The 30 best players in the 1982 World Cup

Based on ratings and surveys in the international sports press.

1. Falcão (Bra)
2. Júnior I (Bra)
3. Paolo Rossi (Ita)
4. Zico (Bra)
4. Alain Giresse (Fra)
5. Zbigniew Boniek (Pol)
6. Rinat Dasaev (URS)
7. Daniel Passarella (Arg)
8. Sócrates (Bra)
9. Karlheinz Rummenigge (BRD)
10. Dino Zoff (Ita)
11. Jean Tigana (Fra)
12. Gaetano Scirea (Ita)
13. Eric Gerets (Bel)
14. Michel Platini (Fra)
15. Osvaldo Ardiles (Arg)
16. Marco Tardelli (Ita)
17. Uli Stielike (BRD)
18. Fulvio Collovati (Ita)
19. Karl-Heinz Förster (BRD)
20. Marius Trésor (Fra)
21. Bruno Conti (Ita)
22. Giancarlo Antognoni (Ita)
23. Manuel Amoros (Fra)
24. Claudio Gentile (Ita)
25. Thomas N'Kono (Cam)
26. Paul Breitner (BRD)
27. Leandro (Bra)
28. Toninho Cerezo (Bra)
29. Grzegorz Lato (Pol)
30. Pierre Littbarski (BRD)

1982 World Cup average ratings

Ratings: France Football.

4,80 Paulo Roberto Falcão & Zico (Brazil)
4,60 Osvaldo Ardiles (Argentina)
4,57 Gregorz Lato (Poland)
4,50 Alain Giresse (France)
4,40 Sócrates & Júnior (Brazil)
4,33 Jean Tigana (France)
4,29 Marco Tardelli (Italy)
4,25 Toninho Cerezo (Brazil)
4,20 Rinat Dasaev & Aleksandr Chivadze (USSR), Daniel Passarella (Argentina), Michel Platini (France)
4,17 Uli Stielike (West Germany)
4,14 Gaetano Scirea (Italy)
4,00 Dino Zoff, Antonio Cabrini & Bruno Conti  (Italy), Hans-Peter Briegel, Karlheinz Förster & Paul Breitner  (West Germany), Thomas N’Kono (Cameroon), Pat Jennings & Gerry Armstrong  (N. Ireland), 4,00 Marius Trésor (France), Władysław Żmuda (Poland), Bryan Robson (England)
3,86 Józef Młynarczyk (Poland)
3,83 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge & Pierre Littbarski (West Germany), Maxime Bossis (France), Giancarlo Antognoni (Italy), Zbigniew Boniek(Poland)
3,71 Fulvio Collovati & Paolo Rossi (Italy),
3,60 Leandro & Éder (Brazil)