FourFourTwo Top 100 Players in the World 2011

[King Binny]

So here’s how we at FFT go about it. First, we get a hat and write down the names of every footballer in the world right now...

No, really. We speak to our vast legion of experts from around the globe; the people we turn to for that extra bit of insight on a player or team from their region. Spain, Italy, Portugal, Russia, Brazil – they’ve seen the lot and we’ve canvassed their opinions, to add to our own.

Once we’ve seen our overseas experts’ recommendations and included the domestic players we believe are at the very peak, we have well over 150 names. Then comes the whittling. It’s ruthless: we read every report, look at every stat, watch every video, but if a player doesn’t look the real deal, he’s out. Simple.

A darkened room welcomes us. We have just over 100 names; now we have to put them in a sensible order – no mean feat when you have to consider everything from form and importance within a team, to potential and overall class. Out comes the whiteboard and the markers.

By breaking the list down into positions, we can rank every defender, forward and so on, and once we have each mini-list, slot them together. There’s a lot of scrubbing – fortunately, we’ve not had a repeat of the permanent marker “No, he’s crap” incident from last year.

Finally, we have our top 100, ready for your delectation.

100. Leandro Damiao
99. Rio Ferdinand
98. Giuseppe Rossi
97. Kevin-Prince Boateng
96. Maicon
95. Miroslav Klose
94. Javier Mascherano
93. Joe Hart
92. Fernando Llorente
91. Diego Lugano
90. Alvaro Pereira
89. Thomas Muller
88. Mario Balotelli
87. Javi Martinez
86. Gianluigi Buffon
85. Lucio
84. Jack Wilshere
83. Pepe Reina
82. Santi Cazorla
81. Diego Forlan
80. Yann M’Vila
79. Pepe
78. Steven Gerrard
77. Claudio Marchisio
76. Christian Eriksen
75. Robinho
74. Hulk
73. Daniele De Rossi
72. Marek Hamsik
71. Kaka
70. Alexis Sanchez
69. Alexandre Pato
68. Shinji Kagawa
67. Edin Dzeko
66. Giorgio Chiellini
65. Michael Essien
64. Hugo Lloris
63. Eric Abidal
62. Radamel Falcao
61. Carlos Tevez
60. Andrea Pirlo
59. Marcelo
58. Carles Puyol
57. Sergio Ramos
56. Frank Lampard
55. Victor Valdes
54. Rafael Van der Vaart
53. Didier Drogba
52. Antonio Di Natale
51. Mario Gomez
50. John Terry
49. Arjen Robben
48. Eden Hazard
47. Javier Hernandez
46. Mats Hummels
45. Gareth Bale
44. Juan Mata
43. Patrice Evra
42. Fernando Torres
41. Mario Goetze
40. Fabio Coentrao
39. Yaya Toure
38. Franck Ribery
37. Xabi Alonso
36. Nani
35. Vincent Kompany
34. Ashley Cole
33. Zlatan Ibrahimovic
32. Thiago Silva
31. Angel Di Maria
30. Karim Benzema
29. Samuel Eto’o
28. Pedro Rodriguez
27. Samir Nasri
26. Edinson Cavani
25. Javier Pastore
24. Dani Alves
23. Neymar
22. Gonzalo Higuain
21. Philip Lahm
20. Luis Suarez
19. Iker Casillas
18. Luka Modric
17. Sergio Busquets
16. Nemanja Vidic
15. Manuel Neuer
14. Sergio Aguero
13. Wesley Sneijder
12. Bastian Schweinsteiger
11. Cesc Fabregas
10. Mesut Oezil
9. Robin Van Persie
8. Gerard Pique
7. David Silva
6. Wayne Rooney
5. David Villa
4. Andres Iniesta
3. Xavi
2. Cristiano Ronaldo
1. Lionel Messi

Torres at 42. :laugh:

 

[Oncy]

No Wonderman = Jokes.

 

[737Max]

Luis at 20 too.

 

[SaintGeorge67]

Ha, Torres

 

[Dylan]

56 Lampard
78 Gerrard

Fuck off.

 

[spider-Neil]

essien at #65 pretty much renders the entire list null and void

 

[Rosco]

Where the fuck is Lucas ?

 

[Oncy]

[quote author=Rosco link=topic=48103.msg1453323#msg1453323 date=1325418245]
Where the fuck is Lucas ?
[/quote]You fuckin know it Minnesota!

 

[Jürgen4PM]

991. Titus Bramble
990. Lucas Leiva
989. Tony Hibbert

 

[LarryHagman]

[quote author=Kenny4PM link=topic=48103.msg1453331#msg1453331 date=1325418830]
991. Titus Bramble
990. Lucas Leiva
989. Tony Hibbert
[/quote]

992. Steven Hawking.

 

[My_Blood_Bleeds_Red]

i'll GLADLY take any of the 100 players ANYTIME of the day.

except the chelski and manc ones obv.

 

[themn]

That list is fucking doo doo !

Ballotelli lower than Dzeko ?

Fuck off !

 

[Roopy]

Pastore doesn't deserve to make this list on potential alone, what a joke - shouldn't be in the top 100.

 

[Shadey]

[quote author=Dylan link=topic=48103.msg1453313#msg1453313 date=1325417364]
56 Lampard
78 Gerrard

Fuck off.
[/quote] WTF who picks this top 100? Blatter and his puppets

 

[Vlads Quiff]

Vidic in the top twenty....my arse

regards

 

[Markeh]

I'm confused by number 43

 

[Asbo]

I'm confused by Gerrard, he only played 18 games in 2011 What the fucks it based on???

Wow just checked and it was only FOURTEEN Games in all competitions!

So whats it based on?????

 

[SaintGeorge67]

You forget they "read every report, look at every stat" etc.

Like Fernando Torres' total goals in 2011 for instance.

 

[HC]

fernando torres scored more goals for liverpool than he did for chelaea in 2011.

That is a truely beautiful statistic.