We give you continuous updates from Europe's big leagues and competitions as well as the World Cup and European Championships. The player ratings you will find here were published in the major newspapers and web pages such as Gazzetta dello Sport, Don Balón, France Football, L'Équipe, Kicker, El Mundo Deportivo, Guerin Sportivo, Marca, Corriere dello Sport, La Repubblica, The Guardian, The Times, and SportBild.
14 September, 2025
Man United ratings 2007/08
29 May, 2025
The top 100 players of the 21st century
22 July, 2024
Cristiano Ronaldo's ratings in World Cups and Euros 2004-24
Euro 2004 [club: Man United]
06 July, 2024
Player ratings Portugal 3-5 pen. France
Penalties: Ousmane Dembélé +, Cristiano Ronaldo + ; Youssouf Fofana +, Bernardo Silva + ; Jules Koundé +, João Félix - ; Bradley Barcola +, Nuno Mendes + ; Theo Hernández +. Att: 47.789 (Volksparkstadion Hamburg).
Portugal: Diogo Costa 6,20 - João Cancelo 6,10 (74' Nélson Semedo 6,10), Rúben Dias 6,60, Pepe 7,00, Nuno Mendes 6,20, Vitinha 6,40 (119' Matheus Nunes), João Palhinha 6,10 (90'+3 Rúben Neves 5,90), Bernardo Silva 5,90, Bruno Fernandes 5,70 (74' Francisco Conceição 6,20), Rafael Leão 6,40 (106' João Félix 5,20), Cristiano Ronaldo 5,00. - coach: Roberto Martínez 5,90. = average: 6,07 [decent]
France: Mike Maignan 7,00 - Jules Koundé 5,90, Dayot Upamecano 6,50, William Saliba 6,60, Theo Hernández 6,50, N'Golo Kanté 6,00, Aurélien Tchouaméni 6,20, Eduardo Camavinga 6,20 (91' Youssouf Fofana 6,00), Randal Kolo Muani 5,40 (86' Marcus Thuram 5,60), Antoine Griezmann 5,10 (67' Ousmane Dembélé 6,70), Kylian Mbappé 5,20 (106' Bradley Barcola 6,10). - coach: Didier Deschamps 5,90. = average: 6,07 [decent]
Match rating: 5
02 July, 2024
Player ratings Portugal 3-0 pen. Slovenia
Penalties: Josip Iličič -, Cristiano Ronaldo + ; Jure Balkovec -, Bruno Fernandes + ; Benjamin Verbič -, Bernardo Silva +. Cristiano Ronaldo missed a PK (105' ). Sent off: 105' Matjaž Kek. Att: 46.576 (Frankfurt Arena).
Portugal: Diogo Costa 8,20 - João Cancelo 6,80 (117' Nélson Semedo), Rúben Dias 6,20, Pepe 5,90 (117' Rúben Neves), Nuno Mendes 6,40, Vitinha 6,20 (65' Diogo Jota 6,40), Bruno Fernandes 5,90, João Palhinha 6,40, Bernardo Silva 6,20, Cristiano Ronaldo 5,40, Rafael Leão 5,80 (76' Francisco Conceição 6,00). - average: Roberto Martínez 5,90. = average: 6,29 [good]
Slovenia: Jan Oblak 7,20 - Žan Karničnik 6,20, Vanja Drkušič 6,00, Jaka Bijol 6,60, Jure Balkovec 5,40, Petar Stojanović 5,80 (87' Benjamin Verbič 5,60), Adam Gnezda Čerin 5,90, Timi Elšnik 6,00 (106' Josip Iličič 5,60), Jan Mlakar 5,60 (74' Jon Gorenc Stanković 6,00), Andraž Šporar 5,70 (74' Žan Celar 6,10), Benjamin Šeško 5,60. - coach: Matjaž Kek 6,20. = average: 5,95 [decent]
28 June, 2024
Goals and assist leaders in Euros, 1980-2024
02 March, 2024
12 January, 2024
Top 30 greatest dribblers in football history
1. Ronaldinho (Brazil)
03 January, 2024
Ranking Don Balón 2009/10
7,21 Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
6,91 Borja Valero (Mallorca)
6,81 Felipe Luis (Deportivo), Zokora (Sevilla)
6,79 Javi Martínez (Athletic Bilbao)
6,71 Xabi Alonso (Real Madrid)
6,70 Diego Alves (Almería)
6,66 Dani Alves (Barcelona)
6,59 Puyol (Barcelona)
6,58 Víctor Valdés (Barcelona)
6,53 Xavi (Barcelona), Juan Pablo (Sporting Gijón)
6,50 César (Valencia)
6,48 Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)
6,47 Aranzubia (Deportivo), Pedro León (Getafe), Nunes (Mallorca)
6,46 Soldado (Getafe), Botía (Sporting Gijón)
6,45 Casillas (Real Madrid)
6,42 Crusat (Almería)
6,41 Piqué (Barcelona)
6,38 Guardado (Deportivo)
6,37 Munúa (Málaga), Colotto (Deportivo)
6,36 Palop (Sevilla)
6,35 Dragutinovic (Sevilla)
6,32 Diego Costa (Valladolid), Kameni (Espanyol)
6,31 Grégory (Sporting Gijón)
6,30 Arbeloa (Real Madrid)
6,29 Duda (Málaga), Rivera (Sporting Gijón), Diego López (Villarreal)
6,28 Jesús Gámez (Málaga)
6,27 Silva (Valencia)
6,26 Lopo (Deportivo), Aouate (Mallorca), Justo Villar (Valladolid), Adriano (Sevilla)
6,25 Sergio (Osasuna)
6,24 Iraizoz (Athletic Bilbao)
6,23 Codina (Getafe)
6,21 Albiol (Real Madrid)
6,20 G. Castro (Mallorca)
6,17 Marcelo (Real Madrid), Nico Pareja (Espanyol)
6,16 Villa (Valencia)
6,15 Iván Ramos (Mallorca).
09 December, 2023
Average ratings Man United 2008/09
04 March, 2023
The 25 best goals in history
25. Francesco Totti, Sampdoria 1-Roma 4, Serie A 2006
24. Andrés Iniesta, Chelsea 1-Barcelona 1, CL semifinal 2009
23. Lionel Messi, Real Madrid 0-Barcelona 2, CL semifinal 2011
22. Ronaldinho, Real Madrid 0, Barcelona 3, La Liga 2005
21. Tony Yeboah, Leeds 1-Liverpool 0, Premier League 1995
20. Gheorghe "Gică" Hagi, Romania 3-Colombia 1, WC 1994 group stage
19. Ronaldo, Barcelona 5-Compostela 1, La Liga 1996
18. Roberto Baggio, Juventus 1-Brescia 1, Serie A 2001
17. George Weah, Milan 4-Verona 1, Serie A 1996
16. Maxi Rodríguez, Argentina 2-Mexico 1, WC 2006 round of 16
15. Cristiano Ronaldo, FC Porto 0-Man United 1, CL 2009 quarterfinal
14. Carlos Alberto Torres, Brazil 4-Italy 1, WC final 1970
13. Neymar, Santos 5-Flamengo 4, Brasileirão 2011
12. Roberto Carlos, Tenerife 4-Real Madrid 3, La Liga 1998
11. Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Ajax 6-NAC Breda 2, Eredivisie 2004
10. Cristiano Ronaldo, Juventus 0-Real Madrid 3, CL quarterfinal 2018
9. Pelé, Sweden 2-Brazil 5, WC 1958 final
8. Dennis Bergkamp, Newcastle 0-Arsenal 2, PL 2002
7. Wayne Rooney, Man United-Man City, PL 2011
6. Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Sweden 4-England 2, friendly 2012
5. Roberto Carlos, Brazil 1-France 1, Tournoi de France 1997
4. Zinédine Zidane, Real Madrid 2-Bayer Leverkusen 1, CL final 2002
3. Lionel Messi, Barcelona 5-Getafe 2, La Liga 2007
2. Marco van Basten, Netherlands 2-Soviet Union 0, Euro 1988 final
1. Diego Maradona, Argentina 2-England 1, WC 1986 quarterfinal
11 February, 2023
Real Madrid ratings 2017/18
All competitions.
6,61 Luka Modrić
6,47 Cristiano Ronaldo
6,40 Keylor Navas
6,33 Toni Kroos
6,32 Isco
6,26 Marco Asensio, Raphaël Varane
6,21 Marcelo
6,19 Dani Ceballos
6,13 Casemiro
6,10 Borja Mayoral
6,02 Nacho
6,07 Dani Carvajal
6,04 Lucas Vázquez
5,97 Sergio Ramos
5,95 Gareth Bale
5,81 Karim Benzema
5,78 Mateo Kovačić
5,47 Kiko Casilla
08 February, 2023
European goalscorers in the 2006 World Cup
Including qualifiers. In bold text, players scoring at least three goals in the finals.
12: Pauleta (Portugal)
10: Fernando Torres (Spain)
9: Tomáš Rosický (Czech Republic), Alexander Frei (Switzerland)
8: Zlatan Ibrahimović & Fredrik Ljungberg (Sweden), Ruud van Nistelrooy (Netherlands), Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
7: Adrian Mutu (Romania), Alexei Eremenko (Finland), Fatih Tekke (Turkey), Andres Oper (Estonia), Tomasz Frankowski & Maciej Żurawski (Poland), Dimitar Berbatov (Bulgaria)
6: Jon Dahl Tomasson (Denmark), Tuncay Şanlı (Turkey), Róbert Vittek (Slovakia), Luca Toni (Italy), Eiður Guðjohnsen (Iceland), Darijo Srna (Croatia), Henrik Larsson (Sweden)
5: Michael Owen & Frank Lampard (England), Dado Pršo (Croatia), Māris Verpakovskis (Latvia), Andrei Arshavin (Russia), Miroslav Klose (Germany), Milan Baroš & Vratislav Lokvenc (Czech Republic), Goran Pandev (Macedonia), Philip Cocu (Netherlands), Søren Larsen (Denmark), Giorgi Demetradze (Georgia), Elvir Bolić (Bosnia), Mateja Kežman (Serbia & Montenegro)
4: David Villa & Raúl (Spain), Steven Gerrard (England), Jan Polák (Czech Republic), Mikael Forssell (Finland), Dmitri Sychev & Aleksandr Kerzhakov (Russia), Juris Laizāns (Latvia), Miroslav Karhan (Slovakia), Simão (Portugal), Djibril Cissé (France), Robbie Keane (Ireland), Yossi Benayoun (Israel), Johan Vonlanthen (Switzerland), Vitali Kutuzov (Belarus), Jacek Krzynówek (Poland), Zvonimir Vukić (Serbia & Montenegro), Erjon Bogdani (Albania)
06 February, 2023
Portugal ratings in the Euro 2016
6,42 José Fonte
6,40 Pepe, Raphaël Guerreiro
6,36 Rui Patrício
6,27 Renato Sanches
6,26 Nani
6,21 Fernando Santos
6,20 Ricardo Quaresma
6,09 João Mário
6,08 Cristiano Ronaldo
6,06 William Carvalho
5,98 Cédric Soares
5,97 Danilo
5,75 Adrien Silva
5,73 Ricardo Carvalho
5,70 João Moutinho
5,66 André Gomes
5,47 Vieirinha
5,45 Eliseu
31 January, 2023
Goalscorers in Champions League finals, 2000-2022
4 goals:
Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid 3, Man United 1)
3 goals:
Bale (Real Madrid)
2 goals:
Eto'o, Messi (Barcelona), Raúl, Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), Crespo, F. Inzaghi (Milan), D. Milito (Inter), Mandžukić (Bayern, Juventus)
1 goal:
Morientes, McManaman, Zidane, Marcelo, Casemiro, Asensio, Benzema, Vinícius (Real Madrid); Gerrard, Šmicer, Xabi Alonso, Kuyt, Mané, Salah, Origi (Liverpool); Belletti, Pedro, David Villa, Rakitic, Suárez, Neymar (Barcelona); Effenberg, T. Müller, Robben, Coman (1 PK, Bayern); Lampard, Drogba, Havertz (Chelsea); Carlos Alberto, Deco, Aleinichev (FC Porto); Godín, Carrasco (Atlético); Rooney (Man United), Mendieta (1 PK, Valencia), Lúcio (Leverkusen), Campbell (Arsenal), Morata (Juventus), Maldini (Milan), Gündoğan (Dortmund)
23 December, 2022
Eurpean goalscorers in the 2022 World Cup
Including qualifiers.
14: Harry Kane (England)
13: Kylian Mbappé (France)
12: Memphis Depay (Netherlands)
11: Robert Lewandowski (Poland)
10: Aleksandar Mitrović (Serbia)
8: Eran Zahavi (Israel)
7: Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
6: Antoine Griezmann (France), Bukayo Saka (England), Ferrán Torres (Spain), Teemu Pukki (Finland), Mu'nas Dabbur (Israel)
5: Kai Havertz, Serge Gnabry, İlkay Gündoğan & Timo Werner (Germany), Diogo Jota & Bruno Fernandes (Portugal), Joakim Mæhle & Andreas Skov Olsen (Denmark), Álvaro Morata (Spain), Breel Embolo (Switzerland), Romelu Lukaku (Belgium), Gerson Rodrigues (Luxembourg), Marko Arnautović (Austria), Erling Haaland (Norway), Burak Yılmaz (Turkey)
4: Alexander Isak (Sweden), Davy Klaassen & Cody Gakpo (Netherlands), Olivier Giroud (France), Andrej Kramarić (Croatia), Harry Maguire (England), Leroy Sané (Germany), Dušan Vlahović (Serbia), Emin Mahmudov (Azerbaijan), Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Georgia)
22 December, 2022
Some recent GOAT rankings
FourFourTwo (Nov 2022) UK
1. Messi
2. Maradona
3. Cristiano Ronaldo
4. Pelé
5. Zidane
6. Cruyff
7. Best
8. Beckenbauer
9. Puskás
10. Ronaldo
11. G. Müller
12. Di Stéfano
13. Platini
14. Zico
15. Garrincha
16. B. Charlton
17. Maldini
18. Romário
19. Meazza
20. Iniesta
SportMob (Nov 2022)
1. Messi
2. Maradona
3. Pelé
4. Cristiano Ronaldo
5. Cruyff
6. Di Stéfano
7. Beckenbauer
8. Zidane
9. Puskás
10. Garrincha
11. Ronaldo
12. Platini
13. van Basten
14. Best
15. F. Baresi
16. Zico
17. G. Müller
18. Meazza
19. B. Charlton
20. Ronaldinho
Wow Nieuws (2022) Netherlands
1. Messi
2. Cristiano Ronaldo
3. Maradona
4. Pelé
5. Cruyff
6. Di Stéfano
7. Beckenbauer
8. Zidane
9. Puskás
10. Ronaldo
11. Garrincha
12. Platini
13. van Basten
14. Best
15. F. Baresi
16. Zico
17. G. Müller
18. Meazza
19. B. Charlton
20. Maldini
Memorias del Fútbol (Oct 2021) Spain
1. Maradona
2. Messi
3. Pelé
4. Di Stéfano
5. Cristiano Ronaldo
6. Cruyff
7. Beckenbauer
8. Ronaldo
9. Puskás
10. Platini
11. Zidane
12. Garrincha
13. Ronaldinho
14. Eusébio
15. van Basten
16. Best
17. G. Müller
18. Zico
19. Maldini
20. Romário
Fútbol Moderno (Jan 2021) Spain
1. Messi
2. Pelé
=. Maradona
4. Cruyff
5. Di Stéfano
6. Zidane
7. Beckenbauer
8. Ronaldo
9. Cristiano Ronaldo
10. Platini
11. Ronaldinho
12. G. Müller
13. Maldini
14. Puskás
15. F. Baresi
16. Zico
17. Best
18. van Basten
19. Iniesta
20. Baggio
90Min (Aug 2020) Germany
1. Messi
2. Pelé
3. Maradona
4. Beckenbauer
5. Cruyff
6. Zidane
7. Ronaldo
8. Platini
9. Baggio
10. Di Stéfano
11. Cristiano Ronaldo
12. G. Müller
13. Garrincha
14. Maldini
15. Puskás
16. F. Baresi
17. Zico
18. Best
19. Ronaldinho
20. van Basten
Sports (July 2020) France
1. Pelé
2. Maradona
3. Messi
4. Cruyff
5. Ronaldo
6. Cristiano Ronaldo
7. Zidane
8. Platini
9. Beckenbauer
10. Di Stéfano
11. G. Müller
12. Garrincha
13. Romário
14. Best
15. Puskás
16. Eusébio
17. van Basten
18. Ronaldinho
19. Yashin
20. B. Charlton
Sports Illustrated (May 2019) USA
1. Maradona
2. Pelé
3. Messi
4. Beckenbauer
5. Cruyff
6. Zidane
7. Ronaldo
8. Platini
9. Baggio
10. Di Stéfano
11. Garrincha
12. G. Müller
13. Maldini
14. Puskás
15. Cristiano Ronaldo
16. F. Baresi
17. Zico
18. Best
19. van Basten
20. Eusébio
FourFourTwo (July 2017) UK
1. Maradona
2. Messi
3. Pelé
4. Cruyff
5. Cristiano Ronaldo
6. Di Stéfano
7. Beckenbauer
8. Zidane
9. Puskás
10. Ronaldo
11. Garrincha
12. Platini
13. van Basten
14. Best
15. F. Baresi
16. Zico
17. G. Müller
18. Meazza
19. B. Charlton
20. Maldini
Voetbal International (June 2017) Netherlands
1. Messi
2. Maradona
3. Cruyff
4. Pelé
5. Di Stéfano
6. Ronaldo
7. Cristiano Ronaldo
8. Zidane
9. Beckenbauer
10. van Basten
11. Garrincha
12. Best
13. Romário
14. Puskás
15. Zico
16. Platini
17. Ronaldinho
18. G. Muller
19. Yashin
20. B. Charlton
Xtrahistory (Jan 2013)
1. Messi
2. Pelé
3. Maradona
4. Cristiano Ronaldo
5. Cruyff
6. Beckenbauer
7. Di Stéfano
8. Platini
9. Puskás
10. Zidane
11. Zico
12. Garrincha
13. G. Müller
14. Ronaldo
15. Matthäus
16. Eusébio
17. Meazza
18. B. Charlton
19. Kopa
20. Maldini
World Soccer (Dec 1999) UK
1. Pelé
2. Maradona
3. Cruyff
4. Beckenbauer
5. Platini
6. Di Stéfano
7. Puskás
8. Best
9. van Basten
10. Eusébio
11. Yashin
12. B. Charlton
13. Ronaldo
14. Moore
15. G. Müller
16. Baggio
17. Matthews
18. Zico
19. F. Baresi
20. Garrincha
20 December, 2022
The 200 greatest footballers of all time
Goalkeepers in red.
1. Lionel Messi
2. Pelé
3. Diego Maradona
4. Johan Cruyff
5. Franz Beckenbauer
6. Cristiano Ronaldo
7. Alfredo Di Stéfano
8. Zinédine Zidane
9. Ronaldo
10. Garrincha
11. Michel Platini
12. Ferenc Puskás
13. Gerd Müller
14. George Best
15. Marco van Basten
16. Eusébio
17. Zico
18. Paolo Maldini
19. Ronaldinho
20. Bobby Charlton
21. Romário
22. Franco Baresi
23. Lev Yashin
24. Giuseppe Meazza
25. Lothar Matthäus
26. Roberto Baggio
27. Raymond Kopa
28. Andrés Iniesta
29. Ruud Gullit
30. Kylian Mbappé
31. Xavi
32. Sócrates
33. Carlos Alberto Torres
34. Bobby Moore
35. Gigi Buffon
36. Rivelino
37. Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
38. Luis Suárez (Spain)
39. José Manuel "Charro" Moreno
40. Jairzinho
41. Didi
42. Johan Neeskens
43. Michael Laudrup
44. Thierry Henry
45. Gianni Rivera
46. Matthias Sindelar
47. Valentino Mazzola
48. Stanley Matthews
49. Dennis Bergkamp
50. Dino Zoff
51. Paolo Rossi
52. Kenny Dalglish
53. Nándor Hidegkuti
54. Paco Gento
55. Juan Alberto Schiaffino
56. Nílton Santos
57. Oleg Blokhin
58. Gordon Banks
59. Kevin Keegan
60. Frank Rijkaard
61. Fritz Walter
62. Roberto Carlos
63. Gunnar Nordahl
64. Luka Modrić
65. Hristo Stoichkov
66. Neymar
67. Günter Netzer
68. Paul Breitner
69. Cafú
70. Luís Figo
71. Daniel Passarella
72. Rivaldo
73. Hugo Sánchez
74. Zlatan Ibrahimović
75. George Weah
76. Gaetano Scirea
77. Peter Schmeichel
78. José Leandro Andrade
79. Just Fontaine
80. Sándor Kocsis
81. Ryan Giggs
82. Omar Enrique Sívori
83. Teófilo Cubillas
84. Andrea Pirlo
85. John Charles
86. Raúl
87. Denis Law
88. Sergio Ramos
89. Adolfo Pedernera
90. Giacinto Facchetti
91. Sandro Mazzola
92. Iker Casillas
93. Alessandro Del Piero
94. Gheorghe Hagi
95. Gabriel Batistuta
96. Jimmy Johnstone
97. Éric Cantona
98. Samuel Eto'o
99. Kaká
100. Mario Kempes
101. Jürgen Klinsmann
102. Josef Masopust
103. Flórián Albert
104. William Ralph "Dixie" Dean
105. Ronald Koeman
106. Oliver Kahn
107. Uwe Seeler
108. Andriy Shevchenko
109. Franceso Totti
110. Lilian Thuram
111. Didier Drogba
112. Carles Puyol
113. Zbigniew Boniek
114. Djalma Santos
115. Dragan Džajić
116. Jean-Pierre Papin
117. Jimmy Greaves
118. Pavel Nedved
119. Gary Lineker
120. Alessandro Nesta
121. József Bozsik
122. Gigi Riva
123. Elías Figueroa
124. Allan Simonsen
125. Philipp Lahm
126. Enzo Francescoli
127. Marcel Desailly
128. Berti Vogts
129. Zizinho
130. Obdulio Varela
131. Mário Coluna
132. Javier Zanetti
133. Ruud Krol
134. Fabio Cannavaro
135. Fernando Redondo
136. László Kubala
137. Steven Gerrard
138. Manuel Neuer
139. Emilio Butragueño
140. Luis Suárez (Uruguay)
141. Bernd Schuster
142. Clarence Seedorf
143. Dani Alves
144. Robert Lewandowski
145. Sepp Maier
146. Tostão
147. Patrick Vieira
148. Josef Bican
149. Rudi Völler
150. Kurt Hamrin
151. Roger Milla
152. Karim Benzema
153. Franck Ribéry
154. David Beckham
155. Alan Shearer
156. Wayne Rooney
157. Roy Keane
158. Arjen Robben
159. Kevin De Bruyne
160. Riquelme
161. Toni Kroos
162. György Sárosi
163. Silvio Piola
164. Sergio Busquets
165. Clodoaldo
166. Rinat Dasaev
167. Gérson
168. Paulo Roberto Falcão
169. Carlos Valderrama
170. Ubaldo Fillol
171. Ruud van Nistelrooy
172. Leônidas
173. Graeme Souness
174. Tom Finney
175. Yaya Touré
176. Giuseppe Bergomi
177. Henrik Larsson
178. Marco Tardelli
179. Arsenio Erico
180. Mattias Sammer
181. Ian Rush
182. Steve Bloomer
183. Neil Franklin
184. Miroslav Klose
185. Preben Elkjær
186. Antoine Griezmann
187. Amancio
188. Gianluca Vialli
189. Paul Gascoigne
190. Bryan Robson
191. Salif Keita
192. Didier Deschamps
193. Ricardo Zamora
194. Claudio Gentile
195. Rabah Madjer
196. Duncan Edwards
197. Xabi Alonso
198. Hierro
199. Ricardo Bochini
200. Marcelo



















