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World's top 100 footballers 2017

Our choice of the world’s best current male footballers, selected by a 169-strong panel of experts from 63 countries led by 27 former internationals including Ronaldo and Hernán Crespo

22 December 2017

  • Isco of Barcelona and Spain, Manchester United's Paul Pogba and Paulo Dybala of Juventus. Composite. Photographs by Getty Images. Jim Powell

    The complete statistics behind our list of 2017's best footballers

  • The top 10 footballers on the planet in 2017 – video

19 December 2017

  • Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona, Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo and Kylian Mbappe of Paris Saint Germain. Photographs by Getty Images. Composite. Jim Powell

    The 100 best footballers in the world 2017

    Our panel of 169 experts from 63 nations compiled a list of the greatest male players on the planet. Click on an individual to read more about their year

18 December 2017

  • Turkey's Rustu Recber, Hernan Crespo of Argentina and Brazil’s Ronaldo. Photographs by Action Images and Getty Images. Composite Jim Powell

    How the Guardian ranked the world’s top 100 footballers for 2017

    In our biggest annual survey yet Ronaldo, Hernán Crespo and Rustu Recber led a panel of 169 judges choosing the globe’s greatest male players in 2017
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