The best players of the season 2024-25

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  1. comme

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    Feb 21, 2003
    As we approach the end of the season, I'll use this thread to capture details on some of the best players across the various leagues.
     
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  2. comme

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    Feb 21, 2003
    To start with, a piece in the Athletic on the most underrated players in the Premier League. It's an incredibly subjective term so many will disagree with the inclusions.

    Ahmed Walid: Henderson (Palace); Cook (Bournemouth), Milenkovic (Forest), Gvardiol (Man City), Lewis-Potter (Brentford); Tielemans (Aston Villa), Guimaraes (Newcastle), Mac Allister (Liverpool); Bowen (West Ham), Havertz (Arsenal), Iwobi (Fulham)

    Caoimhe O'Neill: Ramsdale (Southampton); Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), Zabarnyi (Bournemouth), Brainthwaite (Everton), Ait-Nouri (Wolves); Yates (Forest), Wharton (Palace), Joelinton (Newcastle); Mbuemo (Brentford), Welbeck (Brighton), Iwobi (Fulham)

    Oliver Kay: Sels (Forest); Wan-Bissaka (West Ham), Van Hecke (Brighton), Lacroix (Palace), Robinson (Fulham); Christie (Bournemouth), Gueye (Everton); Murphy (Newcastle), Damsgaard (Brentford), Ramsey (Aston Villa); Strand Larsen (Wolves)

    Seb Stafford-Bloor: Henderson (Palace); Lacroix (Palace), Murillo (Forest), Robinson (Fulham); Murphy (Newcastle), Guimaraes (Newcastle), Rogers (Aston Villa), Semenyo (Bournemouth), Elanga (Forest); Joao Pedro (Brighton), Delap (Ipswich)

    Adam Crafton: Sels (Forest); Aina (Forest), Konate (Liverpool), Schar (Newcastle), Robinson (Fulham); Lukic (Fulham), Joelinton (Newcastle); Murphy (Newcastle), Joao Pedro (Brighton), Semenyo (Bournemouth); Wissa (Brentford)
     
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  3. Isaías Silva Serafim

    Real Madrid
    Brazil
    Dec 2, 2021
    Nat'l Team:
    Brazil
    Highest SofaScore ratings of the season so far:
    (Players from top 5 leagues across all competitions)

    Raphinha 7.96
    Kimmich 7.89
    Dembelé 7.81
    Rayan Cherki 7.76
    Yamal 7.73
    Bruno Fernandes 7.73
    Salah 7.72
    Olise 7.71
    Kane 7.71
    Hakimi 7.68
    Wirtz 7.67
    Saka 7.67
    Musiala 7.58
    Matheus Cunha 7.58
    Mason Greenwood 7.53
    Pedri 7.53
    Xavi Simons 7.53
    Cole Palmer 7.51
    Bellingham 7.50
    João Neves 7.50
    Mbappé 7.49
     
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  4. comme

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    Feb 21, 2003
    Nominations for the Team of the Year for the Bundesliga:

    https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bunde...25-voting-best-players-ea-fc25-easports-31723

    Goalkeepers:

    Noah Atubolu (Freiburg), Oliver Baumann (Hoffenheim), Peter Gulacsi (RB Leipzig), Nikola Vasilj (St Pauli), Robin Zentner (Mainz)

    Defenders:

    Nathaniel Brown (Eintracht Frankfurt), Alphonso Davies (Bayern Munich), Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer Leverkusen), Alejandro Grimaldo (Bayer Leverkusen), Piere Hincapie (Bayer Leverkusen), Kim Min-Jae (Bayern Munich), Rasmus Kristensen (Eintracht Frankfurt), Maximillian Mittelstadt (Stuttgart), Willi Orban (RB Leipzig), Nico Shlotterbeck (Dortmund), Jonathan Tah (Bayer Leverkusen), Dayot Upamecano (Bayern Munich)

    Midfielders:

    Nadiem Amiri (Mainz), Tom Bischof (Hoffenheim), Ritsu Doan (Freiburg), Vincenzo Grifo (Freiburg), Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich), Jamal Musiala (Bayern Munich), Paul Nebel (Mainz), Michael Olise (Bayern Munich), Alassane Plea (Gladbach), Kaishu Sano (Mainz), Jens Stage (Werder Bremen), Angelo Stiller (Stuttgart), Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), Xavi Simons (RB Leipzig), Granit Xhaka (Bayer Leverkusen)

    Forwards:

    Mohamed Amoura (Wolfsburg), Jonathan Burkardt (Mainz), Hugo Etikite (Eintracht Frankfurt), Serhou Guirassy (Dortmund), Harry Kane (Bayern Munich), Tim Kleindienst (Gladbach), Lois Openda (RB Leipzig), Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen), Benjamin Sesko (RB Leipzig), Nick Woltemade (Stuttgart)
     
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  5. Tropeiro

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  6. comme

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    Feb 21, 2003
    EA FC Team of the Season for the Eredivisie

    Remko Pasveer (Ajax)
    Seiya Maikuma (AZ)
    David Hancko (Feyenoord)
    Josip Sutalo (Ajax)
    Olivier Boscagli (PSV)
    Jorrel Hato (Ajax)
    Kenneth Taylor (Ajax)
    Sem Steijn (Twente)
    Malik Tillman (PSV)
    Oliver Antman (Go Ahead Eagles)
    Mario Engels (Heracles)
    Noa Lang (PSV)
    Troy Parrott (AZ)
     
  7. comme

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    Feb 21, 2003
    With Liverpool confirmed as PL champions, the Guardian have given their players ratings out of 10.

    Alisson - 8
    Kelleher - 7
    Alexander-Arnold - 8
    Bradley - 7
    Konate - 8
    Van Dijk - 10
    Gomez - 6
    Quansah - 6
    Robertson - 7
    Tsimikas - 6
    Gravenberch - 9
    Mac Allister - 9
    Szoboszlai - 8
    Jones - 8
    Elliott - 6
    Endo - 7
    Salah - 10
    Diaz - 8
    Gakpo - 8
    Jota - 6
    Nunez - 6
    Chiesa - 4
     
  8. comme

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    Feb 21, 2003
    EA FC Ligue 1 Team of the Season

    Geronimo Rulli (Marseille)
    Jonathan Clauss (Nice)
    Marquinhos (PSG)
    William Pacho (PSG)
    Alexsandro Ribeiro (Lille)
    Nuno Mendes (PSG)
    Denis Zakaria (Monaco)
    Nabil Bentaleb (Lille)
    Andrey Santos (Strasbourg)
    Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg (Marseille)
    Corentin Tolisso (Lyon)
    Joao Neves (PSG)
    Vitinha (PSG)
    Adrien Rabiot (Marseille)
    Maghnes Akliouche (Monaco)
    Evann Guessand (Nice)
    Bradley Barcola (PSG)
    Ludovic Blas (Rennes)
    Rayan Cherki (Lyon)
    Ousmane Dembele (PSG)
    Jonathan David (Lille)
    Mika Biereth (Monaco)
     
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  9. comme

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    Feb 21, 2003
    The Athletic did the same exercise and came out with very similar scores:

    Alisson - 8
    Kelleher - 7
    Alexander-Arnold - 7
    Bradley - 7
    Konate - 8
    Van Dijk - 9.5
    Gomez - 7
    Quansah - 6
    Robertson - 7
    Tsimikas - 6
    Gravenberch - 9
    Mac Allister - 9
    Szoboszlai - 8
    Jones - 8
    Elliott - 6
    Endo - 7
    Salah - 9.5
    Diaz - 7
    Gakpo - 8
    Jota - 6
    Nunez - 5
    Chiesa - 5
     
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  10. comme

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    Feb 21, 2003
    Team of the Season for the PL according to EA FC:

    Matt Sels (Nottingham Forest)
    Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool)
    Virgil Van Dijk (Liverpool)
    Gabriel (Arsenal)
    William Saliba (Arsenal)
    Nicola Milenkovic (Nottingham Forest)
    James Tarkowski (Everton)
    Milos Kerkez (Bournemouth)
    Antonee Robinson (Fulham)
    Myles Lewis-Skelly (Arsenal)
    Ryan Gravenberch (Liverpool)
    Declan Rice (Arsenal)
    Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool)
    Cole Palmer (Chelsea)
    Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United)
    Bukayo Saka (Arsenal)
    Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton)
    Mateus Cunha (Wolves)
    Mo Salah (Liverpool)
    Alexander Isak (Newcastle)
    Erling Haaland (Manchester City)
    Chris Wood (Nottingham Forest)
     
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  11. comme

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    Feb 21, 2003
    Nominations for La Liga Team of the Season:

    Goalkeepers:

    Joan Garcia (Espanyol), David Soria (Getafe), Thibault Courtois (Real Madrid), Augusto Batalla (Rayo Vallecanco), Jan Oblak (Atletico Madrid)

    Defenders:

    Alejandro Balde (Barcelona), Jose Maria Giminez (Atletico Madrid) Inigo Martinez (Barcelona), Sergi Cardona (Villarreal), Antonio Rudiger (Real Madrid), Oscar Mingueza (Celta Vigo), Jules Kounde (Barcelona), Andrei Ratiu (Rayo Vallecano), Dani Vivian (Athletic Bilbao), Pau Cubarsi (Barcelona)

    Midfielders:

    Rodrigo De Paul (Atletico Madrid), Sergio Gomez (Real Sociedad), Mauro Arambari (Getafe), Pedri (Barcelona), Oihan Sancet (Athletic Bilbao), Isco (Real Betis), Alex Baena (Villarreal), Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid), Sergi Darder (Mallorca), Nico Williams (Athletic Bilbao), Gueye (Villarreal), Johnny Cardoso (Real Betis), Martin Zubimendi (Real Sociedad), Fede Valverde (Real Madrid), Mikel Jauregizar (Athletic Bilbao)

    Forwards:

    Kylian Mbappe (Real Madrid), Ayoze Perez (Villarreal), Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid), Dodi Lukebakio (Sevilla), Vinicius Jr (Real Madrid), Ante Budimir (Osasuna), Raphinha (Barcelona), Lewandowski (Barcelona), Julian Alvarez (Atletico Madrid), Lamine Yamal (Barcelona)
     
  12. wm442433

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    Sep 19, 2014
    Club:
    FC Nantes
    Les Trophées UNFP :

    Ligue 1 XI : Chevalier - Mendes, Pacho, Marquinhos, Hakimi - Vitinha, Neves, Doué - Barcola, Dembélé, Cherki

    9 of PSG, Chevalier (Lille) and Cherki (Lyon).

    Coach : Luis Enrique (PSG).

    Young Player : Désiré Doué (PSG).

    Best goal : Gouiri (OM) vs Brest.

    Best French player abroad : Mbappé (Real Madrid).

    And Best L1 Player : Ousmane Dembélé (PSG).
     
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  13. comme

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    Feb 21, 2003
    Thanks for this. Some extra information on the categories/nominations:

    Best player: Cherki, Dembele, Doue, Hakimi, Vitinha

    French player abroad: Kounde, Maignan, Mbappe, Olise, Saliba

    Goalkeeper: Chevalier (Lille), Donnarumma (PSG), Perri (Lyon), Petrovic (Strasbourg), Rulli (Marseille)

    Young player: Ben Seghir (Monaco), Bouaddi (Lille), Doue (PSG), Neves (PSG), Santos (Strasbourg)

    Noteworthy that Donnarumma (who I think many will regard as the best GK in Europe based on his CL heroics), didn't win the domestic prize.
     
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  14. comme

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    Feb 21, 2003
  15. wm442433

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    FC Nantes
    Maybe you're already aware of it : it's not funny but, curiously, he's at this level since he got hit in the face at Monaco (in december). Donnarumma.
     
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  16. comme

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    Feb 21, 2003
    Nominations for PL Player of the Year:

    Gibbs-White, Gravenberch, Isak, Mbuemo, Rice, Salah, Van Dijk, Wood

    Young Player:

    Delap, Elanga, Gravenberch, Huijsen, Palmer, Joao Pedro, Rogers, Saliba
     
  17. Tom Souster

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    Jul 20, 2016
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    As an Arsenal fan, I don't think any of our players had a particularly amazing season overall. Our season was riddled with injuries and we could hardly get a run of form going all season. Rice has been good since christmas but was underperforming to his level the first half of the season. Saliba I think has been slightly worse than last season (albeit has hardly had a rest), I personally think Gabriel had the better season and is the better player at this moment, he just doesn't get the plaudits due to playing less aesthetically than Saliba. Saka has been the player we could rely on to put in a top performance but his season has been largely ruined by injuries. Lewis-Skelly is a sensational talent although has mistakes in him (expected at this age) - in my opinion it should be players like Lewis-Skelly eligable for the YPOTY instead of seasoned player like Saliba with 5 seaons under his belt. On that topic what the hell is Palmer doing in the nominations?? he's been very underwhelming since november

    Overall Salah has been player of the season by a country mile, an all-timer season from him in the premier league. Isak & Rogers have been my standouts for other teams, absolute joy to watch both of them.
     
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  18. comme

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    Feb 21, 2003
    Team of the Year in Ligue 1, based on L'Equipe's average ratings.

    Chevalier (Lille); Hakimi (PSG), Kehrer (Monaco), Marquinhos (PSG), Bard (Nice); El-Aynaoui (Lens), Zakaria (Monaco), Tolisso (Lyon); Guessand (Nice), Dembele (PSG), Rabiot (Marseille)
     
  19. Jack94

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    FC Barcelona
    Spain
    Sep 24, 2018
    The Athletic's end-of-season awards

    PREMIER LEAGUE:
    MVP: Salah
    Young Player of the Season: Rogers
    Manager of the Season: Nuno Espirito Santo
    TOTS: Sels / Alexander - Arnold, Gabriel, van Dijk, Kerkez / Gravenberch, Rice, MacAllister / Salah, Isak, Wood
    Alternative TOTS: Kepa / Livramento, Milenkovic, Lacroix, Lewis - Potter / Baleba, Bergvall, Damsgaard / Murphy, Strand Larsen, Ndiaye

    LA LIGA
    MVP: Pedri
    TOTS: Joan García / Mingueza, Vivían, Martínez, Cardona / Valverde, Pedri, Isco / Yamal, Ayoze, Raphinha

    SERIE A
    MVP: Moise Kean
    TOTS: Svilar / Di Lorenzo, Lucumi, Gila, Miranda / McTominay, Reijnders, Paz / Kean, Lukaku, Thuram

    BUNDESLIGA
    MVP: Olise
    TOTS: Gulacsi / Kristensen, Wahl, Upamecano, Grimaldo / Sano, Amiri / Olise, Wirtz, Musiala / Ekitike

    EUROPE
    MVP: Raphinha
    Young Player of the Season: Yamal
    Manager of the Season: Luis Enrique
    TOTS: Courtois / Hakimi, Bastoni, van Dijk, Mendes / Vitinha, Pedri, Rice / Salah, Dembele, Raphinha

    https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6336642/2025/05/20/athletic-end-of-season-awards-2024-25-men/
     
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  20. comme

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    Feb 21, 2003
    Teams of the Season in the PL from Jamie Carragher and Gary Neville.

    Carragher:

    Alisson; Munoz, Milenkovic, Van Dijk, Lewis-Skelly; Mac Allister, Tonali, Rice; Salah, Isak, Gibbs-White

    Neville:

    Sels; Munoz, Milenkovic, Van Dijk, Kerkez; Gravenberch, Tielemans, Guimaraes; Salah, Isak, Mbuemo
     
  21. comme

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    Feb 21, 2003
    Opta Team of the Season for the Eredivisie

    Roefs (NEC); Read (Feyenoord), Sutalo (Ajax), Hancko (Feyenoord), El Kaouani (Utrecht); Taylor (Ajax), Steijn (Twente), Tillman (PSV); Antman (Go Ahead Eagles), Lang (PSV), Paixao (Feyenoord)
     
  22. comme

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    Feb 21, 2003
    Official Team of the Season in Serie A

    De Gea; Di Lorenzo, Bastoni, Buongiorno, Dimarco; Orsolini, McTominay, Barella, Zaccagni; Retegui, Kean
     
  23. carlito86

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    Jan 11, 2016
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    Real Madrid
    #23 carlito86, May 23, 2025
    Last edited: May 23, 2025


    I may have to look into it but I think since 2009/10 only 6 players have breached the 8/10 avg rating in a La Liga campaign

    Lionel Messi
    Cristiano Ronaldo
    Neymar Jr
    Gareth bale(in 15/16 he played significantly less minutes than the rest)
    Luis Suarez(in 15/16 and by a hair)
    Lamine Yamal



    Players who did not include
    Andres Iniesta
    Xavi Hernandez
    Kylian Mbappe
    Karim Benzema
    Vinicius Jr
    Antoine griezmann


    There is still one more game to play in La Liga for Yamal and if he drops a stinker he may drop below 8
    If he does there is still a whole career ahead for him anyways.



    The sofascore ratings are different of course as they value passing+goalscoring more than they value dribbling+goalscoring.
     
  24. ffff15

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    Argentina
    Sep 29, 2021
    The best players so far (in no particular order):
    Yamal
    Dembele
    Raphinha
    Pedri
    Mbappe
    Salah
    Olise
    Donnarumma
    Vitinha
    Alvarez
    Rice
    Sommer
    Bastoni
    Neves
    Kvara
     
  25. victorcalello38

    Feb 28, 2017
    Club:
    Montevideo Wanderers FC
    I'd say the most outstanding players so far have been Rapinha and Lamine Yamal. Although we shouldn't forget that the Club World Cup is still to come.
     

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