Note: This is the same article I published on Soccerlens.com, which you can find here.
It’s that time of the year again. The time when a random (ok, let’s call it ‘well-respected’ if you prefer) football publication makes an “All Time Best” ranking that never fails to create controversy and offend a few people. FourFourTwo did one of those last month, this time it’s the turn of the ‘Association of Football Statisticians’ to make its Top 100, after studying every fact and figure from the beautiful game over the past 100 years. Points are given for goals scored by forwards and clean sheets for defenders. Players also get awarded marks for trophies won, captaincy and the level they played at throughout their career.
It should come as no big surprise to see Pelé at nº1 spot (the Brazilian legend totalling 16,799.44 points), but the names and rankings further down the list are bound to raise some eyebrows. The analysis of The Sun highlights the biggest problems in English Premiership terms:
- Manchester United legends George Best, Denis Law and Eric Cantona don’t make the top 100.
- Ali Daei’s 109 goals in 149 games for Iran puts him at 26th – ahead of players like Dennis Bergkamp, Thierry Henry and Ronaldinho.
- Diego Maradona is ranked only 6th.
The publishers explain to The Sun that Best misses out because he never participated in a World Cup tournament, and had a fairly short career, while Ali Daei won his place by scoring 109 goals in 149 international matches for… Iran.
The Daily Star takes a look the UK players, and finds out that England’s top star is Bobby Charlton in 23rd spot, two places above Scotland’s Kenny Dalglish. David Beckham is 44th, Kevin Keegan at 46th, Gary Lineker 56th, Welsh ace Ryan Giggs 62nd, and Michael Owen 68th. Alan Shearer misses out of the top 100.
Further analysis of the ‘Best 100′ reveals that the top 3 trio is 100% Brazilian (with Ronaldo 2nd and Romario 3rd… and Cafu closing down the Auriverde block at 10th). Figo is 4th, Zidane 5th, and other big names such as Platini (13th), Maldini (15th), Zico (16th), Gullit (18th) and Cruyff (21st) are excluded from the Top 10.
The most represented nation is France (with 16 players), followed by Brazil (11), Italy and Germany (10). England totals 7, Argentina 5 (Messi not included).
Also, in terms of overall football career, the most represented European league is the Serie A. Indeed, most of the Top 100 played at one point or another in Italy: Serie A totals at least 58 players in that ranking, closely followed by La Liga (44), and the EPL (36).
Other represented leagues include the Bundesliga (22), the French Ligue 1 (22), the Dutch Eredivisie (20), and the Portuguese Superliga (5). As for South America, the Campeonato Brasileiro counts 11 players while the Argentine Apertura/Clausura only 8 (most of the Brazilian/Argentine stars obviously beginning their career back home). An interesting note is the total of 13 players who played in the MLS/USL (mostly at the end of their careers), making North America the destination of choice for footballers close to retirement.
As for the Italians, aside from the aforementioned Paolo Maldini the remaining 9 players in the list are Paolo Rossi (43rd), Alessandro Costacurta (49th), Dino Zoff (51st), Alessandro Del Piero (60th), Demetrio Albertini (64th), Giacinto Facchetti (75th), Franco Baresi (77th), Gianni Rivera (78th) and Roberto Baggio (79th).
The Top 100 is revealed in the book Greatest Ever Footballers, on sale next week by Headline publishers for £14.99 (€21.50).
Here’s the full list.
| 1 |  |
Pelé | (Brazil) |
| 2 |  |
Ronaldo | (Brazil) |
| 3 |  |
Romário | (Brazil) |
| 4 |  |
Luís Figo | (Portugal) |
| 5 |  |
Zinedine Zidane | (France) |
| 6 |  |
Diego Maradona | (Argentina) |
| 7 |  |
Lothar Matthäus | (Germany) |
| 8 |  |
Gerd Müller | (Germany) |
| 9 |  |
Franz Beckenbauer | (Germany) |
| 10 |  |
Cafu | (Brazil) |
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| 11 | Roberto Carlos | (Brazil) |
| 12 | Marco van Basten | (Holland) |
| 13 | Michel Platini | (France) |
| 14 | Rivaldo | (Brazil) |
| 15 | Paolo Maldini | (Italy) |
| 16 | Zico | (Brazil) |
| 17 | Raúl | (Spain) |
| 18 | Ruud Gullit | (Holland) |
| 19 | Eusébio | (Portugal) |
| 20 | Ferenc Puskás | (Hungary) |
| 21 | Johan Cruyff | (Holland) |
| 22 | Alfredo di Stefano | (Argentina) |
| 23 | Bobby Charlton | (England) |
| 24 | Jürgen Klinsmann | (Germany) |
| 25 | Kenny Dalglish | (Scotland) |
| 26 | Ali Daei | (Iran) |
| 27 | Karl-Heinz Rummenigge | (Germany) |
| 28 | Gabriel Batistuta | (Argentina) |
| 29 | Michael Laudrup | (Denmark) |
| 30 | Hristo Stoichkov | (Bulgaria) |
| 31 | Dennis Bergkamp | (Holland) |
| 32 | Frank Rijkaard | (Holland) |
| 33 | Thierry Henry | (France) |
| 34 | Pavel Nedved | (Czech Rep) |
| 35 | Gheorghe Hagi | (Romania) |
| 36 | Peter Schmeichel | (Denmark) |
| 37 | Andriy Shevchenko | (Ukraine) |
| 38 | Sepp Maier | (Germany) |
| 39 | Didier Deschamps | (France) |
| 40 | Lilian Thuram | (France) |
| 41 | Enzo Francescoli | (Uruguay) |
| 42 | Hakan Şükür | (Turkey) |
| 43 | Paolo Rossi | (Italy) |
| 44 | David Beckham | (England) |
| 45 | Jean-Pierre Papin | (France) |
| 46 | Kevin Keegan | (England) |
| 47 | Marcel Desailly | (France) |
| 48 | Oliver Kahn | (Germany) |
| 49 | Alessandro Costacurta | (Italy) |
| 50 | Clarence Seedorf | (Holland) |
| 51 | Dino Zoff | (Italy) |
| 52 | Patrick Kluivert | (Holland) |
| 53 | Jari Litmanen | (Finland) |
| 54 | Daniel Passarella | (Argentina) |
| 55 | Bixente Lizarazu | (France) |
| 56 | Gary Lineker | (England) |
| 57 | Ronaldinho | (Brazil) |
| 58 | Sylvain Wiltord | (France) |
| 59 | Bebeto | (Brazil) |
| 60 | Alessandro Del Piero | (Italy) |
| 61 | Davor Šuker | (Croatia) |
| 62 | Ryan Giggs | (Wales) |
| 63 | David Trezeguet | (France) |
| 64 | Demetrio Albertini | (Italy) |
| 65 | Patrick Vieira | (France) |
| 66 | Jürgen Kohler | (Germany) |
| 67 | Laurent Blanc | (France) |
| 68 | Michael Owen | (England) |
| 69 | Youri Djorkaeff | (France) |
| 70 | Frank De Boer | (Holland) |
| 71 | Emilio Butragueño | (Spain) |
| 72 | Hugo Sánchez | (Mexico) |
| 73 | Rudi Völler | (Germany) |
| 74 | Djalma Santos | (Brazil) |
| 75 | Giacinto Facchetti | (Italy) |
| 76 | Kanu | (Nigeria) |
| 77 | Franco Baresi | (Italy) |
| 78 | Gianni Rivera | (Italy) |
| 79 | Roberto Baggio | (Italy) |
| 80 | Oscar Ruggeri | (Argentina) |
| 81 | Gheorghe Popescu | (Romania) |
| 82 | Jon Dahl Tomasson | (Denmark) |
| 83 | Raymond Kopa | (France) |
| 84 | Carlos Valderrama | (Colombia) |
| 85 | Rui Costa | (Portugal) |
| 86 | Gary Neville | (England) |
| 87 | Edgar Davids | (Holland) |
| 88 | Claudio Taffarel | (Brazil) |
| 89 | Paul Scholes | (England) |
| 90 | Diego Simeone | (Argentina) |
| 91 | Bryan Robson | (England) |
| 92 | Roy Keane | (Rep of Ireland) |
| 93 | Brian Laudrup | (Denmark) |
| 94 | Henrik Larsson | (Sweden) |
| 95 | Fabien Barthez | (France) |
| 96 | Michael Ballack | (Germany) |
| 97 | Jan Koller | (Czech Rep) |
| 98 | Edwin van der Sar | (Holland) |
| 99 | Robert Pirès | (France) |
| 100 | Johan Neeskens | (Holland) |
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Maradona in 6th? Cruyff not even in the top 10? What would we expect from the guys of the statistics?
1.zidane
2.maradona
3.pele
4.puskas
5.guilit
6.best
7.maldini
8.ronaldo (brazil)
9.giggs
10.charlton
messi?
I dont agree. Maradona according to me is the best player so far.
WORST RANkiNG Ive Ever seen in my life…..
Maradona 6th and TOTTI not even in top 100…. who are u mate ?
Do u know anything about soccer ???
ROnaldo 1th hahahahhahahahha U need help
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jorge “el magico Gonzales” is clearly in top 5?
where is finidi
worst ranking hav ever seen where is the god of soccer messi
The Greatest Footabllers of All-Time
1. Pele
2. Diego Maradona
3. Alfredo Di Stefano
4. Franz Beckenbauer
5. Johan Cruyff
6. Michel Platini
7. Garrincha
8. Zico
9. Ferenc Puskas
10. Zinedine Zidane
11. Eusebio
12. Gerd Muller
13. Ronaldo
14. Lev Yashin
15. George Best
16. Marco Van Basten
17. Bobby Charlton
18. Paolo Maldini
19. Didi
20. Stanley Matthews
21. Jose Manuel Moreno
22. Lothar Matthaus
23. Roberto Baggio
24. Romario
25. Ruud Gullit
26. Franco Baresi
27. Dino Zoff
28. Bobby Moore
29. Giuseppe Meazza
30. Zizinho
31. Ladislao Kubala
32. Gianni Rivera
33. Rivelino
34. Sandor Kocsis
35. Matthias Sindelar
36. Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
37. Leonidas Da Silva
38. Raymond Kopa
39. Fritz Walter
40. Adolfo Pedernera
41. Luis Suarez Miramontes
42. Nils Liedholm
43. Gunnar Nordahl
44. Uwe Seeler
45. Rivaldo
46. Giacinto Facchetti
47. Ronaldinho
48. Daniel Passarella
49. Frank Rijkaard
50. Dragan Dzajic
51. Jairzinho
52. Juan Schiaffino
53. John Charles
54. Nilton Santos
55. Valentino Mazzola
56. Michael Laudrup
57. Gordon Banks
58. Jozsef Boszik
59. Josef Masopust
60. Falcao
61. Theirry Henry
62. Gaetano Scirea
63. Luis Figo
64. Josef Bican
65. Tostao
66. Gyorgi Sarosi
67. Jose Leandro Andrade
68. Socrates
69. Omar Sivori
70. Gabriel Batistuta
71. Just Fontaine
72. Peter Schmeichel
73. Francisco Gento
74. Luis Monti
75. Paul Breitner
76. Djalma Santos
77. Sandro Mazzola
78. Tom Finney
79. Antonio Sastre
80. Jimmy Greaves
81. Ferenc Deak
82. Arsenio Erico
83. Teofilo Cubillas
84. Lionel Messi
85. Cristiano Ronaldo
86. Florian Albert
87. Johan Neeskens
88. Hristo Stoichkov
89. Wolfgang Overath
90. Hector Scarone
91. Gunther Netzer
92. Gerson
93. Nandor Hidegkuti
94. Ruud Krol
95. Denis Law
96. Kurt Hamrin
97. Fernando Peyroteo
98. Enzo Fransescoli
99. Carlos Alberto
100. Telmo Zarra
Honourable Mentions
Ricardo Zamora
Gianluigi Buffon
Oliver Kahn
Sepp Maier
Berti Vogts
Lilian Thuram
Karlheinz Schnellinger
Alessandro Nesta
Fabio Cannavaro
Elias Figueroa
Giuseppe Bergomi
Branko Zebec
Obdulio Varela
Ernest Ocwirk
Fernando Redondo
Willem Van Hanegem
Kazimierz Deyna
Gheorghe Hagi
Zbigniew Boniek
Zoltan Czibor
Ryan Giggs
Dennis Bergkamp
Kenny Dalglish
Kevin Keegan
Faas Wilkes
Silvio Piola
Andrei Shevchenko
Ruud Van Nistelrooy
Alberto Spencer
Arthur Friedenreich
Dixie Dean
Luigi Riva
Memorial Mention
Duncan Edwards
The Greatest European Footabllers of All-Time
1. Franz Beckenbauer
2. Johan Cruyff
3. Michel Platini
4. Ferenc Puskas
5. Zinedine Zidane
6. Eusebio
7. Gerd Muller
8. Lev Yashin
9. George Best
10. Marco Van Basten
11. Bobby Charlton
12. Paolo Maldini
13. Stanley Matthews
14. Lothar Matthaus
15. Roberto Baggio
16. Ruud Gullit
17. Franco Baresi
18. Dino Zoff
19. Bobby Moore
20. Giuseppe Meazza
21. Ladislao Kubala
22. Gianni Rivera
23. Sandor Kocsis
24. Matthias Sindelar
25. Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
26. Raymond Kopa
27. Fritz Walter
28. Luis Suarez Miramontes
29. Nils Liedholm
30. Gunnar Nordahl
31. Uwe Seeler
32. Giacinto Facchetti
33. Frank Rijkaard
34. Dragan Dzajic
35. John Charles
36. Valentino Mazzola
37. Michael Laudrup
38. Gordon Banks
39. Jozsef Boszik
40. Josef Masopust
41. Theirry Henry
42. Gaetano Scirea
43. Luis Figo
44. Josef Bican
45. Gyorgi Sarosi
46. Just Fontaine
47. Peter Schmeichel
48. Francisco Gento
49. Paul Breitner
50. Sandro Mazzola
51. Tom Finney
52. Jimmy Greaves
53. Ferenc Deak
54. Cristiano Ronaldo
55. Florian Albert
56. Johan Neeskens
57. Hristo Stoichkov
58. Wolfgang Overath
59. Gunther Netzer
60. Nandor Hidegkuti
61. Ruud Krol
62. Denis Law
63. Kurt Hamrin
64. Fernando Peyroteo
65. Telmo Zarra
66. Karlheinz Schnellinger
67. Gianluigi Buffon
68. Faas Wilkes
69. Giuseppe Bergomi
70. Willem Van Hanegem
71. Kazimierz Deyna
72. Ruud Van Nistelrooy
73. Dennis Bergkamp
74. Kenny Dalglish
75. Alessandro Nesta
76. Sepp Maier
77. Kevin Keegan
78. Alberto Spencer
79. Zbigniew Boniek
80. Gheorghe Hagi
81. Luigi Riva
82. Andrei Shevchenko
83. Zoltan Czibor
84. Ryan Giggs
85. Dixie Dean
86. Berti Vogts
87. Silvio Piola
88. Ernest Ocwirk
89. Fabio Cannavaro
90. Ricardo Zamora
91. Danny Blanchflower
92. Xavi Hernandez
93. Raul Gonzalez
94. Lilian Thuram
95. Oliver Kahn
96. Pavel Nedved
97. Rui Costa
98. Oleg Blokhin
99. Matthias Sammer
100. Branko Zebec
Honourable Mentions
Rinat Dasaev
Alan Hansen
Jurgen Kohler
Andreas Brehme
Igor Netto
Mario Coluna
Bernd Schuster
Johnny Haynes
Kalman Konrad
Helmut Rahn
Bruno Conti
Rob Resenbrink
Paul Van Himst
Stepjan Bobek
Jurgen Klinsmann
The Greatest South American Footabllers of All-Time
1. Pele
2. Diego Maradona
3. Alfredo Di Stefano
4. Garrincha
5. Zico
6. Ronaldo
7. Didi
8. Jose Manuel Moreno
9. Romario
10. Zizinho
11. Rivelino
12. Leonidas Da Silva
13. Adolfo Pedernera
14. Rivaldo
15. Ronaldinho
16. Daniel Passarella
17. Jairzinho
18. Juan Schiaffino
19. Nilton Santos
20. Falcao
21. Tostao
22. Jose Leandro Andrade
23. Socrates
24. Omar Sivori
25. Gabriel Batistuta
26. Luis Monti
27. Djalma Santos
28. Antonio Sastre
29. Arsenio Erico
30. Teofilo Cubillas
31. Lionel Messi
32. Hector Scarone
33. Gerson
34. Enzo Fransescoli
35. Carlos Alberto
36. Elias Figueroa
37. Fernando Redondo
38. Obdulio Varela
39. Alberto Spencer
40. Arthur Friedenreich
41. Amadeo Carrizo
42. Jose Santamaria
43. Jose Nasazzi
44. Ademir Marquez
45. Kaka
46. Angel Labruna
47. Julinho
48. Mario Kempes
49. Raimundo Orsi
50. Roberto Carlos
51. Omar Corbatta
52. Cesar Cueto
53. Manuel Seoane
54. Ubaldo Fillol
55. Ademir Da Guia
56. Silvio Marzolini
57. Ricardo Bochini
58. Careca
59. Luis Artime
60. Felix Loustau
61. Hector Chumpitaz
62. Rene Pontoni
63. Rinaldo Martino
64. Gilmar
65. Javier Zanetti
66. Juan Roman Riquelme
67. Cafu
68. Domingos Da Guia
69. Walter Gomez
70. Alberto Ohaco
71. Osvaldo Ardiles
72. Canhoteiro
73. Pedro Rocha
74. Juan Joya
75. Carlos Peucelle
76. Hernan Crespo
77. Bebeto
78. Enrique Garcia
79. Pedro Petrone
80. Jose Sanfilippo
81. Oscar Ruggeri
82. Nestor Rossi
83. Clodoaldo
84. Pepe
85. Romerito
86. Reinaldo
87. Bernabe Ferreyra
88. Jose Altafini
89. Teodoro Fernandez
90. Juan Sebastian Veron
91. Rene Houseman
92. Leonel Sanchez
93. Toninho Cerezo
94. Ladislao Mazurkiewicz
95. Zito
96. Leovilgedo Junior
97. Dirceu
98. Jose Luis Chilavert
99. Hugo Sotil
100. Roberto Perfumo
Honourable Mention
Roberto Dinamite
Luis Cubilla
Alcides Ghiggia
Jair Da Rosa
Amarildo
Quarentinha
Vava
Luis Pereira
Emerson Leao
The Greatest Other Footballers of All-Time
1. George Weah
2. Hugo Sanchez
3. Samuel Eto’o
4. Magico Gonzelez
5. Abedi Pele
6. Paulino Alcacantra
7. Osei Kofi
8. Saif Keita
9. Didier Drogba
10. Alejandro Morera
Got to have more Milan players on th list. they’re tied with boca for most titles in the world and have almost as much CL titles as Madrid if they didn’t win the title five times in a row which is impossible in modern times. where is tassoti arguably bed right back ever or donadoni or even some people from this decade like inzaghi top champions league scorer wit raul. or pirlo who events the style that xavi gets so much credit for.
did any of ye hear of liverpool ledgens Steven Gerrard, Ian Rush, and John Barnes, what about John Aldo
Any list without Ryan Giggs is absolute crap
Cristiano Ronaldo 85 heheh u make me laugh
1)Pele
2)Maradona
3)Cristiano Ronaldo
4)beckenbauer
5)Iniesta
6)Michel Platini
7)Eusebio
8)Zinedine Zidane
9)Luis Figo
10)Fabian Barthez
Messi does nt make the list as he cant shoot from 40 yards not wid right foot nt free kicks nt headers. so doesnt deserve to be in top 10
Thomas Sorensen should be number 100
1. Pele
2. Cruyff
3. Maradona
4. Di Stefano
5. Puckas
6. Beckenbauer
7. Platini
8. Garrincha
9. Zidane
10. Eusebio
BEST PLAYERS last 30 years
1.Diego Maradona
2.Michael Laudrup
3.Zinedine Zidane
4.Farias Romario
5.Nazario Ronaldo
6.Lionel Messi
7.Michel Platini
8.Assis Ronaldinho
9.Lothar Matthaus
10.Arthur Coimbra Zico
11.Karl Heinz Rummenigge
12.Marco Van Basten
13.Thierry Henry
14.Enzo Francescolli
15.Dennis Bergkamp
16.Roberto Baggio
17.Kevin Keegan
18.Paolo Rossi
19.Wayne Rooney
20.Eric Cantona
21.Preben Elkjaer
22.Ruud Gullit
23.Emilio Butragueno
24.Oliveira Socrates
25.Vitor Rivaldo
26.Gabriel Batistuta
27.Jurgen Klinsmann
28.Alessandro Del Piero
29.Allan Simonsen
30.Hernandez Xavi
if your talking PURE skill/ability then it`s ronaldinho NO DOUBT!..between 03-06 no one could touch him..only reason why i wouldn`t put him in the top 10 is because he faded to badly after 06
1.diego maradona,jorge magico gonzalez,pele
2.benkenbauer
3.ronaldo
4.cristiano ronaldo/messi
And so on
there is no list like this that doesnt start with those players…greatest that ever stepped on the pitch
There is nothing wrong with this list.everyone with negative comments don’t know anything about footfall,you should look at the bigger picture.Most accurate listing
1 Messi
2 Cruijff
3 Pele
4 Maradona
5 Van Basten
where is MESSI????????????
this list is out right stupid,first off,all the players who have been named fifa world best players should not be 84th nd shit,nd where the hell is KING george weah,who ever compiled this list is a bludy geezer,
where is messi he is the best
Steve you know really the football and in the list you out Also old players that often Are forgotten and not only last players.i want ask you only thing: i am very young and so i remember players as Ronaldo and zidane, mt favourites, and now i see messi that is the best at the moment. You have seen footballers of 30′s 40′s century congratulations for have put lionel in that position Behind other glory and not in firsts positions only because he plays now. Excellent list. Sorry for the english i am studying it
Sorry not steve but Steven
In any case I am sure that we Will saw messi in the firsts positions in the year if he Will continue in the NeXT years to’ play as now
correct me if im wrong but im failing to see Shearer on these lists. clearly the best player ever!
Yes alan shearer must is in the list. He was a legend and an example for all players. He was a very top player without play in a top team. He was as now in italy di natale with Due proportion
I wanted to write this comment for what I have written previously in my other review of Lionel Messi. I want to apologize for when I said congratulations on putting messi in that position ( in the list of Steven . I would not want someone to have misunderstood what I meant. In fact, I just wanted to suggest that crops and very young and has almost a ‘whole career ahead of him. The players must be evalueted at the end of the careerIn the twentieth century there have been very very good players who played during the war period which should not be forgotten. with this I say that in every case made and a great player who might become one of the best ever.
I wanted to write this comment for what I have written previously in my other review of Lionel Messi. I want to apologize for when I said congratulations on putting messi in that position ( in the list of Steven). I would not want someone to have misunderstood what I meant. In fact, I just wanted to suggest that Messi is very young and has almost a ‘whole career ahead of him. The players must be evalueted at the end of the career. In the twentieth century there have been very very good players who played during the war period which should not be forgotten. with this I say that in every case made Messi is a great player who might become one of the best ever but now he has only 24 years. it’ s possible that ‘Argentinean become even stronger than now.I sent this comment to the errors in the previous one.
what a crap ..where is weah
100.Paul Gascoigne
99. Jay-Jay Okocha
98. Essamy- El Hadari
97. Edwin Van Der Sar
96. Paul Scholes
95. Pak Doo Ik
94. Vava
93. Djorkaff
92. Michel Preud’homme
91. Hidetoshi Nakata
90. Rudi Voeller
89. Henrik Larrsson
88. Edgar Davids
87. Javier Zanetti
88. Robert Pires
87. Gabrielle Basituta
86. Roger Milla
85. Michael Owen
84. Frank De Boer
83. luis enrique
82. Miroslav Klose
81. Abedi pele
80. Ruud Van Nistelrooy
79. Bebeto
78. Brian Laudrup
77. Michael Laudrup
76. Francesco Totti
75. Ryan Giggs
74. Fabien Barthez
73. Eric Cantona
72. Hristo Stoichkov
71. Fabio Cannavarro
70. Rui Costa
69. Just Fontaine
68. Del Piero
67. Jairzinho
66.
this is the worst ranking ever where is messi
1.maradona.
2.leoo mesi.
3.david backhame.
4.zico.
5.zidan.
6.david forlan.
7.drogba.
8.luis figo.
9.soinstaigar.
10.kafu.
11.raul.
whos David Forlan like? haha
Here’s the top 10
1. Pele
2. Zico
3. Ronaldo
4. Johann Cruff
5. Frank Beckenbauer
6. Diego Maradona
7. Michel Platini
8. Rivaldo
9. Zinadine Zidane
10. Garrincha
Damn, that was an insult; Zico isn’t the top 5. Zico is so far the best, even Pele had to admit: after Pele, Zico is the closest to match his skill and his unbelievable talents.
Ps: I wanted to correct the first part of my first comment when I wrote: Steven you really know the football and put you in the list (and not out as I had written) also old players That Are Often forgotten and not only last players. I wanted to add something to the thought that I expressed in my last comment to apologize for what I had written in a previous comment, perhaps because I have not yet clarified everything I wanted to explain: in the first comment I sent (10 July) which I congratulate Steven on his personal list, maybe for my difficulty in expressing themselves in English, I expressed a different thought from what I really wanted to say about Lionel Messi. In fact in my first comment I wrote that the position of Messi in the list of Steven (84) was correct in my opinion. But I believe that if Messi keeps playing like he’s doing now there are no problems to call him one of the greatest players in history perhaps the biggest. I meant only to compliment for a list that includes many players from so many years ago, even before the second world war of which unfortunately we have little evidence but should not be forgotten. I think in a classification must always take precedence over the players who made the history to those who are doing but for the simple reason that we do not know how it will be a player in the future. Messi still take for example: two years ago in the treble season of Barcelona was already considered a phenomenal player, now I think Messi is worth much more then. I therefore believe that a definitive assessment of a player can be given to the end of their careers. It is clear, in my opinion, that a ranking like that (84 in the list of Steven) is only provisional. But it is clear to me that Messi will assume the position on retirement will be much higher. At least in the top three places in each classification. I have done this type of discourse with Messi because in addition to being one of my favorites is the strongest in the world. But beware: this speech for me is true for every other player in activity, which is named Cristiano Ronaldo, Iniesta, Ronaldinho.Christian Ronaldo is for example 85 in list of Steven and I d ‘Agreement but has great room for improvement that could result in scale positions. I do so in my first comment of 10 July only meant to explain to remind all players and not just the latest. Is true that there are problems more serious than what I write but I would have been sorry that I misinterpreted his comment when talking about Messi July 10 I love a lot as a player and person for his humility.
Maybe interesting, I created a website:
http://www.bestfootballplayersever.com/
With my own top 10 list, I also invite everyone to comment on it, or vote on your own favorite player.
I wanted to fix some mistakes in my first comment of 10 July. Sorry if I send messages all the time but I do it because of my difficulty in expressing themselves in English. 1. you out also old players is you put also old players. 2. mt favorites is my favorites. 3. You have seen footballers of Century 30′s 40′s is You saw players of the thirties and forties of the twentieth century or at least you have the knowledge. 4. Firsts positions is maybe top positions. 5.Lionel is obviously Messi 6. Other glory is other glories. George i visited your website and i posted a comment.
I agree with steven list+MESSI(on top)
pretty bad list, they put henrik larsson instead of zlatan ibrahimovic, and where´s messi. zico should be in the top 10 and cantona isn´t there. what the fuck
1.rooney
2.raul
3.istea
4.
Alright whoever made this list was definitely Brazilian. This list is TERRIBLE. Maradona at 6?? Cruyff at 21??? Ridiculous.
wt abt david beckham i find the best mid fielder..
stupid ranking its so wrong
Classic and ultimate ranking in soccer history :
1. Maradona
2. Ronaldo
3. Messi
4. Pele
Other genius say Ronaldino , Cruyff , Platini , Tosto, Garrincha , Didi , Bebeto , Zidane, , Rivelino, Jairzinhos , Gerson , Kaka , Gullit , Shevchenko , Socrates , Kempesare , Beckenbauer , Eusebio , Batistuta , Figo , Rivaldo , Facchetti ,
Desailly , Seedorf , Thuram , George Best , Romario … overall with distance to the above .
sorry no reference for Puskás , di Stefano , they should be great and with high rankings .
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Beckham is a commercial star, not a good skill player .
Think over, his skill is really poor , be fair .