The Top 100 Football Players Ever

A video guide to the top 100 footballers ever - vote for your favourite players of all time

This list began with the top 100 football players list published by the Association of Football Statisticians at the end of last year - they used statistics to calculate who should be top so this doesn't take into account simple raw talent, flair and class. Their list also had a few serious omissions, so we've added those players in.

So you can vote to move the top 100 players up and down the list by clicking the thumbs up & thumbs down below! The original position is shown in the second column.

Click on each football player to watch videos of them, to make up your mind before voting..

Total Votes: 34501

Click the icons to vote and move players up & down (Max 5 votes per player per day!)
PosOrigMovedPlayerCountryVote!
11PeleBrazil Brazil
215+13Paolo MaldiniItaly Italy
32-1RonaldoBrazil Brazil
45+1Zinedine ZidaneFrance France
513+8Michel PlatiniFrance France
66Diego MaradonaArgentina Argentina
7---+98Lionel MessiArgentina Argentina
819+11EusebioPortugal Portugal
957+48RonaldinhoBrazil Brazil
1014+4RivaldoBrazil Brazil
1122+11Alfredo di StefanoArgentina Argentina
1218+6Ruud GullitNetherlands Netherlands
138-5Gerd MullerGermany Germany
1416+2ZicoBrazil Brazil
159-6Franz BeckenbauerGermany Germany
1621+5Johan CruyffNetherlands Netherlands
1712-5Marco van BastenNetherlands Netherlands
18---+86KakaBrazil Brazil
1937+18Andriy ShevchenkoUkraine Ukraine
2077+57Franco BaresiItaly Italy
2127+6Karl-Heinz RummeniggeGermany Germany
227-15Lothar MatthausGermany Germany
23---+83Cristiano RonaldoPortugal Portugal
2478+54Gianni RiveraItaly Italy
2579+54Roberto BaggioItaly Italy
263-23RomarioBrazil Brazil
2735+8Gheorghe HagiRomania Romania
2820-8Ferenc PuskasHungary Hungary
29---+78Steven GerrardEngland England
3023-7Bobby CharltonEngland England
3111-20Roberto CarlosBrazil Brazil
32---+69George BestNorthern Ireland Northern Ireland
3383+50Raymond KopaFrance France
3443+9Paolo RossiItaly Italy
3544+9David BeckhamEngland England
3638+2Sepp MaierGermany Germany
3761+24Davor SukerCroatia Croatia
3831-7Dennis BergkampNetherlands Netherlands
394-35Luis FigoPortugal Portugal
4017-23RaulSpain Spain
4181+40Gheorghe PopescuRomania Romania
4296+54Michael BallackGermany Germany
4329-14Michael LaudrupDenmark Denmark
4456+12Gary LinekerEngland England
4533-12Thierry HenryFrance France
4648+2Oliver KahnGermany Germany
47---+65Bobby MooreEngland England
4850+2Clarence SeedorfNetherlands Netherlands
4924-25Jurgen KlinsmannGermany Germany
5010-40CafuBrazil Brazil
51---+60Lev YashinRussia Russia
52---+50Denis LawScotland Scotland
5385+32Rui CostaPortugal Portugal
5475+21Giacinto FacchettiItaly Italy
5574+19Djalma SantosBrazil Brazil
5672+16Hugo SanchezMexico Mexico
5771+14Emilio ButraguenoSpain Spain
5866+8Jurgen KohlerGermany Germany
5960+1Alessandro Del PieroItaly Italy
6059-1BebetoBrazil Brazil
6146-15Kevin KeeganEngland England
6245-17Jean-Pierre PapinFrance France
6341-22Enzo FrancescoliUruguay Uruguay
6436-28Peter SchmeichelDenmark Denmark
6532-33Frank RijkaardNetherlands Netherlands
6630-36Hristo StoichkovBulgaria Bulgaria
6725-42Kenny DalglishScotland Scotland
68---+42Stanley MatthewsEngland England
69---+39George WeahLiberia Liberia
70---+33Eric CantonaFrance France
7191+20Bryan RobsonEngland England
7268-4Michael OwenEngland England
7362-11Ryan GiggsWales Wales
7489+15Paul ScholesEngland England
7551-24Dino ZoffItaly Italy
7634-42Pavel NedvedCzech Republic Czech Republic
7728-49Gabriel BatistutaArgentina Argentina
78100+22Johan NeeskensNetherlands Netherlands
7973-6Rudi VollerGermany Germany
8054-26Daniel PassarellaArgentina Argentina
8147-34Marcel DesaillyFrance France
8240-42Lilian ThuramFrance France
8392+9Roy KeaneRepublic of Ireland Republic of Ireland
8465-19Patrick VieiraFrance France
85---+24Alessandro NestaItaly Italy
8663-23David TrezeguetFrance France
8726-61Ali DaeiIran Iran
8894+6Henrik LarssonSweden Sweden
8952-37Patrick KluivertNetherlands Netherlands
9053-37Jari LitmanenFinland Finland
9190-1Diego SimeoneArgentina Argentina
9298+6Edwin van der SarNetherlands Netherlands
9388-5Claudio TaffarelBrazil Brazil
9476-18KanuNigeria Nigeria
9570-25Frank De BoerNetherlands Netherlands
9687-9Edgar DavidsNetherlands Netherlands
9769-28Youri DjorkaeffFrance France
9864-34Demetrio AlbertiniItaly Italy
9997-2Jan KollerCzech Republic Czech Republic
10080-20Oscar RuggeriArgentina Argentina
10167-34Laurent BlancFrance France
10255-47Bixente LizarazuFrance France
10339-64Didier DeschampsFrance France
10493-11Brian LaudrupDenmark Denmark
10599-6Robert PiresFrance France
10649-57Alessandro CostacurtaItaly Italy
10742-65Hakan SukurTurkey Turkey
10882-26Jon Dahl TomassonDenmark Denmark
10995-14Fabien BarthezFrance France
11058-52Sylvain WiltordFrance France
11184-27Carlos ValderramaColombia Colombia
11286-26Gary NevilleEngland England

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