Global Soccer 10 List

The Associated Press' inaugural AP Global Soccer 10 for the week ending Oct. 20. Voting is by an 18-member panel of international soccer writers:

Players

1. Lionel Messi, 140 points.

2. Cristiano Ronaldo, 111.

3. Radamel Falcao, 79.

4. Robin van Persie, 73.

5. Zlatan Ibrahimovic, 61.

6. Gonzalo Higuain, 50.

7. Juan Mata, 41.

8. Javi Hernandez, 28.

9. Cesc Fabregas, 27.

10. Mario Gotze, 26.

Teams

1. Barcelona, 130 points.

2. Atletico Madrid, 109.

3. Manchester United, 105.

4. Borussia Dortmund, 81.

5. Real Madrid, 64.

6. Schalke, 59.

7. Juventus, 53.

8. Bayer Leverkusen, 49.

9. Shakhtar Donetsk, 37.

10. Ajax, 35.

AP Global Soccer 10 Panelists

Cedric Rouquette, Europsport, France

James Porteous, South China Morning Post, Hong Kong

Gregor Derichs, dapd, Germany

Francois Colin, De Standaard, Belgium

Willem Vissers, Volkskraant, Netherlands

Christian Schatze, Der FussballBlogger.de, Germany

Jose Antonio Cortes, Record, Mexico

Will Tidey, Bleacher Report, United States

Federico Giammaria, LaVoz, Argentina

Jerome Touboul, L'Equipe, France

Mike McGrath, Wardles News Agency/The Sun, England

Filip Bondy, Daily News (New York), United States

Julian Bennetts, Hayters News Agency, England

Aurelio Capaldi, Rai, Italy

Orfeo Suarez, El Mundo, Spain

Paulo Vinicius Coelho, Estado de S.Paulo. Brazil

Tom Timmermann, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

John Duerden, kickoffasia.com, South Korea

Associated Press

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