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)

Hamburger SV ratings 1978/79

6,77 Kevin Keegan

6,42 Rudi Kargus

6,29 Ivan Buljan

6,28 Manfred Kaltz

6,14 Caspar Memering

6,09 Felix Magath

6,03 Jimmy Hartwig

5,98 Horst Bertl, Peter Hidien, Peter Nogly

5,61 Willi Reimann

5,57 Horst Hrubesch

5,54 Bernd Wehmeyer

Most Exciting Players of the Season in England, 1970-89

 

According to the readers of Shoot! magazine.

69/70 - Peter Bonetti (Chelsea)

70/71 - Steve Heighway (Liverpool)

71/72 - Kevin Keegan (Liverpool)

72/73 - Allan Clarke (Leeds)

73/74 - Billy Bremner (Leeds)

74/75 - Alan Hudson (Stoke)

75/76 - Gordon Hill (Man United)

76/77 - Andy Gray (Aston Villa)

77/78 - Kenny Dalglish (Liverpool)

78/79 - Kenny Dalglish (Liverpool)

79/80 - Kenny Dalglish (Liverpool)

80/81 - Kenny Dalglish (Liverpool)

81/82 - Glenn Hoddle (Tottenham)

82/83 - Kenny Dalglish (Liverpool)

83/84 - Ian Rush (Liverpool)

84/85 - Mark Hughes (Man United)

85/86 - Gary Lineker (Leicester)

86/87 - Clive Allen (Tottenham)

87/88 - John Barnes (Liverpool)

88/89 - Chris Waddle (Tottenham)

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

Top rated First Division players 1976/77

Ratings: The People.

7,50 Gordon McQueen (Leeds)
7,48 Kevin Beattie (Ipswich)
7,42 Martin Buchan (Man United)
7,39 Trevor Brooking (West Ham)
7,38 Trevor Francis (Birmingham)
7,35 Archie Gemmill (Derby)
7,32 Ray Kennedy (Liverpool)
7,31 Tony Towers (Sunderland)
7,30 Jeff Clarke (Sunderland), Kevin Keegan (Liverpool)
7,26 Ian Callaghan (Liverpool), Liam Brady (Arsenal)
7,25 Peter Shilton (Stoke), Tony Currie (Leeds), Brian Talbot (Ipswich)
7,23 John Gidman (Aston Villa)
7,22 Roy McFarland (Derby)
7,20 Ray Clemence (Liverpool)
7,19 Andy Gray (Aston Villa)
7,18 Laurie Cunningham (West Brom)
7,17 Willie Maddren (Middlesbrough)
7,16 Dennis Mortimer (Aston Villa), Terry Cooper (Middlesbrough)
7,15 Asa Hartford, Brian Kidd (Man City)
7,11 Mike Doyle (Man City)
7,10 Colin Todd (Derby)

England ratings in the Euro 1980

7,06 Ray Wilkins
6,75 Kenny Sansom
6,25 Steve Coppell
6,22 Dave Watson, Kevin Keegan
6,17 Ray Clemence, Trevor Brooking
6,11 Phil Thompson
5,83 Tony Woodcock
5,75 Phil Neal 

Ratings: Guerin Sportivo - El Mundo Deportivo.

European topscorers in the 1978 World Cup

 

Including Qualifiers.

  11: Roberto Bettega (Italy), Hans Krankl (Austria)
  6: Grzegorz Lato (Poland)
  5: Rob Rensenbrink (Holland), Kazimierz Deyna (Poland), Thomas Sjöberg (Sweden), Cemil Turan (Turkey), Martin Hoffmann (East Germany)
  4: Johnny Rep (Holland), Michel Platini (France), Kevin Keegan (England), Manuel Fernandes (Portugal), Joachim Streich (East Germany)
  3: Ruud Geels (Holland), Francesco Graziani & Paolo Rossi (Italy), Andrzej Szarmach & Zbigniew Boniek (Poland), Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (West Germany), Tibor Nyilasi (Hungary), Kenny Dalglish (Scotland), Mick Channon (England), Safet Sušić (Yugoslavia), Chris McGrath (Northern Ireland)
  2: Johan Cruyff, Willy van de Kerkhof, René van de Kerkhof, Ernie Brandts & Arie Haan (Holland), Giancarlo Antognoni, Romeo Benetti & Renato Zaccarelli (Italy), Dieter Müller & Heinz Flohe (West Germany), Stanislaw Terlecki & Wlodzimierz Lubański (Poland), Bernard Lacombe & Dominique Rocheteau (France), Joe Jordan & Archie Gemmill (Scotland), Andras Töröcsik & Sándor Zombori (Hungary), Rubén Cano (Spain), Bo Börjesson (Sweden), Josef Stering (Austria), Raoul Lambert (Belgium), Per Røntved, Lars Bastrup, Henning Munk Jensen & Allan Simonsen (Denmark), Ray Kennedy (England), Chalana & Nené (Portugal), Anghel Iordănescu & Dudu Georgescu (Romania), Aki Heiskanen, Esa Heiskanen & Olavi Rissanen (Finland), David Kipiani (USSR), Mimis Papaioannou (Greece), Hartmut Schade (East Germany), Pavel Panov (Bulgaria), Leighton James (Wales), Sedat (Turkey), Gerry Armstrong (Northern Ireland).

Goalscorers in 1970s European Cup finals

 

5 goals:
Heynckes (M'Gladbach)

4 goals:
Rensenbrink (Anderlecht)
Simonsen (1 pen, M'Gladbach)
Keegan (1 pen, Liverpool)

3 goals:
G. Müller (Bayern)

2 goals:
U. Hoeneß, F. Roth (Bayern)
Van Binst, F. Van der Elst (Anderlecht)
Cruyff (Ajax)
Osgood (Chelsea)
Johnston (Rangers)
Onyshchenko (Dinamo Kiev)
Seel (Fortuna Düsseldorf)
Chivers (Tottenham)

1 goal:
McDermott, Smith, Neal (pen), Dalglish L. Lloyd, R. Kennedy, Case (Liverpool)
Israël, Kindvall, Van Hanegem, De Jong, Rijsbergen, Ressel (Feijenoord)
J. V. Sánchez, Asensi, Rexach, Krankl (Barcelona)
W. van de Kerkhof, Deykers, van der Kuijlen (PSV)
Volkert (pen), Magath (HSV)
Eshtrekov, Makhovikov (Dinamo Moskva)
Holland, K. Robson (West Ham)
T. Allofs (Fortuna Düsseldorf)
Van Dijk, Haan, Rep (Ajax)
McCalliog, Wagstaffe (Wolves)
Mullery, M. England (Tottenham)
Lambert, Cools (Club Brugge)
Irureta, Carlos (Athletic)
Tardelli, Bettega (Juventus)
Gemmell (Celtic)
Schwarzenbeck (Bayern)
Aragonés (Atlético)
Drost (Twente)
T. Francis (Nott'm Forest)
N. Young, F. Lee (Man City)
Oślizło (Górnik Zabrze)
Dempsey (Chelsea)
Fleitas (Real Madrid)
C. Stein (Rangers)
Chiarugi (Milan)
Seguin (Magdeburg)
Blokhin (Dinamo Kiev)
Šestić (Crvena Zvezda)

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)

Goalscorers in 1970s EC finals

 

5 goals:
Heynckes (M'Gladbach)

4 goals:
Rensenbrink (Anderlecht)
Simonsen (1 pen, M'Gladbach)
Keegan (1 pen, Liverpool)

3 goals:
G. Müller (Bayern)

2 goals:
U. Hoeneß, F. Roth (Bayern)
Van Binst, F. Van der Elst (Anderlecht)
Cruyff (Ajax)
Osgood (Chelsea)
Johnston (Rangers)
Onyshchenko (Dinamo Kiev)
Seel (Fortuna Düsseldorf)
Chivers (Tottenham)

1 goal:
McDermott, Smith, Neal (pen), Dalglish L. Lloyd, R. Kennedy, Case (Liverpool)
Israël, Kindvall, Van Hanegem, De Jong, Rijsbergen, Ressel (Feijenoord)
J. V. Sánchez, Asensi, Rexach, Krankl (Barcelona)
W. van de Kerkhof, Deykers, van der Kuijlen (PSV)
Volkert (pen), Magath (HSV)
Eshtrekov, Makhovikov (Dinamo Moskva)
Holland, K. Robson (West Ham)
T. Allofs (Fortuna Düsseldorf)
Van Dijk, Haan, Rep (Ajax)
McCalliog, Wagstaffe (Wolves)
Mullery, M. England (Tottenham)
Lambert, Cools (Club Brugge)
Irureta, Carlos (Athletic)
Tardelli, Bettega (Juventus)
Gemmell (Celtic)
Schwarzenbeck (Bayern)
Aragonés (Atlético)
Drost (Twente)
T. Francis (Nott'm Forest)
N. Young, F. Lee (Man City)
Oślizło (Górnik Zabrze)
Dempsey (Chelsea)
Fleitas (Real Madrid)
C. Stein (Rangers)
Chiarugi (Milan)
Seguin (Magdeburg)
Blokhin (Dinamo Kiev)
Šestić (Crvena Zvezda)

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)

Goalscorers in 1970s EC finals

5 goals:
Heynckes (M'Gladbach)

4 goals:
Rensenbrink (Anderlecht)
Simonsen (1 pen, M'Gladbach)
Keegan (1 pen, Liverpool)

3 goals:
G. Müller (Bayern)

2 goals:
U. Hoeneß, F. Roth (Bayern)
Van Binst, F. Van der Elst (Anderlecht)
Cruyff (Ajax)
Osgood (Chelsea)
Johnston (Rangers)
Onyshchenko (Dinamo Kiev)
Seel (Fortuna Düsseldorf)
Chivers (Tottenham)

1 goal:
McDermott, Smith, Neal (pen), Dalglish L. Lloyd, R. Kennedy, Case (Liverpool)
Israël, Kindvall, Van Hanegem, De Jong, Rijsbergen, Ressel (Feijenoord)
J. V. Sánchez, Asensi, Rexach, Krankl (Barcelona)
W. van de Kerkhof, Deykers, van der Kuijlen (PSV)
Volkert (pen), Magath (HSV)
Eshtrekov, Makhovikov (Dinamo Moskva)
Holland, K. Robson (West Ham)
T. Allofs (Fortuna Düsseldorf)
Van Dijk, Haan, Rep (Ajax)
McCalliog, Wagstaffe (Wolves)
Mullery, M. England (Tottenham)
Lambert, Cools (Club Brugge)
Irureta, Carlos (Athletic)
Tardelli, Bettega (Juventus)
Gemmell (Celtic)
Schwarzenbeck (Bayern)
Aragonés (Atlético)
Drost (Twente)
T. Francis (Nott'm Forest)
N. Young, F. Lee (Man City)
Oślizło (Górnik Zabrze)
Dempsey (Chelsea)
Fleitas (Real Madrid)
C. Stein (Rangers)
Chiarugi (Milan)
Seguin (Magdeburg)
Blokhin (Dinamo Kiev)
Šestić (Crvena Zvezda)

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)

Players' market value 33 years ago.

Values estimated by weekly magazine Guerin Sportivo April 1980, in perspective of the opening of Italian borders. Spanish players, extremely reluctant to leave their country, not taken into consideration.

In Italics, players that eventually played in the Serie A.


3000 m. lire (apprx 1,5 m€):
Maradona (Argentinos Juniors)

1.000.000€:
Zico (Flamengo)

550.000-650.000€:
T. Francis (Nottingham Forest), Woodcock (Köln), Cunningham (Real Madrid)

500.000-600.000€:
Brady (Arsenal), Sócrates (Corinthians)

450.000-550.000€:
Kh Rummenigge (Bayern Munich), H. Müller (Stuttgart)

400.000-500.000€:
Birtles (Nottingham Forest), Dalglish (Liverpool), Keegan (HSV), Schachner (Austria Vienna), Krankl (First Vienna)

350.000-450.000€:
Stapleton (Arsenal), Ward (Brighton), Regis (West Bromwich), Coppell (Man United), K. Allofs (Fortuna Düsseldorf), Kaltz (HSV), Platini (St-Etienne), Prohaska (Austria Vienna), Simonsen (Barcelona)

300.000-400.000€:
Case (Liverpool), Mariner (Ipswich), D. Müller (Köln), Breitner (Bayern Munich), Stielike (Real Madrid), Gomes (FC Porto)

250.000-350.000€:
R. Kennedy & Johnson (Liverpool), Thijssen (Ipswich), Wallace (Coventry), Williams (Southampton), Neumann (Köln), Kempe (Duisburg), Dell'Haye (M'gladbach), Hartwig (HSV), Abramczik (Schalke 04), Bonhof (Valencia), Carpegiani (Flamengo), Falcão (Internacional), Ischia (Vélez)

200.000-300.000€:
McDermott (Liverpool), McQueen (Man United), Ritchie (Morton), Schuster (Köln), Nickel (M'gladbach), Hrubesch (HSV), D. Hoeness (Bayern Munich), Sigurvinsson (Standard de Liège), Vandenbergh (Lierse), Van der Elst (Anderlecht), Ceulemans (Brugge), Pécout (FC Nantes), Tahamata (Ajax), Kist (AZ '67), Pétursson (Feyenoord), Morena (Rayo Vallecano), D. Bertoni (Sevilla), Dirceu (Atlético de Madrid), Reinaldo & Jordão (Benfica), Sulser (Grasshoppers), Júlio César (Flamengo), Jorge Mendonça (Vasco da Gama), Nílton Batata (Santos), Toninho Cerezo (Atlético Mineiro), Passarella & R. Díaz (River Plate)

150.000-250.000€:
Somner (St Mirren), McAdam (Partick Thistle), McCluskey (Celtic), Hannes (M'gladbach), Fischer (Schalke 04), Voordeckers (Standard de Liège), Van der Eycken (Brugge), Elkjær (Lokeren), Rep, Zimako & Rocheteau (St-Etienne), Alves (Paris SG), Krol, La Ling, Arnesen & Lerby (Ajax), R. van der Kerkhof, W. van der Kerkhof & Brandts (PSV), Zenon & Careca (Guarani), Pita (Santos), Edinho (Fluminense), Randazzo (Boca Juniors), Beto Alonso (River Plate), Bochini (Independiente), Gallego (Newell's Old Boys), Reinaldi (Talleres Córdoba), J. Olsen (Næstved)

100.000-200.000€:
Deyna (Man City), Edström (Standard de Liège), Christophe (Monaco), Stopyra (Sochaux), Wildschut (PSV), Vermeulen (Roda), Ponte (Grasshoppers), Zé Sérgio (São Paulo), Fortunato (Estudiantes), Bravo (Talleres Córdoba)

100.000-150.000€:
H. Jensen (Ajax), Thychosen (M'gladbach)

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 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)

European footballer of the year, 1970s.

1970 
1. G. Müller (Bayern) 
2. Moore (West Ham) 
3. Riva (Cagliari) 
4. Beckenbauer (Bayern) 
5. Overath (Köln) 
6. Džajić (Crvena zvezda) 
7. Cruyff (Ajax) 
8. Banks (Stoke) & Mazzola (Inter) 
10. Israël (Feyenoord), Seeler (HSV) & Rivera (Milan). 


1971 
1. Cruyff (Ajax) 
2. Mazzola (Inter) 
3. Best (Man Utd) 
4. Netzer (M´Gladbach) 
5. Beckenbauer (Bayern) 
6. Skoblar (Marseille) & G. Müller (Bayern) 
8. Chivers (Tottenham) 
9. Keizer (Ajax) 
10. Bene (Ujpest) & Moore (West Ham). 


1972 
1. Beckenbauer (Bayern) 
2. G. Müller (Bayern) 
3. Netzer (M´Gladbach) 
4. Cruyff (Ajax) 
5. Keizer (Ajax) 
6. Deyna (Legia Warszáwa) 
7. Banks (Stoke), Hulshoff (Ajax), Lubanski (Gornik Zabrze), Moore (West Ham). 


1973 
1. Cruyff (Barcelona) 
2. Zoff (Juventus) 
3. G. Müller (Bayern) 
4. Beckenbauer (Bayern) 
5. Bremner (Leeds Utd) 
6. Deyna (Legia Warszáwa) 
7. Eusébio (Benfica) 
8. Rivera (Milan) 
9. Edström (PSV) & Netzer (Real Madrid). 


1974 
1. Cruyff (Barcelona) 
2. Beckenbauer (Bayern) 
3. Deyna (Legia Warszáwa) 
4. Breitner (Real Madrid) 
5. Neeskens (Barcelona) 
6. Lato (Stal Mielec) 
7. G. Müller (Bayern) 
8. Gadocha (Legia Warszáwa) 
9. Bremner (Leeds Utd) 
10. Edström (PSV), Sparwasser (Magdeburg) & Vogts (M´Gladbach). 


1975 
1. Blokhin (Dinamo Kiev) 
2. Beckenbauer (Bayern) 
3. Cruyff (Barcelona) 
4. Vogts (M´Gladbach) 
5. Maier (Bayern)
6. Geels (Ajax) 
7. Heynckes (M´Gladbach) 
8. Breitner (Real Madrid) 
9. Todd (Derby Co) 
10. Georgescu (Dinamo Bukarest). 


1976 
1. Beckenbauer (Bayern) 
2. Rensenbrink (Anderlecht) 
3. Viktor (Dukla Prag) 
4. Keegan (Liverpool) 
5. Platini (Nancy) 
6. Ondrus (Slovan Bratislava) 
7. Curcovic (St-Etienne), Masny (Slovan Bratislava), G. Müller (Bayern) & Bonhof (M'Gladbach). 


1977 
1. Simonsen (M´Gladbach) 
2. Keegan (HSV) 
3. Platini (Nancy) 
4. Bettega (Juventus) 
5. Cruyff (Barcelona) 
6. Fischer (Schalke 04) 
7. Nyilasi (Ferencvaros) & Rensenbrink (Anderlecht) 
9. Georgescu (Dinamo Bukarest) 
10. Hughes (Liverpool), Vogts (M´Gladbach), Heighway (Liverpool). 


1978 
1. Keegan (HSV) 
2. Krankl (Barcelona) 
3. Rensenbrink (Anderlecht) 
4. Bettega (Juventus) 
5. Rossi (Vicenza) 
6. Hellström (Kaiserslautern) & Krol (Ajax) 
8. Dalglish (Liverpool) & Simonsen (M´Gladbach) 
10. Shilton (Nottingham F). 


1979 
1. Keegan (HSV) 
2. Rummenigge (Bayern) 
3. Krol (Ajax) 
4. Kaltz (HSV) 
5. Platini (St-Etienne) 
6. Rossi (Perugia) 
7. Brady (Arsenal) & Francis (Nottingham Forest) 
9. Boniek (Widzew Łódź) & Nehoda (Dukla Prague). 


1970-79:
1. Beckenbauer : 58
2. Cruyff : 57
3. G. Müller : 40
4. Keegan : 26
5. Rensenbrink : 21
6. Platini : 20
7. Deyna : 18
8. Netzer : 17
9. Moore, Bettega : 14
11. Simonsen, Krol : 13
13. S. Mazzola : 12
14. Rossi : 11
15. Breitner, Blokhin : 10
17. Zoff, Vogts, Krankl, Rummenigge : 9
21. Riva, Best, Keizer, Bremner, Viktor : 8
26. Banks, Kaltz : 7
28. Overath, Neeskens, Maier : 6
31. Džajić, Skoblar, Lato, Geels, Ondrus, Fischer, Hellström : 5
38. Lubanski, Hulshoff, Eusébio, Rivera, Heynckes, Bonhof, Masný, Curkovic, Nyilasi, Brady, Francis : 4
49. Chivers, Edström, Gadocha, Georgescu, Dalglish : 3
54. Todd, Boniek, Nehoda : 2
57. Israël, Seeler, Bene, Sparwasser, Heighway, Hughes, Shilton : 1.