Greatest Soccer (Football) Players of All Time

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Vote for Pele (Edson Arantes do Nascimento) 1) Pele (Edson Arantes do Nascimento)

the best person that ever played soccer noone can replace him

hammett45

The most technically adept, powerful and innovative player EVER! All attempt, unsuccessfully so far, to emulate his near perfect style.

apachereporter

just th greatest!

MRMEE


Vote for Zico 2) Zico

He is a coach of FENERBAHÇE...

Fenerbahçe was played quarter final match with chelsea in CL.

Fenerbahçe will be most valuable football clup with Arthur ZİCO

WE LOVE WHİTE PELE ’ZİCO’

MAWENSY

The best.

Better than Pele.

Unfortunatelly was injured early.

He is a legend.

His name alone goes with the other single-name greats like Pele, Ronaldo and Gherson.


Vote for Ronaldinho 3) Ronaldinho

even greater than pele

this is insane, really and truly

barryfrett

I agree, he is surely a clever player, but no one can be compared to others - everyone is a legend on their own terms.

monk-e


Vote for Cristiano Ronaldo 4) Cristiano Ronaldo

Ronaldo is Awsome and he’s only 24 years of age!

ACDCRocks

man you is the best they will never rest you darn idiots

wol-e

should be no 1

nickolaney123


Vote for Diego Maradona 5) Diego Maradona

greatest player in the world...

prithakmitra

the most talented player to ever live.

daftdavy

Best all round player ever, if you think pele is better than this guy you are a idiot

ashleyg106


Vote for Jari Litmanen 6) Jari Litmanen

See some old footage him playing... Simply the best!

pass and pass.


Vote for Enzo Francescoli 7) Enzo Francescoli

zinedine’s idol. he named his son after him.

manya93

He played 72 times for the Uruguay national team between 1982 and 1997, making him the most capped outfield player in Uruguayan international football. [1] He currently is the vice president of GOL TV and Tenfield.
His official debut was with the Uruguayan team Montevideo Wanderers. He played several years for River Plate of Argentina where he won five league titles and the Copa Libertadores in 1996 in his two spells with the club.

He also played for the French Racing Club de Paris (Matra Racing Paris at the time), Olympique de Marseille, and the Italian teams Cagliari and Torino.
He won the Copa América three times with Uruguay in 1983, 1987 and 1995, he also played in the 1989 and 1993 editions of the tournament.

Allie22

Great Uruguayan player, he played in Uruguay, Argentina, France and Italy.
He was named by Pelé as one of the top 125 greatest living footballers in March 2004.


Vote for Zinedine Zidane 8) Zinedine Zidane

only one or the most one that help people over the world.

asho707

Best footballer ever.

celebfan3000

Because of him I got into football

DM2414


Vote for Gheorghe Hagi 9) Gheorghe Hagi

truly one of the greatest players what the world had, only a miracle had held back Romania to reach the World Cup 1994 Semi Finals with him

MatrixGuy

the bomb

Chezlovakian

The BEST player in Turkey and one of the best in the world.. Turkey and Galatasaray will never forget him!..

LEO75


Vote for Ronaldo (Ronaldo Luiz Nazario da Lima) 10) Ronaldo (Ronaldo Luiz Nazario da Lima)

ronaldo is the greatest striker ever played football with that speed an skill he’s the best ever may i call him the phonomonen, the king , the number 9,the best ever rooooooooooooooooooonaldo

47 goals in one season for Barcelona, all time top goalscorer in the fifa world cup (and world cup winner). Easily one of the best. btw, who voted for David Bentley lol?

dan161993

he is truely the greatest player. with his accuracy and goal scoring ability he is the best in the bussiness.

santosh_somaraju


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Vote for David Beckham 11) David Beckham

amazing skills

blindsk8ter

david beckham is the best soccer player in the whole intire world I mean yeah he is loosing a little skill but he cuold beat peal anyday and he nail ronaldo also

soccer_rox

his agreat soccer player remember when england needed awin against greece he did it his england #cap.

Vote for Ally McCoist 12) Ally McCoist

One the the Rangers best players, it was a pleasure to watch him play.

Dileas

Vote for Steven Gerrard 13) Steven Gerrard

he is going to be the best player to play for liverpool!... infact, I think he’s even better than kenny dalglish, thats saying something

kameel

Such a talented player with such a big heart. That’s one and only Stevie G!

correction

THE BEST CAPTAIN IN THE WORLD

LFCFAN9

Vote for Michael Owen 14) Michael Owen

Was best on English Fifa World Cup team besides Beckham

Flyingcobra

he is one of the best finishers in the world. it is same the injuries have destroyed him but he will come back as he always did

Amazing striker and still has time 2 get to englands all time top goal scorer

Vote for Thierry Henry 15) Thierry Henry

This is Henry... the master!

Assassin

speed kills

josh49080

hello? why is Henry down here?... don’t you people have some conscience? Henry!

iajaubab

Vote for Hakan Şükür 16) Hakan Şükür

all time best player of turkey

Vote for Francesco Totti 17) Francesco Totti

Totti is easily one of the top 5 best players ever. Here is my list.
1. Pele
2. Zidane
3. Steven Gerrard
4. Ronaldo
5. Francesco Totti

peru12345

he is the best....

frattbellamy

man he’s the best and he’s the reason I started playing soccer

Vote for George Best 18) George Best

George THE "Best"

fabregas16

wtf! best should be 1

eddie95mufc

Most God Gifted Footballer ever more Gifted than Pele and the biggest self distructure ever a true Genius. once he said if I was born ugly you have never heard of the name Pele

Maklet901

Vote for Johan Cruyff 19) Johan Cruyff

what the hell? How is Cruyff 16th and george best 15th? They are miles better than beckham, cristiano ronaldo and totti.

whufc

Have any of the people who’ve voted on this thing actually seen any of these legends play? Cos I’ve seen Cruyff and he was simply the best.

I agree Cruyff should be the second or third of the list of great players. His speed, agility and overall smarts on the pitch are unforgettable. If you count his contribution to the game as a manager, he is possibly first or second in the history of the game.

Vote for Kaka 20) Kaka

He should be Top Ten

KaKa

Another great brazilian i think.

his name is just weird.

supreme

he’s #1

mexico

Vote for Franz Beckenbauer 21) Franz Beckenbauer

Best defender in all of sports no doubt about it.

should be higher up on the list

easily the greatest defender of all time

Vote for Lio Messi 22) Lio Messi

Him and Maradona are gods

ashleyg106

#1 best argentian soccer player

The greatest goal ever

Vote for Alessandro Del Piero 23) Alessandro Del Piero

The man that Juventus can be very proud

MatrixGuy

Fantastic, Unbelievable, Genius! If not the all-times number 1, he certainly deserves a place in all-times top 10. Personally, I could only compare him with Maradona.

Watson: "Del Piero is the icon of Italian football." No truer words have been said in football in a long time, Alessandro is truly a legend and his name will forever be engraved in the history books of not Italian football, but across the wolrd

Vote for Hugo Sanchez 24) Hugo Sanchez

Clearly in my top 10

Coach

most of his goals were bicycle kicks, HE IS THE BEST PLAYER WHO EVER PLAYED IN REAL MADRID

5 PICHICHIS (more goals in spanish league)

Vote for Eusebio (Eusebio da Silva Ferreira) 25) Eusebio (Eusebio da Silva Ferreira)

The best!

eusebio is THE BEST PLAYER OF ALL TIME. ronaldiniho gerrard henry dont deserve to be in the top 100

Eusebio was the best player in the world in 1966 world caup.

Vote for Roberto Baggio 26) Roberto Baggio

The best italian soccer player and should in the top 10

Baggio is italian soccer how can you put totti and del piero in front of him!!!

his soccer as poetry..unforgettable

Vote for Cesc Fàbregas 27) Cesc Fàbregas

he is now the best player of his age and good looks too

best passer inb the premier league go arsenal

Vote for Jorge "Mágico" González 28) Jorge "Mágico" González

very good deserves the top ten not the best but the best el salvadorian player they will ever had he knows how to put magic in the game "El Magico"

the best ever

HE had all the skills he needed to be the best,and to tell u the truth he was the best ever,he was a MAGICO

Vote for Ferenc Puskas 29) Ferenc Puskas

think about it. how many times he has played in the champions league final and has scored in one. he got 4 goals in the 7-3 win in 1960

I have not seen him play, but as I heard of him I can visualize a general marching towards the summit of his goal undaunted, even in those days when tackling was like punches inside the boxing ring.

Have seen them all. Best opf all was Puskas at Hampden Park in the ’50s. A goal he scored that day must surely be the best. Anyone remeber? $ golas in the final, also at Hampden Park!! Greeting from the States.

Vote for Roy Keane 30) Roy Keane

Most passionate player ever

Grizleybear

Greatest Midfielder of all time, he dragged United to the Champions league final and Ireland to the 2002 world cup and didn’t get to play in either.

he is a star in the game no doubt

Vote for Fernando Torres 31) Fernando Torres

he is the best he always scoring goals for liverpool i used to go for man u then i changed when he came to liverpool he should be number 1 and christino ronaldo 2

james001

Vote for Raúl Gonzalez 32) Raúl Gonzalez

Surely the best striker and one of the best players ever. Football is not only dribles.
RAUL 7 RUUUUUUUUUUUUULES.

i-love-rock-n-roll

raul the highest goal scorer of the champions league history
the highest goal scorer in spain history and over 200 league goals!

Vote for Juan Roman Riquelme 33) Juan Roman Riquelme

best all time postplayer

Vote for Dennis Bergkamp 34) Dennis Bergkamp

what a legend should be number one

he’s skills and he’s goal are superb

Vote for Wayne Rooney 35) Wayne Rooney

He’s an amazing player.

Lottie

he’s the best ever going to Manchester United at the age of 16 should explain a lot

rooney is the best player on manchester united I your biggest fan ever

Vote for Frank Lampard 36) Frank Lampard

the most wickedest player in the world

Lampard’z Really wicked

lampard at present is arguably the best midfielder in english football..he has it all he can score from long distance
+ he can also put in those lovely passes for the strikers to score ..

Vote for Andriy Shevchenko 37) Andriy Shevchenko

Simply the best, he can make a come back!!!

As a AC Milan supporter fan, he did the best, he won a golden ball, he was the best, the kind of Milano, now he left for money milan to go to the chealse and now? what happen to him?

Vote for Alan Shearer 38) Alan Shearer

THE best striker ever! how on earth is there people like micheal owen or david beckham ahead of him! wake up!

FOSTER69a

newcastle’s greatest ever player

Vote for Roberto Carlos 39) Roberto Carlos

he has the best left foot in the world...

gfbmzb

The Best Free Kick In The History Of Soccer. Better Than Beckham.

The best left foot in football history

Vote for Alfredo Di Stéfano 40) Alfredo Di Stéfano

Sorry I had to vote for the great Di Stefano just to get him above Harry Kewell!!!!!

scored 216 goals in 282 league matches between 1953 and 1964. One 14 league titles, European cup 5 times and was European footballer of the year twice.
and the best reason to have him in the top ten is because maradona said- "I don’t know if I was a better player than Pelé, but I can say without any doubt that Di Stéfano was better than Pelé. I am proud when one speaks of Di Stéfano.... I can say that Maradona could be worse than Pelé. But I emphasize Di Stéfano was better".

Vote for Teofilo Cubillas 41) Teofilo Cubillas

one of the top ten players

DESERVES TO BE HIGHER THEN SOME PEOPLE IN THIS LIST.

The best 10 after Pele in the 70s and 80s. Star of Benfica

Vote for Luis Figo 42) Luis Figo

one of the best portugal has offered and one of the best the world has seen

PR1MET1ME101

He has the greatest class of any player, with his trademark curl, he is Portugal’s greatest asset.

A blessing sent by the soccer Gods!! One of the most fantastic players ever...clearly in the top 20...

Vote for Zlatan Ibrahimović 43) Zlatan Ibrahimović

Underrated

i cannot believe he is not up here already, this player holds one of the most impressive highlight reels to date. dribbling through what seems to be an entire team and promptly puts the ball in the net. players like c. ronaldo make many pretty moves, but do not put the ball in the net. this player does.

Vote for Henrik Larsson 44) Henrik Larsson

i have a huge poster of him in my room he is my football inspiration and he played for my favourite club celtic wooooo!!!!!

hergibob

another legend ignored by you people.he played for the three greatest clubs of all time

The best player ever to put ona pair of boots and stand on gods green earth.

Vote for Michael Ballack 45) Michael Ballack

he’s a legend

richie4life

Vote for Lev Yashin 46) Lev Yashin

the single most agile and most brilliant goalkeepe the world will ever see!

Vote for Eric Cantona 47) Eric Cantona

eric should be on the top ten

he turned united from a great team to one wanted for breach of competition laws for monopolising the premeirship

He truely is the best french player ever

Vote for Michael Laudrup 48) Michael Laudrup

Vote for Bobby Charlton 49) Bobby Charlton

BEST ENGLAND PLAYER EVER

Vote for Carlos Valderrama 50) Carlos Valderrama

without question the best no doubt
el pibe!

Great Overall player, full with joy, happiness and motivation that a lot of players lack today surely one of the best

Best Colombian player ever

Vote for George Weah 51) George Weah

I think George Weah is the best. The only world class who has not played world cup but yet won the FIFA, EUROPE, AFRICA the same year

Vote for Memo Ochoa 52) Memo Ochoa

he should be in one of the 10 best players in the world!!!!

seriusly

The Best goal keeper in Mexico

Vote for Marco Van Basten 53) Marco Van Basten

what a joke?Van BAsten was the Best players in 80ties and what a place in this list?...

Vote for Majed Abdullah 54) Majed Abdullah

This Legend was choosen as The Best Arabian Football Player in The Century

nawaf316

This LEGEND is a member in the FIFA judges committee who choose the Best Player in The World annullay

nawaf316

Surely, one of the best football strikers in the game history. Listed into FIFA’s top football experts in the world.

Vote for Ole Gunnar Solskj 55) Ole Gunnar Solskj

Ole Gunnar, one of the best plyers in all time......come on, there are tons of plyers better than him.
Ridiculous!!!

best finisher ever

Vote for Augustine Azuka ("Jay-Jay") Okocha 56) Augustine Azuka ("Jay-Jay") Okocha

Ja-Jay Okocha, is the best 10 Africa has ever produce and the best africa Player from 19994 - 2005, despite, Africa Man will always be an Africa Man, refuse to Honour Him as the best Africa at least Twice. For You to won an Award from BBC, goes to tell a lot. Thanks

this is the genius of our time,, talked in the same lines as the maradonas and peles of this world..love ronnie but he is not #1 .okochais in the top 5 of the world ..#1 in africa..

was so brilliant with the ball

Vote for David Bentley 57) David Bentley

How can the next David Beckham not be on the list?

Vote for Rıdvan Dilmen 58) Rıdvan Dilmen

fast, tecnique.. amazig player....

Obscure

Vote for Samuel Eto’o 59) Samuel Eto’o

definetly NOT 97th all time best! one of the best strikers in barcelona history to me! definately the best not only in cameroon but in Africa!

all time African best player

Vote for Younis Mahmoud 60) Younis Mahmoud

Yasser al Qahtani didnt deserve to win the afc award Younis should have!
Plus YOUNIS IS THE BEST!

mohammad younes is the best footbal player lted 1000.000.000.of persons happy

he is a good player halping his team and making good goals and he letted 1000000 of persons to get happy

Vote for Ruud Van Nistelrooy 61) Ruud Van Nistelrooy

nistelrooy has proved over the years that he is certainly the best finisher in the present game >

the best

simply the greatest. Why hasnt he been listed already? or did i miss something

Vote for Michael Essien 62) Michael Essien

One of the graetest all time and best tactical midfielder to date. He won the best French player, sent his team to the world cup, won the the best player in his club team and can play all the positions in midfield and the defends. What a player!

Vote for Titus Bramble 63) Titus Bramble

Vote for Harry Kewell 64) Harry Kewell

great technique pin point crossing a typical winger

Vote for Gianfraco Zola 65) Gianfraco Zola

best player eva you know he has the best attacking midfielder or mid ever in those days

he is just the ultimate player should be in da top 10

Vote for Bambang Pamungkas 66) Bambang Pamungkas

Vote for Georgi Asparuhov (Gundi) 67) Georgi Asparuhov (Gundi)

the best bulgarian footballplayer

Vote for Andrés Guardado 68) Andrés Guardado

He is the best player

NOT ONLY HE’S MEXICAN HE IS THE BEST SOCCER PLAYER EVERRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Vote for Romário 69) Romário

I don´t believe you guys forgot him!!! he won the 1994 world cup alone!! he´s one of the best striker alive.. end he doesn´t even like to training.

Vote for Shunsuke Nakamura 70) Shunsuke Nakamura

the best ever japanese player and probably the best freekick specialist in the world.

Vote for Gabriel Batistuta 71) Gabriel Batistuta

ohhhh! he was a total legend of Argentina. His goal scoring ability was great. He’s the best!

Vote for Robinho - Robson de Souza 72) Robinho - Robson de Souza

i agree he should be in the top 20 atleast

made most goals in copa america
dribbles better than teves
Marco ortiz is awesome me

Vote for Didier Drogba 73) Didier Drogba

He kills and he got the most goals for Chelsea in 2006. Better than all the other Africans. Go Ivory Coast.

Legend

he is the best.

Vote for Guillermo Ochoa 74) Guillermo Ochoa

best goalie ever

Vote for Paolo Maldini 75) Paolo Maldini

greatest left back ever the face of Milan for the past 20 or so years

Vote for Landon Donovan 76) Landon Donovan

Vote for René Higuita 77) René Higuita

Vote for Michael Essien 78) Michael Essien

there is no football player as hard working as essien ..he is a managers player cause he can play as a defender + he can score in critical situations ...>

he is just the boss!

Vote for Rivaldo 79) Rivaldo

Deserves to be higher than some of players that are in the list

amazing

best brazilian midfielder ever

Vote for Giovanni Dos Santos 80) Giovanni Dos Santos

very good! one of the best young players ive ever seen! lot to learn but fantastic player!

Best Mexican Soccer Player ever!!

Vote for Nery Castillo 81) Nery Castillo

he good and he can go by you like crazy!

Best goals in the copa America ...
best Mexican player right know..

Vote for Petr Cech 82) Petr Cech

Amazing Goal Keeper. So sad that he was knocked unconscious. Still, after all that, he is an awesome goalie. Best Czech player by far and the most talented goalie in the EPL and before the injury, the best goalie in the world (and he has the trophie to prove it!). The goalie is the most vital part of the team. so often we overlook our defence. Look at the top ten! a bunch of strikers and midfielders. We need to learn to appreciate our defenders and goalies much more.

Vote for Marcelo Salas 83) Marcelo Salas

Magical

When he was playing in river & then in Lazio he rocked!

Vote for Gerd Müller 84) Gerd Müller

If 68 goals in 62 internationals is not enough, consider 14 World Cup goals, and one of just 3 to score 10+ goals in a single edition (1970) of the World Cup (the others being Fontaine and Kocsis and they did it in the 1950’s when the scores tended to be higher). Definitely one of the top 10 strikers of all-time.

Relayer1971

Vote for Bobby Moore 85) Bobby Moore

Only man to captain England to World Cup victory. Now that’s something

master defender

a great player and a gentleman
hailed by pele as the best defender he has played against

Vote for Hernan George Crespo 86) Hernan George Crespo

doesnt get to play alot in inter which is stupid

He is amazing
Best Argentinian striker!
Has knowledge of the game!
Is not fat like Ronaldo

Vote for Paul Scholes 87) Paul Scholes

1 of the best mid-feilders of all time ....ginja ninja!

BAller

Vote for Cuauhtémoc Blanco 88) Cuauhtémoc Blanco

he is the best of the world

he has having a great season with Chicago fire and got Club America to the final

"he doesn’t play for the money he plays because he loves it"
"best soccer player in Mexico""he will always be the best socccer player in Mexican soccer"

Vote for Younes Mahmoud 89) Younes Mahmoud

he is most best football player , he always halp his team

Vote for Lukas Podolski 90) Lukas Podolski

Vote for Abedi Pelé 91) Abedi Pelé

heartbeat of contemporary african and world soccer

he was the most skillful african player

Vote for Omar Bravo 92) Omar Bravo

i don’t know why the heck he’s not on the list. People probably forgot about the chivas i guess. For everybody who doesn’t know who the chivas are they are the best soccer team in mexico and omar bravo is their best player and he really is the best mexican soccer player ever why do you think his last name is bravo

Vote for Ryan Giggs 93) Ryan Giggs

He would not have played 700 games for Man Utd if he wasn’t one of the best!

Vote for Stanley Matthews 94) Stanley Matthews

The best player ever? most defently

He played pantastic football for England. Look at his dribbling. No doubt the top player of all time.

Vote for Duncan Edwards 95) Duncan Edwards

You can keep all your Bests, Peles and Maradonas - Duncan Edwards was the greatest of them all

a great player with even more potential better shot than lampard and unlike most players on this list could play anywhere and make a tackle

Only 21 when he died in the Munich air disaster, when almost all of Manchester United’s side where killed. This "Busby Babe" was considered the best by his pal Bobby Charlton. HE won over 25 caps before he was 21. Unbeleivable

Vote for Saviola 96) Saviola

defently bestt socer player in the world.. =D

Hes amazin 2nd best argentinian striker

Vote for Ruud Gullit 97) Ruud Gullit

The best AC Milan player of all time.

Vote for John Terry 98) John Terry

king of defenders.master of headers.

Vote for Tom Finney 99) Tom Finney

one of the world greats, played in 3 world cup finals, one time England top goalscorer and modest too

should be mentioned in yhe all time greats.

Vote for Carlos Edwards 100) Carlos Edwards

Great trinidadian footballer made it to the 06 world cup and almost scored a great goal against englang.He is one of the greatest trinidadian footballers of all time.