Top 50 Best Players Revealed by Football Manager as Ronaldo Drops Behind Lewandowski, Messi, Others

Top 50 Best Players Revealed by Football Manager as Ronaldo Drops Behind Lewandowski, Messi, Others

Akan Anwankwo
updated at April 12, 2023 at 7:52 PM
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The Football Manager game sport for PC, Mac, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, and Mobile devices, have revealed the top 50 players for 2022.

There are over 800, 000 players and staff of the game who play the game from over 50 countries around the globe.

The likes of Lionel Messi, Robert Lewandowski, Kevin De Bruyne, Harry Kane and Mohamed Salah complete the top five.

Ronaldo drops to 7th in Football Manager ranking
Football Manager rates Messi, Lewandowski, De Bruyne, Kane, Salah, Mbappe, higher than Ronaldo. Photo by Roland Krivec/DeFodi
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However, Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo who was named second best last year slipped to seventh position despite his exploits at Old Trafford this season.

Here are the top 50 players on Football Manager

1. Lionel Messi - Paris Saint-Germain (194/200)

2. Robert Lewandowski - Bayern Munchen (190/200)

3. Kevin De Bruyne - Manchester City (188/200)

4. Harry Kane - Tottenham Hotspur (184/200)

5. Mohamed Salah - Liverpool (184/200)

6. Kylian Mbappe - Paris Saint-Germain 9184/200)

7. Cristiano Ronaldo - Manchester (182/200)

8. Karim Benzema - Real Madrid (180/200)

9. Virgil van Dijk - Liverpool (180/200)

10. Neymar - Paris Saint-Germain (180/200)

11. Joshua Kimmich - Bayern Munchen (178/200)

12. Manuel Neuer - Bayern Munchen (178/200)

13. Erling Haaland - Dortmund (177/200)

14. Sadio Mane - Liverpool (177/200)

15. Romelu Lukaku - Chelsea (177/200)

16. Jan Oblak - Atletico Madrid (176/200)

17. Thibaut Courtois - Real Madrid (175/200)

18. Alisson - Liverpool (174/200)

19. Marc-Andre ter Stegen - Barcelona (174/200)

20. Bruno Fernandes - Manchester United (172/200)

21. Heung-Min Son - Tottenham Hotspur (172/200)

22. Luka Modric - Real Madrid (171/200)

23. Thomas Muller - Bayern Munchen (170/200)

24. Sergio Ramos - Paris Saint-Germain (170/200)

25. Bernardo Silva - Manchester City (170/200)

26. Ederson - Manchester City (170/200)

27. Toni Kroos - Real Madrid (169/200)

28. Ruben Dias - Manchester City (169/200)

29. Sergio Aguero - Barcelona (169/200)

30. Jack Grealish - Manchester City (168/200)

31. Paul Pogba - Manchester United (168/200)

32. Aymeric Laporte - Manchester City (168/200)

33. Antoine Griezmann - Atletico Madrid (168/200)

34. Raheem Sterling - Manchester City (167/200)

35. Leroy Sane - Bayern Munchen (167/200)

36. Casemiro - Real Madrid (167/200)

37. Lautaro Martinez - Inter Milan (167/200)

38. Paulo Dybala - Juventus (166/200)

39. N'Golo Kante - Chelsea (166/200)

40. Luis Suarez - Atletico Madrid (166/200)

41. Eden Hazard - Real Madrid (166/200)

42. Raphael Varane - Manchester United (165/200)

43. Leon Goretzka - Bayern Munchen (165/200)

44. Fabinho - Liverpool (164/200)

45. David Alaba - Real Madrid (164/200)

46. Fernandinho - Manchester City (164/200)

47. Thiago - Liverpool (164/200)

48. Ciro Immobile - Lazio (164/200)

49. Angel Di Maria - Paris Saint-Germain (164/200)

50. Frenkie de Jong - Barcelona (164/200)

Why Lewandoski deserves Ballon d'Or more than Ronaldo, Messi

Meanwhile, Legit.ng had earlier reported that Robert Lewandowski marked his 81st Champions League goal with a hat-trick during Bayern Munich's 5-2 thrashing of Benfica at the Allianz Arena in midweek, Talk Sport, Twitter.

The three goals scored by the Polish striker put him ahead of Lionel Messi and Cristiano in terms of the number of goals scored after 100 games in the elite competition.

The Bayern striker is now the quickest player to score 80 goals in the Champions League more than two of the highest scorers, Ronaldo and Messi.

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