England ratings in the 1990 World Cup

6,54 Paul Gascoigne

6,35 David Platt

6,19 Mark Wright

6,17 Gary Lineker

6,13 Peter Shilton, Des Walker

6,10 Paul Parker

6,02 Stuart Pearce

5,93 Trevor Steven

5,87 Chris Waddle

5,80 John Barnes

5,79 Gary Stevens

5,77 Steve Bull

5,75 Terry Butcher

5,58 Bryan Robson 

5,52 Steve McMahon

5,45 Peter Beardsley

Top rated players of the First Division 1984/85

 

Ratings: Match magazine.

7,33 Peter Reid (Everton)
7,31 Pat Nevin (Chelsea)
7,27 Alvin Martin (West Ham)
7,26 Paul Allen (West Ham)
7,25 Glenn Roeder (Newcastle)
7,22 David Speedie (Chelsea)
7,18 Mark Lawrenson (Liverpool)
7,14 Tony Godden (West Bromwich)
7,11 Kenny Dalglish (Liverpool)
7,10 Paul Bracewell (Everton), Ricky Hill (Luton), John Barnes (Watford), Peter Beardsley (Newcastle)
7,05 Mick Lyons (Sheff Wednesday), Ally Robertson (West Bromwich)
7,04 Neville Southall (Everton), Brian Marwood (Sheff Wednesday), Peter Shilton (Southampton)
7,02 Chris Waddle (Newcastle)
7,00 Andy Blair (Sheff Wednesday), Shaun Elliott (Sunderland)

Most Exciting Players of the Season in England, 1970-89

 

According to the readers of Shoot! magazine.

69/70 - Peter Bonetti (Chelsea)

70/71 - Steve Heighway (Liverpool)

71/72 - Kevin Keegan (Liverpool)

72/73 - Allan Clarke (Leeds)

73/74 - Billy Bremner (Leeds)

74/75 - Alan Hudson (Stoke)

75/76 - Gordon Hill (Man United)

76/77 - Andy Gray (Aston Villa)

77/78 - Kenny Dalglish (Liverpool)

78/79 - Kenny Dalglish (Liverpool)

79/80 - Kenny Dalglish (Liverpool)

80/81 - Kenny Dalglish (Liverpool)

81/82 - Glenn Hoddle (Tottenham)

82/83 - Kenny Dalglish (Liverpool)

83/84 - Ian Rush (Liverpool)

84/85 - Mark Hughes (Man United)

85/86 - Gary Lineker (Leicester)

86/87 - Clive Allen (Tottenham)

87/88 - John Barnes (Liverpool)

88/89 - Chris Waddle (Tottenham)

Best players in the world, February 1988

Gazzetta dello Sport, 23 February 1988
 

1. Diego Maradona : 87
2. Ruud Gullit : 77
3. Emilio Butragueño : 42
4. Futre : 37
5. Gianluca Vialli : 34
6. Careca : 23
7. Hugo Sánchez, Rabah Madjer : 22
9. Gary Lineker : 21
10. Bernd Schuster : 20
11. Marco van Basten, Míchel : 14
13. Enzo Francescoli, Ian Rush : 11
15. John Barnes : 10
16. Igor Belanov : 9
17. Peter Beardsley : 7
18. Preben Elkjær, Ronald Koeman : 6
20. Júlio César, Jean Tigana, Rinat Dasaev : 5
23. Bryan Robson, Glenn Hoddle : 4
25. Peter Larsson, Frank Rijkaard, Franco Baresi, Jorge Valdano : 3
29. Jean-Marie Pfaff, Johnny Bosman : 2
31. Rudi Völler, Lothar Matthäus, Gallego, Pierre Littbarski, Gheorghe Hagi : 1

Top rated players in the First Division 1986/87

Ratings: The People.

7,28 Trevor Steven (Everton)
7,16 Glenn Cockerill (Southampton)
7,12 Ray Houghton (Oxford)
7,10 Neil McNab (Man City)
7,09 Kevin Sheedy (Everton)
7,07 Viv Anderson (Arsenal), Mark Ward (West Ham)
7,04 Clive Allen (Tottenham), Neil Webb (Nott'm Forest)
7,03 Ian Rush (Liverpool), Steve Bruce (Norwich)
7,00 Steve McMahon (Liverpool), John Barnes (Watford)
6,96 Jimmy Case (Southampton)
6,95 Tony Cottee (West Ham), David Bennett (Coventry)

 

Ideal XI of 1987 according to Guerin Sportivo,

England: average ratings in the Euro 1988

Ratings: Guerin Sportivo - El Mundo Deportivo.

6,28 Glenn Hoddle
6,06 John Barnes
5,98 Trevor Steven
5,94 Bryan Robson, Gary Lineker
5,92 Peter Shilton
5,77 Neil Webb
5,75 Chris Waddle
5,72 Gary Stevens
5,58 Mark Wright, Peter Beardsley
5,50 Kenny Sansom, Tony Adams