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Best Football players 2026

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310votes

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0commentsUpdated on 09/27/2026 at 04:00 AM

Lamine Yamal1709

The worldwide ranking generated by 310 votes

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Lamine Yamal1709

Lionel Messi1687

Kylian Mbappé1631

Cristiano Ronaldo1621

Neymar1587

Ousmane Dembélé1570

Bruno Fernandes1560

Michael Olise1549

Pedri1534

#10

Erling Haaland1527

#11

Désiré Doué1522

#12

Harry Kane1519

#13

Vinícius Júnior1506

#14

Robert Lewandowski1499

#15

Robert Lewandowski1470

#16

Mohamed Salah1452

#17

Jude Bellingham1448

#18

Paul Pogba1443

#19

Marcus Rashford1436

#20

Luka Modrić1433

#21

Kevin De Bruyne1417

#22

Jamal Musiala1411

#23

Bukayo Saka1383

#24

Antoine Griezmann1381

#25

Endrick1378

#26

Son Heung-min1328

What the community says

Who's your favorite football player in 2026? Rank the best players right now in this interactive duel: Mbappé, Haaland, Vinicius Jr and more.

How this ranking is computed

Every duel won lifts a contender and every loss drops them, by an amount that depends on the opponent's strength: beating the leader is worth more than beating the last. It is an ELO, the same principle as in chess. Duels are not drawn at random — an adaptive entropy sort puts the least predictable match-ups first, which settles the ranking far faster than a full round robin. A worldwide ranking is only published past 30 completed plays. Known limit: a contender who has faced few opponents keeps an approximate score, and the bottom of the table moves more than the podium.