Rank Player Goalimpact Age PeakGI Team Nationality Previous

Rank GI Diff 1 Cristiano Ronaldo 195.9 28.8 200.7 Real Madrid Portugal 1 +7.9 2 Philipp Lahm 193.8 30.1 199.7 Bayern München Deutschland 4 +14.2 3 Bastian Schweinsteiger 182.0 29.3 187.1 Bayern München Deutschland 3 +1.5 4 Cesc Fàbregas 178.2 26.6 179.5 FC Barcelona Spanien 5 +6.0 5 Lionel Messi 176.2 26.4 177.2 FC Barcelona Argentinien 2 -8.6 6 Dani Alves 171.4 30.6 181.0 FC Barcelona Brasilien n.a. n.a. 7 Wayne Rooney 169.3 28.1 173.6 Manchester United England 13 +6.7 8 Iker Casillas 166.4 32.5 166.4 Real Madrid Spanien n.a. n.a. 9 Xabi Alonso 165.3 32.0 185.2 Real Madrid Spanien n.a. n.a. 10 Javier Mascherano 163.6 29.5 168.8 FC Barcelona Argentinien 12 +0.7 11 Manuel Neuer 162.3 27.7 162.3 Bayern München Deutschland 9 -4.2 12 Sergio Ramos 161.9 27.7 165.5 Real Madrid Spanien 18 +4.0 13 Mesut Özil 160.1 25.2 162.5 Arsenal FC Deutschland 6 -7.7 14 Zlatan Ibrahimovic 159.7 32.2 180.4 Paris Saint-Germain Schweden n.a. n.a. 15 Petr Cech 159.5 31.5 159.5 Chelsea FC Tschechien n.a. n.a. 16 John Terry 158.8 33.0 184.2 Chelsea FC England n.a. n.a. 17 Victor Valdés 158.4 31.9 158.4 FC Barcelona Spanien n.a. n.a. 18 Thomas Müller 157.8 24.3 162.8 Bayern München Deutschland 8 -8.7 19 Patrice Evra 154.6 32.6 177.5 Manchester United Frankreich n.a. n.a. 20 Iniesta 153.8 29.6 159.1 FC Barcelona Spanien 10 -10.5 21 Gaël Clichy 152.4 28.3 156.9 Manchester City Frankreich 19 -1.2 22 Arjen Robben 151.9 29.8 157.3 Bayern München Niederlande 11 -11.8 23 Per Mertesacker 151.5 29.2 156.5 Arsenal FC Deutschland 20 +1.4 24 Mats Hummels 151.2 24.9 154.1 Borussia Dortmund Deutschland 24 +2.9 25 Karim Benzema 150.9 25.9 151.0 Real Madrid Frankreich 17 -8.0 26 Gianluigi Buffon 150.4 35.8 150.4 Juventus Italien n.a. n.a. 27 Neven Subotic 150.0 25.0 152.9 Borussia Dortmund Serbien, USA 22 +1.0 28 Ashley Cole 149.3 32.9 174.4 Chelsea FC England n.a. n.a. 29 João Moutinho 149.1 27.3 151.7 AS Monaco Portugal 35 +4.1 30 Gregory van der Wiel 148.4 25.8 148.9 Paris Saint-Germain Niederlande 23 -0.5 31 Busquets 147.7 25.4 149.5 FC Barcelona Spanien 7 -19.5 32 Helton 147.2 35.5 147.2 FC Porto Brasilien n.a. n.a. 33 Piqué 145.8 26.8 147.5 FC Barcelona Spanien 14 -15.9 34 Darijo Srna 145.3 31.6 162.1 Shakhtar Donetsk Kroatien n.a. n.a. 35 Jan Vertonghen 144.8 26.6 146.1 Tottenham Hotspur Belgien 43 +2.7 36 Rafael van der Vaart 144.4 30.8 155.7 Hamburger SV Niederlande n.a. n.a. 37 Marcelo 144.4 25.6 145.7 Real Madrid Brasilien 16 -14.8 38 Pepe Reina 144.4 31.3 144.4 SSC Napoli Spanien n.a. n.a. 39 Johnny Heitinga 144.1 30.1 149.9 Everton FC Niederlande 40 +0.7 40 Kun Agüero 142.8 25.5 144.2 Manchester City Argentinien 79 +6.1 41 Marcel Schmelzer 142.8 25.8 143.2 Borussia Dortmund Deutschland 38 -1.3 42 Mario Gómez 142.8 28.4 147.3 ACF Fiorentina Deutschland 28 -4.6 43 Robert Lewandowski 141.8 25.3 143.8 Borussia Dortmund Polen 36 -2.8 44 Jérôme Boateng 141.7 25.3 143.8 Bayern München Deutschland 32 -4.5 45 Toby Alderweireld 141.6 24.8 145.1 Atletico Madrid Belgien 39 -2.2 46 Ángel Di María 141.1 25.8 141.7 Real Madrid Argentinien 25 -6.9 47 Sami Khedira 141.1 26.7 142.5 Real Madrid Deutschland 33 -4.7 48 Jeremain Lens 141.0 26.0 141.0 Dinamo Kiev Niederlande 41 -2.1 49 Luiz Gustavo 140.8 26.3 141.6 VfL Wolfsburg Brasilien 34 -4.5 50 Salomon Kalou 140.6 28.3 145.1 Lille OSC Elfenbeinküste 21 -8.6

Kun Agüero has been rated as top talent since early 2004. His expected

Peak GI (dashed line) was 180. But he didn't live up to these very high

expectations and the Peak GI dropped to still outstanding 135 in

Aug 2006 when Atletico Madrid bought him. He developed in line

with the normal aging curve since then.

Here is the new list of the top-50 football players on earth. It is the first list since the introduction of the football aging curve . As the current player age is now corrected for all but for goalkeepers, I removed the age limit under 30 that was previously limiting the players on the list. As a result, now we have some players that did not have a prior listing.I take the fact that the top-5 players are equal to the ones without age factor in November as a sign of the stability and reliability of the algorithm.The only player that was listed below rank 50 in the last month and now newly entered the list is Manchester City's Kun Agüero an rank 40.In case you miss him, Franck Ribéry is on rank 84 with a Goalimpact of 135.5 down from a peak of 145.6. But lucky him, the Ballon d'Or is granted for a year of great performance and not an entire career. Hope for him to win is left