2012/13 Mid-Season Top 50 Central defenders

Before I go ahead and post the 2012/13 Mid-Season overall top 300, I will be doing the following:

Top 100 Forwards 
Top 100 Attacking midfielders + Wingers
Top 100+ Midfielders 
Top 50 left and right-backs

And this is the Top 50 Central defenders:

Many thoughts and a rundown of this list can be found starting HERE

50 Nicolas Otamendi - Argentina - Porto
49 Stefan De Vrij - Netherlands - Feyenoord
48 Eliaquim Mangala - France - Porto
47 Raphael Varane - France - Real Madrid
46 Aurélien Chedjou - Cameroun - Lille
45 Diego Godín - Uruguay - Atletico Madrid
44 27 Mamadou Sakho - France – PSG
43 Ashley Williams - Wales - Swansea
42 Nicolas N'Koulou - Cameroon - Marseille
41 Jerome Boateng - Germany - Bayern München
40 Matija Nastasic - Serbia - Manchester City

39 Kyriakos Papadopoulos . Greece - Schalke 04
38 Sylvain Distin - France - Everton
37 28 Andrea Barzagli - Italy - Juventus
36 Phil Jagielka - England - Everton
35 Chico - Spain - Swansea
34 Leonardo Bonucci - Italy - Juventus
33 Javier Mascherano - Argentina - Barcelona
32 Benedikt Höwedes - Germany - Schalke 04
31 25 Holger Badstuber - Germany - Bayern München
30 22 Dede - Brazil - Vasco da Gama

29 10 Eric Abidal - France - Barcelona
28 23 Daniel Agger - Denmark – Liverpool
27 15 Thomas Vermaelen - Belgium - Arsenal
26 30 Jonny Evans - Northern Ireland - Manchester United
25 17 Adil Rami - France - Valencia
24 Leandro Castán - Brazil - Roma
23 20 Fabricio Coloccini - Argentina – Newcastle
22 16 David Luiz - Brazil - Chelsea
21 Per Mertesacker - Germany - Arsenal
20 5 Nemanja Vidic - Serbia - Manchester United

19 21 Younes Kaboul - France - Tottenham
18 13 Branislav Ivanovic - Serbia – Chelsea
17 14 Rio Ferdinand - England - Manchester United
16 Ezequiel Garay - Argentina - Benfica
15 Miranda - Brazil - Atletico Madrid
14 18 Neven Subotic - Serbia - Dortmund
13 31 Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa - France – Montpellier/Newcastle
12 7 Laurent Koscielny - France - Arsenal
11 Dante - Brazil - Bayern München
10 8 Gerard Pique - Spain – Barcelona

09 12 Pepe - Portugal - Real Madrid
08 6 Carlos Puyol - Spain - Barcelona
07 Gonzalo Rodríguez - Argentina - Fiorentina
06 9 Giorgio Chiellini - Italy - Juventus
05 3 Vincent Kompany - Belgium - Manchester City
04 2 Sergio Ramos - Spain - Real Madrid
03 11 Jan Vertonghen - Belgium - Tottenham
02 4 Mats Hummels - Germany - Dortmund
01 1 Thiago Silva - Brazil - PSG

2012/13 Mid-Season Top 100 Attacking midfielders and Wingers

Before I go ahead and post the 2012/13 Mid-Season overall top 300, I will be doing the following:

Top 100 Forwards 
Top 50 central defenders
Top 100+ Midfielders 
Top 50 left and right-backs

And this is the Top 100 Attacking midfielders+Wingers:

A rundown of this top 100 started HERE

100: 47 Ganso - Brazil - Sao Paolo
99: 62 Yoann Gourcuff - France - Lyon
98: 49 Kevin Prince Boateng - Ghana - Milan
97: 74 Ashley Young - England - Manchester United
96: Alex Teixeira - Brazil - Shakhtar Donetsk
95: Portillo - Spain – Malaga
94: Taison - Brazil - Metalast/Shakhtar Donetsk
93: Marco Fabian - Mexico - Guadalajara
92: 70 Gastón Ramírez - Uruguay – Southampton
91: Aaron Lennon - England – Tottenham

90: Adel Taarabt - Morocco - QPR
89: Aaron Hunt - Germany - Werder Bremen
88: 67 Rodrigo Palacio - Argentina - Inter
87: Siem de Jong - Netherlands - Ajax
86: Steven Pienaar - South Africa - Everton
85: Koke - Spain - Atletico Madrid
84: Yevhen Konoplianka - Ukraine - Dnipro
83: 58 Landon Donovan - USA - LA Galaxy
82: 61 Andres Guardado - Mexico - Valencia
81: 38 Nene - Brazil - PSG/Al Gharafa

80: 60 Andre Ayew - Ghana - Marseille
79: Pizzi - Portugal - Deportovo La Coruna
78: Lewis Holtby - Germany - Schalke 04/Tottenham
77: Jonas - Brazil – Valencia 
76: Christian Tello - Spain - Barcelona
75: Jose Callejon - Spain - Real Madrid
74: Kevin Mirallas - Belgium - Everton
73: 72 Clint Dempsey - USA - Tottenham
72:  Rodrigo - Spain - Benfica
71: 68 Ibrahim Afellay - Netherlands - Schalke 04

70: Lukas Podolski - Germany -Arsenal
69: 52 Sebastian Giovinco - Italy – Juventus
68: 54 Younès Belhanda - Morocco - Montpellier
67: 93 Jakub Blaszczykowski - Poland – Dortmund
66: 100 Andriy Yarmolenko - Ukraine - Dynamo Kiev
65:  Alan Dzagoev - Russia - CSKA Moscow
64: 44 Danny - Portugal - Zenit
63: 50 Jadson - Brazil - Sao Paulo
62: Giuliano - Brazil - Dnipro
61: 82 Ivan Rakitić - Croatia - Sevilla

60: 51 Robinho - Brazil - Milan
59: 59 Mathieu Valbuena - France - Marseille
58:  Kevin De Bruyne - Belgium - Werder Bremen/Chelsea?
57: 96 Hatem Ben Arfa - France - Newcastle
56:  99 Eduardo Salvio - Argentina - Benfica
55: 75 Theo Walcott - England – Arsenal
54: 32 Kaka - Brazil - Real Madrid
53: 65 Borja Valero - Spain – Fiorentina
52; 31 Nicolas Gaitan - Argentina - Benfica
51: 77 Michu - Spain – Swansea

50: 57 Christian Eriksen - Denmark – Ajax
49:  53 Jefferson Farfan - Peru - Schalke 04
48:  29 Samir Nasri - France - Manchester City
47:  Ezequiel Lavezzi - Argentina - PSG
46: 30 Ever Banega - Argentina - Valencia
45: 42 Andre Schürrle - Germany - Leverkusen
44: 39 Miralem Pjanic - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Roma
43: 37 Jesus Navas - Spain - Sevilla
42: 24 Iker Muniain - Spain - Athletic Bilbao
41: 21 Antonio Valencia - Ecuador - Manchester United

40: 25 Rafael Van der Vaart - Netherlands - Hamburger SV
39: 34 Pedro - Spain - Barcelona
38: 46 Joaquin - Spain – Malaga 
37: 23 Javier Pastore - Argentina - PSG
36: Francesco Totti - Italy - Roma
35: 45 Arda Turan - Turkey - Atletico Madrid
34: 40 Jeremy Menez - France – PSG
33: 56 Keisuke Honda - Japan - CSKA Moscow
32: Henrik Mkhitaryan - Armenia - Shakhtar Donetsk
31: 41 Lucas Moura - Brazil - Sao Paolo/PSG

30: 36 Xherdan Shaqiri - Switzerland - Bayern München
29: 12 Nani - Portugal - Manchester United
28: 19 Alexis Sanchez - Chile - Barcelona
27: 35 Joao Moutinho - Portugal - FC Porto
26: 9 Arjen Robben - Netherlands - Bayern München
25: 79 Isco - Spain - Malaga
24: 27 Diego - Brazil – Wolfsburg
23: 26 Hernanes - Brazil – Lazio
22:  Erik Lamela - Argentina - Roma
21: 55 James Rodriguez - Colombia - FC Porto

20: 8 Wesley Sneijder - Netherlands – Inter/Galatasaray
19: 73 Oscar - Brazil - Chelsea
18: 20 Thomas Müller - Germany - Bayern München
17: 17 Shinji Kagawa - Japan - Manchester United
16: 22 Marek Hamsik - Slovakia - Napoli
15: 11 Angel Di Maria - Argentina - Real Madrid
14: 16 Marco Reus - Germany -Dortmund
13: 43 Willian - Brazil -Shakhtar Donetsk/Anzhi
12: 14 Gareth Bale - Wales – Tottenham 
11: 10 Santi Cazorla - Spain -Arsenal

10: 7 Yaya Toure - Ivory Coast - Manchester City
09: 5 Eden Hazard - Belgium - Chelsea
08: 18 Toni Kroos - Germany - Bayern München
07: 13 Juan Manuel Mata - Spain - Chelsea
06: 15 Mario Götze - Germany - Dortmund
05: 4 Mesut Özil - Germany - Real Madrid
04: 6 Franck Ribery - France - Bayern München
03: 3 David Silva - Spain - Manchester City
02: 2 Cesc Fabregas - Spain - Barcelona
01: 1 Andrés Iniesta - Spain - Barcelona

2012/13 Mid-Season Top 50 Left and Right-backs in the World

 Before I go ahead and post the 2012/13 Mid-Season overall top 300, I will be doing the following:

Top 100 Forwards 
Top 50 central defenders
Top 100+ Midfielders
Top 100 Attacking Midfielders/Wingers

And this is the Top 50 left and right-backs in the world. For some discussion on this top 50 go HERE.

Top 50 left and right-backs in the World

50: Daniel Carvajal - Spain - Leverkusen
49: César Azpilicueta - Spain - Chelsea
48: 30 Yuri Zhirkov - Russia - Anzhi
47: Davide Santon - Italy - Newcastle
46: João Pereira - Portugal - Valencia
45: Cicinho - Brazil - Sevilla
44: Christian Maggio - Italy - Napoli
43: 20 Micah Richards - England - Manchester City
42: Juanfran - Spain - Atletico Madrid
41: Ignazio Abate - Italy - Milan

40: Danilo - Brazil - FC Porto
39: Juan Guillermo Cuadrado - Colombia - Fiorentina
38: Martin Montoya - Spain - Barcelona
37: Andoni Iraola - Spain - Athletic Bilbao
36: Maxi Periera - Uruguay - Benfica
35: Aleksander Kolarov - Serbia - Manchester City
34: Glen Johnson - England - Liverpool
33: Benedikt Höwedes - Germany - Schalke 04
32: Jerome Boateng - Germany - Bayern München
31: 8 Eric Abidal - France – Barcelona

30: Mário Figueira Fernandes - Brazil - CSKA Moscow
29: Yuto Nagatomo - Japan - Inter
28: Nacho Monreal - Spain - Malaga
27: 16 Alvaro Arbeloa - Spain - Real Madrid
26: 29 Rafael - Brazil - Manchester United
25: Alex Sandro - Brazil - FC Porto
24: 24 Mathieu Debuchy - France - Lille/Newcastle
23: 21 Benoit Assou-Ekotto - Cameroon - Tottenham
22: 4 Maicon - Brazil - Manchester City
21: 15 Domenico Criscito - Italy – Zenit

20: 18 Patrice Evra - France - Manchester United
19: 25 Gael Clichy - France - Manchester City
18: 11 Branislav Ivanovic - Serbia - Chelsea
17: 27 Filipe Luís Kasmirski - Brazil - Atletico Madrid
16: 22 Stephan Lichtsteiner - Switzerland - Juventus
15: Leighton Baines - England - Everton
14: 6 Bacary Sagna - France – Arsenal
13:  26 Adriano - Brazil - Barcelona
12: 17 Ashley Cole - England – Chelsea
11: 7 Javier Zanetti - Argentina – Inter

10: 9 Fabio Coentrao - Portugal - Real Madrid
9:  2 Sergio Ramos - Spain - Real Madrid
8: 13 David Alaba - Austria - Bayern München
7: 12 Łukasz Piszczek - Poland – Dortmund
6: 14 Darijo Srna - Croatia - Shakthar Donetsk
5: 10 Jordi Alba - Spain - Barcelona
4: 19 Pablo Zabaleta - Argentina - Manchester City
3: 3 Marcelo - Brazil - Real Madrid
2: 5 Philipp Lahm - Germany - Bayern München
1: 1 Dani Alves - Brazil - Barcelona