The top Premier League players from each world region based on the recently released October Castrol Index rankings. I expanded this list to the top 10 from the top 5 in the previous list I posted in September.
Overall Castrol Rank - Player (Club: Country)
AFRICA
4 - Didier Drogba (Chelsea: Cote d'Ivoire)
64 - Marouane Chamakh (Arsenal: Morocco)
90 - Yaya Toure (Manchester City: Cote d'Ivoire)
119 - Alex Song (Arsenal: Cameroon)
153 - John Obi Mikel (Chelsea: Nigeria)
158 - Steven Pienaar (Everton: South Africa)
216 - Christopher Samba (Blackburn: Congo)
227 - Michael Essien (Chelsea: Ghana)
258 - Emmanuel Adebayor (Manchester City: Togo)
369 - El Hadji Diouf (Blackburn: Senegal)
ASIA
103 - Tim Cahill (Everton: Australia)
107 - Mark Schwarzer (Fulham: Australia)
411 - Chung-Yong Lee (Bolton Wanderers: South Korea)
884 - Ji-Sung Park (Manchester United: South Korea)
1090 - Brett Emerton (Blackburn: Australia)
1315 - Vince Grella (Blackburn: Australia)
1651 - Ali Al-Habsi (Wigan Athletic: Oman)
CONCACAF
21 - Marcus Hahnemann (Wolves: USA)
107 - Clint Dempsey (Fulham: USA)
137 - Brad Friedel (Aston Villa: USA)
410 - Tim Howard (Everton: USA)
429 - Kenwyne Jones (Stoke City: Trinidad & Tobago)
541 - Wilson Palacios (Tottenham: Honduras)
559 - Ricardo Fuller (Stoke City: Jamaica)
865 - Hendry Thomas (Wigan: Honduras)
886 - Maynor Figueroa (Wigan: Honduras)
906 - Emmerson Boyce (Wigan: Barbados)
OCEANIA
310 - Ryan Nelsen (Blackburn: New Zealand)
2039 - Winston Reid (West Ham: New Zealand)
SOUTH AMERICA
12 - Alex (Chelsea: Brazil)
23 - Carlos Tevez (Manchester City: Argentina)
34 - Heurelho Gomes (Tottenham: Brazil)
43 - Antonio Valencia (Manchester United: Ecuador)
248 - Hugo Rodallega (Wigan: Colombia)
305 - Maxi Rodriguez (Liverpool: Argentina)
320 - Lucas Leiva (Liverpool: Brazil)
436 - Denilson (Arsenal: Brazil)
450 - Pablo Zabaleta (Manchester City: Argentina)
1079 - Rafael da Silva (Manchester United: Brazil)
UK
5 - Wayne Rooney (Manchester United: England)
7 - Frank Lampard (Chelsea: England)
18 - Jermain Defoe (Tottenham: England)
37 - John Terry (Chelsea: England)
40 - Craig Gordon (Sunderland: Scotland)
66 - Ashley Cole (Chelsea: England)
72 - Joe Hart (Manchester City: England)
77 - Paul Scholes (Manchester United: England)
78 - Gareth Bale (Tottenham: Wales)
93 - Darren Fletcher (Manchester United: Scotland)
Europe (non-UK)
9 - Florent Malouda (Chelsea: France)
15 - Andrei Arshavin (Arsenal: Russia)
19 - Nicolas Anelka (Chelsea: France)
21 - Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal: Spain)
26 - Pepe Reina (Liverpool: Spain)
27 - Nani (Manchester United: Portugal)
40 - Dimitar Berbatov (Manchester United: Bulgaria)
44 - David Silva (Manchester City: Spain)
54 - Edwin van der Sar (Manchester United: Netherlands)
59 - Nemanja Vidic (Manchester United: Serbia)
Carlos Salcido?
ReplyDeleteI think Salcido will make the CONCACAF list in the next few months but so far he hasn't played enough games to add up Castrol Index points.
ReplyDeleteVela, Hernandez, Barrera, and Dos Santos could move up also but so far they haven't played enough minutes to be top ten contenders in Castrol points. I also expect Stuart Holden will move up the CONCACAF list in the coming months.
I'll do the list again when the November Castrol Rankings come out and see if anything has changed.