Sanya Sharapov

This imposing Russian pivot dominates the air with colossal leaps and relentless anticipation, though he sometimes lets his fiery temperament ignite matches unnecessarily. Once, during a youth match, he celebrated such a brutal block against a goalpost that he ended up pulling the post right out of the ground, convinced the structure simply surrendered to him. His defensive style, built on surgical slide tackles, turns any rival attack into an impossible mission.