Our sixth and final installment in the Best football players in the World posts, finishing off with the top ten strikers currently playing.
Previous posts –Best Goalkeepers, Best Centre Backs, Best Full/Wing Backs, Best Midfielders, Best Wingers/Supporting Strikers.
Number 10 – Carlos Tevez, Manchester City & Argentina
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Carlos Tevez in 2009-2010: 19 League matches, 12 goals, 5 assists. Tevez up till December – 2 league goals, both in the same game. Since December 5 – 10 League goals, including scoring a hat-trick against Blackburn earlier this week. Is it Adebayor’s absence? I dunno, i think Tevez just needed some time and maybe even a change of managers. Not the flashiest of forwards but a non-stop worker and his effort usually pays him and his team some dividends.
Number 9 – Gonzalo Higuain, Real Madrid & Argentina
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Gonzalo Higuain, another Argentinian on our list, has only 3 caps for his national side, despite scoring 33 goals in his last 48 league matches for Real. For some reason, despite constantly producing and improving, Higuain’s name usually gets left out on Maradona’s team sheet. If he’s good enough for Real with all their Mega star, surely there’s a place for him in Argentina’s lineup? Or maybe it just his River Plate roots leaving him on the bench?
Number 8 – Emmanuel Adebayor, Manchester City & Togo
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Despite enjoying a good start to his Manchester City career (4 goals in his first 4 league matches), he has been a tad dormant since his “revenge” match against Arsenal, where he scored a goal, leading City to a 4-2 victory but also deliberately tried to injure Van Persie and got into some altercations with the Arsenal fans. He is talented as the best of them but his consistency keeps him from becoming truly great. That’s what probably prevented his transfer to Barcelona two years ago.
Number 7 – Sergio Aguero, Atletico Madrid & Argentina
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After a horrible start to this season, it seems things are looking a bit better for Atletico in recent weeks, with Aguero scoring six goals in his last six league matches and two goals tonight in Atletico’s 5-1 win over Recreativo in the Copa del Rey. It seems every season is his last with A.Madrid, but the rumors are getting stronger, putting the speedy striker en route to Chelsea, maybe even by the end of January. If Atletico do end up out of the Champions League come May, which seems like a very viable future, Aguero won’t be scoring goals in Red & White anymore (50 goals in 126 matches for Atletico).
Number 6 – Samuel Eto’o, Inter Milan & Cameroon
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Maybe not scoring in the pace we’re used to see him scoring so far for Inter (8 goals in 16 league matches), but Eto’o is still one of the more dangerous strikers out there (right now out in Angola with his national team) with his fantastic speed and quick instincts. Among his achievements – All time leading scorer in the Africa Cup of Nations (16 goals) and one of only two players to score in two different UEFA Champions League Finals (2006, 2009).
Number 5 – Didier Drogba, Chelsea & The Ivory Coast
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After two tough seasons, Drogba is back, looking better than ever. His raw power, shooting, passing and general presence around the goal seem to be the driving force in Chelsea’s run for the title this season, with 14 goals and 5 assists in 18 league games. Will his (and Essien’s) absence be that meaningful in Stamford Bridge? Can he finally lead the Elephants to a ACN trophy this month? Will he make an historic run with his national side in South Africa 2010? So many options in the near future for Drogba to make this a year to remember, but a lot rides on how he returns from Angola.
Number 4 – Wayne Rooney, Manchester United & England
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There were quite a few questions mark regarding Rooney’s ability to play as the main front man for United now that Ronaldo was gone. Yes, United are weaker than in previous seasons, but it’s not Rooney’s fault, who is becoming a more complete forward and player with every passing season. So what if everybody knows he’s going to switch from the left towards the middle looking for a shot with his right? Everybody knows it and he still pulls it off because he’s that good, and if it wasn’t for Van der Sar’s tragic absence and the entire defense getting injured, Rooney’s fantastic form this season (14 league goals) would have been enough to put United on top of the Premiership. With Chelsea looking a tad vulnerable lately, it just might be enough for a fourth straight league title for Sir Alex.
Number 3 – David Villa, Valencia & Spain
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Remember what you read about Aguero? Same here, with every year looking like it’s the last season Villa spends with his current club Valencia. The Spanish international enjoyed his best individual season in 2008-2009, continuing his fantastic Euro 2008 form, scoring 28 league goals. He was on the verge of signing with Real this summer but Valencia suddenly raised his price and the deal fell out. He’s not stopping this season as well (12 goals in 16 matches), being one of the hardest attackers to stop and predict in football today due to his ability to dribble and shoot with both feet from pretty much anywhere. A move to a higher-profiled club might be enough to put Villa at number one on this list.
Number 2 – Fernando Torres, Liverpool & Spain
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Not exactly a season to remember for Liverpool and Torres, but despite the impression that he’s injured for most of the time, he still has 12 goals in 15 league games. He’s that good – on about 60% of fitness for a long stretch Torres can still be among the best scorers out there – fantastic in the air, strong, fast, can shoot from long range, and most importantly – clutch. He shows up for big games, like he did for Spain in the Euro 2008 final, scoring the only goal against Germany, claiming the trophy. He’ll be out for another six weeks according to the latest reports, and despite his fantastic scoring record since arriving at Anfield (50 goals in 72 matches), Liverpool might be forced to sell him when this season ends due to their horrible financial state.
Number 1 – Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Barcelona & Sweden
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Why is Zlatan Number 1? Because he probably has more talent in his two feet than any other player in the world. Because he’s 1.95 meters and still has the dribbling and passing skills of a 1.70 play-maker. Because he can release amazing shots from 20-30 meters out seemingly out of nothing. Because when he’s good, and he has been fantastic for Inter and Barcelona in the last two seasons, when his game is really on, it looks so effortless and beautiful, almost art like in the contradiction between his huge frame and the elegance he plays. Leading Barca to a title this year, in the league and in the Champions League might cement his position as the best striker and potentially the best player in many fans’ mind.
64 responses to “The Best Strikers in the World”
MESSI IS NUMBA 1
We put him at number 2 on the wingers/second strikers list
hog wash
what about van persie,messi, robben, forlan,come on do better.
you should look at the wingers/ss post
What about Podolski or Klose.
In the top 10 strikers? Me thinks not…
kaka should be first
Kaka isn’t a striker… check out top midfielders
what about da defenders ?
wers my name Reygie the best striker whahha ^_^ nice game Spain
yup wheres KAKA i think KAKA is one of the best striker in Football world cup in Europe wew~
Kaka is not a striker
Kaka is a midfielder!! we are talking about Strikers here..why should we mention defenders??ditto with Messi..he isnt a striker.
Forlan should have been mentioned, so is Van persie.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic in 1? Something is not right.
HE SUCKS
Yeah, with seven months of wisdom since that post, it seems wrong , right? Peter believes there’s no better striker when his head is right, and he did have an awesome start to his Barcelona career… Hard for me to see him topping the list five months from now
drogba 5th impossible he should be no1
first of all, regygie and sa, kaka is not a striker. Second of all, Zlatan Ibrahimovic as top striker?????? He is not even one of the top 20.
Rooney should be No. 1 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WTF DO BETTER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
torres…still the best… ;p
1. DIDIER DROGBA
2. WAYNE ROONEY
3. SAMUEL ETO`O
4. IBRAHIMOVIC
5. TEVEZ
6. VAN PERSIE
7. ADEBAYOR
8 ROBINHO
9 ANELKA
10. PATO
11. HIGUAIN
12. FORLAN
13. AGUERO
14. LUIS FABIANO
15. TORRES
@Doru Where’s Villa?
Sorry, I forgoted Villa
gud list..wrng oda..10.higuain 9.aguero 8.tevez 7.adebayor 6.ibra 5.rooney 4.villa 3.eto 02.tores 1.drogba, apart 4rm speed wat duznt he hav..yoh hz freekix r owt of ds wurld
What the fuck is wrong with you people ibrahimovic is shit
1.Rooney 2.Villa 3.Torres 4.Eto’o 5.Drogba 6.Teves 7.ibrahimovic 8.Forlan 9. Robinho 10.Berbatov
Just give Torres some time to recover… He will be back… Stronger and more percise than ever! Stop hating on Torres you fools.
I’m with you jb… don’t believe that someone that good just loses all of his skill and never regains it… I hope this game against United today, despite Liverpool’s loss, signals a turnaround
ETO`O and TORRES are simply the best.
plus MESSI is not a striker, or should we say LAMPARD is a striker too???????
wherez raul gonzalez……hez da best strika in d wrld…….everybody knoz…i mean…u kiddin me..??4 god’s sake…..i’ll give u a better list…
1st – raul gonzalez
2nd – ronaldo ( brazil )
3rd – fernando torres
4th – wayne rooney
5th – berbatov
6th – eto’o
7th – diego forlan
8th – drogba
9th – carlos tevez
10th – van persie or david villa
now…dis is simple da best list……
FERNANDO TORRES you are the best in the world and me and my brother loves you alot.
Why not concentrate on writing about American football, or ice hockey, skating… cos this compilation shows you know no jack about football. Ibrahimovic as No. 1 striker and Rooney ahead of Drogba. You may as well tell us that a Daewoo car is stronger than a Mercedez cos the two can run fast on a smooth road.
I dunno, I don’t think a year ago it was that off… things change fast in the soccer world… Peter is now crying in his room because of you
David Villa is number one!! <3
raul is the best……i completely agree with raul 07. <3 u raul..!!
1. villa
2. Tevez
3. Drogba
4. Rooney
5. Torres
6. Forlan
7. Ibrahimovic
8. Higuain
9. Eto
10. Muller
and to all those saying where is messi…….messi is a attacking midfielder or a winger
1. Wayne Rooney
2. David Villa
3. Zlatan Ibrahimovic
4. Didier Drogba
5. Robin Van Persie
6. Fernando Torres
7. Carlos Tevez
8. Diego Forlan
9.Samuel Eto’o
10. Diego Milito
11. Gonzalo Higuain
12.Luis Fabiano
13.Alexandre Pato
14. Dimitar Berbatov
15.Emmanuel Adebayor
16.Sergio Aguero
17.Robinho
18.Jermain Defoe
19.Marouane Chamakh
20.Nikolas Anelka
did yall 4get raul or what..??
biches…..
its a question i must ask the world who do you think is better rooney or torres
its to prove who is right me or my pal. i need you to be honest and it shouldn’t matter if your a liverpool fan or man u
i said rooney and i prefere liverpool. he said torres and he’s liverpool fan
cheers
by the way we’re celtic fans HAIL HAIL
LARSSON OVER ALL
torres
rooney
drogba
villa
forlan
pato………..
higuain,ibrahimovic are the worst strikers possible…
higuain nd d rest d issue is ol sentiment n bias
dont fight guys…..osaze is the best striker…lol up west brom
1. Torres
2. Public Choise ( but torres will always be no 1)
1 david villa
2 fernado torres
3 diego forlan
4 drogba
5 fernado llorente
this list is fucked up, it should be Drogba, Eto’o, Villa, Torres, and Rooney.
Messi may not be a centre forward,but he can play there AND even he is not a centre striker,he scores more goals than the so called “best” strikers.There is no better goal scorer at the moment than messi.He gets the golden shoe every year..
1. Zlatan
2.Ibrahimovic
3.Ibracadabra
4.There is only one ZLATAN!!
1 drogba
2 torres
3 rooney
4 diego forlan
5pato
6 samuel eto
7 david villa
8 anelka
9 pavylchenko
This is a striker page u dumbasses complaining about midfielders and defenders. IBRAHAMVIC should be number one becuz if uve played soccer u would know he does more for a team then juust score goals. GOOD LIST ALMOST 100% accurate
ronaldo is the best and also he is a striker
i mean i am a striker and where am i ??
1. David Villa
2. Fernando Torres
3. Wayne Rooney
4. Gonzalo Higuain
5. Diego Forlan
what a hell should drogba come before golden boy Eto’o. this list does not match the players. here is the original list:
1 Samuel Eto’o
2 Wayne Rooney
3 Tevez
4 Fernando Torres
5 David Villa
6 Gonzali Higuain
7 Berbatov
8 Ibrahimovic
9 Nani
10 Diddier Drogba
This is current list
Dimitar Berbatov.Number 1
This list is strange!
At the moment
1.David Villa
2.Dimitar Berbatov
3.Tevez
4.Ibrahimovich
5.Forlan
6.Drogba
7.Aguero
8.Suarez
9.Nani
10.Nasri
You will all be thinking why drogba so high? Well chelsea are off form big time and he is still managing to score the majority of there goals. No torres, well he has been off “form” for about 2 years?
That might be right except for Nani and Nasri, both aren’t strikers. A new list will be out in about a week
i think L Messi is out there on the top
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1-Lionel Messi
2-Karim Benzema
3-Didier Drogba
4-Ето `о
5-Sergio Aguero
6-Dimitar Berbatov
7-David Vill
8-Fernando Torres
9-Wayne Rooney
10-Carlos Tevez
David villa should be number 1
This is the original list:
1. David Villa
2. Lionel Messi
3. Fernando Torres
4. Dimitar Berbatov
5. Didier Drogba
6. Wayne Rooney
7. Jermain Defoe
8. Luis Suarez
9. Asamoah Gyan
10. Pedro
were is Dzeko????
Didd drogba should be numba 1
1. LaneMoore
2. Dalton
3. Coppin
4. Rooney
5. Carlin
6. Esua
7. Boyce
8. Messi
9. Ronaldo
10. Pio
At last, someone comes up with the “right” awsner!
did y’all kill the gunner himself.. Robin Van Persie…