Greatest Soccer (Football) Players of All Time

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

clearly he’s the best if he didn’t exist soccer would not be the same

Blahello

pele is THE GREATEST SOCCER PLAYER EVER.

subhro13

pele is "THE PERFECT FOOTBALL PLAYER"

subhro


Vote for Cristiano Ronaldo 2) Cristiano Ronaldo

his dribbling skills are too good

abhi1995

c. ronaldo is crazy he mercs ever player with is insain skill. he is turly the best ever

yoz

c. ronaldo is the best he is so fast with his feet. you have to be crazy to not like him my mom thinks he’s hot

kolpingkicks10


Vote for Ronaldo (Ronaldo Luiz Nazario da Lima) 3) 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

ronaldo is football

munkeelinc97

ronaldo rulez. ,. ,

darkztar


Vote for Ronaldinho 4) Ronaldinho

even greater than pele

that’s stupid cristiano is no where near to how ronaldinho was at his prime, anyone who knows soccer would agree that he was the most perfect and unstoppable player ever

magnoliafan

ronaldino rules

jiggebottom5466


Vote for Diego Maradona 5) Diego Maradona

Diego Maradonna was the greatest and had skill no other footballer could even dream of. He was better than Pele.

Some of the names on this list though are an absolute joke like Beckham rated at 11 and Michael Owen being rated so highly. Wayne Rooney and Alan Shearer are way better footballers than both Owen and Beckham who shouldn’t even be anywhere near the list. Especially Beckham the most over rated player in the history of the game.

steviejj

greatest player in the world...

prithakmitra

the most talented player to ever live.

daftdavy


Vote for Zinedine Zidane 6) Zinedine Zidane

he is my hero no matter what he did in the game v italy, he will always be my hero and my rollmodel (along with podolski and alan shearer)

soccerman

have you ever seen a magician on a football field?

sumitgd3

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

asho707


Vote for Zico 7) Zico

his free kick could kill any goalkeeper...

Mpafoklaniaris

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.


Vote for Jari Litmanen 8) Jari Litmanen

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

pass and pass.


Vote for Enzo Francescoli 9) 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

Francescoli, who was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, was one of the best players of the modern era. He was a striker with unusual grace and elegance on the football pitch. He was affectionately known as "El Principe. " Watch him play and you will see an artist at work, and understand why he was called "The Prince. "
He was one of the most elegant players of his generation.


Vote for Gheorghe Hagi 10) 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


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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 Steven Gerrard 12) 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 Thierry Henry 13) Thierry Henry

whoever voted for anyone else never watched an arsenal game before 2007

arsenal193

This is Henry... the master!

Assassin

speed kills

josh49080

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 Ally McCoist 15) Ally McCoist

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

Dileas

Vote for Hakan Şükür 16) Hakan Şükür

all time best player of turkey

Vote for Lio Messi 17) Lio Messi

why would anyone put David Beckham, Thierry Henry, and Cristiano Ronaldo in front The God Leo Messi!?

dragon_force18

Him and Maradona are gods

ashleyg106

#1 best argentian soccer player

Vote for Francesco Totti 18) 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 19) 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 20) 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 21) 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 22) 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 Hugo Sanchez 23) 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 Alessandro Del Piero 24) 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 Roberto Baggio 25) 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 Eusebio (Eusebio da Silva Ferreira) 26) Eusebio (Eusebio da Silva Ferreira)

he scored something like 320 goals in 300 appearances for benfica

dottle

The best!

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

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 Ferenc Puskas 28) 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 Wayne Rooney 29) Wayne Rooney

he is #1

acdcthunderstruck

wayne is #1 not 32 he is the best soccer player ever

acdcthunderstruck

He’s an amazing player.

Lottie

Vote for Fernando Torres 30) Fernando Torres

El Nino is one of the best! I adore him...

dandeli0n

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 Jorge "Mágico" González 31) 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 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

Brilliant player! He has everything. He’s been my idol for many many years

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

Vote for Dennis Bergkamp 33) Dennis Bergkamp

what a legend should be number one

he’s skills and he’s goal are superb

Vote for Frank Lampard 34) 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 Roy Keane 35) 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 Alan Shearer 36) Alan Shearer

who votes on here you can’t tell me the great alan shearer and GEORGE BEST are not in this top ten and are behind the likes of keane owen, ronaldo what a load of wank people forget to easily

pommy

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

FOSTER69a

Best striker the premier league has ever see.

Vote for Juan Roman Riquelme 37) Juan Roman Riquelme

best all time postplayer

Vote for Alfredo Di Stéfano 38) Alfredo Di Stéfano

1 Di Stefano
2 Maradona
3 Pele
4 Cruyff

alexthecat

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".

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

Vote for Andriy Shevchenko 39) 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 Roberto Carlos 40) 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 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 Zlatan Ibrahimović 42) 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 Michael Laudrup 43) Michael Laudrup

Greatest playmaker ever and a true gentleman.
Easily goes in top 20.

Vote for Henrik Larsson 44) Henrik Larsson

scores from left right and centre, just a fantastic player

mikeyeggo

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

Vote for Memo Ochoa 45) Memo Ochoa

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

seriusly

The Best goal keeper in Mexico

Vote for Michael Ballack 46) Michael Ballack

he’s a legend

richie4life

Vote for Luis Figo 47) 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 Eric Cantona 48) 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 Gabriel Batistuta 49) Gabriel Batistuta

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

Vote for Majed Abdullah 50) 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 Lev Yashin 51) Lev Yashin

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

Vote for Carlos Valderrama 52) 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 Marco Van Basten 53) Marco Van Basten

Forza Milan!
Van Basten is the biggest player all-time!

VampireResurrection

Vote for George Weah 54) 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 Augustine Azuka ("Jay-Jay") Okocha 55) 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 Ryan Giggs 56) Ryan Giggs

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

Vote for Bobby Charlton 57) Bobby Charlton

BEST ENGLAND PLAYER EVER

Vote for Michael Essien 58) 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 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 Ole Gunnar Solskj 60) 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 Rıdvan Dilmen 61) Rıdvan Dilmen

fast, tecnique.. amazig player....

Obscure

Vote for Titus Bramble 62) Titus Bramble

Vote for Georgi Asparuhov (Gundi) 63) Georgi Asparuhov (Gundi)

the best bulgarian footballplayer

Vote for Romário 64) 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 David Bentley 65) David Bentley

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

Vote for Harry Kewell 66) Harry Kewell

great technique pin point crossing a typical winger

Vote for Gianfraco Zola 67) Gianfraco Zola

What a legend and such a nice guy. How the hell is Titus Bramble above him?

sixsixone

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 Rivaldo 68) Rivaldo

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

amazing

best brazilian midfielder ever

Vote for Bambang Pamungkas 69) Bambang Pamungkas

Vote for Younis Mahmoud 70) 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 Abedi Pelé 71) Abedi Pelé

heartbeat of contemporary african and world soccer

he was the most skillful african player

Vote for Didier Drogba 72) 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 Ruud Van Nistelrooy 73) 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 Paolo Maldini 74) Paolo Maldini

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

Vote for Landon Donovan 75) Landon Donovan

Vote for René Higuita 76) René Higuita

Vote for Shunsuke Nakamura 77) Shunsuke Nakamura

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

Vote for Andrés Guardado 78) Andrés Guardado

He is the best player

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

Vote for Michael Essien 79) 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 Paul Scholes 80) Paul Scholes

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

BAller

Vote for Cuauhtémoc Blanco 81) 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 Guillermo Ochoa 82) Guillermo Ochoa

best goalie ever

Vote for Petr Cech 83) 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 Omar Bravo 84) 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 Marcelo Salas 85) Marcelo Salas

Magical

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

Vote for Robinho - Robson de Souza 86) 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 Nery Castillo 87) 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 Bobby Moore 88) 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 Ruud Gullit 89) Ruud Gullit

The best AC Milan player of all time.

Vote for Giovanni Dos Santos 90) 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 Lukas Podolski 91) Lukas Podolski

Vote for Gerd Müller 92) 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 Hernan George Crespo 93) 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 John Terry 94) John Terry

king of defenders.master of headers.

Vote for Tom Finney 95) 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 Younes Mahmoud 96) Younes Mahmoud

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

Vote for Garrincha (Manuel Francisco dos Santos) 97) Garrincha (Manuel Francisco dos Santos)

Simply Legend!

Vote for Hazem Emam 98) Hazem Emam

Emam won the Pepsi World Challenge competition in 2001, beating the likes of Rivaldo, Rui Costa, Roberto Carlos, Juan Veron, David Beckham and many others.
Selected in best team of African cup 1996 and 2002
Top scorer of African Qualifications for African Cup of Nations 1998
won a lot of titles with zamalek
he’s legend & deserves a good position

i_spidy

the best playmaker in football history

Vote for Stanley Matthews 99) Stanley Matthews

Players can only be judged where they stood at the time they were in their prime. Sir Stanley was one of the top ten players in England. He should be in the top 25 of all time.

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

Vote for Saviola 100) Saviola

defently bestt socer player in the world.. =D

Hes amazin 2nd best argentinian striker