Paris Saint-Germain
Portugal
João Neves
11
Barcelona
Netherlands
Frenkie De Jong
12
Atlético Madrid
Argentina
Rodrigo De Paul
13
Paris Saint-Germain
Spain
Fabián Ruiz
14
Real Madrid
France
Aurélien Tchouaméni
15
Newcastle United
Italy
Sandro Tonali
 
 
 
 
Center Backs
1
Liverpool
Netherlands
Virgil Van Dijk
2
Arsenal
France
William Saliba
3
Real Madrid
Germany
Antonio Rüdiger
4
Arsenal
Brazil
Gabriel Magalhães
5
Inter Milan
Italy
Alessandro Bastoni
6
Barcelona
Spain
Pau Cubarsí
7
Paris Saint-Germain
Brazil
Marquinhos
8
Liverpool
France
Ibrahima Konaté
9
Nottingham Forest
Brazil
Murillo
10
Bournemouth
Spain
Dean Huijsen
Fullbacks
1
Paris Saint-Germain
Morocco
Achraf Hakimi
2
Liverpool
England
Trent Alexander-Arnold
3
Barcelona
France
Jules Koundé
4
Paris Saint-Germain
Portugal
Nuno Mendes
5
Bayern Munich
Canada
Alphonso Davies
6
Barcelona
Spain
Alejandro Balde
7
Inter Milan
Italy
Federico Dimarco
8
Bayer Leverkusen
Netherlands
Jeremie Frimpong
9
Inter Milan
Netherlands
Denzel Dumfries
10
Arsenal
Netherlands
Jurrien Timber
 
 
 
 
Goalkeepers
1
Real Madrid
Belgium
Thibaut Courtois
2
Liverpool
Brazil
Alisson Becker
3
Paris Saint-Germain
Italy
Gianluigi Donnarumma
4
Aston Villa
Argentina
Emiliano Martinez
5
Atlético Madrid
Slovenia
Jan Oblak
6
Arsenal
Spain
David Raya
7
Inter Milan
Switzerland
Yann Sommer
8
Athletic Club
Spain
Unai Simón
9
AC Milan
France
Mike Maignan
10
Nottingham Forest
Belgium
Matz Sels
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