ok scholars of the game i'll start. "the best player i'v ever seen is.....DIEGO MARADONNA ,he's the only player who i'v seen, who could truly influence the game and the performance of his team mates particulary at international level. his skill on the pitch is second to none to this day. his ball control equaled only by george best who is the second best player i'v seen.(sorry 4 pun). my third choice is of course, edison arantes de-nasimento. no wonder they called him pele.