Here's a list of the Top 100 Premier League Players of the 2000s, ranked based on their influence, consistency, and performances throughout the decade.
Goalkeepers
- Petr Čech (Chelsea)
- Edwin van der Sar (Fulham/Manchester United)
- Jens Lehmann (Arsenal)
- Brad Friedel (Blackburn Rovers/Aston Villa)
- Shay Given (Newcastle United/Manchester City)
- David James (West Ham United/Manchester City/Portsmouth)
- Pepe Reina (Liverpool)
- Mark Schwarzer (Middlesbrough/Fulham)
- Jussi Jääskeläinen (Bolton Wanderers)
- Tim Howard (Manchester United/Everton)
Defenders
- John Terry (Chelsea)
- Rio Ferdinand (Leeds United/Manchester United)
- Nemanja Vidić (Manchester United)
- Sol Campbell (Arsenal/Portsmouth)
- Ashley Cole (Arsenal/Chelsea)
- Gary Neville (Manchester United)
- Jamie Carragher (Liverpool)
- Kolo Touré (Arsenal/Manchester City)
- Ricardo Carvalho (Chelsea)
- William Gallas (Chelsea/Arsenal)
- Lauren (Arsenal)
- Ledley King (Tottenham Hotspur)
- Sami Hyypiä (Liverpool)
- Gaël Clichy (Arsenal)
- Patrice Evra (Manchester United)
- Paulo Ferreira (Chelsea)
- Joleon Lescott (Everton/Manchester City)
- Mikaël Silvestre (Manchester United)
- Jonathan Woodgate (Leeds United/Newcastle United)
- Phil Jagielka (Sheffield United/Everton)
Midfielders
- Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)
- Frank Lampard (Chelsea)
- Paul Scholes (Manchester United)
- Ryan Giggs (Manchester United)
- Patrick Vieira (Arsenal)
- Cesc Fàbregas (Arsenal)
- Claude Makélélé (Chelsea)
- Roy Keane (Manchester United)
- Michael Essien (Chelsea)
- Xabi Alonso (Liverpool)
- Gareth Barry (Aston Villa/Manchester City)
- Freddie Ljungberg (Arsenal)
- Joe Cole (West Ham United/Chelsea)
- David Beckham (Manchester United)
- Robert Pirès (Arsenal)
- Arjen Robben (Chelsea)
- Owen Hargreaves (Manchester United)
- Michael Carrick (West Ham/Tottenham Hotspur/Manchester United)
- Gilberto Silva (Arsenal)
- Yaya Touré (Manchester City - late 2000s)
- Damien Duff (Blackburn Rovers/Chelsea/Newcastle United)
- David Silva (Manchester City - late 2000s)
- Florent Malouda (Chelsea)
- Nani (Manchester United)
- Aaron Lennon (Tottenham Hotspur)
- James Milner (Leeds United/Newcastle United/Aston Villa)
- Luis Antonio Valencia (Wigan Athletic/Manchester United)
- Tim Cahill (Everton)
- Mikel Arteta (Everton)
- Michael Ballack (Chelsea)
Forwards
- Thierry Henry (Arsenal)
- Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)
- Wayne Rooney (Everton/Manchester United)
- Didier Drogba (Chelsea)
- Fernando Torres (Liverpool)
- Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United)
- Robin van Persie (Arsenal)
- Michael Owen (Liverpool/Newcastle United/Manchester United)
- Robbie Keane (Leeds United/Tottenham Hotspur/Liverpool)
- Dimitar Berbatov (Tottenham Hotspur/Manchester United)
- Carlos Tevez (West Ham United/Manchester United/Manchester City)
- Emmanuel Adebayor (Arsenal/Manchester City)
- Nicolas Anelka (Arsenal/Liverpool/Manchester City/Chelsea)
- Jermain Defoe (West Ham/Tottenham Hotspur/Portsmouth)
- Darren Bent (Charlton/Tottenham/Aston Villa/Sunderland)
- Yakubu (Portsmouth/Middlesbrough/Everton/Blackburn Rovers)
- Kevin Davies (Bolton Wanderers)
- Louis Saha (Fulham/Manchester United/Everton)
- Mark Viduka (Leeds United/Middlesbrough/Newcastle United)
- Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (Chelsea/Middlesbrough/Charlton Athletic)
- Craig Bellamy (Newcastle United/Blackburn Rovers/Manchester City)
- Hernán Crespo (Chelsea)
- Eidur Gudjohnsen (Chelsea)
- Darius Vassell (Aston Villa/Manchester City)
- Bobby Zamora (West Ham United/Fulham)
- Paulo Wanchope (West Ham/Manchester City)
- Dean Ashton (West Ham United)
- Peter Crouch (Aston Villa/Southampton/Liverpool/Portsmouth/Tottenham)
- Obafemi Martins (Newcastle United)
- Frederic Kanouté (West Ham United/Tottenham Hotspur)
- Andy Johnson (Crystal Palace/Everton/Fulham)
- Sylvain Wiltord (Arsenal)
- Shaun Wright-Phillips (Manchester City/Chelsea)
- Harry Kewell (Leeds United/Liverpool)
- El-Hadji Diouf (Liverpool/Bolton Wanderers)
- Djibril Cisse (Liverpool)
- Hugo Rodallega (Wigan Athletic)
- Andriy Shevchenko (Chelsea)
- Benni McCarthy (Blackburn Rovers)
- Carlton Cole (West Ham United)
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