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Best Football players of all time

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0commentsUpdated on 08/25/2026 at 11:00 AM

Messi1849

The worldwide ranking generated by 28.9k votes

114 / 114

Messi1849

CR71760

Zidane1693

Maradona1646

Pelé1626

Ronaldo1599

Mbappé1575

Ronaldinho1565

Neuer1550

#10

Neymar1519

#11

Platini1505

#12

Sergio Ramos1492

#13

Cruyff1483

#14

Benzema1476

#15

Modrić1476

#16

Iniesta1449

#17

Xavi1441

#18

Roberto Carlos1436

#19

Thierry Henry1432

#20

Maldini1431

#21

Lewandowski1404

#22

Beckenbauer1394

#23

Griezmann1377

#24

Van Basten1373

#25

De Bruyne1362

#26

Marcelo1358

#27

Haaland1358

#28

Kroos1351

#29

Dani Alves1349

#30

Sergio Busquets1329

#31

Pirlo1327

#32

Buffon1317

#33

Kaká1314

#34

Rivaldo1313

#35

Ibrahimović1312

#36

Luis Suárez1312

#37

Ruud Gullit1310

#38

Eusébio1308

#39

Robben1306

#40

Bale1290

#41

Di María1284

#42

Salah1280

#43

Lahm1280

#44

Di Stéfano1275

#45

Weah1270

#46

Cafu1265

#47

Ribéry1256

#48

Gerd Müller1248

#49

Drogba1242

#50

Figo1237

#51

Puskas1228

#52

Yashin1220

#53

Cantona1217

#54

Gerrard1216

#55

Casillas1212

#56

Cannavaro1206

#57

Romário1205

#58

Zanetti1203

#59

Özil1193

#60

Nesta1188

#61

Del Piero1176

#62

Totti1176

#63

Harry Kane1171

#64

Bergkamp1169

#65

Thiago Silva1161

#66

Rooney1159

#67

Courtois1159

#68

Baggio1151

#69

Lampard1145

#70

Baresi1142

#71

Shevchenko1141

#72

Carlos Alberto1140

#73

Garrincha1135

#74

Fernando Torres1124

#75

Lothar Matthaus1122

#76

Stoichkov1121

#77

Puyol1116

#78

Trezeguet1109

#79

Zico1105

#80

Nedvěd1095

#81

Best1093

#82

Rijkaard1089

#83

Bobby Charlton1086

#84

Jairzinho1085

#85

Kopa1084

#86

Koeman1076

#87

Vinícius Jr.1069

#88

Shearer1066

#89

Sócrates1066

#90

Rodri1063

#91

Edgar Davids1017

#92

Filippo Inzaghi1015

#93

Paolo Rossi1011

#94

Gattuso1007

#95

Radamel Falcao1003

#96

Laudrup998

#97

Moore997

#98

Luis Suárez (ESP)945

#99

Giuseppe Meazza936

#100

Dino Zoff913

#101

Rivera907

#102

Gento901

#103

Schmeichel851

#104

Mazzola847

#105

Didi822

#106

Stanley Matthews814

#107

Gigi Riva790

#108

Keegan777

#109

Van Bommel775

#110

Schiaffino761

#111

Scirea745

#112

Manuel Moreno691

#113

Fritz Walter686

#114

Sindelar681

What the community says

Messi leads with an ELO of 1,849, ahead of CR7 (1,760) and Zidane (1,693). Ranked over 28,927 duels between 114 contenders, last updated August 25, 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.