The 23-man squad of stars that won't be going to the World Cup
Our system measure performance levels, statistics and many other factors to assign an ELO ranking, with these the 23 players with the best ELO ranking to not feature in their country's World Cup squad.
The names on this list are chosen purely by numbers, though it is worth noting out that the likes of Gianluigi Buffon do not make the list, with Italy having failed to qualify for Russia.
Ralf Fahrmann (Germany) - Goalkeeper
ELO 86.
Bernd Leno (Germany) - Goalkeeper
ELO 83.
Marcelo Grohe (Brazil) - Goalkeeper
ELO 86.
Sergi Roberto (Spain) - Right-back
ELO 82.
Mario Gaspar (Spain) - Right-back
ELO 84.
Marc Bartra (Spain) - Centre-back
ELO 82.
Felip Monteiro (Brazil) - Centre-back
ELO 87.
Raul Albiol (Spain) - Centre-back
ELO 87.
Rafael Toloi (Brazil) - Centre-back
ELO 84.
Marcos Alonso (Spain) - Left-back
ELO 84.
Alex Telles (Brazil) - Left-back
ELO 85.
Radja Nainggolan (Belgium) - Midfielder
ELO 88.
Manu Trigueros (Spain) - Midfielder
ELO 83.
Hans Vanaken (Belgium) - Midfielder
ELO 84.
Asier Illarramendi (Spain) - Midfielder
ELO 83.
Rodriguinho (Brazil) - Midfielder
ELO 85.
Raul Garcia (Spain) - Midfielder
ELO 87.
Jose Callejon (Spain) - Forward
ELO 89.
Mauro Icardi (Argentina) - Forward
ELO 86.
Leroy Sane (Germany) - Forward
ELO 85.
Andre-Pierre Gignac (France) - Forward
ELO 89.
Gerard Moreno (Spain) - Forward
ELO 87.
Alexandre Lacazette (France) - Forward
ELO 86.
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A. Gignac
Raúl Albiol
José Callejón
Raúl García
R. Nainggolan
Mario Gaspar
Marcos Alonso
Manu Trigueros
Marc Bartra
R. Fährmann
Rafael Tolói
B. Leno
A. Lacazette
Sergi Roberto
Mauro Icardi
A. Illarramendi
Gerard Moreno
Felipe
Hans Vanaken
Alex Telles
Leroy Sané
M. Grohe
Rodriguinho
