[Dirtycheat]

full list:
1 Pele (Brazil),
2 Ronaldo (Brazil),
3 Romario (Brazil),
4 Luis Figo (Portugal),
5 Zinedine Zidane (France),
6 Diego Maradona (Argentina),
7 Lothar Matthaus (Germany),
8 Gerd Muller (Germany),
9 Franz Beckenbauer (Germany),
10 Cafu (Brazil),
11 Roberto Carlos (Brazil),
12 Marco van Basten (Holland),
13 Michel Platini (France),
14 Rivaldo (Brazil),
15 Paolo Maldini (Italy),
16 Zico (Brazil),
17 Raul (Spain),
18 Ruud Gullit (Holland),
19 Eusebio (Portugal),
20 Ferenc Puskas (Hungary),
21 Johan Cruyff (Holland),
22 Alfredo di Stefano (Argentina),
23 Bobby Charlton (England),
24 Jurgen Klinsmann (Germany),
25 Kenny Dalglish (Scotland). 26 Ali Daai (Iran)
27 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (Germany)
28 Gabriel Batistuta (Argentina)
29 Michael Laudrup (Denmark)
30 Hristo Stoichkov (Bulgaria)
31 Dennis Bergkamp (Holland)
32 Frank Rijkaard (Holland)
33 Thierry Henry (France)
34 Pavel Nedved (Czech Republic)
35 Gheorghe Hagi (Romania)
36 Peter Schmeichel (Denmark)
37 Andrei Shevchenko (Ukraine)
38 Sepp Maier (Germany)
39 Didier Deschamps (France)
40 Lillian Thuram (France)
41 Enzo Francescoli (Uraguay)
42 Hakan Sukur (Turkey)
43 Paolo Rossi (Italy)
44 David Beckham (England)
45 Jean-Pierre Papin (France)
46 Kevin Keegan (England)
47 Marcel Desailly (France)
48 Oliver Kahn (Germany)
49 Alessandro Costacurta (Italy)
50 Clarence Seedorf (Holland)
51 Dino Zoff (Italy)
52 Patrick Kluivert (Holland)
53 Jari Litmanen (Liverpool)
54 Daniel Passarella (Argentina)
55 Bixente Lizarazu (France)
56 Gary Lineker (England)
57 Ronaldinho (Brazil)
58 Sylvain Wiltord (France)
59 Bebeto (Brazil)
60 Alessandro Del Pierro (Italy)
61 Davor Suker (Croatia)
62 Ryan Giggs (Wales)
63 David Trezeguet (France)
64 Demetrio Albertini (Italy)
65 Patrick Vieira (Italy)
66 Jurgen Kohler (Germany)
67 Laurent Blanc (France)
68 Michael Owen (England)
69 Youri Djorkaeff (France)
70 Frank de Boer (Holland)
71 Emilio Butragueno (Spain)
72 Hugo Sanchez (Maxico)
73 Rudi Voller (Germany)
74 Djalma Santos (Brazil)
75 Giacinto Facchetti (Italy)
76 Kanu (Nigeria)
77 Franco Baresi (Italy)
78 Gianni Rivera (Italy)
79 Roberto Baggio (Italy)
80 Oscar Ruggeri (Argentina)
81 Gheorghe Popescu (Romania)
82 Jon Dahl Tomasson (Denmark)
83 Raymond Kopa (France)
84 Carlos Valderrama (Colombia)
85 Rui Costa (Portugal)
86 Gary Neville (England)
87 Edgar Davids (Holland)
88 Claudio Taffarel (Brazil)
89 Paul Scholes (England)
90 Diego Simeone (Argentina)
91 Bryan Robson (England)
92 Roy Keane (Ireland)
93 Brian Laudrup (Denmark)
94 Henrik Larsson (Sweden)
95 Fabien Barthez (France)
96 Michael Ballack (Germany)
97 Jan Koller (Czech Republic)
98 Edwin ven der Sar (Holland)
99 Robert Pires (France)
100 Johan Neeskens (Holland)

this is from the book, the greatest ever footballers
it was apparently calculated by analysing every single football fact over the last century.

full article - Daily Mail

full article - the telegraph

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i dont know what to say about that to be honest, some really good decisions there but i have no ideas why:
1- it doesnt have george best, not that he needs mentioning to be considered as one of the finest players of all time
2- it has the likes of rui costa and michael owen, good players, but not exactly amongst the greatest of all time.

[GocartMozart]

shite list. end of. over and out.

[TeKnIcIaN]

Eric Cantona and Denis Law are a couple more named that should be on that list. I wouild also have some issues with some of the ordering as well.

[funkdoctorspock]

Originally Posted by GocartMozart

shite list. end of. over and out.

my sides hurt from laughing at this list.

Example:

Vieira 65 - Keane 92

Wiltord 58 - Larsson 94

Nedved 34 - Scholes 89

this list is bollocks. The End.

[MENTAL]

Yep I Agree This Is The Bull List Cuz Its Stupid Wher In The World Is Henry? Ronaldinho? Messi? Ruud Van Nistlerooy? Cristiano Ronaldo? Cm On Man Pele Number 1? No Way Diego Maradonna Has To Be The Best Player Of All Time In His Days So Many Great Players But In Pele's Days U Only Had A Few Maradonna Shines Up At The Top Then Id Say Pele And Ronaldo Then Zidane Obviously But Figo Should Be 5th Or 6th And Why Isnt Rui Costa In This List???

[dada]

I think its great to try and approach this from a statistical standpoint and I give them credit for that. Unfortunately all these players are not playing in the same leagues/regions with the same levels of talent. If they could somehow add some sort of strength of competition formula to their equation I think this list would be going in the right direction. Of course you'd have to Basically figure out a system of ranking league strength for every year going back over the time period they choose.




edit:Btw MENTAL, whats with all the capital letters?

[Ivan_11]

I heard about the list, but this is the first time ive seen it. And there is only one question where is Best? He should be among the first 3 players.

[dimz]

Hahahahhahhah, Maradona at 5th!!!

Rubbish list!

[GocartMozart]

yes i love how ronaldo doing at number 2. if you can't win the Champions League in modern football, you should not be sniffing around the top. This i sobviously waited heavily on World Cup performaces. That said, wtf Figo?!

[gerda1-1]

Hakan Sukur higher than Beckham? it's crazy... and where is lev Yashin????!!!!