They only utilize the front page of every edition as reference. Ratings for this magazine started in the 1960s. In the near future I will add more results that I've gathered lately.
Vegan, I am really glad that you have returned and will post the further work. I'm looking forward seeing it.
The following is the best rated forwards of the Metropolitan Championships of 1968, 1969 and 1970. Note: in 1970 Onega and Marcos are not included because a player had to feature in at least 15 games. However, Onega had the highest rating of 6,75 but in only 12 games.
Yes, to those not familiar, it was not Ermindo Onega, who was playing in Uruguay football at that time.
Players with 6.33 or higher ratings 1964 (only Boca since 6th round) A.Gonzalez 6,66 (21) - forward Marzolini 6,50 (22) - defender Roma 6,48 (25) - keeper 1968 (only forwards at Metropolitano) Veglio 6,33 (15) - forward 1969 Cejas 6,89 (38) - keeper Perfumo 6,71 (35) - defender D.Onega 6,48 (37) - midfielder R.Pavoni 6,48 (35) - defender Meléndez 6,42 (35) - defender Marzolini 6,40 (32) - defender Rogel 6,38 (36) - defender 1970 (Best XI only) Yazalde 6,88 (35) - forward Laraignee 6,81 (38) - defender Santoro 6,60 (40) - keeper D.Onega 6,53 (30) - midfielder Nicolau 6,48 (27) - defender Tojo 6,37 (32) - midfielder 1972 (until Nacional 3th round) R.Pavoni 6,81 (22) - defender Bargas 6,75 (28) - defender Santoro 6,73 (23) - keeper B.Alonso 6,67 (28) - midfielder Fillol 6,60 (30) - keeper Wolff 6,58 (31) - defender Brindisi 6,50 (32) - midfielder F.Sa 6,50 (28) - defender Carnevali 6,48 (31) - keeper RO.Sánchez 6,46 (30) - keeper .... 1973 (only best XI) Rocchia 6,66 (32) - defender Babington 6,62 (37) - midfielder J.Pérez 6,59 (46) - keeper Brindisi 6,53 (32) - miidfielder Telch 6,38 (26) - midfielder 1974 (Metropolitano) Paolino 7,23 (17) - defender Santamaría 6,91 (12) - forward Babington 6,85 (14) - midfielder Quintabani 6,83 (12) - keeper Bochini 6,82 (17) - midfielder Villaverde 6,81 (16) - defender Arregui 6,75 (16) - midfielder Raimondo 6,69 (13) - midfielder Rocchia 6,66 (12) - defender R.Sánchez 6,66 (18) - keeper Gatti 6,62 (16) - keeper J.Benítez 6,57 (14) - midfielder Pagnanini 6,43 (16) - defender A.Rodríguez 6,43 (16) - midfielder Rebottaro 6,38 (18) - defender E.Alvarez 6,38 (18) - midfielder Saccardi 6,37 (16) - midfielder Note: Last GK mentioned had 6,62, last #10 had 6,75 1975 Fillol 6,95 (58) - keeper Alonso 6,80 (40) - midfielder Perfumo 6,66 (47) - defender JL.Pavoni 6,65 (40) - defender Gatti 6,64 (45) - keeper Buttice 6,56 (41) - keeper Tarantini 6,54 (48) - defender DellaSavia 6,44 (48) - midfielder Kempes 6,38 (47) - forward Houseman 6,37 (49) - forward O.Ortiz 6,37 (51) - forward JJ.López 6,36 (53) - midfielder Magalhaes 6,36 (50) - midfielder Luque 6,33 (52) - forward HH.Scotta 6,33 (57) - forward 1976 Gallego 6,77 (44) - midfielder Gatti 6,71 (35) - keeper Fillol 6,66 (36) - keeper Passarella 6,59 (32) - defender Perfumo 6,54 (31) - defender Ardiles 6,56 (41) - forward Rocchia 6,46 (39) - defender Bertoni 6,42 (42) - forward 1977 Fillol - keeper Cejas - keeper Rocchia - defender Galván - midfielder Bertoni - forward 1978 (Metropolitano, Best XI) Maradona 7,16 (30) - midfielder Berta 6,86 (37) - midfielder Cejas 6,75 (37) - keeper Villar 6,50 (25) - defender 1981 Trossero 7,00 (26) - defender Maradona 6,75 (40) - midfielder Olguín 6,66 (45) - defender Fillol 6,65 (43) - keeper Mouzo 6,56 (48) - defender B.Alonso 6,51 (31) - midfielder Carnevali 6,50 (50) - keeper Rocchia 6,49 (51) - defender L.Galván 6,45 (40) - defender Passarella 6,45 (42) - defender Tarantini 6,36 (36) - defender Goyén 6,36 (28) - keeper 1982 Gatti - keeper Fillol - keeper Tarantini - defender Barbas - midfielder Gareca - forward 1986-87 Palma 6,68 (38) - midfielder Gatti 6,60 (35) - keeper Chilavert 6,52 (31) - keeper S.Batista 6,50 (30) - midfielder Perazzo 6,48 (29) - forward M.Ludueña 6,44 (25) - midfielder C.Tapia 6,40 (25) - midfielder Caniggia 6,37 (24) - forward 1987 - Apertura Fabbri 7,15 (19) - defender Islas 6,81 (16) - keeper Fillol 6,77 (18) - keeper Goycochea 6,50 (12) - keeper M.Ludueña 6,47 (17) - midfielder Larraquy 6,46 (15) - defender R.Paz 6,38 (13) - midfielder Troglio 6,36 (11) - midfielder 1989-90 - partial (missing Independiente & 2 River matchdays) Bevilacqua 6,55 (33) - forward Marangoni 6,51 (27) - midfielder Commizzo 6,43 (28) - keeper Higuaín 6,40 (33) - defender Pizzi 6,38 (31) - forward Fabbri 6,38 (33) - defender Depietri 6,37 (33) - midfielder Chazarreta 6,33 (26) - midfielder 1990 - Apertura Lanari 6,70 (17) - keeper Gamboa 6,44 (18) - defender Cabrera 6,40 (15) - midfielder Bochini 6,40 (10) - midfielder N.Montoya 6,39 (18) - keeper Higuaín 6,36 (14) - defender Zárate 6,33 (18) - forward 1991 - Clausura N.Montoya 6,74 (19) - keeper Islas 6,58 (19) - keeper Goycochea 6,47 (17) - keeper Borghi 6,40 (15) - midfielder Simón 6,35 (17) - defender 1991-92 Islas 6,66 (37) - keeper Giuntini 6,39 (28) - defender Pumpido 6,38 (37) - keeper Gamboa 6,38 (24) - defender Commizo 6,35 (30) - keeper Dalla Libera 6,32 (28) - midfielder Clausura 1992: Márcico 6,54(13), Ortega 6,42(12) 1992 - Apertura Dalla Libera 6,67 (15) - midfielder A.Acosta 6,47 (19) - forward Monserrat 6,47 (19) - midfielder Peralta 6,46 (13) - midfielder C.García 6,43 (14) - forward J.Batista 6,42 (19) - defender Carrizo 6,41 (19) - midfielder Medina Bello 6,39 (18) - forward Márcico 6,37 (19) - midfielder Guillén 6,37 (19) - keeper O.Acosta 6,33 (15) - midfielder Gorosito 6,31 (19) - midfielder 1993 - Clausura G.López 6,69 (16) - midfielder Gorosito 6,47 (15) - midfielder Ojeda 6,42 (19) - keeper 1993 - Apertura Galetto 6,61 (18) - midfielder N.Montoya 6,58 (19) - keeper Fabbri 6,39 (18) - defender Commizo 6,33 (18) - keeper 1994 - Clausura R.Ayala 6,62 (16) - defender N.Montoya 6,61 (18) - keeper V.Delgado 6,56 (16) - midfielder Passet 6,47 (19) - keeper Fabbri 6,33 (12) - defender 1994 - Apertura Labarre 6,86 (14) - keeper R.Ayala 6,47 (15) - defender J.Gómez 6,35 (17) - defender Francescoli 6,31 (16) - forward 1995-96 Chilavert 6,38 (34) - keeper Gmo.B.Schelloto 6,33 (34) - forward Apertura 1995: Maradona 6,45(11) Clausura 1996: Francescoli 6,45(11), Caniggia 6,43 (16)
El Grafico seems to listed players in the 4-4-2 formation from mids to forwards this way (1st the most defensive one, at last, the most ofensive one) GK RB-CB-CB-LB DM-BtB-CM-OM SS-ST So, Maradona is listed as an Offensive Mid, the enganche or #10
1965, rounds 1-17 (april-july) Top-10: 1) AC.Rojas 6,81 (16) - Boca - Second Striker 2) A.Gonzalez 6,64 (14) - Boca - Attacking Mid 3) O.Mura 6,63 (11) - Independiente - Attacking Mid 4) H.Gatti 6,57 (14) - River - Keeper 5) S.Marzolini 6,50 (12) - Boca - Left Back 6) E.Collado 6,50 (16) - Ferro - Defensive Mid 7) R.Irusta 6,47 (17) - Lanus - Keeper 8) J.Ramos Delgado 6,39 (17) - River - Centerback 9) J.Varacka 6,37 (16) - Independiente - Fourth Back 10) A.Manillo 6,35 (14) - R.Central - Fourth Back 11) MA.Santoro 6,31 - F.Sacchi 6,31 -------------------- GK-1 RB-4 ----- CB-2 ----- CB-6 ----- LB-3 -------- DM-5 ---------------- AM-8 RW-7 ----- CF-9 ----- SS-10 ----- LW-11 Next months. A.Rojas had ratings of 6,40 and 3,25!!!
Annual Ranking 1965 Top-10: 1) MA.Santoro 6,62 - Independiente - Keeper 2) A.Gonzalez 6,50 - Boca - Attacking Mid 3) R.Matosas 6,48 - River - Fourth Back 4) AC.Rojas 6,40 - Boca - Second Striker 5) M.Marín 6,25 - Velez - Keeper 6) D.Willington 6,20 - Velez - Striker 7) A.Carrizo 6,15 - River - Keeper 8) R.Albretch 6,02 - San Lorenzo - Fourth Back 9) J.Varacka 6,00 - Independiente - Fourth Back 10) O.Mas 6,00 - River - Left Winger Some final inclusions are due to irregular performances and injuries (Marzolini 5,70 or Mura 5,30 or Matosas not included in 1st half review)
Argentina 1966 until 19 round (July) Argentina 1966 (annual) Top-10: 1. H.Maschio - 6,38 (31) 2 A.Carrizo - 6,35 (28) 3. A.Gonzalez - 6.27 (29) 4. N.Errea - 6,16 (31) 5. S.Marzolini - 6,06 (32) 6. R.Perfumo - 6,00 (32) 7. MA.Santoro - 6,00 (22) 8. A.Basile - 5,97 (38) 9. JC.Sarnari - 5,96 (29) 10.L.Cubillas - 5.94 (36) Few matches Varacka 6,29 (17); Willington 6,02 (14); Gatti 6,25 (8)
Ranking Metro 1967 (1-22 rounds) Top-10: 1) A.Silveyra 6,62 - Boca Jrs - DM 2) R.Perfumo 6,45 - Racing - CB 3) AC.Rojas 6,43 - Boca Jrs - SS 4) JC.Rulli 6,28 - Racing - CM 5) M.Marín 6,28 - Velez - GK 6) M.Santoro 6,18 - Independiente - GK 7) A.Poletti 6,18 - Estudiantes - GK 8) ... GK 9) M.Sabella 6,09 - DM 10) R.Magdalena 6,06 - Boca Jrs - CB
Ranking Nacional 1967 (Sep-Dec) Top-10: 1) R.Pavoni 6,73 - Independiente - LB 2) R.Savoy 6,61 - Independiente - CM 3) E.Onega 6,60 - River - AM 4) A.Silva 6,60 - Lanus - CF 5) N.Madurga 6,50 - Boca Jrs - CM 6) O.Malbernat 6,46 - Estudiantes - LB 7) R.Bernao 6,40 - Independiente - RW 8) R.Noguera 6,38 - Ferro - AM 9) R.Fischer 6,35 - San Lorenzo - CF 10) JC.Rulli 6,28 - Racing - CM Note: Perfumo only played 6 matches
Ranking Anual 1967 Top-10: 1) R.Perfumo 6,42 - Racing - CB 2) M.Marín 6,33 - Velez - GK 3) JC.Rulli 6,27 - Racing - DM 4) H.Gatti 6,22 - River - GK 5) A.Silveira 6,13 - Boca Jrs - CB/DM 6) A.Poletti 6,08 - Estudiantes - GK 7) A.Rendo 6,02 - San Lorenzo - CM 8) M.Pando 6,02 - Lanus - CM 9) A.Silva 6,02 - Lanus - CF 10) M.Santoro 6,00 - Independiente - GK Note: E.Onega 6,64(17), AC.Rojas 6,47(17), A.Carrizo 6,50(10), Madurga 6,00(15), Malbernat 5,97(37), Loayza 5,72
Ranking Metro 1968 Top-10: 1) A.Rendo 6,76 - San Lorenzo - CM 2) E.Cantu 6,67 - Huracan - CB 3) S.Villar 6,64 - San Lorenzo - RB 4) R.Sanchez 6,42 - Boca Jrs - GK 5) C.Veglio 6,33 - San Lorenzo - LW 6) S.Viberti 6,26 - Huracan - DM 7) E.Andrada 6,23 - R.Central - GK 8) A.Rosl 6,23 - San Lorenzo - LB 9) O.Malbernat 6,22 - Estudiantes - LB 10) C.Buttice 6,18 - San Lorenzo - GK
ANUAL 1968 - incomplete (missing 5 rounds) (November 1968 Ranking) Anual 1968 Top-10: (missing 5 rounds) 1) A.Rendo 6,73 - San Lorenzo - CM 2) S.Villar 6,64 - San Lorenzo - RB 3) J.Meléndez 6,60 - Boca Jrs - CB 4) J.Solari 6,33 - River - CM 5) A.Poletti 6,27 - Estudiantes - GK 6) C.Buttice 6,24 - San Lorenzo - GK 7) E.Cantu 6,20 - Huracan - CB 8) A.Rattín 6,16 - Boca Jrs - DM 9) O.Malbernat 6,16 - Estudiantes - LB 10) E.Andrada 6,12 - R.Central - GK Finally, monthly edition by El Grafico, called "El Grafico Sport" awarded Player of the 1968 season to Alberto Rendo.
Nacional 1969 Nacional 1969 Top-10: 1) A.Cejas 7,06 - Racing - GK 2) O.Medina 6,94 - Boca Jrs - CM 3) N.Madurga 6,76 - Boca Jrs - DM 4) S.Marzolini 6,76 - Boca Jrs - LB 5) O,Pastoriza 6,76 - Independiente - DM 6) MA.Lopez 6,62 - River - CB 7) R.Perfumo 6,61 - Racing - CB 8) Romeo 6,58 - Estudiantes - SS 9) J.Melendez 6,56 - Boca Jrs - CB 10) R.Pavoni 6,52 - Independiente - LB
Anual 1969. Not enough matches: (< 27 games) MA.López - River - 6,41(24) - CB N.Madurga - Boca Jrs - 6,30(26) - CM N.Novello - Boca Jrs - 6,22(18 - FW JC.Guzmán - River - 6,15(26) - CB H.Vitale - Unión - 6,10(20) - AM R.Ponce - Boca Jrs. 6,00(17) - RW D.Willington - Velez - 5,90(26) - SS JR.Veron - Estudiantes - 5,68(25) - LW
Do you know when El Grafico started doing rankings? I have a shitton El Grafico's from the 50s and there is nothing in them.
It seems that EG started doing ratings regularly since 1964. Before that, the first attemp was in a match played by Independiente at late 1930s. The ranking posted by me, at august 1946, was for a magazine called Mundo Deportivo.