Four Four Two's Top 100 players

[Mr Maroon]

100. Huntelaar (Ajax)
99. Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich)
98. Cassano (Sampdoria)
97. Capel (Sevilla)
96. L Diarra (Portsmouth)
95. Scholes (Man United)
94. Amauri (Juventus)
93. Simao (Atletico Madrid)
92. Akinfeev (CSKA Moscow)
91. Pandev (Lazio)
90. Mikel (Chelsea)
89. Danny (Zenit)
88. Sagna (Arsenal)
87. Zambrotta (Milan)
86. Higuain (Real Madrid)
85. Chiellini (Juventus)
84. Mancini (Inter)
83. Diego (Werder Bremen)
82. Poulsen (Juventus)
81. Pires (Villareal)
80. Zanetti (Inter)
79. Di Natale (Udinese)
78. Kanoute (Sevilla)
77. Clichy (Arsenal)
76. Klose (Bayern Munich)
75. Trezeguet (Juventus)
74. Camoranesi (Juventus)
73. Juninho (Lyon)
72. Cannavaro (Real Madrid)
71. Srna (Shakhtar Donetsk)
70. Ronaldinho (Milan)
69. Cazorla (Villarreal)
68. Forlan (Villarreal)
67. Pirlo (Milan)
66. Lahm (Bayern)
65. M Diarra (Real Madrid)
64. Santa Cruz (Blackburn)
63. Benzema (Lyon)
62. Modric (Tottenham)
61. Pepe (Real Madrid)
60. Van der Vaart (Real Madrid)
59. Nesta (Milan)
58. Chivu (Inter)
57. Henry (Barcelona)
56. Raul (Real Madrid)
55. Toni (Bayern Munich)
54. Totti (Roma)
53. Cech (Chelsea)
52. Boruc (Celtic)
51. Robben (Real Madrid)
50. Zhirkov (CSKA Moscow)
49. Joe Cole (Chelsea)
48. Tevez (Man United)
47. Bosingwa (Chelsea)
46. Keita (Barcelona)
45. Del Piero (Juventus)
44. Ashley Cole (Chelsea)
43. Cambiasso (Inter)
42. Robinho (Man City)
41. Tymoshchuk (Zent)
40. Evra (Man United)
39. Nihat (Villareal)
38. Silva (Valencia)
37. Berbatov (Man United)
36. Eto'o (Barcelona)
35. Mascherano (Liverpool)
34. Vidic (Man United)
33. De Rossi (Roma)
32. Terry (Chelsea)
31. Fabiano (Sevilla)
30. Senna (Villarreal)
29. Deco (Chelsea)
28. Arshavin (Zenit)
27. Iniesta (Barcelona)
26. Maicon (Inter)
25. Carvalho (Chelsea)
24. Rooney (Man United)
23. Alves (Barcelona)
22. Essien (Chelsea)
21. Sneijder (Real Madrid)
20. Ramos (Real Madrid)
19. Buffon (Juventus)
18. Ballack (Chelsea)
17. Ribery (Bayern Munich)
16. Drogba (Chelsea)
15. Adebayor (Arsenal)
14. Van Nistelrooy (Real Madrid)
13. Lampard (Chelsea)
12. Fabregas (Arsenal)
11. Xavi (Barcelona)
10. Gerrard (Liverpool)
9. Ferdinand (Man United)
8. Aguero (Atletico Madrid)
7. Ibrahimovic (Inter)
6. Villa (Valencia)
5. Kaka (Milan)
4. Casillas (Real Madrid)
3. Torres (Liverpool)
2. Messi (Barcelona)
1. Ronaldo (Man United)

How they chose the top 100.
http://fourfourtwo.com/blogs/fourfourtwoview/archive/2008/11/05/how-we-decided-on-the-100-best-players.aspx



A few reasons why I think it's an absolute joke of a list.

1) Casillas is 4th but Buffon is out at 19!

2) Kaka is only 5th. IMO he's the best, at the very least in the top 3.

3) Poulsen(82) is not better than Chiellini (85). He's also not better than Sissoko who doesn't make the list.

4) The presence of Bosingwa, Cazorla and Keita is bizarre.


Discuss...

[centre mid]

Ronaldo is not the best player in the world. Its virtually impossible to compile a list of the best players in the world, its so subjective. I'd have Lampard ahead of Gerrard for one. Ferdinand no.9 & Vidic no.34 other way around surely.

[centre mid]

Arshavin ahead of Deco, I'm sorry no.

[DmanDmythDledge]

Ferdinand no.9 & Vidic no.34 other way around surely.
No chance. Over the past two seasons Ferdinand has been United's best player.

Lampard and Gerrard shouldn't be in top 50, maybe 100 too.

[NeilMcD]

Where is Shay Given. I would have him there any day.

[jebus]

Lists like these are nonsense.

You can say Top 100 players for Season 07-08 alright, and at that Ronaldo would have to be number one.

But anyone who thinks Ronaldo is better than Kaka or Messi is talking nonsense

Messi is the best player in the world in my opinion by the by

[gaiscíoch]

What a load of nonsense.
Scholes 95th?
Mascherano made the list what the hell??? Diarra is better than him. Most over rated player in the world. Cant pass the ball two yards.

[Dodge]

Always love how outraged some people get by these lists.

Oh and Iniesta is a top ten player easily. Sham, mockery etc etc etc etc ;)

[shakermaker1982]

No chance. Over the past two seasons Ferdinand has been United's best player.

Lampard and Gerrard shouldn't be in top 50, maybe 100 too.

I think Ronaldo and Evra would have something to say about that!!! :D

[bennocelt]

70. Ronaldinho (Milan)

63. Benzema (Lyon)

55. Toni (Bayern Munich)

45. Del Piero (Juventus)

40. Evra (Man United)

34. Vidic (Man United)

30. Senna (Villarreal)

20. Ramos (Real Madrid)

18. Ballack (Chelsea)

7. Ibrahimovic (Inter)

2. Messi (Barcelona)
1. Ronaldo (Man United)

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as Dodge said take with a pinch of salt.......
but - Ronnie at 70 - funny how things change!
Surely an awesome talent like Benzema should be higher up the table ( i am really excited about this player -:))
Luca Toni on this list - ha ha ha ha ha ha ha - and Del Piero??
Evra and Vidic should be in top 20
Senna is the best Spanish player IMHO and 100 billion times better than Ramos (who always needs someone to cover for his mistakes)
Ballack in the top 20 - ha
Ibrahimovic in the top ten!!!
And i would have Messi as the best in the world at present:)

[superfrank]

Del Piero is still one of the top players in the world at 34. He's been immense for Juve in the CL this year. I haven't seen enough of Serie A to see how he's doing there.

They probably are the 100 top players in the world, it's just the order that'll **** people off.

For instance, I'd have Ribery, Buffon and VDV further up the list, to name a few.

[Razors left peg]

as Dodge said take with a pinch of salt.......
but - Ronnie at 70 - funny how things change!
Surely an awesome talent like Benzema should be higher up the table ( i am really excited about this player -:))
Luca Toni on this list - ha ha ha ha ha ha ha - and Del Piero??
Evra and Vidic should be in top 20
Senna is the best Spanish player IMHO and 100 billion times better than Ramos (who always needs someone to cover for his mistakes)
Ballack in the top 20 - ha
Ibrahimovic in the top ten!!!
And i would have Messi as the best in the world at present:)

That for me is the biggest joke on the list....I think hes the most over rated player in the world

[TheBoss]

The positions of some players are completely wrong, Ramos at 20th, he should be at 5000th for example, I never really take lists like these seriously, but how can you compile a list of the 100 best, Every person has there own thoughts and thats what counts.

[Mr Maroon]

Luca Toni on this list - ha ha ha ha ha ha ha - and Del Piero??

Whatever you say I know you haven't seen Juve play recently. Del Piero has been immense for the last couple of seasons. He was top scorer in Serie A last year. He's one of the top scorers in the CL so far this year. One of the best players in the world.

[sadloserkid]

No Keith Fahy? :eek::D

[Mr Maroon]

No Keith Fahy? :eek::D
He was 101 ;)

[sadloserkid]

He was 101 ;)

Just ahead of Johnny Lester. :)

[Schumi]

Del Piero has been immense for the last couple of seasons. He was top scorer in Serie A last year. He's one of the top scorers in the CL so far this year. One of the best players in the world.Italy's most impressive striker in the Euros too, even though he didn't play 90 minutes.

[bennocelt]

Whatever you say I know you haven't seen Juve play recently. Del Piero has been immense for the last couple of seasons. He was top scorer in Serie A last year. He's one of the top scorers in the CL so far this year. One of the best players in the world.

always has been rubbish in world cups and the like though - remember the euros against France a few years ago where he played awful and missed so many one on ones it was embarrassing

[Mr Maroon]

always has been rubbish in world cups and the like though - remember the euros against France a few years ago where he played awful and missed so many one on ones it was embarrassing
Not always:

Italy's most impressive striker in the Euros too, even though he didn't play 90 minutes.

[pineapple stu]

Too lazy to read the whole thing - I assume no Irish player got within an arse's roar of the list?

[Mr Maroon]

Too lazy to read the whole thing - I assume no Irish player got within an arse's roar of the list?
Nope

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[elroy]

Too lazy to read the whole thing - I assume no Irish player got within an arse's roar of the list?

If the likes of Huntelaar and Forland can make the list no reason why Keane shouldnt be on it.

[Razors left peg]

If the likes of Huntelaar and Forland can make the list no reason why Keane shouldnt be on it.

Will probably get laughed at for saying it, but I would have Doyle ahead of Forlan and a few other players on that list

[OwlsFan]

2008 Ballon d'Or voting:

1. Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United), 446 points
2. Lionel Messi (Barcelona), 281 pts
3. Fernando Torres (Liverpool), 179 pts
4. Iker Casillas (Real Madrid), 133 pts
5. Xavi Hernandez (Barcelona), 97 pts
6. Andrei Arshavin (Zenit St-Petersburg), 64 pts
7. David Villa (Valencia), 55 pts
8. Kaka (AC Milan), 31 pts
9. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Inter Milan), 30 pts
10. Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), 28 pts
11. Marcos Senna (Villarreal), 16 pts.
12. Emmanuel Adebayor (Arsenal), 12 pts.
13. Wayne Rooney (Manchester United), 11 pts.
14. Sergio Aguero (Atletico Madrid), 10 pts.
15. Frank Lampard (Chelsea), 8 pts.
16. Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich), 7 pts.
17. Samuel Eto'o (Barcelona), 6 pts.
18. Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), 5 pts.
19. Michael Ballack (Chelsea), Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal), 4 pts.
21. Didier Drogba (Chelsea), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), Nemanja Vidic (Manchester United), 3 pts.
24. Edwin van der Sar (Manchester United), Ruud van Nistelrooy (Real Madrid), 2 pts.

[Mr Maroon]

That's different because it is (supposedly) based purely on form in 2008.