Suarez, Rooney, Lewandowski, Zlatan: Football's 30 best strikers of 2010s ranked

Who was the best striker in world football throughout the era of the 2010s?

From Robert Lewandowski to Luis Suarez, Wayne Rooney to Harry Kane, and Sergio Aguero to Karim Benzema – the decade of the 2010s was littered with world-beating attacking talent.

Which makes deciphering who out of all of them was the very best, a seriously tough task.

But before we get into it, let’s just quickly run through some general housekeeping rules.

As we’re ranking exclusively strikers in this list, the two GOATs in Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo will not be considered for a position.

Whilst those strikers who might have enjoyed their best years just prior to 2010 but continued playing after, for example Fernando Torres or Wayne Rooney, we’ll take their best years into consideration when ranking them.

Meaning, in effect, we aren’t looking at their performances specifically after 2010 but rather their whole careers. To qualify, players simply had to have played within the set time frame.

We’ll be using Tiermaker to assign each player one of five categories that range from ‘overrated’ to ‘ultimate no.9.’

So, without further ado, let’s dive straight in.

Mario Balotelli, Alexandra Lacazette, Alvaro Morata

A player that showed so much promise early on in his playing days, to say Balotelli’s career to date has flattered to deceive would be quite the understatement.

His talent ensured he got many bites at the cherry with Liverpool and AC Milan both giving him a second chance after his spells with Inter and Man City failed, but ultimately, he was never a top striker.

Second in the ‘overrated’ category is former Arsenal man Lacazette. The Frenchman did decently well for a time at the club, but never really brought too much to the