Bekijk hier een overzicht met de beste voetballers van 2021, met onder andere voor het eerst in 10 jaar tijd geen Lionel Messi of Cristiano Ronaldo in de top 3 van deze lijst. Verrassend in de lijst is Joshua Kimmich, misschien we de beste middenvelder van dit moment. Met 7 doelpunten en 17 assists, was hij enorm belangrijk in de successen van Bayern München in 2020.
Daarnaast natuurlijk Robert Lewandowski als beste speler van 2020. De doelpunten die hij maakte in 2020 maakte hem tot de beste speler van 2021.
| Plaats | Voetballer | Club |
| 1 | Robert Lewandowski | Bayern Munich |
| 2 | Joshua Kimmich | Bayern Munich |
| 3 | Kevin De Bruyne | Manchester City |
| 4 | Sadio Mané | Liverpool |
| 5 | Erling Braut Haaland | Borussia Dortmund |
| 6 | Lionel Messi | Barcelona |
| 7 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Juventus |
| 8 | Kylian Mbappé | Paris St-Germain |
| 9 | Mohamed Salah | Liverpool |
| 10 | Neymar | Paris St-Germain |
| 11 | Virgil van Dijk | Liverpool |
| 12 | Karim Benzema | Real Madrid |
| 13 | Sergio Ramos | Real Madrid |
| 14 | Thomas Müller | Bayern Munich |
| 15 | Manuel Neuer | Bayern Munich |
| 16 | Serge Gnabry | Bayern Munich |
| 17 | Thiago Alcântara | Liverpool |
| 18 | Trent Alexander-Arnold | Liverpool |
| 19 | Romelu Lukaku | Internazionale |
| 20 | Harry Kane | Tottenham Hotspur |
| 21 | Bruno Fernandes | Manchester United |
| 22 | Son Heung-min | Tottenham Hotspur |
| 23 | Alphonso Davies | Bayern Munich |
| 24 | Ciro Immobile | Lazio |
| 25 | Zlatan Ibrahimovic | Milan |
| 26 | Alisson | Liverpool |
| 27 | Raheem Sterling | Manchester City |
| 28 | Jan Oblak | Atlético Madrid |
| 29 | Jadon Sancho | Borussia Dortmund |
| 30 | Timo Werner | Chelsea |
| 31 | David Alaba | Bayern Munich |
| 32 | Alejandro “Papu” Gómez | Atalanta |
| 33 | Jordan Henderson | Liverpool |
| 34 | Andrew Robertson | Liverpool |
| 35 | Jamie Vardy | Leicester City |
| 36 | Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | Arsenal |
| 37 | João Félix | Atlético Madrid |
| 38 | Ángel Di María | Paris St-Germain |
| 39 | Paulo Dybala | Juventus |
| 40 | Leon Goretzka | Bayern Munich |
| 41 | Marcus Rashford | Manchester United |
| 42 | Toni Kroos | Real Madrid |
| 43 | Roberto Firmino | Liverpool |
| 44 | Lautaro Martínez | Inter |
| 45 | Ansu Fati | Barcelona |
| 46 | Thibaut Courtois | Real Madrid |
| 47 | Kingsley Coman | Bayern Munich |
| 48 | Marc-André ter Stegen | Barcelona |
| 49 | Marquinhos | Paris St-Germain |
| 50 | Kai Havertz | Chelsea |
| 51 | Fabinho | Liverpool |
| 52 | Dayot Upamecano | RB Leipzig |
| 53 | Lucas Ocampos | Sevilla |
| 54 | Thiago Silva | Chelsea |
| 55 | N’Golo Kanté | Chelsea |
| 56 | Casemiro | Real Madrid |
| 57 | Duván Zapata | Atalanta |
| 58 | Luis Suárez | Atlético Madrid |
| 59 | Jack Grealish | Aston Villa |
| 60 | Hakim Ziyech | Chelsea |
| 61 | Josip Ilicic | Atalanta |
| 62 | Kalidou Koulibaly | Napoli |
| 63 | Diogo Jota | Liverpool |
| 64 | Memphis Depay | Lyon |
| 65 | Sergio Agüero | Manchester City |
| 66 | Federico Valverde | Real Madrid |
| 67 | Keylor Navas | Paris St-Germain |
| 68 | Marcel Sabitzer | RB Leipzig |
| 69 | Matthijs de Ligt | Juventus |
| 70 | Bernardo Silva | Manchester City |
| 71 | Luka Modric | Real Madrid |
| 72 | Houssem Aouar | Lyon |
| 73 | Georginio Wijnaldum | Liverpool |
| 74 | Martin Ødegaard | Real Madrid |
| 75 | Leroy Sané | Bayern Munich |
| 76 | Achraf Hakimi | Internazionale |
| 77 | Riyad Mahrez | Manchester City |
| 78 | Raúl Jiménez | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
| 79 | Frenkie de Jong | Barcelona |
| 80 | Dominic Calvert-Lewin | Everton |
| 81 | Philippe Coutinho | Barcelona |
| 82 | Richarlison | Everton |
| 83 | Eden Hazard | Real Madrid |
| 84 | Dries Mertens | Napoli |
| 85 | Thomas Partey | Arsenal |
| 86 | Jesús Navas | Sevilla |
| 87 | Eduardo Camavinga | Rennes |
| 88 | Marcos Llorente | Atlético Madrid |
| 89 | Ederson | Manchester City |
| 90 | Antoine Griezmann | Barcelona |
| 91 | Robin Gosens | Atalanta |
| 92 | Nicolò Barella | Internazionale |
| 93 | Éver Banega | Al Shabab |
| 94 | Ferran Torres | Manchester City |
| 95 | Álvaro Morata | Juventus |
| 96 | Dominik Szoboszlai | Red Bull Salzburg |
| 97 | Jérôme Boateng | Bayern Munich |
| 98 | Luis Alberto | Lazio |
| 99 | Presnel Kimpembe | Paris St-Germain |
| 100 | Wissam Ben Yedder | Monaco |