Here is page two 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.
Wissam BEN YEDDER – Sevilla (Spa) & France
Mehdi BENATIA – Juventus (Ita) & Morocco*
Cristian BENAVENTE – Charleroi (Blg) & Peru*
Lars BENDER – Bayer Leverkusen (Ger) & Germany*
Rodrigo BENTANCUR – Juventus (Ita) & Uruguay*
Karim BENZEMA – Real Madrid (Spa) & France
Marcus BERG – Al Ain (UAE) & Sweden
Jerome BOATENG – Bayern Munich (Ger) & Germany
Leonardo BONUCCI – Milan (Ita) & Italy
Miguel BORJA – Palmeiras (Bra) & Colombia
Sofiane BOUFAL – Southampton (Eng) & Morocco*
Mbark BOUSSOUFA – Al Jazira (UAE) & Morocco*
Filip BRADARIC – Rijeka & Croatia*
Michael BRADLEY – Toronto (USA) & USA
Yacine BRAHIMI – Porto (Por) & Algeria
Julian BRANDT – Bayer Leverkusen (Ger) & Germany
Constantin BUDESCU – Steaua (Rom) & Romania*
Gigi BUFFON – Juventus (Ita) & Italy
Defence: Bonucci and Buffon are important in any team they play in (Getty Images)
Diego BUONANOTTE – Universidad Catolica (Chl) & Argentina*
BURAK Yilmaz – Trabzonspor (Tur) & Turkey*
Sergio BUSQUETS – Barcelona (Spa) & Spain
Bohdan BUTKO – Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukr) & Ukraine*
Mattia CALDARA – Juventus & Italy*
Daniel CALIGIURI – Schalke (Ger) & Germany*
Jose CALLEJON – Napoli (Ita) & Spain
Nestor CAMACHO – Olimpia (Par) & Paraguay
Martin CAMPANA – Independiente (Arg) & Uruguay*
Antonio CANDREVA – Internazionale (Ita) & Italy
Oscar CARDOZO – Libertad (Par) & Paraguay*
Dani CARVAJAL – Real Madrid (Spa) & Spain
William CARVALHO – Sporting (Por) & Portugal
CASEMIRO – Real Madrid (Spa) & Brazil
CASSIO – Corinthians (Bra) & Brazil*
Nicolas CASTILLO – Pumas (Mex) & Chile
Lucas CAVALLINI – Penarol (Uru) & Canada
Edinson CAVANI – Paris Saint-Germain (Fra) & Uruguay
PSG: Cavani plays up top for Paris Saint Germain (Getty Images)
CENGIZ Under – Roma (Ita) & Turkey*
Franco CERVI – Benfica (Por) & Argentina*
Yimmi CHARA – Junior (Col) & Colombia*
Sunil CHHETRI – Bengaluru (Ind) & India*
Giorgio CHIELLINI – Juventus (Ita) & Italy
Federico CHIESA – Fiorentina (Ita) & Italy*
Andreas CHRISTENSEN- Chelsea (Eng) & Denmark*
Kingsley COMAN – Bayern Munich (Ger) & France*
Andrea CONTI – Milan & Italy*
Jesus CORONA – Porto (Por) & Mexico
Diego COSTA – Atletico Madrid (Spa) & Spain
Ayrton COUGO – Defensor & Uruguay*
Thibaut COURTOIS – Chelsea (Eng) & Belgium
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