ESPN Top 100 Footballers 2023

ESPN FC released its annual rankings of the top ten international football players in the world in 2023 at each position. How many can you name?

All teams are as of the end of the 2022-23 club season, prior to any transfers.

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	Goalkeeper
Rank	Club	Player
1	Real Madrid	Thibaut Courtois
2	Barcelona	Marc-Andre ter Stegen
3	Liverpool	Alisson
4	A.C. Milan	Mike Maignan
5	Atlético Madrid	Jan Oblak
6	Paris Saint-Germain	Gianluigi Donnarumma
7	Manchester City	Ederson
8	Arsenal	Aaron Ramsdale
9	Aston Villa	Emiliano Martínez
10	Newcastle United	Nick Pope
	Centre Back
Rank	Club	Player
1	Manchester City	Ruben Dias
2	RB Leipzig	Joško Gvardiol
3	Real Madrid	David Alaba
4	Arsenal	William Saliba
5	Real Madrid	Éder Militão
6	Barcelona	Ronaldo Aráujo
7	Liverpool	Virgil Van Dijk
8	Manchester United	Lisandro Martínez
9	Inter Milan	Alessandro Bastoni
10	Napoli	Kim Min-Jae
	Central Midfield
Rank	Club	Player
1	Borussia Dortmund	Jude Bellingham
2	Manchester City	Rodri
3	Barcelona	Pedri
4	Manchester City	Ilkay Gündogan
5	Real Madrid	Luka Modrić
6	Manchester United	Casemiro
7	Brighton	Alexis Mac Allister
8	Bayern Munich	Joshua Kimmich
9	Barcelona	Frenkie de Jong
10	Newcastle United	Bruno Guimarães
	Winger
Rank	Club	Player
1	Arsenal	Bukayo Saka
2	Napoli	Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
3	Manchester City	Jack Grealish
4	Barcelona	Ousmane Dembélé
5	Arsenal	Gabriel Martinelli
6	Manchester City	Riyad Mahrez
7	Bayern Munich	Kingsley Coman
8	Real Madrid	Rodrygo
9	Manchester City	Phil Foden
10	Bayer Leverkusen	Moussa Diaby
	Striker
Rank	Club	Player
1	Manchester City	Erling Haaland
2	Real Madrid	Karim Benzema
3	Tottenham Hotspur	Harry Kane
4	Napoli	Victor Osimhen
5	Barcelona	Robert Lewandowski
6	Arsenal	Gabriel Jesus
7	Eintracht Frankfurt	Randal Kolo Muani
8	Newcastle United	Alexander Isak
9	Juventus	Dušan Vlahović
10	Lille	Jonathan David

	Right Back
Rank	Club	Player
1	Paris Saint-Germain	Achraf Hakimi
2	Newcastle United	Kieran Trippier
3	Manchester City	Kyle Walker
4	Chelsea	Reece James
5	Barcelona	Jules Koundé
6	Liverpool	Trent Alexander-Arnold
7	Manchester City	João Cancelo
8	Real Madrid	Dani Carvajal
9	Napoli	Giovanni Di Lorenzo
10	Bayer Leverkusen	Jeremie Frimpong
	Left Back
Rank	Club	Player
1	Bayern Munich	Alphonso Davies
2	A.C. Milan	Theo Hernández
3	Arsenal	Oleksandr Zinchenko
4	Liverpool	Andrew Robertson
5	Manchester City	Nathan Aké
6	Manchester United	Luke Shaw
7	Brighton	Pervis Estupiñán
8	Barcelona	Alejandro Balde
9	Borussia Dortmund	Raphaël Guerreiro
10	Roma	Leonardo Spinazzola
	Attacking Midfield
Rank	Club	Player
1	Manchester City	Kevin de Bruyne
2	Arsenal	Martin Ødegaard
3	Manchester City	Bernardo Silva
4	Bayern Munich	Jamal Musiala
5	Manchester United	Bruno Fernandes
6	Borussia Dortmund	Julian Brandt
7	Barcelona	Gavi
8	A.C. Milan	Brahim Díaz
9	West Ham United	Lucas Paquetá
10	Inter Milan	Nicolo Barella
	Forward
Rank	Club	Player
1	Paris Saint-Germain	Kylian Mbappé
2	Real Madrid	Vinícius
3	Paris Saint-Germain	Lionel Messi
4	Liverpool	Mohamed Salah
5	Atlético Madrid	Antoine Griezmann
6	Manchester United	Marcus Rashford
7	A.C. Milan	Rafael Leão
8	Inter Milan	Lautaro Martínez
9	RB Leipzig	Christopher Nkunku
10	Paris Saint-Germain	Neymar
	Manager
Rank	Club	Manager
1	Manchester City	Pep Guardiola
2	Real Madrid	Carlo Ancelotti
3	Napoli	Luciano Spalletti
4	Arsenal	Mikel Arteta
5	Liverpool	Jürgen Klopp
6	Argentina	Lionel Scaloni
7	Manchester United	Erik ten Hag
8	Brighton	Roberto De Zerbi
9	Inter Milan	Simone Inzaghi
10	Barcelona	Xavi

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