The End of 2012/13 - Mid 2013/14 Season: 300 BEST PLAYERS IN THE WORLD

Better late than never I suppose!

UPDATE: In the last few weeks I've been completing new positional rankings covering the 2014/15 season but before those will start getting posted the coming days, here is the previously unfinished 12/13 mid-13/14 300 best players in the world ranking exactly as I left them a long time ago now. Yes a lot of what is below definitely feels dated already and I don't believe its been messed with at all (and there are so many changes coming up with the 14/15 rankings) post- 2014 World Cup.

First here is the foundation of the overall ranking that's the individual position rankings:

Top 70 Central Defenders
Top 150 Attacking midfielders and Wingers
Top 70 left and right-backs
Top 150 Midfielders
Top 100 Forwards

The End of 2012/13  - Mid-2013/14 Season:

300 BEST PLAYERS IN THE WORLD:


300 NR 240 NR 197 Jon Obi Mikel - Nigeria - Chelsea
299 NR 179 187 141 Nigel De Jong - Netherlands – Milan
298 Alessandro Florenzi - Italy - Roma
297 Emanuele Giaccherini - Italy - Sunderland
296  NR 220 189 James Milner - England - Manchester City
295 Danilo - Brazil - FC Porto
294 240 188 180 104 Patrice Evra - France - Manchester United
293 237 277  Gael Clichy - France - Manchester City
292 Mamadou Sakho - France – Liverpool
291 177 151 110 84 Rio Ferdinand - England - Manchester United

290 211 215 262 Fabricio Coloccini - Argentina - Newcastle
289 231 218 225 Daniel Agger - Denmark – Liverpool
288 Daniel Parejo - Spain - Valencia
287 Sebastian Rode - Germany - Frankfurt
286 Adrien Rabiot - France - PSG
285 214  Leandro Castán - Brazil - Roma
284 Nicolas N'Koulou - Cameroon - Marseille
283 163 Etienne Capoue - France - Toulouse/Tottenham
282 Fernando - Brazil - Shakhtar
281 273 295 284 Rafael - Brazil - Manchester United

280 229 276 Jonny Evans - Northern Ireland - Manchester United
279 Sylvain Distin - France - Everton
278 102 96 104 Carlos Puyol - Spain – Barcelona
277 Aleksandar Kolarov - Serbia - Manchester City
276 Martin Montoya - Spain - Barcelona
275 178 187 179 Ashley Cole - England – Chelsea
274 125 95 95 Javier Zanetti - Argentina – Inter
273 291 238 Andrea Barzagli - Italy - Juventus
272 Elaquim Mangala - France - FC Porto
271 290 Phil Jagielka - England - Everton

270 Hugo Campagnaro - Argentina - Inter
269 285 285 Miguel Veloso - Portugal - Dynamo Kiev
268 Lorenzo Insigne - Italy - Napoli
267 Jermain Lens - Netherlands - PSV/Dynamo Kiev
266 247 168 178 254 Landon Donovan - USA - LA Galaxy
265 Marco Van Ginkel - Netherlands - Chelsea
264 281 Aaron Hunt - Germany - Werder Bremen
263 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain - England - Arsenal
262 Morgan Schneiderlin - France - Southampton
261 162 125 108 Lass Diarra - France - Lokomotiv Moscow

260 256 91 85 27 Nuri Sahin - Turkey - Dortmund
259 186 Selçuk İnan - Turkey - Galatasaray
258 300 NR NR 280 Gonzalo Castro - Germany - Bayer Leverkusen
257 NR NR 267 267 Dries Mertens - Belgium - Napoli
256 202 NR NR 222 Alan Dzagoev – Russia – CSKA Moscow
255 235 190 206 Jonas - Brazil – Valencia
254 104 35 165 174 Joaquin - Spain - Fiorentina
253 99 120 150 171 Jeremy Menez - France – PSG
252 Dimitri Payet - France - Marseille
251 Nicolai Müller - Germany - Mainz

250 181 142 170 181 Bruno Soriano - Spain -Villarreal
249 146 225 217 153 Sandro - Brazil - Tottenham
248 NR 285 Tomas Rosicky - Czech Republic - Arsenal
247 Adnan Januzaj - Belgium - Manchester United
246 135 158 185 160 Jefferson Farfan - Peru - Schalke 04
245 Antonio Candreva - Italy - Lazio
244 Alexandre Lacazette - France - Lyon
243 241 NR NR 291 Lewis Holtby - Germany - Tottenham
242 222 Kevin Mirallas - Belgium – Everton
241 203 292 Andriy Yarmolenko - Ukraine - Dynamo Kiev

240 168 288 Eduardo Salvio - Argentina - Benfica
239 266 Leonardo Bonnucci - Italy - Juventus
238 Adem Ljajic - Serbia - Roma
237 Heung Min Son - South Korea - Bayer Leverkusen
236 107 61 48 33 Rafael Van der Vaart - Netherlands - Hamburger SV
235 156 200 289 Sebastian Giovinco - Italy - Juventus
234 263 Burak Yilmaz - Turkey -Galatasaray
233 221 Rodrigo – Spain – Benfica
232 Jay Rodriguez - England - Southampton
231 213 245 Lars  Bender - Germany - Leverkusen

230 145 135 154 Yann M'Vila - France – Rubin Kazan
229 250 143 147 Kevin Prince Boateng - Ghana - Milan/Schalke 04
228 Josue Pesqueira - Portugal - Porto
227 Emmanuel Emenike - Nigeria - Spartak Moscow/Fenerbahce
226 206 173 171 210 Oscar Cardozo - Paraguay - Benfica
225 Asamoah Gyan - Ghana - El Ain
224 120 127 133 207 Roberto Soldado - Spain - Valencia
223 148 167 151 123 Mirko Vucinic - Montenegro – Juventus
222 183 NR NR 274 Pablo Osvaldo - Italy - Roma/Southampton/Juventus
221 167 NR 294 Maxime Gonalons - France - Lyon

220 184 90 81 69 Esteban Cambiasso - Argentina – Inter
219 218 121 91 241 Lukas Podolski - Germany -Arsenal
218 Adam Lallana - England - Southampton
217 Marcos Rojo - Argentina - Sporting Lissabon
216 Daniel Carvajal - Spain - Real Madrid
215 Ricardo Rodriguez - Switzerland - Wolfsburg
214 Juanfran - Spain - Atletico Madrid
213 179 79 72 83 Bacary Sagna - France - Arsenal
212 Maxwell - Brazil - PSG
211 204 270 Jakub Blaszczykowski - Poland - Dortmund

210 233 Jose Callejon - Spain - Napoli
209 260 199 255 Rodrigo Palacio - Argentina – Inter
208 119 86 77 39 Antonio Di Natale - Italy – Udinese
207 232 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang - Gabon - Dortmund
206 158 Paulinho - Brazil – Tottenham
205 81 128 134 149 Marouane Fellaini - Belgium – Everton
204 145 81 44 89 Ever Banega - Argentina – Valencia/Newell's Old Boys
203 Matija Nastasic - Serbia - Manchester City
202 NR NR 290 Gary Cahill - England - Chelsea
201 NR 232 219 157 John Terry - England - Chelsea

200 173 184 197 273 Neven Subotic - Serbia - Dortmund
199 Dejan Lovren - Croatia - Southampton
198 271 Alex Sandro - Brazil - Porto
197 227 246 276 Kwadwo Asamoah - Ghana - Juventus
196 César Azpilicueta - Spain - Chelsea
195  Séamus Coleman - Ireland - Everton
194 224 248 231 Stephan Lichtsteiner - Switzerland - Juventus
193 141 117 87 94 Fabio Coentrao - Portugal - Real Madrid
192 225 283 Filipe Luís - Brazil - Atletico Madrid
191 126 169 183 246 Darijo Srna - Croatia - Shakthar Donetsk

190 217 NR 267 Leighton Baines - England - Everton
189 132 139 281 Łukasz Piszczek - Poland - Dortmund
188 Lazar Markovic - Serbia - Partizan Beograd/Benfica
187 Rémy Cabella - France - Montpellier
186 110 60 100 Iker Muniain - Spain - Athletic Bilbao
185 209 160 Younès Belhanda - Morocco - Montpellier/Dynamo Kiev
184 137 82 65 230 Nicolas Gaitan - Argentina – Benfica
183 109 46 41 68 Antonio Valencia - Ecuador - Manchester United
182 150 83 53 41 Kaka - Brazil - Real Madrid
181 169 284 Hatem Ben Arfa - France - Newcastle

180 Clement Grenier - France - Lyon
179 116 50 90 173 Klaas Jan Huntelaar - Netherlands - Schalke 04
178 189 80 62 70 Nemanja Vidic - Serbia - Manchester United
177 201 130 118 180 Danny - Portugal - Zenit
176 160 118 120 Axel Witsel - Belgium – Zenit
175 159 123 136 223 Jeremy Toulalan - France - Monaco
174 157 114 164 130 Gokhan Inler - Switzerland - Napoli
173 85 71 55 42  Javier Hernandez - Mexico - Manchester United
172 212 211 284 Roman Shirokov - Russia - Zenit
171 248 Yevhen Konoplianka - Ukraine - Dnipro

170 62 Erik Lamela – Argentina -Tottenham
169 134 77 70 21 Samir Nasri - France - Manchester City
168 124 119 140 Jordi Alba - Spain - Barcelona
167 264 Jerome Boateng - Germany - Bayern München
166 140 157 161 120 David Luiz - Brazil – Chelsea
165 174 281 Adriano - Brazil – Barcelona
164 Mehdi Benatia - Morocco - Roma
163 NR 198 175 201 Loic Remy - France – QPR/Newcastle
162 NR NR NR 226 Jordan Henderson - England - Liverpool
161 NR 289 Raul Garcia - Spain - Atletico Madrid

160 Raheem Sterling - England  - Liverpool
159 129 103 111 103 Gerard Pique - Spain – Barcelona
158 101 NR NR  271 Gonzalo Rodríguez-Argentina - Fiorentina
157 98 111 122 105 Giorgio Chiellini - Italy – Juventus
156 142 Dante - Brazil - Bayern München
155 95 87 101 169 Ezequiel Lavezzi - Argentina - PSG
154 172 134 163 136 Branislav Ivanovic - Serbia - Chelsea
153 Antoine Griezmann - France - Real Soceidad
152 Carlos Vela - Mexico - Real Sociedad
151 90 98 106 Xherdan Shaqiri - Switzerland - Bayern München

150 103 59 59 80 Javier Pastore - Argentina – PSG
149 72 31 27 29 Nani - Portugal - Manchester United
148 130 228 287 Michu - Spain – Swansea
147 106 222 182 88 David Pizarro - Chile - Fiorentina
146 191 148 176 268 Thiago Motta - Italy - PSG
145 Max Kruse - Germany - Mönchengladbach
144 128 133 143 92 Pepe - Portugal - Real Madrid
143 Enzo Perez - Argentina - Benfica
142 187 Fernando Reges - Brazil/Portugal - Porto
141 Asier Illarramendi  Spain - Real Sociedad/Real Madrid

140 79 76 97 132 Alex Song - Cameroun - Barcelona
139 80 178 NR 241 Moussa Dembélé - Belgium - Tottenham
138 60 94 82 38 Dimitar Berbatov - Bulgaria – Fulham/Monaco
137 117 110 139 271 Miroslav Klose - Germany - Lazio
136 126 132 77 Fernando Torres - Spain -Chelsea
135 196 NR NR 172 Stefan Kießling – Germany - Leverkusen
134 55 28 23 08 Samuel Eto'o - Cameroun -Anzhi/Chelsea
133 96 124 115 125 Andre Schürrle - Germany -Chelsea
132 Coutinho – Brazil - Liverpool
131 Bernard - Brazil - Atletico Mineiro/Shakhtar Donetsk

130 92 163 157 138 Keisuke Honda - Japan - CSKA Moscov/Milan
129 138 194 153 129 Borja Valero - Spain - Fiorentina
128 78 66 96 99 Sami Khedira - Germany - Real Madrid
127 86 78 75 60 Ramires - Brazil - Chelsea
126 83 109 123 116 Mikel Arteta - Spain - Arsenal
125 87 93 86 128: Lucas Leiva - Brazil - Liverpool
124 197 115 127 Danny Welbeck - England - Manchester United
123 139 108 103 106 Michael Carrick - England - Manchester United
122 77 101 112 110 Riccardo Montolivo - Italy - Milan
121 82 70 56 24 Frank Lampard - England – Chelsea

120 74 51 42 52 Mario Gomez - Germany - Fiorentina
119 88 132 155 159 Antonio Cassano – Italy - Inter/Parma
118 Carlos Bacca - Colombia - Sevilla
117 73 38 47 57 Fernando Llorente - Spain - Juventus
116 NR 88 78 23 Giuseppe Rossi - Italy - Fiorentina
115 89 53 37 20 David Villa - Spain - Atletico Madrid
114 Ross Barkley - England - Everton
113 NR 300 NR Julian Draxler - Germany - Schalke 04
112 49 33 33 36 Dani Alves - Brazil - Barcelona
111 Lima - Brazil- Benfica

110 Diego Godin - Uruguay - Atletico Madrid
109 175 Miranda - Brazil - Atletico Madrid
108 152 208 192 189 Theo Walcott - England – Arsenal
107 105 89 83 44 Pedro - Spain – Barcelona
106 100 196 186 191 Francesco Totti - Italy – Roma
105 113 65 54 108 Emmanuel Adebayor - Togo - Tottenham
104 205 Per Mertesacker - Germany - Arsenal
103 111 100 98 81 Jesus Navas - Spain - Manchester City
102 171 170 149 235 Mathieu Valbuena - France - Marseille
101 91 122 121 218 Lucas Moura - Brazil - PSG

100 64 64 80 96 Diego - Brazil – Wolfsburg/Atletico Madrid
99 51 21 16 13 Wesley Sneijder - Netherlands – Galatasaray
98 74 69 59 Hulk - Brazil - Zenit
97 165 Christian Benteke - Belgium - Aston Villa
96 52 152 125 87 Jack Wilshere - England - Arsenal
95 131 153 173 Olivier Giroud - France – Arsenal
94 149 116 93 163 Mario Balotelli - Italy - Milan
93 133 84 76 26 Steven Gerrard -England-Liverpool
92 161 280 Luiz Gustavo - Brazil - Bayern München/Wolfsburg
91 Raphael Varane  France - Real Madrid

90 97 209 210 Pablo Zabaleta - Argentina - Manchester City
89 55 60 90 Marcelo - Brazil - Real Madrid
88 170 Kevin De Bruyne - Belgium -Chelsea/Wolfsburg
87 61 85 79 50 Edin Dzeko - Bosnia/Herzegovina - Manchester City
86 42 75 74 117 Stevan Jovetic - Montenegro - Manchester City
85 123 192 229 165: Alvaro Negredo - Spain – Manchester City
84 122 Jackson Martinez - Colombia - Porto
83 57 Stephan El Shaarawy – Italy - Milan
82 93 131 119 249 Arda Turan - Turkey - Atletico Madrid
81 94 Henrik Mkhitaryan - Armenia - Dortmund

80 40 41 127 Shinji Kagawa - Japan - Manchester United
79 176 Ezequiel Garay - Argentina - Benfica
78 33 129 148 Willian - Brazil - Anzhi/Chelsea
77 280 Romelu Lukaku - Belgium - Everton
76 65 233 271 Isco - Spain - Real Madrid
75 127 286 233 Gabi - Spain - Atletico Madrid
74 63 40 40 58 Daniele De Rossi - Italy – Roma
73 45 62 57 48 Hernanes - Brazil - Lazio/Inter
72 54 113 142 170: Jan Vertonghen - Belgium - Tottenham
71 190 185 195 Kevin Strootman - Netherlands – Roma

70 155 159 168 Ander Herrera - Spain - Athletic Bilbao
69 121 107 117 167: Miralem Pjanic - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Roma
68 68 52 68 101: Vincent Kompany - Belgium - Manchester City
67 58 49 61 82 Sergio Ramos - Spain - Real Madrid
66 141 102 152 Laurent Koscielny - France – Arsenal
65 154 Blaise Matuidi – France - PSG
64 41 92 88 79 Joao Moutinho - Portugal - Monaco
63 75 99 107 148 Claudio Marchisio - Italy - Juventus
62 Juan Guillermo Cuadrado - Colombia - Fiorentina
61 53 47 45 86 Javier Mascherano - Argentina - Barcelona

60 NR 237 209 296 Daniel Sturridge - England - Liverpool
59 70 193 Mario Mandzukic - Croatia - Bayern München
58 84 140 David Alaba - Austria - Bayern München
57 56 162 174 278 James Rodriguez - Colombia - Monaco
56 24 27 35 53 Santi Cazorla - Spain -Arsenal
55 38 56 46 40 Marek Hamsik - Slovakia – Napoli
54 164 Marco Verratti - Italy - PSG
53 44 206 Oscar - Brazil - Chelsea
52 298 Paul Pogba - France - Juventus
51 43 54 63 119 Mats Hummels - Germany - Dortmund

50 46 183 201 Fernandinho - Brazil - Shakhtar Donetsk/Manchester City
49 Nemanja Matic - Serbia - Benfica/Chelsea
48 29 73 99 143 Javi Martinez - Spain - Bayern München
47 166 240 222 216 Ivan Rakitić - Croatia – Sevilla
46 36 45 30 35 Thomas Müller - Germany - Bayern München
45 34 21 28 47 Karim Benzema - France - Real Madrid
44 31 26 22 06 Carlos Tevez - Argentina - Juventus
43 39 23 31 25 Gonzalo Higuain - Argentina - Napoli
42 16 32 32 51 Juan Manuel Mata - Spain – Chelsea/Manchester United
41 136 164 137 244: Christian Eriksen - Denmark - Tottenham

40 71 43 39 64 Alexis Sanchez - Chile – Barcelona
39 15 35 24 56 Mario Götze - Germany – Bayern München
38 249 Koke - Spain - Atletico Madrid
37 NR 250 212 219 Aaron Ramsey - Wales – Arsenal
36 69 72 66 114 Yohan Cabaye - France - Newcastle/PSG
35 27 48 50 98 Thiago Silva - Brazil - PSG
34 26 36 36 45 Sergio Busquets - Spain – Barcelona
33 07 22 29 49 Radamel Falcao - Colombia - Monaco
32 17 05 05 05 Wayne Rooney - England - Manchester United
31 283 Diego Costa - Brazil/Spain - Atletico Madrid

30 18 19 26 30 Edinson Cavani - Uruguay – PSG
29 22 15 13 31 Bastian Schweinsteiger - Germany - Bayern München
28 76 63 49 184 Thiago Alcântara - Spain - Bayern München
27 48 290 Ilkay Gündogan - Germany - Dortmund
26 30 18 17 15 Luka Modric - Croatia –Real Madrid
25 19 14 12 10 Xabi Alonso - Spain - Real Madrid
24 32 44 138 283 Robert Lewandowski - Poland - Dortmund
23 06 10 10 34 Robin Van Persie - Netherlands - Manchester United
22 09 08 20 61 Andrea Pirlo - Italy – Juventus
21 04 03 03 02 Xavi - Spain - Barcelona

20 37 30 25 28 Angel Di Maria - Argentina - Real Madrid
19 20 12 11 12 Sergio Aguero - Argentina - Manchester City
18 66 25 16 09 Arjen Robben - Netherlands - Bayern München
17 35 37 51 126 Marco Reus – Germany – Dortmund
16 21 13 14 43 Eden Hazard - Belgium - Chelsea
15 25 34 34 46 Gareth Bale - Wales - Real Madrid
14 14 11 09 14 Mesut Özil - Germany - Arsenal
13 50 69 58 78 Philipp Lahm - Germany - Bayern München
12 23 17 19 22 Yaya Tore - Ivory Coast - Manchester City
11 47 57 73 54 Arturo Vidal - Chile - Juventus

10 10 09 08 17 David Silva - Spain - Manchester City
09 08 07  06 07 Cesc Fabregas - Spain – Barcelona
08 28 29 38 66 Neymar - Brazil - Barcelona
07 12 16 15 18 Franck Ribery - France - Bayern München
06 13 42 64 147 Toni Kroos - Germany - Bayern München
05 05 06 07 13 Zlatan Ibrahimovic - Sweden - PSG
04 03 04 04 04 Andrés Iniesta - Spain - Barcelona
03 11 24 18 11 Luis Suarez - Uruguay - Liverpool
02 02 02 02 03 Cristiano Ronaldo - Portugal - Real Madrid
01 01 01 01 01 Lionel Messi - Argentina - Barcelona

Previous Best 300 Players in the World:

2012/13 Mid-Season ranking
2011/2012 End of season ranking
2011/2012 Mid-season ranking
End of 2010/11 - Start of 2011/12 ranking
2010/2011 Mid-season ranking: