Real Madrid 2024-25 season ratings - every player ranked: From record-breaking Kylian Mbappe to underperforming Rodrygo

A couple of panic starts in La Liga and a Copa del Rey appearance punctuated a season that was really supposed to be spent in the reserves. The best compliment that can be paid to Ramon is that he never really stood out - nor made any mistakes. A word for his late winner against Mallorca; a signature moment in a season otherwise lacking in them.

A few scattered appearances at the end of the season for Madrid's forgotten man, who proved that good things come to those who elect to pick up a bloody massive pay check to sit around on the bench at the Bernabeu...

Carvajal looked good in the early goings as he looked to build on a career season that saw him finish fourth in the Ballon d'Or voting. However, a horrific knee injury suffered in October derailed his campaign, and he will hope to be back to his best next year as he aims to hold off increased competition from Trent Alexander-Arnold.

Poor Lucas! After both Carvajal and Eder Miliato suffered terrible knee injuries, Vazquez had to step up. And while his effort is never lacking, Vazquez became the undeniable weak link in an already pretty poor defence, and had lost his spot to Federico Valverde by February.

A couple of miserable Clasico showings, in particular, will go down in memory for the wrong reasons. He will leave the club at season's end, and it seems like the right time to move on.

Alaba finally made his return to action after 15 months out with a knee injury, but he was tasked with doing too much, too quickly for a Madrid side that was missing other key defenders.

The result? More injuries, including a meniscus problem that could see him miss the Club World Cup. It's fair to wonder if he will ever be at his best again.

At what point can we just admit that Camavinga is an injury liability who can't be counted on to play a whole season? Knee issues have plagued him in his last few seasons, and he never looked like putting together a run of good form in 2024-25.

It's a shame, really, as Camavinga is an immense talent who can play multiple positions, but he once again failed to stay fit. Until he stays healthy for a long period, his career might just be one of untapped potential.

Had a solid start to the season, and looked to be finding something nearing his best after an agreeable 11-game run in which Madrid were right in the mix atop the Liga table. But a cruel ACL injury picked up in November - his second in successive seasons - saw him sit out the rest of the campaign.

There is a suggestion that he might be fit for the Club World Cup, but leaving him out may prove to be the more prudent move. Brilliant at his best, but has rarely had the chance to show what, exactly, that looks like.

'The King of the Copa del Rey' never really made it happen outside of the cup competition during his debut season in Spain, but there was still plenty of promise to be found. Endrick's pace and power were clear to see when games opened up, and he proved a tidy finisher when called upon.

The issue is, he never quite seemed to fit Ancelotti's system. He is too short to be a No.9, and doesn't quite fit the archetype of the width-holding winger Madrid need. Calling his move to Madrid a mistake would perhaps be a step too far, but 'the new Pele' didn't cover himself in glory.

Rodrygo is an immense talent who deserves to be spoken about in the same breath as some of his more famous Madrid team-mates, but right now he looks like someone playing out of position and for the wrong club. His return of six goals and five assists in La Liga smply wasn't good enough, and Ancelotti effectively sacrificed him in favour of the younger Arda Guler by the end of the campaign.

Xabi Alonso seems convinced they Rodrygo will play a part for his iteration of Madrid, but with other clubs rumoured to be sniffing around, the Brazilian might have his chance to leave this summer.

Brahim was struggling for minutes at the best of times in the 2023-24 campaign, and the arrival of Mbappe further limited his opportunities. The Morocco international can be immensely fun to watch at times, but he was lacking in sharpness for long stretches - and too often asked to act as a super-sub in otherwise lost causes.

He's a real talent, but seems like Brahim could really do with a move away from Santiago Bernabeu.

Mendy has gotten his fair amount of stick over the years at Madrid, but in reality, he's a solid left-back who does a lot of things reasonably well - without being world-class. And so it proved again. The Frenchman chipped in here and there, and provided cover when Madrid's unbalanced left side elected to simply not defend.

A few injuries will raise concerns about his longevity, and Madrid are supposedly soon to bring in a new left-back, but he did his job when fit.

Lunin played perhaps more of a role than Madrid might have wanted him to as the Ukrainian routinely stepped in for the oft-injured Thibaut Courtois. Perhaps the best compliment that can be paid to him is that there wasn't an immense drop off at any point.

Lunin will never be elite, but he was a serviceable back-up to one of the greats of the game - which is nothing to be sniffed at. The question is: does he need to go somewhere else where he might be able to start full time?

He was no Toni Kroos replacement, but when fit, Ceballos offered a vital stability on the ball, and helped pace a too-often-erratic Madrid midfield. His pass completion percentage was better than anyone else for Los Blancos, and even though he wasn't much of a goal threat, his capacity to eat up minutes cannot be questioned. Let's just ignore his defensive shortcomings, yeah?

By Vinicius' lofty standards, this was a pretty miserable campaign. The Brazilian promised that he would come back "10x stronger" after being pipped to the Ballon d'Or by Rodri, but his revenge tour soon slipped off course.

Vinicius proceeded to turn in his worst season in years as he never truly jelled with Mbappe, and his fit in Alonso's system is unclear. Eleven goals and eight assists in the league simply isn't good enough for a player of his calibre.

Fine? Steady? Agreeable? Pick a mediocre adjective, and that summarises Fran Garcia's season nicely. A bargain-bin option brought in on a buy-back from Rayo Vallecano, the stocky left-back stepped in when Ferland Mendy was missing and did his job adequately. He's not an excellent defender, but his athleticism helped make up for any mishaps, and his connection with Madrid's left wingers developed over the course of the season.

Next season will be interesting. Garcia might have shown enough to suggest he can start more often, but there is talk of Madrid investing in his position - which would seem a harsh move if they are to replace him outright.

Tchouameni was signed in 2022 as the heir apparent to Casemiro, an expert defensive midfielder to lead Madrid into their next era of success. Since then, things haven't quite come off for him, but he certainly improved last season.

He deputised admirably at centre-back when needed, improved as a passer over the course of the campaign, and will certainly benefit from a full year of fitness from those around him.

Twenty-one-year-old, homegrown centre-backs really shouldn't have to play for Madrid, but Asencio made the step up from Castilla look remarkably easy. Good in the air and strong in a tackle, he seemed to relish playing against some of the bigger strikers in La Liga.

He showed a few signs of inexperience in Clasicos and against Liverpool in the Champions League, but was otherwise reliable in a season where Madrid didn't have too many others to count upon.

There are very few goalkeepers better than Courtois when he's fully fit. The issue is that injuries are becoming more commonplace for the big Belgian.

He managed just 30 starts in La Liga, and even if Lunin was a reliable replacement, there can be no doubt that Courtois should be the preferred option, as some of his heroics kept Madrid in games that they really should have been out of.

'The Turkish Messi' showed he was so much more than just one for the future in his first full campaign in the Madrid first team after his injury-hit debut season as he fitted in seamlessly and ened up above Rodrygo in the pecking order.

A tricky midfielder who is more Luka Modric than Messi, Guler showed himsef to be a chance-creation force with an eye for the final pass against some of the trickier defences in La Liga. He doesn't seem like an archetypal Alonso player, but his talent certainly cannot be questioned. The future is bright.

It wasn't the glittering end that his Madrid career deserved, but Modric showed that he still had a role to play, even at the age of 39. Only Valverde appeared in more games than the Croatian, who was still in the XI for some of the big games, and was the ideal substitute to see out close games.

A word, too, for his Santiago Bernabeu send off - a fittingly emotional moment for a club great.

After an excellent debut campaign that included some reord-breaking goal-scoring numbers, Bellingham dropped into a deeper role at the start of the 2024-25 campaign. After a settling in period, that looked to be working well for a few months, but he was soon moved and shifted around - and thus never quite showed his best.

The England international's creativity and drive going forward could never be questioned, but his effort did slip towards the end of the season, and he looks like he needs a summer off. He will get that time away when he undergoes shoulder surgery, but not before he is thrown out there again for the Club World Cup.

When he was fit, Rudiger was immense, the constant in an otherwise turbulent defence that was wrecked by injuries. It's a shame that his season was eventually derailed by a knee problem, and will forever be marred by his outrageous post-match antics in the Copa del Rey final.

He's more than just an Erling Haaland eater, something he proved with a series of top performances.

You can't really criticise Valverde for anything from what was otherwise a morbid campaign for Madrid. Need a defensive midfielder? You've got it. How about a No.10 to score a late goal? Yep. Right-backs currently letting you down? Valverde is here.

Amid a season of immense instability, the Uruguayan made it all look rather easy, starting the most games in La Liga and playing a bit of everywhere as Ancelotti's men underwent a nightmarish injury crisis. That he managed to tally 10 goal contributions in the league alone is impressive, and at 26, there's still so much more football to come.

It's hard to argue with the stats here. Mbappe enjoyed the most successful debut season of any Madrid player ever, and finished the campaign by claiming both the Pichichi and the European Golden Boot. In that sense, he was far and away Madrid's best performer.

There remain questionsas to his overall impact on Los Blancos as a unit, but the quality can't be denied here - and Mbappe has it in buckets. You'd probably back Alonso to get more out of him, as well.