Soccer experts from 90 countries have collaborated to designate Modricchampion.
He gets this award after winning UEFA's Best Player of the Year Award and FIFA's 'The Best.'
Modric was also first on GOAL 50's annual list, and is the main favourite to win the 2018 Ballon d'Or.
Hazard, third
Behind Modric and Leo Messi, are Eden Hazard (114 points), Kevin de Bruyne (36), Neymar (18), Paul Pogba (14), Christian Eriksen (10), Miralem Pjanic (7), James Rodriguez ( 7), Cristiano Ronaldo (5), Isco Alarcon (3), Jorge Luiz Frello 'Jorginho' (3), Kylian Mbappe (3), Ivan Rakitic (3), Philippe Coutinho (2), Toni Kroos (1) and Thiago Alcantara (1).
Thibaut Courtois, on the other hand, becomes the third Belgian goalkeeper to win this award after the achievements of Jean-Marie Pfaff (1986) and Michel Preud'homme (1994).
Courtois, best goalkeeper
With 181 points in the IFFHS 2018 goalkeeping standings, the Belgian goalkeeper is followed by Hugo Lloris (109), Gianluigi Buffon (59), Keylor Navas (58), Jan Oblak (49), Marc-Andre ter Stegen (49), Alisson Ramses Becker (36), David De Gea (33), Danijel Subasic (23), Manuel Neuer (20), Jordan Pickford (11), Kasper Schmeichel (9), Ederson (6), Samir Handanovic (4), Franco Armani (3), Igor Akinfeev (1), Guillermo Ochoa (1), Denis Onyango (1) and Yann Sommer (1).