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Thiago Emiliano da Silva88+0

Philipp Lahm87+0

Sergio Ramos García87+0

Jérôme Boateng87+0

Mats Hummels86+1

Giorgio Chiellini86+0

Diego Godín86+0

Becky Sauerbrunn86+0

David Alaba85+3

Andrea Barzagli85+0

Vincent Kompany85+0

Gerard Piqué Bernabeu85+0

João Miranda de Souza Filho85+0

Christie Rampone85+0

Jordi Alba Ramos84+1

John Terry84+0

Képler Laveran Lima Ferreira84+0

Daniel Alves da Silva84+0

Laurent Koscielny84+0

Ronaldo Aparecido Rodrigues84+0

Javier Martínez Aginaga84+0

Nicolás Otamendi84+0

Nilla Fischer84+0

Aymeric Laporte83+4

Kostas Manolas83+3

Chris Smalling83+2

Wendie Renard83+2

Per Mertesacker83+0

Javier Mascherano83+0

Ezequiel Garay83+0

Sokratis Papastathopoulos83+0

Marcelo Vieira da Silva83+0

Medhi Benatia83+0

Benedikt Höwedes83+0

David Luiz Moreira Marinho83+0

Leonardo Bonucci83+0

Steph Houghton83+0

Laura Georges83+0

Raphaël Varane82+7

Julie Johnston82+6

Shkodran Mustafi82+5

Ricardo Rodriguez82+4

Alex Sandro Lobo Silva82+3

Daniel Carvajal Ramos82+3

Sven Bender82+1

Toby Alderweireld82+1

César Azpilicueta Tanco82+1

Stephan Lichtsteiner82+0

Jérémy Mathieu82+0

Pablo Zabaleta82+0

#	Player	Position	Nation	Team	OVR	POT	Growth
1	Thiago Emiliano da Silva	CB	Brazil	Paris Saint-Germain	88	88	+0
2	Philipp Lahm	RB	Germany	Bayern München	87	87	+0
3	Sergio Ramos García	CB	Spain	Real Madrid	87	87	+0
4	Jérôme Boateng	CB	Germany	Bayern München	87	87	+0
5	Mats Hummels	CB	Germany	Borussia Dortmund	86	87	+1
6	Giorgio Chiellini	CB	Italy	Juventus	86	86	+0
7	Diego Godín	CB	Uruguay	Atlético de Madrid	86	86	+0
8	Becky Sauerbrunn	CB	United States	United States Women	86	86	+0
9	David Alaba	LB	Austria	Bayern München	85	88	+3
10	Andrea Barzagli	CB	Italy	Juventus	85	85	+0
11	Vincent Kompany	CB	Belgium	Manchester City	85	85	+0
12	Gerard Piqué Bernabeu	CB	Spain	FC Barcelona	85	85	+0
13	João Miranda de Souza Filho	CB	Brazil	Inter	85	85	+0
14	Christie Rampone	CB	United States	United States Women	85	85	+0
15	Jordi Alba Ramos	LB	Spain	FC Barcelona	84	85	+1
16	John Terry	CB	England	Chelsea	84	84	+0
17	Képler Laveran Lima Ferreira	CB	Portugal	Real Madrid	84	84	+0
18	Daniel Alves da Silva	RB	Brazil	FC Barcelona	84	84	+0
19	Laurent Koscielny	CB	France	Arsenal	84	84	+0
20	Ronaldo Aparecido Rodrigues	CB	Brazil	VfL Wolfsburg	84	84	+0
21	Javier Martínez Aginaga	CB	Spain	Bayern München	84	84	+0
22	Nicolás Otamendi	CB	Argentina	Manchester City	84	84	+0
23	Nilla Fischer	CB	Sweden	Sweden Women	84	84	+0
24	Aymeric Laporte	CB	France	Athletic Club de Bilbao	83	87	+4
25	Kostas Manolas	CB	Greece	Roma	83	86	+3
26	Chris Smalling	CB	England	Manchester United	83	85	+2
27	Wendie Renard	CB	France	France Women	83	85	+2
28	Per Mertesacker	CB	Germany	Arsenal	83	83	+0
29	Javier Mascherano	CB	Argentina	FC Barcelona	83	83	+0
30	Ezequiel Garay	CB	Argentina	Zenit St. Petersburg	83	83	+0
31	Sokratis Papastathopoulos	CB	Greece	Borussia Dortmund	83	83	+0
32	Marcelo Vieira da Silva	LB	Brazil	Real Madrid	83	83	+0
33	Medhi Benatia	CB	Morocco	Bayern München	83	83	+0
34	Benedikt Höwedes	CB	Germany	FC Schalke 04	83	83	+0
35	David Luiz Moreira Marinho	CB	Brazil	Paris Saint-Germain	83	83	+0
36	Leonardo Bonucci	CB	Italy	Juventus	83	83	+0
37	Steph Houghton	CB	England	England Women	83	83	+0
38	Laura Georges	CB	France	France Women	83	83	+0
39	Raphaël Varane	CB	France	Real Madrid	82	89	+7
40	Julie Johnston	RB	United States	United States Women	82	88	+6
41	Shkodran Mustafi	CB	Germany	Valencia CF	82	87	+5
42	Ricardo Rodriguez	LB	Switzerland	VfL Wolfsburg	82	86	+4
43	Alex Sandro Lobo Silva	LB	Brazil	Juventus	82	85	+3
44	Daniel Carvajal Ramos	RB	Spain	Real Madrid	82	85	+3
45	Sven Bender	CB	Germany	Borussia Dortmund	82	83	+1
46	Toby Alderweireld	CB	Belgium	Tottenham Hotspur	82	83	+1
47	César Azpilicueta Tanco	LB	Spain	Chelsea	82	83	+1
48	Stephan Lichtsteiner	RB	Switzerland	Juventus	82	82	+0
49	Jérémy Mathieu	CB	France	FC Barcelona	82	82	+0
50	Pablo Zabaleta	RB	Argentina	Manchester City	82	82	+0