1. Ferenc Puskas Inside-left Hungary 2/4/1927 85 caps (84 goals) for Hungary, 4 caps (0 goals) for Spain Clubs: Honved, Real Madrid http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferenc_Puskás
1. Ferenc Puskas (Hungary) 2. Ronaldo (Brazil) 3. Gerd Muller (West Germany) 4. Eusebio (Portugal) 5. Marco Van Basten (Holland) 6. Gunnar Nordahl (Sweden) 7. Romario (Brazil) 8. Sandor Kocsis (Hungary) 9. Silvio Piola (Italy) 10. Jimmy Greaves (England) 11. Pepi Bican (Austria) 12. Arsenio Erico (Paraguay) 13. Dixie Dean (England) 14. Angel Labruna (Argentina) 15. Uwe Seeler (West Germany) 16. Steve Bloomer (England) 17. Luigi Riva (Italy) 18. Bimbo Binder (Austria) 19. Just Fontaine (France) 20. Bernabe Ferreyra (Argentina) 21. Denis Law (Scotland) 22. Gabriel Batistuta (Argentina) 23. Hugo Sánchez (Mexico) 24. Vivian Woodward (England) 25. Leonidas (Brazil) 26. Alberto Spencer (Ecuador) 27. Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine) 28. Ademir Marques de Menezes (Brazil) 29. Jurgen Klinsmann (Germany) 30. Arthur Friedenreich (Brazil) 31. Ian Rush (Wales) 32. Gyorgy Sarosi (Hungary) 33. Mario Kempes (Argentina) 34. Jose Altafini (Brazil) 35. Gary Lineker (England) 36. Manuel Seoane (Argentina) 37. Hughie Gallagher (Scotland) 38. Telmo Zarra (Spain) 39. Tommy Lawton (England) 40. Imre Schlosser (Hungary) 41. Careca (Brazil) 42. Rene Pontoni (Argentina) 43. Eduard Streltsov (USSR) 44. Abe Lenstra (Holland) 45. Jose Sanfillipo (Argentina) 46. Jean-Pierre Papin (France) 47. Ruud van Nistelrooy (Holland) 48. Luis Artime (Argentina) 49. Ferenc Deak (Hungary) 50. Max Morlock (West Germany) 51. Wlodzimierz Lubanski (Poland) 52. Anton Schall (Austria) 53. Adolfo Baloncieri (Italy 54. Kick Smit (Holland) 55. Hans Horvath (Austria) 56. Roberto Bettega (Italy) 57. Herminio Masantonio (Argentina) 58. Gyula Zsengellér (Hungary) 59. David Villa (Spain) 60. George Weah (Liberia) 61. Fernando Peyroteo (Portugal) 62. Preben Elkjær-Larsen (Denmark) 63. Isidoro Langara (Spain) 64. Jimmy McGrory (Scotland) 65. Paolo Rossi (Italy) 66. Emilio Butragueno (Spain) 67. Ferenc Szusza (Hungary) 68. Paulino Alcantara (Spain) 69. Ernst Pohl (Poland) 70. Georgi Asparukhov (Bulgaria) 71. Raymond Braine (Belgium) 72. Bep Bakhuys (Holland) 73. Lajos Tichy (Hungary) 74. Pedro Petrone (Uruguay) 75. Christian Vieri (Italy) 76. Ernst Willimowski (Poland) 77. Samuel Eto’o (Cameroon) 78. Stan Mortensen (England) 79. Sven Rydell (Sweden) 80. Hernan Crespo (Argentina) 81. Edmund Conen (Germany) 82. Alan Shearer (England) 83. Pauli Jorgensen (Denmark) 84. Thadee Cisowski (France) 85. Rudi Voller (Germany) 86. Jose Aguas (Portugal) 87. Vava (Brazil) 88. Pippo Inzaghi (Italy) 89. Reinaldo (Brazil) 90. Davor Suker (Croatia) 91. Fernando Morena (Uruguay) 92. Ole Madsen (Denmark) 93. Ove Kindvall (Sweden) 94. Roberto Dinamite (Brazil) 95. Gianluca Vialli Italy) 96. Jef Mermans (Belgium) 97. Iván Luis Zamorano (Chile) 98. Quini (Spain) 99. Klaus Fischer (West Germany) 100. Hans Krankl (Austria)
By nationality: Argentina (10) 14. Angel Labruna (Argentina) 20. Bernabe Ferreyra (Argentina) 22. Gabriel Batistuta (Argentina) 33. Mario Kempes (Argentina) 36. Manuel Seoane (Argentina) 42. Rene Pontoni (Argentina) 45. Jose Sanfillipo (Argentina) 48. Luis Artime (Argentina) 57. Herminio Masantonio (Argentina) 80. Hernan Crespo (Argentina) Brazil (10) 2. Ronaldo (Brazil) 7. Romario (Brazil) 25. Leonidas (Brazil) 28. Ademir Marques de Menezes (Brazil) 30. Arthur Friedenreich (Brazil) 34. Jose Altafini (Brazil) 41. Careca (Brazil) 87. Vava (Brazil) 89. Reinaldo (Brazil) 94. Roberto Dinamite (Brazil) England (8) 10. Jimmy Greaves (England) 13. Dixie Dean (England) 16. Steve Bloomer (England) 24. Vivian Woodward (England) 35. Gary Lineker (England) 39. Tommy Lawton (England) 78. Stan Mortensen (England) 82. Alan Shearer (England) Hungary (8) 1. Ferenc Puskas (Hungary) 8. Sandor Kocsis (Hungary) 32. Gyorgy Sarosi (Hungary) 40. Imre Schlosser (Hungary) 49. Ferenc Deak (Hungary) 58. Gyula Zsengellér (Hungary) 67. Ferenc Szusza (Hungary) 73. Lajos Tichy (Hungary) Italy (8) 9. Silvio Piola (Italy) 17. Luigi Riva (Italy) 53. Adolfo Baloncieri (Italy) 56. Roberto Bettega (Italy) 65. Paolo Rossi (Italy) 75. Christian Vieri (Italy) 88. Pippo Inzaghi (Italy) 95. Gianluca Vialli Italy) Germany (7) 3. Gerd Muller (West Germany) 15. Uwe Seeler (West Germany) 29. Jurgen Klinsmann (Germany) 50. Max Morlock (West Germany) 81. Edmund Conen (Germany) 85. Rudi Voller (Germany) 99. Klaus Fischer (West Germany) Spain (6) 38. Telmo Zarra (Spain) 59. David Villa (Spain) 63. Isidoro Langara (Spain) 66. Emilio Butragueno (Spain) 68. Paulino Alcantara (Spain) 98. Quini (Spain) Austria (5) 11. Pepi Bican (Austria) 18. Bimbo Binder (Austria) 52. Anton Schall (Austria) 55. Hans Horvath (Austria) 100. Hans Krankl (Austria) Holland (5) 4. Marco Van Basten (Holland) 44. Abe Lenstra (Holland) 47. Ruud van Nistelrooy (Holland) 54. Kick Smit (Holland) 72. Bep Bakhuys (Holland) Denmark (3) 62. Preben Elkjær-Larsen (Denmark) 83. Pauli Jorgensen (Denmark) 92. Ole Madsen (Denmark) France (3) 19. Just Fontaine (France) 46. Jean-Pierre Papin (France) 84. Thadee Cisowski (France) Poland (3) 51. Wlodzimierz Lubanski (Poland) 69. Ernst Pohl (Poland) 76. Ernst Willimowski (Poland) Portugal (3) 4. Eusebio (Portugal) 61. Fernando Peyroteo (Portugal) 86. Jose Aguas (Portugal) Scotland (3) 21. Denis Law (Scotland) 37. Hughie Gallagher (Scotland) 64. Jimmy McGrory (Scotland) Sweden (3) 6. Gunnar Nordahl (Sweden) 79. Sven Rydell (Sweden) 93. Ove Kindvall (Sweden) Belgium (2) 71. Raymond Braine (Belgium) 96. Jef Mermans (Belgium) Uruguay (2) 74. Pedro Petrone (Uruguay) 91. Fernando Morena (Uruguay) Bulgaria (1) 70. Georgi Asparukhov (Bulgaria) Cameroon (1) 77. Samuel Eto’o (Cameroon) Chile (1) 97. Iván Luis Zamorano (Chile) Croatia (1) 90. Davor Suker (Croatia) Ecuador (1) 26. Alberto Spencer (Ecuador) Liberia (1) 60. George Weah (Liberia) Mexico (1) 23. Hugo Sánchez (Mexico) Paraguay (1) 12. Arsenio Erico (Paraguay) Ukraine (1) 27. Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine) USSR (1) 43. Eduard Streltsov (USSR) Wales (1) 31. Ian Rush (Wales)
comme, i registered here just to tell you to edit your last two comments, please. Georgi Asparuhov is from Bulgaria not Romania and i'm very proud with that. He's the best Bulgarian player! I'll quote some from wiki: *Bulgaria is small country with population of 7-8 million.
Info on Fernando Peyroteo for all of you who don't know him: http://www.thefootballramble.com/dwhof/entrant/fernando-peyroteo
Been reading through the thread, very good work. One player stuck out to me, and by comparing his resume and those ranked above him, he appears extremely underrated, Jose Aguas. Leading scorer on his team in two European Cup winning campaigns, 267 goals in 262 games in for Benfica domestically. 5 league titles, 5 times top scorer. At the club level his career is very comparable with Eusebio's, although it is not at the intentional level. The votes for the 1961 Balon d'Or are shocking. Won the domestic league with 27 goals and won the European Cup scoring 11 goals but he is tied for 10th place in the Balon d'Or voting. Why did he not get the same type of recognition Eusebio later got for similar exploits? The next year he again captained Benfica to the European cup, this time joined by Eusebio. He scored more goals domestically and in Europe than Eusebio but was voted tied for 11th for the 1962 Balon d'Or while Eusebio nearly won it, coming in a narrow second. Bottom line, to me it looks like his club accomplishments alone should be good enough to get him into the top 50 or so, especially when you compare his accomplishments to guys like Weah and Butragueno.
I firmly believe that if this was based on ability alone, Shearer would be in the top 30. However I accept that a lack of major honours hinders him in this sense and that's the risk you take when opting to represent your boyhood club for the majority of your career. He could've played for most clubs in Europe in his prime. In his early years he was blessed with blistering pace which he lost after suffering an Achilles injury in the early nineties, and even without that he went on to not only be the Premier League's all time top goal scorer, but also England's best ever striker (IMO).
I'm over a decade late but I wanted to give my opinions on this. I honestly dont see the argument for Ronaldo Nazario over Romario or Gerd Muller. Yes ability wise hes better then both but they both had much better careers and much better goalscorers.
Yeah, obviously this is a bump of a very old thread, but that stuck out to me too, particularly with regards to Gerd Muller. I think Muller is below Puskas, but I don’t think he’s below Ronaldo Nazario. I’m a bit of a Gerd Muller evangelist though, but I just find his goalscoring record unbelievably compelling, and it gets more compelling the more you dig in (in part because his teams really didn’t do well or score much without him, so it really wasn’t a scenario like with top strikers on this era’s super teams).
Well I don't think there is much between Muller and Ronaldo. The Brazilian was the more individual and exciting player but the German was a more single-minded goalscorer. I think Romario is hurt by the fact that he only really played one season at the very top level in Europe, at a time when the power dynamic was shifting decisively away from South America. I personally think it's hard to make a case to put him ahead of Ronaldo.