At the end of another year, various selections and awards in the sports circle have been released one after another, in addition to summarizing the achievements of the past year, in order to commend outstanding representatives, recently, the famous British football media "442" announced the list of the top 100 stars in 2023, Messi, who plays in the American Major League, is only ranked sixth, Japanese and South Korean players include: Son Heung-min, Kaoru Mitoma, Kenei Kubo, Kim Min-jae 4 people were selected, and Ronaldo, who competed in the Saudi League, unfortunately fell off the list!
The top 10 of the top 100 players are as follows:
1st: Haaland, 2nd: Bellingham, 3rd: Kane, 4th: Mbappe, 5th: Rodri, 6th: Messi, 7th: Bernardo Silva, 8th: Salah, 9th: Antoine Griezmann, 10th: Vinicius
In particular, the No. 1 Haaland deserves to be famous, winning the Premier League, FA Cup, and Champions League three times in a row this season, achieving the Triple Crown while scoring a total of 50 goals in all competitions, and his strong performance also makes him a strong contender for the 2023 Ballon d'Or, and the other two players on the shortlist for the Ballon d'Or are Messi and Mbappe!
Bellingham, who moved to Real Madrid in La Liga this summer, is second on the list. Kane, who switched from Tottenham to Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga, is in third place, while Mbappe, the star of the big Paris, is in fourth place, and Rodri, the absolute contributor to Manchester City's treble, is in fifth place.
It is not difficult to find from the list that the shortlisted players are basically from the five major leagues, and the reason why Messi was able to enter and rank 6th. Thanks to his outstanding performances in Grand Paris this year, helping the team win the Ligue 1 title, and he also achieved the club's milestone of 700 goals and 300 assists, and his move to Inter Miami did not add points to him. On the contrary, if Messi continues to play in the MLS, with the league competitiveness of the MLS, Messi will not only miss the top 10 in the 2024 list, but it will be difficult to even enter the top 100!
In this list, there is also a big regret, that is, Ronaldo is not seen, because Ronaldo will switch to the Saudi league as early as the beginning of 2023, and the Asian league is definitely not at the same level as the five major leagues, so even if the results are excellent, they cannot be compared horizontally with the data of other players!
As for Benzema, another mid-season transfer to Saudi Jeddah United, he can be ranked 96th on the list, largely because he played for Real Madrid in La Liga in the first half of 2023, and he contributed a total of 31 goals in La Liga, cups, Champions League and other competitions in the 2022-2023 season, which is enough to prove that Benzema still has the best level in Europe.
The list from 11 to 50 is as follows:
11: Saka, 12: Musiala, 13: De Bruyne, 14: Osimhen, 15: Gundogan, 16: Saliba, 17: Alexander-Arnold, 18: Stones, 19: Leao, 20: Rice, 21: Alisson, 22: Guimaraes, 23: Ederson, 24: Odegaard, 25: Kvaratskhelia, 26: Ruben Dias, 27: Sane, 28: Lewandowski, 29: Walker, 30: Son Heung-min, 31st: Harvey Simmons, 32nd: Van Dijk, 33rd: Pedri, 34th: Lautaro Martinez, 35th: Zaire Emery, 36th: Camavinga, 37th: Balde, 38th: Maddison, 39th: Alvarez, 40th: Trippier, 41st: Ter Stegen, 42nd: Kaoru Mitoma, 43rd: Modric, 44th: Kenei Kubo, 45th: Kimmich, 46th: Frenkie de Jong, 47th: Kim Minjae, 48th: Muani, 49th: Damian Martinez, 50th: Maignan.
The list from 51 to 100 is as follows:
51: Martinelli, 52: Alphonso Davies, 53: Luis Dias, 54: Koeman, 55: Vlahovic, 56: Opponda, 57: B Fee, 58: Isak, 59: Achraf, 60: Rodrygo, 61: Wirtz, 62: Santiago Gimenez, 63: Gavi, 64: Marquinhos, 65: Kroos, 6: Palhinha, 67: Anthony Gordon, 68: Xhaka, 69: Tchouameni, 70: Te'o, 71: Botman, 72: Foden, 73: Brandt, 74: Kulu, 75: Calhanoglu, 76: Moussa Diaby, 77: Rashford, 78: Grealish, 79: Szobosloy, 80: Boniface, 81: Valverde, 82: Sterling, 83: Douglas Luiz, 84: Chiesa, 85: Subimendi, 86: Victor Giocres, 87: Nkunku, 88: Ivan Martin, 89: Marcus Thuram, 90: Nico Williams, 91: Girassie, 92: Enzo, 93: Giroud, 94: Isco, 95: Paqueta, 96: Benzema, 97: Van der Ven, 98: Diogo Costa, 99: Molina, 100: Busquets.