True, but remember Barca had an injury crisis last season, and has had the same this season too. Surely that’s not an excuse since injuries are part of the game, but he was still decent. Definitely deserves a mention in the top ten or at least the honorable mentions IMHO.

Xavi definitely deserves to be here. He comfortably won the League with a very young and inexperienced Barca squad. Dominated and won the Spanish Supercup against Madrid. Barca had one of the best defensive records ever.

Griezmann usually does a lot of tracking back, defending, providing, and attacking everything in a game. Esp for Atleti.