The World Cup Invincibles

Percentage of lost games at World Cups 1930-2022 (min. 13 games played)

6,2% Roberto Baggio    

6,7% Didi

7,1% Pelé, Zico, Kylian Mbappé  

7,7% Neymar

8,3% Garrincha

11,1% Franz Beckenbauer

11,8% Thierry Henry     

13,0% Paolo Maldini     

13,3% Arjen Robben    

14,3% Paolo Rossi, Terry Butcher    

15,0% Philipp Lahm    

15,4% Gerd Müller, David Beckham    

15,8% Berti Vogts, Ronaldo 

16,0% Lothar Matthäus   

16,7% Miroslav Klose   

17,6% Roberto Carlos    

18,8% Luis Suárez (Uruguay)

19,0% Uwe Seeler   

19,2% Leo Messi

20,0% Grzegorz Lato, Xavi

21,1% Luka Modrić     

21,4% Ruud Krol, Andrés Iniesta     

23,1% Kazimierz Deyna, Kevin De Bruyne   

23,8% Diego Maradona  

25,0% Jairzinho, Zbigniew Boniek    

26,3% Karl-Heinz Rummenigge

28,6% Bobby Charlton, Bobby Moore 

31,8% Cristiano Ronaldo  

36,8% Rafa Márquez     

38,9% Mario Kempes    

46,2% Teófilo Cubillas    

 

Brazil ratings in the 1962 World Cup

 

6,83 Mário Zagallo
6,67 Gilmar, Nílton Santos, Garrincha
6,33 Djalma Santos, Mauro Ramos, Zito
6,25 Amarildo
6,17 Zózimo
6,00 Vavá, Pelé
5,83 Didi

Brazil ratings in the 1958 World Cup

Ratings: Manchete Esportiva (São Paulo).

9,50 Didi

9,00 Gilmar, Nílton Santos, Zito

8,75 Vavá, Garrincha

8,50 Hilderaldo Bellini, Pelé

8,33 Mário Zagallo

8,17 Orlando, De Sordi

7,67 José Altafini ("Mazzola")

7,50 Joel Antônio Martins

Top 30 greatest dribblers in football history

 

1. Ronaldinho (Brazil)

2. Lionel Messi (Argentina)

3. Diego Maradona (Argentina)

4. Garrincha (Brazil)

5. Pelé (Brazil)

6. Ronaldo (Brazil)

7. George Best (Northern Ireland)

8. Johan Cruyff (Holland)

9. Zinédine Zidane (France)

10. Jay-Jay Okocha (Nigeria)

11. Neymar (Brazil)

12. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)

13. Rivelino (Brazil)

14. Zico (Brazil)

15. Roberto Baggio (Italy)

16. Omar Sivori (Argentina/Italy)

17. Michael Laudrup (Denmark)

18. Eden Hazard (Belgium)

19. Bruno Conti (Italy)

20. Franck Ribéry (France)

21. Sir Stanley Matthews (England)

22. Sergio "Kun" Agüero (Argentina)

23. Mágico González (El Salvador)

24. Romário (Brazil)

25. Denilson (Brazil)

26. Paulo Futre (Portugal)

27. Pierre Littbarski (West Germany)

28. Dragan Stojkovic (Yugoslavia)

29. Enzo Francescoli (Uruguay)

30. Lennart "Nacka" Skoglund (Sweden)

National teams' World Cup scores with key players

                                  w d l goals points avg score

Brazil with Pelé                 12 1 1 37-14 89,3%  2,64-1,00
Brazil with Garrincha            10 1 1 30-12 87,5%  2,50-1,00
West Germany with F. Beckenbauer 15 1 2 45-19 86,1%  2,37-1,00
France with Kylian Mbappé        11 2 1 30-14 85,7%  2,09-0,98
West Germany with Gerd Müller    11 0 2 31-14 84,6%  2,27-1,02
Brazil with Didi                 11 3 1 38-14 83,3%  2,48-0,91
Brazil with Ronaldo              15 1 3 42-16 81,6%  2,17-0,83
Germany with Philipp Lahm        15 2 3 45-13 80,0%  2,11-0,61
Brazil with Sócrates              7 2 1 25-7  80,0%  2,42-0,68
Holland with Arjen Robben        11 2 2 27-12 80,0%  1,69-0,75
Italy with Franco Baresi          7 2 1 11-3  80,0%  1,03-0,28
Brazil with Roberto Carlos       13 1 3 33-13 79,4%  1,90-0,75
Brazil with Zico                  9 4 1 31-9  78,6%  2,16-0,63
Holland with Johan Cruyff         5 1 1 15-3  78,6%  2,14-0,43
Italy with Roberto Baggio        10 5 1 23-10 78,1%  1,33-0,58
Germany with Miroslav Klose      17 3 4 52-15 77,1%  2,08-0,60
Brazil with Neymar                8 4 1 25-9  76,9%  1,83-0,66     
Spain with Xavi                  11 1 3 24-14 76,7%  1,53-0,89
Colombia with James Rodríguez     6 0 2 17-6  75,0%  2,12-0,75
Italy with Paolo Rossi            9 3 2 21-12 75,0%  1,50-0,86
France with Zinédine Zidane       7 4 1 19-6  75,0%  1,50-0,47
Italy with Alessandro Del Piero   7 4 1 17-6  75,0%  1,28-0,45
Italy with Paolo Maldini         14 6 3 31-15 73,9%  1,26-0,61
West Germany with Berti Vogts    12 4 3 40-19 73,7%  2,03-0,97
Belgium with Kevin De Bruyne      9 1 3 21-11 73,1%  1,58-0,82
Poland with Kazimierz Deyna       9 1 3 22-11 73,1%  1,69-0,85
Spain with Raúl                   7 2 2 27-13 72,7%  2,38-1,15
USSR with Albert Shesternev       6 1 2 15-6  72,2%  1,61-0,64
Germany with Lothar Matthäus     15 6 4 43-26 72,0%  1,68-1,01 
Uruguay with Luis Suárez         10 3 3 21-11 71,9%  1,29-0,67
West Germany with Uwe Seeler     13 4 4 45-26 71,4%  2,05-1,18
West Germany with Paul Breitner   9 2 3 25-14 71,4%  1,74-0,98
Argentina with Leo Messi         16 5 5 47-28 71,2%  1,68-1,00
France with Thierry Henry         9 6 2 22-8  70,6%  1,22-0,44
Poland with Grzegorz Lato        12 4 4 33-16 70,0%  1,65-0,80
Brazil with Jairzinho            10 2 4 29-17 68,8%  1,81-1,06
Italy with Francesco Totti        6 3 2 17-7  68,2%  1,42-0,58
Spain with Andrés Iniesta         8 3 3 18-15 67,9%  1,23-1,02
Holland with Ruud Krol            8 3 3 30-13 67,9%  2,09-0,91
Argentina with Diego Maradona    12 4 5 33-17 66,7%  1,52-0,78
Spain with Emilio Butragueño      5 2 2 17-8  66,7%  1,76-0,83
Sweden with "Nacka" Skoglund      5 2 2 18-18 66,7%  2,00-2,00
England with David Beckham        6 5 2 17-9  65,4%  1,24-0,66
England with Bobby Charlton/Moore 8 2 4 20-13 64,3%  1,36-0,89
England with Terry Butcher        6 6 2 18-8  64,3%  1,20-0,53
England with Harry Kane           6 2 3 25-11 63,6%  2,14-0,94
Italy with Andrea Pirlo           6 2 3 16-8  63,6%  1,37-0,69
Argentina with Daniel Passarella  7 1 4 23-11 62,5%  1,86-0,89
France with Jean Tigana           6 3 3 23-16 62,5%  1,77-1,23
Denmark with Michael Laudrup      5 1 3 19-13 61,1%  2,11-1,44
Poland with Zbigniew Boniek       7 5 4 18-16 59,4%  1,12-1,00
Croatia with Luka Modrić          7 8 4 30-14 57,9%  1,45-1,16
Argentina with Gabriel Batistuta  6 2 4 20-12 58,3%  1,62-0,97
England with Gary Lineker         5 4 3 15-9  58,3%  1,15-0,69
Belgium with Eric Gerets          6 2 4 18-16 58,3%  1,35-1,20
France with Michel Platini        6 4 4 26-18 57,1%  1,77-1,23
Hungary with Flórián Albert       4 0 3 16-10 57,1%  2,29-1,43
Hungary with József Bozsik        4 1 3 30-15 56,2%  3,75-1,88
Scotland with Kenny Dalglish      3 3 2 14-13 56,2%  1,75-1,62
West Germany with K-H Rummenigge  7 7 5 30-22 55,3%  1,53-1,12
Portugal with Cristiano Ronaldo   9 6 7 34-24 54,5%  1,52-1,07
Mexico with Cuauhtémoc Blanco     4 4 3 15-13 54,5%  1,36-1,18
Italy with Giacinto Facchetti     5 3 4 17-14 54,2%  1,38-1,14
Argentina with Mario Kempes       8 3 7 32-23 52,8%  1,75-1,25
Mexico with Rafa Márquez          8 4 7 21-20 52,6%  1,09-1,03
Holland with Ronald Koeman        3 3 3 11-10 50,0%  1,22-1,11
England with Wayne Rooney         3 5 3 10-11 50,0%  0,88-0,97
Portugal with Pepe                4 3 5 17-16 45,8%  1,42-1,33
Sweden with Tomas Brolin          3 3 4 18-14 45,0%  1,74-1,35
Cameroon with Roger Milla         3 3 4  9-19 45,0%  0,84-1,78
Peru with Teófilo Cubillas        4 3 6 18-27 42,3%  1,38-2,08
Ghana with Asamoah Gyan           3 3 5 11-15 40,9%  0,94-1,29
Sweden with Björn Nordqvist       3 2 5  9-10 40,0%  0,90-1,00
Sweden with Zlatan Ibrahimović    1 2 2  3-5  40,0%  0,60-1,00
Sweden with Ralf Edström          2 3 4  8-9  38,9%  0,89-1,00
Uruguay with Luis Cubilla         3 1 5  7-12 38,9%  0,75-1,29
Sweden with Bo Larsson            2 4 5  8-10 36,4%  0,73-0,91
Colombia with Carlos Valderrama   3 1 6  9-12 35,0%  0,84-1,12
Ivory Coast with Didier Drogba    2 1 5 10-12 31,2%  1,25-1,50
Chile with Elías Figueroa         0 3 6  6-15 16,7%  0,67-1,67

Brazil all-time Best XI

 Guerin Sportivo (1994)

Gilmar
---
Bellini
Luís Pereira
Djalma Santos
Nílton Santos
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Falcão
Didi
---
Garrincha
Leônidas
Pelé
Rivelino

World Soccer's reader poll: the top 200 players of all time [1999]

 

1. Pelé : 5499 points
2. Diego Maradona : 3949
3. Johan Cruyff : 3388
4. Franz Beckenbauer : 2780
5. Michel Platini : 1854
6. Alfredo Di Stéfano : 1541
7. Ferenc Puskás : 1537
8. George Best : 1190
9. Marco van Basten : 1026
10. Eusébio : 1022
11. Lev Yashin : 821
12. Bobby Charlton : 680
13. Ronaldo : 541
14. Bobby Moore : 539
15. Gerd Müller : 498
16. Roberto Baggio : 486
17. Stanley Matthews : 429
18. Zico : 390
19. Franco Baresi : 371
20. Garrincha : 361
21. Paolo Maldini : 345
22. Kenny Dalglish : 334
23. Gabriel Batistuta : 300
24. Éric Cantona : 299
25. Gheorghe Hagi : 293
26. Romário : 257
27. Jairzinho : 248
28. Zinédine Zidane : 238
29. Ruud Gullit : 221
30. John Charles : 212
31. Lothar Matthäus : 202
32. Gordon Banks : 178
33. Jürgen Klinsmann : 168
34. Dennis Bergkamp : 150
35. Karl-Heinz Rummenigge : 149
36. Gary Lineker : 134
37. Giuseppe Meazza : 132
38. Rivelino : 124
39. Didi : 123
40. Ian Rush : 109
41. Peter Schmeichel & Paolo Rossi : 104
43. George Weah : 99
44. Michael Owen : 90
45. Just Fontaine : 88
46. Duncan Edwards : 86
47. Dino Zoff : 80
48. Hristo Stoichkov : 77
49. David Beckham : 74
50. Tom Finney : 72
51. Rivaldo : 71
52. Claudio Caniggia : 64
53. Tostão : 63
54. Frank Rijkaard : 62
55. José Luis Chilavert : 61
56. Kevin Keegan : 60
57. Paul Gascoigne : 57
58. Roger Milla : 56
59. Michael Laudrup : 55
60. Andriy Shevchenko : 54
61. David Ginola, Glenn Hoddle & Sócrates : 53
64. Roberto Carlos & Alan Shearer : 52
66. Daniel Passarella : 51
67. Davor Suker : 50
68. "Dixie" Dean, Sándor Kocsis, Christian Vieri & Juan Schiaffino : 49
72. Mario Kempes, Johan Neeskens & Gigi Riva : 47
75. José Nasazzi & Günter Netzer : 46
77. Alessandro Del Piero & Carlos Valderrama : 43
79. Ricardo Zamora : 42
80. Enzo Francescoli : 41
81. Edgard Davids & Paco Gento : 40
83. Jim Baxter, Falcão, Ryan Giggs & Sepp Maier : 38
87. Zbigniew Boniek, Pat Jennings & György Sárosi : 37
90. Giacinto Facchetti : 36
91. Alan Hansen, Raymond Kopa, Bryan Robson & Mattias Sammer : 34
95. László Kubala & Neville Southall : 33
97. Gerson : 32
98. Paulo Futre & Preben Elkjær : 31
100. Bebeto : 30
101. Mattias Sindelar, Jaap Stam, Luis Suárez [Spain], Gianni Rivera, Andoni Zubizarreta, Ariel Ortega, László Détári & Jürgen Kohler : 29
109. Teófilo Cubillas, Sunday Oliseh, Nílton Santos, Gaetano Scirea & Steve McManaman : 28
114. Giuseppe Bergomi, Marcelo Salas, Bernd Schuster & Oleh Blokhin : 27
118. Fernando Hierro, Gianfranco Zola & Gianluca Vialli : 26
121. Thomas Hässler, Nwankwu Kanu, Ronald Koeman, Sandro Mazzola & Liam Brady : 25
126. Dragan Džajić, Billy Bremner, Marius Lăcătuş, Brian Laudrup, Jimmy Greaves & Zoltán Czibor : 24
131. John Barnes, Edwin van der Sar, Jimmy Johnstone, Dejan Savičević & Claudio López : 23
136. Claudio Gentile & Geoff Hurst : 22
138. Ángel Amadeo Labruna, Sol Campbell, Diego Simeone & Nándor Hidegkuti : 21
142. Danny Blanchflower & Luis Hernández : 20
144. Leônidas, Ciro Ferrara, Hugo Sánchez & Denílson : 19
148. Emilio Butragueño, Obdulio Varela, Dwight Yorke & Salvatore Schillaci : 18
152. Dunga, Mario Basler, Silvio Piola, Rudi Völler, Ray Wilson, Gheorghe Popescu, Djalma Santos, Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Roberto Mancini & Colin Bell : 17
162. Ray Clemence, Wolfgang Overath, Karlheinz Förster, Juan Sebastián Verón, Oliver Bierhoff, Peter Shilton & Jozsef Boszik : 16
170. Gilmar, Rob Rensenbrink, Billy Wright & Alan McInally : 15
174. Éder, Lawton, Domingos da Guia, I. Wright, Krol, Giles & Ardiles : 14
181. Ademir, L. Sánchez, van Hanegem, Ugarte, Thuram & Köpke : 13
187. Roy Keane, Kluivert, H. Larsson, McCoist, Moreno, Rui Costa, Seeler, Haller & Cafu : 12
196. Jorginho, Juninho Paulista, Pearce, Plánička, Vavá & Friedenreich : 11.



Per nation:
1. Brazil : 27
2. England : 26
3. Italy : 21
4. Germany : 19
5. Holland : 14
6. Argentina : 13
7. Hungary : 8
8. Scotland, France & Spain : 7
11. Uruguay, Wales & Denmark : 4
14. Yugoslavia, Romania, Portugal, Ireland & Northern Ireland : 3
19. Cameroon, Nigeria, Chile, Ukraine, Soviet Union, Mexico : 2

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

 

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

Top 250 best football players of all time

Based on 41 rankings published in 13 European and American countries between 2015 and June 2021.

1. Messi 

2. Maradona 

3. Pelé 

4. Cruyff 

5. Beckenbauer 

6. Di Stéfano 

7. Zidane 

8. Cristiano Ronaldo 

9. Ronaldo 

10. Platini 

11. Garrincha 

12. Puskás 

13. G. Müller 

14. Best 

15. van Basten 

16. Eusébio 

17. Zico 

18. Maldini 

19. F. Baresi 

20. Ronaldinho 

21. B. Charlton 

22. Romário 

23. Meazza 

24. Yashin 

25. Matthäus 

26. R. Baggio 

27. Kopa 

28. Iniesta 

29. Gullit 

30. Xavi 

31. Buffon 

32. Sócrates 

33. Carlos Alberto Torres 

34. Moore 

35. Rivelino 

36. Kh. Rummenigge 

37. Luis Suárez (Spain) 

38. Charro Moreno 

39. Neeskens 

40. Jairzinho 

41. Didi 

42. Rivera 

43. M. Laudrup 

44. Rossi 

45. Matthews 

46. Zoff 

47. V. Mazzola 

48. Gento 

49. Sindelar 

50. Hidegkuti 

51. Henry 

52. Nílton Santos 

53. Bergkamp 

54. Dalglish 

55. Breitner 

56. Kocsis 

57. Rijkaard 

58. Nordahl

59. Schiaffino 

60. Roberto Carlos 

61. Banks 

62. Stoichkov

63. F. Walter 

64. Netzer

65. Rivaldo

66. H. Sánchez 

67. Cafu 

68. Keegan 

69. Figo 

70. Casillas 

71. Weah 

72. Passarella 

73. Ibrahimovic 

74. Blokhin 

75. P. Schmeichel  

76. J. Charles 

77. Facchetti 

78. Pedernera 

79. Fontaine 

80. Batistuta 

81. Andrade 

82. Neymar 

83. Sergio Ramos 

84. Scirea 

85. Pirlo

86. Raúl 

87. Giggs 

88. Sívori 

89. Cubillas 

90. Kempes 

91. S. Mazzola 

92. Kaká 

93. Eto'o 

94. Djalma Santos

95. Klinsmann 

96. Hagi 

97. Džajić

98. Dean

99. Cantona

100. Litmanen 

101. Bozsik 

102. Kahn 

103. Zizinho 

104. Totti 

105. Del Piero 

106. Johnstone 

107. Redondo 

108.  Thuram 

109. F. Albert 

110. Law

111. O. Varela 

112. Seeler

113. R. Koeman 

114. Drogba 

115. Masopust 

116. Shevchenko 

117. Coluna 

118. Riva

119. Krol 

120. Puyol  

121. Francescoli  

122. Boniek 

123. Papin 

124. Tostão

125. Lahm 

126. Nedved

127. Lineker 

128. Figueroa 

121. Vogts

129. F. Cannavaro 

130. Kubala 

131. Desailly 

132. Greaves

133. Nesta 

134. Hamrin 

135. Gerrard 

136. Maier 

137. Lewandowski

138. J. Zanetti

139. Seedorf

140. Clodoaldo

141. Riquelme 

142. Bican 

143. Simonsen

144. N. Franklin

145. Schuster

146. Kroos

147. Modrić 

148. Gérson 

149. Butragueño 

150. Vieira

151. Luis Suárez (Uruguay)

152. Fillol 

153. Falcão

154. Ribéry

155. Roy Keane

156. Valderrama 

157. Benzema 

158. Völler

159. Sárosi 

160. Mbappé

161. van Nistelrooy

162. Milla 

163. Leônidas 

164. De Bruyne

165. Dasaev 

166. Bergomi 

167. Finney 

168. Beckham 

169. Dani Alves 

170. Robben 

171. Tardelli 

172. Piola

173. Klose 

174. Erico

175. Shearer

176. Sammer

177. Griezmann 

178. Vialli 

179. Amancio

180. Busquets 

181. Krankl

182. Y. Touré 

183. Gentile

184. Owen

185. Marcelo 

186. Hierro 

187. Rush 

188.  Zamora 

189. Burgnich

190. Keizer

191. Falcao García

192. Bryan Robson 

193. Skoglund

194. Elkjær

195. Bale

196. D. Edwards

197. Rooney

198. Guardiola

199. Bochini

200. Xabi Alonso 

201. Chilavert 

202. Lampard

203. Overath

204. Salif Keita

205. Blanchflower

206. Kónrád

207. Deschamps

208. J. Jones

209. Gascoigne

210. Zarra

211. Neuer

212. van der Sar 

213. Bloomer

214. David Villa 

215. Lato

216. Carrizo 

217. Mágico González

218. Madjer 

219. M. Olsen

220. Van Himst

221. Rensenbrink

222. Santamaría

223. Savićević

224. Cabrini

225. Ardiles 

226. E. Hazard

227. Trésor

228. Prohaska

229. Brehme

230. Belanov

231. Tigana

232. Ademir 

233. Agüero

234. Ballack

235. Deyna

236. T. Müller

237. Pichichi

238. A. Schaffer

239. Davids

240. Blanc

241. B. Wright

242. Suurbier

243. McGrory

244. Liedholm

245. Fàbregas

246. Scifo

247. Scholes

248. Júnior

249. Czibor

250. Scarone