2014/15 Season Rankings: The 125 Best Forwards in the World

Before I get to the overall ranking of the 300 best players in the world, I'm going through position by position.

This will be the Top 125 Forwards in the World ranking.

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These positions have been completed:

Top 100 Centrebacks
Top 100 Right and Left-backs
Top 200 Attacking Midfielders/Wingers
Top 200 Midfielders


2014/15 Rankings: The 125 Best Forwards in the World

125 Robbie Keane - Ireland - LA Galaxy
124 Shinji Okazaki - Japan - Mainz/Leicester
123 88 Adrian Ramos - Colombia - Dortmund
122 NR 66 65 Nikica Jelavic - Croatia - Hull 
121 77 80 Jermain Defoe - England - Toronto/Sunderland 
120 Alexander Meier - Germany - Frankfurt
119 36 25 21 Mario Gomez - Germany - Fiorentina/Besiktas 
118 Nikola Kalinic - Croatia - Dnipro/Fiorentina 
117 NR 79 Fabio Quagliarella - Italy - Torino
116 NR 99 Léo Baptistão - Brazil - Rayo Vallecano
115 Marco Streller - Switzerland - FC Basel
114 Teofilo Gutierrez - Colombia - River Plate/Sporting CP
113 Aleksandr Kokorin - Russia - Dinamo Moscow
112 Divock Origi - Belgium - Lille/Liverpool
111 Andy Carroll - England - West Ham

110 Fernandao - Brazil - Bursaspor/Fenerbahce
109 Breel Embolo - Switzerland - FC Basel
108 Juanmi - Spain - Malaga/Southampton
107 Haris Seferovic - Switzerland - Eintracht Frankfurt
106 NR 46 54 Papiss Cisse - Senegal - Newcastle
105 91 Dieumerci Mbokani - Congo - Dynamo Kiev
104 38 53 42 Fernando Torres - Spain -Milan/Atletico Madrid
103 Leonardo Ulloa - Argentina - Leicester
102 Islam Slimani - Algeria - Sporting CP
101 28 30 24 Emmanuel Adebayor - Togo - Tottenham

100 Jonathas - Brazil - Elche/Real Sociedad
99 Bas Dost - Netherlands - Wolfsburg
98 55 57 51 Oscar Cardozo - Paraguay - Trabzonspor
97 47 49 Pablo Osvaldo - Italy - Southampton/Juventus/Inter/Boca Juniors/Porto
96 92 74 Bafétimbi Gomis - France - Swansea
95 Charlie Austin - England - QPR
94 70 55 61 Seydou Doumbia - Côte d'Ivoire - CSKA Moscow/Roma
93 56 Rodrigo Palacio - Argentina - Inter
92 75 Jay Rodriguez - England - Southampton
91 Wissam Ben Yedder - France - Toulouse

90 Alberto Bueno - Spain - Rayo Vallecano/FC Porto
89 Jonathan Soriano - Spain - Red Bull Salzburg
88 Diego Rolan - Uruguay - Bordeaux
87 67 63 Oribe Peralta - Mexico - Santos Laguna/America
86 Franco Di Santo - Argentina - Werder Bremen/Schalke 04
85 Alan - Brazil - Red Bull Salzburg/Guangzhou Evergrande
84 32 85 32 Giuseppe Rossi - Italy - Fiorentina
83 46 37 30 Antonio Di Natale - Italy - Udinese
82 41 56 Stefan Kießling - Germany - Bayer Leverkusen
81 23 47 39 Mario Balotelli - Italy - Liverpool 

80 54 100 Asamoah Gyan - Ghana - El Ain
79 58 71 Burak Yilmaz - Turkey - Galatasaray 
78 40 19 33 Dimitar Berbatov - Bulgaria - Monaco
77 60 62 69 Fred - Brazil - Fluminense 
76 48 46 49 Mirko Vucinic - Montenegro - Al Jazira
75 45 34 20 Klaas Jan Huntelaar - Netherlands - Schalke 04
74 Graziano Pelle - Italy - Southampton
73 78 67 55 Jonas - Brazil - Benfica
72 Danny Ings - England - Burnley/Liverpool
71 69 50 Sebastian Giovinco - Italy - Juventus/Toronto

70 79 Jese - Spain - Real Madrid
69 Clinton N'jie - Cameroon - Lyon/Tottenham
68 39 35 37 Miroslav Klose - Germany - Lazio
67 86 Mattia Destro - Italy - Milan/Roma/Bologna
66 87 92 Aritz Aduriz - Spain - Athletic Bilbao 
65 Vincent Aboubakar - Cameroon - FC Porto
64 72 84 34 Alexandre Pato - Brazil - Corinthians/Sao Paolo
63 94 Ciro Immobile - Italy - Dortmund/Sevilla
62 80 Josip Drmic - Switzerland - Bayer Leverkusen/Mönchengladbach
61 Diafra Sakho - Senegal - West Ham

60 30 28 22 David Villa - Spain - Atletico Madrid/New York City
59 Enner Valencia - Ecuador - Pachuca/West Ham
58 Simone Zaza - Italy - Sassuolo/Juventus
57 85 83 André-Pierre Gignac - France - Marseille/Tigres UANL
56 Davie Selke - Germany - Werder Bremen/RB Leipzig
55 20 40 57 Alvaro Negredo - Spain - Manchester City/Valencia 
54 Aleksandar Mitrovic - Serbia - Anderlecht/Newcastle
53 33 24 16 Fernando Llorente - Spain - Juventus
52 31 33 60 Francesco Totti - Italy - Roma 
51 Paco Alcácer - Spain - Valencia

50 Saido Berahino - England - WBA 
49 50 58 38 Danny Welbeck - England - Manchester United/Arsenal
48 44 26 26 Javier Hernandez - Mexico - Real Madrid/Manchester United
47 61 32 35 Demba Ba -Senegal - Besiktas/Shanghai Shenhua
46 43 87 62 Loic Remy - France – Chelsea
45 73 97 Salomón Rondón - Venezuela - Zenit/WBA
44 97 Wilfried Bony - Côte d'Ivoire - Swansea/Manchester City
43 51 51 Theo Walcott - England - Arsenal 
42 68 76 53 Kevin Gameiro - France - Sevilla
41 Mauro Icardi - Argentina - Inter

40 Domenico Berardi - Italy - Sassuolo
39 42 Max Kruse - Germany - Mönchengladbach/Wolfsburg
38 59 94 Lima - Brazil- Benfica/Al Ahli
37 12 05 09 Radamel Falcao - Colombia - Manchester United/Chelsea
36 Michy Batshuayi - Belgium - Marseille
35 29 36 27 Hulk - Brazil - Zenit
34 90 98 Luiz Adriano - Brazil - Shakhtar Donetsk/Milan
33 21 18 28 Stevan Jovetic - Montenegro - Manchester City/Inter
32 Luciano Vietto - Argentina - Villarreal/Atletico Madrid 
31 18 75 Romelu Lukaku - Belgium - Everton

30 Anthony Martial - France - Monaco 
29 52 64 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang - Gabon - Dortmund 
28 Alexandre Lacazette - France - Lyon
27 Paulo Dybala - Argentina - Palermo/Juventus
26 06 04 05 Robin Van Persie - Netherlands - Manchester United/Fenerbahce
25 17 86 67 Daniel Sturridge - England - Liverpool
24 16 23 58 Mario Mandzukic - Croatia - Atletico Madrid/Juventus 
23 27 48 Christian Benteke - Belgium - Aston Villa/Liverpool
22 82 Alvaro Morata - Spain - Real Madrid/Juventus
21 19 39 Jackson Martinez - Colombia - FC Porto/Atletico Madrid

20 25 21 19 Thomas Müller - Germany - Bayern München 
19 22 20 29 Edin Dzeko - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Manchester City/Roma 
18 24 41 47 Olivier Giroud - France - Arsenal
17 34 Carlos Bacca - Colombia - Sevilla/Milan
16 Harry Kane - England - Tottenham
15 Antoine Griezmann - France - Atletico Madrid
14 11 08 03 Wayne Rooney - England - Manchester United 
13 13 14 10 Gonzalo Higuain - Argentina - Napoli
12 09 07 07 Edinson Cavani - Uruguay - PSG 
11 15 12 08 Karim Benzema - France - Real Madrid 

10 Alexis Sanchez - Chile - Arsenal
09 14 13 12 Carlos Tevez - Argentina - Juventus/Boca Juniors
08 10 78 Diego Costa - Brazil/Spain - Chelsea
07 08 10 18 Robert Lewandowski - Poland - Bayern München
06 07 11 14 Neymar - Brazil - Barcelona
05 05 09 06 Sergio Aguero - Argentina - Manchester City
04 04 03 04 Zlatan Ibrahimovic - Sweden - PSG
03 03 06 11 Luis Suarez - Uruguay - Barcelona
02 02 02 02 Cristiano Ronaldo - Portugal - Real Madrid
01 01 01 01 Lionel Messi - Argentina - Barcelona