Arsenal’s Russia international Andrei Arshavin has been able to thrust himself into the international football scene for the short while he has been in the English Premier League, doubling his rating from the 60 points he had while still in Russia to his current tally of more than 160 points.

Arshavin has been able to impose himself as one of the leaders at Arsenal: after a series of strong performances, he joined the FTBL Top 23 for the Premier League. In early May, he even overtook teammate Emmanuel Adebayor as the best rated Gunner.

Tottenham Hotspur’s Roman Pavlyuchenko is 2nd in the rating of Russian players with approximately 60 points. After a good start with the Spurs, Pavlyuchenko, however, lost momentum and his place in the first team, which led to a drop in the ratings.