Rugby World Cup: The Telegraph's 20 best rugby players in the world - Ruck

Rugby World Cup: The Telegraph’s 20 best rugby players in the world

After revealing 80 players over the last four days, The Telegraph is into the top 20 and the final countdown towards who they believe is the best player in the world.

Telegraph subscribers were also asked to nominate their top 10 best current players, and their votes were included within calculations. The result is this, the 100 best players in the world today. Here are the previous parts:

Here is their final countdown.

20. Liam Williams (Wales)

19. Finn Russell (Scotland)

18. James Ryan (Ireland)

17. Michael Hooper (Australia)

LONDON, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 25: Michael Hooper and Rob Simmons of Australia celebrate after winning the 2015 Rugby World Cup Semi Final match between Argentina and Australia at Twickenham Stadium on October 25, 2015 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)

16. Sam Whitelock (New Zealand)

CONTINUES ON PAGE 2