The ranking of the world's best football players has been published.

Axar.az reports that the list was compiled by sports media outlet ESPN.

Barcelona forward Lamine Yamal tops the ranking.

The ranking's author, Ryan O'Hanlon, assessed players based on how much adding each footballer to an average team competing at the Champions League round-of-16 level would increase that team's chances of winning the tournament. Injured players were excluded from the list.

Top 10 football players in the world:

1) Lamine Yamal (Barcelona)

2) Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid)

3) Michael Olise (Bayern Munich)

4) Raphinha (Barcelona)

5) Harry Kane (Bayern Munich)

6) Kylian Mbappe (Real Madrid)

7) Declan Rice (Arsenal)

8) Erling Haaland (Manchester City)

9) Pedri (Barcelona)

10) Vitinha (Paris Saint-Germain)