90min’s Welcome to World Class series has been ranking the best five players in the world in every position in 2021 – trying to get to the root of the very definition of what it means to be world class.
Now that all positions have been debated and finalised – an explainer behind the whole process can be found here – we can now reveal which clubs have contributed the most players.
This is the breakdown by club of all the players that have featured in the series. The top-ranking clubs had almost an entire starting XI of world class players…
Theo Hernandez (LB)
Jan Oblak (GK)
Erling Haaland (ST)
Son Heung-min (LF)
Harry Kane (ST)
Giorgio Chiellini (CB)
Federico Chiesa (RF)
Luke Shaw (LB)
Raphael Varane (CB)
Bruno Fernandes (AM)
Cristiano Ronaldo (ST)
Toni Kroos (CM)
Luka Modric (CM)
Vinicius Jr (LF)
Karim Benzema (ST)
Achraf Hakimi (RB)
Marco Verratti (CM)
Neymar (AM)
Lionel Messi (RF)
Kylian Mbappe (LF)
Edouard Mendy (GK)
Cesar Azpilicueta (RB)
Reece James (RB)
Antonio Rudiger (CB)
N’Golo Kante (DM)
Jorginho (DM)
Alisson (GK)
Trent Alexander-Arnold (RB)
Andrew Robertson (LB)
Virgil van Dijk (CB)
Fabinho (DM)
Mohamed Salah (RF)
Sadio Mane (LF)
Manuel Neuer (GK)
Alphonso Davies (LB)
Joshua Kimmich (DM)
Leon Goretzka (CM)
Thomas Muller (CM)
Serge Gnabry (RF)
Leroy Sane (LF)
Robert Lewandowski (ST)
Ederson (GK)
Kyle Walker (RB)
Joao Cancelo (LB)
Ruben Dias (CB)
Rodri (DM)
Ilkay Gundogan (CM)
Bernardo Silva (AM)
Kevin De Bruyne (AM)
Riyad Mahrez (RF)
