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Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu crowned world’s best in RugbyPass Top 100 2025
By Finn Morton
Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu has been crowned the world’s best by RugbyPass journalists, with the fly-half ranked first overall in the Top 100 2025. The Springboks dominate the pointy end of these rankings, with six players selected in the top 10.
Feinberg-Mngomezulu helped South Africa win the World Rugby U20 Championship in 2022, starring opposite England’s Fin Smith in a clinical 30-22 triumph. Three years on, some fans already believe the playmaker is destined to become the best Springbok of all time.
The 23-year-old is one of the big movers in the RugbyPass Top 100, rising 46 places after a career-best season in a Springboks jersey. Feinberg-Mngomezulu made 11 Test appearances this year, including standout performances against France and Ireland in the Quilter Nations Series.
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South Africa took out their second consecutive Rugby Championship title by winning four of their six matches, before a series of statement performances during the November international window. Feinberg-Mngomezulu received Player of the Match honours against Les Bleus at Stade de France.
RugbyPass notes in the Top 100 that Feinberg-Mngomezulu led the way for Tier One players in tackle evasion (57%) and dominant carry rate (69%). Feinberg-Mngomezulu has also scored more tries than any other Springboks No. 10 in history, overtaking Morne Steyn and Handre Pollard.
2024 winner Antoine Dupont has dropped down one place after spending most of the 2025 calendar year on the sidelines with a knee injury. South Africa’s Pieter-Steph du Toit rounds out the top three after another impressive campaign in green.
World Rugby Player of the Year Malcolm Marx has been ranked fourth, while All Blacks Player of the Year Ardie Savea is fifth. Springboks pair RG Snyman and Thomas du Toit are sixth and seventh respectively, with du Toit earning selection in the top 100 for the first time.
France winger Louis Bielle-Biarrey has moved up 50 places into eighth spot, while Springboks great Eben Etzebeth drops a handful of places into ninth. Finn Russell completes the top 10, with the Scotland and British & Irish Lions fly-half moving up two spots.
Feinberg-Mngomezulu ranks fifth for the biggest movers up in 2025. Len Ikitau has risen 66 spots, while Cam Roigard (51) and Bielle-Biarrey (50) round out the top three for that statistic. France’s Thomas Ramos is ranked 26th in the world after surging up the standings by 48 spots.
There are 17 Springboks in the top 100, while the All Blacks are well-represented with 16 selections. England and Ireland have 13 representatives each, France have 10, and the Wallabies have eight.
Rugby’s best of the best, ranked by experts. Check out our list of the Top 100 Men's Rugby Players 2025 and let us know what you think!
