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Harry Kane Tops Marca’s 100 Best Players of 2025-26
Harry Kane was named the top player in Marca’s ranking for the 2025-26 season.
The Bayern Munich striker finished ahead of Barcelona’s Lamine Yamal in second and Real Madrid’s Kylian Mbappé in third.
More than 200 former players, journalists and analysts voted on performances for clubs and national teams.
The list also placed Manchester City’s Rodri fourth and Paris Saint-Germain’s Khvicha Kvaratskhelia fifth.
Lionel Messi ranked sixth for Inter Miami, while Cristiano Ronaldo, who plays for Al Nassr, came 33rd.
The rankings offer a view of how a large international panel assessed players across different leagues and teams.
Marca is releasing the 100-player list in stages, with its initial announcement covering places 100 to 81.
Harry Kane topped Marca’s ranking of the 100 best players of the 2025-26 season.
Lamine Yamal placed second and Kylian Mbappé was third.
More than 200 former players, journalists and analysts voted in the ranking.
Rodri ranked fourth, while Khvicha Kvaratskhelia finished fifth.
Marca’s list included players from clubs and national teams around the world.
- Who
- Harry Kane topped the ranking, ahead of Lamine Yamal and Kylian Mbappé.
- What
- Marca published its ranking of the 100 best players of the 2025-26 season.
- When
- The articles were published on October 22 and 23, 2026.
- Where
- Marca published the ranking; the voters came from around the world.
- Why
- The jury assessed players’ performances with their clubs and national teams during the season.
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Marca announced its 100-player ranking and began revealing the list from positions 100 to 81.
Goal.com reported that Kane was first, followed by Yamal and Mbappé.
Sky.de published a report about Kane winning the Marca 100 award.
- Top-ranked player
- Harry Kane
- Second place
- Lamine Yamal
- Third place
- Kylian Mbappé
- Voters
- More than 200 former players, journalists and analysts
- Season covered
- 2025-26
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