This list was published in FourFourTwo’s latest issue - October 2007. The list comprises the top 100 World Footballers.

100 Shunsuke Nakamura
099 Alexandro Pato (watch out for this guy in 2007 - AC Milan)
098 Maicon
097 Jamie Carragher
096 Sergio Aguero
095 Nery Castilo
094 Javier Mascherano
093 Adrian Mutu
092 Kim Kallstrom
091 Filippo Inzaghi

090 Javier Zanetti
089 Eduardo Da Silva
088 Faio Quagliarella
087 Diego Milito
086 Gabriel Milito
085 Gary Neville
084 Juninho
085 Rafael van der Vaart
082 Robin Van Persie
081 Samir Nasri

080 Ricardo Quaresma (watch out for this guy this year - soon to be playing in england)

079 Carles Puyol
078 Nemanja Vidic
077 Maxi Rodriguez
076 Phillip Lahm
075 Gianluca Zambrotta
074 Torsen Frings
073 Pavel Nedved
072 Fredi Kanoute
071 Kolo Toure

 

070 Vincente
069 Diego Forlan
068 Michael Owen
067 William Gallas
066 Ze Roberto
065 Frank Ribery
064 Adriy Shevchenko
063 Patrick Vieira
062 Diego
061 Simao Sabrosa

 

060 Arjen Robben
059 Robinho
058 Joe Cole
057 Miroslav Klose
056 Sergio Ramos
055 Luca Toni
054 Alex
053 Hernan Crespo
052 Owen Hargreaves
051 Wesley Sneijder

 

050 Ronaldo (Fat ronaldo)
049 David Silva
048 Andres Iniesta
047 Dejan Stankovic
046 Clarence Seedorf
045 Florent Malouda
044 Carlos Tevez (deserves more)
043 David Beckham (Sure.. he’s a better player than Tevez!)

042 Daniele De Rossi
041 Michael Ballack

 

040 Lucio
039 David Suazo
038 Dimitar Berbatov
037 David Albelda
036 Alessandra Nesta
035 Ricardo Carvalho
034 Fernando Torres
033 Cesc Fabregas
032 Xavi Hernandez
031 Juan Roman Riquelme

 

030 Iker Casillas (Spanish)
029 Ryan Giggs (Welsh)

028 Paolo Maldini (Italian)
027 Ashley Cole (English)
026 Gennaro Gattuso (Italian)
025 Frank Lampard (English)
024 Rio Ferdinand (English)
023 Deco (Portugues/Brasileiro)
022 John Terry (English)
021 Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Swedish)

 

020 Michael Essien (Ghanaian)

019 David Villa (Spanish)
018 Francesco Totti (Italian)
017 Paul Scholes (English)
016 Roberto Ayala (Argentinian)
015 Ruud Van Nistelrooy (Dutch)
014 Andrea Pirlo (Italian)
013 Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast)
012 Daniel Alves (Brasileiro)
011 Peter Cech (Czech)

010 Fabio Cannavaro (Italian)
009 Glanluigi Buffon (Italian)
008 Wayne Rooney (English)
007 Samuel Eto’o (Cameroonian)

006 Steven Gerrard (English)
005 Lionel Messi (Argentinian)

004 Thierry Henry (French)

003 Ronaldinho (Brasileiro)

002 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugues)
001 Kaka (Brasileiro)

 

The top 20 players consist of: 3 Africans, 12 Europeans, 5 South Americans. Interestng to note that players 21-30 are all European. I think their might be a bit of bias here from the European Magazine. Still it’s all good! One final observation is that I think if players like Beckham make this list, then you should be including Luis Figo and the like. I still believe Figo belongs in the top 100 in the world.