Neymar ousts Cristiano Ronaldo atop the Power Rankings chart after Brazil progress to quarter-finals and Portugal crash out
Tuesday 21 April 2020 11:18, UK
Brazil forward Neymar has topped the Sky Sports World Cup Power Rankings after the round of 16 stage.
The 26-year-old broke the deadlock against Mexico and assisted Roberto Firmino in the 88th minute to book Brazil a quarter-final date with Belgium this Friday.
Harry Kane (No 3) sparked mayhem in England after winning and converting a penalty against Colombia, before centre-back Yerry Mina (No 2) temporarily silenced the nation with his third goal of the tournament in the 93rd minute.
Cristiano Ronaldo had topped the chart for the entire group stage but slipped three places after Portugal suffered a 2-1 defeat by Uruguay.
Philippe Coutinho, Isco, Kasper Schmeichel, Edinson Cavani and Luka Modric have all been among the top performers, while France winger Kylian Mbappe soared up the rankings to edge Eden Hazard at No 10.
In terms of England's upcoming opponents Sweden, Janne Andersson's side has a strong spine of 'keeper Robin Olsen (No 27), Andreas Granqvist (No 17), Emil Forsberg (No 34) and forward Ola Toivonen (No 43).
The Power Rankings methodology reflects a player's performance over the entire tournament so far by awarding points to players for 32 different stats. Below, we present this round's Power Rankings and each nation's top points scorer.
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