[Grammar] He is "one of the nation's best players/ one of the best players of the nation".

[Sahil Dhankhar]

He is "one of the nation's best players/ one of the best players of the nation".

This is not my homework.

Kindly tell me if "He is one of the nation's best players." is correct if I want to convey that some person is one of the very profound players of his nation.

However I think that it is not grammatically suitable as in this sentence there is wrong placement of antecedent and here "one of" specifies nation instead of the player.

Thanks in advance.

 

[emsr2d2]

Re: He is "one of the nation's best players/ one of the best players of the nation".

The placement of the apostrophe tells you which meaning is accurate.

One of the nation's best players - one of the best players from that nation.
One of the nations' best players - the best player from one of the [previously mentioned or yet-to-be mentioned] nations.

 

[Tdol]

Re: He is "one of the nation's best players/ one of the best players of the nation".

I wouldn't use one of the best players of the nation. I would use the forms Emsr2d2 suggested, though I would use country instead of nation​ in most contexts.