Daily Mail Top 50 players ever

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  1. Jonah_98

    Jonah_98 Member

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    For a player like (as an example) Puskas I rate the Central European International Cup (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_European_International_Cup) as high as the Euros. Rating criteria is quality and longevity. The list ist based on performances from 1950-2020, because there is rarely footage from before, not even on footbalia.net. So even if I read a lot about them, players like José Andrade, Giuseppe Meazza or Matthias Sindelar won't be included.

    1.) Pelé (3x World Cup, 2x Copa Libatadores)
    2.) Lionel Messi (4x Champions League)
    3.) Diego Maradona (1x World Cup)
    4.) Alfredo di Stéfano (1x Copa America, 5x Champions League)
    5.) Cristiano Ronaldo (1x Euros , 5x Champions League)
    6.) Johan Cruyff (3x Champions League)
    7.) Franz Beckenbauer (1x World Cup, 1x Euros, 3x Champions League)
    8.) Ronaldo (2x World Cup, 2x Copa America)
    9.) Ferenc Puskas (1x Euros, 3x Champions League)
    10.) Michel Platini (1x Euros, 1x Champions League)
    11.) Garrincha (2x World Cup)
    12.) Eusebio (1x Champions League)
    13.) Paolo Maldini (5x Champions League)
    14.) Lev Yashin (1x Euros)
    15.) Gerd Müller (1x World Cup, 1x Euros, 3x Champions League)
    16.) Zico (1x Copa Libatadores)
    17.) Zinédine Zidane (1x World Cup, 1x Euros, 1x Champions League)
    18.) Romario (1x World Cup, 2x Copa America)
    19.) George Best (1x Champions League)
    20.) Bobby Charlton (1x World Cup, 1x Champions League)
    21.) Lothar Matthäus (1x World Cup, 1x Euros)
    22.) Franco Baresi (1x World Cup, 3x Champions League)
    23.) Xavi (1x World Cup, 2x Euros, 4x Champions League)
    24.) Nilton Santos (2x World Cup, 1x Copa America)
    25.) Stanley Matthews (/)
    26.) Marco van Basten (1x Euros, 2x Champions League)
    27.) Bobby Moore (1x World Cup)
    28.) Djalma Santos (2x World Cup)
    29.) Gianluigi Buffon (1x World Cup)
    30.) Cafu (2x World Cup, 2x Copa America, 1x Champions League, 2x Copa Libatadores)
    31.) Andres Iniesta (1x World Cup, 2x Euros, 4x Champions League)
    32.) Jozsef Bozsik (1x Euros)
    33.) Ronaldinho (1x World Cup, 1x Copa America, 1x Champions League)
    34.) Didi (2x World Cup, 1x Champions League)
    35.) Mario Coluna (2x Champions League)
    36.) Michael Laudrup (1x Champions League)
    37.) Giancinto Facchetti (1x Euros, 2x Champions League)
    38.) Paco Gento (1x Euros, 6x Champions League)
    39.) Frank Rijkaard (1x Euros, 3x Champions League)
    40.) Philipp Lahm (1x World Cup, 1x Champions League)
    41.) Jairzinho (1x World Cup)
    42.) Iker Casillas (1x World Cup, 2x Euros, 3x Champions League)
    43.) Dragan Dzajic (/)
    44.) Roberto Baggio (/)
    45.) Laszlo Kubala (/)
    46.) Johan Neeskens (3x Champions League)
    47.) Nandor Hidegkuti (1x Euros)
    48.) Carlos Alberto (1x World Cup)
    49.) Raymond Kopa (3x Champions League)
    50.) Elias Figueroa (/)
     
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  2. PDG1978

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    Thanks mate, for the contribution to the thread and the vote.

    Yes, as you suggest, taking out of consideration players that played in times that mean we can't see any significant footage of them could be another way to make things more comparable.

    To be honest we are past the stage of tallying up votes now, as I basically closed off voting and the tallying up of scores from the combination of all the votes quite a while ago, and a few other votes didn't get used to add to the tallies either (actually including the one of wm I referred to myself today I think).

    The contribution is welcome though anyway
     
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  3. wm442433

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    @PDG1978 , good to see your updated list (wich was planned since some time I think) and thanks for the combination of our lists and all.
    We can see Kaka-Sheva making a pair again.

    PS : Atari ST or Amiga?
     
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  5. PDG1978

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    Haha, no actually for me it was Commodore 64 and Sega MegaDrive/Game Gear!
     
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  6. PDG1978

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  7. wm442433

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    I like seeing the gap between Shevchenko and Henry to be reduced too with the combination so there's not really a gap anymore, compared to my list alone (10 ranks diff) .

    Atari ST-E and Megadrive.
     
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  9. PDG1978

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    #2059 PDG1978, Jun 19, 2020
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    Yeah, even if we combine our overall points allocated (on the basis of 125 points for 1st place etc etc, not just the top 50s of our lists as per the original scoring on the thread), they would be 7 places apart which is the same as in my list even though we both had Henry ahead. I suppose you had some players ahead of Shevchenko and I had some different ones so he can rise above some from both lists.

    This is how it'd have been if doing that, and allowing inclusion of players only one of us listed in the 125 (it is not until around 60th that any of those get a mention, when a few of the defensive players I slotted in quite high would be having a high enough points total - I do definitely see the idea of attacking and creative midfield players being the most highly valued though even if occasionally a defender goes for a lot of money relative to others in the game in general - Van Dijk, Nesta, Rio Ferdinand and suchlike). Only when players would be on equal points have I split them according to whether they appear in both lists (and secondly according to the highest placing in a single list; after that if still equal then also considering a comparison of your extended list of names and my general idea of my own - somehow quite a lot of players would be equal on points actually and Van Basten/Puskas cannot really be split at all so are kind of equal 9th/10th really!).

    1st to 50th
    Pele
    Cruyff
    Maradona
    Messi
    Platini
    Di Stefano
    Beckenbauer
    Zidane
    Van Basten
    Puskas
    Ronaldo
    Eusebio
    C.Ronaldo
    Zico
    Ronaldinho
    Gullit
    M.Laudrup
    Best
    Garrincha
    Charlton
    Rummenigge
    Rivera
    Muller
    Baggio
    Romario
    Kopa
    Bergkamp
    Meazza
    Henry
    Rivelino
    Weah
    Schiaffino
    Didi
    Rivaldo
    Kaka
    Shevchenko
    Matthaus
    Socrates
    Dzajic
    Jairzinho
    Tostao
    Kubala
    Figo
    Dalglish
    Kempes
    Totti
    Finney
    Hagi
    Sarosi
    Hidegkuti

    51st to 125th
    Sindelar
    Neeskens
    Zizinho
    Moreno
    Iniesta
    Matthews
    Savicevic
    Raul
    Baresi
    Albert
    Moore
    Yashin
    Gerson
    Suarez Miramontes
    Xavi
    Nedved
    Maldini
    Sivori
    S.Mazzola
    Falcao
    Cafu
    Keegan
    Klinsmann
    Charles
    Schuster
    Schmeichel
    Cubillas
    Deyna
    Leonidas
    Rijkaard
    Stojkovic
    Friedenreich
    V.Mazzola
    Ben Barek
    Scarone
    Banks
    Kocsis
    Simonsen
    Blokhin
    Tigana
    Cantona
    Fontaine
    Bozsik
    Vieira
    Del Piero
    Redondo
    Greaves
    Streltsov
    Lineker
    Susic
    Edwards
    Pedernera
    Pires
    Krol
    Rensenbrink
    Pirlo
    Scirea
    Netzer
    Beckham
    Hoddle
    Giggs
    Gren
    C.Alberto
    B.Laudrup
    Riquelme
    Sammer
    Neymar
    Liedholm
    Suarez
    Andrade
    Francescoli
    Batistuta
    Stoichkov
    Law
    Julinho

    The rest of the players we included (including just a couple that are in both lists)
    Careca
    Buffon
    Giresse
    Breitner
    Ceulemans
    Rossi
    Cerezo
    Ademir
    Piola
    Walter
    Piendebene
    Robben
    Ballack
    Ibrahimovic
    Bican
    Seeler
    Rui Costa
    Scifo
    Bobek
    Gascoigne
    Junior
    Elkjaer
    Ferrari
    Suker
    Littbarski
    Jair Rosa Pinto
    Masopust
    Overath
    Van Hanegem
    Figueroa
    Erico
    Bebeto
    Lubanski
    Barnes
    Orsi
    Butragueno
    Robertson
    Seedorf
    Wilkes
    Hamrin
    Gento
    Nordahl
    Ocwirk
    Riva
    Bettega
    Shilton
    Varallo


    Top 5 MegaDrive games? I will go with....
    Micro Machines 2
    Sonic the Hedgehog (original version)
    PGA European Tour Golf
    Brian Lara Cricket
    And in 5th I will say FIFA (96 maybe?) even though to be fair the later ones on the Playstation half a decade or so later were better really!

    Maybe I forget some good ones though now. I played Outrun on the Game Gear not the MegaDrive if I remember correctly.

    I won't reminisce about Commodore 64 games, even though probably you could play a few of the same ones on an Atari ST....
     
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  10. wm442433

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    Thanks, I'll watch a bit later. I had noticed this channel lately, then lost sight of it and I did not see this new one. Seems that the uploader could have more of him in the future as it is one of his main players.
     
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  11. wm442433

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    Major improvement for Cruyff, Platini stays at #5, Zidane at #8, + 1 for Zico, Ronaldo falls at #11, CR stays at #13.
    Of course, my extended list was like a general idea as well (but still I precise it again here).

    Favs on Megadrive II were the only 4 games I had : Aladdin, NHL 95, NBA Live 95 and yes, FIFA 96! I thought it was a good game, you could do real football actions with training (I did ahah) and preventing yourself to shoot from the corners.
    Too many games on Atari really (really much much games + exchanges with a neighbour who had the ST-F). But I'll cite Buggy Boy, Rick Dangerous, Microprose Soccer (!), Man Utd manager something a bit later, Kick-off (neighbour), Gauntlet II, North & South... Bombjack... BlackJack was gloomy... Space Harrier, Outrun (but I was poor at it, Lotus 2000 was easier), Xenon/ Starglider... too manys yes that spread to mind. Ikari Warriors...

    I had a Playsation second hand during a couple of months and got rid of it as it was better indeed.

    There was a poker game too.
     
  12. PDG1978

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    Haha, I remember on Microprose Soccer (which I also had, on the C64) it was possible to do amazing 'banana shots' often! A lot of those early football games had those kind of characteristics, and in FIFA 96 I think it was that goals could be scored often from nearly on the touchline, on the wing. On International Soccer, on the C64, it was that you could do 'keepy uppies' with a players head from one penalty area to the other ('seal dribbles' you might say Puck!).

    Was NHL 95 a version of EA Ice Hockey (or EA Hockey as it'd be called originally in the USA I think)? The original EA Hockey would replace the Brian Lara game on my list now I think about it I think.

    I played Outrun (and Outrun Europa later) more on the Commodore 64 (C64) overall I think to be honest. Also Chase HQ - I played an 'arcade' game version of that in France too though I remember, on holiday in Brittany I think!

    Yes, in reality a number of players would be in both our extended lists I think (to briefly return to the subject of football players!): as well as several in mine that made your main list of 125, and vice versa (I remember I counted up and you named more than 300 players in total - I'd previously gone close to 250 at least I think anyway).
     
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  13. PDG1978

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    I seem to think I did play Buggy Boy on the Commodore 64 too now, and enjoyed it, but I can't be sure! I had a Lotus Esprit game I think, but not sure about Lotus 2000.
     
  14. PDG1978

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    Coincidentally I realise now that while my 125 was Pele to Susic, our combined top 100 would in theory also be Pele to Susic when calculated like that!
     
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  15. wm442433

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    oh yes, the banana shots ahah... also the rain...
    Lotus...something... Lotus esprit yes, maybe. The hockey game was an EA game yes.
     
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  16. PDG1978

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    Yeah, you just made me remember that!
     
  17. wm442433

    wm442433 Member+

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    yep, say it's different.
     
  18. PDG1978

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    Actually thinking about it 'seal dribbles' are more moving while balancing the ball on the head (unless it should really be the nose lol!) I suppose. Puck cited some Neeskens examples I remember, but I've also noticed it from Pele in some clips, inside the penalty area trying to get the ball into a position to shoot. On International Soccer it was a case of bouncing the ball repeatedly on the player's head, while running forwards at the same time.

    Anyway, yeah, EA Ice Hockey, the original, was based on International teams. I did win a little bit of money years later betting on teams based on how good they used to be in that game lol! I guess things change less in Ice Hockey than in football between generations! Wiggling the joypad around before shooting seemed to help on that game, but the strange thing was if an opponent starting hitting one of my players I could choose to just press a button to block him or even just stand there and be knocked over, but my player would still be sin-binned with the opponent! I guess apparently they agreed to start fighting (normally it was based on a foul by one player I think, or a barge).
     
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  19. wm442433

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    We can see that he acts like a libero of the midfield, soon just ahead of the defense (so the number 5 in his back makes sense), since his team must be leading at the scoresheet. By the end of the video he tries his luck in attack, probably since his team is loosing.

    He looks better in some post-82 games I think and at the Euro 80 (as for what are the existing videos available). With a bit less offensive players around him and a bit more players able to defend. Still, we have a good picture of his skills, and possible use of him.

    In this 1980 German Cup Final, he looks like the "Swiss knife" of his coach (Rehhagel) who asks him many different things depending on how evolve the scenario of the game, it seems. Since something like around 7:00 to 8:00 when they're loosing, he starts to press at the limit of making fouls, defends the same, a bit wildly (as he's supposed to resolve all the problems, and he's very young and wild, is Schuster yes, it's clearly him)... the game get away from them it seems.

    Most of all since when we take a look at the scoresheet, we understand : 2-1 for Fortuna (Cologne 26'. Fortuna 60', 65'). Cologne were the favorites we can guess and they've been trapped in 5 minutes.

    Perhaps @Jonah_98 is Ty St, the uploader?
     
  20. PuckVanHeel

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    #2070 PuckVanHeel, Jun 20, 2020
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    Despite allegiances they share (Real Madrid, Spain, Germany), I don't think so and it is a pretty poor list anyway. How is Garrincha 11th and Van Basten 25th? (the three times world player below many of his contemporaries, that is a joke, but typical for the downward revisionism on the internet) How is Neeskens and that list and not Gullit? In what alternative universe is Cafu a greater player than Rijkaard? How are the Santoses, the full backs, so much higher placed than Kopa? It is bad stuff but typical for these days and the new generations... Knocking down every Holland player and bumping up Brazil players...
     
  21. wm442433

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    Jonah has quite a similar list to Maldini, who is Spanish too, as we know.
    Anyway, I imagined Jonah could be the poster of these videos since he repped post #2060. + the coincidendes on the internet...
     
  22. PDG1978

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    I think at this stage maybe these are the names that would take me up to 200, but obviously it's really hard to be definitive about choosing 200 players (even according to our own criteria/opinions), because it is surely a close call between many players and also because various old legends seem to have a compelling case but it's hard to really verify it visually.

    Amoros
    J.Andrade
    Antognoni
    Ardiles
    Asparuhov
    Bene
    Blanc
    Blokhin
    Boniek
    Breitner
    Butragueno
    Caniggia
    Cannavaro
    Careca
    Cerezo
    Clodoaldo
    Coluna
    Czibor
    Dasaev
    Desailly
    Del Piero
    Eto'o
    Facchetti
    Gento
    Giannini
    Giresse
    Grosics
    Hamrin
    A.Hansen
    Hassler
    Hierro
    J.Johnstone
    Jorginho
    Julinho
    Keegan
    H.Larsson
    Lato
    Lawton
    Leonidas
    Lerby
    Litmanen
    Lizarazu
    Milla
    Nasazzi
    Nesta
    Netzer
    Neymar
    Owen
    Papin
    Pedernera
    Preud'homme
    Robben
    H.Sanchez
    D.Santos
    N.Santos
    Scarone
    Schuster
    Seedorf
    Shearer
    Simonsen
    Sivori
    Skoblar
    Sneijder
    Suarez Miramontes
    Tardelli
    Van Hanegem
    Van Nistelrooy
    Varela
    Vierchowod
    Vukas
    R.Zamora
    Zebec
    Zito
    Zoff
    Zola

    So for example I'm not really sure if I'd put Belanov in purely on peak anyway, but I guess when factoring in some sort of longevity factor that doesn't help him, while an opposite kind of case might be Thuram with good enough longevity but maybe I don't personally quite think of his absolute peak level/class highly enough to make a 200 with not a huge amount defenders considering it's still the main factor for me even if his versatility in defence (considered world class at right back and centre back) would help his case too. Maybe just adjusting my criteria a bit does make Thuram the more likely of those though, while I'd still consider it could be Belanov potentially if virtually 100% looking at peak as a player.
     
  23. PDG1978

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    Actually, that's probably not a definitive final list anyway, as it was just a dump of other names I'd written down when finalising the 125 before, but now I'm remembering I'd previously have had Francescoli in there for example and I don't see why I still wouldn't now (his longevity is ok too ultimately, even if his form seems to have been variable at different stages)!

    On the other hand Bohinen is another one who'd finally be taken more out of consideration with the extra emphasis added for longevity (even if still not a lot), while at one point I'd had him in contention at least based on my memories of his peak level.

    So in summary Francescoli especially, but also Thuram are examples of players I might switch in there easily, while Belanov and Bohinen might originally at least have been borderline but would not be among those I'd feel I could consider having in a list of 200 all in all (but on their best days or best spells of form then maybe).
     
  24. carlito86

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    #2074 carlito86, Jun 24, 2020
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    Unreal picture

    1487 goals

    563 assists

    9 champions league trophies

    16 league titles

    11 ballon dors

    11 times ballon dor runner up

    10 European golden shoes

    13 times champions league top scorer

    Domination
     
  25. carlito86

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    #2075 carlito86, Jun 24, 2020
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    At his best
    Meaning at his very best Robert pires was Never considered even a top 20 player in the world according to ballon dor rankings

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_Ballon_d'Or
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_Ballon_d'Or
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Ballon_d'Or
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_Ballon_d'Or
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_Ballon_d'Or
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Ballon_d'Or


    Zinedine Zidane was

    So was
    Thierry Henry
    Lizarazu
    David trezeguet
    Fabian barthez
    Patrick Vieira
    Lilian Thuram
    Marcel desailly
    Emmanuel petit
    Laurent blanc
    Didier deschamps

    I mean you could practically say all the top French stars from 1998-2004 gained ballon dor recognition with the exception of Robert pires

    Its unprecedented that a guy could be as good as you say and be this irrelevant in BD rankings
    I mean we're just comparing him directly to players from his own era and he is like a ghost

    Admittedly a good league performer in some rare seasons(3× PFA team of the season) but did nothing notable in European club competitions or international stage

    Heck even theodoros zagorakis was able to finish 5th place ballon dor in this era.

    It really wasnt that difficult
     

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