İngiliz The Guardian, her yıl yaptığı 'Dünyanın en iyi 100 futbolcusu' listesinde Arda Turan şoku! İşte en iyiler... Ousmane Dembélé, Borussia Dortmund Julian Weigl, Borussia Dortmund Thiago Alcântara, Bayern Münih Santi Cazorla, Arsenal Francesco Totti, Roma Éver Banega, Internazionale Alexandre Lacazette, Lyon Fernandinho, Manchester City Thibaut Courtois, Chelsea Adrien Silva, Sporting Dele Alli, Tottenham Hotspur Arjen Robben, Bayern Münih Raheem Sterling, Manchester City James Rodríguez, Real Madrid Juan Mata, Manchester United İlkay Gündoğan, Manchester City Blaise Matuidi, PSG Miguel Borja, Atlético Nacional Miguel Borja, Atlético Nacional Claudio Bravo, Manchester City Gianluigi Donnarumma, Milan Nani, Valencia Dani Alves, Juventus Yannick Carrasco, Atlético Madrid Roberto Firmino, Liverpool Rui Patrício, Sporting Raphaël Guerreiro, Borussia Dortmund Aaron Ramsey, Arsenal Kasper Schmeichel, Leicester City Álvaro Morata, Real Madrid Miralem Pjanic, Juventus Sadio Mané, Liverpool Laurent Koscielny, Arsenal Aritz Aduriz, Athletic Bilbao Giorgio Chiellini, Juventus Giorgio Chiellini, Juventus Gabriel Jesus, Palmeiras Douglas Costa, Bayern Münih Javier Mascherano, Barcelona David Alaba, Bayern Münih Joshua Kimmich, Bayern Münih Kévin Gameiro, Atlético Madrid Toby Alderweireld, Tottenham Hotspur Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Manchester United Philipp Lahm, Bayern Münih Keylor Navas, Real Madrid Renato Sanches, Bayern Münih Casemiro, Real Madrid Thiago Silva, PSG Mats Hummels, Bayern Münih Karim Benzema, Real Madrid Mauro Icardi, Internazionale Marcelo, Real Madrid Edinson Cavani, PSG Diego Costa, Chelsea Marco Verratti, PSG David Silva, Manchester City Ángel di María, PSG Jan Oblak, Atlético Madrid Jan Oblak, Atlético Madrid Hugo Lloris, Tottenham Hotspur Sergio Busquets, Barcelona Gerard Piqué, Barcelona Paulo Dybala, Juventus Jérôme Boateng, Bayern Münih Eden Hazard, Chelsea Ivan Rakitić, Barcelona Harry Kane, Tottenham Hotspur Arturo Vidal, Bayern Münih Thomas Müller, Bayern Münih Pepe, Real Madrid David de Gea, Manchester United Philippe Coutinho, Liverpool Dimitri Payet, West Ham United Leonardo Bonucci, Juventus Sergio Ramos, Real Madrid Diego Godín, Atlético Madrid Mesut Özil, Arsenal Gianluigi Buffon, Juventus Toni Kroos, Real Madrid Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Manchester United Jamie Vardy, Leicester City Manuel Neuer, Bayern Münih Paul Pogba, Manchester United Paul Pogba, Manchester United Andrés Iniesta, Barcelona Gonzalo Higuaín, Juventus Kevin De Bruyne, Manchester City Luka Modric, Real Madrid Sergio Agüero, Manchester City Riyad Mahrez, Leicester City Alexis Sánchez, Arsenal Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Borussia Dortmund Robert Lewandowski, Bayern Münih Gareth Bale, Real Madrid Neymar, Barcelona Antoine Griezmann, Atlético Madrid Luis Suárez, Barcelona Lionel Messi, Barcelona Cristiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid İlk 100 içerisinde Barcelona'dan 8 isim olması ancak kariyerinin en parlak sezonunu geçiren Arda Turan'a yer verilmemesi ise dikkat çekti.