Top 5 best Barcelona players of decade (2013-2023)

Mar 21, 2023

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Best Barcelona players of decade – Top 5

Best Barcelona players of decade? Who are the best players to have worn the Barca jersey from 2013 to 2023?

Without a doubt, La Liga giants Barcelona are one of the best football clubs in the world. Very few other football teams have managed to achieve as much success as they have achieved so far. Watch & Bet on Football =>

Barcelona’s greatest assets are their players themselves – over the years, the club has been well-known for producing incredible some incredible footballers with jaw-dropping abilities.

Today, we take a quick look at the Top 5 best Barcelona players of decade (2013-2023).

Top 5 best Barcelona players of decade

5. Xavi Hernandez

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The current Barcelona coach Xavi has been a top-class player for the club. He started his career with the Catalan giants in 1998. In his debut season, he became the key member of Louis van Gaal’s title-winning team.

Xavi was also named the vice-captain in the 2004–05 season, and Barcelona won the La Liga title. He was named La Liga Spanish Player of the Year in 2005. He was on the substitutes bench for Barcelona’s Champions League triumph in 2006 against Arsenal. He also won La Liga and the Supercopa de España again.

Xavi also helped Barcelona to win the 2009 Champions League Final. He assisted the second goal by crossing to Messi for his header. In the 2009–10 season, Xavi registered the most number of assists and the club won the Liga title with a record of 99 points. He was one of the three finalists for the 2010 FIFA Ballon d’Or and finished third in the vote behind Messi and Iniesta.

Xavi’s effort continued with several trophies in Barca’s outfit. He won 8 La Liga titles including three consecutive trophies. He has three Copa del Rey titles, six Supercopa de Espana, four Champions League titles, two Super Cups and two Club World Cups.

4. Jordi Alba

Jordi Alba is the second of the two defenders who have made it into our list of best Barcelona players of decade. The left-back joined Barcelona from Valencia in 2012, for a reported transfer fee of €12million, and so far, he has made 427 appearances for the club. He has also scored 25 times and recorded 57 assists. What makes Alba special is his ability to join in Barcelona’s attacks. While Pique takes up the charge of the team’s defence, Alba can generally be spotted running through the left flank to create more passing opportunities – and how many times has that resulted in goals!

Another plus-point for the 30-year-old is his ability to forge an on-field partnership with Lionel Messi, no matter what the situation is. In fact, nearly half of Alba’s goals have been assisted by the Argentine talisman himself, and nearly half of his assists have also been for Messi alone.

3. Sergio Busquets

Without a doubt, Sergio Busquets is Barcelona’s most underrated player of all time. The midfield maestro is seldom appreciated – but that does not mean that he does not deserve praise. “Busi”, as he is fondly called by fans, was not a part of Barcelona’s famous La Masia academy until 2005, as until then, he had spent his youth career with Catalan club UE Lleida. He was then called up to the Barca B squad in 2007-08, and a year later, the then-manager Pep Guardiola signed him up with the first team.

So far, the defensive midfielder has played 678 matches for the Catalans, scoring 02 times and providing 37 assists. But to understand Busquets, we cannot use numbers and statistics as he is the team’s “pivot”. You may not see him record many goals or assists, but most of Barcelona’s goals begin from him as he would be the player who distributes the ball to the attackers or orchestrates play.

Once, former Spain national team coach Vicente del Bosque said, “You watch the game, you don’t see Busquets. You watch Busquets, you see the whole game.” And he could not have uttered another statement that was more accurate.

2. Andres Iniesta

Having begun his Barcelona career as a youth-level player, Andres Iniesta is one of the biggest legends of the club. He made 674 senior appearances for the club until 2018, when he reached the end of his contract and joined Japanese club, Vissel Kobe, as a free agent. The 35-year-old is regarded as one of the greatest midfielders of all time, and his electric partnership with Xavi Hernadez made both Barcelona and the Spain national team one of the strongest teams in the history of world football.

The 2010 FIFA World Cup winner was always a winner at the Camp Nou as well. He lifted as many as 32 titles in 16 years at Barcelona, and is also the only player ever to be named the man of the match in a Champions League, Euro Cup, and World Cup final.

The world-class midfielder is also held in the top regard by pretty much everyone in football. For instance, here is what Messi said about his once: “I always picture him with the ball at his feet. Everything is different with Andres. The hardest thing to do in football is to make it look like everything is easy, effortless, and that’s Andres.”

1. Lionel Messi

Before we speak anything on Lionel Messi, let me point out that we have named him the number one of the best Barcelona players of decade. How many of you found that surprising? We guessed it right. None.

The Argentine legend won six Ballon d’Or’s (five of them came this decade), six European Golden Shoes, and also broke innumerable records in the past ten years. 617 goals, 250 assists, 702 appearances. 140 goals in the Champions League alone, 431 goals in La Liga alone. 34 title wins. The greatest footballer in the world.

In the past couple of seasons, Barcelona’s form as a team has been comparatively poor – and yet they managed to win the league on both occasions while also qualifying for the Champions League knockouts. And there is only one reason for it – Messi. When the 32-year-old scored, Barcelona won, And when he misfired, Barcelona lost. Watch & Bet on Football =>