Top rated players Euro 1968

3,75 Albert Shesternev (URS)

3,50 Bobby Moore (Eng)

3,25 Anatoliy Byshovets, Gennadiy Evryuzhikhin (URS) 

3,17 Dino Zoff (Ita)

3,00 Giacinto Facchetti (Ita), Dobrivoje Trivić, Dragan Džajić (Yug), Bobby Charlton (Eng)

2,83 Angelo Domenghini (Ita)

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)

Europe's greatest footballers 1970-74

1. Johan Cruyff (Holland) 

2. Franz Beckenbauer (West Germany) 

3. Gerd Müller (West Germany) 

4. Günter Netzer (West Germany)

5. Kazimierz Deyna (Poland) 

6. Bobby Moore (England) 

7. Sandro Mazzola (Italy) 

8. Piet Keizer (Holland)

9. Billy Bremner (Scotland) 

10. Gordon Banks (England)

11. Gianni Rivera (Italy) 

12. Hristo Bonev (Bulgaria) 

13. Dragan Džajić (Yugoslavia) 

14. Ralf Edström (Sweden)

15. Wolfgang Overath (West Germany) 

16. Paul Breitner (West Germany)

17. Giacinto Facchetti (Italy)

18. Eusébio (Portugal) 

19. Johan Neeskens (Holland)

20. Dino Zoff (Italy) 

21. Gigi Riva (Italy)

22. Włodzimierz Lubański (Poland)

23. George Best (N. Ireland) 

24. Berti Vogts (West Germany) 

25. Barry Hulshoff (Holland) 

26. Josip Skoblar (Yugoslavia)

27. Jan Tomaszewski (Poland)

28. Grzegorz Lato (Poland) 

29. Jan Gadocha (Poland)  

30. Martin Chivers (England)

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

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

Key stats 1970 World Cup

 

Number of Passes
475 Overath (BRD)
394 Carlos Alberto Torres (Bra)
331 Challe (Peru)
317 Beckenbauer (BRD)
317 Clodoaldo (Bra)

Passing accuracy
95,3% Piazza (Bra)
93,1% Clodoaldo (Bra)
92,1% F. Vesely (CSSR)
92,1% Brito (Bra)
91,7% Burgnich (Ita), Chumpitaz (Peru)

Passing accuracy opposition half
91,3% Höttges (BRD)
91,2% Clodoaldo (Bra)
90,4% Piazza (Bra)
87,4% Gérson (Bra)
85,6% Dembrovski (Rom)

Duels won (%) minimum 15 duels
79,2% Selander (Swe) (19/5)
77,8% J. Olsson (Swe) (14/4)
70,7% Beckenbauer (BRD) (58/24)
69,7% Carlos Alberto Torres (Bra) (23/10)
67,9% Shesterniev (USSR) (19/9)

Aerial duels won (%) minimum 7 duels
88,9% Rosato (Ita) (8/1)
78,9% Ancheta (Uru) (15/4)
71,4% Labone (Eng) (5/2)
59,3% Seeler (BRD) (16/11)
54,5% Riva (Ita) (12/10), van Himst (Bel) (6/5)

Recoveries
47 Moore (Eng)
40 Cera, De Sisti (Ita)
39 Overath (BRD)
37 Shesterniev (USSR)
35 S. Mazzola (Ita), Castillo-Monteiro (Uru)

Tackles won (%) (minimum 10 tackles)
100,0% Moore (Eng) (12/0)
100,0% Mifflin (Peru) (11/0)
93,8% Burgnich (Ita) (15/1)
92,9% Carlos Alberto Torres (Bra) (13/1)
91,7% Rivelino (Bra) (11/1), Kaplichny (USSR) (11/1)

Clearances
59 Ancheta (Uru)
46 Brito (Bra)
44 Burgnich (Ita)
35 Facchetti (Ita)
34 Rosato (Ita)

Blocks
9 Rosato (Ita)
8 Moore (Eng)
7 Brito (Bra), Cera (Ita)
6 Matosas (Uru), Carlos Alberto Torres (Bra), Schnellinger (BRD)

Interceptions
27 Matosas (Uru)
22 Everaldo (Bra)
19 Piazza (Bra)
18 Shesterniev (USSR), Rosato (Ita)
17 Dockx (Bel)

Successful crosses (minimum 12 crosses)
43,8% Libuda (BRD) (21/27)
41,7% Rivera (Ita) (5/7)
38,5% Bertini (Ita) (5/8)
32,0% Grabowski (BRD) (8/17)
29,4% Satmareanu (Rom) (5/12)

Assists
6 Pelé (Bra)
4 Tostão (Bra)
3 G. Müller, Seeler, Libuda (BRD), Rivelino (Bra), Bonev (Bul)

Chances created
28 Pelé (Bra)
24 Overath (BRD)
18 De Sisti (Ita), León (Peru)
17 Boninsegna (Ita)
16 S. Mazzola (Ita)