Castrol Index: Top 5 EPL Players from Each Confederation

The top 5 Premier League players from each world region based on the most recent Castrol Index rankings.

Overall Index Ranking - Player (Club; Country)

AFRICA
3 - Didier Drogba (Chelsea; Cote d'Ivoire)
92 - Yaya Toure (Manchester City; Cote d'Ivoire)
120 - Alexandre Song (Arsenal; Cameroon)
149 - Marouane Chamakh (Arsenal; Morocco)
165 - Emmanuel Adebayor (Manchester City; Togo)

CONCACAF
15 - Marcus Hahnemann (Wolves; USA)
98 - Clint Dempsey (Fulham; USA)
113 - Brad Friedel (Aston Villa; USA)
299 - Tim Howard (Everton; USA)
544 - Ricardo Fuller (Stoke City; Jamaica)

ASIA
94 - Tim Cahill (Everton; Australia)
137 - Mark Schwarzer (Fulham; Australia)
405 - Chung-Yong Lee (Bolton; South Korea)
985 - Ji-Sung Park (Manchester United; South Korea)
1092 - Brett Emerton (Blackburn; Australia)

SOUTH AMERICA
18 - Carlos Tevez (Manchester City; Argentina)
36 - Heurelho Gomes (Tottenham; Brazil)
50 - Alex (Chelsea; Brazil)
50 - Antonio Valencia (Manchester United; Ecuador)
214 - Hugo Rodallega (Wigan; Colombia)

UK
4 - Wayne Rooney (Manchester United; England)
9 - Frank Lampard (Chelsea; England)
19 - Jermain Defoe (Tottenham; England)
41 - John Terry (Chelsea; England)
44 - Paul Scholes (Manchester United; England)

UEFA (Non-UK)
12 - Florent Malouda (Chelsea; France)
20 - Edwin van der Sar (Manchester United; Netherlands)
21 - David Silva (Manchester City; Spain)
23 - Andrei Arshavin (Arsenal; Russia)
24 - Nicolas Anelka (Chelsea; France)

OCEANIA
351 - Ryan Nelsen (Blackburn; New Zealand)
1924 - Winston Reid (West Ham; New Zealand)