Any player in the elite company of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi can pleased with their work, and that is where Jamie Vardy finds himself.
The striker was selected in the top three players of 2016 by Atletico Madrid star Antoine Griezmann.
Diego Simeone's stand-out forward included Vardy for his heroics during the course of Leicester City's astonishing Premier League triumph.
Griezmann told Goal, who complied a list of their top 50 players, his own selections for the highest three slots.