fredag den 11. oktober 2013

The End of 2012/13 - Mid-2013/14 Season Rankings: Top 150 Attacking midfielders/Wingers in the World

2014 February Update: various adjustments have been made all over the list to more reflect the current!

I'm doing position by position rankings before I get to the overall 300 best players in the world:

Top 70 Left and Right-backs
The top 70 central defenders
Top 100 Forwards

And now it's time for the Top 150 Attacking midfielders/wingers.

A rundown of this list (edit: that's now finally been completed) containing various comments can be followed starting HERE


The End of 2012/13 - Mid-2013/14 Top 150 Attacking midfielders/Wingers in the World


150 Salamon Kalou - Côte d'Ivoire - Lille
149 Max Meyer - Germany - Schalke 04
148 99 62 Yoann Gourcuff - France - Lyon
147 Adam Maher - Netherlands AZ Alkmaar/PSV 
146 Georginio Wijnaldum - Netherlands - PSV
145 NR 94 Markel Susaeta - Spain - Athletic Bilbao 
144 Xabi Prieto Spain - Real Sociedad 
143 Everton Ribeiro - Brazil - Cruzeiro  
142 Valentin Stocker - Switzerland - FC Basel
141 Ricardo Alvarez - Argentina - Inter  

140 Giovani Dos Santos - Mexico - Mallorca/Villarreal
139 Gerard Deulofeu - Spain - Barcelona/Everton
138 90 Adel Taarabt - Morocco - QPR/Fulham 
137 Sidney Sam - Germany - Bayer Leverkusen 
136 Kevin Volland - Germany - Hoffenheim
135 NR 88 Dirk Kuyt - Netherlands - Fenerbahce
134 Josip Ilicic - Slovenia - Palermo/Fiorentina
133 Pablo Hernández - Spain -Swansea
132 Gervinho - Cote d'ivoire - Arsenal/Roma
131 Alessio Cerci - Italy - Torino

130 Roberto Firmino - Brazil - Hoffenheim
129 NR 69 Riquelme - Argentina - Boca Juniors 
128 92 70 Gastón Ramírez - Uruguay – Southampton  
127 Alain Traoré - Burkino Faso - Lorient 
126 Diego Tardelli - Brazil- Atletico Mineiro
125 Ignacio Martín Scocco - Argentina - Newell's/Internacional/Sunderland
124 Mohamed Salah -Egypt - FC Basel/Chelsea
123 NR 103 Oxlade Chamberlain - England - Arsenal  
122 86 Steven Pienaar - South Africa - Everton  
121 Jay Rodriguez - England - Southampton

120 76 Christian Tello - Spain - Barcelona 
119 79 Pizzi - Portugal - Deportovo La Coruna/Benfica/Espanyol
118 87 Siem de Jong - Netherlands - Ajax  
117 80 60 Andre Ayew - Ghana - Marseille  
116 96 Alex Teixeira - Brazil - Shakhtar Donetsk
115 Florian Thauvin - France - Bastia/Lille/Marseille
114 Walter Montillo - Argentina - Cruzeiro/Santos
113 NR 63 Ryan Giggs - Wales - Manchester United
112 Andros Townsend - England - QPR/Tottenham 
111 73 72 Clint Dempsey - USA - Tottenham/Seattle

110 63 50 Jadson - Brazil - Sao Paulo 
109 Ronaldinho - Brazil - Atletico Mineiro  
108  Piti - Spain - Rayo/Granada 
107 60 51 Robinho - Brazil - Milan 
106 62 Giuliano - Brazil - Dnipro
105 83 58 Landon Donovan - USA - LA Galaxy  
104 72 Rodrigo - Spain - Benfica    
103 Lorenzo Insigne - Italy - Napoli  
102 Jermain Lens - Netherlands - PSV/Dynamo Kiev 
101 89 Aaron Hunt - Germany - Werder Bremen

100 NR 91 Dries Mertens - Belgium - PSV/Napoli   
99 65 Alan Dzagoev - Russia - CSKA Moscow 
98 77 Jonas - Brazil – Valencia
97 38 46 Joaquin - Spain – Malaga/Fiorentina
96 34 40 Jeremy Menez - France – PSG 
95 Dimitri Payet - France - Lille/Marseille
94 NR 97 Thomas Rosicky - Czech Republic - Arsenal
93 Nicolai Müller - Germany - Mainz 
92 Adnan Januzaj - Belgium - Manchester United 
91 49 53 Jefferson Farfan - Peru - Schalke 04    

90 Alexandre Lacazette - France - Lyon
89 78 Lewis Holtby - Germany - Tottenham/Fulham 
88 74 Kevin Mirallas - Belgium - Everton
87 66 100 Andriy Yarmolenko - Ukraine - Dynamo Kiev 
86 56 99 Eduardo Salvio - Argentina - Benfica
85 Josue - Portugal - Porto 
84 Adem Ljajic - Serbia - Fiorentina/Roma 
83 98 49 Kevin Prince Boateng - Ghana - Milan/Schalke 04   
82 Heung Min Son - South Korea - HSV/Bayer Leverkusen 
81 88 67 Rodrigo Palacio - Argentina - Inter   

80 57 96 Hatem Ben Arfa - France - Newcastle 
79 69 52 Sebastian Giovinco - Italy – Juventus 
78 70 Lukas Podolski - Germany -Arsenal 
77 46 30 Ever Banega - Argentina - Valencia/Newell's Old Boys
76 40 25 Rafael Van der Vaart - Netherlands - Hamburger SV
75 Adam Lallana - England - Southampton
74 67 93 Jakub Blaszczykowski - Poland – Dortmund 
73 75 Jose Callejon - Spain - Real Madrid/Napoli 
72  Lazar Markovic - Serbia - Partizan Beograd/Benfica 
71 Raul Garcia - Spain - Atletico Madrid 

70 Rémy Cabella - France - Montpellier 
69 Raheem Sterling - England  - Liverpool   
68 42 24 Iker Muniain - Spain - Athletic Bilbao
67 53 65 Borja Valero - Spain – Fiorentin 
66 68 54 Younès Belhanda - Morocco - Montpellier/Dynamo Kiev
65 64 44 Danny - Portugal - Zenit
64 52 31 Nicolas Gaitan - Argentina - Benfica
63 41 21 Antonio Valencia - Ecuador - Manchester United
62 54 32 Kaka - Brazil - Real Madrid/Milan 
61 Clement Grenier - France - Lyon

60 Juan Guillermo Cuadrado - Colombia - Fiorentina 
59 84 Yevhen Konoplianka - Ukraine - Dnipro
58 22 Erik Lamela - Argentina - Roma/Tottenham
57 Ross Barkley - England - Everton 
56 48 29 Samir Nasri - France - Manchester City 
55 47 Ezequiel Lavezzi - Argentina - PSG   
54 61 82 Ivan Rakitić - Croatia - Sevilla  
53 Antoine Griezmann - France - Real Soceidad
52 Max Kruse - Germany - Freiburg/Mönchengladbach 
51 Carlos Vela - Mexico - Real Sociedad

50 51 77 Michu - Spain – Swansea 
49 30 36 Xherdan Shaqiri - Switzerland - Bayern München
48 45 42 Andre Schürrle - Germany - Bayer Leverkusen/Chelsea
47 37 23 Javier Pastore - Argentina - PSG
46 29 12 Nani - Portugal - Manchester United
45 55 75 Theo Walcott - England – Arsenal
44 Coutinho – Brazil - Liverpool     
43 Bernard - Brazil - Atletico Mineiro/Shakhtar Donetsk   
42 33 56 Keisuke Honda - Japan - CSKA Moscow/Milan
41 44 39 Miralem Pjanic - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Roma

40 39 34 Pedro - Spain - Barcelona
39  36 Francesco Totti - Italy - Roma
38 Ander Herrera - Spain - Athletic Bilbao  
37 Julian Draxler - Germany - Schalke 04 
36 43 37 Jesus Navas - Spain - Sevilla/Manchester City 
35 59 59 Mathieu Valbuena - France - Marseille
34 31 41 Lucas Moura - Brazil - PSG  
33 24 27 Diego - Brazil – Wolfsburg/Atletico Madrid
32 20 08 Wesley Sneijder - Netherlands – Galatasaray
31 58 Kevin De Bruyne - Belgium - Werder Bremen/Chelsea

30 35 45 Arda Turan - Turkey - Atletico Madrid
29 32 Henrikh Mkhitaryan - Armenia - Shakhtar Donetsk/Dortmund
28 17 17 Shinji Kagawa - Japan - Manchester United  
27 13 43 Willian - Brazil - Anzhi/Chelsea
26 27 35 Joao Moutinho - Portugal - FC Porto/Monaco
25 23 26 Hernanes - Brazil – Lazio/Inter
24 85 Koke - Spain - Atletico Madrid 
23 50 57 Christian Eriksen - Denmark – Ajax/Tottenham
22 25 79 Isco - Spain - Malaga/Real Madrid
21 21 55 James Rodriguez - Colombia - FC Porto/Monaco 

20 18 20 Thomas Müller - Germany - Bayern München 
19 11 10 Santi Cazorla - Spain -Arsenal 
18 16 22 Marek Hamsik - Slovakia - Napoli 
17 19 73 Oscar - Brazil - Chelsea 
16 15 11 Angel Di Maria - Argentina - Real Madrid 
15 07 13 Juan Manuel Mata - Spain - Chelsea/Manchester United
14 28 19 Alexis Sanchez - Chile - Barcelona
13 06 15 Mario Götze - Germany - Dortmund/Bayern München
12 26 09 Arjen Robben - Netherlands - Bayern München
11 10 07 Yaya Toure - Côte d'Ivoire - Manchester City

10 14 16 Marco Reus - Germany -Dortmund
09 08 18 Toni Kroos - Germany - Bayern München
08 09 05 Eden Hazard - Belgium - Chelsea
07 12 14 Gareth Bale - Wales – Tottenham/Real Madrid 
06 03 03 David Silva - Spain - Manchester City
05 05 04 Mesut Özil - Germany - Real Madrid/Arsenal 
04 02 02 Cesc Fabregas - Spain - Barcelona
03 Neymar - Brazil - Barcelona
02 04 06 Franck Ribery - France - Bayern München
01 01 01 Andrés Iniesta - Spain - Barcelona