Ballon d'Or awards revisited by BigSoccer users

Ferenc Puskas ... Ballon D'or elected in 1952, 1953 at Least by Big Soccer Users :




Ferenc Puskas spoke with Zizinho and other Brazilian players..in 1957

On the Budapest Honved tour of Brazil in 1957


From what he said to Zizinho


that he played as a defender in some matches At the beginning of his career ..Kispest Honved 40's

But he didn't like it very much


But it was cool to have and know the experience of playing as a defender for a while .as Lorant ...Lantos ...


Ferenc Puskas at the height of his career in 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954 and 1995 " 1953 England 3 x 6 Hungary Away Game the Match of the Century XX " nd " Hungary 7 x 1 England Home Game in 1954 "... he liked to dribble a lot... and give a lot of passes to his teammates ...Pre-Assists ... and Long-Range-Balls ... Bow and Arrow at the same time .
he played as an extreme left winger sometimes Like Gento , Zoltan Czibor
attacking midfielder

Left central midfielder
second midfielder

second striker

Complete Forward ...
Deep Lying-Forward ..


he disarmed well..
Team Work
made interceptions
composure
had sprint speed
agility
he was very stronger
Ball Control Skills
Dribbling Skills .alot
Decisions
Faster
The famous sombreros with the dominance of Nose always " Ball Control Of Nose and Sombreros "

he showed this play

for Zizinho
in training 1957

Long-Range-Balls ...
Vision accuracy %
Technique
Stamina
Endurance
BodyBalance
Crossing in speed
Plays one-twos
Passes attacking deep
Corner_kick taking
Free-Kick..Taking ..
Curve
Leadership
Aggression
Positioning
Responsa..
Marking
Tackling
Bravery
Determination
Anticipating
Work Ethic
Finishing
Long Shots
Shoot Power
Shot Technique
Acceleration
Sprint Speed
Dribbling Skills


He was a total player or A Total Footballer Almost ... until 1955


Zizinho was extremely impressive with Puskas abilities in general .

later at Real Madrid ...
He was more ++ Lethal, Colder and Experienced already in Big Matches ... " superb Decision-Making- Power " The King of the Big Finals .


But dribbled much less +++ tackled much less Ran much less +++
had much less agility and mobility ..stamina ..endurance ..team work job ... speed ...


It's good that Puskas at Least has maintained high-level in playmaking moment .. What a Vision always so many many Assists for Real Madrid .

even more Fat already . ..

he told Zizinho.. after 1956 he became obsessed with scoring goals..aLot



at Real Madrid he was more ++the Center Forward


or a False Nine sometimes

the same happened with Romario from 1995 onwards.. until 2004 ..

 

Why Ferenc Puskas was elected the Ballon D'Or in 1953 by Big Soccer Users ? :










I believe Carlito 86 Should know for sure...


by SofaScoreRatings..

Who has the most ++++++ Key-Passes possible in a single game... " the maximum Record " ???


Ferenc Puskas...

has 13 Key-Passes
made during this 20th Century match
and more +++

with 8 Big chances created at all..


England 3 x 6 Hungary in 1953 i guess november 25th


on SofaScoreRatings ..Criteria ..

Who has more ++++
in this metric so far there

Lionel Messi, Cruyff, Maradona, Overath, Neymar Jr or Pelé maybe????



Ferenc Puskas ... Ballon D'or by Users ...from this Thread .

 

Here are some of the things posted previously on Big Soccer:
https://www.bigsoccer.com/threads/a...r-match-reports.1994303/page-14#post-39440139
https://www.bigsoccer.com/threads/a...r-match-reports.1994303/page-14#post-39388442
https://www.bigsoccer.com/threads/a...er-match-reports.1994303/page-2#post-28753562
https://www.bigsoccer.com/threads/a...er-match-reports.1994303/page-3#post-28789777
https://www.bigsoccer.com/threads/r...-report-and-statistics.2133269/#post-42642382
I don't remember exactly (on Big Soccer and elsewhere) where I saw every reference to young Di Stefano not being of the highest technical level, and maybe it's not completely straightforward (he has indicated improvement once he went to Colombia himself though) as on Kroos46's thread there are still mentions of him being 'skilled', while some guys still say he was not the most technical in his Real Madrid days, but I did pick up that narrative from a few different places at least - that he was not fully polished technically early on, and therefore Argentinians saw others as better than him in the 1940s....

 

The record for a modern player is 12 in a single match.

By Mesut Özil
https://www.whoscored.com/Matches/4...mpions-League-2010-2011-Real-Madrid-Tottenham

In a Champions League QF with modern greats Gareth bale and Luka Modric in the opposing team(combining with a grand total of 0 key passes).

 

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I always talk here...

Ferenc Puskas was a true phenomenon..

WORLDWIDE


Super Genius


Best European Player of the 20th century and second best player of all time by L'Equipe



thank you by your informations Carlito 86 !

 

I don't think I will carry on with my vote, in which case you can count my previous years

 

I'll just add on the 1990 vote of @Kopaskas10 then given what he said today, resulting in this overall 1990s set of results (no changes in positions for 1990, after his vote of Matthaus-Maradona-Baresi-Van Basten-Gascoigne):

1990 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Lothar Matthaus (W.Germany/Inter Milan) - 258
2 Diego Maradona (Argentina/Napoli) - 163
3 Franco Baresi (Italy/AC Milan) - 106
4 Andreas Brehme (W.Germany/Inter Milan) - 65
5 Salvatore Schillaci (Italy/Juventus) - 28
6 Marco van Basten (Netherlands/AC Milan) - 25
7 Paul Gascoigne (England/Tottenham Hotspur) - 22
8 Hugo Sanchez (Mexico/Real Madrid) - 7
9 Roberto Baggio (Italy/Fiorentina/Juventus), Dragan Stojkovic (Yugoslavia/Red Star Belgrade/Marseille) - 6
11 Sergio Goycochea (Argentina/Millonarios/Racing Club de Avellanados), Frank Rijkaard (Netherlands/AC Milan) - 3
13 John Barnes (England/Liverpool), Roberto Donadoni (Italy/AC Milan), Jurgen Klinsmann (W.Germany/Inter Milan), Jean-Pierre Papin (France/Marseille) - 2
17 Bebeto (Brazil/Vasco da Gama), Guido Buchwald (W.Germany/Stuttgart), Enzo Francescoli (Uruguay/Marseille/Cagliari), Jurgen Kohler (W.Germany/Bayern Munich), Enzo Scifo (Belgium/Auxerre) - 1

1991 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Jean-Pierre Papin (France/Marseille) - 199
2 Lothar Matthaus (Germany/Inter Milan) - 183
3 Dejan Savicevic (Yugoslavia/Red Star Belgrade) - 146
4 Darko Pancev (Yugoslavia/Red Star Belgrade) - 52.5
5 Robert Prosinecki (Yugoslavia/Red Star Belgrade) - 36
6 Gianluca Vialli (Italy/Sampdoria) - 14.5
7 Roberto Mancini (Italy/Sampdoria) - 12
8 Chris Waddle (England/Marseille) - 10.5
9 Gabriel Batistuta (Argentina/Boca Juniors/Fiorentina) - 8
10 Michael Laudrup (Denmark/Barcelona) - 5.5
11 Frank Rijkaard (Netherlands/AC Milan) - 5
12 Rai (Brazil/Sao Paulo) - 4
13 Dennis Bergkamp (Netherlands/Ajax), Claudio Caniggia (Argentina/Atalanta), Hugo Sanchez (Mexico/Real Madrid) - 2
16 Roberto Baggio (Italy/Juventus), Stefan Effenberg (Germany/Bayern Munich), Paul Gascoigne (England/Tottenham Hotspur), Romario (Brazil/PSV Eindhoven), Oscar Ruggeri (Argentina/Velez Sarsfield), Hristo Stoichkov (Bulgaria/Barcelona) - 1

1992 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Marco van Basten (Netherlands/AC Milan) - 191
2 Michael Laudrup (Denmark/Barcelona) - 128
3 Hristo Stoichkov (Bulgaria/Barcelona) - 120
4 Dennis Bergkamp (Netherlands/Ajax) - 107
5 Peter Schmeichel (Denmark/Manchester United) - 42
6 Rai (Brazil/Sao Paulo) - 30
7 Ronald Koeman (Netherlands/Barcelona) - 16.5
8 Frank Rijkaard (Netherlands/AC Milan) - 10.5
9 Thomas Hassler (Germany/Roma) - 5.5
10 Ruud Gullit (Netherlands/AC Milan) - 5
11 Paolo Maldini (Italy/AC Milan) - 4
12 Bebeto (Brazil/Vasco da Gama/Deportivo La Coruna), Brian Laudrup (Denmark/Bayern Munich/Fiorentina) - 3
14 Roberto Baggio (Italy/Juventus), Franco Baresi (Italy/AC Milan), Junior (Brazil/Flamengo) - 1
17 Enzo Scifo (Belgium/Torino) - 0.5

1993 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Roberto Baggio (Italy/Juventus) - 261
2 Dennis Bergkamp (Netherlands/Ajax/Inter Milan) - 107
3 Romario (Brazil/PSV Eindhoven/Barcelona) - 77
4 Michael Laudrup (Denmark/Barcelona) - 70
5 Eric Cantona (France/Manchester United) - 49.5
6 Paolo Maldini (Italy/AC Milan) - 24.5
7 Hristo Stoichkov (Bulgaria/Barcelona) - 19
8 Alen Boksic (Croatia/Marseille/Lazio) - 16
9 Franco Baresi (Italy/AC Milan) - 15
10 Abedi Pele (Ghana/Marseille/Lyon) - 7
11 Bebeto (Brazil/Deportivo La Coruna), Carlos Valderrama (Colombia/Independiente Medellin/Atletico Junior) - 5
13 Cafu (Brazil/Sao Paulo), Franck Sauzee (France/Marseille/Atalanta) - 4
15 Ruud Gullit (Netherlands/AC Milan/Sampdoria) - 3
16 Rai (Brazil/Sao Paulo/Paris St Germain), Giussepe Signori (Italy/Lazio) - 2
18 Basile Boli (France/Marseille) - 1

1994 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Romario (Brazil/Barcelona) - 246
2 Hristo Stoichkov (Bulgaria/Barcelona) - 140
3 Roberto Baggio (Italy/Juventus) - 120
4 Paolo Maldini (Italy/AC Milan) - 95.5
5 Gheorghe Hagi (Romania/Brescia/Barcelona) - 34.5
6 Franco Baresi (Italy/AC Milan) - 6.5
7 Michael Laudrup (Denmark/Barcelona/Real Madrid), Giuseppe Signori (Italy/Lazio) - 5
9 Bebeto (Brazil/Deportivo La Coruna) - 4.5
10 Eric Cantona (France/Manchester United) - 3
11 Ruud Gullit (Netherlands/Sampdoria/AC Milan) - 2.5
12 Jose Luis Chilavert (Paraguay/Velez Sarsfield), Jurgen Klinsmann (Germany/Monaco/Tottenham Hotspur), Jari Litmanen (Finland/Ajax) - 2
15 Tomas Brolin (Sweden/Parma) - 1.5
16 Dejan Savicevic (Yugoslavia/AC Milan) - 1

1995 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Jari Litmanen (Finland/Ajax) - 202
2 George Weah (Liberia/Paris St Germain/AC Milan) - 133
3 Jurgen Klinsmann (Germany/Tottenham Hotspur/Bayern Munich) - 72
4 Michael Laudrup (Denmark/Real Madrid) - 54.5
5 Ronaldo (Brazil/PSV Eindhoven) - 37
6 Paolo Maldini (Italy/AC Milan) - 30
7 Enzo Francescoli (Uruguay/River Plate) - 28
8 Gianfranco Zola (Italy/Parma) - 23
9 Alan Shearer (England/Blackburn Rovers) - 21.5
10 Matthias Sammer (Germany/Borussia Dortmund) - 17
11 Frank Rijkaard (Netherlands/Ajax) - 14
12 Alessandro Del Piero (Italy/Juventus) - 8
13 Gianluca Vialli (Italy/Juventus) - 7
14 Patrick Kluivert (Netherlands/Ajax) - 5
15 Tulio Maravilha (Brazil/Botafogo), Dejan Savicevic (Yugoslavia/AC Milan) - 4
17 Gabriel Batistuta (Argentina/Fiorentina), Brian Laudrup (Denmark/Rangers) - 3
19 Marc Overmars (Netherlands/Ajax) - 2
20 Rudi Voller (Germany/Bayer Leverkusen), Ivan Zamorano (Chile/Real Madrid) - 1

1996 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Matthias Sammer (Germany/Borussia Dortmund) - 188
2 Ronaldo (Brazil/PSV Eindhoven/Barcelona) - 123.5
3 Alan Shearer (England/Blackburn Rovers/Newcastle United) - 89.5
4 George Weah (Liberia/AC Milan) - 78.5
5 Alessandro Del Piero (Italy/Juventus) - 55
6 Jari Litmanen (Finland/Ajax) - 38
7 Jurgen Klinsmann (Germany/Bayern Munich) - 33.5
8 Eric Cantona (France/Manchester United) - 29
9 Jose Luis Chilavert (Paraguay/Velez Sarsfield), Davor Suker (Croatia/Sevilla/Real Madrid) - 4
11 Nwankwu Kanu (Nigeria/Ajax/Inter Milan), Paolo Maldini (Italy/AC Milan) - 3
13 Enzo Francescoli (Uruguay/River Plate), Predrag Mijatovic (Yugoslavia/Valencia/Real Madrid), Zinedine Zidane (France/Bordeaux/Juventus) - 2
16 Karel Poborsky (Czech Republic/Slavia Prague/Manchester United), Peter Schmeichel (Denmark/Manchester United) - 1

1997 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Ronaldo (Brazil/Barcelona/Inter Milan) - 260
2 Zinedine Zidane (France/Juventus) - 135
3 Roberto Carlos (Brazil/Real Madrid) - 82
4 Dennis Bergkamp (Netherlands/Arsenal) - 61
5 Romario (Brazil/Valencia/Flamengo) - 33
6 Predrag Mijatovic (Yugoslavia/Real Madrid) - 28
7 Andreas Moller (Germany/Borussia Dortmund) - 9
8 Alessandro Del Piero (Italy/Juventus), Raul (Spain/Real Madrid), Peter Schmeichel (Denmark/Manchester United) - 6
11 Rivaldo (Brazil/Deportivo La Coruna), Marcelo Salas (Chile/River Plate), Alan Shearer (England/Newcastle United) - 5
14 Edmundo (Brazil/Vasco da Gama), Lilian Thuram (France/Parma), Gianfranco Zola (Italy/Parma/Chelsea) - 4
17 Angelo Peruzzi (Italy/Juventus), Davor Suker (Croatia/Real Madrid) - 2
19 Eric Cantona (France/Manchester United), Didier Deschamps (France/Juventus), Luis Figo (Portugal/Barcelona), Jurgen Kohler (Germany/Borussia Dortmund) - 1

1998 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Zinedine Zidane (France/Juventus) - 219
2 Ronaldo (Brazil/Inter Milan) - 208
3 Dennis Bergkamp (Netherlands/Arsenal) - 71
4 Davor Suker (Croatia/Real Madrid) - 58
5 Alessandro Del Piero (Italy/Juventus) - 46
6 Rivaldo (Brazil/Barcelona) - 43
7 Lilian Thuram (France/Parma) - 22
8 Gabriel Batistuta (Argentina/Fiorentina), Michael Owen (England/Liverpool) - 5
10 Emmanuel Petit (France/Arsenal), Fernando Redondo (Argentina/Real Madrid), Roberto Carlos (Brazil/Real Madrid) - 4
13 Fabien Barthez (France/Monaco), Predrag Mijatovic (Yugoslavia/Real Madrid) - 3
15 Edgar Davids (Netherlands/AC Milan/Juventus) - 1

1999 Ballon d'Or Revisited Big Soccer# panel consensus
1 Rivaldo (Brazil/Barcelona) - 254
2 David Beckham (England/Manchester United) - 154
3 Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine/Dynamo Kiev/AC Milan) - 82
4 Gabriel Batistuta (Argentina/Fiorentina) - 60.5
5 Luis Figo (Portugal/Barcelona) - 45
6 Roy Keane (Republic of Ireland/Manchester United) - 35
7 Raul (Spain/Real Madrid) - 17
8 Ryan Giggs (Wales/Manchester United) - 13
9 Zinedine Zidane (France/Juventus) - 10
10 Dwight Yorke (Trinidad&Tobago/Aston Villa/Manchester United) - 8
11 Alex de Souza (Brazil/Palmeiras) - 3
12 Lothar Matthaus (Germany/Bayern Munich) - 2
13 Peter Schmeichel (Denmark/Manchester United/Sporting Lisbon) - 1.5
14 Pavel Nedved (Czech Republic/Lazio), Ronaldo (Brazil/Inter Milan) - 1

 

2000s standings, with Titanlux's newly-finalised votes for up to 2005, the point he has now reached (as on his thread), taken account of with the necessary adjustments for differences to his previous set of provisional votes for that period:

2000 Ballon d'Or Revisited panel consensus
1 Zinedine Zidane (France/Juventus) - 260
2 Luis Figo (Portugal/Barcelona/Real Madrid) - 253
3 Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine/AC Milan) - 73
4 Rivaldo (Brazil/Barcelona) - 57
5 Francesco Totti (Italy/Roma) - 46
6 Romario (Brazil/Flamengo/Vasco da Gama) - 41
7 Raul (Spain/Real Madrid) - 21
8 Thierry Henry (France/Arsenal) - 19
9 Alessandro Nesta (Italy/Lazio) - 13
10 Fernando Redondo (Argentina/Real Madrid/AC Milan) - 10
11 Gabriel Batistuta (Argentina/Fiorentina/Roma), Juan Roman Riquelme (Argentina/Boca Juniors) - 7
13 Gaizka Mendieta (Spain/Valencia) - 4
14 Pavel Nedved (Czech Republic/Lazio), Juan Sebastian Veron (Argentina/Lazio) - 3
16 Fabien Barthez (France/Monaco/Manchester United), Djalminha (Brazil/Deportivo La Coruna), Ryan Giggs (Wales/Manchester United), Mario Jardel (Brazil/Porto/Gatatasaray) - 1

2001 Ballon d'Or Revisited panel consensus
1 Luis Figo (Portugal/Real Madrid) - 208
2 Raul (Spain/Real Madrid) - 188
3 Michael Owen (England/Liverpool) - 104
4 Oliver Kahn (Germany/Bayern Munich), Zinedine Zidane (France/Juventus/Real Madrid) - 88
6 Francesco Totti (Roma/Italy) - 55
7 David Beckham (England/Manchester United) - 27
8 Rivaldo (Brazil/Barcelona) - 23
9 Juan Roman Riquelme (Argentina/Boca Juniors) - 13
10 Gabriel Batistuta (Argentina/Roma), Stefan Effenberg (Germany/Bayern Munich), Gaizka Mendieta (Spain/Valencia/Lazio), Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine/AC Milan) - 4
14 Thierry Henry (France/Arsenal), Pavel Nedved (Czech Republic/Lazio/Juventus), Roberto Carlos (Brazil/Real Madrid) - 2
17 Robert Pires (France/Arsenal), Romario (Brazil/Vasco da Gama) - 1

2002 Ballon d'Or Revisited panel consensus
1 Zinedine Zidane (France/Real Madrid) - 187
2 Ronaldo (Brazil/Inter Milan/Real Madrid) - 165
3 Michael Ballack (Germany/Bayer Leverkusen/Bayern Munich) - 159
4 Roberto Carlos (Brazil/Real Madrid) - 140
5 Oliver Kahn (Germany/Bayern Munich) - 102
6 Rivaldo (Brazil/Barcelona/AC Milan) - 28
7 Thierry Henry (France/Arsenal) - 15
8 Robert Pires (France/Arsenal) - 6
9 Ruud van Nistelrooy (Netherlands/Manchester United) - 5
10 Raul (Spain/Real Madrid), Ronaldinho (Brazil/Paris St Germain) - 4
12 David Beckham (England/Manchester United), Cafu (Brazil/Roma) - 1

2003 Ballon d'Or Revisited panel consensus
1 Thierry Henry (France/Arsenal) - 251
2 Pavel Nedved (Czech Republic/Juventus) - 213
3 Zinedine Zidane (France/Real Madrid) - 142
4 Paolo Maldini (Italy/AC Milan) - 71
5 Ruud van Nistelrooy (Netherlands/Manchester United) - 63
6 Ronaldo (Brazil/Real Madrid) - 42
7 Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine/AC Milan) - 16
8 Raul (Spain/Real Madrid) - 8
9 Gianluigi Buffon (Italy/Juventus) - 6
10 Carlos Tevez (Argentina) - 3
11 Alex de Souza (Brazil/Cruzeiro) - 2
12 Deco (Portugal/Porto), Ronaldinho (Brazil/Paris St Germain/Barcelona), Patrick Vieira (France/Arsenal) - 1

2004 Ballon d'Or Revisited panel consensus
1 Thierry Henry (France/Arsenal) - 250
2 Ronaldinho (Brazil/Barcelona) - 188
3 Deco (Portugal/Porto/Barcelona) - 157
4 Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine/AC Milan) - 156
5 Pavel Nedved (Czech Republic/Juventus) - 18
6 Adriano (Brazil/Parma/Inter Milan) - 14
7 Kaka (Brazil/AC Milan), Patrick Vieira (France/Arsenal) - 7
9 Ricardo Carvalho (Portugal/Porto/Chelsea), Theo Zagarakis (Greece/AEK Athens/Bologna) - 4
11 Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast/Marseille/Chelsea), Fernando Morientes (Spain/Real Madrid/Monaco), Carlos Tevez (Argentina/Boca Juniors) - 3
14 Alessandro Nesta (Italy/AC Milan) - 2
15 Ruben Baraja (Spain/Valencia), Angelos Charisteas (Greece/Werder Bremen), Zinedine Zidane (France/Real Madrid) - 1

2005 Ballon d'Or Revisited panel consensus
1 Ronaldinho (Brazil/Barcelona) - 298
2 Frank Lampard (England/Chelsea) - 198
3 Steven Gerrard (England/Liverpool) - 131
4 Thierry Henry (France/Arsenal) - 77
5 Adriano (Brazil/Inter Milan) - 42
6 Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine/AC Milan) - 16
7 Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon/Barcelona) - 15
8 Kaka (Brazil/AC Milan) - 12
9 Paolo Maldini (Italy/AC Milan) - 8
10 Juan Roman Riquelme (Argentina/Villarreal), John Terry (England/Chelsea) - 7
12 Mark van Bommel (Netherlands/PSV Eindhoven/Barcelona) - 4
13 Xavi (Spain/Barcelona) - 3
14 Petr Cech (Czech Republic/Chelsea), Rogerio Ceni (Brazil/Sao Paulo) - 1

2006 Ballon d'Or Revisited panel consensus
1 Ronaldinho (Brazil/Barcelona) - 225
2 Fabio Cannavaro (Italy/Juventus/Real Madrid) - 176
3 Thierry Henry (France/Arsenal) - 136
4 Zinedine Zidane (France/Real Madrid) - 89
5 Gianluigi Buffon (Italy/Juventus) - 79
6 Andrea Pirlo (Italy/AC Milan) - 46
7 Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon/Barcelona) - 39
8 Miroslav Klose (Germany/Werder Bremen) - 10
9 Kaka (Brazil/AC Milan) - 8
10 Juan Roman Riquelme (Argentina/Villarreal) - 3
11 Deco (Portugal/Barcelona), Steven Gerrard (England/Liverpool), Frank Lampard (England/Chelsea), Wayne Rooney (England/Manchester United) - 2

2007 Ballon d'Or Revisited panel consensus
1 Kaka (Brazil/AC Milan) - 332
2 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Manchester United) - 230
3 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona) - 122
4 Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast/Chelsea) - 62
5 Francesco Totti (Italy/Roma) - 52
6 Andrea Pirlo (Italy/AC Milan) - 38
7 Ronaldinho (Brazil/Barcelona) - 18
8 Clarence Seedorf (Netherlands/AC Milan) - 7
9 Steven Gerrard (England/Liverpool), Ruud van Nistelrooy (Netherlands/Real Madrid) - 4
11 Filippo Inzaghi (Italy/AC Milan), Adrian Mutu (Romania/Fiorentina), Juan Roman Riquelme (Argentina/Villarreal/Boca Juniors) - 2
14 Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden/Inter Milan), Paul Scholes (England/Manchester United) - 1

2008 Ballon d'Or Revisited panel consensus
1 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Manchester United) - 342
2 Fernando Torres (Spain/Liverpool) - 166
3 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona) - 163
4 Xavi (Spain/Barcelona) - 115
5 Iker Casillas (Spain/Real Madrid) - 41
6 Frank Lampard (England/Chelsea) - 10
7 Andrey Arshavin (Russia/Zenit St Petersburg), Franck Ribery (France/Bayern Munich) - 8
9 David Villa (Spain/Valencia) - 6
10 Cesc Fabregas (Spain/Arsenal), Kaka (Brazil/AC Milan) - 5
12 Steven Gerrard (England/Liverpool), Wayne Rooney (England/Manchester United) - 3
14 Juan Roman Riquelme (Argentina/Boca Juniors), Marcos Senna (Spain/Villarreal), Luca Toni (Italy/Bayern Munich) - 1

2009 Ballon d'Or Revisited panel consensus
1 Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona) - 324
2 Xavi (Spain/Barcelona) - 218
3 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Manchester United/Real Madrid) - 142
4 Andres Iniesta (Spain/Barcelona) - 97
5 Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon/Barcelona/Inter Milan) - 65
6 Steven Gerrard (England/Liverpool), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden/Inter Milan/Barcelona), Kaka (Brazil/AC Milan/Real Madrid), Frank Lampard (England/Chelsea) - 6
10 Dani Alves (Brazil/Barcelona), Carles Puyol (Spain/Barcelona) - 2
12 Xabi Alonso (Spain/Liverpool/Real Madrid), Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast/Chelsea), Luis Suarez (Uruguay/Ajax) - 1

 

I expected better from Didi

@PDG1978

🇸🇲 OS CRAQUES DO CAMPEONATO CARIOCA (1956-1963)

1956 - 💢 Bellini (CRV)
1957 - 🌟 Nilton Santos (BFR)
1958 - 🌟 Garrincha (BFR)
1959 - 🇭🇺 Castilho (FFC)
1960 - 🩸 João Carlos (AFC)
1961 - 🌟 Garrincha (BFR)
1962 - 🌟 Garrincha (BFR)
1963 - 🇭🇺 Castilho (FFC) pic.twitter.com/Xx9nkpLSFY

— Mané. (@Futboll_Arte) January 2, 2025

 

It's hard when you play alongside goat contenders for LB and RW in the same team. Although he did it at WC58 and CA59

 

Didi was the best in the World Cup, but he was the best player in the World in 1958

Em 30/12/1958, a Gazeta Esportiva, maior jornal de esportes do Brasil à época, elegeu os 10 maiores jogadores do mundo no ano. Segue a lista:

1. Pelé 🇧🇷
2. Garrincha 🇧🇷
3. Didi 🇧🇷
4. Kopa 🇫🇷
5. Fontaine 🇫🇷
6. Vavá 🇧🇷
7. Hamrin 🇸🇪
8. John Charles🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
9. Evaristo 🇧🇷
10. Mazzola 🇧🇷 pic.twitter.com/mD9dfL0L7L

— Luis  (@lufesssan) January 2, 2025

 

That is the list of 'official' Carioca players of the season I think mate is it? (even if maybe awarded by a newspaper or something?).

It makes sense given the number of times you discovered Nilton Santos had been given MOTM verdicts in 1957 that maybe Wikipedia had it wrong on Garrincha before and his were for 1958 (not 1957), 1961 and 1962, even if I think he is said to have starred in 1957 too.

Didi was in 3 teams of the tournament between 1956 and 1958 was he (obviously he wasn't in for the 1959 Carioca because he had gone to Real Madrid for the second half of the calendar year)? Or maybe you don't have the summary of who was in which XI each time yet?

Yeah, I remember seeing that Gazeta Esportiva vote for 1958 via Twitter before (I guess the voters being most familiar with Brazilian players, but also seeing and knowing about World Cup action, and ton an extent Serie A for example in Italy, given the name of John Charles being on the list, despite not being a star of the World Cup itself).
There was this too that was posted on the forum of course, from after the World Cup in 1958 (Didi specifically noted with a lower value than his level because of his age...which can apply too to Di Stefano, Liedholm.... - Nilton Santos himself too of course).

 

Didi was a pure playmaker, who dictated the pace of the game. This type of player has always been underrated when it comes to choosing the best, even more so in those days when there were few advanced stats.

 

Sure, yes.

 

Goalkeepers, dribblers and defenders. That's the threee categories that are favored in this type of rankings, especially for this time period that did not care about key passes percentages or things like that.
Dunno who Joao Carlos (of America FC?) is.

 

I don't remember if we have already done so. Have we voted on the ranking for 2024?

 

If this is for the 2023/24 season I’d like to submit my vote

1.)Vinicius Jr

2.)Jude Bellingham

3.)Harry Kane

4.)Kylian mbappe

5.)Florian Writz

6.)Bukayo saka

7.)Toni Kroos

8.)Phil Foden

9.)Cole palmer

10.)Lamine yamal

 

Understood. Thank you.

 

Thanks IceBlood34.
1.- Rodri
2.- Vinicius
3.- Bellingham
4.- Haaland
5.- Lamine Yamal