Renowned football magazine FourFourTwo have released their annual list of 50 best players in England's lower tier league with Andre Ayew in the top performers.

The Ghana captain is ranked as the seventh best player in the EFL following his outstanding form for Swansea City.

The former West Ham and Olympic Marseille attacker has been the best player for the Welsh club in the past two seasons since his return.

Andre Ayew has scored 14 goals in 38 appearances for Swansea City in the ongoing campaign.

The Welsh side are keen to secure promotion to the Premier League as they currently lie in the play off places with six matches to go.

The full list is available below:

50. Colin Kazim Richards (Derby County)

49. Nicky Cadden (Forest Green Rovers)

48. Mallik Wilks (Hull City)

47. Vaclav Hladky (Salford City)

46. Joe Pigott (Wimbledon)

45. Matt Jay (Exeter City)

44. Joe Worrall (Nottingham Forest)

43. Aiden McGeady (Sunderland)

42. Daniel Bentley (Bristol City)

41. Nick Powell (Stoke City)

40. James Vaughan (Tranmere Rovers)

39. Ben Tozer (Cheltenham Town)

38. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (Luton Town)

37. John Marquis (Portsmouth)

36. Seny Dieng (Queens Park Rangers)

35. Cauley Woodrow (Barnsley)

34. Lewis Montsma (Lincoln City)

33. Luke Jephcott (Plymouth Argyle)

32. Gustavo Hamer (Coventry City)

31. Paul Mullin (Cambridge United)

30. Charlie Wyke (Sunderland)

29. Ben Whiteman (Preston North End)

28. Harry Wilson (Cardiff City)

27. Wes Hoolahan (Cambridge United)

26. Jonson Clarke-Harris (Peterborough United)

25. Jed Wallace (Millwall)

24. Jorge Grant (Lincoln City)

23. Troy Deeney (Watford)

22. Omar Richards (Reading)

21. Dael Fry (Middlesbrough)

20. Arnaut Danjuma (Bournemouth)

19. Kieffer Moore (Cardiff City)

18. George Honeyman (Hull City)

17. Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford)

16. Conor Hourihane (Swansea City)

15. Marc Guehi (Swansea City)

14. Harvey Elliott (Blackburn Rovers)

13. Todd Cantwell (Norwich City)

12. Oie Ejaria (Reading)

11. Max Aarons (Norwich City)

10. Josh Dasilva (Brentford)

9. Michael Olise (Reading)

8. Ismaila Sarr (Watford)

7. Andre Ayew (Swansea City)

6. David Brooks (Bournemouth)

5. Lucas Joao (Reading)

4. Adam Armstrong (Blackburn Rovers)

3. Teemu Pukki (Norwich City)

2. Emiliano Buendia (Norwich City)

1. Ivan Toney (Brentford)