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Best Football players of all time

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0commentsUpdated on 09/26/2026 at 07:00 PM

Messi1915

The worldwide ranking generated by 30.6k votes

114 / 114

Messi1915

CR71779

Maradona1656

Ronaldo1653

Pelé1627

Zidane1615

Ronaldinho1610

Cruyff1535

Neymar1521

#10

Iniesta1513

#11

Modrić1504

#12

Mbappé1502

#13

Neuer1479

#14

Benzema1479

#15

Sergio Ramos1456

#16

Lewandowski1455

#17

Xavi1437

#18

Platini1427

#19

Roberto Carlos1418

#20

Thierry Henry1408

#21

Maldini1407

#22

Kroos1386

#23

Beckenbauer1376

#24

Griezmann1366

#25

Kaká1355

#26

Van Basten1342

#27

Haaland1340

#28

Ribéry1335

#29

Marcelo1332

#30

De Bruyne1332

#31

Rivaldo1331

#32

Drogba1327

#33

Ruud Gullit1320

#34

Sergio Busquets1319

#35

Robben1317

#36

Buffon1315

#37

Luis Suárez1315

#38

Pirlo1306

#39

Harry Kane1286

#40

Gerd Müller1279

#41

Nesta1270

#42

Dani Alves1269

#43

Cafu1265

#44

Cannavaro1262

#45

Bale1260

#46

Di María1255

#47

Eusébio1252

#48

Gerrard1247

#49

Salah1243

#50

Weah1236

#51

Ibrahimović1236

#52

Casillas1230

#53

Courtois1229

#54

Lahm1223

#55

Figo1216

#56

Totti1202

#57

Zico1201

#58

Di Stéfano1196

#59

Puskas1191

#60

Del Piero1189

#61

Özil1185

#62

Garrincha1180

#63

Romário1172

#64

Lampard1170

#65

Baggio1169

#66

Yashin1168

#67

Vinícius Jr.1167

#68

Thiago Silva1166

#69

Rooney1157

#70

Lothar Matthaus1157

#71

Cantona1156

#72

Carlos Alberto1147

#73

Nedvěd1139

#74

Zanetti1136

#75

Sócrates1131

#76

Bergkamp1128

#77

Kopa1119

#78

Puyol1116

#79

Fernando Torres1109

#80

Best1098

#81

Trezeguet1098

#82

Shearer1095

#83

Jairzinho1094

#84

Rodri1090

#85

Baresi1090

#86

Koeman1089

#87

Shevchenko1079

#88

Bobby Charlton1076

#89

Rijkaard1050

#90

Stoichkov1042

#91

Edgar Davids1038

#92

Radamel Falcao1009

#93

Laudrup1009

#94

Gattuso1007

#95

Paolo Rossi1002

#96

Filippo Inzaghi1000

#97

Moore961

#98

Giuseppe Meazza933

#99

Dino Zoff929

#100

Gento906

#101

Rivera880

#102

Schmeichel878

#103

Luis Suárez (ESP)876

#104

Stanley Matthews869

#105

Mazzola863

#106

Gigi Riva807

#107

Didi805

#108

Keegan801

#109

Van Bommel765

#110

Scirea757

#111

Schiaffino741

#112

Fritz Walter686

#113

Sindelar676

#114

Manuel Moreno660

What the community says

Messi leads with an ELO of 1,915, ahead of CR7 (1,779) and Maradona (1,656). Ranked over 30,630 duels between 114 contenders, last updated September 26, 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.