Here is page five in our definitive list of our 500 Most Important Players on the Planet. For each player we have included their club and the country that club plays in, along with their nationality. The asterisks signify new entries for 2018.
Additionally, feel free to follow the player links which will take you to player biographies, and the country links will take you to their 2018 World Cup team page.
Jonas HECTOR – Cologne & Germany
Benjamin HENRICHS – Bayer Leverkusen & Germany
Javier HERNANDEZ – West Ham United (Eng) & Mexico
Hector HERRERA – Porto (Por) & Mexico*
Gonzalo HIGUAIN – Juventus (Ita) & Argentina
Alejandro HOHBERG – Alianza Lima & Peru*
Keisuke HONDA – Pachuca (Mex) & Japan*
Lukas HRADECKY – Eintracht Frankfurt (Ger) & Finland*
HULK – Shanghai SIPG (Chn) & Brazil
Mats HUMMELS – Bayern Munich & Germany
Atiba HUTCHINSON – Besiktas (Tur) & Canada*
Elseid HYSAJ – Napoli (Ita) & Albania*
Mauro ICARDI – Internazionale (Ita) & Argentina
Asier ILLARRAMENDI – Real Sociedad & Spain
Ciro IMMOBILE – Lazio & Italy*
Andres INIESTA – Barcelona & Spain
Lorenzo INSIGNE – Napoli & Italy
Isco: He is arguably the biggest star in the Spanish team (Getty Images)
JADSON- Corinthians & Brazil*
Alireza JAHANBAKHSH – AZ (Hol) & Iran*
Marko JANKOVIC- – Partizan (Ser) & Montenegro*
Jakub JANKTO – Udinese (Ita) & Czech Republic
Gonzalo JARA – Universidad de Chile & Chile*
Gabriel JESUS – Manchester City (Eng) & Brazil
JONAS – Benfica (Por) & Brazil
Nicolai JORGENSEN – Feyenoord (Hol) & Denmark
JORGINHO – Napoli & Italy*
JUANFRAN – Atletico Madrid & Spain
Pavel KADERABEK – Hoffenheim (Ger) & Czech Republic
Nikola KALINIC – Fiorentina (Ita) & Croatia
Harry KANE – Tottenham Hotspur & England
Ngolo KANTE – Chelsea (Eng) & France
Yann KARAMOH – Caen (Fra) & Ivory Coast
Moise KEAN – Juventus & Italy*
Naby KEITA – RB Leipzig (Ger) & Guinea
Omar KHRIBIN – Al Hilal (Sau) & Syria*
KI Sung-yeung – Swansea City (Eng) & South Korea*
Joshua KIMMICH – Bayern Munich & Germany
Youngster: At only 22, Kimmich is a starter for Bayern and Germany (Getty Images)
Justin KLUIVERT – Ajax & Holland*
KOKE – Atletico Madrid & Spain
Aleksandr KOKORIN – Zenit & Russia*
Vincent KOMPANY – Manchester City (Eng) & Belgium*
Geoffrey KONDOGBIA – Internazionale (Ita) & France*
KOO Ja-cheol – Augsburg (Ger) & South Korea*
Kalidou KOULIBALY – Napoli (Ita) & Senegal
Cheikhou KOUYATE – West Ham United (Eng) & Senegal*
Michael KRMENCIK – Viktoria Plzen & Czech Republic*
Toni KROOS – Real Madrid (Spa) & Germany
Yuya KUBO – Gent (Blg) & Japan*
William KVIST – Copenhagen & Denmark*
Zakaria LABYAD – Utrecht (Hol) & Morocco*
Please click the link below for page six of the 500 most important players in the world.
