The 5 Best Full-Backs in the World currently

Football is the epitome of a team game and one where every position is as important as the other. Hence, it is no surprise that teams burn the midnight oil to get their combination right in order to create a title-winning machine.

In this article though, the position that we would focus on is the full-back spot.

Over the years, the full-back’s role has evolved with football’s ever-changing demands. Originally tasked with only defending, the full-backs’ ability to double up as an attacking outlet nowadays has provided another dimension to their play.

In the past, the world has seen full backs such as Carlos Alberto, Cafu, Paolo Maldini, Roberto Carlos and Philipp Lahm carve a niche for themselves. However, who are their equivalents in today’s game?

Through the course of this article, we would answer the above question and weigh in on the ‘best full-back debate’.

Thus, here is a look at the best full-backs across the globe currently:

#5. Lucas Hernandez (Atletico Madrid)

Lucas Hernandez has come up by leaps and bounds in the last year

The Frenchman’s stock has meteorically risen over the past year with his outstanding displays for Atletico Madrid and France not going unnoticed. Hernandez was so good at the World Cup that he kept a certain Benjamin Mendy out of the eleven throughout.

A tenacious tackler, the Frenchman is as good a defender as any on our list and averages 2.5 tackles per game. Moreover, the left-back is one of those defenders who takes no prisoners and is willing to lay it all on the line to keep things quiet at the back.

Though the French defender might not be as prolific or flamboyant going forward, he does enough at the back to feature at the forefront of any discussion regarding the best full-backs in the world.

Yet, one can’t ignore that Hernandez still needs to scale another level offensively to be truly considered as the premier full-back on the planet.

And while he has plenty of time to mould his attacking game, at the moment, he just falls short of his competitors and has to make do with the No.5 spot on our list.

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