Here is page six 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.
Michael LANG – Basle & Switzerland
Aymeric LAPORTE – Manchester City (Eng) & France
LEE Dong-gook – Jeonbuk Motors & South Korea
LEE Jae-sung – Jeonbuk Motors & South Korea
Thomas LEMAR – Monaco & France
Pedro LEON – Eibar & Spain*
Robert LEWANDOWSKI – Bayern Munich (Ger) & Poland
Top: Lewandowski topped World Cup qualifying with 16 goals (Getty Images)
Stephan LICHTSTEINER – Juventus (Ita) & Switzerland
Lucas LIMA – Palmeiras & Brazil
Jesse LINGARD – Manchester United & England
Marko LIVAJA – Las Palmas (Spa) & Croatia*
Hugo LLORIS – Tottenham Hotspur (Eng) & France
Nicolas LODEIRO – Seattle Sounders (USA) & Uruguay
Gaston LODICO – Lanus & Argentina*
Anthony LOPES – Lyon (Fra) & Portugal*
Jordan LOTOMBA – Young Boys & Switzerland*
Hirving LOZANO – PSV (Hol) & Mexico
LUAN – Gremio & Brazil
LUIZ GUSTAVO – Marseille (Fra) & Brazil*
Romelu LUKAKU – Manchester United (Eng) & Belgium
Riyad MAHREZ – Leicester City (Eng) & Algeria
Lovro MAJER – Lokomotiva and Croatia*
Tomoaki MAKINO – Urawa Red Diamonds & Japan*
MALCOM – Bordeaux (Fra) & Brazil
Mario MANDZUKIC – Juventus (Ita) & Croatia
Sadio MANE – Liverpool (Eng) & Senegal
Petros MANTALOS – AEK & Greece*
MARCELO – Real Madrid (Spa) & Brazil
Agustin MARCHESIN – America (Mex) & Argentina*
MARQUINHOS – Paris Saint-Germain (Fra) & Brazil*
Henry MARTIN – America & Mexico*
Inigo Martinez – Athletic Bilbao & Spain
Javi MARTINEZ – Bayern Munich (Ger) & Spain
Lautaro MARTINEZ – Racing & Argentina*
Nemanja MATIC – Manchester United (Eng) & Serbia
Blaise MATUIDI – Juventus (Ita) & France
Philipp MAX – Augsburg & Germany*
Noussair MAZRAOUI – Ajax (Hol) & Morocco*
Kylian MBAPPE – Paris Saint-Germain & France
Jesus MEDINA – New York City (USA) & Paraguay*
Stefan MEDINA – Monterrey (Mex) & Colombia*
Dries MERTENS – Napoli (Ita) & Belgium
Messi: The worlds best player (Getty Images)
Lionel MESSI – Barcelona (Spa) & Argentina
Thomas MEUNIER – Paris Saint-Germain (Fra) & Belgium*
Max Meyer – Schalke (Ger) & Germany*
John Obi MIKEL – Tianjin TEDA (Chn) & Nigeria*
Sergej MILINKOVIC-SAVIC – Lazio (Ita) & Serbia*
Yerry MINA – Barcelona (Spa) & Colombia
Aleksei MIRANCHUK – Lokomotiv Moscow & Russia*
MIRANDA – Internazionale (Ita) & Brazil
Henrikh MKHITARYAN – Arsenal (Eng) & Armenia
Please click the link below for page 7 of the 500 most important players on the planet.
