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Best Football players of all time

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0commentsUpdated on 10/06/2026 at 03:00 PM

Messi1766

The worldwide ranking generated by 31.1k votes

114 / 114

Messi1766

CR71658

Zidane1622

Maradona1576

Pelé1568

Ronaldo1551

Ronaldinho1494

Modrić1466

Beckenbauer1458

#10

Neuer1450

#11

Cruyff1448

#12

Iniesta1436

#13

Neymar1435

#14

Lewandowski1433

#15

Mbappé1427

#16

Platini1414

#17

Maldini1394

#18

Van Basten1357

#19

Xavi1342

#20

Haaland1341

#21

Roberto Carlos1334

#22

Robben1331

#23

Benzema1330

#24

Kaká1329

#25

Griezmann1326

#26

Thierry Henry1320

#27

Ibrahimović1317

#28

Sergio Ramos1313

#29

Pirlo1313

#30

Eusébio1311

#31

Rivaldo1304

#32

Puskas1302

#33

Di Stéfano1291

#34

Best1287

#35

Buffon1284

#36

Harry Kane1283

#37

Gerd Müller1282

#38

Weah1271

#39

Luis Suárez1259

#40

Di María1258

#41

Kroos1258

#42

Marcelo1249

#43

Shevchenko1248

#44

Gerrard1240

#45

De Bruyne1235

#46

Courtois1234

#47

Bergkamp1229

#48

Nedvěd1229

#49

Dani Alves1225

#50

Nesta1225

#51

Cafu1222

#52

Figo1222

#53

Lahm1222

#54

Romário1220

#55

Yashin1219

#56

Cannavaro1205

#57

Sergio Busquets1199

#58

Ribéry1194

#59

Ruud Gullit1189

#60

Sócrates1187

#61

Garrincha1183

#62

Totti1183

#63

Casillas1181

#64

Cantona1181

#65

Lothar Matthaus1180

#66

Bobby Charlton1180

#67

Zico1177

#68

Del Piero1173

#69

Baresi1171

#70

Baggio1166

#71

Drogba1159

#72

Kopa1159

#73

Özil1158

#74

Thiago Silva1157

#75

Salah1156

#76

Rijkaard1150

#77

Zanetti1149

#78

Rooney1149

#79

Carlos Alberto1144

#80

Lampard1140

#81

Fernando Torres1132

#82

Laudrup1110

#83

Stoichkov1099

#84

Bale1099

#85

Luis Suárez (ESP)1092

#86

Shearer1092

#87

Rodri1090

#88

Radamel Falcao1083

#89

Puyol1072

#90

Trezeguet1063

#91

Filippo Inzaghi1053

#92

Moore1050

#93

Giuseppe Meazza1049

#94

Jairzinho1042

#95

Edgar Davids1042

#96

Paolo Rossi1025

#97

Koeman994

#98

Vinícius Jr.988

#99

Gento979

#100

Gattuso967

#101

Dino Zoff963

#102

Schmeichel956

#103

Keegan942

#104

Mazzola928

#105

Stanley Matthews927

#106

Didi922

#107

Rivera906

#108

Gigi Riva869

#109

Sindelar869

#110

Manuel Moreno858

#111

Schiaffino857

#112

Van Bommel848

#113

Scirea800

#114

Fritz Walter782

What the community says

Messi leads with an ELO of 1,766, ahead of CR7 (1,658) and Zidane (1,622). Ranked over 31,127 duels between 114 contenders, last updated October 6, 2026.

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How this ranking is computed

Every duel won lifts a contender and every loss drops them, by an amount that depends on the opponent's strength: beating the leader is worth more than beating the last. It is an ELO, the same principle as in chess. Duels are not drawn at random — an adaptive entropy sort puts the least predictable match-ups first, which settles the ranking far faster than a full round robin. A worldwide ranking is only published past 30 completed plays. Known limit: a contender who has faced few opponents keeps an approximate score, and the bottom of the table moves more than the podium.