Top rated Bundesliga players 1975/76

7,03 Berti Vogts (Bor. Mönchengladbach)

6,94 Franz Beckenbauer (Bayern München)

6,91 Bernard Dietz (MSV Duisburg)

6,90 Horst Wolter (Hertha BSC)

6,88 Rudi Kargus (Hamburger SV), Bernd Helmschrot (Kickers Offenbach)

6,87 Georg Damjanoff (Hannover 96)

6,86 Bernd Franke (Eintr. Braunschweig)

6,84 Sepp Maier (Bayern München), Reinhard Dittel (Hannover 96)

6,82 Karl-Heinz Handschuh (Eintr. Braunschweig)

6,80 Reiner Hollmann (Eint. Braunschweig), Johannes Riedl (Kaiserslautern)

6,79 Ronnie Hellström (Kaiserslautern)

6,78 Günther Wienhold (Eintr. Frankfurt)

6,73 Jupp Tenhagen (Bochum), Gerhard Heinze (Stuttgart)

6,72 Dieter Burdenski (Werder Bremen), Norbert Nigbur (Schalke 04)

6,68 Peter Nogly (Hamburger SV)

6,66 Jürgen Grabowski (Eintr. Frankfurt)

6,64 Per Røntved (Werder Bremen), Hernert Wimmer, Hans-Jürgen Wittkamp (Bor. Mönchengladbach)

6,62 Klaus Fichtel (Schalke 04), Rudolf Wimmer (Karlsruhe)

6,58 Wolfgang Grzyb (Eintr. Braunschweig)

6,56 Rainer Bonhof (Bor. Mönchengladbach)

6,55 Allan Simonsen (Bor. Mönchengladbach)

6,52 Henning Jensen (Bor. Mönchengladbach)

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)

Top 15 Swedish footballers in history

According to Dagens Nyheter (Stockholm)

1. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (born 1981)

2. Gunnar Nordahl (1921-1995)

3. Gunnar Gren (1920-1991)

4. Tomas Brolin (born 1969)

5. Henrik Larsson (born 1971)

6. Nils Liedholm (1922-2007)

7. Kurt Hamrin (born 1934)

8. Lennart ”Nacka” Skoglund (1929-1975)

9. Fredrik Ljungberg (born 1977)

10. Sven Rydell (1905-1975)

11. Ove Kindvall (born 1943)

12. Bosse Larsson (born 1944)

13. Glenn Hysén (born 1959)

14. Patrik Andersson (born 1971)

15. Ronnie Hellström (born 1949)

Female players:

1. Pia Sundhage (born 1960)

2. Lotta Schelin (born 1984)

3. Hanna Ljungberg (born 1979)

Kaiserslautern ratings 1974/75

6,77 Ronnie Hellström

6,40 Josef Pirrung

6,30 Ernst Diehl

6,28 Hans-Günther Kroth

6,14 Johannes Riedl

6,12 Roland Sandberg

6,03 Werner Melzer, Dietmar Schwager

5,87 Hermann Bitz

5,84 Klaus Toppmöller

5,66 Reinhard Meier

5,64 Peter Schwarz

The top 60 of the 1978 World Cup

 

Ranking based on list published by El Gráfico, Clarín y Goles (Argentina), Het Vrije Volk and Trouw (Netherlands), Corriere della Sera, Corriere dello Sport, La Stampa, Tuttosport, Secolo XIX and Guerin Sportivo (Italy), El País (Uruguay), Don Balón (Spain), Daily Telegraph, Daily Record and Daily Mail (UK), L'Équipe (France), A Bola (Portugal), Nürnberger Zeitung, Kicker, Sport-Informations-Dienst and ARD (West Germany), TRT (Turkey), Placar and Manchete (Brazil) and Soccer Express (USA).

1. Mario Kempes (Argentina)
2. Paolo Rossi (Italy)
3. Ubaldo Fillol (Argentina)
4. Ruud Krol (Netherlands)
5. Dirceu (Brazil)
6. Hans Krankl (Austria)
7. Rob Rensenbrink (Netherlands)
8. Leopoldo Luque (Argentina)
9. Arie Haan (Netherlands)
10. Teófilo Cubillas (Peru)
11. Ronnie Hellström (Sweden)
12. Daniel Passarella (Argentina)
13. Marius Trésor (France)
14. Roberto Bettega (Italy)
15. Zbigniew Boniek (Poland)
16. Michel Platini (France)
17. Antonio Cabrini (Italy)
18. Johnny Rep (Netherlands)
19. Toninho (Brazil)
20. Johan Neeskens (Netherlands)
21. Herbert Prohaska (Austria), Grzegorz Lato (Poland)
23. Claudio Gentile (Italy), Didier Six (France)
25. Óscar y Batista (Brazil)
27. Leão (Brazil)
28. Amaral (Brazil), Ramón Quiroga (Peru)
30. Bruno Pezzey (Austria), Franco Causio (Italy)
32. Nelinho (Brazil)
33. Romeo Benetti (Italy), Berti Vogts (West Germany)
35. Osvaldo Ardiles (Argentina)
36. Marco Tardelli (Italy)
37. Mauro Bellugi (Italy)
38. Daniel Bertoni (Argentina)
39. Henri Michel (France)
40. Kazimierz Deyna (Poland), René van de Kerkhof (Netherlands)
42. Alberto Tarantini (Argentina)
43. Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (West Germany), Willy van de Kerkhof (Netherlands)
46. András Törőcsik (Hungary)
46. Ernie Brandts (Netherlands), Juan José Muñante (Peru)
48. César Cueto (Peru), Américo Gallego (Argentina)
50. Robert Sara (Austria), Gaetano Scirea (Italy)
52. Antoni Szymanowski (Poland), Juan Manuel Asensi (Spain)
53. Sepp Maier (West Germany), Rubén Toribio Díaz (Peru), Wim Jansen (Netherlands)
56. Jorge Olguin (Argentina), Témime Lahzami (Tunisia)
58. Heinz Flohe (West Germany), Juan Carlos Oblitas (Peru), Adam Nawałka (Poland)

Top rated Bundesliga players 1979/80

 

8,13 Paul Breitner (Bayern Munich)
8,00 Hans-Peter Briegel (Kaiserslautern)
7,89 Norbert Nigbur (Schalke 04)
7,88 Toni Schumacher (Köln)
7,81 Bernd Franke (Braunschweig)
7,76 Franz-Josef Tenhagen (Bochum)
7,75 Manfred Kaltz (Hamburger SV)
7,74 Karlheinz Förster (Stuttgart)
7,73 Ronnie Hellström (Kaiserslautern)
7,69 Klaus Fichtel (Schalke 04)
7,68 Helmut Roleder (Stuttgart), Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (Bayern Munich)
7,67 Bernard Dietz (MSV Duisburg)
7,65 Tony Woodcock (Köln)
7,64 Gerhard Heinze (MSV Duisburg), Hans-Josef Kapellmann (1860 Munich)
7,62 Hans-Günter Neues (Kaiserslautern)
7,61 Rudi Kargus (Hamburger SV)
7,60 Thomas Zander (1860 Munich)
7,58 Kevin Keegan (Hamburger SV), Jürgen Groh (Kaiserslautern), Wolfgang Kleff (Hertha BSC)

Sweden ratings in the 1974 World Cup

 

Ratings: El Gráfico (Argentina).

7,50 Ralf Edström
7,17 Ronnie Hellström
6,33 Roland Sandberg
6,20 Björn Nordqvist
6,00 Jan Olsson, Kent Karlsson, Bo Larsson, Conny Torstensson, Roland Grip, Inge Ejderstedt
5,83 Ove Grahn
5,80 Staffan Tapper
5,50 Ove Kindvall, Benno Magnusson
5,33 Jörgen Augustsson
5,25 Björn Andersson

The 50 greatest Swedish footballers of all time

1. Gunnar Nordahl
2. Zlatan Ibrahimovic
3. Kurt Hamrin
4. Gunnar Gren
5. Nils Liedholm
6. Lennart "Nacka" Skoglund
7. Henry "Garvis" Carlsson
8. Henrik Larsson
9. Torbjörn Nilsson
10. Fredrik Ljungberg
11. Tomas Brolin
12. Bo Larsson
13. Jonas Thern
14. Ronnie Hellström
15. Ralf Edström
16. Patrik Andersson
17. Glenn Strömberg
18. Peter Larsson
19. Ove Kindvall
20. Glenn Hysén
21. Kennet Andersson
22. Hans Jeppson
23. Roger Magnusson
24. Sven Rydell
25. Calle Palmér
26. Arne Selmosson
27. Stefan Pettersson
28. Martin Dahlin
29. Agne Simonsson
30. Robert Prytz
31. Stefan Schwarz
32. Thomas Ravelli
33. Roland Sandberg
34. Nils-Åke "Kajan" Sandell
35. Bengt Lindskog
36. Jan Eriksson
37. Joachim Björklund
38. Ove Grahn
39. Andreas Isaksson
40. Kim Källström
41. Olof Mellberg
42. Emil Forsberg
43. Anders Svensson
44. Anders Limpar
45. Rudolf "Putte" Kock
46. Sven Jonasson
47. Andreas Granqvist
48. Tommy Holmgren
49. Bengt "Julle" Gustavsson
50. Klas Ingesson

Bundesliga: top rated players 1977/78

8,09 Ronnie Hellström (Kaiserslautern)
8,00 Dieter Burdenski (Werder Bremen)
7,97 Bernard Dietz (MSV Duisburg)
7,94 Rolf Rüssmann (Schalke 04)
7,88 Norbert Nigbur (Hertha BSC)
7,88 Helmut Roleder (Stuttgart)
7,87 Bernd Franke (Eintr. Braunschweig)
7,79 Karlheinz Förster (Stuttgart)
7,79 Franz-Josef Tenhagen (Bochum)
7,79 Berti Vogts (Bor. M'gladbach)
7,77 Paul Breitner (Eintr. Braunschweig)
7,76 Dragan Holcer (Stuttgart)
7,76 Harald "Toni" Schumacher (Köln)
7,76 Kevin Keegan (Hamburger SV)
7,76 Gerd Zewe (Fortuna Düsseldorf)
7,75 Bernhard Hartmann (1860 München)
7,73 Hansi Müller (Stuttgart)
7,72 Jörg Daniel (Fortuna Düsseldorf)
7,71 Horst Bertram (Bor. Dortmund)
7,71 Jürgen Rynio (St Pauli)
7,71 Jürgen Grabowski, (Eintr. Frankfurt)
7,71 Sepp Maier (Bayern München)
7,70 Rainer Bonhof (Bor. M'gladbach)

 (Kicker)

Los 60 mejores jugadores del Mundial del 1978

La lista está basada en encuestas de periódicos como El Gráfico, Clarín y Goles (Argentina), Het Vrije Volk y Trouw (Holanda), Corriere della Sera, Corriere dello Sport, La Stampa, Tuttosport, Secolo XIX y Guerin Sportivo (Italia), El País (Uruguay), Don Balón (España), Daily Telegraph, Daily Record y Daily Mail (Reino Unido), L'Équipe (Francia), A Bola (Portugal), Nürnberger Zeitung, Kicker, Sport-Informations-Dienst y ARD (Alemania Federal), TRT (Turquía), Placar y Manchete (Brasil), Soccer Express (EEUU) etc.

1. Mario Kempes (Arg)
2. Paolo Rossi (Ita)
3. Ubaldo Fillol (Arg)
4. Ruud Krol (Hol)
5. Dirceu (Bra)
6. Hans Krankl (Aut)
7. Rob Rensenbrink (Hol)
8. Leopoldo Luque (Arg)
9. Arie Haan (Hol)
10. Teófilo Cubillas (Per)
11. Ronnie Hellström (Swe)
12. Daniel Passarella (Arg)
13. Marius Trésor (Fra)
14. Roberto Bettega (Ita)
15. Zbigniew Boniek (Pol)
16. Michel Platini (Fra)
17. Antonio Cabrini (Ita)
18. Johnny Rep (Hol)
19. Toninho (Bra)
20. Johan Neeskens (Hol)
21. Herbert Prohaska (Aut), Grzegorz Lato (Pol)
23. Claudio Gentile (Ita), Didier Six (Fra)
25. Óscar y Batista (Bra)
27. Leão (Bra)
28. Amaral (Bra), Ramón Quiroga (Per)
30. Bruno Pezzey (Aut), Franco Causio (Ita)
32. Nelinho (Bra)
33. Romeo Benetti (Ita), Berti Vogts (BRD)
35. Osvaldo Ardiles (Arg)
36. Marco Tardelli (Ita)
37. Mauro Bellugi (Ita)
38. Daniel Bertoni (Arg)
39. Henri Michel (Fra)
40. Kazimierz Deyna (Pol), René van de Kerkhof (Hol)
42. Alberto Tarantini (Arg)
43. Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (BRD), Willy van de Kerkhof (Hol)
46. András Törőcsik (Hun)
46. Ernie Brandts (Hol), Juan José Muñante (Per)
48. César Cueto (Per), Américo Gallego (Arg)
50. Robert Sara (Aut), Gaetano Scirea (Ita)
52. Antoni Szymanowski (Pol), Juan Manuel Asensi (Esp)
53. Sepp Maier (BRD), Rubén Toribio Díaz (Per), Wim Jansen (Hol)
56. Jorge Olguin (Arg), Témime Lahzami (Tun)
58. Heinz Flohe (BRD), Juan Carlos Oblitas (Per), Adam Nawałka (Pol)

Ranking Bundesliga 1977/78

8,09 Ronnie Hellström (-photo-, Kaiserslautern)
8,00 Dieter Burdenski (Werder Bremen)
7,97 Bernard Dietz (MSV Duisburg)
7,94 Rolf Rüssmann (Schalke 04)
7,88 Norbert Nigbur (Hertha BSC)
7,88 Helmut Roleder (Stuttgart)
7,87 Bernd Franke (Eintr. Braunschweig)
7,79 Karlheinz Förster (Stuttgart)
7,79 Franz-Josef Tenhagen (Bochum)
7,79 Berti Vogts (Bor. M'gladbach)
7,77 Paul Breitner (Eintr. Braunschweig)
7,76 Dragan Holcer (Stuttgart)
7,76 Harald "Toni" Schumacher (Köln)
7,76 Kevin Keegan (Hamburger SV)
7,76 Gerd Zewe (Fortuna Düsseldorf)
7,75 Bernhard Hartmann (1860 München)
7,73 Hansi Müller (Stuttgart)
7,72 Jörg Daniel (Fortuna Düsseldorf)
7,71 Horst Bertram (Bor. Dortmund)
7,71 Jürgen Rynio (St Pauli)
7,71 Jürgen Grabowski, (Eintr. Frankfurt)
7,71 Sepp Maier (Bayern München)
7,70 Rainer Bonhof (Bor. M'gladbach)

 

(Kicker)

Memory Lane: Bundesliga 1979/80.

8,13 Breitner (Bayern Munich)
8,00 Briegel (Kaiserslautern)
7,89 Nigbur (Schalke 04)
7,88 H. Schumacher (Köln)
7,81 Franke (Braunschweig)
7,76 Tenhagen (Bochum)
7,75 Kaltz (Hamburger SV)
7,74 Kh. Förster (Stuttgart)
7,73 Hellström (Kaiserslautern)
7,69 Fichtel (Schalke 04)
7,68 Roleder (Stuttgart), Kh. Rummenigge (Bayern Munich)
7,67 Dietz (MSV Duisburg)
7,65 Woodcock (Köln)
7,64 G. Heinze (MSV Duisburg),     Kapellmann (1860 Munich)
7,62 Neues (Kaiserslautern)
7,61 Kargus (Hamburger SV)
7,60 Zander (1860 Munich)
7,58 Keegan (Hamburger SV), Groh (Kaiserslautern), Kleff (Hertha BSC)
7,57 Kliemann (Hertha BSC)
7,56 Rüssmann (Schalke 04)
7,55 Junghans (Bayern Munich), Cha (Eintracht Frankfurt)
7,53 Woelk (Bochum)
7,52 Grabowski (Eintracht Frankfurt), Melzer (Kaiserslautern)
7,50 B. Förster (Stuttgart), Jakobs (Hamburger SV)

Memory Lane: Bundesliga 1977/78.

8,09 Ronnie Hellström (-photo-, Kaiserslautern)
8,00 Dieter Burdenski (Werder Bremen)
7,97 Bernard Dietz (MSV Duisburg)
7,94 Rolf Rüssmann (Schalke 04)
7,88 Norbert Nigbur (Hertha BSC)
7,88 Helmut Roleder (Stuttgart)
7,87 Bernd Franke (Eintr. Braunschweig)
7,79 Karlheinz Förster (Stuttgart)
7,79 Franz-Josef Tenhagen (Bochum)
7,79 Berti Vogts (Bor. M'gladbach)
7,77 Paul Breitner (Eintr. Braunschweig)
7,76 Dragan Holcer (Stuttgart)
7,76 Harald "Toni" Schumacher (Köln)
7,76 Kevin Keegan (Hamburger SV)
7,76 Gerd Zewe (Fortuna Düsseldorf)
7,75 Bernhard Hartmann (1860 München)
7,73 Hansi Müller (Stuttgart)
7,72 Jörg Daniel (Fortuna Düsseldorf)
7,71 Horst Bertram (Bor. Dortmund)
7,71 Jürgen Rynio (St Pauli)
7,71 Jürgen Grabowski, (Eintr. Frankfurt)
7,71 Sepp Maier (Bayern München)
7,70 Rainer Bonhof (Bor. M'gladbach)

Memory Lane: Bundesliga 1983/84.

6,99 Herget (Uerdingen)
6,90 Schumacher (Köln)
6,88 Franke (Braunschweig)
6,86 K-H Förster (Stuttgart)
6,84 Roleder (Stuttgart)
6,82 Burdenski (Werder Bremen)
6,78 K-H Rummenigge (Bayern München)
6,77 Kneib (Bielefeld)
6,74 Hellström (Kaiserslautern)
6,72 Vollack (Uerdingen)
6,68 Makan (Stuttgart)
6,67 Stein (HSV), Zewe (Düsseldorf)
6,66 Schäfer (Stuttgart)

Memory Lane: top rated Bundesliga players 1974-77.

Average ratings in Kicker three following seasons (1974/75, 1975/76 and 1976/77).

8,15 Vogts
8,08 Beckenbauer
8,03 B. Franke
7,95 Hellström
7,91 Maier
7,89 Dietz
7,88 Nigbur
7,83 Kargus & G. Heinze
7,82 Burdenski
7,80 Grabowski
7,76 Röntved
7,75 Tenhagen
7,72 Bonhof
7,70 Neuberger
7,68 Simonsen & Wittkamp
7,66 Scholz
7,65 Fichtel
7,64 Wimmer
7,60 Beer
7,58 Kaltz
7,51 Nogly
7,48 Kliemann
7,45 Pirrung
7,44 Schumacher & Höttges
7,43 Overath & Kremers
7,40 Flohe
7,36 Stielike
7,34 G. Müller
7,33 Heynckes

Memory Lane: Bundesliga 1978/79.

8,09 Burdenski (Werder Bremen)
8,06 Keegan (Hamburger SV)
8,00 Hellström (Kaiserslautern)
7,94 Nigbur (Hertha BSC)
7,88 U. Stein (Arminia Bielefeld)
7,85 Bast (Bochum), Martin (Stuttgart)
7,76 Fichtel (Schalke 04)
7,74 Kargus (Hamburger SV)
7,72 Zewe (Fortuna Düsseldorf)
7,64 Groh (Kaiserslautern), Oblak & Breitner (Bayern München)
7,62 Kh. Förster & Roleder (Stuttgart), Pohl (Arminia Bielefeld)
7,61 Briegel (Kaiserslautern)
7,58 Zimmermann (Fortuna Düsseldorf)
7,56 Kneib (Bor. M'gladbach)
7,55 H. Müller (Stuttgart), Mager (Bochum)
7,54 Kliemann (Hertha BSC)
7,53 Buljan (Hamburger SV), Maier (Bayern München)
7,52 Popivoda (Braunschweig), Weyerich (Nürnberg)
7,50 Held (Bor. Dortmund), M. Müller (Nürnberg), Simonsen (Bor. M'gladbach)