Only 12 clean sheets in all competitions. Only 2 clean sheets in the UCL which were against small teams in Leipzig and Braga. Great GK but having Rudiger (which according to list is the best) in front of him made him look a lot better than what people make him out to be. Unai Simon had a better season than him with 50% of his games being clean sheets while having a much worse defensive line than Madrid’s, but nobody watches La Liga games that don’t involve the top three to know about his performance this year.
@@estebanquintero5828 yeah and if Joselu doesn’t make 2 last minute goals Real Madrid doesn’t win the UCL but that doesn’t mean he is a top 10 ST. There’s just too many RM fans in this world to accept the reality. You could probably go and ask 100 RM fans who had a better La Liga season between Lunin and Unai Simon and probably over 90 of them will say Lunin.
Mbappe has 44 goals and 10 assists this season all competitions, Vini has 24 goals and 11 assists this season all competitions. Both players are big game players. I am a Real Madrid Fan but even I know Mbappe is better than Vini.
@@anthonysalgado-nava3715 yes he had more goals but how many of them actually helped his team to win trophies? Without Vinicius Madrid wouldn't win this years champions league! That's the type of contribution you look for when you're making these lists not those who are star padding against nice lille brest!
@@ARIYBALL Mbappe playing in the squad makes PSG significantly better. They would have won the season regardless without him, but him in the Squad improves the whole team. Vini jr was out for a good chunk of the season, and in that time period Rodrygo stepped up, and for a brief period it did not feel like we needed Vini Jr back immediately. I believe Real Madrid being Real Madrid they would have still made it far into the UCL, due to the contributions of Bellingham, Brahim, Rodrygo and Joselu who put us in the UCL final.
@@ARIYBALL i also wouldn’t say it’s stat padding either. Have respect at the end of the day for these leagues as these are professional players. If it was just as simple as stat padding, why would Real Madrid try to acquire Mbappé for nearly 7 years?
If England won the euro then Bellingham gonna win ballan D'or, if Brazil won copa America then vinicius gonna win the ballan D'or. Hope not but if Portugal won the euro then perhaps Cristiano gonna win ballan D'or again, if.. if Argentina won the copa America then _ then the god of football gonna win ballan D'or again. But.. but if Germany won the euro then kroos will win the ballan D'or and his carrier will end like a fairytale.
I dont understand the Toni Kroos hate.... this isn't the "if youre the best AND You're young" top 100. It the 100 best players of the season. And he was a core midfielder in the best team in ths champions league this year. Deserved spot
@@JarrettMehldau Well that’s a low bar. How difficult is it to outperform other overhyped players who didn’t produce great performances in a “gerrymandered” cup competition?
@@JarrettMehldaumbappe was responsible for 70% of psgs goals but you can’t say the same for Vini. No needto disrespect him because he was in a s hit team since he’s with us now
Vini should be top 1 there. Second place is Kane. Third is Haaland and 4th is Mbappe. If you consider their Leagues, titles and performances, I see no other list. Maybe Haaland over Kane but the man carried Bayern
14:40 they could easily call it the best 10 forwards in Europe and no one would complain! But they needed to include the fifa's boy so they are calling this "in the world" but ignoring the TOP goal scorer of 2023! Diabolical!
Messi above foden and saka is purely insane. I mean him being anywhere near the top 10 forward currently is crazy in of itself but above foden and saka🤯
Honestly, when I saw that he was not on the list, I almost called to complain 😅. I'm not an Arsenal fan but come on. How can there be 28 other better centre backs between Saliba and Gabriel. Ridiculous.
You know what's funny? Suddenly when Vini Jr becomes the best player in the UCL and should be acknowledge by that, a random list of 100 players is put in the discussion. Is even worse when you remember that Mbappe, that this year, in the biggest games never showed up is crowned as the number one, Kane had a good year but his team failed to win anything and Haaland just like Mbappe never showed up when it mattered. If this is not trying to change the "narrative" I don't know what it is. Strangely when Vini should be discussed more as the best player in the season is not even remembered that he was crowned by UEFA as the best.
Glad you pointed out the disrespect to Foden 👏 I'm a huge Messi fan, but he's already ridden off into MLS. And Salah was quiet this year. Hard to do well in these without PR though so 8th is maybe the best he could expect...
How is Kyle Walker on there and Ben White isn't? Ben White has been, YET AGAIN, the best RB in the Premier League for a second season in a row. I also would've thought that Gabriel Magalhães would've been in, or very close to, the top ten.
I remember videos like these in past few years. Ansu Fati over Vinicius Jr, Pedri too over Vinicius Jr. Many more examples. Odeegard over Kroos is also hilarious. These ranking are shameless. These ranking should have most RM players as they only lost twice compared to City & never mind Arsenal.
Wht is Foden listed as an attacker, and Belingham as a midfielder? Foden played most of the season in midfield, and Belingham played as a striker :)))))
It’s amazing how you belittle Messi and Ronaldo fans and banter while the media pundits themselves created and fed the Messi vs Ronaldo narrative all along
Ahhh yes Messi is on here and their reason is “you can only beat what’s in front of you” yet Ronaldo has 50 goals in 51 games and they don’t put him on here. Granted I don’t think he deserves to be on here but their logic makes no sense.
Ronaldo 55 goals 15 assists this season most goals this season and most g/a this season all around globe but somehow the pr man messi is just bcz he makes one side pass to suarez.
When are you going to realise that late era CR7 is empty stats that don't contribute to team success? It's been like that since the end of the Juventus days. Teams get better when he leaves or when they play without him. Why is that? Goals for other players go up as well.
Vinicius Jr no.4 is a JOKE! Espn is messing with me😂😂😂 I didnt know yall do stand-up comedy aswell🙂 Valverde doesnt make the top10🤯 For me, Valverde is NO.1 in the world!!! I guess ESPN doesnt watch Real Madrid games🙂
Lol Declan Rice in the top 5 for midfielders… this is exactly how England gets exposed and disappoints. English media hypes their players and makes lazy pundits like Gab believe they’re a lot better than what they actually are. England won’t even make euro semifinals. Come back here when it happens 😊
He should be top 5 at least. This ranking is a joke. Imagine being able to play as an outside midfielder, box to box, holding midfielder at the highest level for the best team this year yet not being in top 5. Smh
If England won the euro then Bellingham gonna win ballan D'or, if Brazil won copa America then vinicius gonna win the ballan D'or. Hope not but if Portugal won the euro then perhaps Cristiano gonna win ballan D'or again, if.. if Argentina won the copa America then _ then the god of football gonna win ballan D'or again. But.. but if Germany won the euro then kroos will win the ballan D'or and his carrier will end like a fairytale.
If England won the euro then Bellingham gonna win ballan D'or, if Brazil won copa America then vinicius gonna win the ballan D'or. Hope not but if Portugal won the euro then perhaps Cristiano gonna win ballan D'or again, *if.. if Argentina won the copa America then _ then the god of football gonna win ballan D'or again*. But.. but if Germany won the euro then kroos will win the ballan D'or and his carrier will end like a fairytale.
Rudiger has gotten way better with the ball. Rewatch the CL final itself, he put 3-4 passes across the field accurately allowing vini/rodrygo the space.
Pedri over Valverde is insane. How come courtouis is not there for not playing and Pedri is? They made so many mistakes. No lunin. Vini in 4th. What mbappe has done to deserve to be in first place?
I agree that Gabriel is egregious but not Raya - no disrespect to him but that Arsenal's defense (and Midfield) in front of him helps him a lot, his distribution is phenomenal but in terms of shot stopping I can't remember many games where you could say Raya kept Arsenal in it or made many marquee saves (with the exception of the Champions League shootout against Porto)
Awful choices in every category, just public relations to be happy every league and some teams. Awful choices like the predictions before every important match.
Lmao ESPN with another stinker, how tf you put Haaland in front of Vini Jr? Even Kane? Dumbest sh** I’ve seen in a while. And Sommer has been better than Lunin this season? It’s a crime that he isn’t on this list, Atrocious.
14:38 This list would make you think like premier league teams and their players were ruling the scene in Europe but in reality not a single premier league team made to the final of any European competition! English tax is real!
![State of Play | September 24, 2024 [ENGLISH]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/fVs0suPHAX8/mqdefault.jpg)
Wait Lunin is not on the list? He played the whole season. Am I missing something?
This is why ESPN is a clown show.
Only 12 clean sheets in all competitions. Only 2 clean sheets in the UCL which were against small teams in Leipzig and Braga. Great GK but having Rudiger (which according to list is the best) in front of him made him look a lot better than what people make him out to be. Unai Simon had a better season than him with 50% of his games being clean sheets while having a much worse defensive line than Madrid’s, but nobody watches La Liga games that don’t involve the top three to know about his performance this year.
@@marvinprudencio7321 This is top 10. Lunin is definitely top 10 according to this list. ESPN is just a bunch of clowns.
@@marvinprudencio7321 if Lunin doesn’t make 9 saves against Leipzig, RM get knocked out
@@estebanquintero5828 yeah and if Joselu doesn’t make 2 last minute goals Real Madrid doesn’t win the UCL but that doesn’t mean he is a top 10 ST. There’s just too many RM fans in this world to accept the reality. You could probably go and ask 100 RM fans who had a better La Liga season between Lunin and Unai Simon and probably over 90 of them will say Lunin.
Why is Fede not in here ?? 👀👀👀Fede is so good easily top 5 midfielders in the world
Why is Lunin not on the list?
14:38 So Mbappe, Haaland, Kane were better than Vinicius? Please pass me whatever you 2 **** are smoking!
Mbappe has 44 goals and 10 assists this season all competitions, Vini has 24 goals and 11 assists this season all competitions. Both players are big game players. I am a Real Madrid Fan but even I know Mbappe is better than Vini.
@@anthonysalgado-nava3715 yes he had more goals but how many of them actually helped his team to win trophies? Without Vinicius Madrid wouldn't win this years champions league! That's the type of contribution you look for when you're making these lists not those who are star padding against nice lille brest!
@@ARIYBALL Mbappe playing in the squad makes PSG significantly better. They would have won the season regardless without him, but him in the Squad improves the whole team. Vini jr was out for a good chunk of the season, and in that time period Rodrygo stepped up, and for a brief period it did not feel like we needed Vini Jr back immediately. I believe Real Madrid being Real Madrid they would have still made it far into the UCL, due to the contributions of Bellingham, Brahim, Rodrygo and Joselu who put us in the UCL final.
@@ARIYBALL i also wouldn’t say it’s stat padding either. Have respect at the end of the day for these leagues as these are professional players. If it was just as simple as stat padding, why would Real Madrid try to acquire Mbappé for nearly 7 years?
If England won the euro then Bellingham gonna win ballan D'or, if Brazil won copa America then vinicius gonna win the ballan D'or.
Hope not but if Portugal won the euro then perhaps Cristiano gonna win ballan D'or again, if.. if Argentina won the copa America then _ then the god of football gonna win ballan D'or again. But.. but if Germany won the euro then kroos will win the ballan D'or and his carrier will end like a fairytale.
I dont understand the Toni Kroos hate.... this isn't the "if youre the best AND You're young" top 100. It the 100 best players of the season. And he was a core midfielder in the best team in ths champions league this year. Deserved spot
As a Barca fan Vini should be number 1 ahead of Mbappe and Kane
If this was a list of the 100 most overrated players in the world I would agree with you.
@@lonelyboy1977Vini clearly outperformed Mbappé, Kane and Haaland in this year's UCL, don't you think?
@@JarrettMehldau Well that’s a low bar. How difficult is it to outperform other overhyped players who didn’t produce great performances in a “gerrymandered” cup competition?
Thank you
@@JarrettMehldaumbappe was responsible for 70% of psgs goals but you can’t say the same for Vini. No needto disrespect him because he was in a s hit team since he’s with us now
Haaland is not better than Vini
According to whose definition of "better"?
Vini should be top 1 there. Second place is Kane. Third is Haaland and 4th is Mbappe. If you consider their Leagues, titles and performances, I see no other list. Maybe Haaland over Kane but the man carried Bayern
Idk how you could say Rudiger isn’t first. He won a double and CARRIED that defense on his shoulders all season long.
BS lists
14:40 they could easily call it the best 10 forwards in Europe and no one would complain! But they needed to include the fifa's boy so they are calling this "in the world" but ignoring the TOP goal scorer of 2023! Diabolical!
Messi above foden and saka is purely insane. I mean him being anywhere near the top 10 forward currently is crazy in of itself but above foden and saka🤯
Above foden is a crime . But Saka being top 10 is much bigger crime
Wait, why did you just call walker a cb playing rb, he has played RB last like ,15 years lol
im wondering the same exact thing
I guess Gabriel Magalhales plays golf then.
Honestly, when I saw that he was not on the list, I almost called to complain 😅.
I'm not an Arsenal fan but come on. How can there be 28 other better centre backs between Saliba and Gabriel. Ridiculous.
Konate from third place Liverpool in but Gabriel from second place Arsenal, who played almost all games for them, not?! 😳
Gabriel was a monster this season. Better than Saliba even. ESPN lists are embarrassing
GABRIEL IS BETTER THAN 50% OF THAT DEFENDERS LIST HANDS DOWN!!!
WHERE IS COLE PALMER
Saliba should be ninber no 1 doubt, Gabriel should be there as well
You know what's funny? Suddenly when Vini Jr becomes the best player in the UCL and should be acknowledge by that, a random list of 100 players is put in the discussion. Is even worse when you remember that Mbappe, that this year, in the biggest games never showed up is crowned as the number one, Kane had a good year but his team failed to win anything and Haaland just like Mbappe never showed up when it mattered. If this is not trying to change the "narrative" I don't know what it is. Strangely when Vini should be discussed more as the best player in the season is not even remembered that he was crowned by UEFA as the best.
Glad you pointed out the disrespect to Foden 👏 I'm a huge Messi fan, but he's already ridden off into MLS. And Salah was quiet this year. Hard to do well in these without PR though so 8th is maybe the best he could expect...
Gabriel should have been there over PSG players 😮
How is Kyle Walker on there and Ben White isn't? Ben White has been, YET AGAIN, the best RB in the Premier League for a second season in a row.
I also would've thought that Gabriel Magalhães would've been in, or very close to, the top ten.
For midfielder the only player you can't argue with is roderi not only as midfielder but as player
The opinion of ESPN pundits on players & teams quality is terrible
Attackers-
LW-
1. Vinícíus
2. Foden
3. Trossard
4. Son
5. Garnacho
RW-
1. Salah
2. Saka
3. Savio
4. Yamal
5. Rodrygo
CF-
1. Griezmann
2. Alvarez
3. L Martinez
4. Watkins
5. Undav
ST-
1. Mbappe
2. Kane
3. Haaland
4. Boniface
5. Dovbyk
♾️ Micheal Jackson 😅
I remember videos like these in past few years. Ansu Fati over Vinicius Jr, Pedri too over Vinicius Jr. Many more examples. Odeegard over Kroos is also hilarious. These ranking are shameless. These ranking should have most RM players as they only lost twice compared to City & never mind Arsenal.
I guess Anatoliy Trubin still an unknown. How is Messi higher than Foden? What am I missing?
Pickford????
Wht is Foden listed as an attacker, and Belingham as a midfielder? Foden played most of the season in midfield, and Belingham played as a striker :)))))
GK-
1. Allison
2. Ederson
3. Scezney
4. Lunin
5. Ter stagen
6. Oblak
7. Sommer
7. Hradecky
9. Maignan
10. Martinez
After reading the articles on GKs. Why is Trr Stegen on there? He was a colander this season
Because he was injured for over 2 months and that's when Barca season fell apart
Stones barely kicked a ball this season 🤣😂
WHO did this list ?🤣🤣🤣 no cavarjal no Valverde no lunin. and ofcourse Rüdiger deserved the first place
How is John Stones and Andrew Robertson in the top 10 but Gabriel Magalhaes isn’t? John stones didn’t even play more than half of the season
How is Mac Allister not on here?
How’s hummels not in the top ten
VVD is no way over Rudiger. You guys are inconsistent in your views.
No Lunin, Valverde … also my opinion Rodri will never touch Busquets.
Ederson hasn’t been good for a while. I know pep asks more from his keepers but there’s a reason why he’s getting replaced this summer
It’s amazing how you belittle Messi and Ronaldo fans and banter while the media pundits themselves created and fed the Messi vs Ronaldo narrative all along
Defenders-
CB-
1. Saliba
2. Rüdiger
3. Van Dijk
4. Araujo
5. Bastoni
6. Hummels
7. Tah
8. Bremer
9. Magalhaes
10. Marquinhos
RB-
1. Frimpong
2. Dumphris
3. White
4. Walker
5. Carvajal
LB-
1. Grimaldo
2. Dimarco
3. Gvardiol
4. Robertson
5. Theo Hernandez
Kimmich was the best right back this season. And deligt should be in the list
lol donarumma in the goalkeeper list, Mamardashvili is so much better than him. Even Unai Simon.
HOW IS FEDE NOT HERE
Pedri over KDB 🤣😂😂
No French pundit will ever be happy with dibu
Haaland is no 1 forward.
Ahhh yes Messi is on here and their reason is “you can only beat what’s in front of you” yet Ronaldo has 50 goals in 51 games and they don’t put him on here. Granted I don’t think he deserves to be on here but their logic makes no sense.
Ronaldo 55 goals 15 assists this season most goals this season and most g/a this season all around globe but somehow the pr man messi is just bcz he makes one side pass to suarez.
When are you going to realise that late era CR7 is empty stats that don't contribute to team success? It's been like that since the end of the Juventus days.
Teams get better when he leaves or when they play without him. Why is that? Goals for other players go up as well.
@@Wladislav 😂 😂 stop crying that he scores if he didn't pessidogs will start to bark he is striker couldn't score anything what did pessi do there?
@@sweetcjcj8503 I see you are in a lot of pain right now. Trying to laugh through the tears. It's OK, let it all out.
Vinicius Jr no.4 is a JOKE!
Espn is messing with me😂😂😂
I didnt know yall do stand-up comedy aswell🙂
Valverde doesnt make the top10🤯
For me, Valverde is NO.1 in the world!!!
I guess ESPN doesnt watch Real Madrid games🙂
Is this a joke ??? Is messi still living off world cup ? When i saw pessi in the list i just realize this is just another pessi fc media .
Araujo 8th ftw the only guy who stopped Mbappe and Vini as a cb
Vinicius?😂🤬🤬
These guys are becoming more ridiculous by the day with their takes. Embarrassing.
Lol Declan Rice in the top 5 for midfielders… this is exactly how England gets exposed and disappoints. English media hypes their players and makes lazy pundits like Gab believe they’re a lot better than what they actually are. England won’t even make euro semifinals. Come back here when it happens 😊
How come Messi is there 😂😂, where is Cristiano then… ESPN never disappoint when it comes to licking or being biast 😂
What is messi doing there
Are u sure kyle walker is a cb by trait? Coz i have never seen him play ther
Vinicius jr. number one.
These guys are already harmonizing their balon d'or votes 🗳️ All that's left is what the various national team captains and managers think.
Messi?? You guys are jokers
Stopped watching after Valverde robbery
WHO GAF
vini jr behind kane and haaland even though he cooked both of their teams. come on dude
still hating on CR7
he was nothing but
the 2nd top scorer in EURO 2024 qualification
beat the all time top scoring record in Saudi league
Wait I can’t see Valverde the most underrated midfielder in the whole world.
Not as good as paaland or pulian palvarez
Work horse but not top 10
Because they are blind like most people on the comment section
Seeing Pedri over Fede is speaks volume how brain dead this is.
@@Ramkeevikr? This season Frede is miles clear of Pedri
Why is Carvajal not top 10 please? 🤦🏾♂️. He is the most balanced and most consistent full back
knock it tf off. He was get toasted every time he faced a half decent winger
@@MadeByToxicz he is the only full back that can defend as well as attack. Mention one that can do that currently.
Walker, James, Grimaldo, Frimpomg. @@harunabala9197
Just out of curiosity where did Fede Valverde place in? How many places behind Pedri? 😃
Fede is 26th. Imagine being on of the best midfielders and being put in 26th. He is easily Top 10 no debate, maybe even Top 5 or higher
He should be top 5 at least. This ranking is a joke. Imagine being able to play as an outside midfielder, box to box, holding midfielder at the highest level for the best team this year yet not being in top 5. Smh
Pedri played like 10 games all year and he made it over fede this results are embarrassing
Pedri was a joke. It must be
If England won the euro then Bellingham gonna win ballan D'or, if Brazil won copa America then vinicius gonna win the ballan D'or.
Hope not but if Portugal won the euro then perhaps Cristiano gonna win ballan D'or again, if.. if Argentina won the copa America then _ then the god of football gonna win ballan D'or again. But.. but if Germany won the euro then kroos will win the ballan D'or and his carrier will end like a fairytale.
Rudiger is definitely over VVD and Saliba. The way he performed WITHOUT Alaba, Militao, and Courtois for majority of the season was incredible.
Messi on the list is criminal what is wrong with ESPN no credibility 😂
If England won the euro then Bellingham gonna win ballan D'or, if Brazil won copa America then vinicius gonna win the ballan D'or.
Hope not but if Portugal won the euro then perhaps Cristiano gonna win ballan D'or again, *if.. if Argentina won the copa America then _ then the god of football gonna win ballan D'or again*. But.. but if Germany won the euro then kroos will win the ballan D'or and his carrier will end like a fairytale.
lunin was playing golf in guess
How is Messi still allowed to be here?
Because he is the best player in the world.
Because he's still the best player in the world
Coz he is goat 🐐
Because he's still one of the best players in the world
Respect your daddy
How is Fede Valverde not a top 10 midfielder?
The ESPN opinion is respected, the BS list isn't 😂
pedri???😭 i would put valverde in top 10
This list should be based on the current season/form and not reputation
Maignan is such an upgrade on Donnarumma. Donnarumma, in my opinion, is one of the most _overrated_ goalkeepers in Europe's top-5 leagues
Rudiger has gotten way better with the ball. Rewatch the CL final itself, he put 3-4 passes across the field accurately allowing vini/rodrygo the space.
They don't watch football. Or they watch it with their eyes closed
Pedri better than Valverde this season is a joke right?
It's not a "this season" list.
Love how they listed Mbappe’s club as RM
Lmao
jude will win the ballon dor 🥶
You left out the UCL Finalists best player (Kobel) but put Fullkrug (who Dortmund wants to replace) above Lewandowski 💀
Van Dijk over Rudiger lol mate this list goes worse and worse as they speak
curitois
Carvajal rudiger dias grimaldo
modric kroos bruno fernandes
messi ronaldo mbappe
No Gabriel in the top 10 defenders? No Raya in the top 10 of GK?
Van de Ven over Gabriel is criminal
Pedri over Valverde is insane. How come courtouis is not there for not playing and Pedri is? They made so many mistakes. No lunin. Vini in 4th. What mbappe has done to deserve to be in first place?
I agree that Gabriel is egregious but not Raya - no disrespect to him but that Arsenal's defense (and Midfield) in front of him helps him a lot, his distribution is phenomenal but in terms of shot stopping I can't remember many games where you could say Raya kept Arsenal in it or made many marquee saves (with the exception of the Champions League shootout against Porto)
Where's kebab league merchant penaldo 😂😂😂😂
Wat messi doing there
Awful choices in every category, just public relations to be happy every league and some teams. Awful choices like the predictions before every important match.
Lmao ESPN with another stinker, how tf you put Haaland in front of Vini Jr? Even Kane? Dumbest sh** I’ve seen in a while. And Sommer has been better than Lunin this season? It’s a crime that he isn’t on this list, Atrocious.
They just hate vinijr bro
14:38 This list would make you think like premier league teams and their players were ruling the scene in Europe but in reality not a single premier league team made to the final of any European competition! English tax is real!
French man crying over dibu 😢😢😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Were the Fk is FEDERICO VALVERDE???????????????😤
Son is not better than Palmer. Neither is Messi.
Horrible list, people don't like Madrid
0% ball knowledge
carvajal and lunin not in top 10 vini not first valverde not in top 5 or 10 while pedri is 8th this is the dumbest most biased list i have ever seen
I’ll take Valverde over Gavi any day
This is beyond embarrasing
Rudiger is a very good #1 choice. He's been #1 since his Chelsea days. He's a different beast
How come Gabriel Magalhães is not there? Insane
Jules is so bias Saliba was not the best central defender at Arsenal
Exactly. They didnt even mention Gabriel and White. So stupid
The disrespect to vinijr will prob never end smh