Can we just come together to stop this traction of simply using your automatic captain? What do I mean by this? Well, whenever you start managing a new team, the default captain will always be your number ‘8’ regardless of what formation you choose. And whenever I see an actual manager who hasn’t even taken the four seconds to choose his actual club captain, it absolutely annoys me…
So, I have decided to do everyone a favor by showcasing the top 100 leaders within SMW based on their ‘Leadership’ attributes within the well beloved singular player mode game, Soccermanager 23 (Sidenote: be on the lookout because SM24 will be out in a few short days!).
Since there are so many different players within SMW, I have decided to split these lists up based on the different age ranges to ensure that every player gets represented within each list
Additionally, Before we commence, I have to let you know that these lists are based on players who are rated between 90-99
Alrighty, Let GOOOO!!!
19-25
1.Aaron Tamsdale 88 🏴
2.Nordi Mukiele 🇫🇷
3.Gonzalez Pedri 88 🇪🇸
4.Diogo Costa 88 🇵🇹
5. Robert Sánchez 88 🇪🇸
6.Erling Haaland 87 🇳🇴
7.Kylian Mbappe 86 🇫🇷
8.Jadon Sancho 86 🏴
9.Trent Alexander Arnold 85 🏴
10.Vinicius Júnior 84 🇧🇷
11. Federico Valverde 84 🇺🇾
12.Phil Foden 84 🏴
13.Bukayo Saka 84 🏴
14.Gianluigi Donnaruma 83 🇮🇹
15.Alessandro Bastoni 83 🇮🇹
16. Mattias De Ligt 83 🇳🇱
17.Alphonso Davies 83 🍁
18. Ashraf Hakimi 83 🇲🇦
19. Reece James 83 🏴
20. Aurélien Tchouameni 83 🇫🇷
21.Marcus Rashford 83 🏴
22. Dayot Upamecano 82 🇫🇷
23. Jules Koundé 82 🇫🇷
24. Theo Hernández 82 🇫🇷
25. Bruno Guimãres 82 🇧🇷
26.Federico Chiesa 82 🇮🇹
27.Christopher Nkunku 82 🇫🇷
28.Éder Militão 82 🇧🇷
29.Martin Odegaard 82 🇳🇴
30. Jude Bellingham 82 🏴
31. Raphael Leao 82 🇵🇹
32. Nicholas Schlotterbeck 82 🇩🇪
33.Tammy Abraham 82 🏴
34. Ben White 82 🏴
35. Dušan Vlahović 81 🇷🇸
36.Gabriel Martinelli 81 🇧🇷
37.Mason Mount 81 🏴
38.Goes Rodrygo 81 🇧🇷
39.Victor Osimhen 81 🇳🇬
40.Joško Gvardiol 81 🇭🇷
41.Jamal Musiala 81 🇩🇪
42. Sandro Tonali 80 🇮🇹
43. Pablo Gavi 80 🇪🇸
44.Declan Rice 🏴
45. Enzo Fernández 80 🇦🇷
46. Christian Pulisic 80 🇺🇸
47. Santos Antony 80 🇧🇷
48. Kai Havertz 80 🇩🇪
49. João Félix 80 🇵🇹
50. Julián Álvarez 80 🇦🇷
51.Khvicha Kvaratskhelia 80 🇬🇪
52.Darwin Núñez 80 🇺🇾
53. Fikayo Timori 80 🏴
54.Cristian Romero 80 🇦🇷
55. Lisandro Martínez 80 🇦🇷
56. Willam Saliba 80 🇫🇷
57.Eduardo Camavinga 79 🇫🇷
58.Ismaël Bennacer 79 🇩🇿
59.Alexis Mac Allister 79 🇦🇷
60.Manuel Locatelli 79 🇮🇹
61. Moussa Diaby 79 🇫🇷
62.Dejan Kulusevski 79 🇸🇪
63. Ronald Araújo 79 🇺🇾
64.Ibrahim Konaté 79 🇫🇷
65. Pierre Kalulu 79 🇫🇷
66. Jurriën Timber 79 🇳🇱
67. Marc Cucurella 79 🇪🇸
68. Florian Wirtz 79 🇩🇪
69. Cody Gakpo 79 🇳🇱
70.Sven Botman 79 🇳🇱
71.Tuen Koopmeiners 78 🇳🇱
72.Martín Zubimendi 78 🇪🇸
73.Jonathan David 78 🍁
74. Nicola Milenković 78 🇷🇸
75.Ferrán Torres 78 🇪🇸
75. Dani Olmo 78 🇪🇸
77.Dominik Szoboszlai 78 🇭🇺
78.Alexander Isak 78 🇸🇪
79. Gabriel Malgaháes 78 🇧🇷
80.Edmond Tapsoba 78
81.Gregor Kobel 77 🇸🇪
82.Federico DiMarco 77 🇮🇹
83. Randal Kolo Muani 77 🇫🇷
84.Roge Ibañez 77 🇧🇷
85.Juan Foyth 77 🇦🇷
86.Nahuel Molina 77 🇦🇷
87.Jeremie Frimpong 77 🇳🇱
88. Ibrahim Sangaré 77 (Ivory Cost)
89.Edson Álvarez 77 🇲🇽
90.Douglas Luiz 77 🇧🇷
91.Moisés Caicedo 77 🇨🇴
92.Nicolás González 77 🇦🇷
93. Yéremy Pino 77 🇪🇸
94. Pedro Gonçalves 77 🇵🇹
95.Samuel Chukwueze76 🇳🇬
96.Pervis Estupiñan 76 🇨🇴
26-30
1.V.Lindelöf 88 🇸🇪
2.Unai Simón 88 🇪🇸
3.Odysseas Vlachodimos 88 🇬🇷
4.Pitor Zielinski 88 🇵🇱
5.Mike Maignan 88 🇫🇷
6.Mikel Oyarzabal 88 🇪🇸
7.Denis Zakaria 88 🇨🇭
8.Iñaki Williams 88 🇪🇸
9.Harry Maguire 88 🏴
10.Becker Alisson 87 🇧🇷
11.Marco Verratti 87 🇮🇹
12.Joshua Kimmich 86 🇩🇪
13.Harry Kane 86 🏴
14.Jan Oblak 85 🇸🇮
15.João Cancelo 85 🇵🇹
16.Corrêa Marquinhos 85 🇧🇷
17.Bernardo Silva 85 🇵🇹
18.Moares Ederson 85 🇧🇷
18.Bruno Fernandes 84 🇵🇹
20. Hernández Rodri 84 🇪🇸
21.Frenkie De Jong 84 🇳🇱
22. Marcelo Brozović 83 🇭🇷
23. Romelu Lukaku 83 🇧🇪
24.Raphaël Varane 83 🇫🇷
25.Serge Gnarby 83 🇩🇪
26.Raheem Sterling 83 🏴
26.Ivan Toney 82 🏴
28.Pau Torres 82 🇪🇸
29.Yves Bissouma 82 (Ivory Coast)
30. Nico Elvedi 82 🇨🇭
31. Ruben Dias 82 🇵🇹
32. Paolo Dybala 82 🇦🇷
33. Nicollò Barella 82 🇮🇹
34. Leon Goretzka 82 🇩🇪
35.Diogo Jota 82 🇵🇹
36.Luis Díaz 82 🇨🇴
37. Tavares Fabinho 82 🇧🇷
38.Kingsley Coman 82 🇫🇷
39.Antonio Rüdiger 82 🇩🇪
40.Álvaro Morata 82 🇪🇸
41.Lorenzo Pellegrini 82 🇮🇹
42.Luis Alberto 82 🇪🇸
43.Granit Xhaka 82 🇨🇭
44.Rúben Neves 82 🇵🇹
45. Willie Orban 82 🇭🇺
46.Alessandro Romagnoli 82 🇮🇹
47. Chancel Mbemba 82 (DR Congo)
48. Aymeric Laporte 81 🇪🇸
49.Geffeorey Kondogbia 81 (Central Africa)
50.Lautaro Martínez 81 🇦🇷
51.John Stones 81 🏴
52.Gabriel Jesus 81 🇧🇷
53.Ousmane Dembélé 81 🇫🇷
54.Leroy Sané 81 🇩🇪
55.Matteo Kovaçić 81 🇭🇷
56.Thomas Partey 81 🇬🇭
57.Lucas Hernández 81 🇫🇷
58.José María Giménez 81 🇺🇾
59.Milan Skriniar 81 🇸🇰
60. Marcos Llorente 81 🇪🇸
61.Paul Pogba 81 🇫🇷
62. Sergej Milinković-Savić 🇷🇸
63.Ferland Mendy 80 🇫🇷
64.Marcel Sabitzer 80 🇦🇹
65.Frank Kessié 80 (Ivory Coast)
66.Fabián Ruiz 80 🇫🇷
67.Marco Asensio 80 🇪🇸
68.Belloli Raphinha 80 🇧🇷
69.James Maddison 80 🏴
70.Timo Werner 80 🇩🇪
71. Luke Shaw 80 🏴
72.Jack Grealish 80 🏴
73.Jordan Veretout 80 🇫🇷
74.Wilfred Ndidi 80 🇳🇬
75.Saúl Ninguez 80 🇪🇸
76.Rodrigues Fred 80 🇧🇷
77.João Mário 80 🇵🇹
78.Filip Kostić 80 🇷🇸
79.Hakim Ziyech 80 🇲🇦
80. Mauro Icardi 80 🇦🇷
81.Wilfred Zaha 80 (Ivory Coast)
82.Memphis Depay 80 🇳🇱
83. Jordan Pickford 80 🏴
84. André Onana 80 🇨🇲
85. Niklas Sulë 80 🇩🇪
86.Gleison Bremer 80 🇧🇷
87.Benjamin Pavard 80 🇫🇷
88. Josè Gaya 80 🇪🇸
89. Presnel Kimpembe 80 🇫🇷
90.Adrian Rabiot 80 🇫🇷
91.Youri Tielimans 80 🇧🇪
92.Giovanni Di Lorenzo 79 🇮🇹
93. Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg 79 🇩🇰
94.Raphaël Guerreiro 79 🇵🇹
95. Mikel Merino 79 🇪🇸
96. Rodrigo De Paul 79 🇦🇷
97.Oleksandr Zinchenko 79 🇺🇦
98. Frank Anguissa 79 🇨🇲
99. Hakan Çalhanoĝlu 79 🇹🇷
100.Lukas Klostermann 79 🇩🇪
There were 65 other players aged between 26-30 that didn’t make the cut…. 😶
31+
1.Luka Modrić 100 🇭🇷
2. Karim Benzema 100 🇫🇷
3. Manuel Neuer 100 🇩🇪
4. Robert Lewandowski 100 🇵🇱
5. Ferreira Pepe 100 🇵🇹
6.Raúl Albiol 100 🇪🇸
7.Jesús Navas 100 🇪🇸
8.Luis Suárez 100 🇺🇾
9.Hugo Lloris 100 🇫🇷
10.Leonardo Bonnuci 99 🇮🇹
11. Kylor Navas 99 (Costa Rica)
12.Edin Džeko 99 (Boznia&Herzegovina)
13. Olivier Giroud 98 🇫🇷
14.Ángel Di María 96 🇦🇷
15.Sergio Busquets 96 🇪🇸
16.Mats Hummels 96 🇩🇪
17.Dani Parejo 94 🇪🇸
18.Thomas Müller 94 🇩🇪
19.Marcos Acuña 94 🇦🇷
20.Fernando Reges 94 🇧🇷
21.Iago Aspas 94 🇪🇸
22.Pierre Emrick Aubameyang 93 🇬🇦
23.Juan Cuadrado 93 🇨🇴
24. Marco Reus 93 🇩🇪
25.Dušan Tadić 93 🇷🇸
26. Toni Kroos 93 🇩🇪
27.The G.O.A.T 92 🇵🇹
28.Virgil Van Dijk 92 🇳🇱
29.Jordi Alba 92 🇪🇸
30. Nicolás Otamendi 92 🇦🇷
31.Rui Patrício 92 🇵🇹
32.Alexis Sánchez 91 🇨🇱
33.Mohamad Salah 91 🇪🇬
34.Ivan Perišić 91 🇭🇷
35.Axel Witsel 91 🇧🇪
36.Yann Sommer 91 🇨🇭
37. Ivan Rakitić 91 🇭🇷
38.César Aszpilicueta 90 🇪🇸
39.Júnior Neymar 90 🇧🇷
40.Ilkay Gündoĝan 90 🇩🇪
41 Henrikh Mkihitaryan 90 🇦🇲
42.Wojciech Szczęsny 90 🇵🇱
43.Jordan Henderson 90 🏴
44. Kyle Walker 89 🏴
45.Alcântara Thiago 89 🇪🇸
46.Kieran Trippier 88 🏴
47.Antoine Griezmann 88 🇫🇷
48.Casemiro 88 🇧🇷
49.Heung-Min Son 88 (South Korea)
50. Georgino Wijnaldum 88 🇳🇱
51.Marten De Roon 88 🇳🇱
52.Danilo Perreira 88 🇵🇹
53.Kalidou Koulibaly 88 🇸🇳
54. N’golo Kanté 🇫🇷
55. Joël Matip 87 🇨🇲
56.Péter Gulácsi 87 🇭🇺
57.David De Gea 87 🇪🇸
58.Wissam Ben Yedder 87 🇫🇷
59.Roberto Firmino 87 🇧🇷
60.Sadio Mané 87 🇸🇳
61.David Alaba 87 🇦🇹
62.Thibaut Courtois 87 🇧🇪
63.Daley Blind 87 🇳🇱
64.Frello Jorginho 86 🇮🇹
65.Riyad Mahrez 86 🇩🇿
66.Marc-André Ter Stegen 86 🇩🇪
67.Kevin De Bruyne 86 🇧🇪
68.Lionel Messi 86 🇦🇷
69.Rafael Tolói 86 🇮🇹
70.Stefan Savić 86 🇲🇪
71.Jorge Koke 85 🇪🇸
72.Lorenzo Insinge 85 🇮🇹
73.Sergio Canales 85 🇪🇸
74.Eduard Mendy 84 🇸🇳
75.Yassine Bounou 84 🇲🇦
76.Christian Eriksen 84 🇩🇰
77.Stefan De Vrij 84 🇳🇱
78. Andrej Kramarić 84 🇭🇷
79.Alexandre Lacazette 84 🇫🇷
80.Luiz Danilo 83 🇧🇷
81.Dani Carvajal 83 🇪🇸
82.Gerard Moreno 83 🇪🇸
83. Ciro Immobile 82 🇮🇹
84.Francesco Acerbi 82 🇮🇹
85.Emiliano Martínez 82 🇦🇷
86.Mehdi Taremi 82 🇮🇷
87.Alex Sandro 82 🇧🇷
88.Thiago Silva 82 🇧🇷
89.Sergio Ramos 82 🇪🇸
90.Nick Pope 82 🏴
91.Iñigo Martinez 82 🇪🇸
92.Lewis Dunk 81 🏴
93.Pascal Gross 81 🇩🇪
94.Emil Forsberg 81 🇸🇪
95.Nicolás Tagliafico 80 🇦🇷
96.Jonas Hofman 80 🇩🇪
97. William Carvalho 80 🇵🇹
98.Callum Wilson 79 🏴
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