Erling Haaland is the best soccer player in the world ahead of Jude Bellingham and Kylian Mbappe in The Guardian's Top 100 list to close 2023. Haaland ranked fourth in 2022 while Bellingham was 14th. Lionel Messi dropped from first to 10th as he moved from PSG to Inter Miami.
The Guardian Top 100, 2023
- Erling Haaland
- Jude Bellingham
- Kylian Mbappe
- Harry Kane
- Rodri
- Vinicius Junior
- Mohamed Salah
- Kevin De Bruyne
- Victor Osimhen
- Lionel Messi
- Bernardo Silva
- Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
- Lautaro Martinez
- Bukayo Saka
- Antoine Griezmann
- Ilkay Gundogan
- Robert Lewandowski
- Martin Odegaard
- Julian Alvarez
- Jamal Musiala
- Ruben Dias
- Declan Rice
- Ederson
- Son Heung-min
- Luka Modric
- John Stones
- Cristiano Ronaldo
- Gavi
- Nicolo Barella
- Rafael Leao
- Fede Valverde
- Pedri
- Rodrygo
- Marc-Andre ter Stegen
- Alisson
- Karim Benzema
- Kim Min-jae
- Leroy Sane
- Thibaut Courtois
- William Saliba
- Phil Foden
- Bruno Fernandes
- Eduardo Camavinga
- Virgil van Dijk
- Kyle Walker
- Emiliano Martinez
- Achraf Hakimi
- Florian Wirtz
- Jake Grealish
- Olivier Giroud
- Joshua Kimmich
- Dominick Szoboszlai
- Gabriel Martinelli
- Josko Gvardiol
- Hakan Calhanoglu
- Ronald Araujo
- Trent Alexander-Arnold
- Yassine 'Bono' Bounou
- Alexis Mac Allister
- Bruno Guimaraes
- Federico Dimarco
- Andre Onana
- Kieran Trippier
- Victor Boniface
- German Cano
- Xavi Simons
- Marcus Rashford
- Luis Diaz
- Frenkie de Jong
- Toni Kroos
- Kaoru Mitoma
- Serhou Guirassy
- Alvaro Morata
- Alex Grimaldo
- Santiago Gimenez
- Randal Kolo Muani
- James Maddison
- Darwin Nunez
- Alessandro Bastoni
- Romelu Lukaku
- David Alaba
- Enzo Fernandez
- Angel Di Maria
- Mike Maignan
- Gabriel Jesus
- Aurelien Tchouameni
- Alexander Isak
- Cristian Romero
- Jan Oblak
- Lois Openda
- Antonio Rudiger
- Riyad Mahrez
- Granit Xhaka
- Marcelo Brozovic
- Theo Hernandez
- Alphonso Davies
- Denzel Dumfries
- Ollie Watkins
- Warren Zaire-Emery
- Marcus Thuram