De krant The Guardian heeft een top 100 van de beste voetballers WK 2014 gemaakt obv de resultaten van de afgelopen 2 jaar. In deze top 100 WK 2014 beste voetballers en dus favorieten staan drie Nederlanders: Robin van Persie, Arjen Robben en Kevin Strootman. Een mooie prestatie. Hieronder de beste voetballers van het Wereld kampioenschap voetbal 2014 in een overzicht en Ranglijst top 100. Met hierin de naam (voetballer), de positie vorige jaar en het jaar ervoor, positie, club, nationaliteit en leeftijd.
De top 100 WK 2014 beste voetballers:
| 2013 | 2012 | Naam | Positie | Club | Nationaliteit | Leeftijd |
| 1 | 1 | Lionel Messi | Aanvaller | Barcelona | Argentina | 26 |
| 2 | 2 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Aanvaller | Real Madrid | Portugal | 28 |
| 3 | 5 | Zlatan Ibrahimovic | Aanvaller | PSG | Sweden | 32 |
| 4 | 28 | Franck Ribery | Middenvelder | Bayern Munich | France | 30 |
| 5 | 4 | Andres Iniesta | Middenvelder | Barcelona | Spain | 29 |
| 6 | 13 | Neymar | Aanvaller | Barcelona | Brazil | 21 |
| 7 | 40 | Gareth Bale | Middenvelder | Real Madrid | Wales | 24 |
| 8 | 3 | Xavi | Middenvelder | Barcelona | Spain | 33 |
| 9 | 21 | Luis Suarez | Aanvaller | Liverpool | Uruguay | 26 |
| 10 | 11 | Sergio Aguero | Aanvaller | Manchester City | Argentina | 25 |
| 11 | 7 | Robin van Persie | Aanvaller | Manchester Utd | Netherlands | 30 |
| 12 | 17 | Mesut Ozil | Middenvelder | Arsenal | Germany | 25 |
| 13 | 10 | Edinson Cavani | Aanvaller | Napoli | Uruguay | 26 |
| 14 | 66 | Arjen Robben | Middenvelder/Aanvaller | Bayern Munich | Netherlands | 29 |
| 15 | 25 | Philipp Lahm | Verdediger | Bayern Munich | Germany | 30 |
| 16 | 6 | Radamel Falcao | Aanvaller | Atlético Madrid | Colombia | 27 |
| 17 | 16 | Thiago Silva | Verdediger | PSG | Brazil | 29 |
| 18 | 70 | Robert Lewandowski | Aanvaller | Borussia Dortmund | Poland | 25 |
| 19 | 9 | Yaya Toure | Middenvelder | Manchester City | Ivory Coast | 30 |
| 20 | 19 | Bastian Schweinsteiger | Middenvelder | Bayern Munich | Germany | 29 |
| 21 | 8 | Andrea Pirlo | Middenvelder | Juventus | Italy | 34 |
| 22 | 29 | Manuel Neuer | Doelman | Bayern Munich | Germany | 27 |
| 23 | 27 | Marco Reus | Middenvelder/Aanvaller | Borussia Dortmund | Germany | 24 |
| 24 | 20 | Gianluigi Buffon | Doelman | Juventus | Italy | 35 |
| 25 | 33 | Thomas Muller | Aanvaller | Bayern Munich | Germany | 24 |
| 26 | 57 | Arturo Vidal | Middenvelder | Juventus | Chile | 26 |
| 27 | 14 | Sergio Busquets | Middenvelder | Barcelona | Spain | 25 |
| 28 | 31 | Wayne Rooney | Aanvaller | Manchester Utd | England | 28 |
| 29 | 36 | Cesc Fabregas | Middenvelder | Barcelona | Spain | 26 |
| 30 | 32 | Juan Mata | Middenvelder | Chelsea | Spain | 25 |
| 31 | NE | Francesco Totti | Aanvaller | Roma | Italy | 37 |
| 32 | 18 | David Silva | Middenvelder | Manchester City | Spain | 27 |
| 33 | 67 | Mario Balotelli | Aanvaller | Milan | Italy | 23 |
| 34 | 34 | Mario Götze | Middenvelder/Aanvaller | Borussia Dortmund | Germany | 21 |
| 35 | NE | Diego da Silva Costa | Aanvaller | Atlético Madrid | Brazil | 25 |
| 36 | 37 | Oscar | Middenvelder | Chelsea | Brazil | 22 |
| 37 | 15 | Xabi Alonso | Middenvelder | Real Madrid | Spain | 32 |
| 38 | 42 | Daniele De Rossi | Middenvelder | Roma | Italy | 30 |
| 39 | 24 | Gerard Pique | Verdediger | Barcelona | Spain | 26 |
| 40 | 53 | Toni Kroos | Middenvelder | Bayern Munich | Germany | 23 |
| 41 | 43 | Dani Alves | Verdediger | Barcelona | Brazil | 30 |
| 42 | 23 | Vincent Kompany | Verdediger | Manchester City | Belgium | 27 |
| 43 | NE | David Alaba | Verdediger/Middenvelder | Bayern Munich | Austria | 21 |
| 44 | NE | Ilkay Gündogan | Middenvelder | Borussia Dortmund | Germany | 23 |
| 45 | 22 | Sergio Ramos | Verdediger | Real Madrid | Spain | 27 |
| 46 | 48 | Carlos Tevez | Aanvaller | Juventus | Argentina | 29 |
| 47 | NE | Thibaut Courtois | Doelman | Atlético Madrid | Belgium | 21 |
| 48 | 77 | Mario Mandzukic | Aanvaller | Bayern Munich | Croatia | 27 |
| 49 | NE | Aaron Ramsey | Middenvelder | Arsenal | Wales | 22 |
| 50 | 79 | David Luiz | Verdediger | Chelsea | Brazil | 26 |
| 51 | 64 | Nemanja Vidic | Verdediger | Manchester Utd | Serbia | 32 |
| 52 | NE | Axel Witsel | Middenvelder | Zenit Saint Petersburg | Belgium | 24 |
| 53 | NE | Dante | Verdediger | Bayern Munich | Brazil | 30 |
| 54 | NE | Giuseppe Rossi | Aanvaller | Fiorentina | Italy | 26 |
| 55 | 35 | Karim Benzema | Aanvaller | Real Madrid | France | 26 |
| 56 | NE | Gonzalo Higuain | Striker | Napoli | Argentina | 26 |
| 57 | NE | Jan Vertonghen | Verdediger | Tottenham Hotspur | Belgium | 26 |
| 58 | 97 | Marek Hamsik | Middenvelder | Napoli | Slovakia | 26 |
| 59 | 100 | Paulinho | Middenvelder | Tottenham Hotspur | Brazil | 25 |
| 60 | 51 | Marcelo | Verdediger | Real Madrid | Brazil | 25 |
| 61 | 80 | Luka Modric | Middenvelder | Real Madrid | Croatia | 28 |
| 62 | NE | Kevin Strootman | Middenvelder | Roma | Netherlands | 23 |
| 63 | 39 | Javier Mascherano | Verdediger/Middenvelder | Barcelona | Argentina | 29 |
| 64 | NE | Hugo Lloris | Doelman | Tottenham Hotspur | France | 26 |
| 65 | 44 | Petr Cech | Doelman | Chelsea | Czech Republic | 31 |
| 66 | 45 | Mats Hummels | Verdediger | Borussia Dortmund | Germany | 25 |
| 67 | 73 | Santi Cazorla | Middenvelder | Arsenal | Spain | 29 |
| 68 | NE | Keisuke Honda | Middenvelder | CSKA Moscow | Japan | 27 |
| 69 | NE | Víctor Valdés | Doelman | Barcelona | Spain | 31 |
| 70 | NE | Arda Turan | Middenvelder/Aanvaller | Atlético Madrid | Turkey | 26 |
| 71 | NE | Federico Marchetti | Doelman | Lazio | Italy | 30 |
| 72 | 47 | Angel Di Maria | Middenvelder | Real Madrid | Argentina | 25 |
| 73 | NE | Álvaro Negredo | Aanvaller | Manchester City | Spain | 28 |
| 74 | NE | Laurent Koscielny | Verdediger | Arsenal | France | 28 |
| 75 | NE | Toby Alderweireld | Verdediger | Atlético Madrid | Belgium | 24 |
| 76 | NE | Marco Verratti | Middenvelder | PSG | Italy | 21 |
| 77 | NE | Pablo Zabaleta | Verdediger | Manchester City | Argentina | 28 |
| 78 | NE | Dario Conca | Middenvelder | Guangzhou Evergrande | Argentina | 30 |
| 79 | 69 | Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | Aanvaller | Borussia Dortmund | Gabon | 24 |
| 80 | NE | Michu | Aanvaller | Swansea City | Spain | 27 |
| 81 | NE | Miralem Pjanic | Middenvelder | Roma | Bosnia-Herzegovina | 23 |
| 82 | NE | Samir Handanovic | Doelman | Inter | Slovenia | 29 |
| 83 | 54 | Samuel Eto’o | Aanvaller | Chelsea | Cameroon | 32 |
| 84 | NE | Juan Zuniga | Verdediger | Napoli | Colombia | 28 |
| 85 | NE | Lukasz Piszczek | Verdediger | Borussia Dortmund | Poland | 28 |
| 86 | NE | Marquinhos | Verdediger | PSG | Brazil | 19 |
| 87 | NE | Mehdi Benatia | Verdediger | Roma | Morocco | 26 |
| 88 | NE | Frank Lampard | Middenvelder | Chelsea | England | 35 |
| 89 | 94 | Shinji Kagawa | Middenvelder | Manchester Utd | Japan | 24 |
| 90 | NE | Koke | Middenvelder | Atlético Madrid | Spain | 21 |
| 91 | NE | Yohan Cabaye | Middenvelder | Newcastle Utd | France | 27 |
| 92 | NE | Lucas Moura | Middenvelder | PSG | Brazil | 21 |
| 93 | NE | Blaise Matuidi | Middenvelder | PSG | France | 26 |
| 94 | NE | Isco | Middenvelder | Real Madrid | Spain | 21 |
| 95 | NE | Alexis Sánchez | Aanvaller | Barcelona | Chile | 25 |
| 96 | NE | Asmir Begovic | Doelman | Stoke City | Bosnia-Herzegovina | 26 |
| 97 | NE | Emmanuel Emenike | Aanvaller | Fenerbahce | Nigeria | 26 |
| 98 | NE | Branislav Ivanovic | Verdediger | Chelsea | Serbia | 29 |
| 99 | 98 | Javi Martinez | Verdediger/Middenvelder | Bayern Munich | Spain | 25 |
| 100 | 58 | Eden Hazard | Middenvelder | Chelsea | Belgium | 22 |
