[ESPN] The best players of the 21st century in order: Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Henry, Zidane, Modric, Mbappe, Iniesta, Xavi, Ronaldo Nazario, Ronaldinho, Zlatan, De Bruyne, Kroos, Sergio Ramos, Puyol, Benzema, Busquets, Lewandowski, Kaká, Neymar, Pirlo, Rooney, Vieira, Luis Suárez & Buffon

22 comments

1. No. 1, I get, the rest of it seems to me like it was chosen randomly.

2. Henry at number 3, lol

3. Mbappe with one WC and nothing else to show for? Lmao.

4. It’s too soon for Mbappe to be this high. He will be there sure, but right now he is definitely below Xavi, Iniesta, Ramos, Suarez, Buffon etc.

   Also Modric above Xavi and Iniesta? Lol.

5. Are we believing espn now?

6. other then first two places the whole list is fucking wrong xD

7. Classic ESPN quackery

8. Benzema 🤣

9. Names are correct. Placement is wrong.

10. Modric above Xavi and Iniesta is crazy but not surprising. I don’t think Xavi even got nominated in 2008 and he was player of the tournament at euros same with Iniesta as player of the tournament 2012. Let’s be real the only reason they never won a Ballon d or is because of Messi and the only reason modric won was because both Messi had an off year.

11. Neymar’s disrespect is crazy. I mean yaa he gets injured a lot but as soon as he returns to the pitch it looks like he’s been back to his prime. His stats are also great despite an injury prone career. Brazilian all time top scorer,top assists provider. If he remains injury free he can surely break international goal records and is on the verge of breaking international assists record.

    And if people watched his last few years at psg they would realise how good playmaker he is.

    I mean a player with 400+ goals and 200+ assists is something that not everyone can achieve

12. Zlatan above Lewandowski, Kroos and Ramos? Ok. 😂😂😂😂

13. I believe they missed a lot of guys like Ribery, Drogba, Aguero etc ..

14. Mbappe higher than Xavi and Iniesta? lol

15. Benzema over lewy 🙈

16. Suarez and Zlatan should be swapped, to say the least.

17. But how underrated is Neymar btw? Should be 3rd on the list without a question

18. Robben and Van der Sar deserve a spot.

19. Mbappe over r9 lmao

20. Eto’o is a huge omission.

21. No way mbappe is over Ronaldo

22. Even as a Barca fan, De Bruyne over Kroos is clearly a joke. What are they smoking at ESPN?