Cristiano Ronaldo, portugalski nogometaš i zvijezda madridskog Reala, jedini je probio granicu od 1.000 bodova, a pobijedio je svog velikog rivala, Argentinaca Lionela Messija iz Barcelone, koji je na kraju osvojio drugo mjesto.
Treći u ovom izboru bio je igrač Bayerna, Francuz Franck Ribery, dok je četvrto mjesto osvojio Zlatan Ibrahimović, prvi strijelac francuskog prvaka Paris St. Germaina.
Slijede Robben, Neymar, Lahm i ostali, a jedini Hrvat je Mario Mandžukić, koji je zauzeo 51. mjesto.
Za najboljeg trenera odabran je nekadašnji strateg Bayerna Jupp Heynckes, dok je najbolja momčad godine Bayern.
Ovaj izbor za najbolje nogometaše traje 31 godinu, a u njemu sudjeluju novinari i televizijski sportski stručnjaci iz cijeloga svijeta. Svaki novinar bira 10 najboljih igrača i daje im ocjenu od jedan do deset.
1. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid & Portugal) 1.075 2. Lionel Messi (Barcelona & Argentina) 926 3. Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich & France) 870 4. Zlatan Ibrahimović (Paris Saint-Germain & Sweden) 658 5. Arjen Robben (Bayern Munich & Holland) 324 6. Neymar (Santos/Barcelona & Brazil) 286 7. Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich & Germany) 255 8. Robin Van Persie (Manchester United & Holland) 251 9. Robert Lewandowski (Borussia Dortmund & Poland) 250 10. Gareth Bale (Tottenham Hotspur/Real Madrid & Wales) 187 11. Radamel Falcao (Atletico Madrid/Monaco & Colombia) 158 12. Andres Iniesta (Barcelona & Spain) 157 13. Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich & Germany) 123 14. Luis Suarez (Liverpool & Uruguay) 101 15. Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich & Germany) 100 16. Andrea Pirlo (Juventus & Italy) 94 17. Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich & Germany) 86 18. Mesut Özil (Real Madrid/Arsenal & Germany) 78 19. Edinson Cavani (Napoli/Paris Saint-Germain & Uruguay) 65 20. Sergio Aguero (Manchester City & Argentina) 48 21. Yaya Toure (Manchester City & Ivory Coast) 40 22. Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund & Germany) 35 23. Thiago Silva (Paris Saint-Germain & Brazil) 26 24. Arturo Vidal (Juventus & Chile) 25 25. Juan Mata (Chelsea & Spain) 21 26. Xavi (Barcelona & Spain) 19 Andriy Yarmolenko (Dynamo Kiev & Ukraine) 19 28. Mario Gotze (Borussia Dortmund/Bayern Munich & Germany) 15 29. Ilkay Gungodan (Borussia Dortmund & Germany) 14 30. Ronaldinho (Atletico Mineiro & Brazil) 12 31. Thibaut Courtois (Atletico Madrid & Belgium) 11 Marek Hamsik (Napoli & Slovakia) 11 Paul Pogba (Juventus & France) 11 34. Mohamed Aboutrika (Al Ahly & Egypt) 10 Eden Hazard (Chelsea & Belgium) 10 Muriqui (Guangzhou Evergrande & Brazil) 10 Wayne Rooney (Manchester United & England) 10 Victor Valdes (Barcelona & Spain) 10 39. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (St-Etienne/Bor Dortmund & Gabon) 9 40. Diego Costa (Atletico Madrid & Brazil/Spain) 8 41. Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid & Spain) 7 42. Sergio Busquets (Barcelona & Spain) 6 Dante (Bayern Munich & Brazil) 6 Angel Di Maria (Real Madrid & Argentina) 6 Branislav Ivanović (Chelsea & Serbia) 6 Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal & Wales) 6 Raphael Varane (Real Madrid & France) 6 48. Amer Deeb (Al Wehdat & Jordan) 5 Alexis Sanchez (Barcelona & Chile) 5 Roman Weidenfeller (Borussia Dortmund & Germany) 5 51. David Alaba (Bayern Munich & Austria) 4 Dario Conca (Guangzhou Evergrande & Argentina) 4 Fred (Fluminense & Brazil) 4 Mario Mandžukić (Bayern Munich & Croatia) 4 Isco (Malaga/Real Madrid & Spain) 4 Shinji Okazaki (Stuttgart/Mainz & Japan) 4 Humberto Suazo (Monterrey & Chile) 4 Francesco Totti (Roma & Italy) 4 59. Petr Cech (Chelsea & Czech Republic) 3 Vincent Enyeama (Lille & Nigeria) 3 Nemanja Matić (Benfica & Serbia) 3 David Silva (Manchester City & Spain) 3 63. Xabi Alonso (Real Madrid & Spain) 2 Andrea Barzagli (Juventus & Italy) 2 Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund & Germany) 2 Vincent Kompany (Manchester City & Belgium) 2 Michu (Swansea City & Spain) 2 Oscar (Chelsea & Brazil) 2 69. Mario Balotelli (Milan & Italy) 1 Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus & Italy) 1 Christian Eriksen (Ajax/Tottenham Hotspur & Denmark) 1 Samuel Eto’o (Anzhi/Chelsea & Cameroon) 1 Ryan Giggs (Manchester United & Wales) 1 Javi Martinez (Bayern Munich & Spain) 1 Blaise Matuidi (Paris Saint-Germain & France) 1 Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Shakhtar Donetsk/Bor Dortmund & Armenia) 1 Joao Moutinho (Porto/Monaco & Portugal) 1 Paulinho (Corinthians/Tottenham Hotspur & Brazil) 1 Mohamed Salah (Basle & Egypt) 1 Carlos Tevez (Manchester City/Juventus & Argentina) 1
