Arsenal playmaker Mesut Ozil has been named the best "German abroad" by influential magazine kicker.

The "kicker ranking of German football" is published on a biannual basis, and ranks players in all positions, and also those plying their trade abroad.

It divides them into four categories: world class, international class, players of note and players in focus.

Ozil is the only "German abroad" to be called up into the international class following his impressive displays for the Gunners in 2015-16.

All other German players in foreign leagues -- including World Cup winners Toni Kroos, Sami Khedira, and Bastian Schweinsteiger -- were only in third or fourth categories.