Top rated players in the 1998 World Cup

At least 4 rated appearances. Source: Guerin Sportivo.

7,12 Luis Hernández (4, Mex)

7,10 Zinédine Zidane (5, Fra), Gianluca Pagliuca (5, Ita)

7,08 Lilian Thuram (6, Fra)

7,00 Christian Vieri (5, Ita)

6,88 Roberto Baggio (4, Ita), José Luis Chilavert (4, Par), Vladimir Jugović (4, Yug)

6,80 Luigi Di Biagio (5, Ita), Oliver Bierhoff (5, Ger)

6,75 Emmanuel Petit (6, Fra), Edgar Davids (6, Ned), Michael Owen (4, Eng)

6,67 Didier Deschamps (6, Fra)

6,62 Miguel Ángel Benítez (4, Par), Jesús Arellano, Cuauhtémoc Blanco (4, Mex)

6,60 Paolo Maldini (5, Ita), Martin Jørgensen, Michael Laudrup (5, Den)

6,57 Aimé Jacquet (Fra), Ronaldo (7, Bra), Davor Šuker (7, Cro)

France ratings in the Euro 2000

7,10 Zinédine Zidane

6,66 Thierry Henry

6,53 Fabien Barthez, Laurent Blanc

6,46 Sylvain Wiltord

6,38 Bixente Lizarazu

6,33 Didier Deschamps, David Trezeguet

6,31  Patrick Vieira

6,29 Marcel Desailly

6,27 Christophe Dugarry

6,21 Youri Djorkaeff

6,07 Lilian Thuram

5,79 Emmanuel Petit

5,64 Nicolas Anelka

France ratings in the Euro 2008

Coach: Raymond Domenech.

6,25 Franck Ribéry

6,03 Claude Makélélé

6,00 Jérémy Toulalan, Thierry Henry

5,87 Grégory Coupet

5,80 Willy Sagnol

5,60 Lilian Thuram,  Sidney Govou

5,53 William Gallas

5,40 Florent Malouda

5,35 Bafétimbi Gomis

5,30 Patrice Evra

5,10 Eric Abidal

Parma average ratings 1998/99

6,53 Lilian Thuram

6,46 Gianluigi Buffon

6,40 Fabio Cannavaro

6,39 Juan Sebastián Verón

6,34 Hernán Crespo

6,28 Roberto Sensini

6,23 Enrico Chiesa

6,21 Diego Fuser

6,19 Dino Baggio

6,12 Alain Boghossian

6,11 Paolo Vanoli, Mario Stanić

5,96 Antonio Benarrivo

5,86 Stefano Fiore, Abel Balbo

5,64 Luigi Sartor

Average ratings Juventus 2004/05

6,36 Fabio Cannavaro

6,35 Emerson

6,34 Zlatan Ibrahimović

6,33 Mauro Camoranesi

6,28 Gianluigi Buffon

6,26 Gianluca Zambrotta

6,25 David Trezeguet

6,23 Pavel Nedvěd

6,19 Marcelo Zalayeta

6,16 Stephen Appiah

6,11 Lilian Thuram

6,04 Rubén Olivera

6,03 Alessandro Del Piero

6,00 Gianluca Pessotto, Jonathan Zebina

5,87 Manuele Blasi

5,77 Alessandro Birindelli

5,67 Alessio Tacchinardi

5,46 Paolo Montero

France ratings in the 1998 World Cup

 

Ratings: Guerin Sportivo - Kicker - El Mundo Deportivo - La Stampa - La Repubblica.

7,23 Lilian Thuram
7,00 Zinédine Zidane
6,96 Emmanuel Petit
6,74 Marcel Desailly
6,70 Frank Leboeuf
6,68 Didier Deschamps
6,64 Fabien Barthez
6,45 Bixente Lizarazu, Laurent Blanc
6,37 Alain Boghossian
6,28 Youri Djorkaeff, Thierry Henry
6,25 Christophe Dugarry
6,04 Bernard Diomède
5,97 Christian Karembeu
5,93 David Trezeguet
5,85 Robert Pires
5,38 Stéphane Guivarc'h

Juventus ratings 2004/05

Serie A matches only.

6,47 Émerson
6,43 Mauro Germán Camoranesi
6,36 Zlatan Ibrahimovic
6,34 Fabio Cannavaro
6,31 Pavel Nedved
6,22 Gigi Buffon
6,11 Lilian Thuram
6,06 Marcelo Zalayeta
6,04 Jonathan Zebina, Alessandro Del Piero
5,98 Manuele Blasi
5,89 Gianluca Zambrotta

Memory Lane: 1998 World Cup (L'Équipe ratings)

 

At least five rated appearances.

7,17 Thuram (France)
7,07 Desailly (France)
6,92 Petit (France)
6,60 B. Laudrup (Denmark)
6,40 Ortega & Verón (Argentina), Bergkamp (Holland)
6,36 Rivaldo (Brazil)
6,33 Davids (Holland)
6,30 Henry (France)

The final, France 3, Brazil 0.
France: Barthez 8 — Desailly 7,5, Lizarazu 7, Thuram 8, Lebœuf 7 — Deschamps 7,5, Djorkaeff 7 (74' Vieira), Zidane 9, Karembeu 6 (56' Boghossian) — Petit 7,5, Guivarc'h 6 (66' Dugarry). = average: 7,32.
Brasilien: Taffarel 5,5 — Cafú 5, Júnior Baiano 4, Aldair 3,5, Roberto Carlos 4,5 — César Sampaio 4,5 (57' Edmundo), Leonardo 4,5 (46' Denílson 6), Dunga 4,5, Rivaldo 5 — Ronaldo 4, Bebeto 4. = average: 4,58.

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)

Les notes des Bleus Champions du Monde 1998

Notes: Guerin Sportivo - Kicker - El Mundo Deportivo - La Stampa - La Repubblica.

7,23 Lilian Thuram
7,00 Zinédine Zidane
6,96 Emmanuel Petit
6,74 Marcel Desailly
6,70 Frank Leboeuf
6,68 Didier Deschamps
6,64 Fabien Barthez
6,45 Bixente Lizarazu, Laurent Blanc
6,37 Alain Boghossian
6,28 Youri Djorkaeff, Thierry Henry
6,25 Christophe Dugarry
6,04 Bernard Diomède
5,97 Christian Karembeu
5,93 David Trezeguet
5,85 Robert Pires
5,38 Stéphane Guivarc'h

Average ratings in Euros & World Cups, 2000-2012, part 7/16.

Ratings: Kicker.

6,60 Frings (rated 21 times), Poborský, Koller (10)
6,59 A. Cole (22)
6,58 Ibrahimović, Capdevila (12)
6,56 Jorge Costa, Gusyev, Tymoshchuk (8)
6,55 Thuram (21), T. Sørensen, R. Henriksen (11), Lizarazu (10)

Memory Lane: Serie A 1996/97.

6,91 Peruzzi (Juventus)
6,67 Taibi (Piacenza)
6,58 Pagliuca (Inter)
6,52 Buffon (Parma)
6,50 Deschamps (Juventus), Pinato (Atalanta)
6,48 Thuram (Parma)
6,46 Di Livio (Juventus)
6,40 Antonioli (Bologna)
6,38 Montero (Juventus)

Referees:
6,46 Trentalange
6,40 Messina
6,36 Collina

Memory Lane: 1998 World Cup (L'Équipe)

At least five rated appearances.

7,17 Thuram (France)
7,07 Desailly (France)
6,92 Petit (France)
6,60 B. Laudrup (Denmark)
6,40 Ortega & Verón (Argentina), Bergkamp (Holland)
6,36 Rivaldo (Brazil)
6,33 Davids (Holland)
6,30 Henry (France)

The final, France 3, Brazil 0.
France: Barthez 8 — Desailly 7,5, Lizarazu 7, Thuram 8, Lebœuf 7 — Deschamps 7,5, Djorkaeff 7 (74' Vieira), Zidane 9, Karembeu 6 (56' Boghossian) — Petit 7,5, Guivarc'h 6 (66' Dugarry). = average: 7,32.
Brasilien: Taffarel 5,5 — Cafú 5, Júnior Baiano 4, Aldair 3,5, Roberto Carlos 4,5 — César Sampaio 4,5 (57' Edmundo), Leonardo 4,5 (46' Denílson 6), Dunga 4,5, Rivaldo 5 — Ronaldo 4, Bebeto 4. = average: 4,58.

Memory Lane: 1998 World Cup according to France Football.

30 points: Thuram (France)
28: Desailly (France)
27: Šuker (Croatia), Barthez & Petit (France)
26: Davids (Holland)
25: Dunga & Rivaldo (Brazil), F. de Boer & Stam (Holland)
24: Taffarel (Brazil), Ladic & Jarni (Croatia), Deschamps (France), Cocu (Holland)
23: Cafu, Leonardo, Roberto Carlos & Ronaldo (Brazil), Asanovic & Stanic (Croatia), Van der Sar (Holland)
22: César Sampaio & Júnior Baiano (Brazil), Bilic & Stimac (Croatia), Lizarazu (France), R. de Boer (Holland)
21: Verón (Argentina), Bebeto (Brazil)
20: B. Laudrup (Denmark), Boban & Simic (Croatia), Djorkaeff (France), Overmars (Holland)
19: Batistuta (Argentina), Helveg, Jörgensen & Rieper (Denmark), Bergkamp & Jonk (Holland), Pagliuca (Italy)
18: Bierhoff (Germany), Almeyda (Argentina), Aldair (Brazil), Soldo & Vlaovic (Croatia), Numan (Holland), Schmeichel (Denmark), Chilavert (Paraguay)
17: J. Zanetti (Argentina), Högh & M. Laudrup (Denmark), Zidane (France), F. Cannavaro & Vieri (Italy), Hernández (Mexico)
16: Campbell (England), Roa & Ayala (Argentina), Zamorano (Chile), Colding (Denmark), D. Baggio, Costacurta & Maldini (Italy), Blanco (Mexico), Mihajlovic (Yugoslavia).

Average ratings World Cup 1998.

Ratings: Gazzetta dello Sport - Corriere della Sera - La Repubblica - L’Unità - La Nazione - Il Giornale.

7,10: Thuram
7,00: Zidane
6,95: Davids
6,90: Mondragón
6,75: Pagliuca, Ince, Owen, Luis Hernández
6,70: Petit, Vieri
6,65: Desailly, Bierhoff
6,60: Di Biagio, Mahdavikia
6,55: B. Laudrup, R. Baggio
6,50: Barthez, Dunga, F. Cannavaro, Overmars, Šuker, Blanco, Wilmots
6,45: M. Laudrup, Deschamps, Rivaldo, Bergomi
6,40: Ronaldo, Hadji, Konsel
6,35: Verón, Lizarazu, Costacurta, F. de Boer, Seedorf, R. de Boer, Scholes
6,30: Simeone, Blanc, Boghossian, Cafú, César Sampaio, Ladić, Boban, Mboma, César Ramírez
6,25: Ortega, Helveg, Luis Enrique, Winter, Tahar, Mihajlović, Hejduk, Azizi, Arellano
6,20: Schmeichel, van der Sar, Bergkamp, Jonk, Bilić, Adams, G. Neville, Komljenović, Njanka, Daei, Bagheri
6,15: Batistuta, Henry, Cocu, Asanović, Campbell, Matthäus, El Ouaer, Nakata
6,10: Heinze, Seaman, Leighton, Collins, Wome
6,05: Almeyda, Jørgensen, Campo, Soldo, Tarnat, Bassir, S. Trabelsi, Jugović, García Aspe
6,00: Djorkaeff, Taffarel, Maldini, Stimac, Prosinečki, Šimić, Anderton, Shearer, Hamann, Dailly, Mohamedkhani, Kawaguchi, Soma, Whitmore, Kralj
5,95: Roa, Colding, Leonardo, Stam, Jarni, Jeremies, Mykland, Deflandre
5,90: J. Zanetti, Schjønberg, Karembeu, Roberto Carlos, D. Baggio, Hierro, Raúl, Reiziger, Stanić, Vlaović, Jurcić, Le Saux, Soulimani, Pashazadeh, Akita, Yamaguchi, Gardner
5,85: C. López, Chamot, Denílson, Sergi, Numan, Grodås, Lambert, Borkelmans, Petrović, Khakpour, Nanami, Pardo
5,80: Ayala, Rieper, A. Nielsen, Aldair, Moriero, Kohler, Davino, T.A. Flo, Saber, Durie, Al Jaber, Zdravkov, Nilis, Stewart, Minavand, Lozano, Germán Villa
5,75: Vivas, Diomède, Alkorta, Etxeberria, Kluivert, Beckham, Rekdal, H. Flo, Wetl, Ndo, Zubromawi, Moshoeu, Mkhalele, Balakov, Dooley, Regis, Ihara, Djorović, Jokanović
5,70: Høgh, Júnior Baiano, Di Livio, P. Møller, Klinsmann, Berg, Chippo, Fish, Suárez
5,65: Bebeto, Thon, Eggen, Pfeifenberger, Kühbauer, Song, Al Deayea, McCarthy, Reyna, Estili, Chihi, Souayah, Narahashi, Nakayama
5,60: Trezeguet, Köpke, Wörns, Riseth, Naybet, Hendry, Burley, Mählich, Vonk, Radebe
5,55: Heinrich, Feiersinger, C. Jones, Sellimi, Stojković
5,50: Guivarc’h, Pfeffer, Amin, Al Shahrani, Fortune, Iliev, Serna, Jo
5,45: Albertini, Amor, Hässler
5,40: Sand, Johnsen, Bjørnebye, Al Jahani, Bermúdez, Palacios, Valderrama, Goodison, Hall
5,35: Lara
5,30: Del Piero, Zubizarreta, T. Ivanov, Cabrera, Aristizábal, Sinclair, Stanković
5,25: Omam Biyik, Issa, Rincón, Mijatović
5,10: Schöttel
5,05: Kiko, Kishishev
5,00: Benzekri, Stoichkov

Memory Lane: France in the 1998 World Cup.

7,23 Thuram (rated 6 times)
7,00 Zidane (5)
6,96 Petit (6)
6,74 Desailly (7)
6,70 Lebœuf (2)
6,68 Deschamps (6)
6,64 Barthez (7)
6,45 Lizarazu (6), Blanc (5)
6,37 Boghossian (3)
6,28 Djorkaeff (7), Henry (5)
6,25 Dugarry (2)
6,04 Diomède (3)
5,97 Karembeu (3)
5,93 Trezeguet (4)
5,85 Pirès (2)
5,38 Guivarc'h (4)


Moyenne de notes des Bleus au Mondial de 1998.

Serie A, top rated players 1999/2000.

Average ratings, Gazzetta dello Sport.

6,69 Peruzzi (Inter)
6,45 Frey (Verona)
6,54 Montero (Juventus)
6,53 Thuram (Parma)
6,50 Davids (Juventus)
6,48 Totti (Roma), Nedved (Lazio)
6,46 Fiore (Udinese)
6,45 O'Neill (Cagliari)
6,42 Candela (Roma)
6,41 Blanc (Inter).

Serie A, top rated players 1998/99.

Average ratings, Gazzetta dello Sport.

6,69 Vieri (Lazio)
6,58 Totti (Roma)
6,54 Vierchowod (Piacenza)
6,53 Thuram (Parma)
6,52 Toldo (Fiorentina), Almeyda & Mihajlovic (Lazio)
6,48 Nesta (Lazio), Stroppa (Piacenza)
6,47 Abbiati (Milan)
6,45 Rui Costa (Fiorentina), Recoba (Inter).