Top rated Süperlig players 2008/09

 

6,67 Rodrigo Tello (Beşiktaş)
6,58 Arda Turan (Galatasaray)
6,50 Tomáš Sivok (Beşiktaş)
6,44 Harry Kewell (Galatasaray)
6,38 Diego Lugano & Roberto Carlos (Fenerbahçe)
6,33 Emre Aşık (Galatasaray), Fabian Ernst (Beşiktaş)

Real Madrid in the 1997/98 Champions League

At least five rated appearances. 

6,84 Hierro
6,75 Roberto Carlos
6,70 Cañizares
6,60 Sanchís
6,50 Illgner
6,47 Seedorf
6,33 Mijatović
6,28 Karembeu
6,25 Panucci
6,23 Redondo
6,18 Morientes
6,10 Šuker
6,06 Raúl
5,70 Jaime

Four matches: 5,40 Amavisca.

Brazil ratings in World Cups, 1986-2002

Minimum seven rated appearances.

6,86 Ronaldo (14 rated appearances)

6,84 Careca (8)

6,73 Romário (8)

6,64 Rivaldo (15)

6,53 Marcos, Mauro Silva (7)

6,43 Dunga (17)

6,41 Alemão (8)

6,38 César Sampaio (6)

6,30 Márcio Santos (7)

6,29 Cafú (15)

6,26 Gilberto Silva (7)

6,25 Edmílson (6)

6,23 Denílson (8)

6,18 Roberto Carlos (13)

6,16 Taffarel (16), Jorginho (9)

6,14 Branco (11)

6,11 Aldair (11), Lúcio (7)

6,10 Müller (8)

6,06 Bebeto (14)

5,98 Zinho (7)

5,93 Leonardo (11)

5,92 Roque Júnior (6)

5,81 Júnior Baiano (7)

The 40 best players in the 2002 World Cup

 

Based on ratings and surveys in the international sports press. 

1. Ronaldo
2. Oliver Kahn
3. Rivaldo
4. Michael Ballack
5. Rio Ferdinand
6. Damien Duff
7. Ronaldinho
8. Hasan Şaş
9. Hong Myung-bo
10. Roberto Carlos
11. Marc Wilmots
12. Junichi Inamoto
13. Raúl
14. El Hadji Diouf
15. Rüştü Reçber
16. Papa Bouba Diop
17. Gerardo Torrado
18. Cafu
19. Hierro
20. Bernd Schneider
21. Carles Puyol
22. Edmílson
23. Thomas Linke
24. Anders Svensson
25. Marcos
26. Alpay Özalan
27. Khalilou Fadiga
28. Landon Donovan
29. Henri Camara
30. Álvaro Recoba
31. Carsten Ramelow
32. Iker Casillas
33. Johan Mjällby
34. Fabio Cannavaro
35. Rónald Gómez
36. Torsten Frings
37. Miroslav Klose
38. Lúcio
39. Song Chong-gug
40. Jay-Jay Okocha

Brazil average ratings in World Cups, 1998-2022

Ratings: Kicker. Minimum eight rated appearances.

7,50 Neymar (13)

7,39 Rivaldo (14)

7,31 Casemiro (8)

7,07 Thiago Silva (15)

7,04 Gilberto Silva (14)

7,00 Juan (10)

6,88 Júlio César (12)

6,82 Ronaldo (19)

6,80 Ronaldinho (10)

6,76 Cafú (17)

6,72 Alisson (9)

6,68 Lúcio (17)

6,62 Maicon (8)

6,61 Kaká (9)

6,59 Roberto Carlos (17)

6,27 Paulinho (11)

6,17 Marcelo (9)

6,12 Dani Alves (8)

Real Madrid average ratings 1997/98

6,70 Hierro

6,59 Cañizares

6,55 Clarence Seedorf

6,45 Roberto Carlos

6,32 Predrag Mijatović

6,31 Fernando Redondo

6,20 Sanchís

6,14 Guti

6,11 Bodo Illgner

6,10 Zé Roberto, Raúl

6,05 Jaime

5,98 Morientes

5,93 Sávio

5,86 Christian Panucci

5,84 Karanka

5,80 Víctor

5,79 Christian Karembeu

5,77 Amavisca

5,76 Davor Šuker

Average ratings Real Madrid 2002/03

6,66 Iker Casillas

6,58 Zinédine Zidane

6,25 Roberto Carlos

6,23 Ronaldo

6,19 Raúl

6,13 Iván Helguera, Luís Figo, Claude Makélélé

6,04 Portillo

5,97 Guti

5,93 Pavón

5,89 Hierro

5,83 Míchel Salgado

5,80 Esteban Cambiasso

5,78 Flávio Conceição

5,64 Morientes

5,63 Steve McManaman, Santiago Solari

5,56 Miñambres

National teams' World Cup scores with key players

                                  w d l goals points avg score

Brazil with Pelé                 12 1 1 37-14 89,3%  2,64-1,00
Brazil with Garrincha            10 1 1 30-12 87,5%  2,50-1,00
West Germany with F. Beckenbauer 15 1 2 45-19 86,1%  2,37-1,00
France with Kylian Mbappé        11 2 1 30-14 85,7%  2,09-0,98
West Germany with Gerd Müller    11 0 2 31-14 84,6%  2,27-1,02
Brazil with Didi                 11 3 1 38-14 83,3%  2,48-0,91
Brazil with Ronaldo              15 1 3 42-16 81,6%  2,17-0,83
Germany with Philipp Lahm        15 2 3 45-13 80,0%  2,11-0,61
Brazil with Sócrates              7 2 1 25-7  80,0%  2,42-0,68
Holland with Arjen Robben        11 2 2 27-12 80,0%  1,69-0,75
Italy with Franco Baresi          7 2 1 11-3  80,0%  1,03-0,28
Brazil with Roberto Carlos       13 1 3 33-13 79,4%  1,90-0,75
Brazil with Zico                  9 4 1 31-9  78,6%  2,16-0,63
Holland with Johan Cruyff         5 1 1 15-3  78,6%  2,14-0,43
Italy with Roberto Baggio        10 5 1 23-10 78,1%  1,33-0,58
Germany with Miroslav Klose      17 3 4 52-15 77,1%  2,08-0,60
Brazil with Neymar                8 4 1 25-9  76,9%  1,83-0,66     
Spain with Xavi                  11 1 3 24-14 76,7%  1,53-0,89
Colombia with James Rodríguez     6 0 2 17-6  75,0%  2,12-0,75
Italy with Paolo Rossi            9 3 2 21-12 75,0%  1,50-0,86
France with Zinédine Zidane       7 4 1 19-6  75,0%  1,50-0,47
Italy with Alessandro Del Piero   7 4 1 17-6  75,0%  1,28-0,45
Italy with Paolo Maldini         14 6 3 31-15 73,9%  1,26-0,61
West Germany with Berti Vogts    12 4 3 40-19 73,7%  2,03-0,97
Belgium with Kevin De Bruyne      9 1 3 21-11 73,1%  1,58-0,82
Poland with Kazimierz Deyna       9 1 3 22-11 73,1%  1,69-0,85
Spain with Raúl                   7 2 2 27-13 72,7%  2,38-1,15
USSR with Albert Shesternev       6 1 2 15-6  72,2%  1,61-0,64
Germany with Lothar Matthäus     15 6 4 43-26 72,0%  1,68-1,01 
Uruguay with Luis Suárez         10 3 3 21-11 71,9%  1,29-0,67
West Germany with Uwe Seeler     13 4 4 45-26 71,4%  2,05-1,18
West Germany with Paul Breitner   9 2 3 25-14 71,4%  1,74-0,98
Argentina with Leo Messi         16 5 5 47-28 71,2%  1,68-1,00
France with Thierry Henry         9 6 2 22-8  70,6%  1,22-0,44
Poland with Grzegorz Lato        12 4 4 33-16 70,0%  1,65-0,80
Brazil with Jairzinho            10 2 4 29-17 68,8%  1,81-1,06
Italy with Francesco Totti        6 3 2 17-7  68,2%  1,42-0,58
Spain with Andrés Iniesta         8 3 3 18-15 67,9%  1,23-1,02
Holland with Ruud Krol            8 3 3 30-13 67,9%  2,09-0,91
Argentina with Diego Maradona    12 4 5 33-17 66,7%  1,52-0,78
Spain with Emilio Butragueño      5 2 2 17-8  66,7%  1,76-0,83
Sweden with "Nacka" Skoglund      5 2 2 18-18 66,7%  2,00-2,00
England with David Beckham        6 5 2 17-9  65,4%  1,24-0,66
England with Bobby Charlton/Moore 8 2 4 20-13 64,3%  1,36-0,89
England with Terry Butcher        6 6 2 18-8  64,3%  1,20-0,53
England with Harry Kane           6 2 3 25-11 63,6%  2,14-0,94
Italy with Andrea Pirlo           6 2 3 16-8  63,6%  1,37-0,69
Argentina with Daniel Passarella  7 1 4 23-11 62,5%  1,86-0,89
France with Jean Tigana           6 3 3 23-16 62,5%  1,77-1,23
Denmark with Michael Laudrup      5 1 3 19-13 61,1%  2,11-1,44
Poland with Zbigniew Boniek       7 5 4 18-16 59,4%  1,12-1,00
Croatia with Luka Modrić          7 8 4 30-14 57,9%  1,45-1,16
Argentina with Gabriel Batistuta  6 2 4 20-12 58,3%  1,62-0,97
England with Gary Lineker         5 4 3 15-9  58,3%  1,15-0,69
Belgium with Eric Gerets          6 2 4 18-16 58,3%  1,35-1,20
France with Michel Platini        6 4 4 26-18 57,1%  1,77-1,23
Hungary with Flórián Albert       4 0 3 16-10 57,1%  2,29-1,43
Hungary with József Bozsik        4 1 3 30-15 56,2%  3,75-1,88
Scotland with Kenny Dalglish      3 3 2 14-13 56,2%  1,75-1,62
West Germany with K-H Rummenigge  7 7 5 30-22 55,3%  1,53-1,12
Portugal with Cristiano Ronaldo   9 6 7 34-24 54,5%  1,52-1,07
Mexico with Cuauhtémoc Blanco     4 4 3 15-13 54,5%  1,36-1,18
Italy with Giacinto Facchetti     5 3 4 17-14 54,2%  1,38-1,14
Argentina with Mario Kempes       8 3 7 32-23 52,8%  1,75-1,25
Mexico with Rafa Márquez          8 4 7 21-20 52,6%  1,09-1,03
Holland with Ronald Koeman        3 3 3 11-10 50,0%  1,22-1,11
England with Wayne Rooney         3 5 3 10-11 50,0%  0,88-0,97
Portugal with Pepe                4 3 5 17-16 45,8%  1,42-1,33
Sweden with Tomas Brolin          3 3 4 18-14 45,0%  1,74-1,35
Cameroon with Roger Milla         3 3 4  9-19 45,0%  0,84-1,78
Peru with Teófilo Cubillas        4 3 6 18-27 42,3%  1,38-2,08
Ghana with Asamoah Gyan           3 3 5 11-15 40,9%  0,94-1,29
Sweden with Björn Nordqvist       3 2 5  9-10 40,0%  0,90-1,00
Sweden with Zlatan Ibrahimović    1 2 2  3-5  40,0%  0,60-1,00
Sweden with Ralf Edström          2 3 4  8-9  38,9%  0,89-1,00
Uruguay with Luis Cubilla         3 1 5  7-12 38,9%  0,75-1,29
Sweden with Bo Larsson            2 4 5  8-10 36,4%  0,73-0,91
Colombia with Carlos Valderrama   3 1 6  9-12 35,0%  0,84-1,12
Ivory Coast with Didier Drogba    2 1 5 10-12 31,2%  1,25-1,50
Chile with Elías Figueroa         0 3 6  6-15 16,7%  0,67-1,67

Brazil ratings in the 2002 World Cup

 

7,08 Ronaldo
6,78 Rivaldo
6,56 Marcos
6,39 Ronaldinho, Kléberson
6,30 Roberto Carlos, Juninho Pernambucano
6,28 Gilberto Silva
6,26 Cafú
6,24 Edmílson
6,19 Denílson
6,08 Lúcio
5,91 Edílson
5,90 Roque Júnior
5,65 Ânderson Polga

The 25 best goals in history

25. Francesco Totti, Sampdoria 1-Roma 4, Serie A 2006

24. Andrés Iniesta, Chelsea 1-Barcelona 1, CL semifinal 2009

23. Lionel Messi, Real Madrid 0-Barcelona 2, CL semifinal 2011

22. Ronaldinho, Real Madrid 0, Barcelona 3, La Liga 2005

21. Tony Yeboah, Leeds 1-Liverpool 0, Premier League 1995

20. Gheorghe "Gică" Hagi, Romania 3-Colombia 1, WC 1994 group stage

19. Ronaldo, Barcelona 5-Compostela 1, La Liga 1996

18. Roberto Baggio, Juventus 1-Brescia 1, Serie A 2001

17. George Weah, Milan 4-Verona 1, Serie A 1996

16. Maxi Rodríguez, Argentina 2-Mexico 1, WC 2006 round of 16

15. Cristiano Ronaldo, FC Porto 0-Man United 1, CL 2009 quarterfinal

14. Carlos Alberto Torres, Brazil 4-Italy 1, WC final 1970

13. Neymar, Santos 5-Flamengo 4, Brasileirão 2011

12. Roberto Carlos, Tenerife 4-Real Madrid 3, La Liga 1998

11. Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Ajax 6-NAC Breda 2, Eredivisie 2004

10. Cristiano Ronaldo, Juventus 0-Real Madrid 3, CL quarterfinal 2018

9. Pelé, Sweden 2-Brazil 5, WC 1958 final

8. Dennis Bergkamp, Newcastle 0-Arsenal 2, PL 2002

7. Wayne Rooney, Man United-Man City, PL 2011

6. Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Sweden 4-England 2, friendly 2012

5. Roberto Carlos, Brazil 1-France 1, Tournoi de France 1997

4. Zinédine Zidane, Real Madrid 2-Bayer Leverkusen 1, CL final 2002

3. Lionel Messi, Barcelona 5-Getafe 2, La Liga 2007

2. Marco van Basten, Netherlands 2-Soviet Union 0, Euro 1988 final

1. Diego Maradona, Argentina 2-England 1, WC 1986 quarterfinal

Real Madrid ratings 1999/2000

 

Liga, Champions League (winners) and Copa del Rey matches.
 
2,62 Iker Casillas
2,09 Iván Helguera
2,07 Raúl
2,05 Roberto Carlos
2,03 Sávio
1,97 Steve McManaman
1,96 Iván Campo, Karanka
1,95 Júlio César
1,87 Fernando Redondo
1,86 Hierro
1,81 Michel Salgado, Geremi Njitap
1,73 Nicolas Anelka
1,68 Morientes
1,65 Guti
1,62 Clarence Seedorf
1,57 Perica Ognjenovic
1,44 Sanchís
1,27 Christian Karembeu
1,25 Albano Bizzarri

Ratings: El Mundo Deportivo.

The 40 best players in the 1998 World Cup

 

1. Edgar Davids (Hol)
2. Lilian Thuram (Fra)
3. Rivaldo (Bra)
4. Ronaldo (Bra)
5. Marcel Desailly (Fra)
6. Zinédine Zidane (Fra)
7. Dunga (Bra)
8. José Luis Chilavert (Par)
9. Davor Šuker (Cro)
10. Michael Owen (Eng)
11. Dennis Bergkamp (Hol)
12. Frank de Boer (Hol)
13. Ariel Ortega (Arg)
14. Brian Laudrup (Dan)
15. Roberto Carlos (Bra)
16. Fabien Barthez (Fra)
17. Michael Laudrup (Dan)
18. Carlos Gamarra (Par)
19. Cafu (Bra)
20. Emmanuel Petit (Fra)
21. Laurent Blanc (Fra)
22. Jay-Jay Okocha (Nig)
23. Juan Sebastián Verón (Arg)
24. Mehdi Mahdavikia (Irn)
25. Dražen Ladić (Cro)
26. Mustapha Hadji (Mar)
27. Christian Vieri (Ita)
28. Gianluca Pagliuca (Ita)
29. Faryd Mondragón (Col)
30. Sol Campbell (Eng)
31. Bixente Lizarazu (Fra)
32. Luis Hernández (Mex)
33. Thierry Henry (Fra)
34. Didier Deschamps (Fra)
35. Paul Ince (Eng)
36. Peter Schmeichel (Dan)
37. Fabio Cannavaro (Ita)
38. Pedro Sarabia (Par)
39. Marcelo Salas (Chl)
40. Paolo Maldini (Ita)

The 40 best players in the 1998 World Cup

1. Edgar Davids (Hol)
2. Lilian Thuram (Fra)
3. Rivaldo (Bra)
4. Ronaldo (Bra)
5. Marcel Desailly (Fra)
6. Zinédine Zidane (Fra)
7. Dunga (Bra)
8. José Luis Chilavert (Par)
9. Davor Šuker (Cro)
10. Michael Owen (Eng)
11. Dennis Bergkamp (Hol)
12. Frank de Boer (Hol)
13. Ariel Ortega (Arg)
14. B. Laudrup (Dan)
15. Roberto Carlos (Bra)
16. Fabien Barthez (Fra)
17. Michael Laudrup (Dan)
18. Carlos Gamarra (Par)
19. Cafu (Bra)
20. Emmanuel Petit (Fra)
21. Laurent Blanc (Fra)
22. Jay-Jay Okocha (Nig)
23. Juan Sebastián Verón (Arg)
24. Mehdi Mahdavikia (Irn)
25. Dražen Ladić (Cro)
26. Mustapha Hadji (Mar)
27. Christian Vieri (Ita)
28. Gianluca Pagliuca (Ita)
29. Faryd Mondragón (Col)
30. Sol Campbell (Eng)
31. Bixente Lizarazu (Fra)
32. Luis Hernández (Mex)
33. Thierry Henry (Fra)
34. Didier Deschamps (Fra)
35. Paul Ince (Eng)
36. Peter Schmeichel (Dan)
37. Fabio Cannavaro (Ita)
38. Pedro Sarabia (Par)
39. Marcelo Salas (Chl)
40. Paolo Maldini (Ita)

The 40 best players in the 2002 World Cup

Based on ratings and surveys in the international sports press. 

1. Ronaldo
2. Oliver Kahn
3. Rivaldo
4. Michael Ballack
5. Rio Ferdinand
6. Damien Duff
7. Ronaldinho
8. Hasan Şaş
9. Hong Myung-bo
10. Roberto Carlos
11. Marc Wilmots
12. Junichi Inamoto
13. Raúl
14. El Hadji Diouf
15. Rüştü Reçber
16. Papa Bouba Diop
17. Gerardo Torrado
18. Cafu
19. Hierro
20. Bernd Schneider
21. Carles Puyol
22. Edmílson
23. Thomas Linke
24. Anders Svensson
25. Marcos
26. Alpay Özalan
27. Khalilou Fadiga
28. Landon Donovan
29. Henri Camara
30. Álvaro Recoba
31. Carsten Ramelow
32. Iker Casillas
33. Johan Mjällby
34. Fabio Cannavaro
35. Rónald Gómez
36. Torsten Frings
37. Miroslav Klose
38. Lúcio
39. Song Chong-gug
40. Jay-Jay Okocha

Memory Lane: Real Madrid 2003/04

All competitions. Ratings: El Mundo Deportivo.

2,52 Casillas
2,27 Zidane
2,22 Solari, Figo
2,17 Ronaldo
2,14 Roberto Carlos, Beckham
2,10 Michel Salgado
2,04 Raúl Bravo
1,98 Iván Helguera
1,84 Pavón
1,83 Mejía
1,81 Guti
1,71 Raúl
1,57 Cambiasso
1,36 Borja

Average ratings in Euros & World Cups, 2000-2012, part 4/16.

6,35 Beckham (rated 17 times), Sagnol & Trezeguet (10)
6,34 Katsouranis (16)
6,33 Toni, Anyukov, Nikopolidis (9)
6,32 Metzelder (19), Panucci, Plasil (11)
6,31 J. Mensah (8)
6,30 Roberto Carlos, Lee Young-Pyo (10)

Ratings: Kicker.

Memory Lane: Real Madrid 1999/2000.

Liga, Champions League (winners) and Copa del Rey matches.
 
2,62 Casillas
2,09 Iván Helguera
2,07 Raúl
2,05 Roberto Carlos
2,03 Sávio
1,97 McManaman
1,96 Iván Campo, Karanka
1,95 Júlio César
1,87 Redondo
1,86 Hierro
1,81 Michel Salgado, Geremi
1,73 Anelka
1,68 Morientes
1,65 Guti
1,62 Seedorf
1,57 Ognjenovic
1,44 Sanchís
1,27 Karembeu
1,25 Bizzarri

Today 17 years ago: top rated players Serie A.

6,56 Sensini (Parma)
6,53 Weah (Milan)
6,50 Baiano (Fiorentina)
6,47 Taglialatela (Napoli)
6,44 Winter (Lazio)
6,41 Roberto Carlos (Inter)
6,38 Batistuta (Fiorentina)
6,36 Turci (Cremonese)
6,35 Morfeo (Atalanta)

Today 17 years ago: top rated players Serie A.

6,81 Weah (Milan)
6,63 Turci (Cremonese)
6,54 Maini (Vicenza)
6,50 Roberto Carlos (Inter), Di Carlo (Vicenza)
6,45 Buso (Napoli), F. Cannavaro (Parma)
6,40 F. Baresi (Milan), Melli (Parma), Taglialatela (Napoli)

Memory Lane: Brazil in the 2002 World Cup.

7,08 Ronaldo (rated 7 times)
6,78 Rivaldo (7)
6,56 Marcos (7)
6,39 Ronaldinho Gaúcho (5), Kléberson (4)
6,30 Roberto Carlos (6), Juninho Pernambucano (4)
6,28 Gilberto Silva (7)
6,26 Cafú (7)
6,24 Edmílson (5)
6,19 Denílson (3)
6,08 Lúcio (7)
5,91 Edílson (2)
5,90 Roque Júnior (6)
5,65 Ânderson Polga (2)

Highest team rating: 6,71 vs Germany (final)
Lowest team rating: 6,08 vs Turkey & Costa Rica (group stage)
Highest individual rating: 8,20 Ronaldo vs Germany
Lowest individual rating: 5,00 Ânderson Polga vs Costa Rica.