Top Ten Best football players in the world ranked 2022-23
1. Lionel Messi (PSG)
Why Lionel Messi (PSG) is the Top Football Player
When you think of the best football players, names like Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar, and Messi come to mind. It may be hard to choose one over the other but let’s take a look at the numbers. Lionel Messi (PSG) has been the top player in football since 2008 and shows no signs of slowing down. These are the reasons why he’s the best right now and probably forever.
THE TEAM
Lionel Messi has won a total of 30 trophies with Barcelona, including four La Liga titles and four Copa del Rey trophies. He has also been awarded FIFA's Ballon d'Or five times. He was named UEFA Club Forward of the Year three times, and in 2011 he became Barcelona's all-time top scorer, breaking the club record. This season he left his hometown team to join Paris Saint-Germain on a two-year contract.
2. Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona)
Robert Lewandowski has to be the best footballer in the world right now, and it’s not even close. The 29-year-old striker singlehandedly leads his club team, Borussia Dortmund, every season, averaging well over 20 goals per year in each of the past three seasons. However, his best quality lies in his leadership on the pitch and ability to carry an entire team on his back—a skill that few other players have shown themselves capable of doing at any high level.
3. Kevin De Bruyne (Man City)
Kevin De Bruyne signed with Manchester City in the summer of 2015. At the time, the signing was met with skepticism and doubt by fans and media alike. Why would Man City spend £55 million on a player that wasn’t able to hold down a starting spot at Chelsea?
4. Kylian Mbappe (PSG)
Kylian Mbappe, the 19-year-old star of Paris Saint-Germain has been touted as the next Lionel Messi. Some experts believe that Mbappe’s potential may exceed that of Messi, and if this is true, then it’s certainly possible he will end up being the greatest footballer to have ever played the game. To reach that level though, he’ll have to continue to work hard and improve his game by learning from his peers and coaches.
5. Erling Haaland (Man City)
Erling Haaland (Man City) football player isn’t what you would call world-famous, but he’s gaining notoriety very quickly in the United Kingdom and Ireland where he currently plays football (soccer). In fact, it was announced just this week that the Manchester City F.C. has signed him on to their team as an undrafted free agent to play as an attacking midfielder or striker. What does this mean for him?
6. Harry Kane (Tottenham)
Harry Kane is the latest breakthrough talent to come out of Tottenham Hotspur’s youth academy and he has all the qualities of being England’s next best striker after Wayne Rooney steps down. He has the potential to be better than Rooney, but how did Harry Kane become such an impact player in his first season with Spurs? Here’s how Harry Kane became the striking sensation of Tottenham Hotspur.
7. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
Mohamed Salah is Liverpool's football player of the year as he wins the award for the first time on Sunday after scoring 44 goals in 47 games in all competitions this season. The Egypt international has scored 31 times in 33 Premier League matches and has scored four times against Manchester City, Chelsea and Everton and now hold the record for the most goals by an African player in a single European season. So what reasons made him Liverpool's best player of the season? Here are 4 reasons why Mohamed Salah should be Liverpool's football player of the year.
8. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)
French soccer player Karim Benzema has had a very successful career. He’s currently playing forward on the Real Madrid football team and has helped his team win three Spanish League titles and two UEFA Champions League championships, as well as being named to the National Union of Professional Footballers FIFPro World XI three times. But what makes him so good? How did he develop his talent to such an extent? Here are just some of the things that have made Karim Benzema so good at soccer, according to coaches, players and experts in the field.
9. Sadio Mane (Bayern Munich)
You may have heard of Sadio Mane before, but if you haven’t, let me tell you about him. Sadio Mane was born in 1991 in Senegal and was the third of ten children. He was extremely poor and worked on the family farm until he got signed by Red Bull Salzburg in 2012 at the age of 19. During his first season with Salzburg, Mane was loaned to Lierse in Belgium where he played very well and earned himself a spot back on the Red Bull Salzburg roster after the loan ended.
10 . Cristiano Ronaldo (Man Utd)
Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, or Cristiano Ronaldo as he is commonly known, was born in 1985 in Funchal, Portugal. He started his football career at the age of 8 and quickly rose to prominence at such a young age that he went on to play for the Portuguese U-15 and U-16 national football teams before moving to Lisbon to join Sporting CP’s youth team. By 2003 he had been transferred to Manchester United for £12 million and was making a name for himself across Europe as one of the most promising talents in European football.
