Top 1000 best footballers All Time updated

updated (31.12.2025)

and little corrected to the previous version (Oliseh, Gordillo,Clodoaldo, Winter, Scholl)

TOP 1000 +

1.Messi 2.Pele 3.Maradona 4.Cristiano Ronaldo 5.Cruyff 6.Platini 7.Di Stefano 8.Beckenbauer 9.Puskas 10.Garrincha
11.Eusebio 12.G. Muller 13.Ronaldo 14.Zidane 15.Zico 16.van Basten 17.Didi 18.Kopa 19.Xavi 20.P. Maldini
21.B.Charlton 22.F. Baresi 23.Iniesta 24.Matthaus 25.Mbappe 26.Romario 27.Meazza 28.P. R. Falcao 29.Best 30.Rummenigge
31.Ronaldinho 32.Neeskens 33.Robben 34.Rivera 35.R. Baggio 36.Moreno 37.Buffon 38.Schiaffino 39.Netzer 40.Maier
41.Zoff 42.Rivaldo 43.Neymar 44.Suarez Miramontes 45.F. Walter 46.S. Mazzola 47.Gullit 48.Lewandowski 49.Sindelar 50.Matthews
51.Raul 52.Kocsis 53.Keegan 54.Facchetti 55.Krol 56.Suarez 57.Gento 58.Roberto Carlos 59.Henry 60.De Bruyne
61.Casillas 62.Vieira 63.Pirlo 64.O. Varela 65.J. L. Andrade 66.Yashin 67.Kane 68.T. Muller 69.Rijkaard 70.Batistuta
71.Jairzinho 72.Ibrahimovic 73.Rensenbrink 74.Banks 75.Zizinho 76.Schuster 77.Liedholm 78.Rivelino 79.Bozsik 80.Hidegkuti
81.Salah 82.Altafini 83.Socrates 84.M. Laudrup 85.Sivori 86.Sergio Ramos 87.Modric 88.Puyol 89.van Nistelrooy 90.Shevchenko
91.Seeler 92.Scirea 93.Lahm 94.L. Thuram 95.Greaves 96.Nordahl 97.Haaland 98.Tostao 99.Klose 100.Fontaine

101.Shearer 102.H. Sanchez 103.Breitner 104.Etoo 105.Passarella 106.Figueroa 107.Moore 108.Lineker 109.Lampard 110.Overath
111.Griezmann 112.Benzema 113.Cannavaro 114.Kubala 115.Bergkamp 116.Neuer 117.Figo 118.Vogts 119.J. Charles 120.Leonidas
121.Ademir de Menezes 122.V. Mazzola 123.Beckham 124.E. Hazard 125.Totti 126.Giggs 127.Dzajic 128.Dani Alves 129.Hagi 130.Snejider
131.Rooney 132.Kempes 133.Kaka 134.Dalglish 135.Masopust 136.Simonsen 137.P. Rossi 138.Giresse 139.Del Piero 140.Gerson
141.Kroos 142.D. Villa 143.Hamrin 144.Bican 145.Ribery 146.Vieri 147.Hurst 148.Rahn 149.Finney 150.Gerrard
151.Stoichkov 152.Thiago Silva 153.Papin 154.Piola 155.Deyna 156.Boniek 157.Vava 158.Cafu 159.Sarosi 160.Coluna
161.Julinho Botelho 162.Cantona 163.Nedved 164.Bale 165.Klinsmann 166.Aguero 167.Djalma Santos 168.Nilton Santos 169.Riva 170.Hassler
171.Courtois 172.Suker 173.van der Sar 174.Bryan Robson 175.Drogba 176.Owen 177.Busquets 178.Ozil 179.van Persie 180.Krankl
181.Hierro 182.P. Schmeichel 183.Desailly 184.Di Maria 185.Van Himst 186.Francescoli 187.Cubillas 188.Amoros 189.Zola 190.Litmanen
191.Dean 192.Elkjear Larsen 193.Albert 194.Forlan 195.Blokhin 196.Savicevic 197.Zarra 198.F. Inzaghi 199.Luis Pereira 200.Santamaria

201.Sammer 202.Schnellinger 203.Kahn 204.van Dijk 205.Schumacher 206.J. Zanetti 207.Rush 208.Erico 209.Weah 210.Tigana
211.David Silva 212.Fernando Torres 213.Lubanski 214.Lato 215.Kohler 216.Gascoigne 217.Shilton 218.Forster 219.Tresor 220.Nesta
221.Kante 222..Brehme 223.Yaya Toure 224.Rodri 225.Pirri 226.Stielike 227.R. Koeman 228.van Hanegem 229.Kimmich 230.Pogba
231.Pique 232.Marcelo 233.Mane 234.Godin 235.Lukaku 236.Junior 237.Ghiggia 238.Loustau 239.Bettega 240.Hummels
241.F. de Boer 242.Kluivert 243.Vialli 244.Fabregas 245.Cerezo 246.Redondo 247.Seedorf 248.Ballack 249.Toni 250.Cabrini
251.Bruno Fermandes 252.Sterling 253.B. Conti 254.Bonhof 255.J. Oblak 256.Vinicius Junior 257.Boniperti 258.Ardiles 259.J. Rodriguez 260.Blanc
261.Blanchflower 262.Terry 263.Law 264.Pedernara 265.Scarone 266.Schweinsteiger 267.Bellingham 268.Casemiro 269.Mascherano 270.Edwards
271.Deschamps 272.Makelele 273.Ocwirk 274.V. Ivanov 275.Bene 276.Chiellini 277.Overmars
278.J. Barnes 279.Amancio 280.Heynckess
281.Domingos Guia 282.Ceulemans 283.Dirceu Guimaraes 284.Cavani 285.Shesternyev 286.Briegel 287.Butragueno 288.Scholes 289.B. Wright 290.Lucio
291.Yamal 292.Ademir de Guia 293.A. Cole 294.Bergomi 295.Mauro Silva 296.Hellstrom 297.D. Trezeguet 298.Alba 299.Skoblar 300.Czibor

301.Lizarazu 302.Voller 303.Labruna 304.Fischer 305.Danilo Alvim 306.Littbarski 307.Rui Costa 308.Pires 309.Tardelli 310.Higuain
311.H. Haller 312.Bebeto 313.A. Sanchez 314.Pepe Kepler 315.Lawton 316.Jusufi 317.Gilmar 318.Dasayev 319.Preudhomme 320.Pfaff
321.Mazurkiewicz 322.Adams 323.Zamora 324.Popluhar 325.Vasovic 326.Jonquet 327.R. Ferdinand 328.Aubameyang 329.Susic 330.Sekularec
331.Johnstone 332.S. Campbell 333.M. Peters 334.Haynes 335.Marzolini 336.Kaltz 337.Careca 338.Carlos Alberto 339.Eriksen 340.Bonucci
341.Alisson 342. R. Falcao 343.Pagliuca 344.Reus 345 Zenga 346.Caniggia 347.B. Oblak 348.Effenberg 349.Xabi Alonso 350.Beara
351.Artime 352.Viktor 353.Scifo 354.Deco 355.Antognoni 356.Tevez 357.Crespo 358.N. Rossi 359.Riquelme 360.Dzeko
361.Son Heung-min 362.Futre 363.J. S. Veron 364.Gundogan 365.Ince 366.Orsi 367.Hakimi 368.Mandzukic 369.A. Spencer 370.D. Muller
371.Nasazzi 372.Lofthouse 373.Monti 374.A. Moller 375.Djorkaeff 376.Friedenreich 377.Braine 378.Corbatta 379.Causio 380.Saka
381.Gotze 382.B. Kostic 383.O. Dembele 384.Eder Assis 385.Bonev 386.Pedro Rocha 387.Juninho Pernambucano 388.Cech 389.Donnarumma 390.Zubizarreta
391.Jair Rosa Pinto 392.Aldair 393.Clemence 394.Jennings 395.Keizer 396.Chilavert 397.van Breukelen 398.Southall 399.Carrizo 400.Asparukhov

401.Langara 402.Bierhoff 403.Buchwald 404.Varane 405.Schulz 406.Todd 407.Vidic 408.Migueli 409.Mauro Ramos 410.Robinho
411.Evaristo Macedo 412.Boninsegna 413.Huntelaar 414.Geels 415.Lautaro Martinez 416.Milla. 417.A. Honorio Coutinho 418.D. Milito 419.Netto 420.Cisowski
421.Lacombe 422.Deak 423.Streltsov 424.H. Larsson 425.Szarmach 426.Wilimowski 427.Bertoni
428.Bochini 429.Vidal 430.Haan
431.Davids 432.Gerets 433.van der Vaart 434.van der Kujilen 435.Ayew Pele 436.Essien 437.Emerson Ferreira 438.Brady 439.Basora 440.Zl. Cajkovski
441.Zsengeller 442.A. Ball 443.Hoddle 444.Verratti 445.Mas 446.Bernardo Silva 447.Valdo 448.Heleno 449.Miguez 450.Galic
451.Michel 452.Roy Keane 453.Bremner 454.Planicka 455.Rakitic 456. van Beveren 457.Iribar 458.Canizares 459.Vitor Baia 460.Burgnich
461.Maicon 462.Branco 463.Jorginho Amorim Campos 464.Dunga 465.Voronin 466.Bulgarelli 467.Hanappi 468.Calhanoglu 469.Balakov 470.Finidi George
471.Luis Enrique 472.Souness 473.Guardiola 474.Magath 475.Maceda 476.Sanchis 477.De Gea 478.Picchi 479.Ferrara 480.Van Moer
481.K. Allofs 482.ter Stegen 483.L. Fernandez 484.Pedri 485.Hrubesch 486.Benetti 487.Vitinha 488.L. Aragones 489.Mortensen 490.Stiles
491.Bossis 492.Alaba 493.R. Mancini 494.Mijatovic 495.Brindisi 496.Gentile 497.P. Coutinho 498.Sansom 499.Armfield 500.Camacho

501.Zambrotta 502.Di Natale 503.Mermans 504.Morientes 505.Julio Cesar da Silva 506.Zamorano 507.R. Carvalho 508.J. Boateng 509.W. Samuel 510.R. Ayala
511.Wilkes 512.Dybala 513.W. van der Kerckhof 514.Keylor Navas 515.Stam 516.Domenghini 517.Corso 518.Isco 519.Bianchi 520.Valdano
521.Adriano Leite 522.Mario Gomez 523.Signori 524.Felipe Luis 525.Lorimer 526.Makaay 527.Trautmann 528.Toldo 529.Albertosi 530.Popescu
531.Rai 532.Gren 533.Bellini 534.Jesus Garay 535.Ruggeri 536.B. Laudrup 537.U. Honess 538.Waddle 539.Bastin 540.Segarra
541.Mkhitaryan 542.Marinho Chagas 543.Juan Lozano 544.Onnis 545.Berbatov 546.Amarildo 547.Leonardo 548.Rep 549.Vincent 550.Morlock
551.Re 552.Lehmann 553.Alexander-Arnold 554.Hamsik 555.Handanovic 556.Dobrin 557.Flohe 558.Mahrez 559.Pjanic 560.Piantoni
561.Ben Barek 562.Raphinha Dias 563.Roberto Firmino 564.Wirtz 565.A. McAllister 566.J. Alvarez 567.Belodedici 568.Brolin 569.Panenka 570.Combin
571.Genghini 572.Zebec 573.W. Ortiz 574.Valderrama 575.Madjer 576.Burruchaga 577.Okocha 578.Sastre 579.Alex James 580.Schaal
581.Salif Keita 582.Lloris 583.Seydou Keita 584.D. Simeone 585.Katanec 586.E. Petit 587.Kvaratshkelia 588.Sauzee 589.Thiago Alcantara 590.McGrath
591.Sczepan 592.Immobile 593.Pancev 594.Nejedly 595.F. Morena 596.Roberto Dinamite 597.Joao Cancelo 598.Marquinhos 599. C. Palmer 600.Rice

601.Cueto 602.Perisic 603.Platt 604.Neal 605.Dr. Stojkovic 606.Julio C. Romero 607.Wilkins 608.Seaman 609.Barella 610.Kopke
611.L. Sane 612.Barthez 613.Julio Cesar Soares 614.Fillol 615.Eulogio Martinez 616.Robbie Keane 617.Giroud 618.Elber 619.C. Pizarro 620.J. Koller
621.B. Boli 622.Germano 623.Gallas 624.Cuadrado 625.Bakero 626.Sigurvinsson 627.Francis 628.Nyilasi 629.N. Mendez 630.N. Alonso
631.Bein 632.Jorginho Filho 633.Soskic 634.Streich 635.Yorke 636.Yazalde 637.Perfumo 638.F. de Jong 639.Polster 640.Koke
641.Leonel Sanchez 642.Costacurta 643.Praest 644.Schlosser 645.Skoglund 646.Kompany 647.Gustavsson 648.Schrojf 649.Holzenbein 650.Chico
651.Ze Roberto 652.Mertens 653.Bonner 654.Gordillo 655.Tadic 656.Tarantini 657.Terence Cooper 658.T. Gemmell 659.A. Hansen 660.Dida
661.Zito 662.Kuyt 663.Oliseh 664.Evra 665.K.Walker 666.Rashford 667.Hapgood 668.Trippier 669.Pezzey 670.Nuno Mendes
671.Bratseth 672.Minelli 673.Chapuisat 674.Bobek 675.Tichy 676.Foden 677.Olise 678.Hugi 679.Kindvall 680.Chumpitaz
681.Thon 682.Schwarzenbeck 683.Szymaniak 684.Vierchovod 685.M. Olsen 686.Ljungberg 687.Lerby 688.Odegaard 689. F. Thijsen 690.Otamendi
691.Gadocha 692.Grabowski 693.Arnesen 694.Ginola 695.Mikhaylichenko 696.McManaman 697.J. Henderson 698.Gnabry 699.Altobelli 700.Belanov

701.Poniedielnik 702.Protasov 703.T. Taylor 704.Carvajal 705.Atilio Garcia 706.Vukas 707.Jose Augusto 708.Cha Bum-keun 709.R. Carter 710.Arconada
711.Payet 712.Hyypia 713.C. Bravo 714.Osimhen 715.Schillaci 716.F. Valverde 717.Mlynarczyk 718.Grosics 719.van der Hart 720.Lidell
721.H. Gallagher 722.Podolski 723.Morton 724.Khedira 725.P. Sousa 726.T. Hernandez 727.Peruzzi 728.Francois van der Elst 729.Bauer 730.Mihajlovic
731.Zlatko Vujovic 732.Waldo Machado 733.Suurbier 734.Angloma 735.Abidal 736.Coman 737.Jurion 738.Cristian Romero 739.Quini 740.Wark
741.Cubilla 742.Revelli 743.Demanenko 744.Katalinski 745.W. Piazza 746.Leandro 747.Salvadore 748.J. Charlton 749.Riedle 750.A. Clarke
751.Morata 752.Jose Aguas 753.Fernando Gomes 754.Coppens 755.Hormazabal 756.Sarti 757.K. Schmeichel 758.Manuel Bento 759.Croy 760.C. Maldini
761.Ancelotti 762.H. Schafer 763.Basler 764.David Luiz 765.Diego Cunha 766.Boloni 767.Kvasnak 768.Juninho Paulista 769.Tamagnini Nene 770.Augenthaler
771.Materazzi 772.Gamarra 773.Cera 774.M. Mills 775.Ivanovic 776.E. Cambiasso 777.Emiliano Martinez 778.Detari 779.Zmuda 780.Bagni
781.De Rossi 782.Andy Robertson 783.Bastoni 784.Giannini 785.Zaccarelli 786.Prohaska 787.L. Luque 788.T. Fernandez 789.Sara 790.Sergi
791.Nelinho 792.Baxter 793.Sparwasser 794.Pastore 795. Aimar 796.Moravcik 797.Samitier 798.Orth 799.Mata 800.Buchan

801.Nkunku 802.Zavarov 803.Maneiro 804.Varallo 805.R. Houghton 806.Zahovic 807.Tomasson 808.Belloumi 809.Chinaglia 810.Halilhodzic
811.Camswell 812.Tist Nielsen 813.Vandenbergh 814.Sheringham 815.Jardel 816.Donato 817.Senna 818.Albertini 819.Capello 820.Giles
821.Mullery 822.Mitrovic 823.Martin Vazquez 824.Banega 825.Trapattoni 826.Victor Munoz 827.Strachan 828.Gattuso 829.K. Koulibaly 830.E. Hughes
831.McNeil 832.A. Grimaldo 833.J. Kounde 834.Ondrus 835.Couto 836.P. Montero 837.Happel 838.Depay 839.Musiala 840.Jordan
841.Bosman 842.Karpin 843.Meredith 844.C. Aguilera 845.Zagalo 846.Pepe Macia 847.Hakan Sukur 848.Pauleta 849.Stabile 850. R. Dias
851.Santillana 852.Benitez Caceres 853.Conen 854.Probst 855.Binder 856.Dienst 857.Cesar Rodriguez 858.Lehner 859.Moulijn 860.Hulk
861.R. Kennedy 862.Swart 863. Enrique Garcia 864.Juanito 865.Graziani 866.Sormani 867.B. Schneider 868.Kramaric 869.Dani Olmo 870.Jarni
871.Pearce 872.van Tiggelen 873.G. Neville 874.Battiston 875.Cervato 876.Dietz 877.Panucci 878.Kolarov 879.Asprilla 880.Nyers
881.M. Hughes 882.I. Wright 883.Luis Diaz 884.Montella 885.Solskjear 886.Boksic 886.A. Lookman 888.Gabriel Magalhaes 889.Werner 890.Diego Costa
891.Pavoni 892.Chivu 893.S. Milinkovic-Savic 894.van Bronckhorst 895.Carragher 896.Matic 897.Vardy 898.Zoco 899.S. Milosevic 900.Salas

901.Joao Pinto Domingos 902.Petrescu 903.Ray Wilson 904.Berthold 905.Hilario 906.Guirassy 907.Janes 908.Juanfran 909.Szymanowski 910.Eyzaguirre
911.Rabiot 912.Lantos 913. Tomaszewski 914.Hiden 915.Losi 916.Sensini 917.W. Szczesny 918.Coeck 919.Maignan 920.Van der Eycken
921.Dumfries 922.A. Abbeglen 923.Baltazar O. Da Silva 924.Simonyan 925.M. Merino 926.George Robledo 927.Blankenburg 928.Nadal 929.Holcer 930.Upamecano
931.Ederson de Moraes 932.M. Charles 933.Nelson Gutierrez 934.Quincoces 935.A. Goikoetxea 936.G. Lorant 937.R. Marquez 938.Hart 939.Taffarell 940.E. Leao
941.Rammalets 942. J. M. Reina 943.H. Gatti 944.J. P. Guerrero 945.Rudakov 946.Luis Fabiano 947.Ilicic 948.Balaci 949.G. Xhaka 950.Manga
951.Piot 952.Rocheatau 953.Curkovic 954.Maspoli 955.Tah 956.R. Rustu 957.Walter Gomez 958.Nkono 959.Bats 960.Tilkowski
961.McDermott 962.Prosinecki 963. Boban 964.Yeboah 965.Emre Belezoglu 966.A. Muhren 967.Pesek Kada 968.Matuidi 969.Iago Aspas 970.L. Diarra
971.D. Baggio 972.Wijnaldum 973.Lama 974.Rogerio Ceni 975. V. Valdes 976.Canhoteiro 977.R. Sosa 978.Saliba 979.Sotil 980.Seminario
981.Simoes 982.Carapellese 983.Nehoda 984.Kirsten 985.M. Thuram 986.Skuhravy 987.Burgsmuller 988.Takacs 989.Kanoute 990.Goretzka
991.Bloomer 992.Icardi 993.H. Michel 994.Valeriano Lopez 995.Wouters 996.Aaron Ramsey 997.Eckel 998.Jeremies 999.Clodoaldo 1000.Scholl



NEXT 1001-1100

1001.Karagounis 1002.Domazos 1003.Zagorakis 1004.Rufer 1005.Rava 1006.Anelka 1007.Swift 1008.de Harder 1009.Chalana 1010.Libuda
1011.McTominay 1012.Kanchelskis 1013.Arshavin 1014.Nico Williams 1015.Bono 1016.Kovacic 1017.Clifford Jones 1018.R. Flowers 1019.Oganesyan 1020.Kolo Toure
1021.Bonga Bonga 1022.Sommer 1023.Naingoolan 1024.Berardi 1025.Antonio Valencia 1026.Grun 1027.Helmer 1028.Mertesacker 1029. V. R. Andrade 1030.Matateu
1031.Peyroteo 1032.Kamamoto 1033.Kagawa 1034.Fedotov 1035.Nakata 1036.G. Sigurdsson 1037. Le Tissier 1038.Havertz 1039.Lenstra 1040.Meeuws
1041.Fabian Ruiz 1042.Insigne 1043.Rodrygo 1044.Jesus Navas 1045.Bruno Guimaraes 1046.Tchouameni 1047.R. Leao 1048.Ziyech 1049.Vercauteren 1050.Emmerich
1051.Recoba 1052.Valeron 1053.Anastasi 1054.J. A. Hansen 1055.Gerard Moreno 1056.K. Bwalya 1057.Petrone 1058.Sanfilippo 1059.Cherenkov 1060.Ben Yedder
1061.Petchovski 1062.Marcelino 1063.Gervinho 1064.M. Caicedo 1065.Zorc 1066.D. Walker 1067.Ancheta 1068.Ricardo Rocha 1069.Rudiger 1070.P. Andersson
1071.Meskhi 1072.I. Callagher 1073.Goycoechea 1074.J. A. Bell 1075.Szusza 1076.Pontoni 1077.Kostedde 1078.Paulinho Alcantara 1079.Christovam Pinto 1080.Edu Americo
1081.Cazorla 1082.Edinho 1083.Amaral 1084.Candela 1085.R. Guerreiro 1086.Bilic 1087.A. Davies 1088.K. Anderson 1089.C. Blanco 1090. Shaqiri
1091.Dahlin 1092.Rui Patricio 1093.Gregg 1094.Winter 1095.Zambo Anguissa 1096.Gvardiol 1097.F. Arce 1098.Dimarco 1099.Azpilicueta 1100.Tassotti



next HM (1101- 1345 no order ) :

Castellini, Turgay, Maric, Howard, Pickford, Stein, Nigbur, Franke, L. Buffon, V. Damas, Friedel, Campos, Carbajal, Ochoa, Vencel I , I, Palop, Combi, Sirigu, Ravelli, Mondragon, Livingstone, Higuita, Kavazashvili, Diego Alves, Marchegiani, Buyo, Raya, Pope,

Stones, Ricardo Gomes, Acerbi, E. Garay, Kuznetsov, Keown, H. Coelho, Hysen, Israel, I. Cordoba, Meszoly, Fichtel, Sokratis P. , Dellas, Dorner, Naldo, Mozer, Cris, Gough, Van Buyten, Rosato, England, Rosetta, Naybet,

Raum, Josimar, Sagnol, Ricardo Rodriguez, Hottges, G. Cohen, Baines, Olarticoechea, Sorin, Meunier, Srna, Riise, L. Novak, Shaw, Dz. Novak, Sesta, Erik Nilsson, Bergmark, R. Nilsson, De Wolf, G. Stevens, Augusto C., Jorge Costa, Ze Maria, Worns, Capdevila, F. Kostic, R. Kovac, Contra, Miguel, Paulo Ferreira, Ziege, Lauren, M. Salgado, Alex Sandro, G. Pena, Heintze, Maxwell, Piszczek, Danilo da Silva, Pivarnik, Marche, Carey, Marco Antonio, B. Stankovic, Lichtsteiner, Aurier, Nagatomo,

Kasperczak, J. Toro, Marcel, Dino Sani, Brozovic, Carpegiani, Fabinho, Greig, Carrick, Pilot, Rattin, Fleitas Solich, Rosicky, Frings, Sforza, Di Bartolomei, Oriali, S. Batista, Jonk, Faxe Jensen, van Heel, J. Pacheco, Rolff, P. Pedersen, Paulinho, E. Fernandez,

Trossard, Lefter, Lohr, Ferreri, Sandor, W. Jansen, Duff, Willian, Kewell, Oyarzabal, A. Ayew, Milner, Tesourinha, D. Stankovic, Greenwood, Aston, Arango, Park Ji-seung, Bode, Guardado, Maneca, Walcott, Joaquin, Benayoun, Donadoni, Doku, Pulisic, Vela, Blaszczykowski, Diouf, Pedro, Sancho, Forsberg , N. Solano, Joya, Houseman, Cesar Caju, D. Cooper, Poborsky, R. Magnusson, E. Vogel, Bilek, Arda Turan, Wisnieski, Puc, Fatton, Gradin, Peucelle, Gainza,

Brychczy, De La Fuente, Spiegler, Cassano, Wilmots, T. Cahill, Oscar, Papu Gomez, Donovan, Aurelio Gonzales, Quarentinha, Asanovic, Kipiani, Groot, Kuzorra, Moutinho, Mutu, Gonsalves, Erwin Sanchez, Negrete, Saravakos, Magico Gonzales, F. Rincon, Hatzipanagis, S. Nakamura, Fekir, Aguinaga, Kanu, Ugarte, El Khatib, Maddison, Xavi Simons, Ndoram, R. Martino, Dirceu Lopes, Baratky

McCoist, Taremi, Amadei, Pol, R. Jimenez, Metin Oktay, Osgood, D. Hoeness, H. Hassan, Schick, Sorloth, Jorge Mendonca, Bodola, Jordao, Gignac, Yekini, Lacazette, Dzyuba, Dobay, Daei, Chris Wood, Soto Morera, Javier Hernandez, Casarin, Bacca, H. Scotta, Majeed A. Mohammed, Baros, Quagliarella, Seoane, Reinaldo, Defoe, Bobrov, Isak, Masantonio

 

1. discussed about the criteria below the post :
https://www.bigsoccer.com/threads/top-1000-best-footballers-all-time.2124083/
2. And, honestly, how many of those 1000+ have you seen playing actually?
I didn't count, but I've been watching football for over 40 years.

Personal impressions are usually not very representative except for major tournaments and other important matches

 

Unfortunately, this ranking is not mathematical, but rather discretionary, and it doesn't aspire to perfection. The details of the weighting are difficult to describe and share, especially through a translator. I'll just add that I assign points to,, modern players'' for each year (according to my annual rankings top 300) and additional bonuses for World Cups (see, for example, Klose's or Robben's positions). However, this scoring only helps in ranking them relative to other modern players (in other words - in updating), and even then, I sometimes make discretionary adjustments. For example, being No. 1 in Messi's peak year was more valuable than being No. 1 in 2024 or 2025y. However, the "old players" were ranked earlier without using such points, and based on comments and notes made based on many sources or other rankings (incloudoing yours) Modern players are ultimately placed among the old players de facto on a discretionary basis, with elements of mutual comparative analyses of careers And with the assumption that the older the players, the weaker the competition, so in my case they are usually ranked lower than in other similar rankings.