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    

 

Germany ratings in the Euro 2000

6,19 Jens Jeremies

6,02 Oliver Kahn, Mehmet Scholl

5,97 Jens Nowotny

5,95 Sebastian Deisler

5,85 Thomas Häßler

5,82 Christian Ziege

5,80 Dietmar Hamann

5,75 Carsten Jancker

5,67 Lothar Matthäus

5,66 Markus Babbel

5,49 Marko Rehmer

5,48 Paulo Rink

4,96 Thomas Linke

German top 50 all-time players

 

According to Guerin Sportivo.

1. Franz Beckenbauer
2. Gerd Müller
3. Fritz Walter
4. Lothar Matthäus
5. Philipp Lahm
6. Miroslav Klose
7. Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
8. Sepp Maier
9. Manuel Neuer
10. Thomas Müller
11. Wolfgang Overath
12. Uwe Seeler
13. Günter Netzer
14. Helmut Rahn
15. Bastian Schweinsteiger
16. Paul Breitner
17. Andreas Brehme
18. Mario Götze
19. Jupp Heynckes
20. Hans Schäfer
21. Horst Eckel
22. Jürgen Klinsmann
23. Toni Kroos
24. Mattias Sammer
25. Fritz Szepan
26. Bernd Schuster
27. Thomas Hässler
28. Helmut Haller
29. Uli Hoeness
30. Max Morlock
31. Oliver Kahn
32. Berti Vogts
33. Rainer Bonhof
34. Oliver Bierhoff
35. Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck
36. Karl-Heinz Schnellinger
37. Paul Janes
38. Rudi Völler
39. Toni Schumacher
40. Jürgen Grabowski
41. Klaus Augenthaler
42. Manfred Kaltz
43. Andreas Möller
44. Mesut Özil
45. Mats Hummels
46. Jürgen Kohler
47. Karl-Heinz Riedle
48. Karlheinz Förster
49. Sami Khedira
50. Hans-Peter Briegel

Average ratings Bayern Munich 1986/87

6,59 Jean-Marie Pfaff

6,49 Norbert Nachtweih

6,48 Klaus Augenthaler

6,47 Lothar Matthäus

6,38 Hans Dorfner

6,33 Andreas Brehme

6,30 Hans Pflügler

6,23 Norbert Eder

6,19 Hansi Flick

6,04 Ludwig Kögl

6,03 Reinhold Mathy

5,98 Michael Rummenigge

5,90 Helmut Winklhofer

5,86 Roland Wohlfarth

5,76 Lars Lunde

5,64 Dieter Hoeneß

Average ratings Bayern München 1998/99

6,56 Oliver Kahn

6,47 Bixente Lizarazu, Jens Jeremies

6,40 Mehmet Scholl, Carsten Jancker

6,38 Thomas Helmer

6,37 Lothar Matthäus

6,36 Giovane Élber

6,30 Stefan Effenberg

6,28 Thomas Linke

6,26 Markus Babbel

6,23 Mario Basler

6,10 Thomas Strunz

6,09 Samuel Kuffour

6,07 Thorsten Fink

5,94 Alexander Zickler

5,93 Michael Tarnat

5,78 Ali Daei

5,71 Hasan Salihamidžić

Germany all-time Best XI

 

According to Guerin Sportivo (1994).

Sepp Maier
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Paul Breitner
Karlheinz Förster
Franz Beckenbauer
Berti Vogts
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Lothar Matthäus
Fritz Walter
Wolfgang Overath
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Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
Helmut Rahn
Gerd Müller

1990 Ideal XI

 

According to La Gazzetta dello Sport.

Inter ratings 1990/91

 All competitions.

6,63 Walter Zenga
6,52 Lothar Matthäus
6,39 Riccardo Ferri
6,27 Alessandro Bianchi
6,25 Giuseppe Bergomi
6,18 Andreas Brehme
6,07 Antonio Paganin
6,06 Sergio Battistini
6,05 Giuseppe Baresi
6,01 Jürgen Klinsmann
6,00 Fausto Pizzi
5,99 Nicola Berti
5,94 Andrea Mandorlini
5,88 Aldo Serena
5,75 Paolo Stringara

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

West Germany ratings in the Euro 1988

 

Ratings: Guerin Sportivo - El Mundo Deportivo.

6,76 Lothar Matthäus
6,42 Jürgen Klinsmann
6,35 Eike Immel
6,26 Wolfgang Rolff
6,23 Pierre Littbarski
6,17 Andreas Brehme, Rudi Völler
6,09 Jürgen Kohler
5,81 Uli Borowka
5,75 Olaf Thon
5,59 Matthias Herget

Serie A ratings 1989/90

 

Ratings: La Repubblica.

6,69 Franco Baresi (Milan)
6,67 Stefano Tacconi (Juventus)
6,66 Luigi De Agostini (Juventus)
6,62 Giancarlo Marocchi (Juventus)
6,61 Pietro Vierchowod (Sampdoria), Gianluca Signorini (Genoa)
6,59 Walter Zenga (Inter)
6,58 Lothar Matthäus (Inter)
6,52 Fabrizio Lorieri (Ascoli), Rudi Völler (Roma), João Paulo (Bari)
6,50 Frank Rijkaard (Milan)
6,48 Raffaele Sergio (Lazio), Marco van Basten, Carlo Ancelotti (Milan), Davide Fontolan (Genoa)
6,45 Renato Villa (Bologna)
6,44 Giuseppe Bergomi (Inter), Luigino Pasciullo (Atalanta), Gabriele Pin (Lazio)
6,42 Diego Maradona, Ciro Ferrara, Massimo Crippa (Napoli), Alessandro Costacurta (Milan), Glenn Strömberg (Atalanta), Salvatore Schillaci (Juventus), Roberto Mancini (Sampdoria)
6,41 Andrea Icardi (Lazio).

 

Ideal XI of 1987 according to Guerin Sportivo,

Serie A: top rated players 1989/90

Ratings: Gazzetta dello Sport.

6,63 Cervone (Roma)
6,58 F. Baresi (Milan), Matthäus (Inter)
6,51 Tacconi (Juventus)
6,45 Marocchi (Juventus)
6,44 Maradona (Napoli)
6,43 Brehme (Inter), Vierchowod (Sampdoria)
6,42 De Agostini (Juventus)
6,41 Signorini (Genoa), Strömberg (Atalanta)
6,39 Limpar (Cremonese)
6,38 Garella (Udinese), Battistini (Fiorentina), Sérgio (Lazio)

 

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Strikers

6,34 João Paulo (Bari)
6,32 van Basten (Milan)
6,28 Völler (Roma)
6,25 Fontolan & Aguilera (Genoa), Klinsmann (Inter)
6,19 Mancini (Sampdoria)
6,16 Schillaci (Juventus)
6,14 Dezotti (Cremonese)
6,12 Agostini (Cesena)
6,11 Vialli (Sampdoria)

West Germany ratings in the 1990 World Cup

Ratings: Guerin Sportivo - France Football - La Repubblica - El Mundo Deportivo.

6,78 Andreas Brehme
6,68 Lothar Matthäus
6,45 Pierre Littbarski
6,42 Jürgen Kohler
6,28 Uwe Bein, Jürgen Klinsmann
6,25 Stefan Reuter
6,20 Guido Buchwald
6,19 Thomas Häßler   
6,15 Thomas Berthold
6,11 Bodo Illgner
6,01 Klaus Augenthaler
5,99 Rudi Völler*
5,50 Karl-Heinz Riedle

*) got a 3,50 mark after spitting at Frank Rijkaard and being sent off in the quarterfinal. Average rating in the other matches was 6,48.

West Germany ratings in the 1990 World Cup

Ratings: Guerin Sportivo - France Football - La Repubblica - El Mundo Deportivo.

6,78 Andreas Brehme
6,68 Lothar Matthäus
6,45 Pierre Littbarski
6,42 Jürgen Kohler
6,28 Uwe Bein, Jürgen Klinsmann
6,25 Stefan Reuter
6,20 Guido Buchwald
6,19 Thomas Häßler   
6,15 Thomas Berthold
6,11 Bodo Illgner
6,01 Klaus Augenthaler
5,99 Rudi Völler*
5,50 Karl-Heinz Riedle

*) got a 3,50 mark after spitting at Frank Rijkaard and being sent off in the quarterfinal. Average rating in the other matches was 6,48.

West Germany: average ratings in the Euro 1988

Ratings: Guerin Sportivo - El Mundo Deportivo.

6,76 Lothar Matthäus
6,42 Jürgen Klinsmann
6,35 Eike Immel
6,26 Wolfgang Rolff
6,23 Pierre Littbarski
6,17 Andreas Brehme, Rudi Völler
6,09 Jürgen Kohler
5,81 Uli Borowka
5,75 Olaf Thon
5,59 Matthias Herget

Today 23 years ago: top rated players Serie A.

6,90 F. Baresi (Milan)
6,65 Matthäus (Inter), Signorini (Genoa)
6,52 Völler (Roma)
6,54 Donadoni (Milan)
6,53 Schillaci (Juventus)
6,52 João Paulo (Bari)
6,50 Salsano (Sampdoria)
6,46 Rijkaard (Milan), Maradona (Napoli)

Today 22 years ago: top rated players Serie A.

7,04 Melli (Parma)
6,70 Mazinho (Lecce)
6,68 Matthäus (Inter)
6,67 Pagliuca (Sampdoria)
6,59 Hässler (Juventus)
6,58 R. Baggio (Juventus)
6,57 Gambaro (Parma)

Memory Lane: Serie A 1990/91.

Ratings of 7 or higher in Gazzetta dello Sport:
13 times: F. Baresi (Milan)
12: Skuhravý (Genoa)
11: Mancini (Sampdoria)
10: Matthäus (Inter)
9: Eranio (Genoa), Fonseca (Cagliari)
8: Vialli & Vierchowod (Sampdoria), R. Baggio & Hässler (Juventus), Völler (Roma), Ferron (Atalanta), Aguilera (Genoa), Mazinho (Lecce), Minotti (Parma)
7: G. Galli (Napoli), Rijkaard & Gullit (Milan), Nela (Roma), Riedle (Lazio), Branco (Genoa), Raducioiu (Bari), Ciocci (Cesena), Matteoli (Cagliari), Osio, Gambaro & Melli (Parma)
6: Toninho Cerezo, Lombardo & Mannini (Sampdoria), Ferrara & Zola (Napoli), Van Basten (Milan), Zenga (Inter), Tacconi & Júlio César (Juventus), Caniggia (Atalanta), Maiellaro & Biato (Bari), Mareggini & Kubik (Fiorentina), Fontana & Piraccini (Cesena), Garzya (Lecce)
5: Pagliuca & Pari (Sampdoria), Maldini (Milan), Corini (Juventus), Strömberg (Atalanta), Fiori (Lazio), Ruotolo (Genoa), Dunga (Fiorentina), Silas (Cesena), Cornacchia (Cagliari), Dolcetti & Piovanelli (Pisa), Brolin (Parma), Martín Vázquez, Benedetti & Bresciani (Torino)
4: Alemão & Crippa (Napoli), Costacurta & Ancelotti (Milan), Ferri, Bianchi & Berti (Inter), Cervone & Aldair (Roma), Nicolini (Atalanta), Sclosa, Pin & Rubén Sosa (Lazio), Signorini (Genoa), Fuser (Fiorentina), Fusi (Torino), Ielpo (Cagliari), Zunico (Lecce), Simoni & Padovano (Pisa), Taffarel, Apolloni & Grün (Parma) 
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2: Maradona (Napoli)


Ratings of 5 or lower (top clubs only):
9: Salsano (Roma)
8: Careca (Napoli), R. Baggio (Juventus)
7: Van Basten (Milan), Serena (Inter), Casiraghi & Schillaci (Juventus)
6: Berti & Klinsmann (Inter)
5: Bonetti (Juventus), Berthold, Giannini & Völler (Roma)
4: Renica, Maradona & Incocciati (Napoli), Donadoni (Milan), Paganin (Inter), Nela & Desideri (Roma)
3: Corradini, Rizzardi & Alemão (Napoli), Evani, Carbone, Agostini & Gullit (Milan), Stringara (Inter), Fortunato, De Marchi & Di Canio (Juventus), Mikhailichenko & Vialli (Sampdoria), Carboni, Piacentini, Tempestilli & Rizzitelli (Roma)

Memory Lane: Serie A 1989/90.

Ratings: Guerin Sportivo.

6,59 F. Baresi (-photo-, Milan)
6,53 Matthäus (Inter)
6,49 Tacconi (Juventus)
6,46 De Agostini (Juventus)
6,45 Marocchi (Juventus)
6,44 Signorini (Genoa)
6,42 Zenga (Inter)
6,40 João Paulo (Bari)
6,37 Brehme (Inter), Vierchowod (Sampdoria), Rijkaard (Milan)
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6,32 Maradona (Napoli).


Ideal XI:
Tacconi (Juventus) - Ferrara (Napoli), F. Baresi (Milan), Vierchowod (Sampdoria), De Agostini (Juventus) - Ancelotti (Milan), Marocchi (Juventus), Fusi (Napoli), Matthäus (Inter) - João Paulo (Bari), Chiorri (Cremonese). 


Ideal XI (II):
Zenga (Inter) - Bergomi (Inter), Signorini (Genoa), Gregucci (Lazio), Brehme (Inter) - Pin (Lazio), Strömberg (Atalanta), Rijkaard (Milan), Maradona (Napoli) - Völler (Roma), Fontolan (Genoa). 


Referees:
6,95 Agnolin
6,57 D'Elia
6,50 Pairetto
6,36 Longhi
6,29 Sguizzato


Le pagelle della Serie A stagione 1989-1990.