Bournemouth's Matt Ritchie Tops Four Four Two's Football League Top 50 Poll

​Bournemouth winger Matt Ritchie has been crowned the Football League's best player in a poll by FourFourTwo magazine.

The 25-year-old, who has scored 11 goals and assisted a further 13 for the table-topping Cherries this season, beat Middlesbrough's Grant Leadbitter and team-mate Callum Wilson to claim the top spot.

Fans from each club in the Championship, League One and League Two were given the chance to vote for their top three - excluding their own players - taking into account this season's form and overall class.

As expected, the Championship's current top three, Bournemouth, Watford and Middlesbrough, boast the most players in the top 50 - three apiece.

The five teams from fourth down to eighth, Norwich, Derby, Ipswich, Brentford and Wolves all share two players each.

The latter's Benik Afobe, who is the Football League's top scorer this season, narrowly makes the cut at No 50 - behind the rest of the Championship's chief goal-getters Daryl Murphy (Ipswich), Eoin Doyle (Chesterfield/Cardiff) and Troy Deeney (Watford).

Cameron Jerome, who has scored 19 goals in all competitions for Norwich this season, is one notable absentee.

A few highlights...

Highest-ranked goalkeeper: Keiren Westwood (Sheffield Wednesday) - 21st

Highest-ranked defender: Daniel Ayala (Middlesbrough) - 23rd

Highest-ranked midfielder: Matt Ritchie (Bournemouth) - 1st

Highest-ranked striker: Callum Wilson (Bournemouth) - 3rd

Highest-ranked League One player: Dele Alli (MK Dons) - 7th

Highest-ranked League Two player: Ryan Woods (Shrewsbury) - 12th

Total number of Championship players: 31

Total number of League One players: 12

Total number of League Two players: 7

The full list is as follows...

(Championship players are italicised, * denotes player is on loan)