The world ranking · Published Monday 29 DEC 2025
The world player ranking for football.
Every player, every game, graded against the opponent they faced. Eighteen months of football. A new ranking published every Monday.
| Rank | Move | Player | Pos | League | GFPR Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ■ |   Kylian Mbappé | CF | La Liga | 12,835 |
| 2 | ■ |   Bruno Fernandes | AM | Champions League | 12,647 |
| 3 | ■ |   Michael Olise | RW | Bundesliga | 12,612 |
| 4 | ▲ 1 |   Lamine Yamal | RW | Champions League | 12,570 |
| 5 | ▲ 1 |   Erling Haaland | CF | Premier League | 12,554 |
| 6 | ▼ 2 |   Dominik Szoboszlai | AM | Champions League | 12,526 |
| 7 | ■ |  Harry Kane | CF | Bundesliga | 12,438 |
| 8 | ■ |   Declan Rice | CM | Premier League | 12,404 |
| 9 | ■ |   Lionel Messi | RW | Major League Soccer | 12,366 |
| 10 | ■ |   Vitinha | DM | Ligue 1 | 12,341 |
▲ climbed · ▼ fell · ■ held · ● new entry — movement against last Monday
See the full top 12,667 →Biggest climbers
- Kevin Schade▲ 83 No. 145 → 62
- Martin Dúbravka▲ 61 No. 149 → 88
- Patrick Dorgu▲ 42 No. 123 → 81
- Igor Thiago▲ 34 No. 132 → 98
Biggest fallers
- Jérémy Doku▼ 28 No. 78 → 106
- Dan Ballard▼ 27 No. 65 → 92
- Xavi Simons▼ 27 No. 80 → 107
- Dan Burn▼ 25 No. 71 → 96
How it works
Earned against the best.
01
Every game is graded.
We start from each player's match performance in every game they play.
02
Every opponent is weighed.
A great game against a top side earns more than the same game against a weak one.
03
Every point is earned over 18 months.
Recent games count most. One hot month can't buy the top spot.
Form tells you who's hot.
A ranking tells you who's best.
Golf and tennis have world rankings. Football had match ratings and transfer fees. GFPR counts 18 months of football, weighted by the strength of every opponent, so a place at the top has to be earned and kept.
Read the full methodology