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The Best 15 Right-Backs in World Football Ranked (2025)
May 6, 2025
Summary
Right-backs are just as important going forward as they are defensively in modern football.
Trent Alexander-Arnold will join Real Madrid this summer and ranks as the best right-back in the world.
Crystal Palace's Daniel Munoz and Arsenal star Jurrien Timber also feature in the top 15.
A full-back's role has changed significantly in recent years, with managers now wanting more than just defensive stability from their right-back.
The best of the best have to be just as good going forward, building attacks and contributing to goals all while stifling wingers coming back the other way... but who is the top right-back around today?
Ranking factors
To help rank the right-backs in order, we have considered the following criteria:
Current form - how well a player has performed in the past few months
Importance to their teams - how influential they are to their team's performances
Role - how unique their skillset is
Reputation - what others say about them
Best right-backs in the world right now: in pictures
Top 15 right-backs in the world
Rank
Player
Age
Club
Nation
1
Trent Alexander-Arnold
26
Liverpool - set to join Real Madrid
England
2
Jeremie Frimpong
24
Bayer Leverkusen
Netherlands
3
Achraf Hakimi
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