Man United ratings 2007/08

7,07 Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney

6,65 Nemanja Vidić

6,63 Carlos Tévez

6,58 Rio Ferdinand

6,55 Owen Hargreaves

6,48 Patrice Evra

6,44 Paul Scholes

6,39 Ji-Sung Park

6,35 Anderson

6,27 Nani

6,13 Ryan Giggs

6,09 Wes Brown

6,00 Michael Carrick

5,95 Edwin van der Sar

5,81 Darren Fletcher

5,77 John O'Shea

5,75 Louis Saha

Premio Bravo 1993/94

 Guerin Sportivo's award to the best young (under 24) player in Europe.

1. Christian Panucci (Milan)

2. Ryan Giggs (Man United)

3. Julen Guerrero (Athletic Bilbao)

4. Chris Sutton (Norwich)

5. Marc Overmars (Ajax)

6. Christian Nerlinger (Bayern Munich)

7. Abel Xavier (Benfica)

8. Jesper Blomqvist (IFK Göteborg)

9. Karsten Bäron (Hamburger SV)

10. Horia Radu Niculescu (Inter Sibiu)

Top 40 British footballers in history

1. George Best (Northern Ireland)

2. Bobby Charlton (England)

3. Bobby Moore (England)

4. Kenny Dalglish (Scotland)

5. Dennis Law (Scotland)

6. Gordon Banks (England)

7. Wayne Rooney (England)

8. Jimmy Greaves (England)

9. Ryan Giggs (Wales)

10. John Charles (Wales)

11. Gareth Bale (Wales)

12. Graeme Souness (Scotland)

13. Harry Kane (England)

14. Kevin Keegan (England)

15. Stanley Matthews (England)

16. David Beckham (England)

17. Ian Rush (Wales)

18. Jimmy Johnstone (Scotland)

19. William "Dixie" Dean (England)

20. Steven Gerrard (England)

21. Gary Lineker (England)

22. Paul Gascoigne (England)

23. Duncan Edwards (England)

24. Pat Jennings (Northern Ireland)

25. Mark Hughes (Wales)

26. Alan Shearer (England)

27. Tom Finney (England)

28. Neville Southall (Wales)

29. Danny Blanchflower (Northern Ireland)

30. Jim Baxter (Scotland)

31. Neil Franklin (England)

32. Billy Meredith (England)

33. Peter Shilton (England)

34. Frank Lampard (England)

35. Paul Scholes (England)

36. Bryan Robson (England)

37. Dave Mackay (Scotland)

38. Michael Owen (England)

39. Billy Wright (England)

40. Billy McNeill (Scotland)

Top three assist providers per country in Premier League history

England : 297

103: Wayne Rooney, 102: Frank Lampard, 92: Steven Gerrard

 

Spain : 258

111: Cesc Fàbregas, 93: David Silva, 54: Juan Mata

 

Wales : 252

162: Ryan Giggs, 46: Aaron Ramsey, 44: Gary Speed

 

Netherlands : 205

94: Dennis Bergkamp, 58: Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, 53: Robin van Persie

Belgium : 202

113: Kevin De Bruyne, 54: Eden Hazard, 35: Romelu Lukaku

 

France : 185

74: Thierry Henry, 56: Éric Cantona, 55: Steed Malbranque

Scotland : 139

59: Andy Robertson, 47: Gary McAllister, 33: James Morrison

Brazil : 135

50: Roberto Firmino, 45: Willian, 40: Gabriel Jesus

Portugal : 129

44: Bernardo Silva, 43: Nani, 42: Bruno Fernandes

Ireland : 129

55: Damien Duff, 37: Robbie Keane, Niall Quinn

Germany : 127

54: Mesut Özil, 45: Pascal Groß, 28: Leroy Sané

 

Italy : 126

49: Paolo Di Canio, 42: Gianfranco Zola, 35: Benito Carbone

 

Denmark : 123

76: Christian Eriksen, 25: Thomas Gravesen, 22: Claus Jensen

 

Côte d'Ivoire : 116

55: Didier Drogba, 32: Yaya Touré, 29: Wilfried Zaha

 

Argentina : 106

47: Sergio Agüero, 36: Carlos Tevez, 23: Érik Lamela

 

Norway : 106

39: Morten Gamst Pedersen, 37: Ole Gunnar Solskjær, 30: John Arne Riise

Northern Ireland : 100

49: Chris Brunt, 26: Michael Hughes, 25: Keith Gillespie

 

Iceland : 99

50: Gylfi Sigurdsson, 28: Eidur Gudjohnsen, 21: Jóhann Gudmundsson

Australia : 96

38: Harry Kewell, 30: Brett Emerton, 28: Mark Viduka

 

South Korea : 93

62: Son Heung-Min, 21: Park Ji-Sung, 10: Lee Chung-Yong

Egypt : 91

72: Mo Salah, 13: Ahmed El Mohamady, 6: Mido

 

Nigeria : 84

29: Alex Iwobi, Nwankwo Kanu, 26: Yakubu Ayegbeni

Algeria : 83

61: Riyad Mahrez, 16: Saïd Benrahma, 6: Ali Benarbia

Sweden : 74

29: Fredrik Ljungberg, 26: Sebastian Larsson, 19: Dejan Kulusevski

Czechia : 74

31: Patrik Berger, 24: Vladimir Šmicer, 19: Vladimír Coufal

 

Serbia : 70

27: Dusan Tadic, 23: Nemanja Matic, 20: Branislav Ivanovic, Aleksandar Kolarov

 

Uruguay : 59

24: Gustavo Poyet, 23: Luis Suárez, 12: Gastón Ramírez

Ghana : 49

25: Jordan Ayew, 14: Jeffrey Schlupp, 10: Michael Essien

Russia : 48

21: Andrei Kanchelskis, 20: Andrey Arshavin, 7: Roman Pavlyuchenko

 

Croatia : 43

15: Niko Kranjčar, Luka Modric, 13: Mateo Kovačić

USA : 37

19: Clint Dempsey, 9: Brian McBride, Christian Pulisic, Antonee Robinson

Greece : 34

14: José Holebas, 11: Stelios Giannakopoulos, 9: Kostas Tsimikas

Finland : 25

9: Jonatan Johansson, 8: Mikael Forssell, Sami Hyypiä

Ukraine : 25

11: Oleksandr Zinchenko, 7: Serhiy Rebrov, Andriy Shevchenko

Japan : 22

10: Kaoru Mitoma, 6: Junichi Inamoto, Shinji Kagawa

Poland : 19

8: Matty Cash, 7: Mateusz Klich, 4: Kamil Grosicki, Robert Warzycha

Hungary : 17

12: Zoltán Gera, 3: Dominik Szoboszlai, 2: Ákos Buzsáky

Average ratings Man United 2010/11

6,64 Nemanja Vidić

6,59 Nani

6,52 Wayne Rooney

6,48 Ryan Giggs

6,40 Dimitar Berbatov

6,28 Ji-Sung Park

6,27 Darren Fletcher, Javier Hernández

6,23 Chris Smalling

6,22 Rio Ferdinand

6,21 Edwin van der Sar, Rafael

6,20 Patrice Evra

6,19 Paul Scholes

6,17 Antonio Valencia

6,16 Anderson

5,95 Fábio

5,86 John O'Shea

5,80 Jonny Evans

5,70 Darron Gibson

5,68 Michael Owen

5,52 Michael Carrick

Average ratings Man United 2008/09

6,86 Wayne Rooney

6,52 Michael Carrick

6,51 Nemanja Vidić

6,48 Ryan Giggs

6,47 Rio Ferdinand, Carlos Tévez

6,44 Darren Fletcher

6,41 Cristiano Ronaldo, Anderson

6,33 Ji-Sung Park

6,28 Patrice Evra

6,24 Edwin van der Sar

6,21 Paul Scholes

6,17 Jonny Evans

6,13 Rafael

6,06 Dimitar Berbatov

6,05 John O'Shea

5,99 Gary Neville

Manchester United ratings 2010/11

  

All tournaments. Ratings: The Times, The Sun, Gazzetta dello Sport.

6,57 Nemanja Vidić  
6,54 Wayne Rooney
6,53 Ryan Giggs
6,55 Nani
6,51 Rio Ferdinand
6,48 Paul Scholes
6,44 Darren Fletcher
6,33 Javier Hernández
6,27 Dimitar Berbatov
6,26 Ji-Sung Park  
6,24 Edwin van der Sar
6,22 Chris Smalling
6,21 Antonio Valencia
6,18 Fábio, Gabriel Obertan
6,11 Patrice Evra
6,10 Rafael
6,03 Michael Carrick, Kuszczak
5,97 Wes Brown
5,89 John O'Shea
5,87 Michael Owen
5,83 Jonny Evans
5,81 Anderson
5,77 Darron Gibson
5,60 Bebé
5,40 Federico Macheda

Manchester United ratings 2013/14

 

All competitions.

6,47 Wayne Rooney
6,24 De Gea
6,18 Adnan Januzaj
6,12 Phil Jones
6,04 Danny Welbeck, Mata
5,98 Jonny Evans
5,97 Michael Carrick
5,96 Antonio Valencia, Darren Fletcher
5,95 Chris Smalling
5,88 Robin van Persie
5,87 Patrice Evra, Shinji Kagawa
5,85 Ryan Giggs
5,84 Rio Ferdinand
5,82 Nemanja Vidić
5,81 Rafael
5,74 Tom Cleverley
5,72 Javier Hernández
5,59 Ashley Young
5,58 Alexander Büttner
5,39 Marouane Fellaini                                     

The 100 greatest personalities in English League history

 

According to Expressen (Sweden), in the summer of 2020.

1. T. Henry
2. Shearer
3. Moore
4. Dalglish
5. Cantona
6. Rooney
7. B. Charlton
8. Giggs
9. Bremner
10. Gerrard
11. Adams
12. Sir Alex
13. Lampard Jr
14. Shilton
15. Scholes
16. Best
17. Rush
18. Greaves
19. Keegan
20. B. Wright
21. Beckham
22. Roy Keane
23. Agüero
24. Terry
25. Bergkamp
26. Lineker
27. Bryan Robson
28. Matthews
29. J. Barnes
30. Dean
31. Vieira
32. Bobby Robson
33. Owen
34. Law
35. Rio Ferdinand
36. P. Schmeichel
37. Finney
38. Hurst
39. Cristiano Ronaldo
40. Ashley Cole
41. Zola
42. Salah
43. Le Tissier
44. Vidic
45. Ince
46. Banks
47. Kompany
48. D. Edwards
49. Drogba
50. Cech
51. Carrick
52. Gascoigne
53. Wenger
54. Halliday
55. van Nistelrooy
56. K. Hibbitt
57. Sheringham
58. Andy Cole
59. Ball
60. Mourinho
61. McGregor
62. Jennings
63. Speed
64. Waddle
65. Hoddle
66. Gallacher
67. S. Campbell
68. Irwin
69. Hazard
70. Fowler
71. Yorke
72. I. Wright
73. Grobbelaar
74. Kane
75. van Persie
76. Busby
77. Suárez
78. Vardy
79. Stam
80. Beattie
81. Peters
82. Y. Touré
83. Seaman
84. Ramsey
85. Barry
86. L. Ferdinand
87. Brady
88. David Silva
89. Crouch
90. Pearce
91. Hyypiä
92. Osgood
93. A. Kennedy
94. Klopp
95. Armfield
96. Lofthouse
97. Dunne
98. Aitken
99. Ljungberg
100. V. Jones

Average ratings Man United 2012/13

6,48 Robin van Persie
6,37 Wayne Rooney
6,33 Javier Hernández
6,31 De Gea
6,20 Ryan Giggs, Michael Carrick
6,16 Shinji Kagawa
6,10 Jonny Evans, Rio Ferdinand, Paul Scholes
6,09 Nemanja Vidić
6,08 Tom Cleverley, Phil Jones
6,05 Danny Welbeck
6,01 Alexander Büttner
5,97 Patrice Evra
5,95 Antonio Valencia
5,94 Ashley Young
5,85 Anders Lindegaard
5,83 Chris Smalling
5,79 Nani

Average ratings Man United 2010/11

 

 

All tournaments. Ratings: The Times, The Sun, Gazzetta dello Sport.

6,57 Nemanja Vidić  
6,54 Wayne Rooney
6,53 Ryan Giggs
6,55 Nani
6,51 Rio Ferdinand
6,48 Paul Scholes
6,44 Darren Fletcher
6,33 Javier Hernández
6,27 Dimitar Berbatov
6,26 Ji-Sung Park  
6,24 Edwin van der Sar
6,22 Chris Smalling
6,21 Antonio Valencia
6,18 Fábio, Gabriel Obertan
6,11 Patrice Evra
6,10 Rafael
6,03 Michael Carrick, Kuszczak
5,97 Wes Brown
5,89 John O'Shea
5,87 Michael Owen
5,83 Jonny Evans
5,81 Anderson
5,77 Darron Gibson
5,60 Bebé
5,40 Federico Macheda

Average ratings Manchester United 2010/11

 

All tournaments.

6,57 Vidic
6,54 Rooney
6,53 Giggs
6,55 Nani
6,51 R. Ferdinand
6,48 Scholes
6,44 Fletcher
6,33 Hernández
6,27 Berbatov
6,26 Park
6,24 Van der Sar
6,22 Smalling
6,21 Valencia
6,18 Fábio, Obertan
6,11 Evra
6,10 Rafael
6,03 Carrick, Kuszczak
5,97 Brown
5,89 O'Shea
5,87 Owen
5,83 Evans
5,81 Anderson
5,77 Gibson
5,60 Bébé
5,40 Macheda

Memory Lane: Premier League 2008/09.

Top teams only.

7,16 Gerrard (Liverpool)
7,10 Lampard (Chelsea)
7,08 Fàbregas (Arsenal)
6,95 Essien (Chelsea)
6,92 Rooney (Man United)
6,81 Xabi Alonso (Liverpool)
6,80 Fernando Torres (Liverpool)
6,78 Van Persie (Arsenal)
6,75 Giggs (Man United)
6,73 Hyypiä (Liverpool)
6,72 Walcott (Arsenal)
6,71 Carragher (Liverpool)
6,70 Drogba (Chelsea)
6,69 Ferdinand (Man United)
6,68 Mascherano (Liverpool)
6,67 Terry (Chelsea)
6,65 Rafael & Cristiano Ronaldo (Man United)
6,65 Nasri (Arsenal)
6,64 Vidic (Man United)
6,60 Tévez (Man United)

Premier League: all time assist leaders.

127: Ryan Giggs   
89: Frank Lampard
85: Steven Gerrard
80: Thierry Henry
73: Wayne Rooney
71: Cesc Fàbregas
55: Didier Drogba
49: Dennis Bergkamp, Nani
48: Morten Gamst Pedersen
46: Robin van Persie, Cristiano Ronaldo   
45: Paul Scholes
44: David Beckham
43: Aaron Lennon   
42: Nolberto Solano
40: Mikel Arteta
39: Ashley Young
38: Gareth Barry, Robert Pires
37: Kevin Davies
34: Leighton Baines, Stewart Downing
33: Theo Walcott
32: Ole Gunnar Solskjær
31: Robbie Keane
30: Dirk Kuyt, David Silva, Steven Pienaar, Gabriel Agbonlahor,     Eidur Gudjohnsen
29: Fredrik Ljungberg, James Milner
28: Tim Cahill
27: Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Chris Brunt, Alan Shearer   
26: Brett Emerton, Matthew Etherington, Luís Boa Morte
25: Gianfranco Zola, Antonio Valencia, Gareth Bale, Joe Cole

Memory Lane: Man United 2010/11.

All tournaments.

6,57 Vidic
6,54 Rooney
6,53 Giggs
6,55 Nani
6,51 R. Ferdinand
6,48 Scholes
6,44 Fletcher
6,33 Hernández
6,27 Berbatov
6,26 Park
6,24 Van der Sar
6,22 Smalling
6,21 Valencia
6,18 Fábio, Obertan
6,11 Evra
6,10 Rafael
6,03 Carrick, Kuszczak
5,97 Brown
5,89 O'Shea
5,87 Owen
5,83 Evans
5,81 Anderson
5,77 Gibson
5,60 Bébé
5,40 Macheda

Memory Lane: Manchester United 2009/10.

Premier League and Champions League matches included.

6,81 Rooney
6,57 Giggs
6,43 Fletcher, Kuszczak
6,33 Evra
6,31 Berbatov
6,29 Valencia
6,20 Van der Sar, Obertan
6,19 Scholes
6,17 Vidic
6,15 Carrick
6,13 Nani
6,11 Ferdinand, Rafael
6,10 Evans
6,09 Brown
6,07 Gibson
6,02 Anderson
6,01 Park
5,95 G. Neville, Fábio
5,94 Owen
5,93 O'Shea
5,89 Foster
5,84 M. B. Diouf
5,83 Welbeck

Memory Lane: Football's greatest one club players.

According to Guerin Sportivo.

1. Gigi Riva (-photo- , Cagliari)
2. Ryan Giggs (Man United)
3. Paolo Maldini (Milan)
4. Giampiero Boniperti (Juventus)
5. Francesco Totti (Roma)
6. Giacinto Facchetti (Inter)
7. Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus)
8. Javier Zanetti (Inter)
9. Giancarlo Antognoni (Fiorentina)
10. Gianni Rivera (Milan)
11. Sandro Mazzola (Inter)
12. Bobby Charlton (Man United)
13. Franco Baresi (Milan)
14. Giacomo Bulgarelli (Bologna)
15. Giorgio Ferrini (Torino)
16. Giovanni De Prà (Genoa)
17. Pelé (Santos)
18. Francisco Gento (Real Madrid)
19. Giampiero Combi (Juventus)
20. Giuseppe Bergomi (Inter)
21. Giuseppe Bruscolotti (Napoli)
22. Carles Puyol (Barcelona)
23. Raúl (Real Madrid)
24. Gaetano Scirea (Juventus)
25. Jackie Charlton (Leeds United)

Champions League: all time assist leaders.

29: Ryan Giggs    
15: Frank Lampard    
14: Lionel Messi    
12: Thierry Henry & Raúl
11: Franck Ribéry & Clarence Seedorf    
10: Xavi & Nani    
9: Cristiano Ronaldo, Mesüt Özil, David Beckham & Steven Gerrard    
8: Wayne Rooney, Francesc Fàbregas, Florent Malouda, Luís Figo & Wesley Sneijder    
7:  Thomas Müller, Theo Walcott, Alessandro Del Piero, Ronaldinho Gaúcho, Paul Scholes, Karim Benzema, Didier Drogba, Dani Alves, Andrés Iniesta & Kaká.

Champions League goals in carreer.

In bold text, players younger than 27 years. 

51: Messi (Barcelona)
38: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
28: Ibrahimovic (PSG), Giggs (Man United)
27: Kaká (Real Madrid)
26: Benzema (Real Madrid), Rooney (Man United)
24: M. Gómez (Bayern), Scholes (Man United)
22: Lampard (Chelsea)
18: Van Persie (Man United)
17: C. Pizarro (Bayern)
15: Saviola (Málaga)
14: Lucho González (FC Porto), Robben (Bayern), Fàbregas (Barcelona)
13: Villa & Pedro (Barcelona)
12: Soldado (Valencia)
11: Essien (Real Madrid), Fernando Torres (Chelsea)
10: Rosický (Arsenal), Ribéry (Bayern)
9: Xavi & Iniesta (Barcelona)
8: Vucinic & Bendtner (Juventus), Chamakh (Arsenal), Terry (Chelsea), Farfán (Schalke), Robinho (Milan), T. Müller (Bayern), Cardozo (Benfica)
7: Walcott (Arsenal), Pirlo (Juventus), Santa Cruz (Málaga), Hulk (Zenit), Babel (Ajax), Higuaín (Real Madrid), Luíz Adriano & Eduardo (Shakhtar), Schweinsteiger (Bayern), Kalou (Lille)
6: Alex (PSG), Agüero & Tévez (Man City), Ivanovic (Chelsea), Lúcio (Juventus), Piqué (Barcelona)