Top 20 World Players (regardless of position)

[scmcbride1]

1. Kaka (AC Milan/Brazil)
2. Christiano Ronaldo (Manchester United/Portugal)
3. Juan Ramnn Riquelme (Club=Non Right Now/Argentina)
4. Lionel Messi (Barcelona/Argentina)
5. Ronaldinho (Barcelona/Brazil)
6. Petr Cech (Chelsea/Czech Republic)
7. Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal/Spain)
8. Michael Essien (Chelsea/Ghana)
9. Zlatan Ibrohimovic (Inter Milan/Sweden)
10. Robinho (Real Madrid/Brazil)
11. Alessandro Nesta (AC Milan/Italy)
12. Dani Alves (Sevilla/Brazil)
13. Didier Drogba (Chesea/Ivory Coast)
14. Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid/Spain)
15. Wayne Rooney (Manchester United/England)
16. Gigi Buffon (Juventus/Italy)
17. Martin Vidic (Manchester United/Serbia)
18. Thierry Henry (Barcelona/France)
19. Frank Ribery (Bayern Munich/France)
20. Steven Gerrard (Liverpool/England)

Who am I missing? Who should be ranked higher? Who shouldn't be on my list? What's your Top 20?

[Grinners89]

1. Christiano Ronaldo
2. Lionel Messi
3. Kaka
4. Didier Drogba
5. Cesc Fabregas
6. Sergio Ramos
7. Gigi Buffon
8. Zlatan Ibrohimovic
9. Michael Essien
10. Pepe Reina
11. Andrea Pirlo
12. Steven Gerrard
13. Francesco Totti
14. Dani Alves
15. Thierry Henry
16. Wayne Rooney
17. Petr Cech
18. Fabio Cannavaro
19. Ronaldinho
20. Juan Roman Riquelme

[Big balls]

1. Kaka (AC Milan/Brazil)
2. Christiano Ronaldo (Manchester United/Portugal)
3. Juan Ramnn Riquelme (Club=Non Right Now/Argentina)
4. Lionel Messi (Barcelona/Argentina)
5. Ronaldinho (Barcelona/Brazil)
6. Petr Cech (Chelsea/Czech Republic)
7. Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal/Spain)
8. Michael Essien (Chelsea/Ghana)
9. Zlatan Ibrohimovic (Inter Milan/Sweden)
10. Robinho (Real Madrid/Brazil)
11. Alessandro Nesta (AC Milan/Italy)
12. Dani Alves (Sevilla/Brazil)
13. Didier Drogba (Chesea/Ivory Coast)
14. Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid/Spain)
15. Wayne Rooney (Manchester United/England)
16. Gigi Buffon (Juventus/Italy)
17. Martin Vidic (Manchester United/Serbia)
18. Thierry Henry (Barcelona/France)
19. Frank Ribery (Bayern Munich/France)
20. Steven Gerrard (Liverpool/England)

Who am I missing? Who should be ranked higher? Who shouldn't be on my list? What's your Top 20?

Since you asked, Zlatan should be ranked higher. Ranking Zlatan after Essien is an absolute enigma. Zlatan and Messi are the 2 hottest attackers on the planet right now. Zlatan is easily! top 5. He has AAA technique and his stats in Serie A and Champions league speak for themselves.

Another thing, Riquelme at No.3 ?

[impalemeplz]

i will try and include 2 central defenders, 2 fullbacks, 1 dm, 4 cm/dlpm and the other 11 as attacking players.

i think goalkeepers have to be put down as cech, casillas and buffon.

20) RVP
19) diego ribas
18) kolo toure
17) gerrard
16) abidal
15) nesta
14) ramos
13) gattuso
12) ibrahimovic
11) rooney
10) hleb
9) ronaldinho
8) pirlo
7) essien
6) drogba
5) CR
4) cesc
3) messi
2) kaka
1) totti

[Grinners89]

i will try and include 2 central defenders, 2 fullbacks, 1 dm, 4 cm/dlpm and the other 11 as attacking players.

i think goalkeepers have to be put down as cech, casillas and buffon.

20) RVP
19) diego ribas
18) kolo toure
17) gerrard
16) abidal
15) nesta
14) ramos
13) gattuso
12) ibrahimovic
11) rooney
10) hleb
9) ronaldinho
8) pirlo
7) essien
6) drogba
5) CR
4) cesc
3) messi
2) kaka
1) totti

Your not biased :rolleyes:

Surely Reina deserves a spot in there...he got 19 cleansheets last season in the league and this season in all comps he has conceded only 10 goals in 19 games, including 11 clean sheets...he also has 2 assists :D

[jpick]

1. Kaka (AC Milan/Brazil)
2. Christiano Ronaldo (Manchester United/Portugal)
3. Juan Ramnn Riquelme (Club=Non Right Now/Argentina)
4. Lionel Messi (Barcelona/Argentina)
5. Ronaldinho (Barcelona/Brazil)
6. Petr Cech (Chelsea/Czech Republic)
7. Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal/Spain)
8. Michael Essien (Chelsea/Ghana)
9. Zlatan Ibrohimovic (Inter Milan/Sweden)
10. Robinho (Real Madrid/Brazil)
11. Alessandro Nesta (AC Milan/Italy)
12. Dani Alves (Sevilla/Brazil)
13. Didier Drogba (Chesea/Ivory Coast)
14. Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid/Spain)
15. Wayne Rooney (Manchester United/England)
16. Gigi Buffon (Juventus/Italy)
17. Martin Vidic (Manchester United/Serbia)
18. Thierry Henry (Barcelona/France)
19. Frank Ribery (Bayern Munich/France)
20. Steven Gerrard (Liverpool/England)

Who am I missing? Who should be ranked higher? Who shouldn't be on my list? What's your Top 20?

is martin the english equivalent of nemanja? or is that vidic's middle name? :confused:

[Spartak]

If I had to pick a team for the upcoming 12 months this would be my draft board:

1. Totti
2. Riquelme
3. Kaká
4. Messi
5. Ronaldinho
6. Cristiano Ronaldo
7. Essien
8. Cesc
9. Nesta
10. Zambrotta
11. Zanetti
12. Carvalho
13. Van Nistelrooy
14. Eto'o
15. Toni
16. Zlatan
17. Buffon
18. Klose
19. Cech
20. Sergio Ramos

[Grinners89]

If I had to pick a team for the upcoming 12 months this would be my draft board:

14. Eto'o


IMO, he deserves to be in the top 20 world players but due to his injuries over the last 2 seasons he hasnt been able to show his ability for a sustained period of time

[impalemeplz]

you're not biased

Surely Reina deserves a spot in 4th because he has never won a worldcup, serie a, epl, la liga, or champions league.....

fyp

[jpick]

If I had to pick a team for the upcoming 12 months this would be my draft board:


intersting concept, depends on what you are looking for also.

1 messi
2 kaka
3 riquelme
4 totti
5 c ronaldo
6 pirlo
7 cesc
8 carvalho
9 buffon
10 ruud
11 essien
12 nesta
13 klose
14 cech
15 toni
16 ferdinand
17 robinho
18 juan
19 xavi
20 henry
21 rooney
22 de rossi
23 ribery
24 s ramos
25 d alves

edit: oh yeah, 20 not 25, my bad. oh well, i'm leaving this.

[Grinners89]

fyp

You cant quote someone and change what they said...if you disagree with me then post something, thats what this is for, not for correcting people on their shortcuts and spelling

[frasermc]

is martin the english equivalent of nemanja? or is that vidic's middle name? :confused:

i was wondering the exact same thing.

[Boloni86]

intersting concept, depends on what you are looking for also.

1 messi
2 kaka
3 riquelme
4 totti
5 c ronaldo
6 pirlo
7 cesc
8 carvalho
9 buffon
10 ruud
11 essien
12 nesta
13 klose
14 cech
15 toni
16 ferdinand
17 robinho
18 juan
19 xavi
20 henry
21 rooney
22 de rossi
23 ribery
24 s ramos
25 d alves

edit: oh yeah, 20 not 25, my bad. oh well, i'm leaving this.

So Ronaldinho and Ibrahimovic are not amongst the top 25????????:eek: Do us all a favor and think harder on your next list.:)

[jpick]

So Ronaldinho and Ibrahimovic are not amongst the top 25???????? Do us all a favor and think harder on your next list.

whoops, my bad, honestly, it was real ate last night and i had typed out a list of layers from each position, and then went through and listed them, but then when i switched things around by copying and pasting, i screwed up and just said screw it, and posted what i had, but i thought i had both of them. :o
I also am missing iniesta and eto'o, both of whom i thought i had. hell i really f'd up, lol. :D
new list (for real)

1 messi
2 kaka
3 riquelme
4 totti
4a ronaldinho
5 c ronaldo
6 pirlo
7 cesc
8 carvalho
9 buffon
10 ruud
11 essien
11a ibra
12 nesta
13 klose
14 cech
15 toni
15a eto'o
16 ferdinand
17 robinho
17a iniesta
18 juan
19 xavi
20 henry
21 rooney
22 de rossi
23 ribery
24 s ramos
25 d alves
26 terry

now, this is a top 30, and yes, this one is correct... i think. :p

[scmcbride1]

My list wasn't based on who's the hottest players in the world cuz ZB is on fire right now. I based it off of talent, overall skill, and value. I call him Martin Vidic because Nemanja is harder to say. Hahaha! I also call Shunsuke Nakamura......Jimmy Nakamura. I was so used to saying Martin that I typed it on here. Sorry! Riquelme is so good that only playing two games a month keeps him that high on the list. Villarreal used to be one of my favorite teams, but what they've done to Romy has been awful. Let the man play.

[phil80]

1. Kaka (AC Milan/Brazil)
2. Christiano Ronaldo (Manchester United/Portugal)
3. Juan Ramnn Riquelme (Club=Non Right Now/Argentina)
4. Lionel Messi (Barcelona/Argentina)
5. Ronaldinho (Barcelona/Brazil)
6. Petr Cech (Chelsea/Czech Republic)
7. Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal/Spain)
8. Michael Essien (Chelsea/Ghana)
9. Zlatan Ibrohimovic (Inter Milan/Sweden)
10. Robinho (Real Madrid/Brazil)
11. Alessandro Nesta (AC Milan/Italy)
12. Dani Alves (Sevilla/Brazil)
13. Didier Drogba (Chesea/Ivory Coast)
14. Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid/Spain)
15. Wayne Rooney (Manchester United/England)
16. Gigi Buffon (Juventus/Italy)
17. Martin Vidic (Manchester United/Serbia)
18. Thierry Henry (Barcelona/France)
19. Frank Ribery (Bayern Munich/France)
20. Steven Gerrard (Liverpool/England)

Who am I missing? Who should be ranked higher? Who shouldn't be on my list? What's your Top 20?
Riquelme, Cesc, Henry are too high. I would put K. Toure over Vidic, and you're missing Pirlo, Lahm, Iniesta, and when healthy Robben.

[Perú FC]

01. Kaká (Brazil & AC Milan)
02. Lionel Messi (Argentina & Barcelona)
03. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal & Manchester United)
04. Andrea Pirlo (Italy & AC Milan)
05. Steven Gerrard (England & Liverpool)
06. Cesc Fábregas (Spain & Arsenal)
07. Gianluigi Buffon (Italy & Juventus)
08. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden & Arsenal)
09. Franck Ribéry (France & Bayern Münich)
10. Íker Casillas (Spain & Real Madrid)
11. Ruud van Nistelrooy (Holland & Real Madrid)
12. Michael Essien (Ghana & Chelsea)
13. Javier Zanetti (Argentina & Inter Milan)
14. Alessandro Nesta (Italy & AC Milan)
15. Miroslav Klose (Germany & Bayern Münich)
16. Andrés Iniesta (Spain & Barcelona)
17. Francesco Totti (Italy & AS Roma)
18. Paul Scholes (England & Manchester United)
19. Sergio Ramos (Spain & Real Madrid)
20. Clarence Seedorf (Holland & AC Milan)

[SectionX]

zlatan "son of god" ibrahimovic should be n1 easily

[Teso Dos Bichos]

Riquelme, Cesc, Henry are too high. I would put K. Toure over Vidic, and you're missing Pirlo, Lahm, Iniesta, and when healthy Robben.

That's nice. I would put Ferdinand over all of the defenders in that list.

[scmcbride1]

If you don't like my list please make your own top 20 so I have something to compare it to.