The End of 2012/13 - Mid-2013/14 Season Rankings: Top 100 Forwards in the World

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

The End of 2012/13 - Mid-2013/14 Season Rankings: Top 70 Left and Right-backs in the World

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

These following positions have now been completed:

Top 150 Attacking midfielders/Wingers in the World
Top 70 Central defenders in the World
Top 100 Forwards in the World

 The Top 70 Left and Right-backs in the World has now been now completed.

A rundown containing various thoughts and comments on the players can be followed starting:  HERE

70 21 15 Domenico Criscito - Italy – Zenit
69 Juan Bernat - Spain - Sevilla 
68 Layvin Kurzawa - France - Monaco 
67 28 Nacho Monreal - Spain - Arsenal
66 Nathaniel Clyne and Calum Chambers - England - Southampton 
65 Rafinha - Brazil - Bayern München
64 Gregory Van der Wiel - Netherlands - PSG 
63 Dmitri Kombarov - Russia - Spartak Moscow 
62 33 Benedikt Höwedes - Germany - Schalke 04
61 Lucas Digne - France - Lille/PSG

60 23 21 Benoit Assou-Ekotto - Cameroon - Tottenham/QPR 
59 Carlos Zúñiga - Colombia - Napoli 
58 Kieran Gibbs - England - Arsenal
57 Marcell Jansen - Germany - Hamburger SV
56 36 Maxi Periera - Uruguay - Benfica
55 Roberto Rosales - Venezuela - Twente
54 Bastian Oczipka - Germany - Eintracht Frankfurt
53 30 Mario Figueira Fernandes - Brazil CSKA Moscow
52 NR 28 Kyle Walker - England - Tottenham
51  Daley blind - Netherlands - Ajax 

50 22 04 Maicon - Brazil - Manchester City/Roma

49 29 Yuto Nagatomo - Japan - Inter 
48 Daryl Janmaat - Netherlands - Feyenoord 
47 24 24 Mathieu Debuchy - France - Newcastle
46 Alberto Moreno - Spain - Sevilla
45 47 Davide Santon - Italy - Newcastle
44 Mattia De Sciglio - Italy - Milan
43 Cristian Ansaldi - Argentina - Rubin Kazan/Zenit
42 Atsuto Uchida - Japan - Schalke 04
41 41 Ignazio Abate - Italy - Milan

40  Marcos Rocha - Brazil - Atletico Mineiro
39 Marcel Schmelzer - Germany - Dortmund
38 34 Glen Johnson - England - Liverpool
37 44 Christian Maggio - Italy - Napoli
36 Kwadwo Asamoah - Ghana - Juventus
35 40 Danilo - Brazil - FC Porto
34 20 18 Patrice Evra - France - Manchester United
33 19 25 Gael Clichy - France - Manchester City
32 26 29 Rafael - Brazil - Manchester United

31 35 Aleksandar Kolarov - Serbia - Manchester City
30 38 Martin Montoya - Spain - Barcelona
29 12 17 Ashley Cole - England – Chelsea
28 Marcos Rojo - Argentina - Sporting Lissabon
27 39 Juan Guillermo Cuadrado - Colombia - Fiorentina
26 50 Daniel Carvajal - Spain - Leverkusen/Real Madrid 
25 Ricardo Rodriguez - Switzerland - Wolfsburg
24 42 Juanfran - Spain - Atletico Madrid
23 32 Jerome Boateng - Germany - Bayern München
22 11 07 Javier Zanetti - Argentina – Inter
21 14 06 Bacary Sagna - France – Arsenal

20 Maxwell - Brazil - PSG
19 18 11 Branislav Ivanovic - Serbia - Chelsea
18 25 Alex Sandro - Brazil - FC Porto
17 Jan Vertonghen - Belgium - Tottenham
16 49 César Azpilicueta - Spain - Chelsea
15  Séamus Coleman - Ireland - Everton
14 16 22 Stephan Lichtsteiner - Switzerland - Juventus
13 10 09 Fabio Coentrao - Portugal - Real Madrid
12 17 27 Filipe Luís Kasmirski - Brazil - Atletico Madrid
11 13 26 Adriano - Brazil - Barcelona

10 06 14 Darijo Srna - Croatia - Shakthar Donetsk
09 09 02 Sergio Ramos - Spain - Real Madrid
08 15 Leighton Baines - England - Everton
07 07 12 Łukasz Piszczek - Poland – Dortmund
06 05 10 Jordi Alba - Spain - Barcelona
05 01 01 Dani Alves - Brazil - Barcelona
04 04 19 Pablo Zabaleta - Argentina - Manchester City
03 03 03 Marcelo - Brazil - Real Madrid
02 08 13 David Alaba - Austria - Bayern München
01 02 05 Philipp Lahm - Germany - Bayern München