Top 10 Best Rugby Players in the World 2023

With the 2023 rugby season now concluded, it’s time to reveal your top 10 best rugby players of 2023.
With South Africa having retained the William Webb Ellis cup, how many of their players do you think should feature in the top 10?
Let’s dive right in and countdown our 10 best rugby players of 2023.
Number 10, Levani Botia
Number 9, Aaron Smith
Number 8, Charles Ollivon
Number 7, Damian Penaud
Number 6, Will Jordan
Number 5, Bundee Aki
Number 4, Pieter-Steph Du Toit
Number 3, Antoine Du Pont
Number 2, Eben Etzebeth
And your best rugby player of the year is, you guessed it, New Zealand’s Ardie Savea.
What did you think of the top 10 players? Let us know in the comments section if anyone was left out.
Thanks for watching and until next time, take care and happy rugby
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[@mongezikona7294]

Very fair, I strongly agree with the rankings. Though I think Kolbe should be there

[@TheJunglecrab]

Agree, except Mark Telea over WJ. Most of the time Will gets put into space by excellent assist from his team. Mark is devastating and unpredictable with ball in hand

[@RugbyNow_]

Really great shout. Telea finished the year with a seriously impressive stat from Opta. Of players to feature for 400+ minutes in men’s test rugby in 2023, Telea ranked 1’st for both defenders beaten (9.1) and line breaks per 80 min (2.4)

[@ben4216]

Totally agree. Telea is the slipperiest player I've ever seen. I've not seen Jordan put the same moves on defenders. I love watching him.

[@user-ii2uq2lq2v]

This year, would out Damien penaud above will j also, Telea definitely on point those Maori Zulu genes

[@shanemcgregorgoliath6833]

Will Jordan's tryscoring record speaks for itself and he's just a tad faster than Mark ...but it's really close between them ...I like em both👌

[@maieldmik5233]

Will is more versatile. So will wins.👏👏👏

[@Stefaans007]

Never really seen Ardie have a bad game ever. He was my pick for player of the year quite a few times... Guy is superhuman

[@geoffreysmith49]

PSTD pretty much won the RWC supporter who loves Ardie

[@maieldmik5233]

Ardie deservedly gets no.1. well done mate.👏👏👏

[@michaelobrien55]

What about Handré Pollard? Certainly the best!!

[@thegulagarchipelago5921]

Exactly ❤️

[@j.koroi679]

Manz only good in kicking but not a good defender and attack in field. Respect to Pollard 😤

[@mtnstrand2819]

No Cheslin Kolbe?

[@thegulagarchipelago5921]

No Pollard???!!!

[@RugbyNow_]

Pollard unfortunately never featured throughout the whole of 2023 so was not voted in. Agreed with you though, he is an unbelievable player and crucial to the Boks securing a 4th Webb Ellis

[@danatswape740]

Kolbe not being on this list is criminal

[@johnlamb3101]

This list is surely compiled by a Kiwi.

[@tknciliba4743]

Totally Agree with you 100% only Peter was mentioned, politics is everywhere but we are South Africans we are so used to this.

[@j.koroi679]

Agree!...but Kolbe just started his show lately...and the players on the list are old and gold players 😤

[@mattweinberg1335]

hahaa

[@sly4x692]

If you wanna compare players performance and who is the best , also take into the account the amount of international matches they play every year. At club level , Botia is the best 7 last year in my opinion. What i am saying is Fiji don't play enough matches compared to the other nations to be compared to the others whose players play 10+ matches every year.

[@RugbyNow_]

This is an extremely valid point. On the international scene the tier 2 nations are at a disadvantage in terms of playing time and opposition. World Rugby are working on this.

[@donayfortuin9518]

No kolbe

[@user-zv7ns5ik6y]

All of sa

[@tknciliba4743]

No mention of Handre Pollard?? 🤔🤔🤭🤭 Did you watch the qf, sf & final? How can we take this seriously?

[@KekeHimona]

There was other rugby going on around the world in 2023 apart from RWC

[@tknciliba4743]

@@KekeHimona Clearly the other Rugby is more important than the World Cup, my apologies 🙏👍.

[@KekeHimona]

@@tknciliba4743 Clearly the picks were done for a one year period. RWC didn’t run for 365 days.

[@tknciliba4743]

@@KekeHimona I wouldn't know how the Picks were constructed. I just found it odd that the 1 man who kicked against France, England & New Zealand in the dying seconds of the game is not even in Top ten. Politics kill Sport. Handre is in the hearts 9f all South Africans, Africa & those who love Rugby He was Monumental in the biggest stage of World Rugby 2023. Ask any1 in France, England & New Zealand about Pollard.

[@KekeHimona]

@@tknciliba4743 Title said “best players in world 2023”…..it didn’t say “best players in RWC2023”. And yes, Pollard was most important player for South Africa with his kicks….still don’t feel he was in top 10. But I’m sure he is in South African eyes

[@harrygardner7696]

no faf or kolbe?

[@RugbyNow_]

Faf was inside the top 30 and Kolbe inside top 20

[@j.koroi679]

Agree

[@edwardeohoorn8621]

Number 2 and 1 should swap ardie should have gotten the irb player of the year back in 2022 but instead rugby went with Le Flier. Out of guilt rugby went with Ardie this time and again wronged the rightful recipient which was Eben in 2023.

[@doggostudios2818]

I doubt it was given to him "out of guilt". Eben's performance at this rugby world cup was amazing and was definitely the player of world cup IMO, however, I think Ardie had a really good performance all year and has basically been the best performing all black for the past 2-3 years

[@shawngower6812]

Bs x 2

[@JathaimeAfrica-yj3cx]

Kolbe😢

[@RugbyNow_]

Kolbe featured In the top 20. His performances were a bit inconsistent throughout the year to make it into the top 10. Doesn’t take away from the face that Kolbe was one of the stand out players at the RWC in 2023.

[@magdamaritz5916]

Disappointed that cheslin Kolbe is not on the list

[@RugbyNow_]

Agreed. Cheslin featured in the top 20 though. The argument being that his performances throughout the year were too inconsistent albeit having a phenomenal World Cup.

[@philipbrandt7559]

Where is Kwagga Smith

[@hospagalief]

They shld basically be springboks in almost every position

[@chrismia2402]

No.1 Malcolm Marx Take out Olivon and slip Savea in at 3 behind Eben. If Eben and Malcolm were from any other country they’d win Player of Year repeatedly since 2018.

[@nosiphiwexscholo7535]

Hard to disagree with this… if it wasn’t for injury I’d have him top 5 easy.

[@ConfusedPlanets-lt1dv]

No Kolbe😢

[@dewaldscholtz1141]

Malcolm Marx?

[@allendix5234]

Pollard, Kolbe, Sexton, De Flier, the only good thing about this video is there are no Australian players hahahaha.

[@LangaHadebe-eu5tl]

no ox

[@sbok9481]

Kolbe basically single-handedly beat France in the World Cup quarter final. I will select Kolbe above Penaud and Telea all day. Kolbe can play 9, 10, 11, 14, 15. He's also an international place kicker. He's in the top 4 highest paid players in the sport; none of the players selected is near him. Two-time World Champion, outplayed Penaud in the quarters, ans scoring against France to send the host packing. People are still talking about his charge- down of the Ramos kick. Show me any other player with the fitness and skill level.

[@revanomichael]

I agree completely. Kolbe man handled jordan in the final, and destroyed penaud with pure pace to score that try in the QF. I can't take this channel seriously

[@RugbyNow_]

Great points raised. Agreed, Kolbe is a world class player and will always be. The argument with Kolbe not featuring in the Top 10 is that apparently he wasn’t in the greatest form all of 2023. He was sensational throughout the World Cup! Can’t argue one bit there!

[@worldaccordingtoanimals8363]

THE AGENDAS BEHIND WORLD RUGBY PRICE GIVING IS ASTONISHING.LOOK AT RASSIE ERA 57-0 AGAINST AB.2 🏆🏆yet a 1/4FINAL exit coach of the year.AB LOST to BOKS ARGENTINA IRELAND series HOW did Ardie PLAY then.Even loosing 1/2 OF bomb squad FRONT ROW Marx KOCH MBONAMBI we still WON.EVEN CURRY YEAR END CRAP NEEDS SOLVEN IN FINALS WEEK.REINACH FAMILY DEATH THREATS STILL NO RESOLUTION.SAD STATE WORLD RUGBY IS IN.

[@derickwilliams2195]

Stupid list and based on an empirical assessment, pathetic ... How is it possible that Kolbe does not feature anywhere on this list. I mean really now?

[@terencedelacy8134]

BS

[@RugbyNow_]

Hi Terence. The rankings were as voted for by the public. Do you believe they should’ve looked much different?

[@bakeurpotatoe5157]

Terence is defo a south african 😭

[@thegulagarchipelago5921]

PSDT WAY BETTER!!!

[@user-zv7ns5ik6y]

Face the facts... if all this players you showen is so good how did they petform against Sa players..... Where is Cheslin???? Your show sucks seriously seriously.... seriously

[@RugbyNow_]

Cheslin was out of action for a lot of 2023 so wasn’t considered for the voting. Of course he is a class player, always will be.

[@ofwbadass8081]

Kak man kak!!!

[@papillion6741]

😂😂😂

[@nelsonbenjamin4754]

U are the reason NZ lost the RWC u sugar coating them way tomuch.

[@revanomichael]

BS!

[@kennethmariga1826]

Fake top 10.Can't watch it

[@user-zv7ns5ik6y]

Who decided to make this crappy list? Sorry you should open your eyes... SA have a bigger list. Handre Polard MARX CHESLIN Ets. Ets. Ets

[@chrisdutoit8843]

Crap