2011/12 mid season rankings update

My rundown of the ranked players can be followed (at random times the next many days) in real time starting with number 300 RIGHT HERE

I will also be adding player writeups to the blog, with the overly ambitious plan that once the rundown is over, every player on the list will have some kind of profile that includes what I've written about them for the various versions' of the list.

End of 2010/11 - Start of 2011/12 Rankings

Here it is finally.


300: Peter Crouch - England - Tottenham to Stoke -64
299: Holger Badstuber - Germany - Bayern München NEW
298: Tom Huddlestone - England - Tottenham -151
297: Kevin Grosskreutz - Germany - Dortmund NEW
296: Daniel Sturridge - England - Chelsea - NEW
295: Chiek Tiote - Ivory Coast - Newcastle - NEW
294: Andrés D'Alessandro - Argentina - Internacional - NEW
293: Youssuf Mulumbu - Congo - WBA - NEW
292: Kevin Doyle - Ireland - Wolverhampton
291: Lewis Holtby- Germany-Mainz to Schalke 04 - Down 1
290: Gary Cahill - England - Bolton - New

289: Sebastian Giovinco - Italy - Parma - NEW
288: Joey Barton - England - Newcastle to QPR - NEW
287: Stuart Holden - USA - Bolton - NEW
286: Marcel Schmelzer - Germany - Dortmund - NEW
285: Nicolas Otamendi - Argentina - FC Porto
284: Rafael - Brazil - Manchester United - Down 77
283: Robert Lewandowski - Poland - Dortmund
282: Anatolij Tymoshchuk - Ukraine - Bayern München - Down 52
281: Chris Smalling - England - Manchester United - NEW
280: Gonzalo Castro - Germany - Bayer Leverkusen - Up 44

279: Cacau - Germany - VfB Stuttgart
278: James Rodriguez - Colombia - FC Porto
277: Clint Dempsey - USA - Fullham
276: Andres Guardado - Mexico - La Coruna - Down 98
275: Andy Carroll - England - Liverpool - Down 46
274: Pablo Daniel Osvaldo - Espanyol to Roma - NEW
273: Neven Subotic - Serbia - Dortmund - NEW
272: Philippe Mexès - France - Roma to Milan - NEW
271: Miroslav Klose - Germany - Bayern München to Lazio - Down 36
270: Gonzalo Rodriguez - Argentina - Villarreal

269: Antonio Reyes - Spain - Atletico Madrid - Up 7
268: Thiago Motta - Italy - Inter - NEW
267: Leighton Baines - England - Everton - NEW
266: Freddy Guarin - Colombia - FC Porto - NEW
265: Kevin Prince Boateng - Ghana - Milan - Up 11
264: Deco - Portugal - Fluminese - Up 2
263: Sven Bender - Germany - Dortmund - Up 28
262: Kim Källström - Sweden - Lyon - Up 14
261 Gerrardo Torrado - Mexico - Cruz Azul - Up 48
260: Jose Manuel Jurado - Spain - Schalke 04 - Down 49

259: Marco Borriello - Italy - Roma - Down 45
258: Domenico Criscito - Italy - Genoa - Up 20
257: Asamoah Gyan - Ghana - Sunderland - Down 72
256 Giovani dos Santos - Mexico - Tottenham - Up 1
255: Lee Chung Young - South Korea - Bolton - Down 15
254: Landon Donovan - USA - LA Galaxy - Up 5
253: Fabio Quagliarella - Italy - Juventus - Up 18
252: Alvaro Arbeloa - Spain - Real Madrid - New
251: Bobby Zamora - England - Fullham - New
250: Marcos Senna - Spain - Villarreal - Down 72

249: Arda Turan - Turkey - Galatasaray - down 44
248: Juan - Brazil - Roma - Up 27
247: Diego Lugano - Uruguay - PSG
246: Darijo Srna - Croatia - Shaktar Donetsk - Down 49
245: Diego Perotti - Argentina - Sevilla - Down 39
244: Christian Eriksen - Denmark - Ajax - NEW
243: Andrea Cossu - Italy - Cagliari - Up 48
242: Moussa Sissoko - France - Toulose - No change
241: Lukas Podolski - Germany - FC Köln - Up 44
240: Mauricio Isla - Chile - Udinese

239: Park Chu Young - South Korea - Monaco to Arsenal Up 26
238: Jaroslav Plasil - Czech Republic - Bordeaux - Up 61
237: Steven Pienaar - South Africa - Tottenham - Down 94
236: Juan Sebastian Veron-Argentina-Estudiantes- Up 10
235: Mathieu Valbuena - France - Marseille - Down 35
234: Antonio Nocerino - Italy - Palermo - New
233: Gabi - Spain - Zaragoza to Atletico Madrid - New
232: Zvjezdan Misimovic - Dynamo Moscov - Down 79
231: Yuri Zhirkov - Russia - Chelsea - Down 45
230: Nicolas Gaitan - Argentina - Benfica NEW

229: Alex - Brazil - Fenerbahce - New
228: Andre Pierre Gignac - France - Marseille - Down 13
227: Abou Diaby - France - Arsenal - Down 42
226: Renato Augosto - Brazil - Leverkusen - New
225: Alessandro Nesta - Italy - Milan - Down 13
224: Jadson - Brazil - Shaktar Donetsk - NEW
223: Jeremy Toulalan - France - Lyon - Down 28
222: Alberto Gilardino - Italy - Fiorentina - Down 39
221: Bruno Alves - Portugal - Zenit - Down 3
220: Marvin Martin - France - Sochaux - New

219: Aaron Ramsey - Wales - Arsenal - New
218: Lucas - Brazil - Sao Paolo - New
217: Douglas Costa - Brazil - Shakhtar Donetsk - New
216: Ivan Rakitić - Croatia - Sevilla - Up 66
215: Mamadou Sakho - France - PSG - New
214: Adil Rami - France - Lille - New
213: Moussa Sow - Senegal - Lille - Up 49
212: Alexandr Kerzhakov - Russia - Zenit - Up 51
211: Charles N'Zogbia - France - Wigan to Aston Villa Down 26
210: Oscar Cardozo - Paraguay - Benfica - Up 6


209: Aaron Lennon - England - Tottenham - Down 107
208: Roman Pavluchenko - Russia - Tottenham - Up 2
207: Roberto Soldado - Spain - Valencia - Up 62
206: Luiz Gustavo - Brazil - Bayern München - Down 27
205: Papiss Cisse - Senegal - Freiburg - Up 45
204: Jose Bosingwa - Portugal - Chelsea - Down 38
203: Josip Ilicic - Slovenia - Palermo - Up 4
202: Adam Johnson - England - Manchester City- Down 39
201: Loic Remy - France - Marseille - Down 49
200: Michael Ballack - Germany - Leverkusen - Down 68

199: Alberto Aquilani -Italy -Liverpool/Juventus to Milan- Down 79
198: Humberto Suazo - Chile - Monterrey - Down 7
197: Marouane Chamakh - Marocco - Arsenal (Down 117)
196: Mamadou Niang - Senegal - Fenerbahce - Down 8
195: Simao - Portugal - Besiktas - Down 72
194: Jordan Henderson - England - Sunderland - Up 32
193: Konstantin Zyryanov - Russia - Zenit (Down 50)
192: Michael Dawson - England - Tottenham (NEW
191: Francesco Totti - Italy - Roma - Down 3
190: Gareth Barry - England - Manchester City - Down 50

189: Theo Walcott - England - Arsenal (Up 14)
188: Goran Pandev - Macedonia - Inter to Napoli (Down 34)
187: Ze Roberto - Brazil - Hamburger SV (Down 22)
186: Alou Diarra - France - Bordeaux (Down 9)
185: Bryan Ruiz - Costa Rica - Twente - Up 32
184: Thiago Alcântara - Spain - Barcelona - NEW
183: Ivica Olic - Croatia - Bayern München
182: Charlie Adam - Scotland - Blackpool (New)
181: Bruno Soriano - Spain -Villarreal (Up 59)
180: Danny - Portugal - Zenit - (Up 21)

179: Juan Manuel Vargas - Peru - Fiorentina (Up 26)
178: Frederic Kanoute - Mali - Sevilla (Down 45)
177: Scott Parker - England - West Ham (Down 18)
176: Darren Bent - England - Sunderland (Up 19)
175: Balázs Dzsudzsák - Hungary - PSV to Anzhi Makhachkala (New)
174: Joaquin - Spain - Valencia to Malaga (Down 120)
173: Klaas Jan Huntelaar - Netherlands - Schalke 04 (Down 41)
172: Stefan Kiessling - Germany - Bayer Leverkusen (Up 72)
171: Jeremy Menez - France - Roma (Up 7)
170: Jan Vertonghen - Belgium - Ajax ¨(Up 91)

169: Ezequiel Lavezzi - Argentina - Napoli (Up 6)
168: James Milner - England - Manchester City (Down 21)
167: Miralem Pjanic - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Lyon to Roma (Down 76)
166: Andrei Arshavin - Russia - Arsenal -62
165: Alvaro Negredo - Spain - Sevilla (Up 6)
164: Michel Bastos - Brazil - Lyon (Down 77)
163: Mario Balotelli - Italy - Manchester City (Down 77)
162: Elano - Brazil - Santos (Up 5)
161: Alessandro Matri - Italy - Juventus (New)
160: Jefferson Farfan - Peru - Schalke 04 (Down 3)

159: Antonio Cassano - Italy - Milan (Down 45)
158: Carlos Puyol - Spain - Barcelona (Down 53)
157: John Terry - England - Chelsea (Down 50)
156: Marko Marin - Germany - Werder Bremen (Down 35)
155: Simon Rolfes - Germany - Bayer Leverkusen (Up 41
154: Yann M'Vila - France - Rennes (Up 87
153: Sandro - Brazil - Tottenham (New)
152: Ganso - Brazil - Santos (Down 60)
151: Tim Cahill - Australia - Everton -19
150: Thomas Vermaelen - Belgium - Arsenal - Down 30


149: Marouane Fellaini - Belgium - Everton (Down 57)
148: Claudio Marchisio - Italy - Juventus (Down 22)
147: Toni Kroos - Germany - Bayern München (Down 38)
146: Dejan Stankovic - Serbia - Inter (Down 4)
145: Raul - Spain - Schalke 04 (Up 64)
144: Lass Diarra - France - Real Madrid (Up 19)
143: Javi Martinez - Spain - Athletic Bilbao +15
142: Jon Obi Mikel - Nigeria - Chelsea (Up 57)
141: Nigel De Jong - Netherlands - Manchester City
140: Nene - Brazil - PSG (New)


139: Nilmar - Brazil - Villarreal (Down 24)
138: Keisuke Honda - Japan - CSKA Moscov (Down 12)
137: Milos Krasic - Serbia - Juventus (Down 24)
136: Branislav Ivanovic - Serbia - Chelsea (Down 32)
135: Theo Janssen - Netherlands - Twente to Ajax (New
134: Anderson - Brazil - Manchester United - Down 53
133: Andre Ayew - Ghana - Marseille (Up 39)
132: Alex Song - Cameroun - Arsenal -27
131: Mark Van Bommel - Netherlands - Milan (Up 15)
130: Gokhan Inler - Switzerland - Udinese (Up 131)

129: Borja Valero - Spain - Villarreal (Up 40)
128: Lucas Leiva - Brazil - Liverpool +9
127: Shinji Kagawa - Japan - Dortmund -4
126: Marco Reus - Germany - Mönchengladbach (Up 93)
125: Andre Schürrle - Germany - Mainz to Leverkusen (Up 141)
124: Ji Sung Park - South Kora - Manchester United (Up 6)
123: Mirko Vucinic - Montenegro - Roma (Down 25)
122: Kevin Gameiro - France - Lorient to PSG (New)
121: Luis Fabiano - Brazil - Sevilla to Sao Paulo (Down 65)
120: David Luiz - Brazil - Benfica to Chelsea (Up 70)

119: Mats Hummels - Germany - Dortmund (Up 123)
118: Paul Scholes - England - Manchester United (retiring) (Down 46)
117: Stevan Jovetic - Montenegro - Fiorentina (Down 37)
116: Mikel Arteta - Spain - Everton (Down 34)
115: Ashley Young - England - Aston Villa to Manchester United (No change)
114: Yohan Cabaye - France - Lille to Newcastle (Up 30)
113: Raul Meirelles - Portugal - Liverpool (Up 73)
112: Darren Fletcher - Scotland-Manchester United (Down 31)
111: Ibrahim Afellay - Netherlands - Barcelona (Up 8)
110: Riccardo Montolivo - Italy - Fiorentina (Up 77)

109: Robinho - Brazil - Milan (Down 49)
108: Emmanuel Adebayor - Togo - Manchester City?/Real Madrid (Up 21)
107: Ryan Giggs - Wales - Manchester United (Up 55)
106: Michael Carrick - England - Manchester United (Up 7)
105: Giorgio Chiellini - Italy - Juventus (Down 18)
104: Patrice Evra - France - Manchester United (-18)
103: Gerard Pique - Spain - Barcelona Up 21
102: Lucio - Brazil - Inter (Down 5)
101: Vincent Kompany - Belgium - Manchester City (Up 76)
100: Eric Abidal - France - Barcelona (New)

99: Sami Khedira - Germany - Real Madrid (Down 46)
98: Thiago Silva - Brazil - Milan (Up 36)
97: Ricardo Carvalho - Portugal - Real Madrid (Down 9)
96 Diego - Brazil - Wolfsburg to ? (-21)
95 Dirk Kuyt - Netherlands - Liverpool (+16)
94 Fabio Coentrao - Portugal - Benfica to Real Madrid (-8)
93 Javier Zanetti - Argentina - Inter (-18)
92 Pepe - Portugal - Real Madrid (+39)
91 Gervinho - Ivory Coast - Lille (+58)
90 Marcelo - Brazil - Real Madrid (+58)

89 Ever Banega - Argentina - Valencia (-38)
88 David Pizarro - Chile - Roma (+12)
87 Jack Wilshere - England - Arsenal (+72)
86 Javier Mascherano - Argentina - Barcelona (-4)
85 Giampaolo Pazzini - Italy - Sampdoria to Inter (+87)
84 Rio Ferdinand - England - Manchester United (+1)
83 Bacary Sagna - France - Arsenal (+22)
82 Sergio Ramos - Spain - Real Madrid (+20)
81 Jesus Navas - Spain - Sevilla (-16)
80 Javier Pastore - Argentina - Palermo (+11)

79 Joao Moutinho - Portugal - FC Porto (+16)
78 Philipp Lahm - Germany - Bayern München (-16)
77 Fernando Torres - Spain - Liverpool (-61)
76 Seydou Keita - Mali - Barcelona (No change)
75 Ashley Cole - England - Chelsea (-12)
74 Florent Malouda - France - Chelsea (-42)
73 Yoann Gourcuff - France - Lyon (-39)
72 Nicolas Anelka - France - Chelsea (-30)
71 Lucho Gonzalez - Argentina - Marseille (-31)
70 Nemanja Vidic - Serbia - Manchester United (+13)

69 Esteban Cambiasso - Argentina - Inter (-39)
68 Antonio Valencia - Ecuador - Manchester United (+26)
67 Lucas Barrios - Paraguay - Dortmund (+4)
66 Neymar - Brazil - Santos (+59)
65 Mikel Essien - Ghana - Chelsea (-35)
64 Alexis Sanchez - Chile -Udinese to Barcelona (+90)
63 Diego Milito - Argentina - Inter (-6)
62 Diego Forlan - Uruguay - Atletico Madrid to (-46)
61 Andrea Pirlo - Italy - Milan to Juventus (-1)
60 Ramires - Brazil - Chelsea (+8)

59 Hulk - Brazil - FC Porto (+83)
58 Daniele De Rossi - Italy - Roma (-3)
57 Fernando Llorente - Spain - Athletic Bilbao (+20)
56 Mario Götze - Germany - Dortmund (+110
55 Maicon - Brazil - Inter (-20)
54 Arturo Vidal - Chile - Bayer Leverkusen to Juventus (+63)
53 Santi Cazorla - Spain - Villarreal (-7)
52 Mario Gomez - Germany - Bayern München +18
51 Juan Manuel Mata - Spain - Valencia (+3)
50 Edin Dzeko - Bosnia/Herzegovina - Manchester City (-40)


49: Radamel Falcao - Colombia - FC Porto (+135)
48 Hernanes - Brazil - Lazio -5
47 Karim Benzema - France - Real Madrid (+19)
46 Gareth Bale - Wales - Tottenham
45 Sergio Busquets - Spain - Barcelona +28
44 Pedro - Spain - Barcelona +15
43 Eden Hazard - Belgium - Lille +23
42 Javier Hernandez - Mexico - Manchester +108
41 Kaka - Brazil - Real Madrid -16
40 Marek Hamsik - Slovakia - Napoli -14

39 Antonio Di Natale - Italy - Udinese +57
38 Dimitar Berbatov - Bulgaria - Manchester United +35
37 Alexandre Pato - Brazil - Milan +9
36 Dani Alves - Brazil - Barcelona -3
35 Thomas Müller - Germany - Bayern München -7
34 Robin Van Persie - Netherlands - Arsenal +15
33 Rafael Van der Vaart - Netherlands - Tottenham +13
32 Lisandro Lopez - Argentina - Lyon +6
31 Bastian Schweinsteiger - Germany - Bayern München -14
30 Edinson Cavani - Uruguay - Napoli +48

29 Nani - Portugal - Manchester United +20
28 Angel Di Maria - Argentina - Real Madrid -6
27 Nuri Sahin - Turkey - Dortmund +21
26 Steven Gerrard - England - Liverpool -3
25 Gonzalo Higuain - Argentina - Real Madrid -7
24 Frank Lampard - England - Chelsea -3
23 Giuseppe Rossi - Italy - Villarreal +50
22 Yaya Tore - Ivory Coast - Manchester City +6
21 Samir Nasri - France - Arsenal +22
20 David Villa - Spain - Barcelona -12

19 Didier Drogba - Ivory Coast - Chelsea -6
18 Franck Ribery - France - Bayern München +18
17 David Silva - Spain - Manchester City +16
16 Wesley Sneijder - Netherlands - Inter -4
15 Luka Modric - Croatia -Tottenham +22
14 Mesut Özil - Germany - Real Madrid +3
13 Zlatan Ibrahimovic - Sweden - Milan -2
12 Sergio Aguero - Argentina - Atletico Madrid -2
11 Luis Suarez - Uruguay - Ajax +49

10 Xabi Alonso - Spain - Real Madrid +1
9 Arjen Robben - Netherlands - Bayern München +10
8 Samuel Eto'o - Cameroun - Inter
7 Cesc Fabregas - Spain - Arsenal -2
6 Carlos Tevez - Argentina - Manchester City +2
5 Wayne Rooney - England - Manchester United +6
4 Andrés Iniesta - Spain - Barcelona
3 Cristiano Ronaldo - Portugal - Real Madrid -1
2 Xavi - Spain - Barcelona +1
1 Lionel Messi - Argentina - Barcelona

2010/2011 MID-SEASON RANKING

11th June:

The end of season 2010/11 start of season 2011/12 update is finished.

For anyone interested, there will be a marathon rundown presentation of the list here.

Once that's over with. The update will of course be posted right here.

June 9th:


Naturally I overdid it and ended up putting around 400 players in order, so the cut will be pretty brutal.

I can say that Aritz Aduriz the Valencia striker turned out to be the most unlucky one at the 301 spot dropping all of 77 places from the midseason ranks, and on that note I seriously doubt that he is even the biggest mover (whether it's up or down) but that's one of the few things I have left to do now. Keeping track of the exact change of all the placings and add it to the update.

July 10 I don't think I will have time to do much and probably not Sunday either (except maybe late) BUT let's say Saturday as the best case scenario and Monday as the absolute worst.

Almost there!


June 6th:

End of 2010/11 start of 2011/12 ranking of the 300 best players in the world update should be posted (very likely) later this week.

Also really hope gradually to be adding more text to the various players.

Thanks everyone for still visiting.

27th April:

One month later and even more changes+new entries to be made! The plan is to do an end of the season ranking which will at least stand the test of time until 2011/2012 is underway.

Some more individual writeups/updates or at least some 2010/2011 season resumes would also be nice, but let's see.

20th March 2011: There are already many changes to be made and an update is slowly coming along.



2010/2011 MID-SEASON RANKING:

1. Lionel Messi - Argentina - Barcelona
2. Cristiano Ronaldo - Portugal - Real Madrid
3. Xavi - Spain - Barcelona
4. Andrés Iniesta - Spain - Barcelona
5. Cesc Fabregas - Spain - Arsenal
6. Didier Drogba - Ivory Coast - Chelsea
7. Carlos Tevez - Argentina - Manchester City
8. Samuel Eto'o - Cameroun - Inter
9. Zlatan Ibrahimovic - Sweden - Milan
10. Xabi Alonso - Spain - Real Madrid

11. David Villa - Spain - Barcelona
12. Wayne Rooney - England - Manchester United
13. Wesley Sneijder - Netherlands - Inter
14. Sergio Aguero - Argentina - Atletico Madrid
15. Diego Forlan - Uruguay - Atletico Madrid
16. Fernando Torres - Spain - Liverpool
17. Mesut Özil - Germany - Real Madrid
18. Gonzalo Higuain - Argentina - Real Madrid
19. Frank Lampard - England - Chelsea
20. Arjen Robben - Netherlands - Bayern München

21. Angel Di Maria - Argentina - Real Madrid
22. Edin Dzeko - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Wolfsburg
23. Steven Gerrard - England - Liverpool
24. Mikel Essien - Ghana - Chelsea
25. Kaka - Brazil - Real Madrid
26. Marek Hamsik - Slovakia - Napoli
27. Yaya Tore - Ivory Coast - Manchester City
28. Thomas Müller - Germany - Bayern München
29. Gareth Bale - Wales - Tottenham
30. Esteban Cambiasso - Argentina - Inter

31.Sebastian Schweinsteiger - Germany - Bayern München
32. Florent Malouda - France - Chelsea
33. Dani Alves - Brazil - Barcelona
34. Yoann Gourcuff - France - Lyon
35. David Silva - Spain - Manchester City
36. Maicon - Brazil - Inter
37. Luka Modric - Croatia -Tottenham
38. Franck Ribery - France - Bayern München
39. Lisandro Lopez - Argentina - Lyon
40. Samir Nasri - France - Arsenal

41. Lucho Gonzalez - Argentina - Marseille
42. Nicolas Anelka - France - Chelsea
43. Hernanes - Brazil - Lazio
44. Santi Cazorla - Spain - Villarreal
45. Rafael Van der Vaart - Netherlands - Tottenham
46. Alexandre Pato - Brazil - Milan
47. Diego - Brazil - Wolfsburg
48. Nani - Portugal - Manchester United
49. Robin Van Persie - Netherlands - Arsenal
50. Nuri Sahin - Turkey - Dortmund

51. Ever Banega - Argentina - Valencia
52. Luis Suarez - Uruguay - Ajax
53. Sami Khedira - Germany - Real Madrid
54. Seydou Keita - Mali - Barcelona
55. Daniele De Rossi - Italy - Roma
56. Luis Fabiano - Brazil - Sevilla
57. Diego Milito - Argentina - Inter
58. Juan Mata - Spain - Valencia
59. Andrea Pirlo - Italy - Milan
60. Robinho - Brazil - Milan

61. Pedro - Spain - Barcelona
62. Philipp Lahm - Germany - Bayern München
63. Ashley Cole - England - Chelsea
64. Mario Gomez - Germany - Bayern München
65. Jesus Navas - Spain - Sevilla
66. Ramires - Brazil - Chelsea
67. Marouane Chamakh - Marocco - Arsenal
68. Eden Hazard - Belgium - Lille
69. Karim Benzema - France - Real Madrid
70. Lucas Barrios - Paraguay - Dortmund

71. Fernando Llorente - Spain - Athletic Bilbao
72. Paul Scholes - England - Manchester United
73. Dimitar Berbatov - Bulgaria - Manchester United
74. Giuseppe Rossi - Italy - Villarreal
75. Sergio Busquets - Spain - Barcelona
76. Javier Zanetti - Argentina - Inter
77. Patrice Evra - France - Manchester United
78. Edinson Cavani - Uruguay - Napoli
79. Andrei Arshavin - Russia - Arsenal
80. Stevan Jovetic - Montenegro - Fiorentina

81. Darren Fletcher - Scotland - Manchester United
82. Javier Mascherano - Argentina - Barcelona
83. Nemanja Vidic - Serbia - Manchester United
84. Mikel Arteta - Spain - Everton
85. Rio Ferdinand - England - Manchester United
86. Mario Balotelli - Italy - Manchester City
87. Giorgio Chiellini - Italy - Juventus
88. Miralem Pjanic - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Lyon
89. Michel Bastos - Brazil - Lyon
90. Fabio Coentrao - Portugal - Benfica

91. Ricardo Carvalho - Portugal - Real Madrid
92. Marouane Fellaini - Belgium - Everton
93. Antonio Valencia - Ecuador - Manchester United
94. Javier Pastore - Argentina - Palermo
95. Joao Moutinho - Portugal - FC Porto
96. Antonio Di Natale - Italy - Udinese
97. Aaron Lennon - England - Tottenham
98. Mirko Vucinic - Montenegro - Roma
99. Ivica Olic - Croatia - Bayern München
100. David Pizarro - Chile - Roma

101. Carlos Puyol - Spain - Barcelona
102. Sergio Ramos - Spain - Real Madrid
103. John Terry - England - Chelsea
104. Branislav Ivanovic - Serbia - Chelsea
105. Bacary Sagna - France - Arsenal
106. Ganso - Brazil - Santos
107. Alexandre Song - Cameroun - Arsenal
108. Lucio - Brazil - Inter
109. Toni Kroos - Germany - Bayern München
110. Antonio Cassano - Italy - Sampdoria

111. Nilmar - Brazil - Villarreal
112. Dirk Kuyt - Netherlands - Liverpool
113. Michael Carrick - England - Manchester United
114. Milos Krasic - Serbia - Juventus
115. Ashley Young - England - Aston Villa
116. Marko Marin - Germany - Werder Bremen
117. Arturo Vidal - Chile - Bayer Leverkusen
118. Anderson - Brazil - Manchester United
119. Ibrahim Afellay - Netherlands - Barcelona
120. Alberto Aquilani - Italy - Juventus

121. Claudio Marchisio - Italy - Juventus
122. Simao - Portugal - Atletico Madrid
123. Neymar - Brazil - Santos
124. Tim Cahill - Australia - Everton
125. Gerard Pique - Spain - Barcelona
126. Keisuke Honda - Japan - CSKA Moscov
127. Klaas Jan Huntelaar - Netherlands - Schalke 04
128. Andy Carroll - England - Newcastle
129. Emmanuel Adebayor - Togo - Manchester City
130. Ji Sung Park - South Kora - Manchester United

131. Nigel De Jong - Netherlands - Manchester City
132. Michael Ballack - Germany - Bayer Leverkusen
133. Steven Pienaar - South Africa - Everton
134. Frederic Kanoute - Mali - Sevilla
135. Hulk - Brazil - FC Porto
136. Pepe - Portugal - Real Madrid
137. Thiago Silva - Brazil - Milan
138. Konstantin Zyryanov - Russia - Zenit
139. Goran Pandev - Macedonia - Inter
140. Gareth Barry - England - Manchester City

141. Thomas Vermaelen - Belgium - Arsenal
142. Dejan Stankovic - Serbia - Inter
143. Shinji Kagawa - Japan - Dortmund
144. Yohan Cabaye - France - Lille
145. Mark Van Bommel - Netherlands - Bayern München
146. James Milner - England - Manchester City
147. Tom Huddlestone - England - Tottenham
148. Marcelo - Brazil - Real Madrid
149. Gervinho - Ivory Coast - Lille
150. Javier Hernandez - Mexico - Manchester United

151. Loic Remy - France - Marseille
152. Zvjezdan Misimovic - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Galatasaray
153. Jefferson Farfan - Peru - Schalke 04
154. Joaquin - Spain - Valencia
155. Alexis Sanchez - Chile -Udinese
156. Marcos Senna - Spain - Villarreal
157. Lass Diarra - France - Real Madrid
158. Javi Martinez - Spain - Athletic Bilbao
159. Jack Wilshire - England - Arsenal
160. Scott Parker - England - West Ham

161. Jeremy Menez - France - Roma
162. Ryan Giggs - Wales - Manchester United
163. Elano - Brazil - Santos
164. Adam Johnson - England - Manchester City
165. Ze Roberto - Brazil - Hamburger SV
166. Jose Bosingwa - Portugal - Chelsea
167. Andre Ayew - Ghana - Marseille
168. Borja Valero - Spain - Villarreal
169. Pablo Hernandez - Spain - Valencia
170. Ezequiel Lavezzi - Argentina - Napoli

171. Alvaro Negredo - Spain - Sevilla
172. Giampaolo Pazzini - Italy - Sampdoria
173. Alberto Gilardino - Italy - Fiorentina
174. Jerman Defoe - England - Tottenham
175. Jimmy Briand - France - Lyon
176. Charles N'Zogbia - France - Wigan
177. Alou Diarra - France - Bordeaux
178. Vincent Kompany - Belgium - Manchester City
179.Luiz Gustavo - Brazil - Bayern München
180. Simon Rolfes - Germany - Bayer Leverkusen

181. Asamoah Gyan - Ghana - Sunderland
182. Lucas - Brazil - Liverpool
183. Abou Diaby - France - Arsenal
184. Radamel Falcao - Colombia - FC Porto
185. Yuri Zhirkov - Russia - Chelsea
186. Raul Meirelles - Portugal - Liverpool
187. Riccardo Montolivo - Italy - Fiorentina
188. Francesco Totti - Italy - Roma
189. Mamadou Niang - Senegal - Fenerbahce
190. David Luiz - Brazil - Benfica

191. Humberto Suazo - Chile - Monterrey
192. Bojan Krkick - Spain - Barcelona
193. Darijo Srna - Croatia - Shaktar Donetsk
194. Andres Guardado - Mexico - Deportivo La Coruna
195. Jeremy Toulalan - France - Lyon
196. Darren Bent - England - Sunderland
197. Jon Obi Mikel - Nigeria - Chelsea
198. Walter Gargano - Uruguay - Napoli
199. Felipe Melo - Brazil - Juventus
200. Mathieu Valbuena - France - Marseille

201. Danny - Portugal - Zenit
202. Mario Götze - Germany - Dortmund
203. Theo Walcott - England - Arsenal
204. Raul - Spain - Schalke 04
205.Diego Perotti - Argentina - Sevilla
206. Juan Manuel Vargas - Peru - Fiorentina
207. Rafael - Brazil - Manchester United
208. Josip Ilicic - Slovenia - Palermo
209. Jose Manuel Jurado - Spain - Schalke 04
210. Roman Pavluchenko - Russia - Tottenham

211. Alessandro Nesta - Italy - Milan
212. Arda Turan - Turkey - Galatasaray
213. Andre Pierre Gignac - France - Marseille
214. Marco Borriello - Italy - Roma
215. Oskar Cardozo - Paraguay - Benfica
216. Romelu Lukaku - Belgium - Anderlecht
217. Joan Capdevilla - Spain - Villarreal
218.Bruno Alves - Portugal - Zenit
219. Marco Reus - Germany - Mönchengladbach
220. Salomon Kalou - Ivory Coast - Chelsea

221. Juan - Brazil - Roma
222. Alan Dzagoev - Russia - CSKA Moscov
223. Anatolij Tymoshchuk - Ukraine - Bayern München
224. Aritz Aduriz - Spain - Valencia
225. Royston Drenthe - Netherlands - Hercules
226. Jordan Henderson - England -Sunderland
227. Landon Donovan - USA - LA Galaxy
228. Alberto Costa - Argentina - Valencia
229. Eljero Elia - Netherlands - Hamburger SV
230. Diego Godin - Uruguay - Atletico Madrid

231. Manuel Fernandez - Portugal - Besiktas
232. Eren Derdiyok - Switzerland - Bayer Leverkusen
233. Cacau - Germany - VfB Stuttgart
234. Bryan Ruiz - Costa Rica - Twente
235. Miroslav Klose - Germany - Bayern München
236. Peter Crouch - England - Tottenham
237. Danko Lazovic - Serbia - Zenit
238. Lee Chung Young - South Korea - Bolton
239. Stefan Kiessling - Germany - Bayer Leverkusen
240. Alejandro "Chori" Dominguez - Argentina - Valencia

241. Moussa Dembele - Belgium - Fullham
242. Moussa Sissoko - France - Toulose
243. Bruno Soriano - Spain -Villarreal
244. Mats Hummels - Germany - Dortmund
245. Nicklas Bendtner - Denmark - Arsenal
246. Juan Sebastian Veron - Argentina - Estudiantes
247. Giovani dos Santos - Mexico - Galatasaray
248. Tomas Rosicky - Czech Republic - Arsenal
249. Deco - Portugal - Fluminese
250. Kevin Prince Boateng - Ghana - Milan

251. Vincenzo Iaquinta - Italy - Juventus
252. Wendel - Brazil - Bordeaux
253. Ronaldinho - Brazil - Milan
254. Riquelme - Argentina - Boca Juniors
255. Yann M'Vila - France - Rennes
256. Jan Vertonghen - Belgium - Ajax
257. Pappiss Cisse - Senegal - Freiburg
258. Kevin Nolan - England - Newcastle
259. Ruud Van Nistelrooy - Netherlands - Hamburger SV
260. Gokhan Inler - Switzerland - Udinese

261. Alexandr Kerzhakov - Russia - Zenit
262. Moussa Sow - Senegal - Lille
263. Gabriel Heinze - Argentina - Marseille
264. Jorge Fucile - Uruguay - FC Porto
265. Nicolas Otamendi - Argentina - FC Porto
266. Andre Schürrle - Germany - Mainz
267. Benoit Tremoulinas - France - Bordeaux
268. Diego Lugano - Uruguay - Fenerbahce
269. Fabio Quagliarella - Italy - Juventus
270. Robert Lewandowski - Poland - Dortmund

271. Tiago - Portugal - Atletico Madrid
272. Joe Cole - England - Liverpool
273. Roberto Soldado - Spain - Valencia
274. Armin Bacinovic - Slovenia - Palermo
275. Tomas Necid - Czech Republic - CSKA Moscow
276. Antonio Reyes - Spain - Atletico Madrid
277. Domenico Criscito - Italy - Genoa
278. Gregory Van der Wiel - Netherlands - Ajax
279. Kim Källström - Sweden - Lyon
280. Bafetimbi Gomis - France - Lyon

281. Park Chu Young - South Korea - Monaco
282. Ivan Ratikic - Croatia - Schalke 04
283. Wilson Palacios - Honduras - Tottenham
284. Aly Cissokho - France - Lyon
285. Alex - Brazil - Chelsea
286. Lewis Holtby - Germany - Mainz
287. Grafite - Brazil - Wolfsburg
288. Fernando Gago - Argentina - Real Madrid
289. Jaroslav Plasil - Czech Republic - Bordeaux
290. Sergio Pellissier - Italy - Chievo

291. Andrea Cossu - Italy - Cagliari
292. Gerrardo Torrado - Mexico - Cruz Azul
293. Gabriel Agbonlahor - England - Aston Villa
294. Sven Bender - Germany - Dortmund
295. Fabrice Muamba - England - Bolton
296. Gonzalo Castro - Germany - Bayer Leverkusen
297. Vladimir Bystrov - Russia - Zenit
298. Hugo Campagnaro - Argentina - Napoli
299. Lukas Podolski - Germany - FC Köln
300. Patrik Helmes - Germany - Bayer Leverkusen

About the list

Original introduction

Other than 100 more players, the change from that will be that the 300 will be an ongoing list with both rankings and player profiles (accordingly) updated.

2011:

The ambition now is to make this list a twice a season event. One version at the end of (or start of if you will) the season and then follow it up with a mid season update.