We give you continuous updates from Europe's big leagues and competitions as well as the World Cup and European Championships. The player ratings you will find here were published in the major newspapers and web pages such as Gazzetta dello Sport, Don Balón, France Football, L'Équipe, Kicker, El Mundo Deportivo, Guerin Sportivo, Marca, Corriere dello Sport, La Repubblica, The Guardian, The Times, and SportBild.
29 May, 2025
The top 100 players of the 21st century
12 October, 2024
Top rated players in the 1998 World Cup
10 August, 2024
24 July, 2024
France ratings in the Euro 2000
20 July, 2024
Zinédine Zidane's ratings in World Cups and Euros 1996-2006
12 January, 2024
Top 30 greatest dribblers in football history
1. Ronaldinho (Brazil)
24 December, 2023
Average ratings Real Madrid 2002/03
18 May, 2023
Most successfull Champions League coaches
Win = 3 points, finalist = 2 points, semifinalist = 1.
1. Carlo Ancelotti : 18
2. Josep Guardiola : 16
3. Alex Ferguson : 13
4. José Mourinho : 12
5. Zinédine Zidane : 10
6. Louis van Gaal, Marcello Lippi, Ottmar Hitzfeld, Jürgen Klopp : 9
10. Jupp Heynckes, Vicente Del Bosque : 8
12. Fabio Capello : 7
13. Rafa Benítez : 6
14. Johan Cruyff, Héctor Cúper, Diego Simeone, Thomas Tuchel : 5
18. Arsène Wenger, Frank Rijkaard, Massimiliano Allegri : 4
21. Raymond Goethals, Roberto Di Matteo, Luis Enrique, Mauricio Pochettino, Hansi Flick : 3
26. Vujadin Boskov, Klaus Toppmöller, Didier Deschamps, Guus Hiddink, Manuel Pellegrini, Avram Grant, Simone Inzaghi : 2
33. Dusan Uhrin, Vladimir Popovic, Roger Gustafsson, Walter Smith, Tomislav Ivic, Luis Fernández, Giovanni Trapattoni, Juan Rocha, Jean-Claude Suaudeau, Jean Tigana, Nevio Scala, Valeriy Lobanovisky, David O'Leary, Carles Rexach, Claudio Ranier, Javier Irureta, Claude Puel, Ralf Rangnick, Tito Vilanova, Leonardo Jardim, Eusebio Di Francesco, Erik ten Hag, Valverde, Julian Nagelsmann, Rudi García, Unai Emery, Stefano Pioli : 1
Top 25:
Five Germans and Italians
Four Spaniards
Three Dutch and Argentinians
Two French and
One Scotsman, Portuguese and Belgian
25 March, 2023
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
24 March, 2023
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.
04 March, 2023
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
10 February, 2023
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
20 December, 2022
The 200 greatest footballers of all time
Goalkeepers in red.
1. Lionel Messi
2. Pelé
3. Diego Maradona
4. Johan Cruyff
5. Franz Beckenbauer
6. Cristiano Ronaldo
7. Alfredo Di Stéfano
8. Zinédine Zidane
9. Ronaldo
10. Garrincha
11. Michel Platini
12. Ferenc Puskás
13. Gerd Müller
14. George Best
15. Marco van Basten
16. Eusébio
17. Zico
18. Paolo Maldini
19. Ronaldinho
20. Bobby Charlton
21. Romário
22. Franco Baresi
23. Lev Yashin
24. Giuseppe Meazza
25. Lothar Matthäus
26. Roberto Baggio
27. Raymond Kopa
28. Andrés Iniesta
29. Ruud Gullit
30. Kylian Mbappé
31. Xavi
32. Sócrates
33. Carlos Alberto Torres
34. Bobby Moore
35. Gigi Buffon
36. Rivelino
37. Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
38. Luis Suárez (Spain)
39. José Manuel "Charro" Moreno
40. Jairzinho
41. Didi
42. Johan Neeskens
43. Michael Laudrup
44. Thierry Henry
45. Gianni Rivera
46. Matthias Sindelar
47. Valentino Mazzola
48. Stanley Matthews
49. Dennis Bergkamp
50. Dino Zoff
51. Paolo Rossi
52. Kenny Dalglish
53. Nándor Hidegkuti
54. Paco Gento
55. Juan Alberto Schiaffino
56. Nílton Santos
57. Oleg Blokhin
58. Gordon Banks
59. Kevin Keegan
60. Frank Rijkaard
61. Fritz Walter
62. Roberto Carlos
63. Gunnar Nordahl
64. Luka Modrić
65. Hristo Stoichkov
66. Neymar
67. Günter Netzer
68. Paul Breitner
69. Cafú
70. Luís Figo
71. Daniel Passarella
72. Rivaldo
73. Hugo Sánchez
74. Zlatan Ibrahimović
75. George Weah
76. Gaetano Scirea
77. Peter Schmeichel
78. José Leandro Andrade
79. Just Fontaine
80. Sándor Kocsis
81. Ryan Giggs
82. Omar Enrique Sívori
83. Teófilo Cubillas
84. Andrea Pirlo
85. John Charles
86. Raúl
87. Denis Law
88. Sergio Ramos
89. Adolfo Pedernera
90. Giacinto Facchetti
91. Sandro Mazzola
92. Iker Casillas
93. Alessandro Del Piero
94. Gheorghe Hagi
95. Gabriel Batistuta
96. Jimmy Johnstone
97. Éric Cantona
98. Samuel Eto'o
99. Kaká
100. Mario Kempes
101. Jürgen Klinsmann
102. Josef Masopust
103. Flórián Albert
104. William Ralph "Dixie" Dean
105. Ronald Koeman
106. Oliver Kahn
107. Uwe Seeler
108. Andriy Shevchenko
109. Franceso Totti
110. Lilian Thuram
111. Didier Drogba
112. Carles Puyol
113. Zbigniew Boniek
114. Djalma Santos
115. Dragan Džajić
116. Jean-Pierre Papin
117. Jimmy Greaves
118. Pavel Nedved
119. Gary Lineker
120. Alessandro Nesta
121. József Bozsik
122. Gigi Riva
123. Elías Figueroa
124. Allan Simonsen
125. Philipp Lahm
126. Enzo Francescoli
127. Marcel Desailly
128. Berti Vogts
129. Zizinho
130. Obdulio Varela
131. Mário Coluna
132. Javier Zanetti
133. Ruud Krol
134. Fabio Cannavaro
135. Fernando Redondo
136. László Kubala
137. Steven Gerrard
138. Manuel Neuer
139. Emilio Butragueño
140. Luis Suárez (Uruguay)
141. Bernd Schuster
142. Clarence Seedorf
143. Dani Alves
144. Robert Lewandowski
145. Sepp Maier
146. Tostão
147. Patrick Vieira
148. Josef Bican
149. Rudi Völler
150. Kurt Hamrin
151. Roger Milla
152. Karim Benzema
153. Franck Ribéry
154. David Beckham
155. Alan Shearer
156. Wayne Rooney
157. Roy Keane
158. Arjen Robben
159. Kevin De Bruyne
160. Riquelme
161. Toni Kroos
162. György Sárosi
163. Silvio Piola
164. Sergio Busquets
165. Clodoaldo
166. Rinat Dasaev
167. Gérson
168. Paulo Roberto Falcão
169. Carlos Valderrama
170. Ubaldo Fillol
171. Ruud van Nistelrooy
172. Leônidas
173. Graeme Souness
174. Tom Finney
175. Yaya Touré
176. Giuseppe Bergomi
177. Henrik Larsson
178. Marco Tardelli
179. Arsenio Erico
180. Mattias Sammer
181. Ian Rush
182. Steve Bloomer
183. Neil Franklin
184. Miroslav Klose
185. Preben Elkjær
186. Antoine Griezmann
187. Amancio
188. Gianluca Vialli
189. Paul Gascoigne
190. Bryan Robson
191. Salif Keita
192. Didier Deschamps
193. Ricardo Zamora
194. Claudio Gentile
195. Rabah Madjer
196. Duncan Edwards
197. Xabi Alonso
198. Hierro
199. Ricardo Bochini
200. Marcelo
07 December, 2022
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)













