Ronaldo Overtakes Messi On The Guardian's Top 100 List Of 2014
Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2014 5:19 pm
The Guardian has released their list of the Top-100 footballers in the world with Cristiano Ronaldo overtaking Lionel Messi for the top slot.
Bayern Munich has the most representatives on the list with 12, followed by Barcelona (10), while both Real Madrid and Chelsea have nine.
The Premier League has 31 players on the list, up from 29 last year. La Liga has 25 players and the Bundesliga has 15 players.
Spain has 14 players on the list, followed by Germany (11), Brazil (9), Argentina (8), England (6), France (6) and Italy (5).
| 2014 | 2013 | Up/down | Name | Club as of Dec. 1 | Nationality |
| 1 | 2 | 1 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Real Madrid | Portugal |
| 2 | 1 | -1 | Lionel Messi | Barcelona | Argentina |
| 3 | 22 | 19 | Manuel Neuer | Bayern Munich | Germany |
| 4 | 14 | 10 | Arjen Robben | Bayern Munich | Netherlands |
| 5 | 25 | 20 | Thomas Müller | Bayern Munich | Germany |
| 6 | 9 | 3 | Luis Suarez | Barcelona | Uruguay |
| 7 | 6 | -1 | Neymar | Barcelona | Brazil |
| 8 | 7 | -1 | Gareth Bale | Real Madrid | Wales |
| 9 | 15 | 6 | Philipp Lahm | Bayern Munich | Germany |
| 10 | 10 | 0 | Sergio Agüero | Manchester City | Argentina |
| 11 | 40 | 29 | Toni Kroos | Real Madrid | Germany |
| 12 | 35 | 23 | Diego Costa | Chelsea | Brazil |
| 13 | 3 | -10 | Zlatan Ibrahimovic | PSG | Sweden |
| 14 | 72 | 58 | Angel Di María | Manchester United | Argentina |
| 15 | New | James Rodríguez | Real Madrid | Colombia | |
| 16 | 100 | 84 | Eden Hazard | Chelsea | Belgium |
| 17 | 47 | 30 | Thibaut Courtois | Chelsea | Belgium |
| 18 | 19 | 1 | Yaya Touré | Manchester City | Ivory Coast |
| 19 | 55 | 36 | Karim Benzema | Real Madrid | France |
| 20 | New | Paul Pogba | Juventus | France | |
| 21 | 37 | 16 | Xabi Alonso | Bayern Munich | Spain |
| 22 | 95 | 73 | Alexis Sánchez | Arsenal | Chile |
| 23 | 61 | 38 | Luka Modric | Real Madrid | Croatia |
| 24 | 34 | 10 | Mario Götze | Bayern Munich | Germany |
| 25 | 20 | -5 | Bastian Schweinsteiger | Bayern Munich | Germany |
| 26 | 4 | -22 | Franck Ribéry | Bayern Munich | France |
| 27 | 63 | 36 | Javier Mascherano | Barcelona | Argentina |
| 28 | 5 | -23 | Andrés Iniesta | Barcelona | Spain |
| 29 | 21 | -8 | Andrea Pirlo | Juventus | Italy |
| 30 | 18 | -12 | Robert Lewandowski | Bayern Munich | Poland |
| 31 | 17 | -14 | Thiago Silva | PSG | Brazil |
| 32 | 45 | 13 | Sergio Ramos | Real Madrid | Spain |
| 33 | 26 | -7 | Arturo Vidal | Juventus | Chile |
| 34 | New | Diego Godin | Atletico Madrid | Uruguay | |
| 35 | 32 | -3 | David Silva | Manchester City | Spain |
| 36 | 29 | -7 | Cesc Fàbregas | Chelsea | Spain |
| 37 | 42 | 5 | Vincent Kompany | Manchester City | Belgium |
| 38 | 70 | 32 | Arda Turan | Atlético Madrid | Turkey |
| 39 | 66 | 27 | Mats Hummels | Borussia Dortmund | Germany |
| 40 | 23 | -17 | Marco Reus | Borussia Dortmund | Germany |
| 41 | 46 | 5 | Carlos Tevez | Juventus | Argentina |
| 42 | 90 | 48 | Koke | Atlético Madrid | Spain |
| 43 | 28 | -15 | Wayne Rooney | Manchester United | England |
| 44 | 43 | -1 | David Alaba | Bayern Munich | Austria |
| 45 | 11 | -34 | Robin van Persie | Manchester United | Netherlands |
| 46 | 36 | -10 | Oscar | Chelsea | Brazil |
| 47 | 13 | -34 | Edinson Cavani | PSG | Uruguay |
| 48 | New | Nemanja Matic | Chelsea | Serbia | |
| 49 | New | Ivan Rakitić | Barcelona | Croatia | |
| 50 | 8 | -42 | Xavi | Barcelona | Spain |
| 51 | New | Daniel Sturridge | Liverpool | England | |
| 52 | New | Raheem Sterling | Liverpool | England | |
| 53 | 98 | 45 | Branislav Ivanovic | Chelsea | Serbia |
| 54 | 12 | -42 | Mesut Ozil | Arsenal | Germany |
| 55 | New | David De Gea | Manchester United | Spain | |
| 56 | New | Juan Cuadrado | Fiorentina | Colombia | |
| 57 | New | Jerome Boateng | Bayern Munich | Germany | |
| 58 | 81 | 23 | Miralem Pjanic | Roma | Bosnia-Herzegovina |
| 59 | 77 | 18 | Pablo Zabaleta | Manchester City | Argentina |
| 60 | 27 | -33 | Sergio Busquets | Barcelona | Spain |
| 61 | New | Yacine Brahimi | Porto | Algeria | |
| 62 | 93 | 31 | Blaise Matuidi | PSG | France |
| 63 | 16 | -47 | Radamel Falcao | Manchester United | Colombia |
| 64 | 76 | 12 | Marco Verratti | PSG | Italy |
| 65 | New | Vincent Enyeama | Lille | Nigeria | |
| 66 | New | Edin Dzeko | Manchester City | Bosnia-Herzegovina | |
| 67 | New | Wilfried Bony | Swansea City | Ivory Coast | |
| 68 | 56 | -12 | Gonzalo Higuain | Napoli | Argentina |
| 69 | New | John Terry | Chelsea | England | |
| 70 | New | Miroslav Klose | Lazio | Germany | |
| 71 | 48 | -23 | Mario Mandzukic | Atlético Madrid | Croatia |
| 72 | 24 | -48 | Gianluigi Buffon | Juventus | Italy |
| 73 | New | Jackson Martínez | Porto | Colombia | |
| 74 | New | Antoine Griezmann | Atletico Madrid | France | |
| 75 | 49 | -26 | Aaron Ramsey | Arsenal | Wales |
| 76 | 64 | -12 | Hugo Lloris | Tottenham Hotspur | France |
| 77 | New | Ezequiel Garay | Zenit St Petersburg | Argentina | |
| 78 | New | Luiz Adriano | Shakhtar Donetsk | Brazil | |
| 79 | 31 | -48 | Francesco Totti | Roma | Italy |
| 80 | New | Steven Gerrard | Liverpool | England | |
| 81 | 41 | -40 | Dani Alves | Barcelona | Brazil |
| 82 | New | Gervinho | Roma | Ivory Coast | |
| 83 | 87 | 4 | Mehdi Benatia | Bayern Munich | Morocco |
| 84 | 94 | 10 | Isco | Real Madrid | Spain |
| 85 | 116 | New | Henrikh Mkhitaryan | Borussia Dortmund | Armenia |
| 86 | New | José María Callejón | Napoli | Spain | |
| 87 | New | Miranda | Atlético Madrid | Brazil | |
| 88 | New | Iker Casillas | Real Madrid | Spain | |
| 89 | New | Daley Blind | Manchester United | Netherlands | |
| 90 | New | Cesar Azpilicueta | Chelsea | Spain | |
| 91 | 127 | New | Jack Wilshere | Arsenal | England |
| 92 | New | Hector Herrera | Porto | Mexico | |
| 93 | 39 | -54 | Gerard Pique | Barcelona | Spain |
| 94 | New | Enner Valencia | West Ham United | Ecuador | |
| 95 | 50 | -45 | David Luiz | PSG | Brazil |
| 96 | New | Memphis Depay | PSV Eindhoven | Netherlands | |
| 97 | 38 | -59 | Daniele De Rossi | Roma | Italy |
| 98 | New | Rogerio Ceni | Sao Paulo | Brazil | |
| 99 | New | Radja Nainggolan | Roma | Belgium | |
| 100 | New | Seydou Doumbia | CSKA Moscow | Ivory Coast |
Via The Guardian