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

  1. Erling Haaland
  2. Jude Bellingham
  3. Kylian Mbappe
  4. Harry Kane
  5. Rodri
  6. Vinicius Junior
  7. Mohamed Salah
  8. Kevin De Bruyne
  9. Victor Osimhen
  10. Lionel Messi
  11. Bernardo Silva
  12. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
  13. Lautaro Martinez
  14. Bukayo Saka
  15. Antoine Griezmann
  16. Ilkay Gundogan
  17. Robert Lewandowski
  18. Martin Odegaard
  19. Julian Alvarez
  20. Jamal Musiala
  21. Ruben Dias
  22. Declan Rice
  23. Ederson
  24. Son Heung-min
  25. Luka Modric
  26. John Stones
  27. Cristiano Ronaldo
  28. Gavi
  29. Nicolo Barella
  30. Rafael Leao
  31. Fede Valverde
  32. Pedri
  33. Rodrygo
  34. Marc-Andre ter Stegen
  35. Alisson
  36. Karim Benzema
  37. Kim Min-jae
  38. Leroy Sane
  39. Thibaut Courtois
  40. William Saliba
  41. Phil Foden
  42. Bruno Fernandes
  43. Eduardo Camavinga
  44. Virgil van Dijk
  45. Kyle Walker
  46. Emiliano Martinez
  47. Achraf Hakimi
  48. Florian Wirtz
  49. Jake Grealish
  50. Olivier Giroud
  51. Joshua Kimmich
  52. Dominick Szoboszlai
  53. Gabriel Martinelli
  54. Josko Gvardiol
  55. Hakan Calhanoglu
  56. Ronald Araujo
  57. Trent Alexander-Arnold
  58. Yassine 'Bono' Bounou
  59. Alexis Mac Allister
  60. Bruno Guimaraes
  61. Federico Dimarco
  62. Andre Onana
  63. Kieran Trippier
  64. Victor Boniface
  65. German Cano
  66. Xavi Simons
  67. Marcus Rashford
  68. Luis Diaz
  69. Frenkie de Jong
  70. Toni Kroos
  71. Kaoru Mitoma
  72. Serhou Guirassy
  73. Alvaro Morata
  74. Alex Grimaldo
  75. Santiago Gimenez
  76. Randal Kolo Muani
  77. James Maddison
  78. Darwin Nunez
  79. Alessandro Bastoni
  80. Romelu Lukaku
  81. David Alaba
  82. Enzo Fernandez
  83. Angel Di Maria
  84. Mike Maignan
  85. Gabriel Jesus
  86. Aurelien Tchouameni
  87. Alexander Isak
  88. Cristian Romero
  89. Jan Oblak
  90. Lois Openda
  91. Antonio Rudiger
  92. Riyad Mahrez
  93. Granit Xhaka
  94. Marcelo Brozovic
  95. Theo Hernandez
  96. Alphonso Davies
  97. Denzel Dumfries
  98. Ollie Watkins
  99. Warren Zaire-Emery
  100. Marcus Thuram