Europe's 20 best goalkeepers in the 1970s and '80s

1. Dino Zoff (Italy)

2. Rinat Dasaev (USSR)

3. Jean-Marie Pfaff (Belgium)

4. Ronnie Hellström (Sweden)

5. Peter Shilton (England)

6. Gordon Banks (England)

7. Sepp Maier (West Germany)

8. Harald "Toni" Schumacher (West Germany)

9. Ivo Viktor (Czechoslovakia)

10. Pat Jennings (N. Ireland)

11. Michel Preud'homme (Belgium)

12. Jan Tomaszewski (Poland)

13. Evgeniy Rudakov (USSR)

14. Ivan Ćurković (Yugoslavia)

15. Neville Southall (Wales)

16. Arconada (Spain)

17. Walter Zenga (Italy)

18. Bento (Portugal)

19. Ray Clemence (England)

20. Jan Möller (Sweden)

1982 World Cup: average ratings in the 1st stage

 

Ratings: El Gráfico.

8,33 Osvaldo Ardiles (Arg)
8,00 Rinat Dasaev (URS)
7,67 Américo Gallego (Arg)
7,33 Pierre Littbarski (BRD), Ferenc Mészáros (Hun), Oleg Blokhin (URS)
7,00 Luizinho, Sócrates, Toninho Cerezo (Bra), Diego Maradona (Arg), Alain Giresse (Fra), Friedl Koncilia (Aut), Walter Meeuws (Bel)

Soviet Union ratings in the Euro 1988

Ratings: Corriere della Sera - La Repubblica - Guerin Sportivo - El Mundo Deportivo.
    
6,79 Aleksey Mikhaylichenko
6,77 Rinat Dasaev
6,61 Aleksandr Zavarov
6,60 Gennadiy Litovchenko
6,55 Vladimir Bessonov
6,49 Anatoliy Demyanenko
6,45 Vasiliy Rats
6,42 Igor Belanov
6,38 Oleg Protasov, Vagiz Khidiyatullin
6,35 Viktor Pasulko
6,19 Sergey Aleynikov
6,10 Sergey Gotsmanov

 

Ideal XI of 1987 according to Guerin Sportivo,

Top individual ratings Euro 1988

8,40 van Basten vs England (3-1)
8,20 Dasaev vs Holland (1-0, group stage)
7,80 Míchel vs Denmark (3-2)
7,70 Mikhailichenko & Zavarov vs Italy (2-0)
7,60 Bonner vs England (1-0)
7,50 van Basten vs West Germany (2-1)
7,50 Mikhailichenko vs England (3-1)
7,50 Litovchenko vs Italy (2-0)
7,40 van Basten & Gullit vs USSR (2-0, final)
7,40 Rijkaard vs USSR (0-1, group stage)
7,40 Gullit vs England (3-1)
7,40 R. Houghton vs England (1-0)
7,40 Butragueño vs Denmark (3-2)
7,40 F. Baresi & Maldini vs Denmark (2-0)
7,30 R. Koeman vs West Germany (2-1)
7,30 Donadoni vs Germany (1-1)
7,30 Maldini vs Spain (1-0)

The 30 best players in the 1982 World Cup

Based on ratings and surveys in the international sports press.

1. Falcão (Bra)
2. Júnior I (Bra)
3. Paolo Rossi (Ita)
4. Zico (Bra)
4. Alain Giresse (Fra)
5. Zbigniew Boniek (Pol)
6. Rinat Dasaev (URS)
7. Daniel Passarella (Arg)
8. Sócrates (Bra)
9. Karlheinz Rummenigge (BRD)
10. Dino Zoff (Ita)
11. Jean Tigana (Fra)
12. Gaetano Scirea (Ita)
13. Eric Gerets (Bel)
14. Michel Platini (Fra)
15. Osvaldo Ardiles (Arg)
16. Marco Tardelli (Ita)
17. Uli Stielike (BRD)
18. Fulvio Collovati (Ita)
19. Karl-Heinz Förster (BRD)
20. Marius Trésor (Fra)
21. Bruno Conti (Ita)
22. Giancarlo Antognoni (Ita)
23. Manuel Amoros (Fra)
24. Claudio Gentile (Ita)
25. Thomas N'Kono (Cam)
26. Paul Breitner (BRD)
27. Leandro (Bra)
28. Toninho Cerezo (Bra)
29. Grzegorz Lato (Pol)
30. Pierre Littbarski (BRD)

1982 World Cup average ratings

Ratings: France Football.

4,80 Paulo Roberto Falcão & Zico (Brazil)
4,60 Osvaldo Ardiles (Argentina)
4,57 Gregorz Lato (Poland)
4,50 Alain Giresse (France)
4,40 Sócrates & Júnior (Brazil)
4,33 Jean Tigana (France)
4,29 Marco Tardelli (Italy)
4,25 Toninho Cerezo (Brazil)
4,20 Rinat Dasaev & Aleksandr Chivadze (USSR), Daniel Passarella (Argentina), Michel Platini (France)
4,17 Uli Stielike (West Germany)
4,14 Gaetano Scirea (Italy)
4,00 Dino Zoff, Antonio Cabrini & Bruno Conti  (Italy), Hans-Peter Briegel, Karlheinz Förster & Paul Breitner  (West Germany), Thomas N’Kono (Cameroon), Pat Jennings & Gerry Armstrong  (N. Ireland), 4,00 Marius Trésor (France), Władysław Żmuda (Poland), Bryan Robson (England)
3,86 Józef Młynarczyk (Poland)
3,83 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge & Pierre Littbarski (West Germany), Maxime Bossis (France), Giancarlo Antognoni (Italy), Zbigniew Boniek(Poland)
3,71 Fulvio Collovati & Paolo Rossi (Italy),
3,60 Leandro & Éder (Brazil)

1982 World Cup: average ratings in the 1st stage

Ratings: El Gráfico.

8,33 Ardiles (Arg)
8,00 Dasaev (URS)
7,67 Gallego (Arg)
7,33 Littbarski (BRD), Meszaros (Hun), Blokhin (URS)
7,00 Luizinho, Sócrates, Toninho Cerezo (Bra), Maradona (Arg), Giresse (Fra), Koncilia (Aut), Meeuws (Bel)

Memory Lane: top individual ratings Euro 1988.

8,20 Dasaev vs Holland (1-0, group stage)
7,80 Michel vs Denmark (3-2)
7,70 Mikhailichenko & Zavarov vs Italy (2-0)
7,60 Bonner vs England (1-0)
7,50 Van Basten vs West Germany (2-1)
7,50 Mikhailichenko vs England (3-1)
7,50 Litovchenko vs Italy (2-0)
7,40 Van Basten & Gullit vs USSR (2-0, final)
7,40 Rijkaard vs USSR (0-1, group stage)
7,40 Gullit vs England (3-1)
7,40 R. Houghton vs England (1-0)
7,40 Butragueño vs Denmark (3-2)
7,40 F. Baresi & Maldini vs Denmark (2-0)
7,30 R. Koeman vs West Germany (2-1)
7,30 Donadoni vs Germany (1-1)
7,30 Maldini vs Spain (1-0)

Highest & lowest individual ratings at the Euro 1988.

Highest:
8,40 Van Basten vs England (3-1)
8,20 Dasaev vs Holland (1-0)
7,80 Michel vs Denmark (3-2)
7,70 Zavarov vs Italy (2-0)
7,50 Mikhailichenko vs England (3-1)


Lowest: 
4,80 Elkjær vs West Germany (0-2)
4,80 Lerby vs West Germany (0-2)
4,80 Lineker vs Soviet Union (1-3)
4,90 McMahon vs Soviet Union (1-3)