Europe's top 50 - Part VI: Bayern star's breakthrough year sees him place 25-21

As we continue our countdown of the WhoScored Top 50, we close in on the top 20 best rated players in Europe's top five leagues this season. Liverpool duo Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane were the standout performers as we counted down 30-26, as no Premier League players makes the next batch of personnel. 

Coming in at number 25, this season my not be Edin Dzeko's most prolific in a Roma shirt, yet the experienced Bosnian forward has 12 goals and four assists to his name, a commendable return for a side in a transitional season. A WhoScored rating of 7.50 already marks Dzeko's second best in a Serie A campaign as the experienced frontman seeks to fire Roma to a European spot. 

And with his WhoScored rating rising by 0.26 from 7.24 last season, the 34-year-old has risen 46 spots from 71 to 25 this term. 

Atalanta are one of Europe's most entertaining sides this season and it's in part due to their splendid attack. Vital once more has been the form of pint-sized creator Alejandro Gomez, who comes in at number 24 in the WhoScored top 50. The Argentine has garnered a WhoScored rating of 7.52 for the Serie A outfit with the 32-year-old once again exceptional in the final third having netted six goals and provided two assists. They have come from respective returns of 3.3 shots and three key passes per 90 this term. 

Atalanta may be impressing, but Gomez's rating has actually dropped from 7.64 last season, so too has his position in the top 50, with the creative force the seventh best rated player in Europe's top five leagues in 2018/19.

Things could have been so different for Christopher Nkunku, who was heavily linked with a move to Arsenal last summer. The Frenchman eventually left PSG for RB Leipzig and it's a move he is unikely to have regretted. Now a key man for the Bundesliga outfit, Nkunku comes into the top 50 at number 23 with a WhoScored rating of 7.52. The 22-year-old has a commendable 12 assists to his name, four of which came in one game earlier this year. 

Nkunku yielded a WhoScored rating of 6.88 for PSG last season, a modest return given he played a bit part role for the Parisian powerhouse, as his impressive form in the final third sees him surge 408 spots up the rankings on last season. 

Injuries to key Bayern Munich defenders saw Alphonso Davies feature more prominently than many would have expected back in August, yet the wing-wizard has excelled at left-back for the Bavarian giants. Bombarding up the wing from defence, Davies has completed more dribbles (64) than any other teenager in Europe's top five leagues this season as he uses his speed and ability to ghost past opponents to good effect having chipped in with one goal and four assists in Germany's top tier this term. 

Davies made just six league appearances for Bayern last season, totalling 74 minutes of action off the bench, as he showed glimpses of his quality to return a WhoScored rating of 6.24 in that time. 

Just missing out on a spot in the top 20, Brazilian Casemiro is Real Madrid's top rated player this season and a WhoScored rating of 7.54 is the third best in LaLiga. The tough-tackling 28-year-old has made more tackles (83) and interceptions (53) in Spain's top tier and ranks second for possession won in the midfield third (115) in the Spanish Primera Division as he continues to exhibit his fine defensive prowess in the Real Madrid midfield. 

On the back of a so-so 2018/19, where Casemiro earned a WhoScored rating of 7.15, the Brazil international is currently the 21st top rated player in Europe's top five leagues this season, rising 90 spots from 111th. 

Catch up on rankings: 50-46, 45-41, 40-36, 35-31, 30-26