Guardian's Top 100 Footballers of 2022

[Zomp]

https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2023/jan/24/the-100-best-male-footballers-in-the-world-2022

I always look forward to their list.

Top ten are

1. Messi
2. Mbappe
3. Benzema
4. Haaland
5. Modric
6. KDB
7. Lewandowski
8. Vinicius Junior
8. Courtois
10. Salah


I haven't dug too much into the list yet but i'm sort of surprised Vinicius is 8th and Neymar is 11th.


Casemiro is 15th and the highest holding midfielder on the list. Rodri is 53 @teddykgb

 

[Bozo Texino]

Love seeing Saka make that big of a jump on that list.

 

[OCST]

Dunno. It's hard to weight, which of course is the fun of this. WC seems to figure heavily OTOH with someone like Emi Martinez getting 20th overall, but then on the other hand Salah well off his best and no WC isn't even top 10 in the PL for me.

 

[67YAZ]

Heavy World Cup bias.

Emi Martinez at #20? Otamendi anywhere on the list?

 

[Granite Sox]

Messi #1, CR7 #51... suck on those fumes, pretty boy... (I kid... a little).

Surprised Messi is #1 (206 voters!)... Agree with heavy WC bias.

 

[Kliq]

Even though he won the world cup, IDK how you can watch the World Cup Final and think Messi is still better than Mbappe; let alone comparing their performances over the last 365 days at the club level.

I always think these lists weigh much to heavily on status and to the big clubs; so that if you are a starter on Real Madrid you are automatically better than the best player on Sevilla or Frankfurt or Newcastle, etc. They are just a dumb exercise but kind of fun to debate and contrast; I think it's way to hard to compare different positions anyway.

 

[lars10]

Even though he won the world cup, IDK how you can watch the World Cup Final and think Messi is still better than Mbappe; let alone comparing their performances over the last 365 days at the club level.

I always think these lists weigh much to heavily on status and to the big clubs; so that if you are a starter on Real Madrid you are automatically better than the best player on Sevilla or Frankfurt or Newcastle, etc. They are just a dumb exercise but kind of fun to debate and contrast; I think it's way to hard to compare different positions anyway.

I think Messi dragged his team to the world cup.. Mbappe had a lot more help IMO.. but both of them were pretty freakin good in the finale and WC in general.