Football club and player rankings
The best clubs and players in world football, ranked every nightOur own rankings, over the last twelve months of club football. Every result in 131,441 matches, weighed by who it came against and where. The top 50 of each, free to read; every ranked club and player by API.
The best defenders in Saudi-Arabia
Ranked over the twelve months to 29 October 2026. Narrow it to a country and it shows that country's best, with each player's place in the world beside it.
| 1 | new | MS M. SarrNEOM · KSA · 733 in the world | DEF | 3,555 | 0 | 1 | 50.8 | Open |
| 2 | new | AA Abdulelah Al AmriAl-Nassr · KSA · 787 in the world | DEF | 2,840 | 5 | 2 | 50.2 | Open |
| 3 | new | I IbañezAl-Ahli Jeddah · KSA · 1,165 in the world | DEF | 3,791 | 4 | 2 | 47.0 | Open |
| 4 | new | NB Nawaf BoushalAl-Nassr · KSA · 1,581 in the world | DEF | 2,709 | 0 | 7 | 44.1 | Open |
| 5 | new | MS M. SimakanAl-Nassr · KSA · 1,648 in the world | DEF | 2,724 | 4 | 1 | 43.7 | Open |
| 6 | new | KK K. KouyatéAl Khaleej Saihat · KSA · 1,945 in the world | DEF | 1,341 | 1 | 0 | 42.3 | Open |
| 7 | new | TH T. HernándezAl-Hilal Saudi FC · KSA · 2,072 in the world | DEF | 3,214 | 4 | 4 | 41.7 | Open |
| 8 | new | KK K. KoulibalyAl-Hilal Saudi FC · KSA · 2,198 in the world | DEF | 2,219 | 1 | 2 | 41.1 | Open |
| 9 | new | EU Edgaras UtkusAl Kholood · KSA · 2,411 in the world | DEF | 2,736 | 2 | 1 | 40.2 | Open |
| 10 | new | HT Hassan TambaktiAl-Hilal Saudi FC · KSA · 2,436 in the world | DEF | 2,511 | 1 | 0 | 40.1 | Open |
| 11 | new | BD B. DjimsitiAl Diriyah · KSA · 2,577 in the world | DEF | 3,412 | 1 | 0 | 39.5 | Open |
| 12 | new | MM Mohammed Mater Mohsin MahzariAl-Hilal Saudi FC · KSA · 2,652 in the world | DEF | 3,374 | 0 | 4 | 39.3 | Open |
| 13 | new | PH Pedro HenriqueAl-Ettifaq · KSA · 3,456 in the world | DEF | 3,114 | 3 | 0 | 36.5 | Open |
| 14 | new | DP Danilo PereiraAl-Ittihad FC · KSA · 3,525 in the world | DEF | 3,766 | 3 | 1 | 36.3 | Open |
| 15 | new | YA Yusuf AkçiçekAl-Hilal Saudi FC · KSA · 3,710 in the world | DEF | 1,351 | 0 | 0 | 35.7 | Open |
| 16 | new | AM Ali MajrashiAl-Ahli Jeddah · KSA · 3,752 in the world | DEF | 2,038 | 0 | 2 | 35.6 | Open |
| 17 | new | AL Ali LajamiAl-Hilal Saudi FC · KSA · 3,958 in the world | DEF | 1,355 | 0 | 0 | 34.9 | Open |
| 18 | new | AB Abdelkader BedraneDamac · KSA · 4,228 in the world | DEF | 1,865 | 3 | 1 | 34.2 | Open |
| 19 | new | GÁ G. ÁlvarezAl-Qadisiyah FC · KSA · 4,266 in the world | DEF | 3,393 | 0 | 1 | 34.1 | Open |
| 20 | new | KB K. BoatengAl-Fateh · KSA · 4,271 in the world | DEF | 2,938 | 3 | 0 | 34.1 | Open |
| 21 | new | N NachoAl-Qadisiyah FC · KSA · 4,476 in the world | DEF | 3,298 | 0 | 1 | 33.5 | Open |
| 22 | new | SY Saad YaslamAl-Ahli Jeddah · KSA · 4,526 in the world | DEF | 2,978 | 1 | 7 | 33.4 | Open |
| 23 | new | ÍM Íñigo MartínezAl-Nassr · KSA · 4,560 in the world | DEF | 3,152 | 2 | 0 | 33.3 | Open |
| 24 | new | SB Saeed BaattiaAl-Ahli Jeddah · KSA · 4,601 in the world | DEF | 2,841 | 1 | 0 | 33.2 | Open |
| 25 | new | TJ T. JedvajAl Shabab · KSA · 4,768 in the world | DEF | 2,236 | 4 | 0 | 32.8 | Open |
| 26 | new | ZH Zakaria HawsawiAl-Ahli Jeddah · KSA · 4,807 in the world | DEF | 2,126 | 1 | 2 | 32.7 | Open |
| 27 | new | AG Andrei GirottoAl-Faisaly FC · KSA · 4,823 in the world | DEF | 2,367 | 3 | 1 | 32.7 | Open |
| 28 | new | MA Moteb Al HarbiAl-Hilal Saudi FC · KSA · 4,934 in the world | DEF | 2,443 | 1 | 2 | 32.4 | Open |
| 29 | new | MA Muhannad Al ShanqitiAl-Ittihad FC · KSA · 5,148 in the world | DEF | 3,239 | 2 | 9 | 31.9 | Open |
| 30 | new | CM C. MbembaAl Diriyah · KSA · 5,298 in the world | DEF | 2,017 | 0 | 0 | 31.5 | Open |
| 31 | new | MP M. PetkovAl Taawon · KSA · 5,304 in the world | DEF | 2,540 | 3 | 3 | 31.5 | Open |
| 32 | new | MA Madallah Al OlayanAl-Ettifaq · KSA · 5,480 in the world | DEF | 1,552 | 1 | 1 | 31.1 | Open |
| 33 | new | RH Rayane HamidouAl-Ahli Jeddah · KSA · 5,595 in the world | DEF | 2,236 | 3 | 0 | 30.9 | Open |
| 34 | new | HK Hassan KadeshAl-Ittihad FC · KSA · 5,782 in the world | DEF | 3,222 | 1 | 1 | 30.3 | Open |
| 35 | new | YB Yoann BarbetAl Riyadh · KSA · 5,831 in the world | DEF | 2,275 | 2 | 1 | 30.2 | Open |
| 36 | new | MD M. DemiralAl-Ahli Jeddah · KSA · 5,913 in the world | DEF | 2,243 | 1 | 1 | 30.0 | Open |
| 37 | new | MA Mohammed Al BuraykNEOM · KSA · 6,220 in the world | DEF | 1,316 | 1 | 1 | 29.3 | Open |
| 38 | new | SA Sultan Al-GhannamAl-Nassr · KSA · 6,508 in the world | DEF | 1,760 | 0 | 1 | 28.7 | Open |
| 39 | new | RA R. AbascalAl Riyadh · KSA · 6,668 in the world | DEF | 2,105 | 1 | 2 | 28.4 | Open |
| 40 | new | JA Jehad Abdullatif AhmAl-Qadisiyah FC · KSA · 6,714 in the world | DEF | 2,321 | 0 | 0 | 28.3 | Open |
| 41 | new | SA Saud Al RashedAl-Hazm · KSA · 7,693 in the world | DEF | 2,069 | 0 | 5 | 26.3 | Open |
| 42 | new | FA F. AbdiAl-Ittihad FC · KSA · 7,826 in the world | DEF | 2,921 | 0 | 1 | 26.0 | Open |
| 43 | new | AA Abdulrahman Al-ObaidDamac · KSA · 8,253 in the world | DEF | 2,024 | 0 | 6 | 25.1 | Open |
| 44 | new | MB Mohammed BakorAl-Ahli Jeddah · KSA · 8,270 in the world | DEF | 1,344 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | Open |
| 45 | new | SP S. PinasAl Kholood · KSA · 8,326 in the world | DEF | 2,898 | 3 | 3 | 24.9 | Open |
| 46 | new | AB A. Ben HmidaAl-Hazm · KSA · 8,682 in the world | DEF | 1,582 | 0 | 2 | 24.2 | Open |
| 47 | new | IH Islam HawsawiNEOM · KSA · 8,706 in the world | DEF | 1,329 | 0 | 2 | 24.1 | Open |
| 48 | new | AS Ahmed SharahiliAl-Ittihad FC · KSA · 8,732 in the world | DEF | 999 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | Open |
| 49 | new | AA Abdulaziz Al-SwealemAl-Fateh · KSA · 8,738 in the world | DEF | 1,183 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | Open |
| 50 | new | MY Mohammed YousefAl-Ahli Jeddah · KSA · 8,825 in the world | DEF | 1,306 | 0 | 1 | 23.9 | Open |
Four things decide a place
Our method is our own and we keep the detail to ourselves. This is what goes into it, in plain words.
Results
Every win, draw and defeat, and by how much. A club is judged on what it did, not on its name or its wage bill.
Who it came against
Beating a strong side counts for more than beating a weak one, and the level of the competition counts too, so a European night weighs what it should.
How recent
Twelve months, rolling, with the latest matches counting for the most. Last spring still matters; last week matters more.
For players, the minutes
What a player did with his time on the pitch, judged against others in the same role, at the level he did it, and how his side fared while he played.
The same rankings, one call away
Four endpoints on the Live & Archive plan. Pick one to see the call and what it answers tonight.
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