Top 30 French Premier League players

1. Thierry Henry (Arsenal) 

2. Éric Cantona (Leeds, Man United) 

3. Patrick Vieira (Arsenal, Man City) 

4. Claude Makélélé (Chelsea) 

5. David Ginola (Newcastle, Tottenham, Aston Villa, Everton) 

6. Robert Pirès (Arsenal, Aston Villa) 

7. N'Golo Kanté (Leicester, Chelsea) 

8. Olivier Giroud (Arsenal, Chelsea) 

9. Emmanuel Petit (Arsenal, Chelsea) 

10. Marcel Desailly (Chelsea) 

11. Patrice Evra (Man United) 

12. Nicolas Anelka (Arsenal, Liverpool, Man City, Bolton, Chelsea, WBA) 

13. Paul Pogba (Man United) 

14. Samir Nasri (Arsenal, Man City, West Ham) 

15. William Gallas (Chelsea, Arsenal, Tottenham) 

16. Bacary Sagna (Arsenal, Man City) 

17. Hugo Lloris (Tottenham) 

18. Florent Malouda (Chelsea) 

19. Laurent Blanc (Man United) 

20. Yohan Cabaye (Newcastle, Crystal Palace) 

21. Sylvain Wiltord (Arsenal) 

22. Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal) 

23. Gaël Clichy (Arsenal, Man City) 

24. Youri Djorkaeff (Bolton, Blackburn) 

25. Louis Saha (Newcastle, Fulham, Man United, Everton, Sunderland) 

26. Fabien Barthez (Man United) 

27. Anthony Martial (Man United) 

28. Dimitri Payet (West Ham) 

29. Didier Six (Aston Villa) 

30. Olivier Dacourt (Everton, Leeds, Fulham) 

Most red cards in Premier League history

Eight:

Richard Dunne

Duncan Ferguson

Patrick Vieira

Seven:

Lee Cattermole

Vinnie Jones

Roy Keane

Alan Smith

Six:

Gareth Barry

Joey Barton

Luís Boa Morte

Nicky Butt

Andrew Cole

Steven Gerrard

John Hartson

Younes Kaboul

Martin Keown

Paul Konchesky

Franck Queudrue

John Terry

Nemanja Vidic

Inter ratings 2007/08

6,46 Walter Samuel

6,39 Zlatan Ibrahimović

6,33 Esteban Cambiasso

6,32 Javier Zanetti

6,31 Júlio César

6,21 Luís Figo

6,19 Maicon

6,16 Cristian Chivu

6,14 Luis Jiménez

6,13 Ivan Córdoba

6,11 Julio Cruz

6,05 Maxwell

5,97 César

5,93 Hernán Crespo, David Suazo

5,85 Dejan Stanković

5,82 Nicolás Burdisso, Patrick Vieira

5,79 Marco Materazzi

5,77 Nelson Rivas

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

Top rated Premier League players 2003/04

6,85 Thierry Henry (Arsenal)

6,78 Jonathan Woodgate (Newcastle), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)

6,62 Patrick Vieira (Arsenal)

6,58 Roy Keane (Man United)

6,55 Dean Kiely (Charlton)

6,51 Frank Lampard (Chelsea)

6,47 Antti Niemi (Southampton)

6,46 Robert Pirès (Arsenal), Gaizka Mendieta (Middlesbrough), Muzzy Izzet (Leicester)

6,44 Paul Scholes (Man United)

6,36 Youri Djorkaeff (Bolton)

6,34 Alan Shearer (Newcastle)

6,32 Shaun Wright-Phillips (Man City)

6,30 Colin Cooper (Middlesbrough)

France average ratings in Euros and World Cups, 1998-2022

 Ratings: Kicker. Minimum nine rated appearances.

7,53 Kylian Mbappé (16)
7,40 Zinédine Zidane (20)*
7,27 Antoine Griezmann (26)
7,21 Paul Pogba (21)
7,20 Emmanuel Petit (10)
7,15 Laurent Koscielny (10)
7,14 Hugo Lloris (35)
7,08 Fabien Barthez (28)
7,00 N'Golo Kanté (14)
6,98 Patrick Vieira (20)
6,97 Marcel Desailly (17)
6,95 Didier Deschamps (10)
6,93 Karim Benzema, Blaise Matuidi (15)
6,90 Raphael Varane (21)
6,89 Lilian Thuram (27)
6,83 Adrien Rabiot (9)
6,82 Thierry Henry (25)
6,76 Franck Ribéry (16)
6,67 Samuel Umtiti (9)
6,62 Olivier Giroud (20), Patrice Evra (16), Youri Djorkaeff (12)
6,61 Claude Makélélé (14)
6,62 Bixente Lizarazu (16)
6,50 William Gallas (17), Sylvain Wiltord (9)
6,41 Bacary Sagna (11)
6,36 David Trezeguet (14)
6,35 Willy Sagnol (10)
6,15 Éric Abidal (10)
6,10 Benjamin Pavard (10)
6,06 Ousmane Dembélé (9)
6,04 Florent Malouda (13)

*) Zidane's average was 7,53 until his last match, where he was sent off vs Italy.

Premier League: top rated players 1996/97

News of the World graded each game of the season.

7,42 Gianfranco Zola (Chelsea)
7,38 Dennis Bergkamp (Arsenal)
7,37 Dean Sturridge (Derby)
7,33 Patrick Vieira (Arsenal)
7,31 Paul McGrath (Derby), Paul Merson (Arsenal)
7,19 Juninho Paulista (Middlesbrough)
7,14 Kevin Pressman (Sheffield Wednesday)
7,13 Nigel Martyn (Leeds)
7,06 Tony Adams (Arsenal)
7,05 Colin Hendry (Blackburn)
7,00 Sol Campbell (Tottenham)

France: average ratings in Euros & World Cups 2000-12.

At least 5 rated appearances. Ratings: Kicker.

7,50 Blanc (rated 5 times)
7,25 Zidane (16)
7,07 Lloris (7)
7,03 Vieira (19)
6,97 Barthez (19)
6,90 Petit (5)
6,82 Henry (20)
6,72 Ribéry (16)
6,70 Desailly (10), Evra, Deschamps & Djorkaeff (5)
6,61 Makelele (14)
6,55 Thuram (21), Lizarazu (10)
6,50 Gallas (17), Wiltord (9)
6,35 Sagnol & Trezeguet (10)
6,33 Dugarry (6)
6,30 Toulalan (5)
6,20 Pirès (5)
6,15 Abidal (10)
6,10 A. Diarra (5)
6,04 Malouda (13)
6,00 Benzema (6)
5,70 Silvestre (5)
5,42 Anelka (6)

Memory Lane: 2006 World Cup.

Ratings: Kicker (Germany) and Placar (Brazil) combined.

7,18 F. Cannavaro (Italy)
7,04 Buffon (Italy)
6,93 Klose (Germany)
6,90 Vieira (France), Maxi Rodríguez (Argentina)
6,85 Riquelme (Argentina)
6,81 Materazzi & Gattuso (Italy)
6,79 Zidane (France)
6,75 Pirlo (Italy), Lahm (Germany), Kingson (Ghana)
6,70 Ballack (Germany)
6,67 Lehmann (Germany)
6,62 Tévez (Argentina), Van der Sar (Holland), Viduka (Australia)
6,61 Ricardo (Portugal)
6,60 Ayala (Argentina)
6,57 Makelele (France)
6,56 Figo (Portugal), Crespo (Argentina), Appiah (Ghana), Cahill (Australia)
6,51 Gerrard (England)
6,50 Van Persie (Holland), Zuberbühler (Switzerland), Zambrotta (Italy), Rafa Márquez (Mexico)
6,45 Abbondanzieri (Argentina), Juan (Brazil)
6,44 Sorín (Argentina)
6,43 Henry (France)
6,40 Dida & Lúcio (Brazil) 
6,39 Schweinsteiger (Germany)
6,36 Thuram & Sagnol (France)
6,35 Shevchenko (Ukraine) 
6,32 Ribéry (France), Schneider (Germany)
6,31 Valencia (Ecuador)
6,30 Grosso (Italy)

Red cards in Champions League history.

4 red cards
Edgar Davids    

3 red cards
Zlatan Ibrahimović, Didier Drogba, Patrick Vieira

2 red cards
Dmitri Loskov, Juninho Pernambucano, Paul Gascoigne, Philippe Mexès, Zinédine Zidane, Mark van Bommel, Sergio Ramos, Robin van Persie, Yuri Kovtun, Darko Kovačević, Servet Çetin, Jelle van Damme, Hakan Ünsal, Miguel Ángel Angulo, Paul Scholes, Ray Parlour, Andreas Zikos, Zdenek Grygera, Anastasios Pantos, Deividas Semberas, Celestine Babayaro, Ramiz Mamedov, Vedat Inceefe, Fucile, Cristian Chivu, Pepe, David Albelda.

The 25 greatest "giants" in football history.

According to Guerin Sportivo. Players taller than 190 cm.

1. Zlatan Ibrahimovic
2. Sócrates
3. Gerard Piqué
4. Patrick Vieira
5. Laurent Blanc
6. Yaya Touré
7. Luca Toni
8. Oliver Bierhoff
9. Nwankwo Kanu
10. Jaap Stam
11. Peter Crouch
12. Marco Materazzi
13. Tony Adams
14. Tomas Skuhravý
15. Jan Koller
16. Sergio Brio
17. Glenn Strömberg
18. Igor Tudor
19. Frédéric Kanouté
20. Edin Džeko
21. Walter Casagrande
22. Fernando Llorente
23. John Carew
24. Kennet Andersson
25. Emmanuel Adebayor