Undoubtedly, 2015 was a great year for us on the Asian side of the site, through our coverage of the Asian Cup, our extensive analysis of the rise of Qatar and Uzbekistan, our look at some of Asia’s Rising Stars, while covering other high profile tournaments such as the East Asian Cup and the AFC Champions League. What stuck out was the wide variety of high performers across the domestic and international scene that we wanted to highlight to a larger audience. We hope that compiling a countdown of Asia’s Top 100 performers over the calendar year will introduce you to a number of new faces that you might not necessarily be aware of, but also create some debate nearer the top end over some of the continent’s most talented players.

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1. Omar Abdulrahman / Al Ain (UAE) / UAE
2. Mathew Ryan / Valencia CF (ESP) / Australia
3. Ki Sung-yueng / Swansea City (ENG) / South Korea
4. Ahmed Khalil / Al-Ahli (UAE) / UAE
5. Massimo Luongo / QPR (ENG) / Australia
6. Son Heung-min / Tottenham Hotspur (ENG) / South Korea
7. Mohammad Al-Sahlawi / Al-Nassr (KSA) / Saudi Arabia
8. Kim Young-gwon / Guangzhou Evergrande (CHN) / South Korea
9. Takashi Usami / Gamba Osaka (JPN) / Japan
10. Mark Milligan / Baniyas (QAT) / Australia
11. Omar Al-Somah / Al-Ahli (KSA) / Syria
12. Lee Jae-sung / Jeonbuk Motors (KOR) / South Korea
13. Hassan Al-Haidos / Al-Sadd (QAT) / Qatar
14. Yoshinori Muto / Mainz (GER) / Japan
15. Tim Cahill / Shanghai Shenhua (CHN) / Australia
16. Yaser Kasim / Swindon Town (ENG) / Iraq
17. Igor Sergeev / Pakhtakor (UZB) / Uzbekistan
18. Alireza Jahanbakhsh / AZ Alkmaar (NED) / Iran
19. Keisuke Honda / AC Milan (ITA) / Japan
20. Ali Ahmed Mabkhout / Al-Jazira (UAE) / UAE
21. Sardar Azmoun / Rostov (RUS) / Iran
22. Sardor Rashidov / El Jaish (QAT) / Uzbekistan
23. Kwak Tae-hwi / Al-Hilal (KSA) / South Korea
24. Abdelkarim Hassan / Al-Sadd (QAT) / Qatar
25. Wang Dalei / Shandong Luneng (CHN) / China
26. A.J. Delagarza / LA Galaxy (USA) / Guam
27. Taisir Al-Jassim / Al-Ahli (KSA) / Saudi Arabia
28. Odil Akhmedov / Krasnodar (RUS) / Uzbekistan
29. Jong Il-gwon / Rimyongsu (PRK) / North Korea
30. Gaku Shibasaki / Kashima Antlers (JPN) / Japan
31. Ismail Al-Hammadi / Al-Ahli (UAE) / UAE
32. Cha Du-ri / FC Seoul (KOR) / South Korea
33. Mehdi Taremi / Persepolis (IRN) / Iran
34. Wu Lei / Shanghai SIPG (CHN) / China
35. Younis Mahmoud / Al-Talaba (IRQ) / Iraq
36. Izwan Mahbud / Lions XII (SIN) / Singapore
37. Dhurgham Ismail / Rizespor (TUR) / Iraq
38. Majed Hassan / Al-Ahli (UAE) / UAE
39. Park Joo-ho / Borussia Dortmund (GER) / South Korea
40. Mohammed Musa / Lekhwiya (QAT) / Qatar
41. Zhang Linpeng / Guangzhou Evergrande (CHN) / China
42. Moharram Navidkia / Sepahan (IRN) / Iran
43. Matthew Leckie / Ingolstadt (GER) / Australia
44. Nathan Burns / FC Tokyo (JPN) / Australia
45. Yuki Muto / Urawa Red Diamonds (JPN) / Japan
46. Hassan Maatouk / Al-Fujairah (UAE) / Lebanon
47. Ri Myong-guk / Pyongyang City (PRK) / North Korea
48. Ehsan Hajsafi / Sepahan (IRN) / Iran
49. Mustafa Al-Bassas / Al-Ahli (KSA) / Saudi Arabia
50. Omar Khribin / Al-Mina’a (IRQ) / Syria
51. Yu Dabao / Beijing Guaon (CHN) / China
52. Akram Afif / Eupen (BEL) / Qatar
53. Kim Jin-su / Hoffenheim (GER) / South Korea
54. Yasser Al-Shahrani / Al-Hilal (KSA) / Saudi Arabia
55. Mohd Safiq Rahim / Johor Darul Takzim (MAL) / Malaysia
56. Aaron Mooy / Melbourne City (AUS) / Australia
57. Shinji Okazaki / Leicester City (ENG) / Japan
58. Andranik Teymourian / Umm Salal (QAT) / Iran
59. Javier Patino / Henan Jianye (CHN) / Philippines
60. James Troisi / Al-Ittihad (KSA) / Australia
61. Sanharib Malki / Kasimpasa (TUR) / Syria
62. Yeom Ki-hun / Suwon Bluewings (KOR) / South Korea
63. Dostonbek Khamdamov / Bunyodkor (UZB) / Uzbekistan
64. Alireza Beiranvand / Naft Tehran (IRN) / Iran
65. Yoshito Okybo / Kawasaki Frontale (JPN) / Japan
66. Saad Suhail / Al-Oruba (OMA) / Oman
67. Kwon Chang-hoon / Suwon Bluewings (KOR) / South Korea
68. Eid Mohammed Al-Farsi / Al-Raed (KSA) / Oman
69. Chanathip Songkrasin / BEO Tero Sasana (THA) / Thailand
70. Mohanad Salem / Al-Ain (UAE) / UAE
71. Salman Al-Faraj / Al-Hilal (KSA) / Saudi Arabia
72. Kim Jin-hyeon / Cerezo Osaka (JPN) / South Korea
73. Trent Sainsbury / Zwolle (NED) / Australia
74. Morteza Pouraliganji / Tianjin Teda (CHN) / Iran
75. Huang Bowen / Guangzhou Evergrande (CHN) / China
76. Amer Abdulrahman / Baniyas (UAE) / UAE
77. Hamza Al Dardour / Al-Faisaly (KSA) / Jordan
78. Toufic Ali / Tarji Wadi Al-Nes (PAL) / Palestine
79. Yapp Hung-Fai / Eastern (HKG) / Hong Kong
80. Vitaliy Denisov / Lokomotiv Moscow (RUS) / Uzbekistan
81. Shinji Kagawa / Borussia Dortmund (GER) / Japan
82. Ali Assadalla / Al Sadd (QAT) / Qatar
83. Habib Fardan / Al-Ahli (UAE) / UAE
84. Lee Jong-ho / Jeonnam Dragons (KOR) / South Korea
85. Saif Al-Hashan / Al-Shabab (KSA) / Kuwait
86. Yang Xu / Shandong Luneng (CHN) / China
87. Khamis Esmaeel / Al-Jazira (UAE) / UAE
88. Eldor Shomurodov / Bunyodkor (UZB) / Uzbekistan
89. Eugeneson Lyngdoh / Bengaluru (IND) / India
90. Tom Rogic / Celtic (SCO) / Australia
91. Omid Ebrahimi / Esteghlal (IRN) / Iran
92. Koki Yonekura / Gamba Osaka (JPN) / Japan
93. Salmin Khamis / Al-Ahli (UAE) / UAE
94. Hwang Ui-jo / Seongnam (KOR) / South Korea
95. Haitam Faour / Al-Ahed (LEB) / Lebanon
96. Manuchekhr Dzhailov / Istiklol (TAJ) / Tajikistan
97. Tsukasa Shiotani / Sanfrecce Hiroshima (JPN) / Japan
98. Amer Shafi / Al-Wehdat (JOR) / Jordan
99. Ali Hamam / Zob Ahan (IRN) / Lebanon
100. Chencho Gyeltshen / Surin City (THA) / Bhutan