Oblak, pred njim je bil v samostojni Sloveniji kandidat dvakrat Zlatko Zahovič (1999, 2000), ima med vratarji za protikandidata Davida De Geo (Manchester United/Špa) in Gianluigija Buffona (Juventus/Ita).

Kandidati med branilci so Marcelo (Real Madrid/Bra), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid/Špa), Mats Hummels (Bayern München/Nem), Leonardo Bonucci (Milan/Ita).

Med vezisti kandidirajo Luka Modrić (Real Madrid/Hrv), N’Golo Kante (Chelsea/Fra), Philippe Coutinho (Liverpool/Bra), Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City/Bel), Toni Kroos (Real Madrid/Nem), Sadio Mane (Liverpool/Sen) in Isco (Real Madrid/Špa).

Pri napadalcih pa so na seznamu Neymar (Paris Saint-Germain/Bra), Paulo Dybala (Juventus Turin/Arg), Luis Suarez (Barcelona/Uru), Dries Mertens (Napoli/Bel), Robert Lewandowski (Bayern München/Pol), Harry Kane (Tottenham/Ang), Edin Džeko (AS Roma/BiH), Antoine Griezmann (Atletico de Madrid/Fra), Radamel Falcao (Monaco/Kol), Lionel Messi (Barcelona/Arg), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Borussia Dortmund/Gab), Edinson Cavani (Paris SG/Uru), Karim Benzema (Real Madrid/Fra), Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid/Por), Eden Hazard (Chelsea/Bel) in Kylian Mbappe (Paris SG/Fra).