Previous End of 2012/13 - Mid-2013/14 Season Rankings:
Top 70 Central Defenders
Top 150 Attacking midfielders and Wingers
Top 70 left and right-backs
Now it's time for the top 100 Forwards but this is getting very late and well into mid-season so the rankings still appearing are significantly different from the first versions made before the 13/14 season even started.
As usual a rundown containing thoughts on the ranked players as they appear can be followed from the Sporting Events forum HERE.
The End of 2012/13 - Mid-2013/14 Top 100 Forwards in the World
100 Luis Muriel - Colombia - Udinese
99 45 48 Luis Fabiano - Brazil - Sao Paulo
98 NR 69 Ivica Olic - Croatia - Wolfsburg
97 Wilfried Bony - Côte d'Ivoire - Vitesse/Swansea
96 Rickie Lambert - England - Southampton
95 Emmanuel Rivière - France - Monaco
94 Ciro Immobile - Italy - Genoa/Torino
93 91 Adam Szalai - Hungary - Mainz/Schalke 04
92 74 Bafétimbi Gomis - France - Lyon
91 Dieumerci Mbokani - Congo - Anderlecht/Dynamo Kiev
90 98 Luiz Adriano - Brazil - Shakhtar Donetsk
89 60 Vedad Ibisevic - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Stuttgart
88 Adrian Ramos - Colombia - Herha Berlin
87 92 Aritz Aduriz - Spain - Athletic Bilbao
86 Mattia Destro - Italy - Roma
85 83 André-Pierre Gignac - France - Marseille
84 Georgios Samaras - Greece - Celtic
83 90 Wellington Nem - Brazil - Fluminense/Shakhtar Donetsk
82 Alvaro Morata - Spain - Real Madrid
81 Yura Movsisyan - Armenia - Spartak Moscow
80 Josip Drmic - Switzerland - FC Nürnberg
79 Jese - Spain - Real Madrid
78 67 55 Jonas - Brazil - Valencia
77 80 Jermain Defoe - England - Tottenham
76 Jo - Brazil - Atletico Mineiro
75 Jay Rodriguez - England - Southampton
74 70 45 Diego Forlan - Uruguay - Internacional
73 97 Salomón Rondón - Venezuela - Rubin Kazan/Zenit
72 84 34 Alexandre Pato - Brazil - Corinthians
71 59 56 Alexandr Kerzhakov - Russia - Zenit
70 55 61 Seydou Doumbia - Côte d'Ivoire - CSKA Moscow
69 50 Sebastian Giovinco - Italy - Juventus
68 76 53 Kevin Gameiro - France - PSG/Sevilla
67 63 Oribe Peralta - Mexico - Santos Laguna
65 31 25 Diego Milito - Argentina - Inter
64 16 54 Leandro Damião - Brazil - Internacional/Santos
63 61 Iago Aspas - Spain - Celta Vigo/Liverpool
62 29 17 Didier Drogba - Côte d'Ivoire - Galatasaray
62 42 41 Andre Schürrle - Germany - Bayer Leverkusen/Chelsea
61 32 35 Demba Ba -Senegal - Newcastle/Chelsea
60 62 69 Fred - Brazil - Fluminense
59 94 Lima - Brazil- Benfica
58 71 Burak Yilmaz - Turkey - Galatasaray
57 Emmanuel Emenike - Nigeria - Spartak Moscow/Fenerbahce
56 Rodrigo Palacio - Argentina - Inter
55 57 51 Oscar Cardozo - Paraguay - Benfica
54 100 Asamoah Gyan - Ghana - El Ain
53 38 43 Roberto Soldado - Spain - Valencia/Tottenham
52 64 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang - Gabon - Saint-Étienne/Dortmund
51 51 Theo Walcott - England - Arsenal
50 58 38 Danny Welbeck - England - Manchester United
49 43 66 Michu - Spain - Swansea
48 46 49 Mirko Vucinic - Montenegro - Juventus
47 49 Pablo Osvaldo - Italy - Roma/Southampton/Juventus
46 37 30 Antonio Di Natale - Italy - Udinese
45 34 20 Klaas Jan Huntelaar - Netherlands - Schalke 04
44 26 26 Javier Hernandez - Mexico - Manchester United
43 87 62 Loic Remy - France – QPR/Newcastle
42 Max Kruse - Germany - Freiburg/Mönchengladbach
41 56 Stefan Kießling - Germany - Bayer Leverkusen
40 19 33 Dimitar Berbatov - Bulgaria - Fulham/Monaco
39 35 37 Miroslav Klose - Germany - Lazio
38 53 42 Fernando Torres - Spain -Chelsea
37 15 13 Samuel Eto'o - Cameroun -Anzhi/Chelsea
36 25 21 Mario Gomez - Germany - Bayern München/Fiorentina
35 27 45 Antonio Cassano – Italy - Inter/Parma
34 Carlos Bacca - Colombia - Club Brügge/Sevilla
33 24 16 Fernando Llorente - Spain - Athletic Bilbao/Juventus
32 85 32 Giuseppe Rossi - Italy - Fiorentina
31 33 60 Francesco Totti - Italy - Roma
30 28 22 David Villa - Spain - Barcelona/Atletico Madrid
29 36 27 Hulk - Brazil - Zenit
28 30 24 Emmanuel Adebayor - Togo - Tottenham
27 48 Christian Benteke - Belgium - Aston Villa
26 22 Stephan El Shaarawy - Italy - Milan
25 21 19 Thomas Müller - Germany - Bayern München
24 41 47 Olivier Giroud - France - Arsenal
23 47 39 Mario Balotelli - Italy - Milan
22 20 29 Edin Dzeko - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Manchester City
21 18 28 Stevan Jovetic - Montenegro - Fiorentina/Manchester City
20 40 57 Alvaro Negredo - Spain - Sevilla/Manchester City
19 39 Jackson Martinez - Colombia - FC Porto
18 75 Romelu Lukaku - Belgium - WBA/Chelsea/Everton
17 86 67 Daniel Sturridge - England - Liverpool
16 23 58 Mario Mandzukic - Croatia - Bayern München
15 12 08 Karim Benzema - France - Real Madrid
14 13 12 Carlos Tevez - Argentina - Manchester City/Juventus
13 14 10 Gonzalo Higuain - Argentina - Real Madrid/Napoli
12 05 09 Radamel Falcao - Colombia - Atletico Madrid/Monaco
11 08 03 Wayne Rooney - England - Manchester United
10 78 Diego Costa - Brazil/Spain - Atletico Madrid
09 07 07 Edinson Cavani - Uruguay - Napoli/PSG
08 10 18 Robert Lewandowski - Poland - Dortmund
07 11 14 Neymar - Brazil - Santos/Barcelona
06 04 05 Robin Van Persie - Netherlands - Manchester United
05 09 06 Sergio Aguero - Argentina - Manchester City
04 03 04 Zlatan Ibrahimovic - Sweden - PSG
03 06 11 Luis Suarez - Uruguay - Liverpool
02 02 02 Cristiano Ronaldo - Portugal - Real Madrid
01 01 01 Lionel Messi - Argentina - Barcelona