Boniface Rated Higher Than Ronaldo, Nunez and Haaland Among World's Best Forwards

• Victor Boniface has been ranked among the top 10 forwards in the world
• The Bayer Leverkusen star is ahead of Erling Haaland and Darwin Nunez
• On Sunday, Boniface led the German giants to their first Bundesliga title

Super Eagles forward, Victor Boniface, has been ranked by the International Centre for Sports Studies (CIES) Football Observatory Group as the fourth-best forward in the world.

The 23-year-old has scored an impressive 18 goals and created eight assists in 27 games across all competitions this season, clinching the Bundesliga title with Bayer Leverkusen in the process.

The CIES ranking for forwards for April has placed Boniface ahead of superstars like Manchester City forward, Erling Haaland and Liverpool’s Darwin Nunez.

The Nigerian forward is also ranked ahead of five-time Ballon d’Or winner, Cristiano Ronaldo, with only Harry Kane, Deniz Undav, and Kylian Mbappe ranked ahead of the Bayer Leverkusen forward.

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Other strikers also in the top 10 best forwards by CIES include Inter Milan forward Lautaro Martinez, VfB Stuttgart's Serhou Guirassy, Newcastle United's Callum Wilson, and Lois Openda of RB Leipzig.

Top 10 forwards in the world

1. Harry Kane (Bayern Munich)

2. Deniz Undav (VfB Stuttgart)

3. Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain)

4. Victor Boniface (Bayer Leverkusen)

5. Lautaro Martinez (Inter Milan)

6. Callum Wilson (Newcastle United)

7. Erling Haaland (Manchester City)

8. Lois Openda (RB Leipzig)

9. Serhou Guirassy (VfB Stuttgart)

10. Darwin Nunez (Liverpool).

Boniface lauds team for Bundesliga success

Meanwhile, Boniface claims Leverkusen have been crowned champions of Germany for the first time in their history due to the depth of the team and Xabi Alonso’s input, Score Nigeria reports.

The newly-crowned Bundesliga champions ended their 120-year barren spell of not winning a title by claiming the German top flight league without losing a single game in their campaign.

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Leverkusen are also gunning for the treble this season as they are in the DFB-Pokal final and are almost guaranteed to qualify for the Europa League semi-finals thanks to a 2-0 quarter-final lead against West Ham United.

Leverkusen open to selling Boniface

Earlier, Sports Brief reported the club's CEO, Fernando Carro, has hinted that Leverkusen could sell Boniface in the upcoming transfer window to facilitate the acquisition of new talents.

Under the guidance of Alonso, the club has enjoyed its most successful season to date, remaining the only unbeaten team in Europe's top five leagues and claiming the Bundesliga trophy.