The 100 Greatest Footballers In The World 2023

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Hello everybody Adam CLE here from 442 and happy Christmas if that is indeed when you are watching this video and if you’re not then happy Tuesday Welcome to our top 100 footballers in the world 2023 we thought we would make a really nice long video just in case you need to

Get like 30 40 minutes away from all your relatives on boxing day while you finish off the after eight or something so what we did was we got the entire 44 two team together oh look there they are say hello we compiled what we thought were our top 100 player in the world

List merg them into one big official 442 super list then this very handsome man Mark White wrote it all up and then Adam monk say hello to him and me made a video about it we didn’t really have like stringent criteria for it it was just sort of like how good has their

Yeah been how good are they in general like an intangible just coolness factor it’s just a bit of fun so if there are any piics you disagree with anyone who should be lower anyone who should be higher anyone we’ve missed out entirely please do get that in the comments below

And we’ll sort of put all that together and make an even better list later on until then though sit back please undo the top button on your trousers and enjoy 442s 100 greatest players of 2023 number 100 Sergio busets now Sergio busets he’s been one the best in his position for

The past 15 years that’s fair to say and now he’s playing out his days at into Miami an absolute legend of the game and he’s rolled back the ears a bit this year 99 Nel Molina bombing forward from Wing back and contributing at both ends of the pitch it’s been another great 12

Months for one of European football’s unsung heroes number 98 Dogo Costa no not that one the evil ex Chelsea Striker the actual Porto and Portugal goalkeeper he’s been really good for a couple years now 97 Mickey vanen catching the eye at Wolfsburg before becoming one of the Premier League signings of the Season

His game reading and Recovery pace has been one of the main reasons behind tottenham’s early success Number 96 Karim benzar now he’d have probably been in the top five this time last year but now of course playing in Saudi Arabia after an amazing 15E stint at Real Madrid 95 Lucas pakar delivering

Arguably the most important assist of West Ham’s modern history in the Europa Conference Final it’s been an electric 12 months for David moy’s most Mercurial player although I’m still convinced it’s pronounced petta number 94 is now his Renaissance has just been absolutely beautiful to see I think he’s always had

It in his locker he’s still only 31 so there’s a couple more years left to go with this go but after leaving Real Madrid he has really sha in La Liga at real batis 93 Olivier jiru physical dominant aggressive lethal and graceful jiru is still at his best in this Milan

Side and apparently somehow also really good in goal now too number 92 Enzo Fernandez now a World Cup winner with Argentina of course but after joining Chelsea he’s really just shown glimpses of being that world class talent that we all know he can be and I’m sure

Eventually he will fully get there 91 seru gassi the surprise Challenger to Harry Kane’s oneman Bundesliga Golden Boot race gassi might not have convinced everybody this format to Du guard is here to stay but he’s certainly had one of the most explosive years number 90 Nico Williams now Athletic Club have

Really got their wish with a new four-year deal for Nico Williams he’s been absolutely excellent this year showing two- footedness Direct and intensity out wide and at 21 he’s only going to get better 89 Marcus turam the bundesliga’s worst kept secret is now a Smash Hit in serri R 2 an intelligent

Hungry footballer he’s only going to finish higher on these lists in the future number 88 Evan Martin now Jona May well do a Leicester city this season over in La Liga but there’s not really a counterpart in that Leicester City team to compare to Evan Martin he’s tricky

Skillful and he could be set for a big move in the summer number 87 Christopher and kungu injury may have ravaged the back end of his 2023 but he was undoubtedly one of the best players in the world before that a lightning Bol through the center of the pitch able to

Create drift and attack the Box Chelsea fans will be hoping that if anyone can fix their season it’s this man number 86 Victor jarez jarez J I don’t know how to pronounce that one Folly but Coventry 2 spot in Lisbon is not the most Orthodox route to get in on this list however

He’s an absolute bagsman Championship player with the year last year and has set the world alive at sportting Lisbon too 85 Martin zubba mendi the air apparent to Sergio buket’s Throne his skill and creativity have also drawn comparisons to David Silva and Javy Alonzo he’s been instrumental in

Dragging sadad both to and through their Champions League campaign and if the rumor mail is to be believed offers from the Premier League are just around the corner number 84 Federico Kaza now of course we all remember his star study performances in Euro 2020 but injuries have kind of played Ker’s career since

Then however when he is fit he is simply unplayable electric from that left wing a simply superb Winger 83 Douglas Luis controlled yet aggressive able to carry the ball and sit with it vital in both boxes if you had to pick one reason why Aston Villa are so high in the Premier

League this season Douglas Luis would be it number 82 Raheem Sterling now another player who struggled with consistency in 2023 but when he’s on it boy is he on it still fighting for a place to get in the England squad under Gareth Southgate in that four fall draw against Manchester

City that could be the best individual performance in the Premier League so far this season 81 fedrico Valverde a flying right winger a composed Central midfielder the legs to Luca modric’s brain Valverde is the player who can be anything and yet somehow is still underrated number 80 Victor Bonny face

Now one of the main reasons by lausen have been so high flying this season his physicality and presence up front has really enabled that German side to bully teams in the final third and Nigeria I mean he’s their backup Striker scary 79 Dominic sabosa already one of Liverpool’s most important players the

Hungarian has adapted to his new league to become one of the most consistently creative and hardworking midfielders in the world number 78 Jack greish now a onean army at Villa very much a Maverick has now become a cog in the pet Guardiola machine but to adapt in that

Way and become a keyman in a trouble winning team is impressive nonetheless 77 Marcus rashford now it might not be the best end to 2023 for Marcus rashford but it’s worth remembering that for the rest of the year he looked like one of the best left Wingers in the world form

Is temporary class is permanent he’ll get it back number 76 Musa drb now playing that hybrid role at Aston Villa with his electric pacing behind and rotating with Leon Bailey he has really set the world Al light so far at Aston Villa and has Justified his prize tag

And you know what 2024 could be even better for him with how well Aston Villa are doing right now 75 hakan Kalen Ogo once a setpiece master who would just hang on the edge of the penalty area waiting for a chance to drop he now dictates the tempo and controlled entire

Games for Inter Milan a simply incredible Evolution this year number 74 Dean kulaski yes the ginger from Sweden definitely one of Daniel Levy’s better signings of recent years and now under an POA cogo he seems to arrive at the right moment when Tottenham need him

Most so I think The Best Is Yet To Come From deam 73 Julian brand a consistent main State at Dortmund even when big stars around him have all departed brand is one of the most consistent stars on a side that on its day is capable of magic

Number 72 Phil foden now of course limited game time in City’s tail end of the treble winning season but he’s still had a great 2023 by anyone else’s standards and he’s one of the most exciting youngsters in the league and will no doubt be at the Forefront of G

Southgate’s team in the auros in the summer 71 Sven botman an absolute monster at at the back for Newcastle United for someone so young to be so composed dominant and able to lead a back line is frightening if he stays on TI side he could be a pillar at that

Club for a decade number 70 Theo Hernandez no longer living in his brother’s Shadow Theo Hernandez is one of the most consistent and fast he is very very fast fullbacks in World football these days and after winning the scarto he’s really a jewel in that Milan side now 69 aelian T shimi without

Hyperbole this is a midfielder with one of the most impressive skill sets in the world solid for Real Madrid vital for France and at 23 he’s only going to get better number 68 Granite Shaka now he was crucial in the Etta Arsenal system and now he is crucial in jaab Alonzo’s

Bayer lusen system so to adapt in the way that he has in two different leagues two different countries in one year is impressive to say the least and I think it’s fair to say Jaca is in his prime 67 Anthony Gordon a slow start to life on titin side Gordon returned from the

Under 21 year Rose the player of the tournament and has since managed to turn that into a Premier League season absolutely full of goals and assists number 66 Xiao pelino the main reason really why Fulham didn’t just survive last season they actually climbed up the table and tried to push in towards that

Top half and it’s no coincidence that the likes of Bayern Munich and Liverpool are knocking on the door for his signature 65 Tony Cruz undoubtedly one of the most decorated players of his generation it’s also worth pointing out he’s one of the best at Real Madrid he become a simply Sumptuous player who

Appears to operate in his own time and space apart from everybody else number 64 marinos ever since Thiago Silva left PSG marinos has really been the main man in that defense plane alongside Ramos Kim pembe and now Milan scrar he’s as good as he’s ever been the captain of

That PSG team he deserves his place in the list 63 Gaby he’s going to miss a lot of 2024 but his 2023 more or less defined Barcelona if he manages to come back as good as he left he’s going to be a generational star for that club number

62 Santiago gimenez yes the Mexican holdup man for fard he’s been nothing short of Sensational this season so far strong physical and prolific won’t be long till someone else goes for his signature in the summer 61 Florian verts there’s not really any other way to put

It the German is one of the most watchable young stars on the planet and living up to that Wonder kid hype with excellent displays at lus in every single week number 60 Rodrigo yes Mr clutch for Real Madrid don’t remind me of that semi-final game oh my God but

This season he’s adapted into a forward in that front to with Vinnie Junior after benz’s left and he’s been nothing short of phenomenal 59 Ashraf hakeim this man might just be the most box office right back on the planet sometimes a wing back sometimes a Winger sometimes just a full-blown attacker

He’s had another good year of PSG and still looks like one of the best in the world number 58 Alexander isak probably the closest thing aesthetically to tiar HRI with we’ve seen in the Premier League since tiar enri those long strides the InStep finish with the inside of his boot just a fantastic

Fantastic Striker and he plays with a little bit of arrogance too that’s Justified 57 Bruno Fernandez both Fernandez and Manchester United have had their share of ups and downs in 2023 but one wonders where the latter would be without the former moving deeper dictating the play assisting he is still

A shining star in that side number 56 Lois openda so after having an amazing season at La and then joining RB leig to replace Christopher on conu he’s really done that and then some quick slight and direct he’s been amazing all year and his probably set for an even bigger move

In the summer 55 Duan vich juvent are admittedly a bit of a basket case right now but this man Remains the best signing in years bullying center backs across Sera he carved out a reputation as one of the best center forwards on Earth number 54 Kingsley kman yeah that

Man with the ridiculous trophy cabinet who just win stuff every single year other than Harry Kane now he is the main stay in that Bayern Munich attack on Thomas tou call and for good reason as well 53 leis Diaz getting onto this list will probably not be what LS Diaz

Remembers 2023 for but regardless he still lit up the Premier League for Liverpool quick direct lethal in front of goal he is so much more than just the heir to sario man’s Throne number 52 Alonso Davies now whether you can even call this man a left back is Up For

Debate definitely the most fun left back to watch in World football but he is just so fast 51 Gabriel Martinelli the young Brazilian attacking qualities are obvious but what’s really endeared him to Arsenal fans is that he’ll track back with as much intensity as he’ll burst forward with a counter a manager’s dream

Number 50 Mike Manan an integral part of milang getting to the Champions League semi-finals last season and now France is number one in the sticks as well it’s actually very impressive that milanov upgraded on donaruma by bringing Manan in 49 Emiliano Martinez I know this was 2022 so it doesn’t technically count but

Let’s just enjoy that picture of him from the World Cup again for a few seconds there we go number 48 Randall coo muani sorry mate but you are the man who missed the biggest chance in the history of world football but nonetheless you’ve had a fantastic 12

Months so pat on the back for you 47 Kim mjay the South Korean Defender joined Napoli slaughtered into kola’s position won the league title and then got a massive money move to Bay in where he’s also looked incredible not bad yet number 46 Frankie dong sorry Eric tenh

Hari is still playing for Barcelona but I think many Barcelona fans thought that he’d be replacing boset in that number six role but that’s not been the case javy’s been deploying him as a number eight and he’s been absolutely brilliant with his ball carrying ability ball winning there’s been tough times for him

At Barcelona but he’s still a top player 45 Joshua kimick now a fully converted Midfield metronome the Philip L ification who wrote this of Joshua kimick has been special to see absolutely Imperial serious in 2023 and the reason Bayern don’t just dominate The League they kind of strangle it

Number 44 taka fusa Kubo now I think a lot of people wrote this guy off after he left Real Madrid and he kind of was paling into insignificance but after joining roal soad he’s been one of the most otherworldly Wingers in the game to be quite Frank 43 Luca Modric yes okay

Probably had one of the quietest years of his career but he is still running rings in that Real Madrid Midfield around players half his age at this rate you would put it past him to play there until he’s 40 number 42 cro mitoma probably I would say Brighton’s best

Signing uh maybe not for resale value but certainly on ability he’s really gone up a Level under Roberto deserie two-footed and even if he’s being double or triple marked he seems to just get out of it and weave his way through the word wizard really comes to mind and I

Think it’s justifiable number 41 Mark Andre testan the Barcelona goalkeeper has reportedly said that he just sees football ball has his job well my input on this is that he’s really really good at his job number 40 Kent tripier yes the man who gave every England fan their

Best moment of their lives with that free kick against Croatia but did any England fan really think that three years later he’d still be a main stay in the side particularly with all the debates over recent years between Rees James and Trent Alexander Arnold he is really still probably the most

Well-rounded fullback in the country so for good reason that he’s in that England side and the fact he’s playing in the Champions League well not anymore but he was for Newcastle United is impressive and he fully fully deserves his place on this list a great player 39

Julian Alvarez in 2023 Alvarez here won a premier league and FA Cup a champions league and a World Cup not bad for and I’m doing extreme Air quotes here earling harland’s understudy number 38 James Madison now for me the signing of the summer I think not only the fact

That he joined Tottenham and moved up a club but also the fact that he was kind of assigned with giving Spurs fans hope back especially on the pitch with Harry Kane leaving so playing in that number 10 role his ball striking ability from range and also his vision in the final

Third he’s really matured into one of the finest midfielders in the country and it’s going to be very very hard for GIS Southgate to ignore him in the AOS but obviously he will 37 Alejandro Bal in a world of inverting fullbacks Bal here is a classic bombing up and down

The touch line rather than moving into Midfield his devel El in 2023 has been nothing short of incredible number 36 Eduardo kinger the the Swiss army knife in World football play him left back play him CDM play him Center back play him in net play him in the stands it

Don’t matter he will do a job he will he will have an impact on the game and it’s for that reason why he’s been so tried and trusted in this anchel team anchel will play him in any position on the biggest of stages you know the Champions League semi-final for instance he played

At left back and at such a young age he’s such a mature player 35 Warren zier Emme despite being just 17 years old there are those in French football who believe is importance to the French national team is second only to Killian mbappe there is a lot of hype around

This young man right now but in 2023 it was fully deserved number 34 Laro Martinez now if you ignore the fact that he conted a bandor in the World Cup final against France he has actually got 21 goal contributions this season in serria and has been one of Syria’s best

Forward for the last few years 33 pedri carrying both the weight of Barcelona and Spain on his back pedri already feels like a veteran of the game despite being just 21 number 32 Virgil Van djk now he’s dropped down on this list a bit of course he was an absolute Behemoth

And Goliath of a center back a couple of years ago but even at 32 he tends to bully Strikers and I think what’s so impressive about van djk is that klopp likes to play a high line and even at his age he’s completely comfortable not only covering for Trent Alexander Arnold

But seemingly being one step ahead of any attacker that approaches him 31 chavy Simons psv’s best player at the start of the year and now moving to leig where he’s easily one of the best in the Bundesliga 2 20123 was a year that suggests that chy Simons will probably

Go on to very big things number 30 son hung Min now I think some people were starting to be fickle and reactionary and right son off at the end of last season under Antonio con but under an POA kogo he’s been revived captain of Tottenham 2 and of course reaching the

Premier League 100 Club recently I think it’s time that English football fans discussing some as one of the alltime greats in the English game 29 Kyle Walker incorrectly classified as merely a speed Merchant Kyle Walker has spent the last 12 months adapting to every single crazy tactical tweak Pep

Guardiola has thrown at him Wing back Center back Central midfielder he’s now got a treble to add to his collection too number 28 Robert levandowski uh this guy has just been scoring goals forever the definition of a bagsman if you look it up in the dictionary Robert

Levandowski will come up of course a legend at Bayern Munich but now playing in Catalonia for Barcelona he spearheaded them last season to the La Liga title and is continuing to do it at 35 years of age so Blackburn fans just imagine what would have happened if

You’d assigned him 27 Leroy San it may have taken him a while to return to the levels we all knew he was capable of but the aliance arena is simply his backyard now another unbelievable year of performances tearing up Bundesliga defenses number 26 Ruben Diaz now I’m surprised that Pep Guardiola doesn’t

Actually hate this man’s guts cuz he can only play one position but he plays that one position very very well because he’s the most defensively Adept defender in Manchester City system not the best on the ball by any means but certainly The Rock and the glue of that Manchester

City side and when he came back from injury at the start of the year that was really what won City the treble 25 kichka katelia 18 months ago nobody knew his name but today few can pronounce it correctly he has Napoli’s first sketo in decades to add to his breakout year and

You will no doubt spend most of 2024 speculating on where he goes next number 24 Martin erard now do you remember kind of like N9 or 10 years ago when igard was a kid he was like 15 and there was loads of YouTube compilations about him

And then he went to Madrid and tailed off but people really forgot how young igard was at the time people people wrote him off and then he went to Arsenal after an impressive bot ra soaad and is now one of the best number 10s in

The world he really can do it all and without him Arsenal look a much much weaker side so fully Justified that he goes in at 24 and I think he’ll be in this list for many many more years to come 23 Edison arguably the most underappreciated player in World

Football despite not even being a number one for his country Edison has once again displayed a level of technical Excellence rarely seen by players of any position let alone a goalkeeper number 22 Bruno garas now the best Sig in of the Takeover for Newcastle so far I

Don’t think anyone can argue with that but also he can do it all he has grit he has bite in the middle of the park and he holds that Newcastle Midfield together alongside Joe Linton but also has that ability to arrive in the box when needed and get the odd important

Goal for Newcastle as well 21 Allison cover your ears Liverpool fans but at one stage in 2023 Allison was playing so well he was statistically propelling a table side into European contention and while the Reds have certainly reversed their fortunes this season Allison’s ability to bail them out of a jam has

Remained consistent number 20 it’s rice rice baby Dean rice yes a scorer of late goals for Arsenal now Mr Clutch uh but also one of the best number sixes on the planet and also now at the age of 24 he’s really matured into that leader

That we all knew he could be um he he is Captain material to a te 19 Raphael Liao 2022 brought a cadetto 2023 S A Champions League semi but in the land of Kad naacho and Malini there have been few stars who have dazzled with such Swagger and ferocity leao has been

Milan’s Atlas standing as Majestic as the sanso itself bulldozing and bludgeoning he has been electric as ever this year number 18 John Stones now I was just talking about Dean rice as being one of the best Sixers on the planet but is Jon Stones as well the Revolutionary tactical change that

Shifted Jon Stones up to number six from Pat Guardiola was the main reason really why Manchester City won the treble they were able to control games so much more and JN stones’ spacial awareness of what’s around him and how he receives the ball on the turn is just freakishly

Good for what for for a player that is a center back by trade at the end of the day 17 Trent Alexander Arnold a player so good that the rest of the game just bends to his will Jurgen klopp has ripped up a highly structured formation and redrawn it with Trent Alexander

Arnold as its nucleus after spending 2022 hearing about how he couldn’t defend he has responded by becoming the side’s most important player dictating play for Midfield and showing himself to be absolutely unpressable when doing so number 16 William CBA yes the new wave van djk he’s really imperious is kind of

The word when you think of celba now he got injured at the start of this year and then Arsenal started to drop points and then he’s come back and Arsenal has sto leaking goals this season so that paints a picture in of itself but again

Similar to Van djk the way he seems to be one step ahead of his attackers he’s so imperious so fast his anticipation of where the ball’s going to go from a long ball over the top he really really is the all round Center half at the moment

Truly won the best center backs if not the best center half on the planet so fully Justified number 16 15 ilk gundan often categorized simply as the man who finished the moves at Man City 2023 showed that he’s one of the most intelligent footballers of a generation

He became Immortal this year with the treble but the lack of his stability craft and guile has punctuated City’s faltering campaign so far Pep Guardiola or any manager for that matter would have him back in a heartbeat number 14 Victor Osan now you remember earlier on

In this list when I was talking about Victor Bonny face and how he’s a backup Striker for Nigeria well that’s because of this man he is that but just on absolute steroids there is nothing this man cannot do his Hold Up play his first touch his variety of finishing his

Aerial ability his Pace his two footedness he just has absolutely everything and at 24 years of age now he has become a Napoli Talisman and made history winning them their first title in 33 years so he’s already gone down in history he’s destined for greatness 13 Kevin De bruyne perhaps guardiola’s

Finest tactical achievement at City turning a playmaker into a Swiss army knife of a midfielder playmaker still yes but forward Winger number 10 and sometimes all at once on route to three Trophies the fact he’s missed most of this season and still feels like he has dominated 2023 is Testament to just how

Important just how good he is number 12 Jamal musiala this has really been the year that muala has stepped up and become the face of Bayern Munich he pulled Bayern Munich to the title last season with that last minute winner when Dortmund choked and he’s now established himself as probably Bay mun’s most

Important player maybe not since Kane’s coming but definitely last season anyway 11 Bayo Saka first pick for his club and as good as has for his country an absolute icon in English football already he has two traits that make him potentially generational Oney always steps up from a setback taller and

Broader than when he was knocked down and two he has that incredible knack for seemingly downloading new patches to his repertoire as a footballer formerly a humble left back capable of exhilarating with his pace and precision he now dictates games with his stop start runs passing drifts in and out of space and

Lethal left foot number 10 venish Junior yeah I mean quite simply put one of the Best Wingers in Europe if not the best I think the most impressive thing about Vinnie Junior now really is how watchable he is you know in an era of football where you know everything is so

Methodical and players are pigeon H hold into zones and systems he really maybe he The Last of a Dying Breed of Brazilians who sort of has that flare and that Maverick sort of style of play about them and he’s just a joy to watch quite simply put nine Antoine Griezmann

Few could touch him in guitar and no one scaled the same height as him in Spanish football in 2023 the Barcelona nightmare has led to a fabulous Renaissance back in his spiritual home in Madrid with Griezmann reborn as an all action figure of invention and intelligence as well as

The goals and there have been loads of goals the Frenchman’s hard running and creativity have separated him as being an utterly unique footballer and one that Diego Simeone surely cherishes as the best he’s ever had at Athletico number eight Muhammad Salah I mean at what point do we start talking about

Salah now as as an all-time great at the game I think that time has come now the consistency from Salah is just absolutely staggering last year was another 30 goal season for the Egyptian on the right wing and you know it’s just been that way for the last six or seven

Years quite simply put one of the best footballers I have ever seen and one of the best players in Liverpool history now so well done Mo pat on the back seven Bernardo Silva hard work beats Talent when talent doesn’t work card but Bernardo Silva the weird little freak is

Absolutely both this was the year that the Portuguese established himself as one of the defining footballers of the entire 2020s he destroyed Real Madrid in one of the most breathtaking Champions League performances in recent memory and has toyed with opponents of every level always one move ahead number six lonel

Messi now to be quite honest I don’t like is there any point in me saying anything about this guy anymore like everyone knows who he is everyone knows what he’s done everyone knows the trophies he’s won the goals he’s scored uh and just the fact that he’s a bloody

Good player but I think the main thing to note with Messi right now is despite playing for inter Miami now in America I still firmly believe he’s football’s best player at walking pace still the best passer the best mover the best Striker well he’s up there with the best

Strikers of a ball 700 career goals at Club level this year and also his 300th Club career assist as well to go on Top of the World Cup so this might be the last time that he’s in the top 100 list cuz of the league he playing in now but

Ultimately this year still belong to him and that league is now his number five rogy the consistency of this man has been almost robotic it’s not that he never loses possession but he never wastes it either always looking to progress always looking for the next move forward rather than thinking about

The last Midfield metronomes are supposed to provide control but Roger is there to ensure dominance he has the grace of a polo for but the edge of a guso wanting to strangle opponents with incessant strings of passes the midfielder of the Year number four Killian mbappe yeah 24 years old now

This guy is his greatness personified already and I think he’s going to go on to I mean the scary thing is he could hit his Prime in about 2030 which is incomprehensible given he started playing in the Champions League in 2017 20123 W exactly the most glittering year

In terms of silverware for Killian mbappe but nonetheless in January came on and got a 10-minute hattick and then five in a different game and then in February he drew level with Edinson Cavani for PSG goals in 20 fewer games before then breaking his record in March

He also won league on again of course and then was the divisions player with the Year award for the fourth consecutive season and of course this year as well he netted his 300th career goal and became France’s alltime scorer by the end of the year and that’s not

Even touching on how electric he is to watch and how he sits Defenders down and gets fans off the seats and stood up he really is just he’s a complete showman 24 years of age and only going to get better number three Harry Kane 30 goals in the Premier League before the

Definitive big money move to Bayern Munich where he’s made a mockery of all who faced him he has been Unstoppable what a year for Harry Kane the England Captain was phenomenal in his final flourish in England as the focal point of arguably the worst side he’s ever LED

Then came Hollywood FC where he was merely one of many stars and unbelievably he’s had pretty much the same impact it’s the sign of a genuine great to Simply perform almost in defiance of opposition or teammates all that’s left for him to do is fire England to similar Glory number two Jude

Bellingham now truth be told like honestly I don’t really know what more can be said about this guy do you remember that FIFA game mode a few years ago I think it was about FIFA 17 and it was called the journey and you played as this kid called Alex hun and then you

Could go to any club you wanted and it was kind of just like the ideal footballing career that never even seemed remotely realistic or the film goal with Santiago munz where he ends up playing for Real Madrid and it’s all fairy tale that is literally what is

Happening here of course he’s very very young but it’s so rare that you actually see a player get exponentially better at football the bigger a football club he goes to like it’s actually so rare that joining Real Madrid has made him twice as good and scary a footballer to play

Against 20 Real Madrid games 17 goal so far that’s playing at the tip of a diamond sort of as a a shadow Striker kind of but it’s just absolutely ridiculous he turned into a complete World beater and like I can’t remember football seeing anything quite like this

In at least a decade maybe honestly maybe since the days when Messi just sort of exploded into this goal scorer not saying he’s that good but it’s not far off in terms of like everyone just being in a of what they’re actually witnessing I don’t know what the hell is

In his dad’s jeans but he’s got joy Bellingham as a younger brother the two who’s of course at Sunderland and is doing really well so this family honestly could be solely what ends up winning England major silverware in the next few years but duud Bellingham right

Now on form undoubtedly I mean he’s got a case to be number one but I think number two is fair because number one earling Harland those who have been blessed by lling harland’s company know him as a man of few words as minimalist as you would expect from a Scandinavian

Artist but that is also how he plays the game no fluff no filler he barely touches the ball in 90 minutes but he makes every single one count it might seem underwhelming or very anti- football to call the best player on earth the one who does things with the

Most efficiency without ever giving you time to feel but it is also completely accurate 2023 belonged to Harland three trophies a Premier League goal record for a 38 Hall in a season and the fastest man to 50 in the competition by an absolute mile he is pretty much

Guaranteed to net if he plays others may be more complete or poetic as players but no one does what harand does as well as him and no one has done for a very long time he was the best player in the world this year that is just a fact as

Cold and as simple as the man himself would appreciate and there you have it my friends that was the top 100 players of 2023 according to us anyway if you like that kind of thing you should really check out the brand new issue of 442 magazine available in all good retailers

And I am required to say all the crap ones as well it’s our Awards issue so it’s got all kinds of fun stuff in it like the best this and the best that and I even wrote a thing which was meant to be funny but I’ve read it back now and

It’s a bit I don’t know follow 442 wherever you have your social fun the handles are in the corner of the video and you can get me whatever you like as well at Adam cley CL r y but until 2024 next year my friends I will see you

Very soon unless of course it is already 2024 when you watching this video in which case we’ll just be calling it this year then won’t we not next year cuz that’s how that’s how that works goodbye