'The Experts' Top 100 Players

These lads picked the top 100 players in the world using the scoring system below.

Gary Al-Smith
Paolo Bandini
Andy Brassell
Michael Cox
Miguel Delaney
Adam Digby
Marco Foroni
Raphael Honigstein
James Horncastle
Oliver Kay
Ben Lyttleton
Gabriele Marcotti
Janusz Michallik
Pierluigi Pardogue
Colin Udoh
Jonathan Wilson



Once the lists were submitted the players were marked off the ballots by the following points system:
1st – 50 2nd – 40 3rd – 35 4th – 32 5th - 30 6th – 28 7th – 25 8th – 24 9th – 23 10th – 22 11th – 21 12th – 20 13th – 19 14th – 18 15th – 17 16th – 16 17th – 15 18th – 14 19th – 13 20th – 12 21st – 11 22nd – 10 23rd – 9 24th – 8 25th – 7 26th – 6 27th – 5 28th – 4 29th – 3 30th – 2 and honorable mentions were each given 1 point.


100.Diego Lugano
99.Pepe
98.Marvin Martin
97.Shinji Kagawa
96.Samir Nasri
95.Vagner Love
94.Santiago Cazorla
93.Karim Benzema
92.Darijo Srna
91.Carles Puyol
90.Kaka
89.Rafael van der Vaart
88.Lucio
87.Andre Ayew
86.Roberto Soldado
85.Yoann Gourcuff
84.Nuri Sahin
83.Diego Forlan
82.Samir Handanovic
81.Artuto Vidal
80.Javier Mascherano
79.Daniele De Rossi
78.Pepe Reina
77.Joe Hart
76.Yann M’Vila
75.Sergio Ramos
74.Kevin-Prince Boateng
73.Mats Hummels
72.Danny
71.Nigel De Jong
70.Marco Reus
69.Marcelo
68.Maicon
67.Antonio Cassano
66.Alexandre Pato
65.Javier Hernandez
64.Fabio Coentrao
63.Thomas Vermaelen
62.Neven Subotic
61.Didier Drogba
60.Ezequiel Lavezzi
59.Edin Dzeko
58.Mario Balotelli
57.Robinho
56.Eric Abidal
55.Victor Valdes
54.Ashley Cole
53.Juan Mata
52.Patrice Evra
51.Hulk
50.Alexis Sanchez
49.Pedro Rodriguez
48.Gianluigi Buffon
47.Carlos Tevez
46.Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
45.Gareth Bale
44.Angel Di Maria
43.Hernanes
42.Andrea Pirlo
41.Nani
40.Vincent Kompany
39.Radamel Falcao
38.Javier Pastore
37.Gonzalo Higuain
36.Philipp Lahm
35.Thomas Muller
34.Antonio Di Natale
33.Mario Gotze
32.Arjen Robben
31.Xabi Alonso
30.Eden Hazard
29.Franck Ribery
28.Wesley Sneijder
27.Mario Gomez
26.Yaya Toure
25.Luka Modric
24.Dani Alves
23.Sergio Busquets
22.Manuel Neuer
21.Samuel Eto’o
20.Neymar
19.Iker Casillas
18.Cesc Fabregas
17.Edinson Cavani
16 David Villa
15.Sergio Aguero
14.Nemanja Vidic
13.Mesut Ozil
12.Gerard Pique
11.Luis Suarez.
10. Thiago Silva
9. Bastian Schweinsteiger
8. Zlatan Ibrahimovic
7. Robin Van Persie
6. Wayne Rooney
5. David Silva
4. Andres Iniesta
3. Xavi
2. Cristiano Ronaldo
1. Lionel Messi

Don't see Marek Hamsik on that list which is very strange

tribalarmy wrote: Anyone up for doing the same thing on here?

 

othiek wrote: tribalarmy wrote: Anyone up for doing the same thing on here?   Be up for it alright, stress of doing 100 players tho!

Takes a bit of thought alright.


Surprised at Hamsik's omission too. The 3rd best of the Napoli front three I think. But still better than the likes of Gourcuff(who is one of my favourite players) and deserves to be in the 100.

Shoco wrote: never mind hamsik, who the fook are the so called experts?

wrote: ]Gary Al-Smith, a freelance African football specialist for ESPN Soccernet, kicker, ITV, SuperSport, among others. @garyalsmith Paolo Bandini, a journalist who covers Italian football for guardian.co.uk and Astro SuperSport, as well as The Score. @Paolo_Bandini Andy Brassell, a freelance writer and broadcaster on European football. His work can be regularly read and heard via outlets including BBC FiveLive/World Service, ESPN Soccernet, The Independent and FOX Soccer. @andybrassell Michael Cox, the sole writer at zonalmarking.net, winner of the Best Football Blogger in the Soccerlens Awards. He has also written for the Guardian, Blizzard, FourFourTwo.com, ESPN and The Score’s Footy Blog. @zonal_marking Miguel Delaney, a European football writer with articles published in the Independent, Independent on Sunday, Irish Examiner, London Evening Standard, Blizzard and Champions. He is also the owner of the Football Pantheon website and has written ‘Stuttgart to Saipan: the players’ stories’ about the Irish international team. @MiguelDelaney Adam Digby, football writer for ESPN Soccernet, In Bed With Maradona, SI.com and co-founder of JuventiKnows.com. @Adz77 Marco Foroni, a Champions League presenter and Serie A commentator for Mediaset Italia. He has worked for Sky Italia covering 2 world cups, 7 Champions League Finals and 11 English Premier League, Spanish Liga and Serie A seasons as a commentator. @mforok Raphael Honigstein, the English football correspondent of Süddeutsche Zeitung and writes regular columns for the Guardian and Sports Illustrated. He’s the author of “Englischer Fussball. A German view of our beautiful game” and can be seen on ESPN’s Soccernet Press Pass and CNN World Sport. @honigstein James Horncastle, a European Football Writer with articles published in the Guardian, Blizzard, Champions, Four Four Two, OSM + WSC. Also Guest Podder on Guardian Football Weekly. @jameshorncastle Oliver Kay, Football Correspondent for The Times newspaper. @oliverkaytimes Ben Lyttleton, a European football writer for publications in the UK, Asia and South America. He is also a contributor to the Sports Illustrated website and The Score’s Footy Blog. @benlyt Gabriele Marcotti, the World Football Correspondent for The Times and host of The Game podcast (available on ITunes). He can also be heard on the BBC and is a frequent contributor ESPN’s Soccernet Press Pass. He also writes a regular column for the Wall Street Journal online, Sports Illustrated.com, the Sunday Herald and contributes to the Melbourne Age, Champions magazine and Titan Sports. He is the author of three books: Paolo Di Canio: the Autobiography, The Italian Job and Capello: Portrait of a Winner. @marcotti Janusz Michallik – ESPN football commentator and ESPNPressPass pundit . Former US international. @JanuszESPN Pierluigi Pardo, a Serie A and Champions League commentator for Mediaset Italia. He has been working for Sky Italia since his birth covering 2 World Cups and 7 Champions League Seasons. He is the official commentator of “Pro Evolution Soccer” the football videogame by Konami and wrote the Official autobiographies of Samuel Eto’o and Antonio Cassano. @Pierpardo Colin Udoh, Award-winning Nigerian football writer. TV analyst. Press Officer, Nigeria national football team. @ColinUdoh Jonathan Wilson, writer for the Guardian, Sports Illustrated and The Irish Examiner, and is a columnist for the Japanese magazine World Soccer King. A former football correspondent of the Financial Times, he is the editor of the quarterly magazine of football journalism, The Blizzard. He is the author of five books. Inverting the Pyramid: A History of Football Tactics was named NSC Football Book of the Year in 2009, and was shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year. Behind the Curtain: Travels in Eastern European Football and The Anatomy of England were shortlisted for the NSC award in 2007 and 2011. His most recent book is a biography of Brian Clough, Nobody Ever Says Thank You. @jonawils Other writers such as Simon Kuper, Sid Lowe, Tim Vickery, Grant Wahl and Henry Winter all expressed an interest in this project but were unable to contribute due to other commitments. If there’s someone you want on the panel for next year please leave your suggestions in the comments below. The above 16 joined Footy Blog Editor Richard Whittall, host James Sharman and myself and each named their top 30 players as well as five honorable mentions.

Hadn't heard of most of them myself.